MEMORIAL-TUYET A. M. LE

104th Regular Session Introduced by Dee Avelar and 4 co-sponsors

Illinois honors Tuyet Anh Mong Le with a memorial resolution recognizing her leadership in Asian American advocacy and expressing condolences to her family.

Resolution Adopted

Purpose / Intent

H.R. 395 is a House resolution expressing the Illinois House of Representatives’ condolences on the death of Tuyet Anh Mong Le (b. Jan 21, 1972 — d. Feb 8, 2025). The resolution formally memorializes her life, public service, and contributions to the Asian American community in Chicago and the State of Illinois and directs that a suitable copy of the resolution be presented to her family.

Key provisions

Officially mourns the passing of Tuyet Anh Mong Le and extends condolences to her family, friends, and community.

Summarizes Ms. Le’s biography and public-service accomplishments, including:

Flight from Saigon in 1975 as a refugee and upbringing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Education: Nicolet High School (Glendale, WI) and fine arts major at Northwestern University (Evanston).
Leadership: longtime executive director (18 years) of the organization now known as Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago (formerly Asian American Institute).
Civil-rights and community work: organizing Asian American history education, advocating for an Asian American Studies program, grading public officials on Asian American inclusion, defending affirmative action and minority contracting, organizing voter mobilization and caucuses, and advocating for redistricting to improve Asian American representation.
Support for allied organizations (e.g., Access Living, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Rockwood Leadership Institute, WTTW) and cultural/personal interests noted.

Directs that a suitable copy of the resolution be presented to Ms. Le’s family as an expression of sympathy.

Who is affected / Impact

Primarily symbolic: honors the memory of Tuyet Le and provides an official record of the Illinois House’s recognition of her public service.

Affected parties include Ms. Le’s surviving family members, colleagues, the Asian American and immigrant communities in Chicago and Illinois, and organizations she led or supported.

No legal, regulatory, or fiscal impacts — the resolution is ceremonial.

Procedural / Timeline notes

Introduced: January 14, 2025; referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Readings and calendar actions occurred February–March 2025 (House First and Second Readers; placed on Congratulatory & Memorial Resolutions Calendar).

Adopted by the House: listed as adopted March 13, 2025 (additional clerical filings and enrollment recorded March 14, 2025). Further clerical actions and final filing with the Clerk are recorded in late May 2025.

Sponsors and co-sponsors are recorded in the bill metadata (see below).

Sponsors / Filing

Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah (filed May 28, 2025).

Listed sponsors/co-sponsors in the provided metadata include Park Cannon, Jasmine Clark, Debra Bazemore, Tanya Miller, Miriam Paris, Brandon Gill, Mary E. Miller, Anna Paulina Luna, and others; chief co-sponsors added May 29 include Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy, Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, Rep. Dagmara Avelar, and Rep. Hoan Huynh.

Note on combined text in the provided file

The version content supplied also contains the full text of an unrelated House resolution (also labeled H.R. 395) from another jurisdiction designating May as “Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.” That text appears to be included inadvertently and is not part of the Illinois memorial resolution for Tuyet A. M. Le; the memorial’s operative provisions are the condolences and directives summarized above.

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