Illinois SR 501: MEMORIAL-BISHOP JOSEPH JOHNSON

Bill Text

• 

 Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SR0501 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 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 SR0501

• Home 

• Legislation 

• Full Text 

 SR0501 - 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 

SR0501LRB104 16120 LAW 29450 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Bishop Joseph Hosea Johnson of Peoria, 

4who passed away on October 22, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Bishop Johnson was born to Charlie and Letha Mae 

6(Smith) Johnson in Benoit, Mississippi on July 24, 1935, and 

7he was one of 17 children born to his parents; he committed to 

8his faith at the age of 12; he relocated to Peoria at the age 

9of 18, where he met and married Annie Jo Hunter, and they had 

10two sons, Joel and Jonathan; he was called to a life of 

11ministry after joining New Morning Star Missionary Baptist 

12Church, leading him to study at Chicago Baptist Institute for 

13four years; he later continued his theological studies at the 

14University of Minnesota and Harvard College in California; and

15 WHEREAS, Bishop Johnson, following his return to Peoria, 

16served as a community worker for the State of Illinois 

17Department of Corrections, working with troubled youth and 

18becoming a probation officer after 18 months; he was promoted 

19to director of Juvenile Court Services three years later, 

20becoming the first African American to be appointed to that 

21position and serving for 37 years; and

22 WHEREAS, Bishop Johnson began his pastoral history as an 

SR0501- 2 -LRB104 16120 LAW 29450 r

1interim pastor with Star of Hope Full Gospel Church, formerly 

2Star of Hope Missionary Baptist Church, in October 1967; he 

3was ordained and installed as the permanent pastor in March 

41968; at the same time, he also fulfilled other pastoral 

5duties at Peoria Christian Church and First United Methodist 

6Church; under his dynamic and life-changing leadership, Star