Bill
SR 304
Ceremonial resolution honors Brookwood High School boys' swim and dive team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 6A state championship.
Status: Resolution Adopted
Introduced: March 18, 2025
Classification: Resolution
Note on source text: The legislative text for SR 304 as provided appears to contain two distinct ceremonial resolutions merged into one document: (1) a congratulatory resolution honoring the Brookwood High School boys swim and dive team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 6A State Championship, and (2) a memorial resolution mourning the death of Thomas Patrick Hardy of Hinsdale, Illinois. Both components are ceremonial (non‑binding) in nature. The summary below treats each component separately and then summarizes procedural actions.
Purpose and intent
- To congratulate the Brookwood High School boys swim and dive team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 6A State Swimming and Diving Championship and to recognize the team’s excellence in athletics, character, teamwork, and academics.
Key provisions / content
- Notes the team captured its eighth state championship, finishing with a 409–293 margin over Walton.
- Highlights individual and relay achievements:
- Baylor Stanton: state titles in the 200‑yard individual medley and 100‑yard backstroke; member of the winning 200‑yard medley relay (with Ean Silvers, Collin Severtson, Wyatt Hinson).
- Michael Stanton: winner of the 500‑yard freestyle; member of the winning 200‑yard freestyle relay (with Thien Nguyen, Noah Silvers, Wyatt Hinson).
- Praises the team’s dedication, training, unity, and competitive performance.
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make an appropriate copy of the resolution available for distribution to the Brookwood team.
Who is affected
- Brookwood High School student‑athletes, coaches, school community, and supporters (ceremonial recognition).
Impact
- Ceremonial recognition that publicly honors athletic achievement; does not create legal obligations or funding.
Purpose and intent
- To mourn the passing of Thomas Patrick Hardy (d. March 27, 2025) and to extend condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Key provisions / content
- Summarizes Hardy’s biography:
- Raised in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood; graduate of Brother Rice High School and Ripon College (WI); alumnus of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
- Long career in journalism and public affairs: Chicago Tribune (copy clerk, political writer/columnist), media analyst for broadcast outlets, press secretary for Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, executive roles in public relations (including Burson‑Marsteller) and senior communications positions at the University of Illinois.
- Personal notes: athletic interests (golf, soccer, racquetball, skiing), described as generous, unpretentious, with a strong sense of humor.
- Lists survivors, including fiancée Suzanne “Sue” Schoij, sons, grandchildren, siblings, and other family.
- Directs that a suitable copy of the resolution be presented to Sue Schoij as a symbol of sympathy.
Who is affected
- Hardy’s family, friends, professional associates, and the broader community familiar with his public service and journalism career.
Impact
- Ceremonial expression of condolence; no legal or fiscal effects.
SR 304 is a ceremonial resolution (adopted) containing two commemorative sections: one congratulating Brookwood High School’s boys swim and dive team on its 2025 GHSA Class 6A state championship, and one memorializing Thomas Patrick Hardy of Hinsdale, Illinois. Both parts serve to recognize accomplishments and express condolences; neither imposes legal obligations or creates binding policy.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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