Illinois HR 816: MEMORIAL-CHRISTIE E. FISCHER

Status: Resolution Adopted (as of 2026-04-16)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HR 816

Sponsors: Joyce Mason

Bill Text

• 

 Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HR0816 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Select Language

 × 

 The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein.

 Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet.

 The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website.

 NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window.

 Choose Language 

 English 

 Afrikaans 

 Albanian 

 Arabic 

 Armenian 

 Azerbaijani 

 Basque 

 Bengali 

 Bosnian 

 Catalan 

 Croatian 

 Czech 

 Danish 

 Dutch 

 Esperanto 

 Estonian 

 Filipino 

 Finnish 

 French 

 Galician 

 Georgian 

 German 

 Greek 

 Gujarati 

 Haitian Creole 

 Hausa 

 Hawaiian 

 Hebrew 

 Hindi 

 Hungarian 

 Icelandic 

 Indonesian 

 Interlingua 

 Interlingue 

 Inuktitut 

 Irish 

 Italian 

 Japanese 

 Javanese 

 Kannada 

 Khmer 

 Korean 

 Latin 

 Latvian 

 Lithuanian 

 Luxembourgish 

 Macedonian 

 Malagasy 

 Malayalam 

 Maltese 

 Maori 

 Marathi 

 Myanmar 

 Nepali 

 Norwegian 

 Odia 

 Pashto 

 Punjabi 

 Romanian 

 Russian 

 Samoan 

 Sango 

 Sanskrit 

 Sardinian 

 Sindhi 

 Sinhala 

 Slovak 

 Slovenian 

 Somali 

 Southern Sotho 

 Spanish 

 Sundanese 

 Swahili 

 Swedish 

 Tamil 

 Telugu 

 Thai 

 Tigrinya 

 Tonga 

 Turkish 

 Ukrainian 

 Urdu 

 Vietnamese 

 Welsh 

 Xhosa 

 Yiddish 

 Yoruba 

 Zulu 

 Powered by Translate 

 Close 

 Illinois General Assembly

 Top Navigation Bar

 Translate 

 Learn 

 Select General Assembly 

 Search the 104th General Assembly 

 Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. 

 ILGA.GOV 

• 

• 

 LEGISLATION & LAWS 

• Bills & Resolutions 

• Public Acts 

• Illinois Compiled Statutes 

• Illinois Constitution 

• Search Legislation 

• Glossary 

• Guide 

• 

 Reports & Inquiry 

• Legislative Reports 

• Special Reports 

• FTP Site 

• Legislator Lookup 

• Capitol Complex Phone Numbers 

• 

 Rules & Regulations 

• Illinois Register 

• Administrative Rules 

• 

 Senate 

• 
 Members 

• Schedules 

• Committees 

• 

 Request for Remote Testimony 

• Journals 

• Transcripts 

• Rules 

• Audio/Video 

• FOIA Information 

• Senate Employment Opportunities 

• Media Guidelines 

• 

 House 

• 
 Members 

• Schedules 

• Committees 

• 

 Submit testimony for House Committees 

• Journals 

• Transcripts 

• Rules 

• Audio/Video 

• FOIA Information 

• House Employment Opportunities 

• Log In 

 Mobile Top Bar

 Search the 104th General Assembly 

 Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. 

 Full Text of HR0816

• Home 

• Legislation 

• Full Text 

 HR0816 - 104th General Assembly 

• 
 Bill Status 

• 
 Full Text 

• 
 Votes 

• 
 Witness Slips 

 Select Menu 

 Bill Status 
 Full Text 
 Votes 
 Witness Slips 
 Printer Friendly Version 

 Introduced 

 Printer Friendly Version 

 Introduced 

 Open PDF 

HR0816LRB104 21453 ECR 36596 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Christie 

4E. (Thomas) Fischer of Zion, who passed away on February 23, 

52026; and

6 WHEREAS, Christie Fischer, the daughter of Logan H. Thomas 

7Jr. and Jessie E. Thomas, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on 

8September 5, 1959; she served as an electronic signals 

9intelligence analyst for the United States Army from 1981 to 

101985, and she received the Army Achievement Medal, Oak Leaf 

11Cluster, and the Army Commendation Medal for her service; she 

12received a Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 

132005 and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Barat College, 

14graduating magna cum laude in 2002; she married Christopher 

15James Fischer in Indianapolis on October 25, 1986; and

16 WHEREAS, Christie Fischer worked as a loss prevention 

17investigator for White Hen Pantry, Inc., a service 

18representative for the American Medical Association, and as an 

19associate instructor in Criminal Law and Legal Writing for 

20Westwood College; she served as a clinical instructor, a 

21research assistant, and a clinic intern for the Law Offices of 

22Chicago-Kent Richard Kling from 2003 to 2005; she then became 

23a staff attorney in the Expungement Unit for the Office of the 

HR0816- 2 -LRB104 21453 ECR 36596 r

1State Appellate Defender from 2005 to 2013 before working for 

2the Law Offices of Fischer and Associates from 2014 to 2026; 

3and

4 WHEREAS, Christie Fischer served as an usher and volunteer 

5at Tempel Lipizzans; she was also involved with the Illinois 

6State Bar Association, the Association of Women Attorneys of 

7Lake County, the 

View Illinois HR 816 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.