MEMORIAL-STATE REP. JACK KUBIK

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HR0665
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former
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Illinois State Representative Jack Lawrence Kubik, who passed
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away on February 4, 2026; and

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WHEREAS, Born on May 20, 1955, Representative Kubik
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dedicated his life to Illinois, its people, and his family;
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and

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WHEREAS, From a family with a longtime identity in West
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Cook community newspaper publishing, Representative Kubik
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attended DePaul University, earning a degree in business
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administration, with an eye to carrying on the family
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business; and

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WHEREAS, When his neighbor, then-Representative Judy Barr
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Topinka, decided to vacate her seat in the Illinois House of
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Representatives in order to move to the Illinois Senate, young
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Representative Kubik saw his chance and successfully ran for
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the November 1984 House vacancy in their West Cook County
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district; and

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WHEREAS, Upon his election at the age of 28,
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Representative Kubik was one of the youngest members of the

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Illinois House of Representatives, yet with an eye towards
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serving the people of his then-Greatest Generation-oriented
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district, he accepted an appointment to the House Committee on
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Aging; and

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WHEREAS, Representative Kubik also specialized in issues
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involving property tax relief, judicial reform, and the rights
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of persons with disabilities; and

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WHEREAS, As a keystone measure within his overall fight
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for property tax relief, Representative Kubik was the lead
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sponsor of a bill that for the first time created a workable
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process for Cook County residents to appeal their property tax
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assessments to the statewide Property Tax Appeal Board, and
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then to the Cook County circuit courts, thereby creating a
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legal process that endures to this day; and

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WHEREAS, Winning many friends and allies among his
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colleagues, Representative Kubik was named several times as
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assistant leader of the House Republican Caucus, which
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included service in 1995-1996 (89th General Assembly) as House
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Assistant Majority Leader; and

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WHEREAS, Representatives Kubik's years of service in the
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Illinois House were also marked with personal reward, as while
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he was a sitting representative he met and married his wife

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Agatha "Aggie" Kubik, who in 2017 tragically preceded him in
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death; and

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WHEREAS, When he retired in January 1999, Representative
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Kubik had served for fourteen years in the Illinois House of
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Representatives; and

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WHEREAS, Subsequent to his elected service, Representative
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Kubik served the Illinois General Assembly during the 94th and
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95th General Assembly as the chief of staff of Representative
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Tom Cross, the House Minority Leader; and

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WHEREAS, As a member of the "People's House",
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Representative Kubik never forgot the people of Illinois,
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including those both in and out of his Chicago-area west
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suburban district and home neighborhoods; and

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WHEREAS, Representative Kubik left behind his beloved
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children, Lynn Vorreyer and Brian Kiefer, two sisters, Patti
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Willis and Donna Larson, and many grandchildren and
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great-grandchildren; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
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HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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we mourn the passing of former Illinois State Representative
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Jack Lawrence Kubik and extend our sincere condolences to his

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family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
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further

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RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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presented to Representative Kubik's daughter, Lynn Vorreyer,
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and to his son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Nicole Kiefer.

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