| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 3 | 3 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the life of Senator |
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| 5 | 5 | | Jean Breaux. |
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| 6 | 6 | | POL, YODER, HUNLEY, FORD, |
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| 7 | 7 | | JACKSON, NIEZGODSKI, |
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| 8 | 8 | | QADDOURA, RANDOLPH, |
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| 9 | 9 | | SPENCER, TAYLOR |
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| 10 | 10 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2025 DR 3832/DI TF Introduced |
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| 12 | 12 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 13 | 13 | | SENATE RESOLUTION ____ |
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| 14 | 14 | | MR. PRESIDENT: |
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| 15 | 15 | | I offer the following resolution and move its adoption: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1 A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the life of |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2 Senator Jean Breaux. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 3 Whereas, Senator Jean Breaux faithfully and honorably |
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| 19 | 19 | | 4 served the constituents of Senate District 34, encompassing |
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| 20 | 20 | | 5 portions of Marion County, since 2006; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 6 Whereas, Senator Jean Breaux was born in Eckman, West |
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| 22 | 22 | | 7 Virginia, on September 11, 1958; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 8 Whereas, Senator Breaux received a B.S. in Business |
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| 24 | 24 | | 9 Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 10 Whereas, Senator Breaux's passion for education led to |
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| 26 | 26 | | 11 her receiving professional certificates from the Economic |
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| 27 | 27 | | 12 Development Institute and the International Economic |
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| 28 | 28 | | 13 Development Council; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 14 Whereas, Senator Breaux served as Assistant Democratic |
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| 30 | 30 | | 15 Leader for the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2012 to 2020; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 16 Whereas, Senator Breaux was a member of the Indiana |
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| 32 | 32 | | 17 Black Legislative Caucus; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 Whereas, Senator Breaux served as the Ranking Minority |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 Member for the Senate Committees on Commerce and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 Technology, Health and Provider Services, and Public Policy |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 and served as a member on Agriculture, Natural Resources, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 and Utilities committees; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 Whereas, Senator Breaux championed improvements to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 maternal health, fetal mortality, and expanded reproductive |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 options for women; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 Whereas, Senator Breaux was a board member and an |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 adamant supporter for the National Kidney Foundation; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 Whereas, Senator Breaux spearheaded a Kidney Screening |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12 Day at the Indiana State Capitol in 2022; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13 Whereas, Senator Breaux received the Excellence Award |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 from the National Foundation for Women Legislators and the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15 Civility Award from the Association of Retired Members of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16 General Assembly; |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17 Whereas, Senator Breaux has been recognized as a |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18 National Honorary Member of Distinction by the Gamma Phi |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19 Delta Sorority; |
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| 53 | 53 | | 20 Whereas, Senator Breaux was a member of the Indiana |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21 Recycling Market Development Board and the Medicaid |
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| 55 | 55 | | 22 Advisory Committee; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 23 Whereas, Senator Breaux was served on the Indiana State |
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| 57 | 57 | | 24 Fair Committee, the Commission on Improving the Status of |
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| 58 | 58 | | 25 Children in Indiana, and on the Board of Commissioners for |
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| 59 | 59 | | 26 the Indiana Women's Commission; |
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| 60 | 60 | | 27 Whereas, Senator Breaux valued spending time with family |
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| 61 | 61 | | 28 and friends; |
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| 62 | 62 | | 29 Whereas, Senator Breaux loved to host her annual Mardi |
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| 64 | 64 | | 1 Gras event in recognition of her Creole heritage; |
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| 65 | 65 | | 2 Whereas, Senator Breaux's infectious laughter and spirit |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3 welcomed all; |
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| 67 | 67 | | 4 Whereas, Senator Breaux was preceded in death by her |
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| 68 | 68 | | 5 father Dominque Breaux and is survived by her mother Billie |
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| 69 | 69 | | 6 Breaux and her aunts Carol Johnson Smith and Marie Fuller; |
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| 70 | 70 | | 7 and |
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| 71 | 71 | | 8 Whereas, Senator Breaux's legacy will be a constant |
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| 72 | 72 | | 9 reminder of all of the lives she has touched: Therefore, |
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| 74 | 74 | | 11 Be it resolved by the Senate of the |
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| 75 | 75 | | 12 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 76 | 76 | | 13 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate expresses its |
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| 77 | 77 | | 14 sympathy and sincere condolences to the family and friends of |
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| 78 | 78 | | 15 Senator Jean Breaux and thanks her for her service to the |
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| 79 | 79 | | 16 Indiana State Senate and District 34. |
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| 80 | 80 | | 17 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 81 | 81 | | 18 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Billie Breaux. |
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| 82 | 82 | | 2025 DR 3832/DI TF |
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