"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Committee Reports. Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson from the Committee on Rules reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: recommends be adopted, referred to the floor is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3703."
"Members are asked to be at their seats. We shall be led in prayer today by Reverend David Elliott, who is with the Joyful Spirit Lutheran Church in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Reverend Elliott is the guest of Representative Manley. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance."
"Let us pray. Gracious God, thank You for gathering us together on this day. We come together to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters across this great state that we call home. Let us not look past the opportunities set before us today: the opportunity to build trust, the opportunity to advocate for those who are in need, and the opportunity to build the promised future. For the measure of a society is found in how we treat the most vulnerable among us. Let not these burdens overwhelm those who have answered the call to lead and serve. Be with and grant Your blessing and wisdom upon each Representative, their loved ones, their staff, and all who work and walk these halls. Especially today, keep in Your prayers Patty Perry, sister of Representative Sue Scherer, who recently passed away. May You guide their hearts and minds that they may be just in purpose, wise in counsel, and unwavering in duty. Bring us one another 10000031.docx 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 ever closer together and unified in common purpose. Let Your light shine that we may work through any and all disagreements as we strive towards the hope of a brighter future. All this we pray and commend to Your care, Amen."
"We shall be led in the Pledge of Allegiance today by Representative Welter."
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Currie."
"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Evans and Phelps are excused today."
"Representative Demmer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please excuse Representative Halbrook today."
Speaker Turner: "With 115 Members present, a quorum is established. Representative Andersson, for what reason do you rise?"
"A point of personal privilege, please."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"Thank you. And I hope you'll forgive my… my attire, but today Members of the Bacon Caucus, it is a very special day. I wish it were Tuesday because then I could call it BLT Tuesday, but it's not. It's Wednesday and I have no… I have no answer for that. However, the good news is, in the backroom in 413 there are BLTs for all. So, please enjoy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker." 10000031.docx 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
Speaker Turner: "Thank you, Representative. Representative Jesiel, for what reason do you rise?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"Yeah. Usually I don’t have constituents make the drive all the way from my district, but today I have a friend of mine in the gallery. Her name is Tanisha Gardner. She's visiting from Zion. She's a school board member and very interested in the workings of government. So, I hope we show her a good time today and please help me welcome her to Springfield."
Speaker Turner: "Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Mah, for what reason do you rise?
"Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Representative."
"Thank you. I'd like to introduce my two Pages for the day. I have Maddy Chau and Keneni Godadi… Godana. And they are juniors at Schaumberg High School and they're active in the Lau American Organization of Elgin. So, they are not from my district, but I… they are welcome as my Pages. And they're learning about State Government and how the Legislature works. Please give them a warm Springfield welcome."
"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Members, on page 14 of the Calendar, under House Bills on Third Reading, we have House Bill 270, Representative Wallace. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Representative, I understand you have an Amendment on this Bill. Can we please… Mr. Clerk, can we please move the Bill back to Second Reading and read the Bill." 10000031.docx 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"House Bill 270, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. The Bill was read for a second time on a previous day. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #3 is offered by Representative Wallace."
"Representative Wallace."
"Thank you. I would like to adopt Floor Amendment #3. This Amendment is one that I worked with the Illinois State Police on. It creates the language that is the most agreeable for this particular legislation."
"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 270. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 291, Representative Olsen. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 291, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Olsen."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2… House Bill 291 makes only a small change. This Bill provides that for elected officials participating in IMRF, that they have to… must work a thousand hours to be eligible for IMRF… an IMRF pension. That would… the current statute says that a municipality or unit of local government participating in IMRF can elect to be at either 600 hour standard or a thousand hour standard. A 600 hour standard is approximately 13 hours per week and a thousand hour standard is 20 hours per week. I ask for the 10000031.docx 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Members to please support this Bill and ask for an 'aye' vote."
"On that, Representative Barbara Wheeler is recognized." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Representative… where is he? Is this your first Bill?"
"It is." Wheeler, B.: "All right. I heard the… I heard a little bit of what you said. You were very quiet. You're requiring people who are signed up for IMRF to record their hours?"
"No. This Bill requires elected officials who participate in IMRF… the positions eligible for IMRF, they would have to meet a thousand hours worked per year. This does not change anything about the recording or, you know, the process through which units of local government go through to certify that the position is eligible and meets the thousand hour requirement." Wheeler, B.: "Then they need a thousand hours to be eligible for IMRF if you're an elected official?"
"That’s correct." Wheeler, B.: "You came from DuPage County?"
"That’s correct." Wheeler, B.: "Were you on the County Board there?"
"I… I was not. I was on the Village Board in Downers Grove… Village of Downers Grove and on the College DuPage Board of Trustees." Wheeler, B.: "And the village, were you eligible for IMRF?"
"We were not." Wheeler, B.: "But your county of DuPage is?" 10000031.docx 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"The County DuPage is." Wheeler, B.: "The County Board members?"
"Yes. Yes, though that was changed last year through the Jack Franks and Pam Althoff ran a Bill that changed the eligibility for just County Board members. This applies to all units of local government statewide…" Wheeler, B.: "Okay."
"…that participate in IMRF." Wheeler, B.: "So, it's not County Boards unless they’re reporting more than a thousand hours, correct?"
"Yeah. This Bill… because of the Bill that was passed last year, County Boards really would not be affected by this though." Wheeler, B.: "So, give me an example of what elected official which would be eligible for IMRF and would serve more than a thousand hours. What would be an example of that?"
"So, an elected official that’d be eligible for IMRF and serve more than a thousand hours; for example, a township assessor. A township assessor is a full-time position in most townships. It would be eligible for IMRF… an IMRF pension." Wheeler, B.: "Is it for 600 or 1,000 hours?"
"Well…" Wheeler, B.: "There's a distinction in your Bill."
"In… in this Bill, this Bill would require it meet the thousand hour require… the thousand hour standard. Six hundred hours would be… that is currently permissible under State Law: however some units of local government have elected to increase their standard to a thousand hours, which is 10000031.docx 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 permissible under the law. This would bring everyone up to that thousand hour standard." Wheeler, B.: "Okay. Great. Thank you very much and well done, David."
"Thank you very much."
"Thank you, Members. Please bring the noise level down. Representative Conroy is recognized."
"Representative, is this your first Bill?"
"It is my first Bill."
"This is your first Bill. And you represent DuPage County?"
"Ninety-seven percent of my district is in DuPage County. It's 3 percent in Will County."
"Ninety-seven percent. Well, 100 percent of my district is in DuPage County. And to the Bill. I think this is a great Bill and I will be supporting it. And I encourage a 'yes' vote."
"Thank you, Representative."
"Representative Andrade is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"Thank you. Representative Olsen, do you believe that a person that works maybe 950 hours or a thousand or maybe 1,001 hours is actually more qualified? Does it make him a better candidate and better… to be a better member of IMRF?"
"A thousand hours is a standard that exists in the law. I… my belief is, personally, I believe that we should increase the standard higher to be able to be eligible for a pension as a thousand hours is only 20 hours per week. But I think 10000031.docx 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 this is an appropriate standard and I think the chairman of Personnel & Pensions, he and I worked together to come to this… this agreement. And I would… would have, you know, I think that it's appropriate given this… you know, given our current state of the law."
"Did IMRF bring this up to you?"
"IMRF did not bring it up to me. It actually resulted from some con… a constituent issue in Downers Grove Township where there was some discussion and confusion over the hour requirement, the 600 versus a thousand hours. There was confusion about it and I think the… and… or initially the Bill, if you… the initial Bill was for all. To eliminate pensions for all part-time elected officials. The definition of part-time became contentious. And so, we reviewed the current language and agreed an Amendment to bring everyone up to this thousand hour standard."
"Thank you. Thank you. Do you think it was their original intent that maybe they did want a thousand instead of 600 hours?"
"Well, I think the original intent was to go from 600… so, the original intent was 600 to allow leaders of local government to elect based on their needs. I think that at this point in our state, it… with the current state of the state, it would be appropriate to bring everyone up to a higher standard."
"Thank you, Representative. It's a pleasure to have you here as a Member of the House. I hope that your IMRF Bill doesn’t take 45 minutes like mine did, but I think your… I believe that you're only having one or two more speakers. But 10000031.docx 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 I am glad to have you as a Member here. Glad you're on. Welcome and hopefully, congratulations on your first Bill. Thank you."
"Thank you, Representative."
"The Chair recognizes Representative Moeller."
"Thank you, Speaker. To the Bill. I also want to congratulate the Sponsor of this legislation. I think this is a timely issue. When we're trying to build trust in government amongst the electorate and to address the financial situation that we find ourselves in, I think it's completely appropriate that we are… amending our practices to reflect current reality. It's… the fact that part-time elected officials are receiving pensions in this state is… is something that needs to be fixed and that’s what you're doing with this legislation. And… and I appreciate you bringing it forward. I will be introducing a Bill that's similar tomorrow in Pension & Personnel Committee that would also address appointed part-time officials. The pension program was never intended, in my opinion, to enrich part-time politicians serving in the state. And again, I applaud… the …the Sponsor and congratulate him on his first Bill. This is a great issue. And I thank you for bringing it forward."
"Chair recognizes Representative Severin."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"Mr. Olsen, you know what I'm getting ready to ask you? This your first Bill?"
"It is my first Bill."
"Are you nervous?" 10000031.docx 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Slightly."
"Welcome."
"Representative Riley is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"Representative Olsen, with all of the noise and so forth in the chamber, I'm not sure if this question was asked. Is this your first Bill?"
"It is my first Bill."
"I'm not going to ask you about being nervous or anything like that. Let me just ask this. Would you agree that… well, let me ask you this first. What's your determination of what's part-time or a full-time elected official?"
"In this Bill, the determination is a thousand hours. So, a thousand hours makes an elected official eligible for a pension and so that is the determining factor in this Bill."
"But would you agree that, especially, you know, at the local level, that many elected officials who you would deem as being part-time actually work more than this?"
"Yeah. I would… I would agree."
"Okay. The other thing is, in the analysis it talks about current elected officials that work less than 1,000 hours are not affected. Can you sort of explain that? If… if it's supposed to be encompassing of everyone, why are they not affected?"
"So, this Bill, out of respect for current elected officials, people currently participating in the system would not be impacted."
"Okay." 10000031.docx 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"This impacts all future elected officials. I think we have had many discussions in this chamber, especially on the pension issue, where I do not intend to impact a, you know, constitutional issue or raise any sort of Constitutional issues, so we're making this Bill about all future elected officials. That's the reason for it not impacting current ones."
"Is this Bill effective immediately? I mean, 'cause that has a lot to do with, you know.”
“Let me…”
“…when that date you're talking about actually is."
"I believe the Bill would be effective for elected officials elected after the date of the legislation passing."
"Okay. What I'm saying, is it effective immediately or will it take effect, you know, in January of next year? And that's something that you would declare as part of your legislation. Well, I'm not going to belabor the point. Good luck on… did you find out?"
"I… I didn’t… I did not find it. So, my understanding is that it would be effective as of January 1 of next year."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Representative Olsen to close."
"Thank you, M… thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think this Bill is a good first step in addressing some of the pension issues in local government. And I respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 291 pass?'. All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 10000031.docx 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 291, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Martwick is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, if you would grant me your attention for one minute. In the… in the gallery of the chamber, we have a distinguished guest with us. I, along with five of my colleagues here, are graduates of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. It's an interesting distinction because there are more graduates of the John Marshall Law School serving in the Legislature than any other law school. And with us, we have a very special guest. The… Darby Dickerson who is the new dean of the John Marshall Law School. So, she is a… a true leader, a collaborative leader, a real example for women in our state and she's here with us. So, would you please give her a warm, Springfield welcome to Dean Dickerson."
"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Chair recognizes Representative Davidsmeyer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"I have a couple of Pages with me today. First I have Ellie Laub, who is actually my cousin. Up here behind me in the gallery, you'll see my cousin Scott, his wife Sarah, 10000031.docx 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 and Ellie's sister Hannah, if you can stand up and wave. I'm going to put you on the spot. They came down from Naperville. They're actually constituents of Representative Wehrli. I also have my nephew who lives a long way away from me, about four houses down and across the street, Myles Alexander with me as a Page and I have my… his mom and his brother. His mom's over here videoing, I believe. His brother Harrison and my mother Kay is up there. So, I hope we can give them a warm, Springfield welcome."
"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Chair recognizes Leader Bellock."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And I'd like to ask all the Members if they would be with me in welcoming today my Page for the day, Jack Morrissey, who is a junior at Oak Park and River Forest High School. And he came down to see how a Bill becomes a law and we just asked him if he was interested in becoming a Rep and he said, well, if computer programing doesn’t work out, I might give it a thought. So, his mom is… his mom is up in the balcony and I'd ask everybody to give them a round of applause welcoming today. Thank you."
"Smart guy. Thank you. Welcome to your Capitol. Representative Jimenez, for what reason do you rise?"
"Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd also like to introduce my Page for the day today, Anna Carlisle. She's from New Berlin and she's in fifth grade. Her favorite subject is math, which we could use her help around here the next couple weeks, I think. I'd like to have the chamber give her a warm welcome." 10000031.docx 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
Speaker Turner: "Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Hammond, for what reason do you rise?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"In the gallery with us this afternoon are some constituents from my district, specifically Macomb, Illinois. Dr. Idol Mitchell and Jill Mitchell with my husband Leonard, if we could give them a welcome to Springfield."
Speaker Turner: "Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Bourne, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Representative."
"Thank you. In honor of Women's History Month coming to a close, I must say, I've really enjoyed the historical facts on the back of the Calendars. If you haven’t read them, I would encourage you to check them out. But also, I'd like to show abo… share with the Body a story of the first female Senator in the Illinois General Assembly. She mentioned she was called to public service by the need to push out the walls of her home to include the community. Senator Florence Fifer Bohrer of Bloomington dedicated more than 50 years of her life to helping her neighbors. Along the way, she formed a mother's club, which developed into what is today the PTO, the Parent Teacher Organization. She also helped establish a tuberculosis sanitarium in Bloomington and was the local director of the American Red Cross, locally, during World War I. Finally, when women were finally granted the right to vote, she was approached to run for office and won the seat to the 10000031.docx 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Illinois Senate in 1924. Her impact on Illinois history extends beyond being the first female Senator. She also ran on supporting agriculture, improving roads, making it easier to pay property taxes by splitting it up into two installments, and she introduced a Bill which made Illinois the first state song. She continued her civic work after office, was also helped in forming the League of Women Voter's chapter in McLean County and when asked to sum up her career in public service, she said I saw a thing to do and I did it. So, this month, in closing of Women's History Month, I think it's important we remember the women of Illinois who blazed a trail for the rest of us. So, thank you and happy Women's History Month."
"Thank you, Representative. Representative Davis, for what reason do you seek recognition?" Davis, W.: "Mr. Speaker, I have a point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir." Davis, W.: "Unfortunately, hold on a minute. There we go. I'm trying to get him in the video here. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Mr. Nicholas Figurelli who's my Page for the day. He's a second grader at Lincoln Elementary School and of course is eight years old. His grandmother and mother are in the gallery there. Everybody knows his grandmother, she's Peg Agnos, fantastic lobbyist on behalf of education here in the Capitol, everybody knows her. But this is her grandson. Like you to welcome him to the State Capitol today."
Speaker Turner: "Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Olsen, for what reason do you rise?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege." 10000031.docx 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Please proceed, Sir."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First, I just want to acknowledge Representative Martwick, the chairman of Personnel & Pensions and thank him for his assistance in… in working with me on passing House Bill 291, very pleased about that. I'd like to introduce my Page for a day. His name is Daniel Adam. He's a freshman from Downers Grove North High School. He's at the Republican… on the Republican bench. Daniel, if you'd stand up. Thank you for joining us here in Springfield and welcome to the Capitol."
"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. On page 15 of the Calendar, House Bill 470, we have Representative Davidsmeyer. Out of the record. House Bill 471, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 471, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Ford."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. House Bill 471 as amended does two things. I'm trying to get… it requires that if a property is in foreclosure, that the landlord must give the tenant notice that the property is in foreclosure. Many times people rent apartments or homes from landlords and they never know that the apartment or home is in foreclosure. We believe that it is good policy and good public policy for consumers to know whether or not they're renting a property that’s in foreclosure. There's no opposition to this Bill. I move for the passage of House Bill 471."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson." 10000031.docx 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"So, Representative, I thought you said it does two things. I only heard you say one thing, which is provide a notice. What's the other thing that it does?"
"And the second thing that it does, it allows for banks to open up the judgement so that they can renegotiate on two occasions. So, right now, once a bank files a foreclosure, they're limited to the number of times that they are able to renegotiate the foreclosure. So, what we want to do with this is open it up so that the banks will have the ability to renegotiate on more than one occasion. It's good for the borrower and it's good for the banks because once the issue is closed, then banks are not able to renegotiate twice."
"So… so, are we saying… my analysis says provides each time a scheduled payment is missed, a new and separate distinct cause of action is created.”
“Okay, okay.”
“What does that… what…"
"We're going to pull it from the record at this time. Yeah."
"Mr. Clerk, please take this Bill out of the record. House Bill 481, Representative Bourne. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 481, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Bourne."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 481 allows CNAs to get their clinical experience at an assisted living facility. 10000031.docx 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 After the Amendments, it's a agreed Bill. I'd be happy to take any questions and ask for your 'aye' vote."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 481 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 481, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Andersson, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege, please."
"Please proceed."
"I'm just reminded by the Illinois Pork Producers that there is still a lot of BLTs in the back room so don’t hesitate to come back and get yours."
"House Bill 496, Representative Demmer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 496, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Demmer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 496 builds upon a law that we passed here in 2013 that gave Evanston Township the ability to do a referendum and consolidate with the city. This would expand it to an additional 18 coterminous municipalities in the state. I appreciate Representative Yingling's help on this. And I ask for your support. Happy to answer questions." 10000031.docx 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Seeing no debate, the quest… Representative Wheeler is recognized." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. And to the Sponsor, I want to thank you for your work on consolidation. You've brought a couple of Bills. It's really made an impact and this is just yet another one. Thank you, Representative."
"Seeing no debate, the question is 'Shall House Bill 496 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 496, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 513, Representative Bourne. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 513, a Bill for an Act concerning public safety. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Bourne."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 513 is a constituent initiative that allows bulldozers to be able to be wet fuel. That's really a clean-up Bill and codifies what's already been in practice. I ask for your 'aye' vote."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 513 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present', House Bill 513, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House 10000031.docx 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Bill 524, Representative Wheeler. Mr. Clerk, can you please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."
"House Bill 524, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. The Bill was read for a second time on a previous day. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2 is offered by Representative Barbara Wheeler."
"Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment basically confirms that law enforcement will follow Federal Law."
"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 524. All in favor vote 'aye'… all in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk.”
"No further Amendments. No Motions were filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 540, Representative Kelly Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 607, Representative Yingling. Out of the record. House Bill 618, Representative Willis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 618, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Willis."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is an initiative of the Associated Firefighters of Illinois. What… it is narrowly written. What this Bill will do, it will allow those fire service members that began their careers as police officers in the same municipality to be able to transfer creditable pension time and service to the same municipalities fire pension fund. It is a very narrowly written rule. It will 10000031.docx 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 allow them to transfer basically from Article 3 pension to Article 4 pension. It also has some standards in there that has them remain as Tier 2 employees and it does have subject to as their time on the police department had no disciplinary actions at them. At this point, there is no opposition to the Bill. And I urge an 'aye' vote and am willing to take any questions."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."
"Looks to me, Representative, like the Governor's Office maybe was originally opposed, but they're neutral at this point. Is that your understanding?"
"They were originally opposed until we made sure that we clarified that these… this pension will be at a Tier 2 pension. And that took off their opposition."
"That took off their opposition. And tell me how this is going to work. So, we got somebody who’s vested in one of the two pensions?"
"Most times they are not vested in the police pension, but they have paid into it."
"Right."
"And this will allow them to transfer that pensionable money into the fire pension. So, it…"
"Does it…"
"…it will go and add to their fire pension and… and move that along."
"Does it happen for vested as well? Is that conceivable or no?" 10000031.docx 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"That this is so narrowly written the… there's approximately 12 to 20 firefighters that this would affect. None of them were in long enough to be vested. So, it is not doing that at all."
"Okay."
"So, it is not a case of where you'll have people taking two pensions. It's just putting them all into one pension fund."
"And does this go both ways? In other words, firefighter to police and vice versa?"
"You know, I would have loved to do that, but the… the Police Association did not ask for that. And so, this is something that the Fire Association has initiated. And so, it is only from police to fire."
"And is there any impact between the two pensions? In other words, is there a…"
"No. Because it is from the same municipality exactly, it will not have any… the financial impact is basically minimal. You're basically transferring funds that are from the same municipality into the same municipality. It's just transferring it from Article 3 to Article 4. But it's actually the same money."
"Thank you very much, Representative."
"Representative Willis to close."
"I urge an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 618 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Members, please record yourself. Mr. 10000031.docx 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 100 voting 'yes', 13 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 618, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 680, Representative Davidsmeyer. Out of the record. House Bill 683, Representative Beiser. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 683, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Beiser."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is an initiative of the Mid-West Truckers Association and basically, what it does, it allows our non-state highways, the trac… tractor… tractor- trailer limit to be raised from 55 to 65 feet. This will put us along… 46 other states already do this. And the… Mid-West Truckers told us that the 55-foot length was actually established back in the '50s and '60s. So, again, we're just trying to bring us up to date with 46 other states, our surrounding states all being part of those 46."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 683 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 108 voting 'yes', 6 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 683, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 733, Representative Crespo. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 733, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill." 10000031.docx 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Representative Crespo."
"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. This is an initiative of the Secretary of State. And it states that if the windshield or windows immediately adjacent to the side of a driver are obstructed by signs, paperwork, or other material which obstruct the driver’s view, the car may not be driven off a dealer's lot, including for test drives. This is in response to a young man who… who died in a car accident in Hoffman Estates. He was a passenger in a car. They got into an accident when there was a car that was being test driven came… came right in front of them, did not see them because the windshield was obstructed. His name is Burke… Brendan Burke and that's how it came to us. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"So, Representative Crespo, it looks like we are requiring that they remove signs, decals, et cetera from which windows on the car?"
"This is specifically the windows that are adjacent to each side of the driver."
"So, driver, passenger, and front?"
"Correct."
"I assume."
"Right."
"What about… I mean there are those mandatory stickers from the Federal Government that specify everything that you 10000031.docx 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 could possibly want to know about a car including its price buried in there somewhere. What about those?"
"Those would have to be removed as well."
"If they're… if they're on the front windows."
"Correct."
"It'd be okay if they're on the back?"
"If they're on the back, they're fine."
"What about those circumstances where it’s a two-door car, where there is not really a back window. Would it be removed there?"
"It would be removed."
"Okay. Do we… and what about, you know, a lot of car dealers say, you know, deals, special, grease…"
"Those…"
"…paint kind of thing?"
"…those would have to be removed as well."
"Okay. All right. And… okay. Thank you very much."
"You're welcome."
"Appreciate the questions."
"Chair recognizes Representative Skillicorn. Representative Crespo to close."
"Just ask… ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 733 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 733, having received the Constitutional 10000031.docx 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 763, Representative Davis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 763, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Will Davis.” Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this is House Bill 763 which is an initiative of the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. And before he says anything, let me let Representative Harris know that this does not eliminate the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. But what this Bill attempts to do, more technical in nature, it replaces the term ‘obligation’ with ‘financial commitment’ to be consistent with the Administrative Code as well as provide a definition for ‘financial commitment’. It clarifies the due dates for financial commitment requirement. It removes language pertaining to areawide health planning organizations which have not been recognized or utilized by the CON program for a very long time. And it does not change the definition of substantive projects which removed the opposition of the Department of Human Services. Therefore, to my knowledge, there is no additional opposition. Be more than happy to answer any questions."
"Seeing no debate, the question is… Representative David Harris is recognized." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You want me to ask the question? Does this… does this eliminate the Health Facilities Services and Planning Review Board?" 10000031.docx 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Davis, W.: "Ironically, in my intro, you were talking to a Rep… someone, and I indicated to you that it does not eliminate them, unfortunately." Harris, D.: "Well, I appreciate that. And I apologize, I wasn’t paying full attention. But Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, the Bill's going to pass. The question is, does this… does this entity, the Illinois Health Facilities Planning and Services Review Board, deserve to exist to begin with? And a strong argument can be made that it is a relic of the 1970s central planning for health care. It is a bureaucratic hurdle that organizations have to go through to open up something as simple as a clinic in an area which is… which is happening in my area. So, even though, with all respect to the Sponsor of the Bill, this may seem to improve the process, the entity should not be there to begin with. I encourage a 'no' vote simply because the Illinois Health Facilities Planning and Services Review Board shouldn't exist to begin with. Thank you."
"Representative Davis to close." Davis, W.: "I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 763 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 91 voting 'yes', 21 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 763, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 772, Representative Gordon-Booth. Out of the record. House Bill 10000031.docx 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 799, Representative Andersson. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 799, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 799 amends the Department of Transportation's rules as well as local government rules regarding the notification of detours. It will require both the department and local governments that maintain a full-time website to be required to post 10 days in advance whether or not they have a detour coming up to provide transparency to our motoring public. There are exceptions regarding emergencies and if a community is small and does not maintain a full-time website, they are not bound to this requirement. I know of no objections. IDOT is neutral on the topic.”
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 799 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 110 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 799, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 819, Representative Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 819, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Zalewski." 10000031.docx 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 819 is an initiative of the Department of Revenue. It encourages sales tax compliance by asking companies to renew their certificate every year instead of every five years. The idea is, if they renew every year more companies are… would be willing to be compliant with the law. I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you. I really couldn’t hear that very well. So, are we re… are we increasing from a five-year renewal to a one-year renewal on these?"
"Well, I think we're making it more frequent, yes, Steve."
"And is there a fee associated with it?"
"My understanding is there's no change to the fees. It's simply encouraging annual compliance as opposed to five- year annual compliance."
"Annual compliance but the fee remains a five-year fee or…"
"That's my under…"
"…divided by five? I'd like to know the answer to that question."
"Have you checked with the depart… has anyone from the department talked to you, Steve?"
"It's not my Bill, man."
"Well, I appreciate that, but it's your… I am under the impression there's no change in the fee that will be paid. It simply encourages a yearly compliance with the B… with the… with the Act." 10000031.docx 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Thank you. We just received confirmation of that on my side as well. There is none. Thank you. I appreciate the answers to the questions."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 819 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 819, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 826, Representative Lilly. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 826, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Lilly."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present House Bill 826. It is an initiative of the Illinois Association of School Workers. It seeks to allow school boards to hire social workers. It also prohibits social workers for providing services outside of their employment to any students within the district. At this time, if there's no question, I'll ask for your 'aye' vote."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"Representative Lilly, so why can't they do this right now? What's stopping them from doing it presently?"
"We need to amend the Illinois School Code to make sure that it is possible. And we are adding the language to Article 10 and 34." 10000031.docx 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Thank you very much."
"Representative Lilly to close."
"I thank you for this time of listening. I ask for your 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 826 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 826, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1811, Representative Mussman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1811, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Mussman."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. House Bill 1811 is an initiative of the Illinois Association for the Deaf. The interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act will be expiring at the end of this year and this simply extends the Act for another 10 years. It makes no other changes. I ask for your support."
"Representative Andersson is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."
"Representative Mussman, I like this Bill. But one thing I want to… I want to verify 'cause it sounds like once we do this, we never need to do it again." 10000031.docx 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"No. That was the underlying Bill. There's actually a House Amendment that had already been adopted that simply extends it for 10 years."
"Oh…"
"There was some miscommunication over whether or not we wanted to include that."
"I… I'd love to get rid of these sunset Bills. I mean, do we ever think that doctors or dentists or these folks here shouldn’t be licensed?"
"So, again, that was the original argument, is we would never want anyone to be without a license, but it was agreed that it was appropriate to set in checks and balances and every couple of years have to go back and reevaluate whether or not changes should be made. This is, I believe, the way the original Sunset Act is written and applies to anything in licensure."
"I think you're doing a great job, but what I would tell you is if you ever want to change that and make these permanent, I am with you."
"All right. Thank you."
"Representative Mussman to close."
"I simply ask for an 'aye' vote on this."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 1811 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1811, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House 10000031.docx 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Bill 2354, Representative Willis. Out of the record. House Bill 2367, Representative Ford. Out of the record. House Bill 2378, Representative Drury. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2378, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Drury."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2378 came as a request from a bunch of constituents in a school in my district. Currently, the state statute requires these scores of students who get on their SATs for the state mandated exam to be placed on the transcript. Turns out, there was no reason for that so this simply removes that language and it will stay in the permanent record. I know of no opposition."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"Thank you. Representative Drury, I'm just trying to understand the history on this one. Looks like there were a couple of Floor Amendments and ISBE was opposed, but what's their status right now?"
"I have not heard from ISBE on the most recent Amendment. They didn’t testify in committee on it."
"So, is that #3?"
"Number 3."
"So, it appears that they're still opposed. Is that correct?" 10000031.docx 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"I… like I said, I have not heard from ISBE with respect to Amendment 3. They… they testified on the original proposal. I have not heard from them on Amendment 3."
"All right. And…"
"And they didn’t testify in committee."
"And I apologize for making you repeat anything, but just give me again the core of what you… what the Bill is doing and exactly, if you can explain, what you think their objection was."
"The Bill, right now as the statute stands, it requires the state mandated SAT score to be placed on a student's transcript. The issue with that is that some kids take the ACT for their college exams, some people take the SAT two, three times. And the only score that goes on is the first one. And so, some of the districts and parents have an issue with that, saying why is it on there to begin with. So, the original Amendment said that the parents can… that the school shall not put it on. It was a 'shall'. And ISBE said, well, there might be a reason why a parent wants it on there. And so, then we talked about having an opt out. The opt out became a mandate so that was some of the Amendments. So, we got rid of the mandate. I worked with the Illinois Association of School Counselors on this Bill. And their thought was that the best way to have no mandates and still leave it open for schools and parents to have the most flexibility was to cross out that language and just leave it up… give local control to the schools and the parents to decide what to do."
"So, ultimately, is that where we ended up is…"
"That's where it's at." 10000031.docx 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"…there is local control as to whether or not they're going to comply with this or not?"
"That is where it is at, yes."
"Thank you very much."
"Representative Drury to close."
"I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2378 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 20… on a count 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2378, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2383, Representative Frese. Out of the record. House Bill 2437, Representative Andersson. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2437, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2437 provides for a volunteerism special license plate decal. It's not a separate license plate, but in our new system, we allow for det… decals. There are several different ones. One of my constituents had brought up the idea that in this day and age, volunteerism is something that needs to be lauded and honored and quite frankly, in the midst of our budget concerns, it's especially important that we see volunteerism promoted. So, I would ask for an 'aye' vote. Happy to answer any questions." 10000031.docx 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2437 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2437, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2449, Representative Pritchard. Out of the record. House Bill 2462, Representative Moeller. Out of the record. House Bill 2470, Representative Walsh. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2470, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
"Representative Walsh."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2470 is an initiative of the Illinois Career and Technical Administrators. What this Bill is attempting to do is change the requirements for technical and vocational educators. Currently, there's some restrictions in the Code that prevents skilled tradesmen and people that have been in the field from teaching in the vocational schools. So, basically what this does, it removes the pr… allows the required 60 semester hours from regionally accredited institutions of higher education, but they can also be accredited from a trade and technical institution. Currently, an applicant… currently, an applicant for endorsement must have at least 60 hours of course work and it's required only from an institution of higher education. So, it would change that that somebody that has gone through a trade school or a 10000031.docx 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 technical institution would be able to teach in that same field. And then on a part-time side, it removes the provision that the endorsement can only be renewed once. Currently, the endorsement is valid for 5 years and can only be renewed once for 5 years. And it would eliminate that and adds test work for proficiency that can be taken in lieu of a basic skills test. Again, I've said this is with the Educational Career and Technical Administrators. And I'd be happy to answer any questions."
"Representative Pritchard, would you like to speak on this Bill?"
"Yes."
"Representative Pritchard is recognized."
"Thank you. Representative, would you comment for the Body what you mentioned in committee about the need for this kind of change."
"So, right now, a lot of these vocational and technical schools are finding it hard to find teachers to… to teach people in these fields, whether it’s welding, whether it's fire science, et cetera. They're not getting the qualified people because they… 1)they don’t meet this accreditation that is set forth right now under current statute; and secondly, you may get… just for an example of a welder, you may get a retired welder out of the field that’s looking to do some part-time work and wants to go into a vocational school and… and teach up and coming welders how to weld and right now, they don’t have that availability and it's something that these, especially in my district with Wilco, 10000031.docx 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 they're finding a hard time follow… finding people to perform the duties that they're wanting."
"So, Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. There is a real shortage of career and tech ed teachers across our state. And this is an area where probably half of our high school graduates would benefit by having a skill and a trade that they can be employed following high school. I would encourage your vote for this Bill."
"Representative Walsh to close."
"Just ask for an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2470 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2470, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2482, Representative Hammond. Representative Hammond. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2482, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Hammond. Sorry, Representative, we're having technical difficulties."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2482… one's enough… House Bill 2482 is an initiative of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and it brings into conformity the Illinois Workforce Investment Board with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Appreciate an 'aye' voit… vote.” 10000031.docx 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2482 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 112 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2482, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2492, Representative Walsh. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2492, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Walsh."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2492 is an initiative of the Illinois Fire Chiefs. Basically, what this does is give emergency vehicles and fire apparatus the availability to go on to cla… the highways. Under the federal… under the transportation Bill we passed a couple years ago or a year ago, these were… inadmittingly we left off of the language. So, this is just correcting it. It does not give them the weight exemption on Class I highways which is interstates and tollways but all other highways within the state. I know of no opposition. I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"So Representative, right now, they can't go on to these roads?" 10000031.docx 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Legally, under… because of the weight restrictions, they're not supposed to be on theme.”
"They'd have… they'd have to get a permit?"
"…I know they do, but it was… it was kind of an oversight when they drafted the original legislation. And they're trying to correct it."
"Okay. So, obviously, it makes perfect sense. My only question then is, regarding these Class I highways. What happens if there's a… you know, a fire emergency with a vehicle?"
"Well, I think in the case of an emergency they have that availability, but under regular transportation, they're not supposed to."
"Oh, so when they're moving like, a fire engine from…”
"Yeah."
"…one place to another…"
"Yep."
"…they just have to avoid those roads?"
"Exactly."
"Thank you very much."
"Representative Walsh to close."
"Respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2492 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2492, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House 10000031.docx 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Bill 2496, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2496, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Martwick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2496 makes certain changes to provisions regarding disability benefits provided by the State Employee Retirement System. These are… are some technical cleanup. So, under current law, the first change is that only physicians can authorize medical reports associated with disability benefits. House Bill 2496 allows qualified medical professionals to authorize medical reports relating to disability benefits, including psychologists, advanced nurse practitioners and phys… physician's assistants. It also changes some application deadlines regarding occupational and temporary disability. Under current law, they must file a application within 12 months of the disability. However, there are certain instances where… and very, very limited instances where SERS maintains that there are people who are so incapacitated by illness that they miss the deadline even though they were well entitled to that disability benefit. So, this would remove that restriction. And it also makes a change to retroactive payments and application deadlines also for non-occupational disability. Right now, SERS requires that applications for non-occupational disability benefits must be made within 90 days, this would change that to comply with their current practice that allows, in these instances, eliminating the 90-day rule for non-occupational disability 10000031.docx 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 benefits. And it change… makes a change to Social Security, the age change also for temporary and non-occupational disability. Current law provides age of 65 is full retirement age and the language of this Bill would remove the number 65 and replace it with the term full Social Security retirement age as that age is obviously changing. And then one last change, it makes a technical change to language regarding what hearings are, how the hearings are held and there are two different types of hearings for disabilities. This would merge them all into one since they're virtually the same anyway. That’s what the Bill does. I know of no opposition. And I ask for an 'aye' vote.
"Chair recognizes Representative Ives."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."
"Mr… Representative Martwick, in your Bill, you allow for folks other than physicians to sign off on a disability claim. Is that correct?"
"That is correct."
"Okay. So, you're essentially saying that even a psychologist could sign off on a disability claim. Is that correct?"
"That is correct."
"And you also are basically leaving it open ended for when anybody can claim a disability… make a disability claim. Is that correct?"
"In a manner of speaking, yes. There was a problem with the 12-month deadline, like I said. This is a most… the vast, vast, vast majority of people who apply for disability under 10000031.docx 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 this for these temporary disability benefits apply for them within the 12-month period, but what SERS noticed was a very, very limited number of cases where people were either mentally incapacitated due to a head injury or just so physically incapacitated that they could not apply for those temporary disability benefits within the time of their injury. By the time they were well enough to apply for them, the deadline had passed. So, this cures a very, very small amount of people."
"Okay. But your Bill is not… your Bill, while it corrects for those few that you may assert are essentially comatose and can't apply for benefits, your Bill actually opens it up to absolutely anybody. Anybody who has had a disability to… can comply… can actually apply for it at any time. So, you… you've taken what you want to do as a narrow… narrow correction that you think is in the system and you've opened it up to everybody to have a wide time frame for which to apply. Is that correct?"
"Well, Representative, this is a codification of current practice. Again, these are so limited cases. The vast majority of members already filed within the 12 months that they're required to file. So again, it's… and again, these are not long-term, these are temporary disability benefits, occupational benefits. Most of these people will go on, if it is a more permanent situation, to receive workers’ compensation or… or some other form of benefit. This is that small gap and at the time, most of these people were so injured that they… again, they were unable to meet that deadline. So again, it's a very… it is a codification of a 10000031.docx 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 current practice designed to make sure that the people that are most in need of a benefit, which is not a guarantee, it's only an application, they still have to go through the hearing process that's mentioned later on in the Bill, that makes sure that they have an opportunity to have that hearing."
"Okay. Mr. Speaker, to the Bill. So, this Bill, you already have an issue with dis… disability claims being meted out for anybody and absolutely, there's little control right now. This Bill makes that situation even worse where you're going to actually allow psychologists, nurses, physician assistants to sign off on disability benefits rather than a medical practitioner like… that's qualified as a physician to do it. This Bill actually… it… it gives a wide range for temporary benefits to be given to… to somebody rather than the narrow range that it should be. Twelve months is sufficient amount of time. They should not have to have it any longer than that for temporary. As the Sponsor actually said, typically those people that have long-term disability issues are going into the work comp system. So, you're… you're essentially adding a lot more… there's a lot more capability for somebody to actually be gaming the system under this situation. We cannot afford to do this and… given our current state of affairs and I urge you to vote 'no' on this. We have a decent amount of restriction for people on disability right now. We do take care of them and there's no need to widen his pool. Thank you."
"Representative Martwick to close."
"I request an 'aye' vote." 10000031.docx 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2496 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 81 voting 'yes', 31 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2496, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2540, Representative Willis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2540, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Willis."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a Bill that's a follow- up from last year when we came forward to request a process which in suburban Cook County there's no process to appeal if you wish to pull out of a special ed co-op. We had to come here for legislative approval to have that happen. So, I worked with the State Board of Ed and this is now the appeal process that we hope to put in place so that we never have to do this again. I would urge an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Andersson is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."
"Representative, I think you said just know that we… did we do this already last Session?"
"Last Session, I had a school district in my area that was a member of a special ed co-op and they wanted to pull out of that co-op. Current… the way it was written and the only way they could pull out was with all members of the co- 10000031.docx 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 op approving that pull out. That was not going to happen because they did not want to lose the money for that. Because there was no recourse for them to go to, to appeal the process, they had to come to us to give them legislative approval to pull out. This now sets up that appeal process. Most areas, for example, in DuPage County, they would go to the ROE and the Regional Board of Education would then hear their appeal. But in suburban Cook County we do not have that set up. This in place sets up an appeal process for those ar… that area."
"Okay. So, I think I understand that. So, you're telling me any place other than this… this particular geographic area…"
"Already has an appeal process in place because…"
"…already has an appeal process and could undo this sort of a thing?"
"They could already do an appeal… a special ed contract or agreement severance by going through an RO… the ROE at the Regional Office of Education."
"So, we're bringing this area which seems to have been left off, into unicism with the rest of the state?"
"Right. A few decades ago, they got rid of the suburban Cook Board of Educations for that area. And this now gives them… what they have instead is special interest co-op type of things. And so, this gives them a place to go and work through that."
"And are we talking about a particular agreement or is this just in theory?" 10000031.docx 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"This is for… this day forward if this ever would happen again. So, there… at this point there is nobody that is looking to appeal a process, but one of the things that I promised this Body when I requested their help last year to allow this school district to pull out is that I would not have that ever happen again. But I would have in place a state appeal process.
"So, no one entering into an agreement like this will be unaware that this possibility exists?"
"Exactly."
"So, they know the risks?"
"Right."
"Great. Thank you."
"Thank you."
"Representative Willis to close."
"I urge an 'aye' vote, please."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2540 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2540, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2556, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2556, a Bill for an Act concerning children. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Welch." 10000031.docx 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2556 is an initiative of the Department of Children and Family Services. It is their attempt to have the law to match the current situation of a program. House Bill 2556 eliminates the requirement that DCFS arrange an independent evaluation of the differential response program because that program was eliminated in 2012. The Bill also removes language stating that the demonstration of the differential response program shall become a permanent program on July 1, 2016. Again, the program was eliminated in 2012. If it is ever re-implemented… re-implemented requirements would be attached. I ask for approval. There…"
"Seeing…"
"…there's no opposition."
"…seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2556 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2556, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2568, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2568, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Moeller."
"Thank you, Speaker. House Bill 2568 would designate milkweed the official wild flower of Illinois. As many of our Members may know, milkweed is an important plant in our ecosystem as it is the only plant that monarch butterfly 10000031.docx 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 caterpillars can eat. And unfortunately, monarch butterflies have been on the decline in the last few years. And so, raising awareness about the importance of the milkweed is important; and therefore, we are sug… recommending it and putting it in this Bill for it to be the state wildflower. Would be happy to answer any questions."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."
"So, what's the state butterfly?"
"The monarch butterfly."
"And the monarch feeds off of these milkweed plants?"
"Yes. Its larva feeds off of the milkweed plants."
"So, what we're saying is, by nominating this one, we’re really doubling the benefit to our state creatures. Is that right?"
"It's a… it's a symbiotic relationship, yes."
"It's a symbiotic relationship. Ladies and Gentlemen, I urge an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Ives is recognized."
"Mr. Speaker, to the Bill. I just want the Body to know… note that probably only a month ago we passed the Bill that was, I believe a Moeller-Skillicorn Bill, and it ensured that no municipality could designate milkweed as a noxious weed. So, we're doing a lot of legislation apparently on wildflowers and weeds. And little to nothing about the important weeds that are in our policy debates about taxes and revenue and education and anything else. And specifically to this Bill, I mean, at one point you actually did have people designating 10000031.docx 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 milkweed as a noxious weed. I know from my upbringing back in South Dakota, working on my uncle's farm at age 8, they would give us a machete and we would walk the bean fields and all we were doing was cutting out the milkweed from the bean fields 'cause they were noxious to that crop. So, I just wanted… I wanted to add that as a little bit of color to the discussion. And that's it. Thank you."
"Representative Moeller to close."
"Thank you. Respectfully request an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2568 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 101 voting 'yes', 8 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2568, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2570, Representative David Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2570, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this is an apple pie and motherhood kind of Bill. Right now, as you may be aware, if a service member, an Illinois Guard service member is killed in the line of duty, that service member gets a U.S. flag placed on his or her casket at the time of burial. What House Bill 2570 does, it specifies that the Adjutant General or the Assistant Adjutant General will give that service member’s next of kin an Illinois flag 10000031.docx 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 in addition to the burial flag that they get at their funeral services. And I ask for your 'aye' vote."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2570 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2570, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2595, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2595, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Martwick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2595 allows for the issuance of a U.S. Coast Guard license plate. Currently, we have license plates for the other four branches of the military, but we do not have one for the Coast Guard. This would allow original… original issuance fee and each subsequent renewal fee will be $26 and $11 would be deposited into the Illinois Veteran's Home Fund and the remaining $15 deposited in the Secretary of State's Special License Plate Fund. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Chair recognizes Representative Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that he will yield." Davis, W.: "Representative, I hate to do this to you, but I'm always curious about when we ask for license plates. A couple years ago, a colleague of ours who sits at the end of your 10000031.docx 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 row, passed a Bill to make, basically, all of our specialty plates very generic in nature. So, is this license plate Bill subject to what his Bill was supposed to do?"
"It is not. It would be… it would be the issuance of a new plate. It's own unique, individual plate." Davis, W.: "So, how does that plate fall out of what he was attempting to do? 'Cause it's my understanding even our plates would fall under what he wanted to do and make them very generic in nature with a sticker, more or less, designating the specialty aspect of the plate. So, how does this fall out of that?"
"Well, there are currently already… these license plates are available for the four branches of the military. And so, they're already out there. This would just add that last branch of the military. And I agree, it is a new plate. I understand your concerns with you… with that. However, I just think that this is… you know, this completes the program for the military and I think that that should be… you know, we do an awful lot for military veterans. I don’t think we should exclude one branch of the military." Davis, W.: "I… well… understand my opposition is not to the new plate. I was the only one that voted 'no' against his Bill…"
"Very good." Davis, W.: "…to make them generic when everybody else…"
"So, in other words…" Davis, W.: "…voted 'yes'."
"…you're… you're just pointing out my hypocrisy." Davis, W.: "Well, I'm just saying, you know, not that I have a problem with the new plate, but I was just curious to know if 10000031.docx 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 it fell outside of this. You indicate that it does which I have no problem with. But, I was just trying to understand how it falls outside of what the other Representative attempted to do."
"Understood.” Davis, W.: “Thank you.”
“Thank you."
"Representative Lang in the Chair. Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Question of the Sponsor."
"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, is there… is there a requirement for a minimum number of plates to be issued for these… these license plates?"
"There is not. I don’t believe there is for any of the branches of the military." Harris, D.: "So, any of the military services conceivably and the Coast Guard is in the scheme of things is a relatively small service compared to some of the others. So, conceivably, you could have not more than a few dozen license plates out there that… that would bear the Coast Guard emblem, correct?"
"That’s correct." Harris, D.: "Okay. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."
"Mr. Martwick to close."
"I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Olsen. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes', 3 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having 10000031.docx 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2606, Representative Bryant. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2606, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Bryant."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2606 provides that a person who commits an aggravated driving offense under the influence of alcohol, drugs or other intoxicating compounds can be charged, when there is catastrophic property damage included in an accident, that they can be charged with a Class 4 felony rather than just a Class 4 misdemeanor which is now indicated. I'd be happy to answer any questions. And I urge an 'aye' vote."
"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Those switches have not moved, Members. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes', 8 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 18 of the Calendar, House Bill 2012, Mr. Pritchard. Please read the Bill. Excuse me, its 2612, Mr. Clerk. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2612, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Pritchard."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an initiative of the state board to improve, clean up, and 10000031.docx 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 update Article 7 of the School Code dealing with detachments, annexations, and dissolutions. I'd ask for your support."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Wallace. Please take the record. There are 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2618, Representative Gabel. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2618, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Gabel."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a clean-up Bill to a Bill I passed a couple years ago. It's for parents who have children with IEPs and if the school changes the… proposes to put them in a different… have a change of placement, the parents can ask for a stay at their current location until there's a mediation. What we've found is that we needed to make sure that parents were given 10 days to file a… a request for a process hearing if that mediation failed. So, it's just to make sure that the parents get 10 days and also to require that ISBE actually let parents know that this is now available."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Thank you. Representative, so what's the current status now? Is there no requirement of a 10-day notice or…?" 10000031.docx 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Well, currently there is. It's a 10-day notice. But it starts… it doesn’t… the 10 days start as soon as the… as soon as the schools deny the mediation and parents don’t know about it. So, we just want the 10 days to start when the parents are notified about the… the mediation."
"So, all you're doing is putting in a notice provision to parents so they're aware of their rights?"
"Right."
"Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2619, Mr. Slaughter. Out of the record. House Bill 2663, Representative Stratton, who's up and ready to go. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2663, a Bill for an Act concerning children. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Stratton."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly of the House, toddlers and preschoolers are getting expelled. And I just want you to let that sink in. According to research, toddlers and preschoolers are being expelled from early childhood settings at alarmingly high rates. A nationwide study in 2005 indicated that in Illinois, preschoolers were expelled at a rate of 3 times that of their older peers in K-12. The Office for Civil Rights data shows 10000031.docx 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 that boys, especially black and Hispanic boys, are overrepresented in disciplinary practices that remove them from their educational settings and increasingly their overrepresentation is being seen amongst black girls as well. Now, when toddlers and preschoolers are expelled from school, this puts them on a path of… to poor educational health and developmental outcomes and moreover, when you see expulsion in early years, it leads to higher suspension and expulsion rates in later grades. Some, you have heard, refer to the school to prison pipeline. I would suggest that there is a preschool to prison pipeline problem in Illinois. House Bill 2663 ensures that we maintain children in the most beneficial settings that will help their development by providing protections for children in Illinois State Board of Education funded early childhood programs and licensed child care settings against preventable expulsions. And I ask for your support."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, this… Representative, this will apply to any… any publicly funded preschool and any licensed preschool, right?"
"That is correct."
"Is there anything else? I mean, are there other… are there nonlicensed preschools?"
"Are there others besides that? I mean…"
"Right. I… our…" 10000031.docx 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"This is specifically prov… this specifically relates to those receiving Illinois State Board of Education funding or licensed."
"Correct. And I'm trying to understand are… I would imagine most of our preschools, if they're not, they should be licensed, correct?"
"Correct. I mean, I don’t want to speak to whether there may be some in… some circumstances where a family member may be caring for another family member, but yes, we're promoting licensing child care."
"Sure. And now, this will not prohibit an expulsion. What this will do is im… create best practices, some procedure to ensure that rowdy kids, difficult children, or what's perceived as rowdy or difficult children, aren’t just tossed out. Is that correct?"
"Correct. The goal is to make sure that there's a process in place before making a very quick and arbitrary decision to remove a child from a placement but rather to look at what kind of resources might be helpful. This will also help us collect data that can be used to help enhance policies in the future. So, it provides a process that it will include the parents, include the educators and make sure that the best interest of the children are considered."
"So, all the members, all the interested parties, will be a part of that process, correct?"
"That is correct."
"That's excellent. And just speaking to the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, you know that I advocate strongly for mental health issues, especially, especially amongst the 10000031.docx 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 young. And this is exactly that category. That 0 to 5 where we need to be able to identify and not simply toss these kids to the side. Representative Stratton, it's an excellent Bill. I fully support it and I thank you for bringing it."
"Representative Ives."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Does the state mandate the children attend preschool or any educational program 0 to 5 years old?
"No. The state does not mandate participation in such a program."
"Okay. To the Bill. I would like to just… there was some remarks on the floor made essentially that we are throwing children to the side by expelling them from preschool programs, if that is, in fact, happening in a large amount. But I'd like to just mention that the state is not doing that. In fact, the… the reason that we have expanded the education down to 0 to 5 years old, the reason… because we have also added more money to this program in the last few years, shows that we care about this population. So, I just wanted to make sure that people understand. This is not a mandated program. This is a voluntary program. If they want to participate, they participate. They don’t have to participate. There's no requirement to do so. And we are not throwing children to the side. We're actually… we… we’ve shown that we care about children by funding this greater. So, take that into consideration when you vote for this Bill. I'm voting 'no'."
"Mr. Pritchard."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Sponsor yield?" 10000031.docx 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, has the opposition been removed by your Amendments?"
"The only opposition that was noted was the School Management Alliance, and at this point, I believe they are still in opposition. While I note that, I would also like to just note the proponents of the Bill include: Ounce of Prevention, the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Sergeant Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Ready Nation, Equip for Equality, Illinois Action for Children, the Juvenile Justice Initiative, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, the Latino Policy Forum, and Fight Crime, Invest in Kids. So, I understand that there was some concerns that were raised by the School Management Alliance. They did not come to speak to me directly regarding their concerns about the Bill, but…"
"So, you don’t know…"
"…we have a number of proponents."
"…so, you don’t know the nature of their opposition?"
"I am familiar… my understanding is that they are opposed… give me one moment… they are opposed because of the extra requirements. That's my understanding. However, again, this is not something that will penalize any child care provider. It provides a process to make sure that they are fully considering the options available to a child before removing that child from the program."
"So, I think more accurately, the State Management Alliance is opposed to the Bill because this is starting to modify what was passed in the 99th General Assembly and Senate 10000031.docx 60 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Bill 100 that dealt with expulsions. So, what their caution is, is here we're changing something before we really had a chance to implement it. Have you considered that?" Stratton: "I have considered that, Representative. And my understanding is the Bill that you're referencing was for K- 12 and not preschool, early childhood, which my Bill addresses."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"Representative Stratton to close."
"Thank you. I request an 'aye' vote."
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Really? Have all voted who wish? Kelly Burke, Turner, Andrade. Please take the record. There are 95 voting 'yes', 20 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2685, Mr. Costello. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2685, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Costello."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. House Bill 2685 removes the requirement to dispose of green hides within 20 days, combines the wholesale and retail license to one license of $50, and removes the requirement for licensed fur tanners to also have a fur buyer's license. I ask for your 'yes' vote." 10000031.docx 61 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Kifowit, Stuart. Please take the record. There are 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2700, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2700, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Hoffman."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is an initiative of the optometrists as well as the chiropractors. It deals with consent by minors to the Medical Procedures Act and it is consistent with what is under the Medical Practice Act. I don’t know of… no opposition. I ask for a favorable Roll Call."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, can you give me a little bit more, Jay, on what it does?"
"Yes. What it would do is, it would allow for the consent of minors for medical procedures when it comes to opti… optiment… optometrists, optometrics, chiropractors or other medical professionals by certain minors. And it specifically sets out the process you would have to go through in order to… in order to obtain that… the ability to get medical pra… medical procedures." 10000031.docx 62 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"What… what are the categories of these minors? Are these like emancipated minors or what are they?"
"Currently, the Act provides that minors have the capacity to consent to medical or surgical procedures by a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery, a licensed advanced practice nurse, and licensed physician assistants. The Act also provides that minors, even those not of a class defined the way I just described, may give legal consent to a physician, nurse, or physician assistant for the performance of primary care services. And there are lists of reasons. For instance, the minor seeking care has identified in writing as a minor seeking care by an adult relative, a representative of a legitimate homeless service agency, an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois. And what this would simply do is expand all of that to include optometrists and chiropractors."
"I… okay. So, the categoricals already exist. We're expanding the categories, the optometrists, Med Society, the chiropractic?"
"Yes. It's my understanding is we're not changing the procedure for getting… for getting the treatment. It just allows optometrists and chiropractors."
"Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Slaughter. Please take the record. On this question, there are 101 voting 'yes', 14 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared 10000031.docx 63 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 passed. Chair recognizes Representative Bellock. For what reason do you rise?"
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It was to the previous Bill. Thank you."
"Thank you. House Bill 2708, Mr. Demmer. Out of the record. House Bill 2719, Mr. Davis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2719, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2719, which is an initiative of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, it removes the definition of 'task force' on Radon Resistant Building Codes from the statute relative to… it's a technical… technical Bill that allows for the removal of this task force to be consistent with current law. As part of the Budgeting for Results Commission, every year we go through a mandate relief type piece of legislation that myself and Representative Harris in particular, both either Sponsor or Cosponsor, and this particular piece was left out of the last Bill. So, we eliminated some reference to this, but we didn’t eliminate it everywhere in statute it needed to be. This is simply the elimination completely out of statute so that it's consistent."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, all we are doing is we're taking away a definition for 'task force' that doesn’t exist anymore. Is that right?" Davis, W.: "Absolutely." 10000031.docx 64 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Beautiful. Thank you." Davis, W.: "Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Flowers, Harper, Hurley, Slaughter. Please take the record. There are 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2813, Representative Hammond. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2813, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Hammond."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2813 makes a change to the Property Tax Code. Basically, it just changes the definition of ‘wooded acreage’ as it is provided by the United States Department of the Interior. And it's currently defined as ‘wooded acreage’ by the Department of Labor and now it will be hereto referred to as ‘woodlands’. Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. There are 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Representative Mayfield."
"Hello, Speaker. On House Bill 496, it was my intention to vote 'no'." 10000031.docx 65 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"The record will reflect your intention. Thank you. House Bill 2842, Mr. Rita. Out of the record. House Bill 2876, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2876, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Hoffman."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2876 would amend the Environmental Protection Act Section concerning the recycling and disposal of asphalt shingles. We passed this a few years ago. This would extend the sunset by five years. It would also take provisions that are… that were asked for by the Illinois EPA in order to ensure that shingles that are being recycled are actually meeting the requirements that they are requiring. I ask for a favorable Roll… Roll Call."
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Representative McCombie. For what reason do you rise?"
"Good afternoon, Speaker. I have a point of personal privilege, please."
"Please proceed."
"I meant to vote 'yes' for HB618, if you would let the record show it."
"The record will reflect your intention. Thank you. House Bill 2878, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill." 10000031.docx 66 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"House Bill 2878, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Hoffman."
"I believe that there's a need for an Amendment."
"Do… do you have an Amendment pending, Sir?"
"I believe there is. Could you check with the Clerk?"
"Mr. Clerk, please place this Bill on the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."
"House Bill 2878, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. The Bill was read for a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. Floor Amendment #1 has been referred to committee."
"Please hold the Bill on the Order of Second Reading. House Bill 2880, Mr. Beiser. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2880, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Beiser."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a… this legislation amends the Environmental Protection Egg… Act by requiring the Illinois Pollution Control Board to adopt rules that would allow an owner/operator of a clean construction, demolition, debris facility to transfer a portion of that site to another person to be put back into use and while also continuing to utilize the other part of the site. It establishes provisions for this. The IEPA has to propose rules within one year of this Bill to the Pollution Control Board to put this in place. And then the Illinois Pollution Control Board has to… has one 10000031.docx 67 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 year to adopt these rules to implement this. I'm happy to answer any question."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? One more time. Have all voted who wish? Arroyo. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 110 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2895, Mr. Severin. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2895, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Severin."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I offer House Bill 2895 for your consideration. This Bill seeks to designate cycling as the official state exercise. I believe it's important that, as a state, we encourage the people of Illinois to pursue an active lifestyle for long-term health. Also, Illinois State Government and many local governments have invested significant resources in the last 20 years across the state to build and expand biking trails. Cycling is a low impact exercise that can be enjoyed by people of all shapes and sizes, even mine. As a high school athlete, I suffered several injuries to my knees, ankles and feet. During these times, I resorted to cycling to maintain my fitness and have continued cycling throughout my life. Aside from physical benefits like achieving weight loss, lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease and improving mental health, cycling can be an important tool in attracting tourists to our state. Illinois 10000031.docx 68 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 has great bike trails all over the state that… both in state parks and in various municipalities. In southern Illinois alone, there are more than 50 different bike trails you can find on various tourism and city government websites. These include Tunnel Hill State Trail, the River to River trail, and my favorite, the Rend Lake Bike trail. By declaring cycling as a state exercise, I believe we can bring to attention the importance of living an active lifestyle and promote tourism at the present time. I'm proud to have the sponsorship and support of Assistant Majority Leader Elaine Nekritz, as well as Representative Tim Butler who happens to be well known for frequently riding his own bike to the office here at the Capitol. I want to thank both of them for their support and advocacy. We're supporting this legislation to help increase awareness of the sport and encourage cyclists from all around to enjoy all the great bike trails that Illinois has to offer. And maybe also, spend a little money in the State of Illinois when they come and visit with their bicycles. Thank you and I'm happy to answer any questions. And yes, I'm still nervous."
"It didn’t show, Sir. Don’t worry about a thing. Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"No. Yes, the Sponsor will yield." Davis, W.: "Okay."
"That's my man." Davis, W.: "Well, the reason I wanted to…"
"Yes, Sir." 10000031.docx 69 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Davis, W.: "…I wanted to speak because yesterday in a 2… almost 2 and a half hour committee, you didn’t say a word. And I just wanted to make sure that you do… you know, you can speak and articulate right?"
"Well, my…" Davis, W.: "I was concerned about you, yesterday."
"Okay.” Davis, W.: “So…”
“Well, I was memorizing my speech. My father's a Pentecostal preacher; I preach a little on the side. If you want me to talk, brother, we can go and go and go." Davis, W.: "Oh… Yes, brother."
"Okay." Davis, W.: "So, but now that I know that it's in you…"
"It's in me, brother." Davis, W.: "…and it just didn’t come out of you yesterday, I'm good. Thank you very much."
"Yes, Sir."
"Mr. Skillicorn."
"Sponsor yield?"
"Yes."
"Representative, how many of these Bills do you plan on passing? This only your second, correct?"
"This is my second one, but I got more in the gun."
"It sounds like you've got a lot of Bills. You going to pass one every single week from here on out?"
"Mr. Skillicorn, how many Bills you got?"
"They're not in the gun. Well, initially, I was going to say we should focus more on budget and things like that. 10000031.docx 70 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 But since you mentioned that tourists will come in here and it'll help our economy, I'm 100 percent for this Bill. Go get 'em."
“Thank you.”
"Representative Ammons."
"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Yes. For sure."
"I just wanted to certainly ask Mr… Representative Severin, had he looked at the gold standard of bike paths and trails in the City of Urbana, who is one of the bike friendliest communities in the entire State of Illinois?"
"Yes, Ma'am. Actually, I love to eat and so any time we travel and we head north from southern Illinois, I have lunch in Urbana and I've noticed the bike routes and they are awesome."
"So, we have been working on this. We have a great project coming up that is certainly sponsored by our state, to do a connected bike path from all the way from Urbana and ultimately from Mohomet all the way to Danville along the rail trail, which is an excellent project to encourage people to bike with their families. The health benefits are enormous and I support you on this Bill. And thank you so much for bringing it forward."
"Thank you. I appreciate that."
"Would you care to close, Representative? You don’t have to."
"Well, let's see, I've got a couple more pa…"
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who 10000031.docx 71 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 1 brave soul voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2950, Representative Conyears- Ervin. Out of the record. Page 25 of the Calendar, under the Resolutions, HR43, Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. HR43 I'm very proud to present today of all days since it is BLT Wednesday. This is the defense of pork and bacon Resolution that I have advocated for for two years. And so, I… the basis of the Bill came out two years ago. The World Health Organization declared bacon, yes, bacon, a Class I carcinogen. Nothing could be further from the truth. And so, we needed to defend our bacon producers. So, this Resolution acknowledges the importance of bacon and pork and the pork producers to our state. They represent 1.4 billion dollars' worth of Gross Domestic Product and they employ over 10 thousand people. I would like to say thank you to the Members who have signed up as Cosponsors, who are forever going to be a part of the Bacon Caucus, including today Representative Katie Stuart. So, anyone who wants to join, feel free to slip… give me a slip and I'll add you to it. But I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote."
"Mr. Swanson to the bacon Amendment. Go ahead, Sir."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And as a hog farmer myself, I certainly support this Resolution and thank you for bringing it forward. And I would be honored to serve on the Bacon Caucus."
"Mr. Wehrli." 10000031.docx 72 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017
"Thank you, Speaker. To the Resolution. Who says fiscal conservatives aren’t for pork?"
"Breath taking. Those in favor of the Resolution will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."
"Agreed Resolutions. House Resolution 245, offered by Representative Walsh. House Resolution 246, offered by Representative Soto."
"Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. They 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"The following changes have happened to the committee schedule for today. Cost Benefit Analysis was canceled. State Government Administration was moved to Room C-1. Revenue & Finance is now meeting at 2 p.m. in Room 122. The following committees… committees are meeting this afternoon. At 2:00, Elementary & Secondary Education: Charter Schools is meeting in Room 118, Business & Occupational Licenses in Room 115, Labor & Commerce in Room 114, State Government Administration in C-1, Insurance: Property and Casualty in 413, Economic Justice & Equity in D-1, Revenue & Finance in 122. At 4:00, Approp.-General Services Committee's meeting in C-1, Approp.-Public Safety in D-1, Community College: Accessibility & Affordability in 115, Energy in 118, Higher Education in 413, International Trade & Commerce in 122, Mass Transit in Room 114."
"And now, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House stand adjourned 'til 10000031.docx 73 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 Thursday, March 30 at the hour of 3 p.m., 3 p.m. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned ‘til tomorrow, Thursday, March 30 at the hour of 3 p.m."
"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Committee Reports. Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson from the Committee on Rules reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: recommends be adopted referred to the Floor is Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3703. Representative Davis, Chairperson from the Committee on Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 768; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2426; do pass as amended Standard Debate is House Bill 3567. Representative Costello, Chairperson from the Committee on Agriculture & Conservation reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2410; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2828; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2998. Representative Fine, Chairperson from the Committee on Insurance: Health & Life reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 3223; do pass as amended Standard Debate is House Bill 502, House Bill 1332, House Bill 1333; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2721. Representative Evans, Chairperson from the Committee on Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 3876; do pass as 10000031.docx 74 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 amended Short Debate is House Bill 608, House Bill 764, House Bill 1784, House Bill 2580; recommends be adopted is House Joint Resolution 36, House Joint Resolution #40. Representative Christian Mitchell, Chairperson from the Committee on Economic Opportunity reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3839; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 30… 2859; do pass as amended Standard Debate is House Bill 2771. Representative Moylan, Chairperson from the Committee on Construction Industry & Code Enforcement reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2439, House Bill 3751. Representative Hernandez, Chairperson from the Committee on Consumer Protection reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2624, House Bill 2959, House Bill 3741, House Bill 3872; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2510, House Bill 3503. Representative Beiser, Chairperson from the Committee on Environment reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2860. Representative Ford, Chairperson from the Committee on Financial Institutions reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 454. Representative Flowers, Chairperson from the Committee on Health Care Availability & Accessibility reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 241, House Bill 2436; recommends be adopted is House Resolution 191. Representative DeLuca, Chairperson from the Committee on Cities & Villages 10000031.docx 75 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3851; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 3400, House Bill 3648, House Bill 3826. Representative Sims, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary - Criminal reports the following committee action taken on March 28, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 678, House Bill 2988, House Bill 3337, House Bill 3712, House Bill 3717, House Bill 3754; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 244, House Bill 514, House Bill 649, House Bill 1764, House Bill 2373, House Bill 2534, House Bill 2738, House Bill 2935, House Bill 2989, House Bill 3718, House Bill 3794; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 3817; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 270, Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 375, Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2460, Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3341, House Resolution 5, House Resolution 6. Representative Mayfield, Chairperson from the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2898, House Bill 3021; do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 734, House Bill 3436; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1254, House Bill 3437, House Bill 3820; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 760. Representative Gabel, Chairperson from the Committee on Human Services reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2814; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2388, House Bill 3376, House Bill 3488; do pass as amended Standard Debate is House Bill 477; 10000031.docx 76 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 737, House Resolution 198, House Resolution 204. Representative Soto, Chairperson from the Committee on Health Care Licenses reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2933; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 312, House Bill 313, House Bill 20… 1272, House Bill 2577, House Bill 2630, House Bill 3320, House Bill 3462. Representative D'Amico, Chairperson from the Committee on Transportation: Vehicles & Safety reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 3293; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1677, House Bill 2747, House Bill 2912, House Bill 3045, House Bill 3460; do pass as amended Standard Debate is House Bill 394; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 625, Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3920, House Resolution 216. Representative Hurley, Chairperson from the Committee on Police & First Responders reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3328. Representative Crespo, Chairperson from the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3792; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 243, House Bill 2369, House Bill 2545, House Bill 2949, House Bill 3368, House Bill 3369, House Bill 3907; do pass as amended Standard Debate is House Bill 1252; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3745, House Joint Resolution 24. Representative Daniel Burke, Chairperson from the Committee 10000031.docx 77 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 31st Legislative Day 3/29/2017 on Executive reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Short Debate are House Bills 1819- 2347, House Bills 827-1121, 1124-1251, 1255-1271, 1274-1331, 1334-1422, 1424-1541, 1543-1676, 1678-1684, 1686-1763; do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 3052; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2698, House Bill 3837. Representative Thapedi, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary - Civil reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 647; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 706, House Bill 1542, House Bill 1685, House Bill 2559, House Bill 2665, House Bill 2702, House Bill 2716, House Bill 2723, House Bill 2963, House Bill 3054, House Bill 3168. Representative Welch, Chairperson from the Committee on… a subcommittee on Commercial Law reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: tabled pursuant to Rule 22(g) is House Bill 332. Representative Crespo, Chairperson from the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies reports the following committee action taken on March 29, 2017: tabled pursuant to Rule 22(g) is House Bill 443. Introduction of Resolutions. House Resolution 244, offered by Representative Greenwood. House Resolution 247, offered by Representative Sims. House Resolution 248, offered by Representative Ammons. These are referred to the Rules Committee. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned.” 10000031.docx 78