"The House will be in order. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Jay Lovelace who is with Gages Lake Bible Church in Gages Lake. Pastor Lovelace is the guest of Representative Yingling. 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."
"Our gracious heavenly Father, we thank You today for the opportunity to meet together. Lord, we thank You for the gift of wisdom. We thank You that You're on Your throne and You have a perfect plan for our nation, for our country. Lord, I pray that You bless the men and women here today with a measure of wisdom, a measure understanding hearts. And Lord, I pray that today's Session will honor You in our thoughts, in our words, in our actions. In Your precious Son and holy name, we pray in Christ, Amen."
"Be led in the Pledge by Mr. Ford."
"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: Ammons, Evans, Jones, Mayfield, Riley, and Soto are excused today."
"Mr. Demmer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please excuse Leader Durkin, and Representatives: Phillips, Reis, Unes, Stewart, and Wehrli." 10000036.docx 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Mr. Clerk, please take the record. 105 Members answering the roll, we do have a quorum. Mr. Yingling is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"I would like to introduce the 7th and 8th grade class from the West Lake Christian Academy in my district who are joining us here in the gallery. Let's give them a very warm, Springfield welcome."
"Welcome to the House chamber. Thank you for being here. Mr. Welter is recognized."
"For a point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."
"Please proceed, you have some friends with you?"
"I do. Joining me here on the House Floor today is my beautiful wife Ashley, my three-year-old daughter, Autumn and my 10-month-old son David Jr. Please give them the Springfield welcome."
"Welcome to the House Floor. It's all right. She can break anything she wants. It's okay. It's all right. Representative Scherer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A very somber moment. I think it's only appropriate that we recognize what happened last night. And if we could all just take a moment of silence in prayer for our country and the entire world and especially, a prayer for our men and women in the Armed Forces and their friends and family."
"Thank you, Representative. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports." 10000036.docx 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
Clerk Hollman: "Committee Reports. Representative Zalewski, Chairperson from the Committee on Revenue & Finance reports the following committee action taken on April 06, 2017: recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2801. Representative Mitchell, Christian, Chairperson from the Committee on Economic Opportunity reports the following committee action taken on April 06, 2017: recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2462. Representative Sims, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary - Criminal reports the following committee action taken on April 06, 2017: recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 1895, Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2373, Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2988, Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 3882. Introduction of Resolutions. House Resolution 290, offered by Representative Evans is referred to the Rules Committee."
"Continuing priority Member Bills. First Bill is House Bill 780, Mr. Andrade. Out of the record. House Bill 2721, Representative Conroy. Out of the record. House Bill 3649, Mr. Crespo. Out of the record. House Bill 394, Mr. D'Amico. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 394, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. D'Amico."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Basically what this is, 394 is an initiative of the Secretary of State. We want to do a private partnership. You know, over the… over the past couple years, notices haven’t been going out for our license sticker 10000036.docx 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 renewal. And this would form a partnership with private entities."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, I'm… what's the fiscal impact of this?"
"There… there is no fiscal impact to us. I mean, right now, what it is, is it costs the Secretary of State approximately $400 thousand a month to make these mailings. And because we've had this impasse with the budget they haven't been able to do it…"
"Right."
"…and this would form a private partnership and then they… we would make sure that that all gets covered."
"So, is there the potential for cost savings on this measure?"
"Absolutely. I'm over here, Representative."
"Thank you. I can't always find everybody. I apologize."
"Yeah, yes. Yes, there is potential roughly around $400 thousand a month."
"Very good. Thank you."
"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. Kelly Burke, Lilly. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 104 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby 10000036.docx 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 declared passed. House Bill 764, Mr. Andersson. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 764, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 764 corrects a… spur notion in the Municipal Code regarding de-annexations and disconnections where the unintended consequence of a disconnection would leave a… a municipal roadway physically disconnected from the municipality. This cleans this up so that if that roadway is disconnected it returns it to the township that it originated from, as long as it’s within one year. That is the full extent on what the Bill does. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote. I'd be happy to answer any questions."
"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? Hurley. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 772, Representative Gordon-Booth. Representative Gordon- Booth. Out of the record. House Bill 3083, Representative Hernandez. Out of the record. House Bill 3131, Representative Mah. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3131, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Mah."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3131 puts uniform standards in place for collecting and reporting information 10000036.docx 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 about the Department of Human Services program participants. The Bill requires that DHS collects and publicly reports demographic information using variables aligned with the U.S. Census. This is a Bill that received bipartisan support out of committee. It’s a good government initiative. It promotes transparency and government accountability. I’d be happy to answer any questions."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Doesn't look like there are any opponents to this Bill. Is that correct?"
"That's correct."
"And it also does not appear that there's any significant, if any, fiscal impacts, or we're just collecting data, correct?"
"That's correct."
"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? Burke, Lilly. Burke. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Congratulations. House Bill 755, Mr. Davidsmeyer. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 755, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Davidsmeyer. Hurry up, Sir." 10000036.docx 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm hopping along as fast as I can. House Bill 755 simply adds… currently, in the statute, grooming is only done through electronic modes, so e-mail, texting, things like that. This just says that grooming can be done in person. You have to… you have to show, obviously, proof that it's been done, but it can be done in person. And 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? Turner. Please take the record. On this question, there are 103 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3536, Representative McAsey. Representative McAsey. Out of the record. House Bill 3791, Representative Sente. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3791, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Sente."
"Thank you. In the last General Assembly, I passed crowdfunding with a unanimous vote. The law took effect in January 2016 and it has been live for about six month. We lead the nation in crowdfunding. This is an important method for small business entrepreneurs to raise capital. I've worked closely with the Secretary of State's Securities Division and the Lieutenant Governor's Office. This Bill is an initiative of the Small Business Advocacy Council. There are no opponents."
"Mr. Andersson." 10000036.docx 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, my understanding, Representative, is this allows out-of-state residents and companies to participate in Illinois crowdfunding law. Is that correct?"
"The company still has to be in Illinois. They can incorporate outside of the State of Illinois."
"Okay. And it allows portals to accept equity as payment? What does that… What does equity mean for this purpose?"
"It… the portal itself can offer some percentage share in their business, if they choose to, instead of just cash payments, or you know, finding regular check."
"And… and are the finder's fees, commissions, those sorts of things are they aligned with anything? What are the standards that they follow?"
"I'm…"
"Do they follow federal guidelines?"
"That's what I was going to say. Most of the changes in this Bill are due to changes that happen at the federal level and it allows to take advantage of some of those more expansive changes. So, yes, it does."
"And you're broadening the class of persons who can… who can do this, right? Who can serve as qualified escrowees?"
"Correct. Yes we are."
"And as you said, no opponents?"
"No opponents."
"And we're encouraging business and we’re trying to make this state more business-friendly, correct?" 10000036.docx 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"This is absolutely one of the things we are doing to help small businesses and entrepreneurs in the state. So, I highly encourage an 'aye' vote."
"As do I. Congratulations. I think it's a great Bill."
"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? Manley, Slaughter, Turner. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 103 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3460. Mr. Clerk, at the request of the Sponsor, please place this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. House Bill 3033, Mr. Skillicorn. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3033, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Skillicorn."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. This Bill simply allows the Department of Natural Resources to lower fees and it also closes a loophole so the Department of Natural Resources can collect more revenue. A couple days ago, a few Members had some questions on this. I have addressed every one of those questions and spoke to those Members. And I want to thank you… thank them for their constructive criticism and also, in the meantime, I've been over there earning their support on the Illinois Environmental Council. And I urge an 'aye' vote on this." 10000036.docx 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"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? Manley. Please take the record. On this question, there are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Congratulations, Representative. House Bill 3644, Representative Stratton. Out of the record. House Bill 3167, Representative Stratton. Out of the record. House Bill 2453, Representative Stuart. Out of the record. House Bill 3400, Mr. Sosnowski. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3400, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Sosnowski."
"Thank you, Mr… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members… many Members of the House may remember we passed this Bill out of this chamber last year. We needed to make some minor Amendments. It just ran into deadline issues. But just as a reminder, this is a consumer protection Bill that would really bring local water utilities in line to the requirements that we have for state utilities. In particular, state utilities… or private utilities like ComEd and Ameren can only go back and back-bill up to 12 months for issues that might be a company-related matter. There's not that requirement on local municipal water billing and we've had instances where cities have gone back and billed 5, 6 even 10 years due to issues that were the mun… municipal water provider. So, we’re looking to fix that, protect consumers. And they'd only be able to 10000036.docx 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 back-bill up to 12 months for issues that would come up. I'd 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? Please record yourselves. Fortner, Hays. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 104 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 466, Mr. Welter. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 466, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Welter."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. House Bill 466 is being recommended by the Illinois Treasurer's Association. This Bill makes a simple change to the Mobile Home Local Service Tax Enforcement Act to bring uniformity to the filing and notice period to file petition for mobile home tax certification of title. As introduced, 466 will provide an additional month's time for filing a mobile home tax certificate of title proceeding and notice to the owners and interested parties. To break this down, the current law, purchase… purchasers have 3 to 5 months to give notice. However, the Property Tax Code, purchasers have 3 to 6 months to give notice to owners and interested parties. This change would simply put the filing notice time frames consistent between the two statutes. I've talked with my local treasurers and they believe that these statutory changes will provide greater clarity to the county tax collectors and tax 10000036.docx 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 purchasers. I know of no opposition to this Bill. And re… respectfully request an 'aye' vote."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, I've been falling down on my job this morning. I understand this is your first Bill. Is that correct?"
"You are correct."
"So, I think Mr. Severin would typically ask, are you nervous?"
"Yes."
"You know your wife and kids are here, right?"
"What a coincidence."
"That'd make me nervous too. So, you're alig… you're aligning the… you're aligning the notice requirements between two statutes?"
"Yeah. It just makes sense. When talking to our county treasurers and the local people, it just makes it easier for them to have both Codes in uniformity when they're conducting business."
"Makes perfect sense. It's a good Bill. And presumptively, I congratulate you on your passage of the first Bill."
"Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's first 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? Conroy, Long, Turner. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On 10000036.docx 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 this question, there are 103 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Congratulations, Representative. House Bill 2721, Representative Conroy. Out of the… out of the record. Moving to Second Readings on these priority list, House Bill 3745, Representative Conyears-Ervin. Out of the record. House Bill 375, Representative Fine. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 375, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Fine, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Fine on the Amendment."
"Thank you. The Amendment takes away all opposition to the legislation. And it talks about who will receive mental health training in the State of Illinois and how it will be paid for."
"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 3691, Representative Gabel. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3691, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Gabel, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Gabel." 10000036.docx 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment just allows the Treasurer's Office to phase in the program the Children's Savings Account. And it also provides that the Treasurer's Office will give information on savings rates and match savings ra… and matched savings rates will be included in the annual report."
"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 3486, Mr. Brady. Mr. Brady. Out of the record. House Bill 1895, Mr. Cabello. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1895, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Cabello, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Cabello."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this Floor Amendment adds to the Police Training Act. What it does is it adds to the curriculum so that the curriculum also includes training in effective recognition of the responses to stress, trauma and post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers."
"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." 10000036.docx 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 3882, Representative Harper. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3882, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Harper, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Harper."
"Yes. I ask that be adopted the… that the Amendment be adopted."
"Please tell us, just briefly, what the Amendment does."
"Sure. The Amendment… the Amendment adds one addition. And any offender convicted of a sex offense or another offense involving infliction of a great harm, would not be eligible to be sentenced to a lesser term."
"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 535, Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 535, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Hoffman, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Hoffman."
"Floor Amendment #2 is an agreed Amendment by the ICC as well as the United Transportation Union as well as the 10000036.docx 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 railroads. I know of absolutely no opposition. I ask that it be adopted."
"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 137, Mr. Hoffman. Don't sit down, Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 137, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. This Bill was read a second time a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Hoffman, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Hoffman."
"Yes. This is an Amendment that would provide for procurement when we buy American goods."
"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 2373, Representative Lilly. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2373, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Lilly, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Lilly."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment adds a clause that convictions requiring public reco… registration may not be 10000036.docx 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 sealed until the petitioner is no longer required to register under said Act."
"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 1896, Mr. Halbrook. Out of the record. House Bill 2814, Representative Hammond. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2814, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Hammond, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Hammond."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 2814 provides that beginning July 1 of 2017, the Auditor General shall report every three years to the General Assembly on the department's performance and compliance meeting the requirements of the State and the Federal Government for eligibility determination for Medicaid long-term services. And the Amendment is in concert with the Auditor General's Office long-term care providers and the department. Appreciate an 'aye' vote. Be happy to answer any questions."
"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." 10000036.docx 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 2771, Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Christian Mitchell. Out of the record. House Bill 2963, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2963, a Bill for an Act concerning corporations. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Nekritz, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The underlying Bill has to do with corporate organizations and how they can either… how they can reorganize. And the Amendment takes a portion of the L… small portion of the lLCC and sends it to the Secretary of State for three years. And I believe 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 657, Mr. Rita. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 657, a Bill for an Act concerning accounting. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2499, Mr. Rita. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2499, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 10000036.docx 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 1798, Representative Scherer. Out of the record. House Bill 28… excuse me… 2989, Representative Slaughter. Mr. Slaughter. Do you wish to move the Bill to Third Reading, Sir? Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."
"House Bill 2989, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #3 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #5, offered by Representative Slaughter, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Slaughter."
"Yeah. I believe the Amendment is just moving back the effective date."
"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 3794, Mr. Turner. Mr. Turner. Out of the record. On Third Reading, House Bill 780, Mr. Andrade. Out of the record. House Bill 3737, Mr. Andrade. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3737, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Andrade."
"Thank you, Chairman. House Bill 3737 creates the Government Cybersecurity Review Act in the Division of Cybersecurity Inspection under the Department of Innovation and Technology. There's no questions?" 10000036.docx 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there 103 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2721, Representative Conroy. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2721, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Conroy."
"Thank you, Speaker. This Bill is a… an issue that came to me from Kate Drury Grovee… Grovee-Drury about her son, Charlie and their struggle to find the proper treatment for what was wrong with him. It has been a very long, difficult road for many of these families. And it's difficult to articulate what they go through. Because of that, I have a letter I'd like to read to you that came to my e-mail just yesterday. It says Representative Conroy, I am the mother of an eight-year-old boy that was diagnosed with PANDAS this last December. To the say the last few months have been a struggle would be an understatement. Overnight my son… my son became convinced that everything was dirty. He would wash his hands so often his skin was bleeding. He would only sleep on the floor almost naked with only a sheet because the clothes and bedding were dirty. He wouldn't wear a coat in the middle of winter because his coat was dirty. And the dirty would spread from one thing to another by touch. A dirty spot on his sock would contaminate the floor… the whole floor. The worst moment was when he was standing in the shower… in the 10000036.docx 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 shower screaming that he could feel the dirty climbing up his body. He developed temper tantrums, meltdowns, night terrors and bedwetting. He was seen by Dr. Hlavacek who diagnosed PANDAS, after it was recommended that we look into it by the psychologist we took him to see. He fit all the diagnostic criteria. He initially responded to treatment with antibiotics and he has since had his tonsils removed. These steps have made his symptoms manageable much of the time; however, as soon as he's exposed to Strep again, whether he's infected or not, as soon as his immune system registers a bacteria, his symptoms explode again. Every day we send him to school and wait to see which child returns home. Dr. Hlavacek has recommended that we move forward with IVIG; however, it is not covered by our insurance. So, our choices are: spend thousands of dollars on the only clinically proven treatment available or simply watch and wait until he breaks down again. And to add to it, we have three younger sons who are all at an increased risk of developing the disorder. This Bill is extremely important to families. Families who are being torn apart by the disease that completely alters your world almost overnight. This is a Bill that has been in the works for about three years. IVIG is a treatment that costs about $12 thousand. Families are told that this is what their children need; this treatment works, but when they go to have insurance companies pay for it, they're either told yes and then when they go to get the payment, it's not covered or it's simply not covered. This is a Bill that many of you have heard the stories from Kate and Wendy and Jennifer. They are passionate; they have fought for their children to get their 10000036.docx 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 health so that they can live normal lives. These kids have gone from very ill, almost nonfunctioning to being stars of their basketball team, straight-A students and the class clown. This Bill has bipartisan support. I would particularly like to thank Representative Breen for… on co… co… chief coing on this Bill with me. If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them. And I would like a 'yes' vote."
"Mr. Breen."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, I just want to make sure we've got language in this Bill which ensures that if the Federal Government makes a determination that the state would be responsible for the additional cost that there is a… an opt out. So, that we won't have any additional cost to the State Department of Insurance because of this Bill?"
"Correct. The Illinois Department of Insurance is doing that pretty routinely because of the Federal Government unstableness."
"Great. And to the Bill. As the Representative said, this is a very serious childhood illness that can be treated with a type of treatment that is… it's well-established in the medical literature. Some of the doctors, some of the pediatricians who are leading the country in this are Illinois pediatricians. And they're just… I mean, these children suffer so greatly and we have the ability to give them the treatment they need. It is… I mean, it's unconscionable that it isn't being covered in some cases, some limited cases right now. I was even privileged to review some of the files for 10000036.docx 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 some of the children who have this and some of the denials they have gotten are absolutely heartless. And so, I would respectfully urge that this is a time when the General Assembly needs to step in to ensure the health and safety of our children. And I would strongly urge a 'yes' vote."
"Mr. Davidsmeyer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"First, Representative Conroy, I want to thank you for bringing this forward. I, too, have a constituent that's dealt with this. You know, the kids went from perfectly normal, happy healthy kids to almost autistic characteristics and not being able to eat because they couldn't deal with the texture of the foods and things like that. If… if we can do something like this to help a parent help their child, I think we have to do it. I rise in support. Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? DeLuca, Slaughter. Mr. DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3536, Representative McAsey. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3536, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative McAsey."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. This legislation would amend the Joliet Regional Port District Act, which is the… the Port District is the governing Body of 10000036.docx 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 the Lewis Airport in Will County. It owns and operates that airport and manages business pertaining to the airport. What the Bill would do is change the composition of the board so that two of the current members would be appointments of residents who live in the Village of Romeoville. The airport is entirely within the Village of Romeoville. Those appointments would come as terms expire. I know of no opposition. And I ask for your support."
"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? Manley. Please take the record. On this question, there are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3036, Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Out of the record. Mr. Walsh has returned to the chamber. Mr. Clerk, can you please read House Bill 3036."
"House Bill 3036, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Walsh, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Walsh."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. The Floor Amendment #1 just clarifies some of the standardized fees in the underlying Bill. And I'd ask for its adoption."
"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." 10000036.docx 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Third… Third Reading. On Third Reading, House Bill 2460, Representative Cassidy. Out of the record. House Bill 3909, Representative Conroy. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3909, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Conroy."
"Thank you, Speaker. This Bill simply allows 16- and 17- year-olds to preregister to vote. This is the first year that we are going to require our high school students to take one semester of civics in order to graduate, which I think considering what's been going… been going on in our country and in our state, we need our young people to be as involved in the civ… in the civics process as possible to understand it and to understand the value of their vote. So, this gives them an even bigger opportunity to live civics in action and I would encourage us all to support our young people and allow them the ability to preregister to vote at the ages of 16 and 17."
"Mr. Fortner."
"Thank you, Speaker. Would the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, one of the Bills that we certainly considered last year, I know that we've had hearings on and I would hope we will consider again this year, is a Bill to deal with automatic voter registration, which will handle a uniform process by which people can be registered as they are registering to drive, which would be many of the cases of the types of students you have described. Could you explain why it wouldn't make more sense to synchronize this with the work 10000036.docx 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 that we would do with AVR so that we just have to deal with one database, one set of registrations rather than create a process that I think we're going to have to recreate again?"
"What I would say to that, honestly, is I think that the ability for our young… our youth to become civically engaged and to live civics in action, is much more important than a little bit of inconvenience. I don't think it's that big of an issue. I know there are some clerks that are not happy about it being extra work, but I think the outcome is much more important."
"Mr. Speaker, to the Bill. I appreciate what the Representative's doing and I think it will have value. At this point, it is a year until the next time we're going to have another election cycle here in Illinois and we're talking about people who are just preregistering. I think the civic engagement is a great goal, but let's do this in a place where it is timely and make sure that we're doing it in a way that it'll happen naturally as part of an automatic process for all voters including those that we want to preregister. I would suggest a 'no' vote."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, as I understand this correctly, we are not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, we are requiring… or not requiring… we are offering the option to preregister? Is that correct?"
"Yes." 10000036.docx 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"And they… where would they be preregistering in their… the county that they currently reside in?"
"I'm sorry. Can you repeat the question?"
"I'm sorry. I apologize. Where would the registration occur?"
"Where… say that again?"
"Where would the registration occur… occur?"
"When they get their driver's license."
"Okay. And then is that information then going to be transmitted to the local election authorities in the… in a given county?"
"Yes."
"Is there any restriction on where you can get a driver's license? I think probably I can go to any Secretary of State in the state, if I'm a young person and register. Now, are we going to be talking cross county line transfers of documentation?"
"Can you repeat the question?"
"Sure. I think that I can go, if I were a 16-year-old… which was a long time ago… I could go anywhere in the state and apply for my driver's license. So, now, I'm going to be offered registration for election, say, in Macoupin County even though I happen to live in Kane? Are we now creating a logistical problem?"
"Well, it doesn't matter where you go. It's the address that you are… you live at, that you're registered at is where you're going to be registered."
"Correct. But I think you just said that you can do it at the Secretary of State's Office, right?" 10000036.docx 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Yeah. We do that with all the registrations currently."
"We do that with registrations for Secretary of State related items, but now, we're talking about… in my scenario, I go to Macoupin County further south than here. I am now offered a registration to vote. I accept it."
"It's… Representative, that's currently how it's done."
"For… well, not for 16- and 17-year-olds, right?"
"It's everyone else. So, when 16- and 17-year-olds are able to preregister, it will be done that way for them as well."
"And are all counties electronic in this regard?"
"I'm not aware of all counties. I don't have that information."
"Yeah. I think that they're not. My other concern about this is that we are a very mobile society. So, now we've got the 16- and 17-year-olds registering. The information, assuming it makes it to the proper authority, is now housed there, but people move. So, now, we're duplicating efforts, correct?"
"Can you repeat that?"
"Sure. We are… we're a very mobile society at this point. People move around a lot. So, now, we're having these preregistrations that may well be meaningless as people move from county to county."
"That's correct. But that is true of everyone above the age of 18 who registers as well."
"And I appreciate that logic. To the Bill. To the Bill. I think that we've got a lot of recordkeeping to do. I know in the southern part of the state that recordkeeping can 10000036.docx 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 oftentimes be manual. I appreciate the Sponsor's interest in encouraging civics in young people. I certainly agree with the idea of civics and young people. I think that this though is an opportunity for a paperwork nightmare that will end up with the potential for abuse. So, consider your votes carefully."
"Mr. Breen."
"Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"And Representative, I just wanted to clarify that under the current law when a 17-year-old… I'm sorry… when a 17- year-old is eligible to register and vote, if they will turn 18 prior to the next General Election, correct?"
"I think they can vote, yes."
"Right. But I mean, they're eligible both to register and to vote, currently?"
"If… if… yes, if they're 17 and going to be 18 before the General Election, they can vote in the Primary, correct."
"Right. And your Bill does not have any sort of restriction on that. So, even if they're not going to turn 18 until at least the next or the, you know, whatever…"
"All it does is… all it does is put 16- and 17-year-olds on the roll, so when they turn 18, they're already able to vote."
"And that is one of the questions I've got about how is the county clerk supposed to hold this in abeyance? I mean, what… because it just says hold in abeyance. What are they supposed to do with those records? Are they supposed to lock them in a room somewhere and wait until they come up? Are 10000036.docx 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 they supposed to set up a new computer system that will deal with 16- and 17-year-olds who aren't actually registered to vote but may eventually be registered to vote?"
"There's…"
"How are they supposed to do that?"
"Representative, there's a system already in place for that and it's already being done."
"Okay. How is that being done?"
"So, like, if people are not active anymore, they become inactive. It's the same process."
"But I… I don't… I mean, you're telling me that there's another place in law where a county clerk is told to hold the registration in abeyance."
"Yes. The clerks talked about this in committee. So, it would be the same process."
"Well, and again, I… I'm not hearing that that's necessarily what was testified to in committee from my colleagues."
"Well, that's what the clerks testified in committee, that they would use the same process."
"Right. And… and… and my analysis shows the county clerks are opposed to this Bill."
"The county clerks are… they are because they don't want to do any extra work."
"Okay. Well, I'm sure the county clerk may disagree. Let's see. You know what, I'll go to the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, you've heard the issues that are at bar here. I… already a 17-year-old can register if they're going to be eligible to vote in the next Primary, in the next General. What this does 10000036.docx 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 is creates a new system, a new mandate. It is my understanding from the testimony of the county clerks, they were not happy about this. And this is a new… an entirely new process that is unexplained at least in the Bill. We are putting a mandate on them, but they really… they don't have guidance from the state in order to… to meet as well. There are serious criminal penalties if you vote twice. Here, you're creating a situation where very likely people are going to be registered in two different locations. Someone fills out a slip at school when they're 16 and then they go to college, they register to vote and they don't remember the slip. They wouldn't have necessarily even sent the… even sent the voter card. We don't know. There are way too many unanswered questions here that could cause serious problems with our voter system. And you know, I mean, look, there have been allegations of voter fraud more recently. It's be… come to the news. And so, why would we introduce any further means of committing voter fraud inadvertently or advertently. Would respectfully urge a 'no' vote."
"There are still five people who wish to speak on this Bill. Mr. Butler."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I… I applaud the Sponsor's goals on this legislation. I think we all want to encourage civic participation through our youths and our students, but you know, in… in committee hearings we did hear testimony from… from my county clerk, the Sangamon County Clerk, that discussed the burden that would be placed on the county clerks with this in the… really the inability to track this for possibly the two years before a person would be 10000036.docx 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 eligible to vote. I… I think also, as we move forward, I think as the Representative may have discussed earlier about automatic voter registration, this is something that would be taken care of through any AVR Bill that would basically come down the pike. And I would… I would just suggest a 'no' vote on this. I don't think this is a piece of legislation that would be helpful to our county clerks. I know the county clerks oppose it. So, I would urge my colleagues to vote 'no' on it."
"Representative Conroy."
"Right. Take it out of the record, please."
"Mr. Clerk, please remove the Bill from the record. House Bill 3744, Representative Conyears-Ervin. Out of the record. House Bill 3745, Representative Conyears-Ervin. 3745? Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."
"House Bill 3745, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Conyears-Ervin, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Conyears-Ervin. Brief explanation of your Amendment."
"The… the school board shall permit the community groups to advertise events and after-school programs pertinent to students."
"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." 10000036.docx 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 3820, Mr. Crespo. Mr. Crespo. Out of the record. House Bill 764, Mr. Andersson. We already passed this. Excuse me. House Bill 638, Mr. Cabello. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 638, a Bill for an Act concerning animals. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"This Bill should be on the Order of Second Reading? Please mo… Mr. Clerk, please place this on the Order of Second Reading. House Bill 2610, Mr. D'Amico. Please read the Bill. Do I understand you have an Amendment? Mr. Clerk, please put the Bill on the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."
"House Bill 2610, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. Amendment 2 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative D'Amico, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. D'Amico."
"Yes. I'd like to adopt this Amendment. It's technical in nature."
"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 3054, Mr. Davis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3054, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Davis." 10000036.docx 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, House Bill 3054 simply creates a process by which individuals who are dealing with the court system, if they have concerns and would like to file a complaint against the judge, this lays out that a… a… how would I describe a… a something will be put in the court developed by the Judicial Inquiry Board that will give information that if somebody wants to file a complaint with the judge how they can go about doing that. It'll be a notice that will be posted in the common areas of a courthouse. And again, it will have information about how to… how to contact the Judicial Inquiry Board to file a complaint. The Judicial Inquiry Board will be required to create the document so that it's uniform across all courthouses. I'll be more than happy to answer any questions."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative Davis, this went through Jud-Civ. I was a part of the discussion. So, now we're clear that the judges are not required to make a statement regarding this. There just has to be a posting in the common areas of the courthouse?"
"Unfortunately, they will not have to make a statement about how to file the complaint against themselves. It will just be a notice posted in the common areas of the courthouses and it will be developed by the Judicial Inquiry Board so that it's consistent among all courthouses."
"So, I thank you for working with us on that. I sense from the 'unfortunately' that maybe you don't totally agree, 10000036.docx 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 but I do appreciate your work on it. And I would urge an 'aye' vote."
"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. There are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3658, Representative Hammond. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3658, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Hammond."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3658 changes the reporting requirement imposed on agencies to the Property Control Division at CMS, changes the threshold value from $500 to $1 thousand and requires that the value of the item reflect its depreciated value. I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote. Be happy to answer any questions."
"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, Welter. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 87 voting 'yes', 17 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2367, Mr. Ford. Out of the record. House Bill 3538, Mr. Halpin. Out of the record. House Bill 3503, Representative Mah. Please read the Bill." 10000036.docx 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"House Bill 3503, a Bill for an Act concerning telecommunications. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 302, Mr. Martwick. Out of the record. House Bill 2828, Mr. Meier. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2828, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Meier."
"Yes. This is a simple Bill. With our OSLAD grants through IDNR, they are still not funding our handicap playgrounds. A handicap playground, which is all inclusive, costs three to four times the amount of a normal playground. They fund grants to playgrounds that have… are wheelchair accessible, but the wheelchair cannot get up to the top of the slide. The wheelchair cannot get in the merry-go-round. So, whether it's the parent in the wheelchair, a veteran that's been hurt in the wheelchair, or the child in the wheelchair, they're still not able to use this playground. These playgrounds let the children go and experience the joy and if you go in the park where these playgrounds are located, many children are there, not only handicapped. It's a great way that our children develop working with children that have disabilities. So, it's a wonderful process. This will put a few extra credit points in the awarding of these grants, so hopefully they can receive some funding. I ask for a 'yes' 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? Davis, Turner. Please take the record. There are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. 10000036.docx 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2462, Representative Moeller. Representative Moeller. Out of the record. House Bill 1273, Representative Mussman. Out of the record. House Bill 2580, Mr. Phelps. Mr. Phelps. Out of the record. House Bill 2619, Mr. Slaughter. Out of the record. House Bill 2581, Mr. Sauer. Out of the record. House Bill 2699, Representative Keith Wheeler. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2699, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Wheeler." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2699 is an initiative of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, which simply makes a clarifying technical change regarding electronic communications. I'd appreciate 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? Parkhurst. Please take the record. There are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3750, Representative Katie Stuart. Out of the record. House Bill 270, Representative Wallace. Out of the record. House Bill 2977, Mr. Welch. Mr. Welch. Out of the record. House Bill 2354, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2354, a Bill for an Act concerning orders of protection. Third Reading of this House Bill." 10000036.docx 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. Bills on the Order of Second Reading, House Bill 3806, Representative Chapa LaVia. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3806, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. This Bill was read a second time a previous day. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1254, Mr. Costello. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1254, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Costello, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Costello."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment simply caps the number of days for the funding in two days. Thank you."
"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 243, Representative Flowers. Representative Flowers. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 243, a Bill for an Act concerning education. This Bill was read a second time a previous day. Amendments 2 and 3 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. A fiscal note has been requested but not filed at this time." 10000036.docx 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. House Bill 456, Representative Greenwood. Out of the record. House Bill 198, Mr. Guzzardi. Out of the record. House Bill 2369, Representative Harper. Representative Harper. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2369, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 311, Mr. Harris. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 311, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Greg Harris, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Floor Amendment #2 represents a series of changes to this Bill on network adequacy and transparency that were negotiated between the representatives of the major insurance companies, the Life and Health Insurance Association of Illinois, the Medical Society and the Hospital Association. There will be continued negotiations in the Senate regarding the provisions of this Bill dealing with hospital-based physicians and the definitions of material change that are included in the legislation." 10000036.docx 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"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 2820, Mr. Andersson. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2820, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Andersson, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you. Amendment 1 addresses the nature of farmers' markets and what categories of items will be included uniformly throughout the state. I'd appreciate 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 2402, Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Christian Mitchell. Out of the record. House Bill 3342, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims. Out of the record. House Bill 2698, Mr. Turner. Mr. Turner. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2698, 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 2801, Mr. Zalewski. Please read the Bill." 10000036.docx 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"House Bill 2801, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Zalewski, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Zalewski."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 makes changes pursuant to an agreement with the department. I ask for its adoption."
"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 3826, Mr. Fortner. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3826, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. 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 2428, Mr. Spain. Out of the record. House Bill 2977 on the Order of Third Reading, Mr. Welch. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2977, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Welch."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2977 does something very important for our state's youth. And that is, it brings cursive writing back to our schools. Many states across the country have been leading the way on this. And I believe Illinois should join in, in leading the way in this. Alabama 10000036.docx 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 and Louisiana just recently, in 2016, required their students to learn cursive in public schools joining 14 other states and I believe Illinois should be one of the next states to require cursive writing to be brought back in our schools. The experts say that this is easy. It's faster. It helps students with their cognitive abilities. And it's just a fascinating way of learning. Also, if you know how to write in cursive, you know how to read in cursive and you'll be able to read that letter from your mom or grandma and cherish it 'til the day you die. I ask for support on House Bill 2977."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"So, we are including a new mandate on our schools. Is that correct?"
"This is… I see this as a good requirement that the General Assembly is asking all our schools to do."
"I see it as a… if I translate 'good requirement' that would also translate into a 'good mandate', right? It is like the mandate."
"Well, it's a requirement."
"Yeah, it's a mandate. And right now, it's just my analysis shows that we have currently 30 of those mandates. So, now we're going to add a new one. Now, there's nothing that prohibits local educational facilities from teaching cursive today, right?"
"Well, let me first say this, Representative, and I… I have so much respect for you. Using…" 10000036.docx 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"As I do for you, Sir."
"…using your logic, we can never require any type of curriculum changes in any school. It is our job as the General Assembly to pass good policy. This is good policy. The experts believe that it helps a student's cognitive learning. This is about our kids and the future of our state. And we should promote good policy and good cognitive learning and I would ask for your support today."
"Well, I appreciate that. I do note that in looking at who does have your support, our analysis shows no proponents. We have opponents of the Illinois State Wide School Management Alliance, the Large Unit District Associations and ED-RED, all opponents."
"Well, you notice, you don't have the Illinois State Board of Education opposed to it. And they are the people that…"
"I do not. They're not… they're not listed as proponents. Are they proponents?"
"Well, they're neutral."
"They're neutral."
"And I… I think that's very important."
"Well, I think neutral means neutral. The other aspect of this and just responding to your comment about mandates or the fact that it's our job to good put policy on, I don't totally disagree with you, Representative. There are times when that needs to be done, but most of the time, I would argue that our local educational facilities are well-equipped to decide what's appropriate and what's a priority in what they have to spend their time on. When I visit schools in my districts, what they tell me is every time we add one of these 10000036.docx 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 we're taking away time from what they believe is… we are taking away time from what they believe is the things that they know their kids need. And I'm not going to supplant my judgement on that every single time we have an idea. My other question for you is, and I heard you say that… that research reveals that this is good for br… brain development, I think you said, or education. And I'm not going to dispute data, but there's a counter intuitiveness to this. I mean, the only thing I ever use cursive for is my signature and quite frankly, no one… no one can read my signature. It's just a scrawl; that's it. Otherwise, everything we do now, and I would maintain everything that our children do now, mostly, is all digital. We… I mean, we're all looking at it right here; your screen, my screen, that screen, every screen. I just… it just feels like a throwback, Chris. It feels like a throwback. So, I appreciate your answering how it's not."
"Well, in response to that. Every time you use your signature, I'm sure you use it when you write a check."
"I do."
"I think your signature is hard to duplicate."
"You better believe it."
"And someone can't… someone can't forge a check in your name because it's in cursive. Cursive helps a person establish their individual identity because it's just like a fingerprint. Once you teach it, there's unique characteristics in it. I think in this Body we should promote cursive because we sign voter registration cards. It would be hard to fake someone's identity or so… because…"
"Mr. Speaker, could we lower the volume? Thank you." 10000036.docx 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"I think promoting cursive signatures on voter registration cards, on checks and other important documents is critical. But I also think you can teach it and they can write it, they can read it. They can read important documents like our U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and so many other historical documents because they've learned this important skill. That oh, by the way, it'll help protect their individual identity."
"Well, as far as the signature argument goes, I certainly understand it, but I do not think it requires a class in cursive to be able to figure out how to create your signature. I truly don't."
"Well, no one said that they had to create a class. The superin… the super…"
"Oh, okay. Please explain that."
"…the superintendents I've spoken to have said this is something we can easily incorporate into the things we're already doing. Schools that are already teaching writings, teaching reading, English, they can have cursive taught 10, 15 minutes in any one of those types of subjects."
"And if that's true, then I do question why the school… like the Management Alliance is opposed to it and the Large Unit District Associations, if it's that easy. I… To the… to the Bill. I respect what the Sponsor is trying to do, but I just think this is another mandate. I'm very sincere when I say when I talked to my school districts they are screaming for more time to be able to educate on what they really need to educate on. This might be a good idea; I don't know. I'm not going to dispute data, but at the same time, is it the 10000036.docx 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 priority we need to impose. I would argue it is not. Thank you."
"This Bill is on Short Debate. We have eight speakers waiting to speak. Control yourselves, Members. Mr. Pritchard."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll try to control myself. Representative, if you… He seems to be distracted."
"I'm sorry."
"He's listening, Sir. Proceed."
"What's the question?"
"Representative, when you were in school, did you learn cursive writing?"
"I did."
"When did schools stop teaching cursive?"
"Many schools have stopped teaching cursive. And it's my understanding, the trend started in 2012 and it has been continuing because of Common Core requirements. But I just believe that this is one of those things that we shouldn't forget and shouldn't stop teaching."
"So, when you were in school, were you using the electronic devices, the keyboards?"
"When I was in school, we were using typewriters."
"And they probably didn't teach keyboarding, did they?"
"Not… not 'til later."
"So, it just seems that today's student is using the keyboards much more frequently and the need for cursive writing is just disappearing."
"Well…" 10000036.docx 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"So, school districts are making choices as to what they have time to teach. And while I agree that we ought to be teaching cursive, it ought to be a local decision. And it ought to be left up to households to also support. So, I think we're reaching a little bit too far with this mandate. And I would suggest we allow local districts to decide. Thank you."
"Well…"
"Mr… Go ahead and respond, Sir."
"Every lawyer in this Body will remember two days that they gave out of their life. And that was when they took the Bar exam. One day was exclusively dedicated to essay writing. You have to do essays and you have to do it in a timely manner. You have to get those things done in a timely manner to leave yourself enough time to get to the next question and the next question. And cursive writing helps you do… do that faster and easier. But it also, when you're writing in cursive, it has been proven that you comprehend better. And so, most of the lawyers in this room, and there's a lot of them, will tell you that cursive writing helped them become the lawyers that they are today because it helped them pass the Bar exam, number 1."
"Mr. Fortner."
"Thank you, Speaker. To the Bill. If you go back in time over a hundred years to the 1800s, it was common practice in the 1700s with the founding of this country, it was common practice to expect students to learn calligraphic script. That beautiful script that we see often on many of some of our greatest word documents. The times changed in the 1800s. The notion of cursive writing developed and eventually 10000036.docx 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 supplanted and replaced calligraphy as the way we would typically write documents. The fact that we don't teach that kind of script anymore doesn't deny us the ability to learn how to read historic documents that have value. You still can do that. And artists might well want to study that as an art form. It is a beautiful art form, but we don't need it today. Already in many schools there are schools around the country starting 20 years ago that recognized because of comments about the information age and the use of digital media on the fact that devices more likely are going to use printed characters. Even if you're entering on a tablet, it is a whole lot easier to do analysis of what you're writing to use individual characters as opposed to connected script as we did in cursive. And as I said, already 20 years ago the schools were starting to trying to phase out cursive recognize that printing… printed characters are the vehicle that you are going to be seeing in the 21st century. In fact, we have immigrant communities that come to this country, become citizens, register to vote, have… have signatures. Guess what, in those countries they don't study cursive. Their printed signature is their unique signature. And printing characters can be just as unique and distinctive an identifier as connecting the characters with cursive. The fact that you're connecting the characters doesn't make them anymore distinctive. This… certainly, when I print things, those letters are pretty distinctive. I can tell my handwriting from my wife's. It's… it's going to be different. So, I appreciate that a lot of people miss seeing cursive in the classroom, but times change, our world has changed. If you're 10000036.docx 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 going to be asking the student… the students of our schools to be required to do this… required to have instruction in cursive writing as this Bill proposes, then let's do it as something that is forward thinking. This is really moving us backwards in time not forwards in time. I would strongly urge a 'no' vote."
"Mr. Morrison."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I talked with the Sponsor. I… I agree with the spirit of what he's trying to do. I take his points very seriously about the importance for our citizens to be able to read historical documents. And his comment about reading family documents also hits particularly close to home. I treasure some of the writings of my mother and father, my grandparents that I have found over the years and I keep those and I can read them because they're written in cursive. But I… I think this is problematic for a couple of reasons and I shared this with the Sponsor earlier. I think by including high schools, it does make this Bill considerably more difficult to support. And also, just looking at the other mandates that we put on our schools. I think one of the reasons why schools have moved away from cursive is because we have piled on so many mandates. And so, what I would like to do, you know, I don't know what's going to happen with this Bill, if it will pass or not, but I really do think we need to look at some of the mandates that we put on our schools. Maybe we need to remove some that are no longer relevant so that there would be time in a school day for schools, particularly at the elementary school level, to continue to teach cursive. I do believe it's important for a 10000036.docx 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 variety of reasons, but I cannot support this Bill at this time. Thank you."
"Mr. Welch is recognized."
"Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to point out to my Republican colleagues that Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee, which are Republican-controlled states, are three states that recently passed this and require it in their schools. And I would ask that over the two-week spring break my colleagues take a close look at this and understand why this is such a good idea. But for now, I'd like to pull this Bill out of the record."
"Bill will be taken from the record. House Bill 3780, Dan Burke. Mr. Burke on the Order of Third Reading. Out of the record. House Bill 2367, Mr. Ford, Third Reading. Out of the record. House Bill 1785, Mr. Harris, Greg Harris. Out of the record. House Bill 2842, Mr. Rita. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2842, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Mr. Rita."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, 2842 reaffirms the original intent of the law for applications for pollution control facilities so that you have at least one witness testify at a local public hearing. There's no opposition that I'm aware of."
"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 104 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the 10000036.docx 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3903, Representative Stratton. Out of the record. House Bill 3711, Representative Wallace. Out of the record. House Bill 3851, Mr. Fortner. Out of the record. House Bill 524, Representative Wheeler. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 524, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 524 permits law enforcement agencies the ability to destroy unwanted, unused and expired pharmaceutical drugs that have been collected by law enforcement agencies in the city, village or municipality. I ask for 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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1785, Mr. Harris. 1785? Out of the record. A series of Bills on Second Reading. House Bill 3781, Mr. Andrade. Sorry, Mr. Clerk, 3741. Mr. Andrade. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3741, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3922, Kelly Burke. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3922, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. 10000036.docx 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017 Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Kelly Burke, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Burke." Burke, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 simply changes the designation of who should chair the task force and provide administrative support from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the director of the Environmental Protection Agency."
"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 2898, Mr. Crespo. Mr. Crespo. Out of the record. House Bill 821, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 821, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Currie, has been approved for consideration."
"Leader Currie."
"Thank you, Speaker. This is an Amendment that is primarily technical. The underlying Bill would encourage more electronic filing from businesses with respect to their 941s and their state sales taxes. I'd appreciate your '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." 10000036.docx 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Third Reading. House Bill 2664, Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2664, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2800, Representative Flowers. Representative Flowers. Out of the record. House Bill 3539, Mr. Halpin. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3539, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. A state mandates note has been requested but not filed at this time."
"The Bill will be held on the Order of Second Reading. House Bill 138, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 138, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading… This Bill was read a second time a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Hoffman, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Hoffman."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the Buy Illinois, Buy American Procurement Law."
"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 3371, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill." 10000036.docx 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"House Bill 3371, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor… Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Sims, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Sims on the Amendment."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. The Floor Amendment removes the prevention techniques that shall last at least two hours. And the State Board of Education may rule… by rule provide for this training. This replaces language that the prevention technique shall last at least two hours. I know of no opposition. I ask for its adoption."
"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 3754, Mr. Turner. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3754, 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 2778, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2778, 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. Mr. Turner in the Chair." 10000036.docx 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"House Bill 742, Leader Bellock. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 742, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Bellock, has been approved for consideration."
"Leader Bellock."
"Thank you… thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment adds to the Bill on 742. And what this does is it provides that the DHS OIG shall continue to have jurisdiction over a CILA agency and the individuals that served at the time the agency's license was revoked for up to one year after the date that the license was revoked."
"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 742. 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 3032, Representative Butler. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3032, 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 1792, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1792, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Leader Lang." 10000036.docx 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, House Bill 1792 are a series of technical changes to the Credit Union Act. I know of no opposition."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 1792 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 80 voting 'yes', 23 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1792, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Second Reading, House Bill 2800, Representative Flowers. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2800, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 2 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Flowers, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Flowers."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2800 merely adds that for a woman that's pregnant and she… that she can be tested in her final stages of her pregnancy. And I know of no opposition to House Bill 2800. And I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."
"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 2800. 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. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions." 10000036.docx 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 36th Legislative Day 4/7/2017
"Agreed Resolutions. House Resolution 288, offered by Representative Phelps. House Resolution 289, offered by Representative Conyears-Ervin. House Resolution 291, offered by Representative Demmer."
"Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolutions are adopted. And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House adjourn until Monday, April 24 at the hour of 2 p.m., Monday, April 24 at the hour of 2 p.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." 10000036.docx 57