HR0564LRB100 13633 MST 28291 r 1HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3Representatives wish to congratulate Bill Shepherd on the 4occasion of his retirement from State Farm on September 1, 2017 5after 28 years of service; and 6 WHEREAS, Bill Shepherd graduated from the University of 7Nebraska Law School in 1977; he passed the Illinois Bar and 8begin to practice in Rockford with an insurance defense firm; 9in 1982, he moved to Chicago to work as an assistant attorney 10general in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General; he then 11joined the legal staff of the Illinois State Senate where he 12drafted and analyzed legislation primarily dealing with the 13highly controversial nuclear energy industry; he also was on 14the project team that drafted the first-in-the-nation State 15Telecommunications Act that followed the antitrust breakup of 16AT&T and the Bell system monopoly; Governor James R. Thompson 17then appointed him to a position in his administration 18advocating on behalf of small business consumers at the 19Illinois Commerce Commission; and 20 WHEREAS, Bill Shepherd joined the State Farm Law 21Department's Legislative/Regulatory Section in January of 1990 22as state counsel and was assigned to the Illinois Region and 23then the Canadian Region; and

HR0564- 2 -LRB100 13633 MST 28291 r 1 WHEREAS, Bill Shepherd provided a steady and authoritative 2presence at the Illinois State Capitol; a wide variety of 3issues have demanded his drafting skills which now populate the 4Illinois Insurance Code; his input is also reflected in 5numerous other statutes, including taxation, uninsured 6motorist coverage, unclaimed life insurance assets, and many 7others; and 8 WHEREAS, Bill Shepherd has represented State Farm in a 9variety of external groups such as the National Conference of 10Insurance Legislators, the Republican Governors Association, 11the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, the National 12Governors Association, and the Senate Presidents' Forum; and 13 WHEREAS, In retirement, Bill Shepherd intends to continue 14his research and writing on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War; 15he and his wife, Mary, plan to stay in Bloomington but will be 16traveling to national parks, Civil War sites, and looking 17forward to some overseas travel, including a river cruise in 18France; therefore, be it 19 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 20HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 21congratulate Bill Shepherd on his retirement from State Farm 22after 28 years of service, and we wish him the best in all his

HR0564- 3 -LRB100 13633 MST 28291 r 1future endeavors; and be it further 2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 3presented to Bill Shepherd as a symbol of our respect and 4esteem.