"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 April 04, 2017: recommends be adopted, referred to the floor is Floor Amendment #1 to House Joint Resolution 36."
"The House will be in order. The House will be in order. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Jessie Herring who is with Table of Life Ministries in Springfield. Pastor Herring is the guest of Representative Scherer. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off cell phones and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor Herring."
"Let us pray. Our Father which art in heaven, the maker and creator of all things, Father God, I come on this afternoon, giving You thanks and praises, Oh God, for this moment, even this opportunity for the House of Representatives, Oh God, to meet together. I thank You, Oh God, for giving them wisdom, knowledge, and most of all, Oh God, an understanding. Father God, as they get ready to move forward, I'm asking You, Oh God, to keep them covered under the blood. Keep them under the shadows of your wings. I thank You, God, for giving them a mind to focus on the things that You have ordained and command for them to do for the State of Illinois. Bless each and every one. Bless their families and God, as they move forward, be with them in every area. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen."
"Be led in the Pledge today by Mr. Davidsmeyer." 10000033.docx 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"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 Conroy, Gordon-Booth, Harper, Jones, McAsey and Rita are excused today."
"Mr. Demmer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. All Republicans are present today."
"Thank goodness. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 112 people answering the roll and we do have a quorum. Mr. Clerk."
Clerk Hollman: "Committee Report. Representative Zalewski, Chairperson from the Committee on Revenue & Finance reports the following committee action taken on April 04, 2017: recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 156. Introduction of Resolutions. House Resolution 261, offered by Representative Sosnowski. House Resolution 266, offered by Representative Sims. House Resolution 267, offered by Representative Bryant. House Resolution 268, offered by Representative Fine. House Resolution 269, offered by Representative Bellock. House Resolution 270, offered by Representative Bellock. House Resolution 271, offered by Representative Bellock. House Resolution 272, offered by Representative Bellock. House Resolution 274, offered by Representative Stuart. And House Resolution 277, offered by Representative Butler. House Joint Resolution 43, 10000033.docx 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 offered by Representative Unes. These are referred to the Rules Committee."
"Mr. Ford is recognized."
"Point of personal privilege, Speaker."
"Proceed, Sir."
"Mr. Speaker, I just would like to call to the attention of the Body and the people of Illinois that today is the 49th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King. And because of Dr. King, all our work here in Springfield and all over the world, is a little easier as we fight for social justice. So, I ask that we all remember Dr. King on this day. Thank you."
"Mr. Sauer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Absolutely, Sir."
"Mr. Speaker and Members of the General Assembly, in honor of Northwestern making the tournament, you all received a little note from me, as a newbie, saying, hey, let's participate in a fun bracket challenge. And I said in there, it wouldn’t be money but there'd be a trophy and so there'd be bragging rights. Well, there was only one Member of this Body that picked the winner of last night's game, North Carolina. And so, this trophy right here will go to that individual. I hope this is a tradition that'll follow on in a bipartisan fashion that we can at least agree to disagree on brackets in an agreeable way. So, this… this trophy for the first time is going to go Representative Avery Bourne for the best bracket and picked the winner. So, Avery, 10000033.docx 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 congratulations on being the March Madness General Assembly Champion."
"Is she not going to come down and claim it? Representative, please, claim your trophy. Mr. Swanson."
"Point of personal privilege."
"Proceed, Sir. Did you win a trophy as well?"
"No, I have two honorary Pages though, Mr. Speaker, who I'd like to introduce. First, I'd like to introduce Avra… Ava Marie Perrigo from Geneseo Middle… High School. She's an 8th grader. She participates in the band, scholastic bowl, student council, and in sports. She's a member of their local Girl Scouts and is also a judge in their local speech contest. She's accompanied today by her mother, Pam Perrigo, and her grandmother, Patty Perrigo. So, if we could give them a warm welcome."
"Welcome to Springfield. Thank you for being here. Chair recognizes Mr…"
"I'd also like to…"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Sir. You have another one."
"Right."
"Please proceed."
"I'd also like to introduce Sophia Sarabasa. She's a senior at Mercer County High School in Aledo, Illinois. She participates in volleyball, key club. She's been on the honor roll all four years of school, junior homecoming attendant and a cadet teacher in biology. She's active in her church and volunteer at the food pantry. Sophia's been a lifeguard for two years and is certified in four different courses related to her job. Today, she's accompanied by her parents, 10000033.docx 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Carlos and Linda Sarabasa. And Carlos serves on the Mercer County Board. So, thank you."
"Welcome. Thank you for joining us today. The Chair recognizes Mr. Demmer for an announcement."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Republicans request an immediate caucus for one hour."
"The Republicans will caucus in Room 118 for approximately one hour and the House will stand in recess 'til the call of the Chair. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."
"Agreed Resolutions. House Resolution 262, offered by Representative Scherer. House Resolution 264, offered by Leader Durkin. House Resolution 265, offered by Representative Unes. House Resolution 273, offered by Leader Durkin. House Resolution 275, offered by Representative Unes."
"Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. House Bill 690, on the Order of Second Reading, Representative Ammons. Out of the record. House Bill 369, Mr. Andrade. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 369, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment 1, offered by Representative Andrade, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Andrade."
"Thank you. Floor Amendment 1 is just a re… a request that the City of Chicago had to add that employees should 10000033.docx 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 also just state to the employer. And so, move for adoption of Floor Amendment 1."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2732, Mr. Beiser. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2732, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 706, Representative Bellock. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 706, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2935, Mr. Bennett. Mr. Bennett. Out of the record. House Bill 3684, Representative Kelly Burke. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3684, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 37… excuse me… 2723, Representative Cassidy. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2723, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was 10000033.docx 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3459, Representative Bourne. Out of the record. House Bill 1954, Mr. Brady. Mr. Brady. Out of the record. House Bill 1764, Representative Chapa LaVia. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1764, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2893, Mr. Costello. Mr. Costello. Out of the record. House Bill 244, Representative Flowers. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 244, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2938, Mr. Breen. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2938, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 514, Mr. Ford. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 514, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions… no Motions are filed." 10000033.docx 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 3701, Representative Greenwood. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3701, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3521, Mr. Butler. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3521, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3063, Mr. Guzzardi. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3063, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. Correction. Floor Amendment 1 has been approved for consideration is offered by Representative Guzzardi."
"Mr. Guzzardi on the Amendment."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment is… reflects an agreement with the Department of Public Health, removes all opposition. I urge an 'aye' vote."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3108, Mr. Cavaletto. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 3108, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Cavaletto, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Cavaletto."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What this… Amendment #1 becomes the Bill. It amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act and removes language granting the Financial Authority power to retain loan repayments, provides that a loan from the Ambulance Revolving Loan Fund for the purchase of an ambulance may not exceed 200 thousand which is currently $100 thousand. This is an initiative of the Speaker's Office. I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3703, Mr. Halpin. Mr. Halpin. Out of the record. House Bill 311, Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris. Greg Harris. Just bear with me, Mr. Harris. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 625, David Harris. Please read the Bill. 625."
"House Bill 625, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was… Floor Amendment #1 is offered by Representative David Harris and has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Floor Amendment #1, Ladies and Gentlemen, does two things. One, it requires the individual driver to both stop 10000033.docx 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 and yield, which was language that was recommended by the Illinois Department of Transportation. And the second thing it does is, the Bill initially had a higher level felony penalty involved in the Bill. We lowered that felony penalty from a Class 2 to a Class 4. That's what the Amendment does."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3150, Representative Hurley. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3150, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1894, Mr. Hays. Mr. Hays. Out of the record. House Bill 2647, Representative Kifowit. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2647, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. This Bill was… was read a second time on a previous day. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendments 2 and 3 have been approved… have been adopted previously. No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1878, Representative Jesiel. Please… Out of the record. House Bill 370, Representative Mayfield. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 370, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 10000033.docx 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 2771, Mr. Mitchell, Christian Mitchell. Out of the record. House Bill 2783, Representative Jimenez. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2783, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3907, Mr. Moylan. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3907, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3460, Mr. Long. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3460, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3828, Mr. Meier. Please read the Bill. House Bill 38… Excuse me, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 2828. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2828, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1273, Representative Mussman. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 1273, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2363, Mr. Morrison. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2363, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Morrison, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Morrison."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This just relieves our municipalities of some unnecessary 20-year plans for transportation in order to get their motor fuel funds. I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2427, Representative Olsen. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2427, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1542, Mr. Phelps. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 1542, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3004, Mr. Riley. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3004, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed."
"Please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading, Mr. Clerk. Take it out of the record. House Bill 3368, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3368, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1848, Mr. Phillips. Out of the record. House Bill 2448, Mr. Pritchard. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2448, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Pritchard, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Pritchard."
"Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Floor Amendment is in response to what we heard in committee and it limp… limits the application of this Bill." 10000033.docx 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 398, Mr. Reis. Mr. Reis. Out of the record. House Bill 3904, Representative Stratton. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3904, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed."
"Please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading and take it out of the record. House Bill 145, Representative Stuart. Katie Stuart. Out of the record. House Bill 2805, Representative Tabares. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2805, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1963, Mr. Sosnowski. Mr. Sosnowski. Out of the record. House Bill 3455, Mr. Spain. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3455, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Spain, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Spain."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a Bill having to do with volunteering on state trails. And this Floor Amendment simply 10000033.docx 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 clarifies that work performed by any of those volunteers would not take the place of work done by our state employees."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1849, Mr. Stewart. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1849, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 189, Mr. Thapedi. Out of the record. House Bill 3036, Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Out of the record. House Bill 3142, Representative Barbara Wheeler. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3142, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1813, Mr. Wheeler. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1813, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 768, Mr. Welch. Out of the record. House Bill 3223, Representative Williams. 10000033.docx 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Representative Williams. Out of the record. House Bill 2404, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2404, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 608, Mr. Yingling. Mr. Yingling. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 608, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk, please take the Bill out of the record and keep it on the Order of Second Reading. House Bill 2747, Mr. Zalewski. Out of the record. House Bill 2893, Mr. Costello. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2893, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Costello, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Costello."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment would allow for the use of a crossbow when you can normally use a longbow."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3703, Mr. Halpin. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 3703, a Bill for an Act concerning mental health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Halpin, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Halpin."
"Mr. Speaker, this Amendment just removes the burdensome requirement that the department file a report with the General Assembly. This is in a Bill relating to Iowa involuntary commitments being recognized in Rock Island County."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Moving on to Third Reading on first priority Bills. House Bill 732, Mr. Burke. Mr. Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 3396, Mr. Fortner. Mr. Fortner. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3396, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Fortner."
"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. House Bill 3396 expands the definition of a qualified eligible utility within the Municipal Code. When we wrote it originally, we were thinking only just in terms of those producing power. This expands it to those who own shares or other types of contracts in power production, allows them to trade on the wholesale level. I'd be happy to answer any questions."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who 10000033.docx 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes'; 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3083, Representative Hernandez. Out of the record. House Bill 3163, Representative Manley. Out of the record. House Bill 2449, Mr. Reick. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2449, a Bill for an Act concerning veterans. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Reick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I stand to offer House Bill 2449 which amends the Illinois Service Member Civil Relief Act. Providing for additional exemptions for service members who are sent to active duty or are redeployed for a period of 90 days, allowing them to relieve themselves, to terminate or suspend certain contracts that they've entered into."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Is this your first Bill?"
"I believe it is, Sir."
"Congratulations. You know, Representative Severin isn’t… doesn’t appear to be at his desk. And I'm sure he'd only ask one question which is, are you nervous?"
"Sir, I am in the company of friends and how can one be nervous in the company of friends who have… who have embraced me, who have enfolded me in their warm embrace. Nervous? Nay, nay, a thousand times nay."
"Well said." 10000033.docx 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Nay, nay. 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? McCombie. Please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Congratulations, Representative. House Bill 2462, Representative Moeller. Representative Moeller. Out of the record. House Bill 3172, Mr. Sauer. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3172, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Sauer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3172 is a change to the Illinois Vehicle Code. It amends our Code. Right now, we have vehicle safety tests for our trucking industry every six months and it changes it to once a year which is the same as our federal standard, as well as the majority of states. And I'm open to any questions."
"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? Please record yourselves. Feigenholtz, Moeller, Nekritz, Yingling. Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there 96 voting 'yes', 14 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2990, Mr. Slaughter. Out of the record. House Bill 3033, Mr. Skillicorn. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 3033, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Skillicorn."
"This is a very simple measure. It just adds two simple words, 'up to' instead of 'shall'. It's a measure from the DNR and what it allowed them to do is to lower a fee that they currently have very low compliance on collecting right now. So, they actually expect to raise revenues from about $150 thousand a year to half a million dollars a year just by changing the words and implementing this sliding scale for these fees. So, I urge an 'aye' vote for this. And I welcome any questions."
"Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields." Davis, W.: "So, you just indicated that they would raise revenue. For what purpose?"
"So, right now they offer this as a… DNR says this… Bill says… current law is that they 'shall' charge a $500 fee for inspections. Right now they do not have enough staff to get 100 percent compliance. So, there's very, very little compliance. And what they want to do is implement a sliding scale of these inspections so that now people will have a higher… there'll be a higher compliance and they will collect something versus nothing." Davis, W.: "Who does the inspection?"
"DNR but they… because they are so understaffed, they do not do quite a few of these inspections." Davis, W.: "So, how does…" 10000033.docx 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"They… basically, it's on paperwork. So, like a local municipality might have a situation where they do an inspection and they charge, but they have a license. Well, we would probably yell and scream if they say, hey, we want… you want to have this license and be charged for it but then they don’t do the inspection. It's just a simple paperwork. This is a situation where the amount charged should reflect the amount of work DNR puts into it." Davis, W.: "Well, but you said we're going to change to a sliding scale fee and you think that that will invoke greater compliance. If the paperwork process is still the issue before, then how does charging less or more make more compliant?"
"So, right now, there is compliance where people are not applying for this. They're not paying any fee; they're not doing any paperwork. This should bring more individuals and this is about breaking ground into compliance. Again, it's a measure from DNR. And they believe that this will streamline things for them, but also, it would… create… have higher revenue because of the higher compliance of people actually filling out the forms and actually paying something versus nothing." Davis, W.: "So, are… are individuals, organizations, companies supposed to be doing this?"
"Can you repeat that?" Davis, W.: "So, right now, they're supposed to be doing this and they're not doing it?"
"That is correct." 10000033.docx 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Davis, W.: "And you think by making it cost less means that more will do it?"
"That is correct." Davis, W.: "That doesn’t sound right. How does charging less make more people want to do it? If… if they have to do it and they're not doing it, then how does charging less to do it make them now want to do it more?"
"So, right now, the companies and individuals that are breaking ground don’t see a value in paying the $500 because they're not getting an inspection and DNR does not force them to comply because they're understaffed." Davis, W.: "But you said breaking ground. So, they're building stuff absent of State Law that says they're supposed to have this inspection prior to breaking ground?"
"I would not say that they're building stuff. It could be much more routine than that. And that's why the… DNR wants a sliding scale. So, there's situations like, do you need to do an inspection? But there's also situations where it's mundane and if they don’t need to do it and they're understaffed to do it." Davis, W.: "Well, I mean, I guess the Bill will probably pass, for whatever reason, but it just seems like what you're saying doesn’t mesh right. That if you have a fee, in order for that to happen, you're saying that if we have a sliding scale… So, let me then ask this. So, is the top of the scale still 500 or does…"
"Yes, it's…" Davis, W.: "…it go higher than that?"
"…it's up to $500." 10000033.docx 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Davis, W.: "Up to."
"Five hundred dollars is the maximum they can charge and that is unchanged." Davis, W.: "That's the maximum that can be charged. So, you're saying if we have a sliding scale, which means that you have lesser amounts than the 500, somehow or another that’s supposed to encourage somebody who claim that they're not doing it anyway…"
"So, it comes down…" Davis, W.: "…to actually do it. Because if I heard you correctly, you said that because of lack of personnel is the reason why the inspections are not taking place. So, how does this…"
"That is when…" Davis, W.: "…so, is this going to increase the amount of personnel? So, you're going to charge less, less money being charged to do this will somehow translate into DNR being able to hire more people so that we can get more inspections done?"
"So, the intent is for a lower fee for the mundane, routine paperwork. So right now, compliance is very low because it's $500. It's rather expensive and people don’t think they're getting a value for it. And what this will do is encourage people to actually go through the routine paperwork instead of going around DNR." Davis, W.: "Okay. I apologize, Representative. Maybe there is something that you're really trying to accomplish there. It doesn’t seem to make any sense to me how charging less money to do something, that they're supposed to do anyway but charging less to do it, encourages someone to do it. I 10000033.docx 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 apologize. I'm not quite understanding that. So, thank you very much for answering my questions."
"Thank you, Sir."
"Mr. Batinick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"I'm confused. Is this a fee decrease or a fee increase? 'Cause you say you're decreasing the fees, but you're increasing revenues."
"It is a fee decrease. So, just like in the tax world when you have something and you want to have less of it, you tax it. In this situation, we want to encourage people to work with DNR; we want to encourage people to build in Illinois, so we're decreasing this fee."
"Same thing. You're saying, some of the people were just avoiding the fee previously?"
"That is correct."
"Okay. So, they were paying zero before?"
"That is correct."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, you offer a lot of projections… DNR offers a lot of projections about how this might work out. What are… would you consider a sunset on this so that we can actually be forced to look at… at an ana… and analyze what the impact of this has been?" 10000033.docx 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"What I would suggest is, if this Legislature thinks that it's not working in the future that we, again, amend it. It seems like a rather common sense situation. If we're not offering a service, if we're not offering a physical inspection of the location, I don’t see the… a great need to charge $500. I think that’s a fair amount of money. Whereas a, you know, a 50 or 100 dollar application fee might be a better alternative and DNR has… that's their intent, is that they would have a sliding scale to basically… the amount of work involved, the amount of administrative work involved would reflect in that sliding scale."
"Well, I appreciate that, but again, it's based on a lot of speculation and a lot of predictions that there's no data or evidence to support. And I would suggest that a sunset to require the Legislature to come back and take a look at that and have oversight over the Executive Branch might be… might be the best solution to all those questions. Thank you."
"We still have five people wishing to speak on this Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, there are lots and lots of Bills on the Calendar. It would be good if we showed some restraint. Representative Willis is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Aren't you concerned about what is going to be the overall effect if we're basically saying it's okay to lie to DNR about checking for endangered species when you're going and building in… in these areas? 'Cause that's basically what's going to happen. If we're having people lie and there's no repercussions and now you're lowing the fee, what makes 10000033.docx 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 people… if they never had a repercussion before when they lied and they're effecting endangered species in an… in a wetland or whatever it may be, wouldn’t it make more sense to put more of a penalty on for not going through with that?"
"I would be more than happy to discuss a penalty in another Bill. This just helps with compliance."
"Okay. I just feel that I think we're going about it the wrong way. The whole idea behind DNR coming out is to make sure that we are protecting the environment and those endangered species that are there. So, I would urge a 'no' vote on this."
"Mr. Thapedi."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, I want to get a little clarification too 'cause I'm a little confused as well. And it indicates actually in the existing law that all of the fees that are derived from these types of consultation fees are deposited into the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. Is that accurate?"
"It appears so. Correct."
"How much is in that fund right now?"
"The total amount in that fund?"
"Yes."
"I'd have a hard time commenting on that."
"You have a hard time commenting on that?"
"I would not be able to answer that at this time."
"You don’t know?"
"That is correct." 10000033.docx 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Okay. So, the fees that you are tinkering with, it's 'up to' $500, correct?"
"Yes."
"So, that means then that the department could charge one person a dollar for consultations and they could charge another person $500 for a consultation, right?"
"If you're insinuating that certain individuals will get special treatment, that is not the case. It is the type of request they're looking for. If it includes a physical inspection or is it just a rubber stamp permit, it depends on how much administrative work is required to go ahead."
"I'm not insinuating anything. I'm just trying to understand your Bill. So, what you just described is different scenarios in which the Department may or may not charge a dollar certain for that particular service. Is that what you're saying?"
"Yes. It's based on the administrative costs."
"Okay. So, why is that not in the Bill though?"
"In my discussions with DNR, they were very clear that on the sliding scale… even though this Bill doesn’t actually say that 'cause the Bill is very simple. It just adds the words 'up to'."
"And I understand that. I understand that."
"The intent is that… to charge a certain amount of money per administration fees and it's going to be a sliding scale based on a very simple… if it's just going to be a simple license or if they actually have to go out to the location which would be the highest cost." 10000033.docx 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"So, what does that mean? If it's a simple license, it costs $1? If it requires some land survey, it's $50? If it requires a full-blown analysis, it's $500? How is that actually going to work?"
"So, I'm not going put numbers in their mouths or words in their mouths, but…"
"But this is about legislative…"
"…but again, in a sense, what you're expressing is… is somewhat correct. I just can't quantify those dollar amounts."
"Okay. So, would you like to take it out of the record so that you can quantify those amounts?"
"I think… I think that change is a good thing. DNR believes that they're going to make… they're going to have more revenue because of this and we're lowering fees for everyday Illinoisans."
"And I don’t dispute that, Representative. Please don’t misunderstand what I'm saying. I don’t dispute what you're saying, but it seems to me that the Bill is incomplete at this point. Is that if you're unable to articulate what the legislative intent is behind the sliding scale as to how it will work, I think that the Bill, in and of itself, is vague. Wouldn't you agree?"
"I think I've been very clear about expressing what DNR's intent is that they are going to have a sliding scale based on the administrative costs."
"Okay. So, when you talk about a sliding scale, and I'm going to wrap up now, Mr. Speaker. On the sliding scale, how 10000033.docx 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 many different dollar amounts can DNR charge for different types of consultations on this sliding scale from $1 to $500?"
"They have not discussed that specific question with me."
"But isn’t that relevant? Shouldn’t that be in the statute?"
"That wasn’t their intent to moving it forward."
"Okay."
"I'm sorry. That wasn’t their intent in my discussions. And my intent was to give them… give them those options instead of us regulating every detail of this."
"So, you would agree with me then that there's still more work to be done on this Bill. Is that a yes?"
"What I'll… what I'll do is, how about this. What I'll do is I'll take this back to DNR and I'll get more information and I'll answer those questions about the sliding scale and what those dollar amounts are going to be for specific tasks."
"All right. I appreciate that. So, I'm assuming then what you're saying is that you're going take the Bill out of the record now; you're going to go back to DNR; you're going to get that clarification as to how this sliding scale will work. And then you're going to come back to the House with those answers. Am I accurate?"
"That sounds like an excellent suggestion. I will do that."
"Thank you."
"The Bill will be taken from the record. House Bill 3248, Representative Winger. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 3248, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Winger."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3248 calls for the IEPA with assistance from IDOT to study the environmental effects of O'Hare expansion as it relates to air pollution, noise pollution and emission… and emissions, gasses and fluids. Due to ongoing expansion of O'Hare Airport runways, the creation of noise and other effects is not fully understood. And what this does is, it calls for the report to be given by October 31, 2019. This Bill does have bipartisan support. 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? Ammons, Chapa LaVia. Chapa LaVia. Please take the record. There are 111 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 270, Representative Wallace. Out of the record. House Bill 732, Mr. Burke. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 732, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Burke." Burke, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 732 is aimed at protecting the workers and occupants of commercial and industrial buildings. This Bill was an initiative of the Home Builders Association. And it would add a definition of roof repair to the current Roofing Industry Licensing Act so it is consistent with the 10000033.docx 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 International Building Code. Clarifies the exemption that employees of a building owner can still perform roof repair without a license, but a license would be required for more dangerous techniques, for fire safety, liability, workers' comp issues, and those related to OSHA violations. For those that were in the committee, you heard from the Fire Marshal of Springfield that this is an initiative that is very necessary for the protection of life and property across our state. Be happy to answer any questions."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So Representative, right now, what is the state of the law of this and how are we altering it?" Burke, D.: "Would you repeat that? What is what?"
"What's the current state of the law? I see and I heard what you describe, but I'm trying to understand what can be done today that this is either limiting or expanding? I don’t understand it." Burke, D.: "It would limit the opportunity for owners to do certain types of repairs to roofs that involve the use of flammatory materials."
"So, would this preclude the actual owner of the property from working on their own building? It seems like it's saying it's only an employer-employee relationship that would be allowed to do this without a permit." Burke, D.: "It depends on the extent to which the repair is required. If they have to use flammable materials or engage in the use of a torch, that would require very specific 10000033.docx 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 training and that would be precluded unless that individual were trained and certified in the use of these devices."
"But as of today, they could do that absent your Bill. Is that right?" Burke, D.: "At the risk of public safety and property damage, yes, they could."
"Do we have any evidence that there's actually been circumstances or a lot of circumstances that merit this change?" Burke, D.: "Were… were you in the committee?"
"No, Sir." Burke, D.: "I had, a moment ago, mentioned that the Fire Marshal of Springfield came to our committee, testified that there was an incident in Springfield where the building caught fire as a result of improper roof repair. And the fact is, the fire occurred on the roof. None of the occupants of the office building were even aware that there was a fire on the roof of the building."
"So, we have one incident?" Burke, D.: "There are several across the state. I don’t have the full documents. This has occurred on a regular basis. That's the reason for the change in the legislation."
"And I'm assuming this will result in a cost increase to all these projects for individual homeowners, individual business owners 'cause they can't do their own work, right?" Burke, D.: "Well, I would imagine there'd be some cost up front, but maybe the cost factor behind a fire would be far greater when their insurance wouldn’t even cover the cost of the damage…" 10000033.docx 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Well, it sounds…" Burke, D.: "…as a result of improper techniques used in the repair of the roof."
"It sounds like, at best, you're talking about a handful of incidents across the state and I have no idea how much time. I just question a regulation that's going to increase costs for businesses, once again, for what appears to be a limited benefit. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."
"Mr. Davidsmeyer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"I was just wondering, looking at this Bill, does this require the individual to be licensed or the company to be licensed who's providing the service?" Burke, D.: "Well, it seems that the great confusion has been with respect to an employee of a business owner being able to do repairs. Or in other words, the owner of the structure being able to do repairs themselves. Under the majority of circumstances, yes, the owner, yes, the employee of the owner could do certain repairs. If they're engaged in the use of flammable materials and the use of a blowtorch, which is the common practice, they would have to be specifically trained in order to prevent fire or loss of property or loss of life. They would have to… have to be specifically trained in the use of these devices and materials in order to do the work for an owner as an employee of that owner."
"So… so, currently, when you get a roofers license, does the business get a roofers license or does the individual get a roofers license? So, if I'm the owner of a roofing 10000033.docx 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 company, if I get a roofing license, do I have a roofing license for my company or do I have to get each individual certified who's going to be working on the roof?" Burke, D.: "If you own a roofing company, every one of your employees that's engaged in the use of these devices and materials would have to be certified."
"So, each individual has to be certified?" Burke, D.: "That is correct."
"Does the state offer a program for certification?" Burke, D.: "No. This is a national…"
"Who…" Burke, D.: "…this is a national certification."
"So, who… so, there's currently a national certification." Burke, D.: "OSHA."
"So, are we just saying we're going to go by the national certification? Is that all we're saying?" Burke, D.: "That is our only resource."
"So, if I've got a small business that… say he bought my house that I lived in. It's just a normal roof and they're going to put this type of roof on it. It was a house before but now it's owned by a company. Is there a different standard now even though the roof didn’t change?" Burke, D.: "Well, I don’t think we're necessarily talking about the common residential roof that is shingled."
"Yeah." Burke, D.: "We're talking about commercial properties where the roofing materials are flammable and the use of the device of a torch has to be used by one who is competent in the operation 10000033.docx 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 of that device in order to prevent loss of life, loss of property."
"Yeah. And I understand that. So, if my roof of my home currently is that type of roof and then a business comes in and transfers it over into a business, now all of a sudden, that… that property, that house has not changed at all other than transferring owners to a business. So, now it's a corporation. So, now we're going to require somebody else to come in and do the work that I could have done myself before?" Burke, D.: "You, as the owner, are able to do whatever repairs you desire or choose to do."
"So…" Burke, D.: "But you cannot require your employee who is not trained and certified in the use of these devices to do it. But you, the owner, have every right to do whatever you care to do with that building."
"So, could I call up a friend and say, hey, my back's bad. I just bought this… this place and now I'm under these new regulations. My back's bad. Can you come over and help me do this?" Burke, D.: "Well, certainly. It's a free country. You could choose whoever you want to choose to do your roofing repairs. But if a fire were to result in the misuse of these materials and the misuse of the blowtorch, I would hate to think how you'd ever recover damages from your insurance company."
"But isn’t that my risk to take?" Burke, D.: "Yes, it is."
"Would this Bill allow me to take that risk?" Burke, D.: "Yes, it would." 10000033.docx 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Okay. Thank you."
"Mr. Batinick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Real quick, Representative. I'm looking at the engrossed version and you talked about commercial roof where torches are required?" Burke, D.: "Yes."
"Okay. And I'm… I'm reading the Bill and I'm hoping I didn’t… I didn’t misplace it, but I don’t see where in the Bill it talks about the use of torches." Burke, D.: "Talking about… waterproofing work. I'm advised that under the national standards that would not be considered roof repair."
"Okay. I'm not sure what that means 'cause what… getting to Representative Davidsmeyer's question. He was talking about… and this is very prevalent in my district. People think of commercial properties, not all commercial roofs are the same. Some of them have tar and heated and the stuff that you're talking about. In my district, we have a lot of converted homes that use traditional residential shingles that don’t use any torches. And my understanding and one of the reasons why I strongly oppose the Bill was because those… those types of properties which are no different than they were a couple years ago when they were residential, suddenly fall under this. So, I'm looking for a clarification 'cause if the Bill says you can't use torches on it, that’s different than if the Bill says you can't have one of your employees repair a commercial roof." 10000033.docx 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Burke, D.: "With respect to the… the licensure that the state currently engages in, there are two types of roofing licenses in the state: limited and unlimited. A limited license permits a licensee to residential roofing only and an unlimited license permits a licensee roofing work on residential, commercial and industrial buildings. When applying for a license with the department, an applicant must indicate for which type of license he or she is applying for. The following requirements are needed: $250 thousand insurance for each occurrence, 500 thousand for personal injury, proof of workers' compensation, proof that an applicant is obtained, applied for as an Illinois unemployment insurance employer, proof of a surety bond of at least 10 thousand, designation of a qualifying party, $125 application fee. Now, it seems that the argument that the department had raised and certain Members have been greatly concerned with the opportunities for owners to still be able to do their roofing repairs themselves."
"And I mean, I just… I know we've got a lot of other Bills. I mean, owners and their employees, correct?" Burke, D.: "Owners…"
"I was concerned 'cause right now what we’re taking away is the fact of… of owner's employees doing the work." Burke, D.: "Employees who have been trained in the use of these flammable materials and the blowtorch, certainly, would be able to perform that repair. But typically, you don’t find general employees being trained in this specific area." 10000033.docx 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Right. Well, that's… that's where the disconnect is. I don’t see that in the Bill. What I'm referring to is in an actual shingle roof, we don’t use the torches. So…" Burke, D.: "Correct."
"So, that… they wouldn’t need to be trained in that then if that's what they're doing." Burke, D.: "Certainly not."
"I'm going to… and you know what, I'll just… I'll make it easy on you. I think we're belaboring the point. It's probably just… there's a little bit of a difference of opinion. I'll go straight to the Bill. This… this is one of those regulation Bills. We heard in committee recently that Illinois ranks 50th in terms of housing permits to population. A lot of it is when whether… whether you look at our electrical Codes or these type of Codes, we keep piling on more and more and more and more Codes. It's stifling growth in the state. So, I know people have their fundamental reasons for… for why they do things and in a vacuum maybe this Bill seems like something that's common sense, but not all commercial roofs are equal. I would strongly urge a 'no' vote. But thank you for bringing the Bill."
"Mr. Sommer."
"Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, I'm trying to understand this. Comparing it to the Bill last year. Does this Bill still talk about the commercial property of a business owner and his employees be… the torch portion that Amendment, does that… that's in addition to the Bill last year?" 10000033.docx 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Burke, D.: "Currently, employees of a building or property owner would be able to do general roof repair. That would be such as the application of asphalt shingles and other materials that don’t require the use of a blowtorch. When it comes to the use of these flammable materials such as would require the use of a blowtorch, that individual would not be able to do the repair unless they were trained and certified in the use of those devices."
"Well, I want to get back to the original Bill where it says that the employees can repair a commercial roof but cannot replace that roof. Is that still part of the Bill?" Burke, D.: "I think you're referring to Senate Bill 2982 which passed the House overwhelmingly last Session. This new language was added at the request of the Home Builders Association. It adds a definition of 'roof repair' to the current Roofing Industry Licensing Act. So, it would be consistent with the International Building Code and clarifies the exemption that employees of a building owner can still perform roof repair without a license but a license would be required for more dangerous techniques, for fire safety, liability, workers' comp, and those related to OSHA violations. So, if you're talking about an individual that's doing basic roof repair without the use of these dangerous materials, or flammable techniques, they would then require a license or be certified."
"I apologize but back to my original question. Is the language from that previous Bill still in here that refers to a distinction between repair and replacement by the employees?" 10000033.docx 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Burke, D.: "Yes."
"To the Bill, Mr. Speaker. I think you have to look carefully at this Bill. You might say that an owner of a business of commercial property, why does he want employees to be replacing a roof? Well, I think, erroneously, we think of commercial property as a large structure. Each and every one of our districts have business owners who may have one employee, they may have a basic structure. They're trying to make a living. They may have taken a structure like a garage. They may do lawn work. This Bill says that if you have an employee who may have years of experience in construction, cannot get on that building and replace that garage roof. If you look at what the Governor's Veto said last year, it said it takes away basic owners' rights. And I think that is correct. There should be a 'no' vote on this Bill."
"Mr. Welch. Mr. Burke to close." Burke, D.: "Thank you, again, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, I sometimes scratch my head wondering how people can misinterpret some of the Bills that are considered in our process here. I… let me give you a… just a piece of the proponents of this and if you think you're smarter than the Illinois fires… Firefighters Association, the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance, the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts, Effingham Fire Department, Springfield Fire Department, Grayslake Fire Department, Chicago and Downstate Roofing Contractors, Illinois Council of Code Administrators, Village of Berkeley, Itasca Fire Protection, Frankfort Fire Protection, Bourbonnais Fire Protection, Deerfield Fire Protection, the 10000033.docx 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 list goes on and on. If you think you're smarter than all of these professional firefighting organizations and Code administrators, then you go right ahead and vote 'no'. These are the people that are concerned about protecting the public safety and property. Now, if you're talking about an ice cream parlor where the owner has a scooper get up on the roof and operate a torch, take your chances. What do you think is going to occur? These are very dangerous materials that are being used to replace roofs and repair roofs. There are fire torches being used. I just cited an example of… an occurrence in Springfield where the roof caught fire, the occupants of the building didn’t even know that the building was on fire because it was on the roof. This is a very serious matter, Ladies and Gentlemen. And if you overlook the public safety in this particular instance, you're making a very serious mistake. I would encourage you to support this and to abide by the recommendations of people who are professionals in this particular area. Thank you very much. Please vote 'aye'."
"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? Please record yourselves. Please take the record. On this question, there are 79 voting 'yes', 30 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2462, Representative Moeller. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2462, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. Third Reading of this House Bill." 10000033.docx 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 2935, Mr. Bennett. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2935, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Third Reading of this House Bill. Correction. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1954, Mr. Brady. Out of the record. Ladies and Gentlemen… Well, before we move on, the Chair recognizes Representative Wallace. For what reason do you rise?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise for a point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"Yes. Thank you. I just wanted to ask the gallery to welcome Mr. Reynolds Wintersmith. A few years ago, he had a life sentence commuted by President Barack Obama. He's an example of what happens when mandatory-minimums for non- violent offenses go awry. Even at the sentencing of his case, the judge wished, on record, that he would not have had to sentence Mr. Wintersmith to such a fate. He is currently a counselor at CCA Academy located in North Lawndale and he coordinates a program that focuses on restorative justice. Please welcome Mr. Reynolds Wintersmith to the chamber."
"Moving to what is listed as second priorities, lots of Bills on Second Reading. Please listen for your name. But before we do that, Representative Stratton is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to acknowledge that today is Equal Pay Day and that women across the board, 10000033.docx 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 for all races, make 79 cents on the dollar. So, 79 cents for every dollar that a man makes. For black women, that drops to closer to 63 cents for every dollar that a man makes. So, it will take approximately eight months for a black woman to work to earn the same amount of money for a white man. So, I just wanted to acknowledge that today is Equal Pay Day and encourage all of us to continue to work for equality and justice so that all women can be paid the same amount that men are paid for the exact some work. Thank you."
"Thank you very much, Representative. House Bill 780, Mr. Andrade. Out of the record. Members, I don’t know if we're getting back to your Bills, so you really should come to the floor. House Bill 3780, Mr. Burke. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3780, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3922, Representative Kelly Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 2910, Representative Bellock. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2910, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2534, Representative Bourne. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2534, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 10000033.docx 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 1970, Mr. Brady. Out of the record. House Bill 1804, Representative Cassidy. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1804, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Cassidy, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Cassidy. No running in the chamber but hurry."
"I'll just walk briskly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 to House Bill 1804 addresses concerns raised by prosecutors. Makes clear a path by which folks can seek a resentencing hearing and it takes away all objection to the Bill."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3806, Representative Chapa LaVia. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3806, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2423, Mr. Breen. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2423, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 10000033.docx 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 108, Mr. Costello. Out of the record. House Bill 3820, Mr. Crespo. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3820, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2477, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2477, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2426, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2426, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1784, Mr. Butler. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1784, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 3 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2641, Mr. Davis. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 2641, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 313, Representative Feigenholtz. Representative Feigenholtz. Out of the record. House Bill 3851, Mr. Fortner. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3851, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2626, Representative Fine. Out of the record. House Bill 243, Representative Flowers. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 243, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 2 and 3 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. A fiscal note has been requested but not filed at this time."
"Please hold the Bill on the Order of Second Reading due to the notes. House Bill 3691, Representative Gabel. Out of the record. House Bill 164, Mr. Harris. Mr. Greg Harris. Out of the record. Oh, excuse me. Do you wish the Bill read, Sir? Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 164, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. This Bill was read a second time a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Greg Harris, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Harris." 10000033.docx 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Harris, G.: "Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Amendment 1 to House Bill 164 simply adds a time limit by which the underlying Bill can be implemented. So, it restricts it to a one-year period."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1677, Representative Hurley. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1677, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3045, David Harris. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3045, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3074, Representative Kifowit. Representative Kifowit. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3074, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 4011. Please read the Bill." 10000033.docx 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"House Bill 4011, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3444, Representative Lilly. Out of the record. House Bill 3503, Representative Mah. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3503, a Bill for an Act concerning telecommunications. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 29… 2998, Representative Jimenez. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2998, a Bill for an Act concerning animals. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Jimenez, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Jimenez."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Amendment #1 would require the Department of Agriculture to publish their administrative rules under the Illinois Diseased Animals Act online, deleting the requirement to publish that in paper copy."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3322, Representative Manley. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3322, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 10000033.docx 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3769, Representative Mayfield. Out of the record. House Bill 2402, Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell. Out of the record. House Bill 3122, Representative Moeller. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3122, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2764, Mr. Moylan. Mr. Marty Moylan. Out of the record. House… House Bill 2829, Mr. Meier. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2829, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2580, Mr. Phelps. Mr. Phelps. Out of the record. House Bill 3005, Mr. Riley. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3005, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2581, Mr. Sauer. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2581, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No 10000033.docx 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1798, Representative Scherer. Representative Scherer. Out of the record. House Bill 3718, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3718, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2428, Mr. Spain. Please… Out of the record. House Bill 698, Mr. Slaughter. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 698, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Slaughter, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Slaughter on the Amendment."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill establishes a Entrepreneurship Program within the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Amendment does two things. First, it clarifies that this Bill is subject to appropriation. And then secondly, it clarifies that any product from business plans or any business initiatives is intellectual property of the inmate."
"Mr. Ford on the Amendment."
"Yes. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Representative, when my name was added to that Bill, was it added as a Sponsor of the Bill or the Amendment?" 10000033.docx 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Of the… of the Bill."
"Well, did you ask me if I could be a Sponsor of the Amendment?"
"I believe so."
"I don’t recall."
"Well, thanks, for… thanks for moving it for me."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3644, Representative Stratton. Representative Stratton. Out of the record. House Bill 2453, Representative Stuart. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2453, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 685, Mr. Stewart. Excuse me. House Bill 465, Mr. Stewart. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 465, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 770, Representative Wheeler. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 770, a Bill for an Act concerning property. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by 10000033.docx 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 Representative Barbara Wheeler, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment is clean-up language. There was some extra language that needed to be deleted from the Bill from the Senate. So, we just need to clean it up. Doesn’t change the Bill at all."
"Those in favor of the Lady's Amendment will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 388, Mr. Welch. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 388, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3877, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3877, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. A fiscal note has been requested but not filed at this time."
"Please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, we're going down to some Third Reading Roll Calls. House Bill 3744, Representative Conyears- Ervin. Out of the record. House Bill 2367, Mr. Ford. Out of the record. House Bill 3061, Mr. Guzzardi. Mr. Guzzardi. Out of the record. House Bill 3538, Mr. Halpin. Out of the record. 10000033.docx 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 House Bill 3070, Mr. Martwick. Mr. Martwick. Out of the record. Mr. Martwick is in the chamber. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3070, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Martwick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 3070 is an initiative of IMRF that codifies current practice wherein employees have the ability to… it codifies the practice and allows members to make a one-time payment for service credit purchases after termination as long as valid application is received while the member is still an active member. Again, this is just a codification of current practice to clear up some ambiguity in the law. There is no opposition to the Bill. I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, you're saying this is current practice. I understand that, but I don’t quite get what we're doing. We're… we're allowing them to purchase service credits. What are service credits?"
"Well, if a member had been eligible for IMRF, to participate in IMRF but hadn’t been enrolled, perhaps they weren’t aware of it, there is a credit for like military service. So, upon termination, as long as they made application to be able to purchase those credits that they're eligible for, this just says that as long as they’ve made application, they can then make a one-time payment to buy that back." 10000033.docx 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"And right now, existing… existing state of the law is they can do it. You're just cleaning up the timing of when they can do it, correct?"
"Yes and there has been some confusion. There was a recent lawsuit which created some confusion about this law. This law would not effect that case, but the… there was a question brought up in that suit about this. So, this codifies the practice so that they can continue doing what they've been doing regarding purchasing credit."
"And we're in no way expanding the rights of these individuals. We're just allowing the timing to be clear?"
"That is correct."
"Thank you, Sir."
"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? Please record yourselves. Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 85 voting 'yes', 25 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Representative Bryant."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"In the gallery, to my right, are some students from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. And they are here today for Latino Legislative Civic Education Day. And we're hopeful that… They're here actually to see how government works and in their visit today, we're hopeful that one of them will 10000033.docx 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 apply for the Latino Scholarship at the Institute. And that scholarship sends a Latino student to Springfield to work with the Assembly for a semester. The program is a partnership among the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities at SIU and the Institute. And Dr. Linda Baker will supervise the students in Springfield. The students, we hope, will gain a valuable experience throughout the internship, including analyzing and reviewing proposed legislation, looking at critical community issues and developing networking skills. And as a Member of the Illinois Republican Hispanic Assembly, I welcome them for both sides of the aisle and would appreciate the chamber welcoming them as well."
"Welcome to the Illinois House. Thank you for being here with us today. House Bill 230, Mr. Thapedi. Out of the record. House Bill 3869, Representative Wallace. Representative Wallace. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3869, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Wallace."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a Bill that just attempt to address some of the issues that we see in terms of the disproportionate amount of students of color who are disciplined. I'm suggesting that we help teachers and other professionals understand what's called subconscious bias or implicit bias."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields." 10000033.docx 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"According to my analysis, it looks like we're changing two concepts that… currently, we have training that requires cultural competency. And it looks like we're changing that to oh… rather, we currently have training on civil rights and cultural diversity. We're changing that to cultural competency. And the second one is that we have training regarding racial and ethnic sensitivity and implicit racial bias. And we're reducing that down to implicit racial bias. Do I understand the Bill correctly?"
"We're currently not doing those other things, but that was what the language proposed. And I was just streamlining it to focus on the implicit racial bias."
"So… so, we're not doing those things?"
"No."
"Okay. I see that the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance is opposed. Did they communicate to you the basis for their objection?"
"Literally, they just don’t like mandates."
"They don’t… well, I generally don’t like mandates either. Is there any estimated cost to this for the schools?"
"No. I don’t have an estimated cost."
"I'm sorry?"
"I don’t have an estimated cost."
"But you believe there is a cost. There would have to be a cost, right?"
"That's possible depending upon what education or training internal staff may already have on the issue."
"But they're going to have to develop a training protocol and if you're saying we aren’t currently doing any 10000033.docx 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 of this, there's definitely going to be a cost to each and every school district to comply, right?"
"That’s possible."
"Okay. Thank you very much."
"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? Have all voted who wish? Last chance. Burke, Chapa LaVia, Batinick, Parkhurst. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 60 voting 'yes', 51 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 607, Mr. Yingling. Out of the record. House Bill 3644, Representative Stratton, on the Order of Second Reading. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3644, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed."
"Representative Stratton, you want to move this Bill to Third?"
"Yes."
"Okay. Third Reading, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 780, Mr. Andrade. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 780, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill…" 10000033.docx 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017
"Rep. Turner in the Chair. Under the Order of Second Reading, House Bill 760, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 760, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Lang, has been approved for consideration."
"Leader Lang."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment adds some hoops to jump through in order to get a debt limit exception. And this comes from conversations we had in committee. And I would ask your support."
"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 760. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment passes. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Turner: "Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements."
"The following committees were canceled for this afternoon: Cities & Villages was canceled; Construction Industry & Code Enforcement was canceled. Meeting immediately after Session is Approps-Human Services, Human Services, and Special Needs in Room 114; Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education in 413; Public Utilities in D-1; Judiciary-Criminal in 115 and Financial Institutions in C- 1."
"And now, allowing perfunctory time of the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House adjourn until Wednesday, 10000033.docx 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 33rd Legislative Day 4/4/2017 April 5 at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 5 at 11 a.m. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House is adjourned."
"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of House Bills. House Bill 4029, offered by Representative Kelly Burke, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. First Reading of this House Bill. Committee Reports. Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson from the Committee on Rules reports the following committee action taken on April 04, 2017: recommends be adopted, referred to the floor is Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 156. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned." 10000033.docx 59