Illinois House Floor Debate — April 26, 2017

"The House will be in order. The House will be in order. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Steven Heilmann, who is with Grace Lutheran Church in Morris. Pastor Heilmann is the guest of Representative Welter. 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 Heilmann."

"Be led in the Pledge by Mr. Davis."

"Roll Call for Attendance. Mr. Turner." 10000039.docx 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please let the record reflect that Representative Jones is excused."

"Mr. Demmer. Mr. Andersson."

"Please take the record, Mr. Clerk. 117 Members have answered the roll, and we do have a quorum. The Chair recognizes Representative Winger. For what reason do you rise?"

"Please proceed."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Go right ahead, Sir."

"Welcome to Springfield. Thank you very much. Representative Bellock." 10000039.docx 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you."

"Thank you for being with us on the House Floor today. Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"We're glad you're all here. We appreciate it. Mr. Sommer."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Welcome. Thanks for joining us. Mr. Long is recognized."

"Go right ahead, Sir."

"Welcome. Thank you, Representative. Mr. Swanson is recognized."

"Please proceed."

"Welcome. Thank you."

"Happy to have you with us today. Representative Lilly is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed."

"Thank you. Good morning, colleagues. Capitol Capers is two weeks out, May 10, and today at 4:30 in the Stratton Room 349-C we are having rehearsal. Capitol Capers, two weeks out, we need to rehearse. I ask that each of the acts please join us this evening at 4:30 in the Stratton Building, Room 349-C for your rehearsal. It's going to be an awesome, awesome performance this year. Thank you."

"Mr. Butler."

"You may proceed."

"Thank you. Mr. Davis."

"May I respond to Representative Butler, briefly?"

"No. Yes, you may, Sir."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm… I appreciate that. I just want to make sure that if I go visit the food truck, I'm not going to be accused of not working on the budget or anything like that or… or maybe they'll deliver to the floor. How about that?"

"We'll let Mr. Butler talk to you privately about that."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Clerk, House Resolution 111, Mr. Costello. Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Costello."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. And I'd ask for Mayor Smith and Sean Driehaus as well as Matt and his students of Gibault. During the 2014-2015 school year students in Gibault High School's 1818 Saint Louis History course participated in a research project to trace the history of some Waterloo… some of Waterloo's most prized buildings. The Discovering the Buildings of Downtown Waterloo Project originated with the town's mayor, Tom Smith. He wanted to install plaques denoting historic buildings. After the project proved to be too time consuming for historians in the city, Gibault High School history teacher, Matt Schweizer, volunteered his 1818 Saint Louis History class to complete the project. The junior class of 16 and 17 year olds began writing historical plaques containing information about the buildings and people affiliated with them on approximately 50 of Waterloo's most important buildings. The students used municipal records, newspapers, biographies, conducted oral history with longtime residents in the course of this research. At the conclusion of the projects, the students presented their findings before the Waterloo City Council and the Monroe County History Museum as part of the bicentennial celebration. Everyone helping to compose the biographies are supporting authors of a published historical work. Waterloo Mayor Tom Smith nominated Matthew Schweizer and his class for the 2016 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award in 10000039.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 recognition of their extraordinary work of preserving stories of people and special places throughout the state and showing how historic preservation has a positive impact on communities, the environment and the people of Illinois, the Gibault Junior American History Project, Discovering the Buildings of Downtown Waterloo, was awarded the 2016 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for their effective local campaign to preserve and protect historic resources. Number 1) I would like to thank Mayor Tom Smith and his assistant and economic developer, Sean, for pushing this project. Number 2) I would like to thank teacher Matthew Schweizer for bringing his kids in on a project that was too hard for a lot of the historians in the Waterloo area. And lastly, I would like to greatly thank the students of Gibault in what they did to help preserve Waterloo and the history of the town. Thank you all very much and congratulations on a job well done."

"Thank you, Sir, and congratulations. Those in favor of the Resolution will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Mr. Clerk, House Resolution 138."

"Mr. Costello." 10000039.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you. I would ask Mike and his parents to please stand in the Speaker's locked Gallery. I'd like to congratulate Mike on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. Mike's a member of Troop 323. Mike's… and I'd like to have the Body's attention for one second here because I'm talking about somebody as a very young member of our community who's exuded true public service. Mike's 2016 Eagle Scout project was to restore the Potter's Field in Monroe County. A Potter's Field is a place of burial for unidentified or indigent people. There are 66 of these known to be buried in the Potter's Field in Monroe County. A dedication ceremony for the newly restored Potter's Field was held on July 16, 2016. So number 1) I'd like to congratulate Mike on becoming an Eagle Scout with this project, but number 2) I would really like to thank him for his service to our community and to the less fortunate in our community and in the State of Illinois. He's a true public servant at a very young age. And I would also like to congratulate and thank his parents for raising such a fine young man."

"Congratulations, what an honor. Thank you. Those in favor of the Resolution will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Congratulations. Page 7 of the Calendar, House Bills-Second Reading, House Bill 1774, Mr. Martwick. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports." 10000039.docx 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Mr. Evans."

"Thank you. Just want to request a quick point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"We had a lot of changes on the Southland and one of my mayors of the great Village of Sauk Village is standing up, I know a lot of our great local leaders are here. I want you all to look to the rear of the chamber for Derrick Burgess, stand up, the new mayor of Sauk Village. He's an executive now. Give him a round of applause for his new leadership."

"Congratulations. Thank you for being here. Thank you, Representative. Ladies and Gentlemen, we're moving down additional priority Bills. We're starting with Bills on Second Reading. You might note that it's Wednesday. We're getting near our deadline. So, if you're not in your chair, we do not know if we will get back to your Bill. So, be in your chairs and be prepared. The first Bill is House Bill 3502, Representative Conroy. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Conroy on the Amendment." 10000039.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Hold on one second."

"We're holding. Representative, give me a wave when you're ready. Unless you're ready now, we can take it out of the record. Are you ready?"

"I am ready."

"Please proceed."

"This Amendment just changes who facilitates this task force to… to the mental… to the health department… Department of Human Services."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3755, Mr. Drury. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Drury on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd actually like to table the Amendment and just run the orig… the regular Bill."

"Mr. Clerk, the Amendment is tabled. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 123, Speaker Madigan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Mr. DeLuca on the Amendment."

"Mr. Speaker, I move to adopt the Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 123."

"Could you give us one sentence about what's in it?"

"Sure. It recognizes Indigenous Peoples Day in the State of Illinois."

"Good enough for me. Those in favor of the Amendment will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 198, Mr. Guzzardi. Mr. Guzzardi. Is not in his chair. House Bill 3157, Representative Harper. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3720, Representative Harper. Out of the record. House Bill 1970, Mr. Brady. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Brady." 10000039.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1952, Mr. Cabello. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Cabello."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 459, Representative Ives. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Ives."

"Representative, the Bill's on Second Reading."

"It's just your Amendment."

"Can you explain the Amendment?"

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2390, Representative Kifowit. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Kifowit."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I ask that we adopt House Amendment #3. It clarifies language that we got from the 10000039.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Attorney General's Office in the terms of when a person commits a hate crime upon the exterior grounds and clarifies the judgement with regards to a civil action."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1252, Representative Lilly. Representative Lilly. Out of the record. House Bill 2802, Representative Mah. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Mah."

"The Amendment becomes the Bill. It addresses some of the concerns brought up by committee. It limits the applicability to the RTA service area and to employers with 25 or more employees."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2461, Representative McAsey. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2764, Mr. Moylan. Out of the record. House Bill 261, Representative Mussman. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Mussman."

"All right. So, the House Floor Amendment basically clarifies a couple of things and takes away all opposition. So, we're making sure that everyone understands we're only using state money to assist our homeless students. The schools have to go through a homeless assistance agency first. And it… it can only happen if it's the agreement of both the schools and the parents in writing. I'm happy to answer questions."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2028, Representative McCombie. Please read the Bill."

"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 3817, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill." 10000039.docx 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #3 includes a number of technical Amendments to alleviate the concerns of the Illinois State Police. And also, makes a number of forcible felonies no longer subject to automatic expungement. They would be… there would be a court proceeding before there could be expungement."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2559, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 3 becomes the Bill. It is a Bill to make sure that when someone changes their name that the State Police are notified and the state's attorneys have an opportunity to object in order to keep people from changing their name to be able to do things that we would not want criminals to be able to do." 10000039.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 659, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you. Floor Amendment 2 is an agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and the environmental justice organizations to make sure that this nutrient trading program that we are implementing does not adversely affect low-income communities."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3004, Mr. Riley. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Riley." 10000039.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #2 essentially adds language to allow the Treasurer or the Comptroller to recoup moneys owed to the state based on the default of working cash notes floated by the RTA."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3001, Mr. Rita. Bob Rita. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Rita."

"Floor Amendment #2 was a concern for a couple of committee Members to… to address, to clarify the intent of the original Bill. So, it's just technical."

"Those in favor of the Bill… the Amendment will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1914, Mr. Reis. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Reis."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3298, Representative Scherer. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 418, Mr. Wehrli. Please read the Bill. Mr. Wehrli, it just came out of Rules, so we'll have to get back to you on that Bill, but we will. House Bill 189, Mr. Thapedi. Mr. Thapedi. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Thapedi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the omnibus condominium Bill that has essentially seven component parts that includes the work from Representatives Fine, Cassidy, Gabel, Andersson, Williams, and Ives dealing with litigation surplus 10000039.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 and accounting. What is the status, Mr. Speaker, 'cause I believe that there may be an additional Amendment?"

"Is there an additional Amendment?"

"There's one forthcoming that had a technical change. I don't know what the status is at this point."

"Well, if you want, we can adopt 3 and do 4 when it gets here."

"Let's do that please, Mr. Speaker."

"Those in favor…"

"I move for its adoption."

"Mr. Andersson is recognized."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is absolutely where we're at, Leader. As you know, we've been working on this issue for several months now taking a hodgepodge of condominium related issues. This is, at this point, all of the non-contentious portions. As I mentioned in committee yesterday, that I felt that there were two particular components that should be included in the package. That would include Representative Drury's Bill dealing with attorneys' fees and litigation, and also, the portion that I included that dealt with the germane issue. We found that we were getting pushed back on both of those issues, so they will not be included in the omnibus Bill at this point."

"Thank you."

"Those in favor of Amendment 3 will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Hold this on the Order of Second Reading for another Amendment. House Bill 140, Representative Williams. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, take this out of the record. We'll return. House Bill 3908, Representative Conroy. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Conroy."

"Thank you, Speaker. This Amendment just clarifies that this only affects elected part-time officials."

"Those in favor of the Amendment will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Returning to House Bill 140, Representative Williams. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Williams."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This simply provides for a single filing portal for Illinois charities that are required to be registered."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1252, Representative Lilly. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Lilly. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. Ladies and Gentlemen, moving on to Third Reading Bills. If you have a Bill on your next priority, you should be at your chairs. There's no guarantee we'll be able to get back to your Bill. The first Bill on this Order is House Bill 3780, Mr. Burke. Mr. Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 3806, Representative Chapa LaVia. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This Bill creates a task force that looks at different individual providers for once… when someone gets a DUI and the services are… or the state, Secretary White asks them to perform certain hours and services. So, it would be a task force created with all these entities that you see on your analysis that come up with a standard or… standardized form, a uniform curriculum, so the recidivism rate would be lessened. And I'll take any questions."

"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? Ladies and Gentlemen, we've got a lot of Bills to get through. Vote your switches. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 3 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3744, Representative Conyears- Ervin. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Conyears-Ervin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3744 will provide jobs to those that need it the most, giving them an opportunity they otherwise may not see, 10 percent of man- hours on construction projects to be performed by persons living in poverty-stricken areas. Poverty-stricken areas in some way, form or fashion affect everyone in this room. I want to be clear that this is not specific to any race and 10000039.docx 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 appeals to all geographical areas, downstaters as well as urban communities as well as suburban communities are affected by poverty. Poverty touches just about every county in this state, some more than others. I ask for a 'yes' vote on this Bill that is important for us to work hard to put Illinoisans to work."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"Not in those specific areas. It is for any area throughout the state of poverty."

"If that was your question, yes."

"It didn't sound like that was your original question, yes."

"No worries."

"Correct."

"I don't know if you're aware, Representative, but there are poverty areas downstate. That's number one. Number 2) the intent of this legislation is not to bus anyone in to work at construction sites. The intent of this legislation is to provide opportunities to those that need it the most. And the Bill actually speaks to language that says 'to the extent practical'."

"That is based upon the department, number 1. And number 2) if you think that I can answer a question, do you think this situation will be practical, no I cannot. Don't know if you were going there, but I just want to make certain to say that."

"Okay."

"It will be between the contractor and the agency whom they contract with." 10000039.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"So, it's not autonomous. It will be between the contractor and the agency."

"It will be between the contractor and the agency from whom they contract with."

"Yes. The contractor with the agency."

"The ultimate decision is that of the department."

"And the department should be able to explain when the extent is not practical."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Sponsor yields."

"You said a lot of things. What is your question?"

"Number 1) it's not an extra burden to put Illinoisans into work."

"Okay. That's number 1."

"So, let me answer this, Representative."

"I was sent here… I… and I'm sure as well as you…"

"…we were sent here to represent those that sent us here."

"I don't represent who you're speaking of. So, I'm here to defend those that sent me here. I would assume you are here to do the same."

"So, you keep speaking about contractors…"

"I don't hear you speak about how we're going to put the people we represent to work."

"Okay."

"So, you want more job training?"

"This… and we can work on that, Representative."

"Okay."

"We did."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, moving to the two-minute timer. Representative Wallace for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you. Thank you so much, Representative, for bringing this piece of legislation forward. Are you aware that there is a group of individuals right now in the Capitol rallying against poverty wages or lack of access to jobs?"

"I am aware of that, Representative, and listening to the debate on the House Floor I can understand why. And I appreciate those that are working very hard and diligent to put Illinoisans to work."

"Thank you. To the Bill. There have been some comments about putting more into job develop… workforce development, 10000039.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 job training all of that, but training does not translate to an actual place of employment hiring you. In terms of the State of Illinois, one third of the individuals in Illinois are low-income individuals or living in poverty. Half of them… half of the Chicagoans are low income or living in poverty. That actually translates to 13.6 percent of people live in poverty and 6.3 are in extreme poverty. So, I think that there is some corporate responsibility, some responsibility on this particular Body to make sure that the communities of individuals in which they are profiting in actually have an opportunity to live a fulfilling life. And again, as I asked when we talked about the minimum wage in the minimum wage subject matter hearing, at what point does the corporate responsibility end and the state responsibility begin? Because when individuals go unemployed or don't have a job that pays a decent wage, we are fighting here trying to figure out how to provide the resources for them. So, I would encourage those throughout the state to choose to vote 'yes' 'cause again, one third of Illinoisans are low income or in poverty and this is a way to help to put people to work. Thank you."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it is very noisy in the chamber. We want to move through these Bills. Everybody in the chamber has Bills they want to call. If we move through this expeditiously, we'll get to more legislation. Representative Lilly for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." 10000039.docx 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Representative Ervin, did you share with them how this Bill originated?"

"Great question. This Bill actually originated from Congressman Danny Davis, who's from Chicago. This is legislation that Congressman Danny Davis is working on at the federal level. And this is also legislation that is being worked on at the City of Chicago level, and now we're working on it at the state level."

"Representative, this legislation identify resources that help the disadvantaged community. Is that correct?"

"Correct."

"The 10… 10, 20, 30 program… the 10 percent, isn't that a reasonable amount of, I would say, identification or constr… reasonable amount of construction projects that are billions and millions of dollars to include or be a part of these projects in the… disadvantaged communities?"

"Actually, that's a good question. There has been reference to the 10 percent as if that is the 10 percent of the workforce. This legislation actually speaks to the 10 percent of man hours. That is very different than 10 percent of the workforce. In addition, we have the… the language of 'to the extent practical' because we do want to make certain that while there are opportunities we do not push any undue burdens."

"Representative, the 150 percent federal poverty level that exists in communities throughout the west side of the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, do they deserve this plan?"

"Absolutely. With the intent of this…" 10000039.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Please conclude your remarks."

"The intent of this legislation was to actually gain bipartisan support because we understand that poverty is race neutral. We understand that poverty exists throughout the state. And it is the obligation of all of us in this chamber to pursue and overcome poverty."

"Representative Lilly, can you bring your remarks to a close?"

"To the Bill. Grass-root community groups, City of Chicago, State of Illinois, and our Federal Government, all have come together to present a plan to help communities that are below 150 percent of the poverty level. This is an emergency in our communities. We are presenting a plan that helps. I ask for your 'aye' vote. I plead for your 'aye' vote. I implore you to help these communities. Thank you."

"Mr. Ford for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you. Representative Ervin, just a quick question. Is this Bill only for contracts with state money?"

"Yes."

"And so that…"

"Only for state-funded contracts."

"Only state… state-funded contracts. Therefore, people in poverty probably would be on state assistance. Is that correct?"

"That's absolutely correct." 10000039.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"And so, if they have an opportunity to go to work, they probably will be less a burden on the state and become more independent in their lives. Is that correct?"

"That is correct."

"So, and that's good. I like it. And there are a few things that I want to say that this Bill does. It one, identifies the areas in the state of poverty. Is that correct?"

"That is correct."

"So, that doesn't cost anything. We should know what areas have poverty."

"It is divided."

"And it will… will this Bill help us collect that data?"

"Yes. That is the… Yes."

"So, that's… so, there's no way we can help people if we don't know where they're at. Is that correct?"

"That's correct."

"So, we should all be for identifying the areas of poverty. That Bill… this Bill does that if it passes. It also establish a 10 percent man hour. Is there a mandatory… a mandate that we must hire people… let's say I have a contract with the state and everything is going great with my company. I have no openings. Do I have to interrupt my contract to hire someone under your terms?"

"That is a good question, Representative. The intent of this legislation is not to do that."

"And in fact, the Bill would not allow that. It simply says that if I have an opening, I could possibly bring someone in under the terms of this Bill, if it becomes law, if they qualify. Is that correct?" 10000039.docx 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"The intent of this legislation is to provide opportunity."

"So, if there are no openings for a contractor, there's no reason for them to worry?"

"If there are no openings for contractors, the purpose of this is to provide training opportunities that when they're…"

"Please conclude."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. This Bill will not interrupt anyone's flow of business. And I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Wheeler for two minutes." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, K.: "Hi, Representative. I want to applaud the idea of who you're trying to do with all people. And I want to help you do that. I just don't think this Bill is the best mechanism to do that. And I'll give you a couple of examples of why. In my personal experience, this would be a very problematic situation. I grew up in a road building company and we had a union contract which meant that… that we had employees who were part of our collecting bargaining agreement. We just want to support them as often and much as we possibly can through project work, right? If we had to start trying to call our local business agent who's a good guy and wants to help us, you know, put our guys to work, now I've got to help… he's got to find employees that would only be in a certain areas to help us meet this quota. Do you understand how difficult that would… could be?" 10000039.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"I'm sorry. I hear you, Representative." Wheeler, K.: "You understand how difficult that could be come from everybody involved? You already have arrangements in place and now we've got to find employees that live in a certain particular geographic location. Even if they're not part of that, I don't understand where… how this is actually supposed to work."

"So, the legislation… and I'm sure you've read it, Representative." Wheeler, K.: "I've read the legislation. It's right in front of me."

"It… it speaks to… 'to the extent practical'." Wheeler, K.: "I understand, but who defines what's practicable?"

"Do you want me to define it? Because if I define it, it probably will be stricter than what it is. So, 'to the extent practical' is there for those purposes that you mentioned." Wheeler, K.: "Okay. But this… who… which… the department decides that?"

"And I answered that question. The former Representative asked me that question. Who determines that is between the contractor and the agency." Wheeler, K.: "The contractor and who?"

"And the agency that…" Wheeler, K.: "And which… it… Okay."

"…is representing the contract." Wheeler, K.: "Okay. So, that… you… don't understand how your…"

"I mean, I don't know what else to tell you. I'm repeating my answers and I can continue to do that, but it 10000039.docx 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 just sounds as if you're asking me the… I'll just continue to repeat. Go ahead." Wheeler, K.: "I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm trying to understand…"

"Mr. Wheeler, please conclude your remarks." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Sir. To the Bill. Again, I want to applaud the Sponsor's approach to the idea of how we help people that… that deserve an opportunity they may not have right now. I don't believe this is going to get it done in a way that will make a… a really positive impact. And I would love to work with her in the future opportunities to further the cause. And in this case, please vote 'no'."

"Mr. Pritchard for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"It's intended for poverty-stricken areas which is the State of Illinois."

"So, as I mentioned to the previous Representative, I don't know if you're aware but there are poverty-stricken areas in the rural areas as well."

"So, CMS will provide the data of those poverty- stricken areas."

"Wait, wait, wait, you're speaking of the contractors?"

"Wait, contractors don't have outreach?"

"Well, wait. Hold on a second."

"Hold on, Representative. This is taxpayer money."

"And you're saying that the contractor doesn't have due diligence to outreach. Is that what you're saying?"

"If you want to work on that legislation, Representative, feel free and I can work with you. But this legislation that we're speaking about today that I can speak to is putting Illinoisans to work asking for 10 percent of the man hours to be filled by those in poverty-stricken areas." 10000039.docx 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"There is no penalty."

Speaker Lang: "Please bring your remarks to a close, Mr. Pritchard."

"Representative Gordon-Booth for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I want to commend Representative Conyears-Ervin for bringing such a critical Bill to the Illinois House at a time such as this. We are in a crisis in many of… in many of the communities across the entire State of Illinois rather it be Chicago, Central Illinois, or Downstate Illinois. And I think that this is critical legislation that actually takes a… a long- term view at some issues that we have been having and actually puts the onus in a place in which if we have good players at the table, we actually can begin to move the needle in a critical way throughout the entire state to actually provide opportunities for people that, to a previous commenter's statement, we can provide opportunities to those that are prepared and ready and willing to work. But it is by no stretch of the imagination that oftentimes certain communities are locked out of having access to many of these 10000039.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 opportunities. And this critical legislation that is strongly marrying the target market program, which is a very successful program, I think is one that is important to all communities urban and rural. And again, I want to thank the Representative for bringing this critical legislation forward and I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Wehrli for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"The intent of this is for work within Illinois and CMS does provide this data. The data will not include poverty-stricken areas outside of Illinois."

"Did you just hear my answer?"

"I… I just answered that. The answer was CMS will only provide poverty-stricken…"

"Representative Conyears-Ervin to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, with this legislation, we want to be able to put Illinoisans to work with no additional cost to us. Poverty cuts across color and geographical areas and many of our districts are affected by poverty. This legislation is supported by AFL-CIO, AFSCME, and Local 150. The government has an opportunity and we should not turn a blind eye to those in need. And I will like to close just with data that supports how poverty affects all of us across the state. Currently, in Chicago in 2015 there was 20.9 percent poverty rate; suburban Cook County, 11 percent poverty rate; Cook County, 16 percent poverty rate; DuPage County, 7 percent poverty rate; Kane County, 11 percent poverty rate; Lake County, 8.9 percent poverty rate; McHenry County, 9.2 percent poverty rate; Will County, 7.9 percent poverty rate. We've heard a lot of things this afternoon as reasons why we should not support this legislation. Most of the reasons that we heard were unfathomable. We have due diligence to bring poverty to an end. And this is the obligation of both sides of the aisle. If you can sleep at night knowing that you voted 'no' to this legislation, to put those in your district to work, that's between you and your conscience. But I ask on this afternoon that we work together, that we move forward, and that we vote 'yes' on this important piece of legislation."

"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, Turner, Walsh. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this 10000039.docx 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 question, there are 63 voting 'yes', 53 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1253, Representative Tabares. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Tabares."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill equalizes bargaining rights between Chicago and other school… other Illinois school districts. The measure seeks to restore bargaining rights that were prohibited in 1995 as part of the Chicago School Reform Act. Specifically, this Bill deletes Section 4.5 of the Illinois Labor Relations Act. This Section lists subjects of bargaining are permissive in Chicago but mandatory and the rest of the state including third-party contracting, class size, and staffing decisions. This is an initiative of the Chicago Teachers Union. I'm happy to answer any questions. And I'd like to ask for your support on this Bill."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"These are discussions… Yes. These are going to be required as part of the discussions for teachers to talk about…" 10000039.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"…about what goes on in their classrooms."

"Correct."

"Representative Ives for two minutes."

"Representative Willis for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"My question is, do we have these rights in most suburban school districts?"

"We have these mandatory rights in every school district in Illinois except Chicago."

"So, what is the average class size for a school… school classrooms in the City of Chicago? Do you know that?"

"Well, it could range from maybe 28 to 36, but the class size in Chicago has been increasing. And teachers should have 10000039.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 the right… the voice to voice out their concerns and have a discussion about this."

"Also, is it true that oftentimes teachers that work for the City of Chicago schools will be transferred to another school in the city without their knowledge or permission to do that sometimes?"

"Yes, yes."

"Okay. And that is not something… and obviously, being transferred throughout the City of Chicago's a lot different than being transferred in a smaller suburban district like in Addison."

"Correct."

"It could be a matter of 20, 30 miles difference in that."

"Yes."

"I think this… To the Bill, Mr. Speaker. I think this Bill is something that is well due to our teachers. The… nobody goes into the profession of teaching to get rich. They go in it because they have a passion for the job. This is just putting in the protections to them that they duly deserve. I think this is a wonderful Bill. I think it's time that we treat the City of Chicago with equity that we treat our suburban and our downstate Teachers Unions. And I urge an 'aye' vote on this. Thank you very much."

"Mr. Harris for two minutes." Harris, D.: "Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. A question of the Sponsor."

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, if I may. Did… did we amend… the General Assembly… did we amend the Illinois Education Labor 10000039.docx 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Relations Act to allow these items to be permissively part of the bargaining package when we did the educational reform of Senate Bill 7, a number of years ago?"

"Well, Chicago Teachers have tried for 20 years to get CPS…" Harris, D.: "Okay. I only have two minutes. Did we amend the Illinois Education Labor Relations Act two years… when we did it a couple years ago and it will allow these to be permissive?"

"This Bill does not shorten or lengthen the school day." Harris, D.: "Okay. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, when we passed 7… Senate Bill 7 a number of years ago, a very significant change to the Education Labor Relations Act, we allowed these items to be permissively bargained. The teachers agreed to that back then. Apparently, now they don't like that deal, so they want to change the deal back. We made a significant commitment with Senate Bill 7 and this reverses what we're doing with Senate Bill 7. I asked you to look at this very carefully. There are items which have to be mandatorily bargained and there are items which have… which are permissive to be bargained in a contract. This is not just teachers being able to talk about an issue. This is, as you know, something… or provisions which would have to be mandatorily bargained during a contract, slowing down the entire process. We gave the Chicago Public School system flexibility… 'we' meaning the General Assembly… gave the Chicago Public School system flexibility in Senate Bill 7. We're now taking that away. I think this is the wrong 10000039.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 direction in which to move. And I would recommend a 'no' vote."

"Mr. Halpin for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"I come from a downstate district. I just want to reiterate, the teachers in my district already have the right to bargain over these subjects, correct?"

"Correct."

"And they've had that right for how many years, if you know?"

"Oh, it's… a number of years. It's been… been there. Those are part of the negotiating items."

"And including… that would include class sizes and everything that's also… that's listed in this Bill, correct?"

"Yes, yes."

"And so, I would say, to the Bill. I've been in my district for over 15 years. The teachers have had the rights to bargain over these subjects for more than that time. And I'm not aware of any ongoing chaos or any ongoing… we have very few strikes. But what this does is it prevents the school district from being able to dictate on a large variety of items, what the teachers can and cannot talk about. It's one thing to say that it's permissive and if the school district is willing to let the teachers talk about something, that doesn't necessarily mean that they have to. And at any time the school district can say we're not going to talk about that. All the power is in the school district. So, considering that the rest of the State of Illinois has had these rights for… for 10000039.docx 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 decades, it only makes sense to put Chicago teachers on an equal footing to those… the rest of us in the state. And I'd urge an 'aye' vote on this Bill."

"Representative Flowers for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. This Bill is correcting a mistake that was made back in 1995. We began the correction with Senate Bill 7 a few years back. Every school district in the State of Illinois has the right to bargain, the right to advocate on behalf of its children, except for the City of Chicago. When you factor in that this Bill would give the Chicago Teachers Union the right to strike over issues that is pertaining the best interest of the children. Currently, the only thing they're striking about now is money because they're restricted from doing so. But if the building is cold, if the building is unclean, if the food is not right, if the teacher's not right, that teacher that's the principal has no control over these issues. Oversized classrooms, it is a problem and Chicago deserves the right just like every other school district to bargain in the best interest of its parents and of its students. Chicago Teachers Union are the ones that's inside the classroom. CPS is inside the buildings downtown dictating to the teachers who's on the front line. They know what they need. Please vote 'aye' on House Bill 1253. Thank you."

"Mr. Wheeler for two minutes." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, K.: "Representative, back in… when we saw this Bill in committee, we brought some ideas of… statistics, I guess, 10000039.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 about the frequency of strikes. Can you tell me how many strikes we had prior to the current legislation that's in effect now?"

"So, there were a number of strikes in the 1970s and 1980s." Wheeler, K.: "And since this legislation was put in place, how many strikes had there been?"

"The fact of the matter is, this legislation allows teachers in Chicago to negotiate items about class size." Wheeler, K.: "I'm sorry, Representative, but this is…"

"Teachers in North Aurora…" Wheeler, K.: "I only have two minutes."

"…teachers in Geneva, teachers in Wheaton, teachers in Arlington Heights can bargain over these. They can have a discussion about this…" Wheeler, K.: "To the Bill."

"…but not Chicago." Wheeler, K.: "To the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, we look at how education runs in our school districts. The focus should be on the school children and their education. The strikes in the City of Chicago in those prior years were not good for those students, not good for those parents, not good for the city. Changing this back in the name of equality isn't the answer for these school children. I urge a 'no' vote. And with that, I request a verification should this get the requisite number of votes."

"Your request is acknowledged. Mr. Guzzardi for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?" 10000039.docx 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Tabares, would you say that… would you say that the right to collectively organize is one that should be dependent on where you live?"

"One…"

"Should you have more rights to collectively bargain if you live in one part of the state than another?"

"No, it should be all equalized. It should be all even. Every… every teacher in Illinois should have the right."

"Can you think of a reason why teachers in downstate communities should have greater collective bargaining rights than teachers in the City of Chicago?"

"No, no."

"So, I understand that there's some concern about this legislation that, you know, this is a deal that we agreed to once upon a time and why are we changing it? It strikes me… I'll go to the Bill. It strikes me that if we were to operate that way, we'd never pass any Bills at all in this chamber. Every law that exists on the books is a law that we passed once upon a time in the Legislature. So, to make an argument that the Legislature decided it should be this way once and therefore, we ought not be able to change it, strikes me as asking for legislative paralysis, right. Sometimes this chamber makes excellent decisions and sometimes this chamber makes decisions that we want to revisit in the future. In this case, some of the decisions to constrain a collective bargaining right of the teachers in the City of Chicago, are worth revisiting. And I think that this Bill is a noble and 10000039.docx 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 worthwhile attempt to revisit some of those flawed changes. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Mr. Martwick for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, when you think about this Bill, the argument that the other side is making that somehow or another that teachers having collective bargaining rights that the state has will somehow harm the education system or not focus on the children is completely and totally false. In 1994, before the School Reform Act was put into place, the School Reform Act, which I love that… the sound of that… the Chicago Public Schools was… had a… Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund was almost fully funded. In fact, I think there was a period early, very early on there, where it was more than 100 percent funded. It is now somewhere in the 40s, because as part of the reform we stripped away the rights to collectively bargain over many subjects and we took that out of the hands of the teachers. Collective bargaining strikes a balance between management and labor, and do not presume that just because you don't like unions that somehow giving an equal right to the labor side of the equation is going to harm the schools. In fact, what… what the statistics would show us that given the performance of the Chicago Public Schools since 1995 we've very well might have been better off if the Teachers Union had the same collective bargaining rights that they do in every other district in the state. To somehow think that to deny them is going to make our school system better is the biggest bunch of baloney I've ever heard on the floor or this chamber. If we give them the rights to collectively bargain 10000039.docx 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 as they have everywhere else, they will collectively bargain over the things that will make our school district better. That is the input from the educational professionals that know what's best for the teachers. This is the right… I mean, right for the students. This is the best thing to do. This is the right thing to do. Vote 'yes'."

"Mr. Welch for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, I just have a couple of questions. So, the School Reform Law that was passed in 1995 took away these bargaining rights that you seek to reinstate. Is that correct?"

"Yes, that's correct."

"And in 1995, was it the belief that by taking these rights away from the district that they would get their financial house in order?"

"Yes."

"How are they doing?"

"Not… not well."

"And so, your purpose for bringing this back and trying to reinstate these bargaining rights is what? Can you clearly state that for us here today?"

"It's for fairness for all teachers in Illinois."

"Fairness for all."

"Fairness for all teachers."

"And who are… who are your proponents of this Bill? Are there several proponents other than the Chicago Teachers Union?" 10000039.docx 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"We have several proponents. We have the… we have the Illinois Federation of Teachers, IFT. We have the Illinois Education Association, IEA, AFSCME, Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Parents for Teachers, University Professionals of Illinois, Local 4100, Illinois Federation of Public Employees Local 4408, SEIU Local 73, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Unite Here 1, National Nurses United. There are all our proponents on this Bill."

"So, clearly, all of these organizations believe this is a Bill that will help working families in the city that you represent."

"Yes, are hard working men and women."

"Thank you. To the Bill. I ask Members to support this Bill and stand with working men and women and help us advance Illinois forward. Thank you."

"Representative Stratton for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you. Representative Tabares, I wanted to kind of shift the direction a little bit and ask about how students of color might be positively impacted by this Bill."

"So, what's… what's very interesting is that there was a study that was published in April this year by John Hopkin's University found that black students with just one black teacher result in those students being more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college. So, allowing teachers to bargain over layoffs and recalls like every other school district in the state could provide greater diversity in Chicago's teaching force, which was over 40 percent 10000039.docx 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 minority in 2000 and is now closer to 20 percent. The current situation hurts our students."

"Thank you. And just to clarify, the majority of the students are students of color?"

"Yes. In Chica…"

"In CPS?"

"I'm sorry, go ahead. No, CPS has nearly 90 percent of its students who are minority."

"Thank you. To the Bill. I think this is a really important point to point out that with 90 percent-plus students being students of color in Chicago Public Schools and the ability for the teachers to collectively bargain around the issue of layoffs, this study that the Representative spoke about, the Sponsor to the Bill, shows that young people are more likely to… students of color are more likely to consider college and potentially do better in school by just having one teacher that looks like them. So, the ability to negotiate about this issue, about layoffs, is something that could really help increase the diversity. And I would certainly suggest that this is something that is, in fact, beneficial to the students. I support this Bill and… and urge an 'aye' vote."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we're fortunate enough to be joined by a former Member, Dennis Reboletti, right up here in front. That'll be all, Representative, move on. Mr. Andrade for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." 10000039.docx 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Representative, sorry, I was in the… the washroom, so I didn't quite hear all the debate. Could you please reiterate for me again what the bargaining items?"

"Sure. So, the bargaining items are third-party contracting, class size, and staffing decisions. These items are being negotiated in every other school district in Illinois except Chicago. So, this Bill simply… simply allows educators in Chicago to bargain for the same items they bargain in every other district in Illinois. Whatever educators can negotiate in your school district, they'll be able to negotiate in Chicago."

"Okay. Have other unions… can they negotiate other terms?"

"Well, other… other school districts outside of Chicago can. They can. So, teachers in Geneva, teachers in Wheaton, teachers in Arlington Heights, they can negotiate these items. They can talk about these items."

"Have… have school sizes increased since they have not been able to negotiate these terms?"

"Can you repeat the question, Representative?"

"In the City of Chicago have school sizes increased over these last years that now that they cannot negotiate this part in their contract?"

"Correct, correct."

"Oh, they have. They have. And…"

"Oh, no. Well, class sizes in Chicago have increased. They've… ballooned. They have ballooned."

"Okay." 10000039.docx 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"So, CPS refuses to talk about these items because they have to be in… both parties have to be in agreement to talk about these items in order to do this."

"Interesting. Interesting."

"Yes, it is."

"Thank you."

"Have you concluded your remarks, Sir?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Representative."

"Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, we're joined by another former Member of the House, Franco Coladipietro, right over here. Representative Williams for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"You know, I'm just kind of reviewing one of the items that we're talking about that would be subject to collective bargaining. And isn't it true that the items that are listed pertain to more than just the interest of the employees, the teachers, these are really about quality of education and the efficacy of the ability of the teachers to provide the best education to students. Isn't that true?"

"That's true. Yes, that's correct, Representative."

"Yeah. And so, when you look at the items whether it's staffing, assignment, length of school year, those directly relate to the success of each and every student. Is that not the case?"

"Yes."

"Thank you."

"That's correct. Yeah," 10000039.docx 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you. So, to the Bill. If… if, you know, the… the issue that we're talking about, I've heard some of my colleagues reference, the teachers as employees. Obviously, they're the subject of the collective bargaining agreement, but the topics we're talking about go far beyond benefits for teachers. Things like contracting with third parties, decisions to change the number of employees, those items directly impact students. Class sizes, class staffing and assignments, schedules, the academic calendar, these items directly impact students on a daily basis, their parents and the overall health of a school district. Hours, places of instruction, pupil assessment, I can't think of a more comprehensive list of items that will impact the quality of education. This Bill is about much more than collective bargaining. This Bill is about the health of our neighborhood schools. Chicago Public Schools should not be treated differently. We already know how differently we are treated in terms of funding. Unlike the rest of the state, Chicago teachers' pensions are funded by Chicago taxpayers. Obviously, we all know this…"

"Representative, please conclude your remarks."

"Well, thank you. Just wanted to emphasize again that the items in this Bill go well beyond the issue of collective bargaining and directly impact the quality of education. I urge a 'yes' vote."

"Representative Stuart for two minutes."

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." 10000039.docx 60  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you. To the Bill. I don't think that you can underemphasize the importance of class size when it comes to teaching children. And to suggest that a teachers' union being able to bargain in terms of class sizes would be detrimental to students is absurd. I… I have taught in public schools in Illinois since 1994. I've taught in two districts that are outside of Chicago. In both of those districts, my union on my behalf and on behalf of my fellow teachers always had class sizes included in the bargaining that we did. We fought to not have class sizes of 30 and 32 and 34 in our high schools. We fought to not have classes that size in our Kindergartens, because we know that the detriment that there is to students. I don't think that Chicago teachers deserve any less than we did as teachers in Highland and teachers in Edwardsville. And I really don't think that the students in Chicago deserve less than the students in Highland and Edwardsville and every other public school district across this state. I think that it's just vitally important that we make sure that we are protecting those rights of those students and working for the best learning outcomes that we can have. And class size has time and time again been proven to be one of the most significant impacts on student learning. I think it's important. And I encourage an 'aye' vote to protect our students and to make sure that the students of Chicago can achieve like the students across the state. Thank you."

"Mr. Thapedi for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." 10000039.docx 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Representative Tabares, just want to get a little clarification from you, please, on the… on CPS's opposition. I'm not really sure that I quite understand and I do know from personal experience recently in working with CPS that sometimes they're not the… the best negotiators as far as good faith negotiations. So, I'm just curious as to what truly is their objection, because if I'm reading the analysis correctly, they're basically saying that they made some concessions many, many years ago and now it's a rollback. I'm not really quite sure that I understand what the objection is."

"So, CPS is opposed because they oppose the length… the school day language. The part of the length of the school language in the Bill. But this Bill does not shorten or lengthen the school day, does not. If this Bill passes, school days will not be lengthened or shortened."

"So, basically, the CPS's objection is not applicable to what you're actually doing right now. Is that accurate?"

"Correct. Yes."

"I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Davis for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"As I was reading the analysis, Representative, it appears that one of the things that you're trying to correct has a lot to do with class size. Is that correct?"

"That's correct, class size."

"So, with regard to class size, and a lot of that… a lot of… there's a lot of mention about class size, currently, in 10000039.docx 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 the school funding reform or the school funding reform debate that takes place, you know, what do… what do we anticipate would happen when we're able to possibly negotiate for a smaller class size? What do we expect to happen there?"

"We expect more individual-like attention to our students. And this will help teachers 'cause they understand what goes on in their classrooms. They're there up to eight hours a day. They… understand what our children… our students need. So, this will give more individualized attention and safety too, protect our students in safety of the classroom."

"And I guess, presumably, what we do is we trust that teachers who are there every day with our young people in the classroom are probably the best judges as it relates to, you know, what happens when you are able to lower class… or what are the results of higher class sizes could be. So, I guess what we expect out of this is that they would like to bargain for lower class sizes so that they feel comfortable and they have the opportunity to better educate our young people. Would that be a correct statement?"

"That is a correct statement because teachers understand what goes on in the classroom. They know what's best for the students."

"Well, I know that. And let me just…"

"Yes."

"…speak briefly to the Bill. So, even in the current debate that we're having on school funding reform, one of the things that we have to be mindful of is class size. Data has shown us that smaller class sizes yield better results as it relates to outcomes with our young people. And while some of you may 10000039.docx 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 disagree with the idea that unions being able to negotiate class size, let's not forget that data shows us that lower class sizes do… are indeed helpful for our younger people. So, if we look at that, this has the opportunity to help adjust that to give those opportunities…"

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"Vote 'yes'. Thank you."

"Mr. Ford for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you. Representative Tabares, I don't know if you read the back of the Calendar. Did you read the back of the Calendar today?"

"No, I did not."

"Oh. There's some historic facts. I don't know who's the genius that came up with giving us this historic facts on a daily basis, but I like it. And it says on April 20, 1982, the Illinois House passed 106-64 a labor Bill that would give public school teachers the legal right to strike. So, to the Bill. I wanted to… I want to stay with the Sponsor, but I want to talk about the Bill. What brought this Bill on? Why did you sponsor the Bill?"

"I chose to sponsor this Bill because I represent educators, families, students in my district who attend CPS schools. It's a very important Bill to our district."

"So, who would this Bill benefit if it should pass?"

"This Bill will benefit the students, Representative."

"Okay."

"The students." 10000039.docx 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"The students. And it would benefit the students because you believe that it will help with class sizes, you say?"

"Because teachers will have a voice to have a discussion about these items and that will improve the quality of education."

"You remember Representative Monique Davis? What would she think of this Bill?"

"I believe she would be for this Bill. She was strong."

"Now, would you mind holding on while I call her and ask her."

"Sure."

"No. I urge an 'aye' vote for House Bill 1253."

"Representative Scherer for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I don't… I don't want to be remiss, so as a teacher myself, I feel like I… I have to stand in support of this Bill for all the teachers in the State of Illinois, all the people who are married to teachers: wives, husbands, grandmas, et cetera. We all know there's no question that class size is the number one determining factor of how successful a child can be in a classroom. We don't have problems having them take tests. We throw out the PARCC test, the ISAT, the IGAP and everything else you can think of and we'll throw money at tests, but we won't throw money at people. And I just don't get it. Number one thing that we can do to help our students learn is to reduce class size. So, I think it's time that we put our money where our mouth is, quit criticizing that are tests results aren't high enough, and give the students an opportunity to learn and the teachers an opportunity to teach by lowering 10000039.docx 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 their class size. A friend of mine did her master's thesis on this just not that many years ago and there was overwhelming evidence that class size is the number one determining factor. I don't see how anybody has any option other than to vote 'yes' on this Bill. Thank you."

"Mr. Harris for two minutes." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. And just a couple questions of the Sponsor if she would yield?"

"Sponsor yields." Harris, G.: "So, Representative Tabares, I was just downstairs with a group of Chicago High School students. You know, there's hundreds of them gathered in the rotunda for School Health Center Day and we were talking about what makes a successful school and what doesn't. So, would your Bill allow more ability for their teachers to actively negotiate through the collective bargaining process on matters concerning keeping their class sizes small?"

"Yes, that's correct. Yes." Harris, G.: "So, that is in your Bill an opportunity for teachers to negotiate for a size of class where instruction will happen where they can really make a difference to these young men and women?"

"Exactly. To make a difference, yes, yes." Harris, G.: "So, are there elements in the Bill that talk about how the school day is structured or how curriculum is chosen and taught?"

"Well, teachers will have the opportunity to discuss and negotiate those items, yes." 10000039.docx 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Harris, G.: "So, this just goes back to local control where it would become a matter of collectively bargaining where Chicago Public School teachers could work with CPS and come to the best… best agreement on how to educate and how to schedule themselves to be most available to their students."

"Yes, that is correct." Harris, G.: "Okay. So, are there other elements to the Bill regarding, you know, school choice and you know, how that's determined so that these young men and women, you know, will know that somebody is representing… their interests in negotiations about how schools are chosen with the school board?"

"Right, yeah. So, teachers with this Bill… this Bill is… it's just about parity." Harris, G.: "Parity."

"Parity for Chicago educators." Harris, G.: "So, other educators in all the other hundreds of school districts in Illinois have these rights?"

"Right. Suburban and downstate districts, correct." Harris, G.: "So, if it's something that our young people feel is…"

"Mr. Harris, please bring your remarks to a close." Harris, G.: "Then I would say we should vote 'yes'. Is that fast enough, Lou?"

"I wasn't saying fast. I was just…" Harris, G.: "Okay."

"…saying bring your remarks to a close." Harris, G.: "Thank you."

"Thank you. Mr. Arroyo for two minutes." 10000039.docx 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, what is the logistics of this Bill? What are you really trying to do with this Bill?"

"So, as it currently stands, bargaining over class size, the school calendar and other issues can only take place if both Chicago Public Schools and the Teachers Union are in agreement to discuss them. So, this Bill removes that requirement, placing those subjects as required issues to talk about during collective bargaining regardless of whether both parties are in agreement to discuss them."

"And who is opposing this Bill? I think this is a great idea. You got all these Sponsors for this Bill and there's… are two people that are opposed to this Bill. Who is the…"

"So, we have…"

"…the public schools, the School Alliance, Advance Illinois. Who is that?"

"So, there is Stand for Children, Chicago Public Schools, and Advance Illinois are the only three opponents to the Bill."

"Okay. I also… Representative, I also know you have six initiatives here. Could we go through those initiatives, one… one through six? The decision to contract with the third party, could you explain that to me? What happens now? What is happening now?"

"So, currently, with third-party contracting, outsourcing and CPS was sold as a business-style management tool that would lead to greater financial stability, flexibility, efficiency in cost savings. It was billed as a 10000039.docx 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 solution to challenges CPS faced, so in practice outsourcing has led to diminished services for our young people. And lack…"

"Representative…"

"…a lack…"

"…Representative, I think that all these initiatives are good for my district. I have 14 schools in my district and I think that these all initiatives are good. I think this is a wonderful Bill. I'm glad that somebody brought this…"

"Please complete your remarks, Sir."

"…so we could reduce the class sizes. Because in my neighborhood, it's always a lot of overcrowding. I stand in support of your Bill. Congratulations on your Bill. Thank you."

"Representative Hernandez for two minutes."

"Thank you, Speaker. May the… may the Representative yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, I just wanted to ask within your district, have your experienced schools that are overcrowded, classroom overcrowding?"

"Yes, I have. I've actually seen schools where the child… the students are eating in the hallways for lunch."

"Would you say your district has a very large… a large LL… English Language Learner population?"

"Yes, yes, there is."

"Would you say that teachers in that capacity are overwhelmed with the type of instruction that is required and sometimes wouldn't you say their recommendation… their say… 10000039.docx 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 having a say when it means scheduling, instruction and so forth, counts in… when it comes to… at some point collective bargaining?"

"Yes, that's correct, Representative. I agree with you."

"To the Bill. I just want to add my experience with… I do… do represent a suburban district that at one point experienced the overcrowding due to the influx of families coming into the district. And the teachers were extremely overwhelmed, overworked and for… to have a strong union and to be able to have a… a say in when it comes to collective bargaining. When it's class size, when it has to do with scheduling, by the surmounted responsibilities that are come their way, there is no other way than to try to bring some quality education to our students through the…"

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"I just want to say thank you, Representative. This is a good Bill. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Representative Tabares to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to thank all of my colleagues who spoke in support of this Bill. Thank you for your support and for your encouragement of urging an 'aye' vote. I want to repeat that this Bill is about parity. I repeat, parity for Chicago educators with educators in the school districts you represent in suburban and downstate districts. This Bill allows Chicago school dis… school employees to better advocate for their students and their families. It's about fairness for teachers. This legislation would ensure teachers in Chicago to focus on what's important by educating and preparing our students. Students in Chicago 10000039.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 deserve better. Teachers in Chicago should have the rights that every other teacher in the state has. Because currently, as it stands, bargaining over class size, the school calendar, and other issues can only take place if both Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are in agreement to discuss them. The Bill will remove… this Bill will remove that requirement placing those subjects as required issues to talk about during collective bargaining regardless of whether both parties are in agreement to discuss them. So, I just really… this simply… just simply… this Bill is about allowing educators in Chicago to bargain over the same items they bargain in every other district in Illinois. Whatever educators can negotiate in your school districts, they'll be able to negotiate in Chicago. So, I just want to ask for your 'aye' vote. 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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 63 voting 'yes', 54 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is here… I apologize. Mr. Wheeler had asked for a verification. Mr. Wheeler, do you persist in your request? He does. Mr. Clerk, would you read the affirmative. Members, please be in your chairs."

"Mr. Clerk, the Gentleman withdraws his request. 63 voting 'yes', 54 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

"Representative Cassidy, for what reason do you rise?"

"Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed."

"Hopefully, they're still up there during that lengthy debate. But I wanted to welcome some of the students from Senn High School in my district. They're here today advocating 10000039.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 for School Days Health Centers and they're doing a great job. Got up really early this morning to join us in Springfield and I'd like to welcome them."

"Welcome. Thanks for joining us today. Mr. Andersson is recognized. For what reason do you rise, Sir?"

"State your inquiry, Sir."

"I don't believe I was in the Chair at the time."

"So, I wasn't listening to that particular part of debate. So, let me just ask you a question. Was… was the request simply… no comment was made about the request?"

"Let me ask one additional question…"

"…and then the parliamentarian will check on this for you. Did the person that make… made the request also debate on the Bill?"

"We'll get back to you, Sir."

"House Bill 3649, Mr. Crespo. Mr. Crespo. Out of the record. House Bill 2624, Representative Fine. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill focuses on health insurance rate review. It's designed to improve insurers' accountability and transparency. And it ensures also that after experts evaluate whether a proposed rate increase is based on reasonable cost and consumption that consumers are treated fairly."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"When the Affordable Care Act was passed, part of the Affordable Care Act said that every state also has to initiate rate review. So, every time an insurance company brings out their new premium for the upcoming year, they have to get 10000039.docx 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 that premium to the Department of Insurance. And the department goes through it in an actuarial way to make sure that the increase in the rate is sufficient, that it is not too high. And if it is more than 10 percent, they're going to decide whether or not they need to lower that rate for consumers."

"Correct, except there's no final step. So, the Department of Insurance can say, well, you gave us these rates. You know, you told us you want a 20 percent increase. We find a 15 percent increase adequate. There's no other step that they can do to ensure that there's only a 15 percent increase for consumers."

"So, right now, like I said, it is mandatory under the Affordable Care Act. We don't know if that's going to change, if the Federal Government changes the Affordable Care Act, but this is something that/s very good to have in place for the consumer. We have found that in states that have this final step in place, where they can actually decide if the rate has gone too high, in the last study that I found they save consumers over a billion dollars. And in some states in particular, in Rhode Island for example, the proposal that was given to them, their depart…" 10000039.docx 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Representative, please complete your answer to the question."

"…their department decreased that rate by 6 percent."

"Mr. Andersson, please bring your remarks to a close."

"Mr. Reis for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"That's where I know it was assigned to."

"Representative Ives for two minutes."

"Representative Hammond for two minutes."

"Representative Flowers for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I rise in support of the Lady's Bill. First of all, insurance is no longer a choice. It's a mandate. And the fact that it is a mandate it should be regulated. If we do not have insurance, the possibility is we're getting… if we become sick, we will be a burden on the taxpayers. And the insurance companies get funding from the Federal Government. They get subsidies from the Federal Government. And they are supposed to be affordable as well as attainable. And what this Bill is merely doing is to have the insurance company to come before this committee to explain the purpose of its rates hikes. A lot of insurance companies have a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders. Insurance companies really do have a conflict of interest. This Bill is about helping people maintain affordable, quality health insurance that is mandated by law. I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you." 10000039.docx 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Representative Fine to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This isn't something new. This is something that's actually already in place. So, the argument saying that we are creating a new law to regulate the insurance industry is wrong. The Department of Insurance already regulates… or not regulates, but already… already reviews what the new rate increase is going to be. Many other states go that final step to protect the consumer. And their actuaries make sure that the rates that they put into place are applicable to the marketplace and protect the consumer. So, all this legislation does is take the final step. If you go on to the Department of Insurance website, there's a great chart that shows you how they do the rate review process. But the problem is once that process comes to an end, if they feel like the rate is too high, it explicitly says on the website that there's really nothing that they can do about it. I urge your 'aye' vote. This is a consumer protection Bill."

"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? Costello, Harris. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 65 voting 'yes', 49 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Andersson, in regard to your inquiry. The parliamentarian advises that the past practice in the Illinois House is to allow the Chair the discretion to deal with that particular Motion as the Chair sees fit. You can respond." 10000039.docx 79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"That has been the practice according to the parliamentarian. I'm just repeating to you what I was told, Sir."

Speaker Lang: "You made your record, Sir. Mr. Davis is recognized."

"Can I speak to that, Mr. Speaker."

"No, it's not necessary, Sir. Thank you. House Bill 3601, Representative Greenwood. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Greenwood."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. House Bill 3601 provides that East St. Louis School District 189 is encouraged to allow students in grade… grades 11 and 12 to take classes at Southwestern Illinois College for dual credit at no cost to the student. I ask for a 'yes' vote."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes." 10000039.docx 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes. And it's a current practice already since 2015 where the district pays for those classes for the students."

"It's just to ensure that the practice continues."

"East St. Louis School District 189 currently bears all the cost."

"Yes. They support the Bill."

"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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3061, Mr. Guzzardi. Mr. Guzzardi. Out of the record. House Bill 3083, Representative Hernandez. Representative Hernandez. Out of the record. House Bill 137, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill." 10000039.docx 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 137, as… as amended, would… would ensure that we adopt the Federal Buy American Act provisions here in the State of Illinois. This Bill would mandate that we utilize state resources, state tax dollars to buy American goods. The provisions in the Bill very specifically outline how we determine whether a good is made in America, how we determine whether or not a specific product that the state is buying or good has to be… has to be bought from American made goods with specific exemptions. Those exemptions are very specific and are contained in the Buy America Act of 1933 that was passed federally by the United States Congress. This is really simple, I believe. First of all, Illinois wants to ensure that when we use our taxpayers' dollars that we're going to buy, first of all, Illinois made products and secondly, U.S. products. This Bill along with… with House Bill 138 would ensure that that happens. I ask for a favorable vote."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes. The… what is… what is adopted and we make reference to the Buy American Act… Federal Buy American Act in 1933 and 10000039.docx 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 there are various specific provisions, how you determine whether a component part… when… when a product that is made of component parts is… will be getting made in America. And that means that the cost of the component parts… the cost of at least 15 per… 50 percent of the component parts must have been made in America."

"Well, if it's 49 percent."

"You see what I mean, yeah?"

"So, if… if it was 51 percent, that means more of it was made in America, 49 percent less."

"It is prospective only."

"Well, that… if… if it isn't, that's the intent. But I don't believe that we can go back and undo current contracts."

"Each procurement officer would be in charge with making sure they follow this law."

"To my knowledge, CMS did not provide an estimate. I would say to you…"

"Please complete your answer."

"I would say to you that… that, Representative, if indeed we buy more Illinois and more American products, there's going to be more money coming into the state's coffers. It's very specific that if the cost of a product is more than 12 percent higher to buy American versus the foreign that then you could buy the foreign product."

"Mr. Andersson, please bring your remarks to a close, Sir."

"Mr. Hoffman to close, if you wish."

"Yes, real briefly. This is all about putting Illinois people to work, American people to work. I could just reference your President's Executive Order regarding buy American. This is saying our taxpayer dollars to put our people to work, and we should use the buying power of our state to create jobs and economic opportunity. I ask for 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? Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this 10000039.docx 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 question, there are 66 voting 'yes', 48 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 138, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We just debated House Bill 137 which indicated that state money when it purchased products should be used to buy American. This adds an additional step. It says first you should look at buying an Illinois manufactured good. If there isn't an Illinois manufactured good available that the state would buy, you would then buy an American manufactured good. If there isn't one of those, then you could buy a foreign manufactured good."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"This is the same Bill, but it adds another step. First, you would look to Illinois made products. Then you would look to US made products. And then you would look to outside the US."

"Everything's identical except the additional step." 10000039.docx 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Mr. Hays for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"It would depend on the product. So…"

"Well, I don't know. So…"

"I am not tell…"

"No, that is not correct. But if that's what you want to say…" 10000039.docx 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"They could buy a Toyota, if indeed… if I can read to you what is in… what we made reference to and has been the law of the land since under the Buy America Act… Federal Buy America Act since 1933. The cost of the component parts are generally determined based upon certain costs incurred by the contractor and first single manufacturer of the components. For components purchased by the contractor, the cost of components includes the acquisition cost including transportation costs to the place of incorporations into the end product. And for components manufact…"

"Please complete your answer."

"The costs of components includes all costs associated with the manufacturing. So, it's laid out… and this has been the law of land since 1933… and if, indeed Representative, if indeed the… one of the criterias is not met, you then can look outside buy Illinois and then you can buy an American made product. I don't know the specifics of… of the case which you have indicated. I would say to you that some people who were against… I would call it former Representative Smiddy's Bill and there was… and this Bill, I believe, addresses those issues. I believe it addresses those issues because what we have done is said that if 50 percent of the costs of the component parts are in Illinois, right, you would buy Illinois. If that isn't the case, you would then look to buy American, okay? So, under your scenario, I would suggest to you, simply because it was done in Ohio, 50 percent of the component parts… costs would have been done in the United 10000039.docx 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 States and you would be able to buy them here in Illinois and you'd save taxpayers' dollars."

"Mr. Andersson, please bring your remarks to a close. It wasn't you?"

"Oh, it's Mr. Hays."

"Mr. Hays, will please bring your remarks to a close."

"Mr. Reick for two minutes. Gentleman does not wish to speak. Representative Willis for two minutes. Representative Willis does not wish to speak. Mr. Hoffman to close."

"Thank you. I appreciate the comments of the previous speaker, but I don't believe that the Bill would have the con… would have… would have the effect of what he was 10000039.docx 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 concerned about. This is very specific. We're going to use Illinois products and buying power to make sure we create jobs for Illinois workers. If, indeed, the product isn't available or made in Illinois, then we would look to the U.S. products. And if, indeed, it is not available in the U.S., then you would go to the foreign products. This has been done by the United States Government since 1933. We've adopted their Bill. We've adopted their concepts. And we said let's do that in Illinois. Incidentally, there are several other states that have begun to… to look into this matter. These states which already have these statute of laws, Buy American laws, are Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma, of all places, and Pennsylvania. The following states have proposed some type of buying American goods products: Pennsylvania, I said, New York, Texas, Virginia, and I also indicated New Jersey. So, this isn't something new. All we're saying here is let's use our buying power, let's make sure that we buy Illinois or U.S. goods and let's put our people to work by using our taxpayer's dollars. I ask for 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? Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 66 voting 'yes', 46 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, the House Democrats will caucus immediately in Room 114. Do the Republicans wish to caucus? Mr. Demmer, Mr. Andersson. The Republicans can go do whatever you wish. Democrats will caucus immediately in 10000039.docx 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Room 114. The House will be in recess 'til the call of the Chair. "

"The House will come to order. We'll be moving the Bills on Third Reading. First Bill is House Bill 698, Representative Slaughter. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Slaughter."

"All right. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In our efforts to continue to improve and enhance the programs and services that we offer our inmates and ex- offenders, HB698 creates a five-year pilot project to establish a prerelease entrepreneurship program for the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Bill is giving IDOC a great opportunity to offer a program that is new and innovative and different from the… its traditional educational job training programs as it will provide some of our more outstanding, exceptional inmates with skills to ultimately become employer… employers and business owners themselves. There's no opposition. IDOC is officially neutral, but they support the concept. This Bill generated a lot of positive feedback in committee from both sides of the aisle. Please note that all of the… the resources and funding are not quite there for this, so we ensured that this Bill is subject to appropriation. I urge a 'yes' vote."

"Chair recognizes Leader Durkin."

"Sponsor indicates that he will yield." 10000039.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Sure. And this program is… is based off of a model program in Texas that they implemented approximately about five years ago. They started off at about 200 thousand. Since then, it's grown, I think, I believe they're up to about 3 million a year. But it started out at 200 thousand."

"Representative Andersson is recognized."

"Representative Long is recognized."

"Sponsor will yield."

"I do believe we do rank in the highest. I know that the recidivism rate here is a ridiculous 48 percent."

"Representative Slaughter to close."

"Thank you. I urge a 'yes' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 698 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 116 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 10000039.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 'present', House Bill 698, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2963, Representative Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2963 establishes the Entity Omnibus Act. This is dealing with corporate organizations and corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and so forth. And this particular legislation deals with how they can convert from one type of an organization to another within the State of Illinois. And then, how someone from another state might convert their… their… that other state's corporation or business organization into an Illinois business organization. It's… right now, our statutes provide different types of conversions and domestications for different types of business organizations. This standardizes it for all the business types of organizations."

"For further discussion, we have Representative Andersson."

"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."

"Correct and make it easier for our business organizations to manage the type of business that they would like to be."

"I… I couldn't hear you, Representative."

"I believe they are all the same as they are now."

"Thank you."

"Representative Nekritz to close."

"I urge your support."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2963 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 116 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2963, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 607, Representative Yingling. Mr. Clerk, can you please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Yingling." 10000039.docx 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt House Floor Amendment #3. The Amendment makes some clarifying changes in consolidation of highway commissioners."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 607. 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."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read House Bill 607."

"Out of the record. Out of the record. House Bill 682, Representative Olsen. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Olsen."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 682 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 682, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1849, Representative Stewart. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Stewart."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 1849 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1849, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3163, Representative Manley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Manley." 10000039.docx 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3163 takes our existing ABLE program and creates a tax deduction up to $10 thousand per year for contributions to an ABLE account. I'll answer any questions."

"Representative Andersson is recognized."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"The ABLE account… I don't know how much history you want… but the ABLE account is… the acronym is Achieving a Better Life Experience. It is an account that is established for a person with a disability. Much like a 529 college savings plan, ABLE account is a 529A plan an it allows people to contribute to an account that can be used by a person with a disability for expenses that are acceptable under that statute."

"The maximum you can contribute is 14 thousand. The tax… Illinois deduction is 10 thousand."

"That you can take is 10 thousand."

"We voted for it in a previous GA."

"It was borne out of some federal legislation. Currently, in the State of Illinois, there is 113 ABLE accounts that have been opened by Illinois residents. And we are one of 20 states that have ABLE programs. And I just want to point out, Illinois is kind of a leader in this. I know we like to bash our state and talk about how bad it is all the time, but let me tell you where we're good. We're leading the charge at being responsible for getting 14 other states to come together so that the fees from the third-party management company are low and affordable and helps to… to make this program even more attractive."

"Well, we don't know how many people are going to participate or how many people will participate and actually take the tax deduction."

"I mean, it requires the taxpayer to keep track of it. It's… this is probably more than you want to know. Taxpayers will put it on their Schedule M on Illinois as a subtraction which carries to the front page of the… the IL-1040."

"Stop making that face. Stop making that face."

"Yeah, that's what you wanted to know."

"So, we really don't know, 10… 5 to 10 million, maybe."

"Thank you." 10000039.docx 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Representative Pritchard is recognized."

"She indicates that she will."

"Well, I have a… I have some information for you. There are now to date 113 ABLE accounts with an estimated value of about 215 thousand in assets. So, I don't know what that is as far as individual contributors, but it's also… the accounts are for somebody with a disability. And the best… one of the best parts of this is you… it kind of incentivizes people to deposit into these accounts instead of giving a birthday gift or giving other things, the bonds and the things we used to do for young people. People are being encouraged to make deposits into these accounts so that the person with the disabilities care and other items necessary for their care can be paid and they can save for those things."

"Well, as far as sheltering, so the money you deposit is after-tax. So, you've paid tax on your contribution." 10000039.docx 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"There are no limitations, but you are… when you hit the $100 thousand mark, you start to affect SSI benefits. So, I don't know if that's what you're referring to, but I want to add this, too, Representative Pritchard. Every… So, you make a deposit into the ABLE account. All the growth, all the interest… all the growth is not taxable."

"So, it's… it could really… it's almost… it kind of almost mirrors what happens in a Roth IRA."

"At 10 thousand, your ABLE… the contributor can take a 10 thousand per year deduction."

"But you can… you can contribute up to 14 thousand."

"You can only deduct up to 10 thousand in Illinois."

"Leader Bellock is recognized."

"Representative Manley to close."

"I appreciate your support on this. Members, this is a good Bill. It's something we can be proud of here in Illinois. Please vote 'aye'."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3163 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 117 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3163, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2462, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Moeller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. On this historic day after women from all over Illinois gathered here in our State Capitol, I am pleased to present House Bill 2462, a Bill to address the pervasive wage gap that affects women across our state. For over 50 years, it has been illegal to pay men and women a different wage for equal work in Illinois. And yet, women are still paid less for equal work and a 10000039.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 significant wage gap persists. According to the National Women's Law Center, Illinois ranks 32nd in pay equity. And over their lifetime, women lose roughly $433 thousand in earnings due to the wage gap. Earning less than their male peers means that women have fewer choices. They have fewer options in the neighborhoods in which they live, the educational opportunities for their children and the food they put on their table. The pay gap can have especially dire consequences for single mothers since they are the only breadwinners for their families. In the long run, the pay gap contributes to elderly women living in higher poverty… rates of poverty with elderly women at a rate living at 11 percent in poverty compared to 6 percent of elderly men. Overall, the poverty gap… the pay gap makes achieving economic security more difficult for women and their families."

"Excuse me, Representative. Excuse me. Members, can we please bring the noise level down in the chamber. There's an important debate going on. Thank you very much."

"Thank you, Speaker."

"Please proceed, Representative."

"Thank you. House Bill 2462 would help close the wage gap by strengthening our current Equal Pay Act in the following ways. First, it would strengthen the requirement for an employer to defend if they are paying their male employees more than their female employees and to justify why there is a pay disparity in their organization. It would also require them to justify the entire pay differential based on legitimate business reasons such as merit, experience, and education. Second, it would make it unlawful for an employer 10000039.docx 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 to prohibit an employee from sharing his or her wage information. Third, it would prohibit an employer from requiring a job applicant to disclose his or her wage history when applying for a job and prohibit an employer from screening job applicants based on prior wages and benefits. And fourth, it would increase the penalties for employers who act in malice or reckless indifference in violating the Equal Pay Act by providing compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief. The novel provision in this Bill is the provision that would prohibit employers from asking for prior wage information from job applicants. According to a study conducted by the AUW in 2013, women on average get paid 6.6 percent less than men in their first job and after that… and that's after controlling for personal demographics, occupation, college major, hours worked, and location. Women are less likely to negotiate their salaries and when they do, they ask for less and are perceived more negatively. When a young woman begins her career, already… already making less than her male counterparts, even prior pay to determine future pay continues and extends the pay inequity over her entire career. We can put an end to that cycle of inequity by passing this legislation. And while this Bill will help close the gender wage gap, the prohibition on using past salary to determine future wage offers also stands to benefit male and female older workers or workers reentering the workforce after a layoff or to care for their families."

"Excuse, Representative. Excuse me. Members, we have people complaining that they can't hear the debate. Can you please take all conversations to the rear of the chamber? 10000039.docx 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Thank you very much for your consideration. Representative Moeller."

"Thank you, Speaker. In closing, as a state we have a compelling interest to ensure that all of our citizens are protected against discrimination and afforded equal pay for equal work. The very fact that we still have today, in 2017, white women making 80 cents, African-American women making 63 cents, and Hispanic women 54 cents on the dollar to white men illustrates the dire need to end this unfair disparity. House Bill 2462 is a step in that direction. I ask for an 'aye' vote and look forward to addressing any questions. Thank you."

"Leader Durkin is recognized."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Today, in 2017, there is still a wage gap in Illinois based on gender, not accounting for any other factor. And therefore, further changes, further developments, further progress needs to be made in closing that gap. The changes that I outlined in my opening remarks would help to make those changes."

"I did."

"With the help of advocates and…"

"Pardon?"

"By women employed on the Shriver Poverty Center were very instrumental in helping to draft this legislation."

"The National Women's Law Center was also involved."

"Tho… those were the groups."

"The applicability remains the same under the current Act… as the current Act."

"Whatever the existing Act applies to, this Bill applies to as well."

"It is my… it's my under… this does not change any of the applicability standards…"

"…in the… in the current Act."

"It has… it has the same applicability as the current Act." 10000039.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"We are checking to ascertain that specific detail."

"Sure."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Could you re… restate that… your question?"

"The Attorney General would interpret the answer to that question."

"The Attorney General."

"Why don't we continue the discussion of this Bill."

"Again, that would be a question for the Attorney General's Office."

"That is a question for the Attorney General's Office."

"Again, that would be a question for the attorneys representing those… those local governments."

"No. I do not."

"I do not."

"I have a… I have a… the answer to your previous question regarding the applicability in terms of number of employees."

"It applies to organizations that have four or more employees."

"This simply… this simply specifies that if an employer is paying its male employees a different… more than its female employees it needs to explain and defend why they're paying their male employees or a male employee more than equivalent female employees. And it has to… the entire differential has to include the legitimate business person… purpose for that disparity in pay meaning merit, years of experience, education."

"It would depend on the… the facts of the… of the circumstance of the situation. And it would give the employee who is claiming a violation under this Act the opportunity to petition a court for… for that relief. But it would depend on the facts of the case."

"Yeah. It would depend on whatever the… the plaintiff is asking for from the court in terms of its… its complaint."

"It would be."

"It is wide open. It would be."

"…it certainly… it would depend on the circumstances of the case."

"This is how… it would depend on the situation of the case, Representative… Leader."

"This is how…"

"…this is how… that's why we have a court system. That's why we have a judicial system. That's why we have attorneys." 10000039.docx 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"If a… if an employer is knowingly with malice or reckless indifference paying their male employees more than their female employees for equivalent work."

"Yes. That…"

"You are correct."

"You are correct."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"I apologize for it." 10000039.docx 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"It's five years and that's the current…"

"It's five years, the statute, so, any… a violation that's occurred within the last five years."

"That's the current… this doesn't change the statute of limitations. That's the current statute of limitations in the Act."

"No. The… the…"

"It's all prospective. The new… Yes. This additional… these additional provisions in the Act are all prospective."

"I'm sorry. Can you repeat that?"

"Correct."

"Yes." 10000039.docx 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"That would be up to the judge…"

"…and the… and the circumstances of the case."

"If the judge found egregious violations of the Equal Pay Act, they may award attorneys' fees to the plaintiff."

"No, it is not."

"Usually, it's… it's reasonable to conclude that typically it's a… the process of filing a complaint under the 10000039.docx 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Equal Pay Act is an onerous process for most employees. And the… the resources are going to be available to the employer and typically not to the employee."

"You could make that argument for the entire Act. Do you think that we should not have an Equal Pay Act…"

"…in Illinois?"

"They don't… we don't current…"

"We don't currently…"

"We don't currently include fees for employers in the current Act."

"We have been in discussions with the business community regarding this Bill, yes."

"And we made… we amended the Bill to accommodate some of their concerns."

"I… I don't believe so."

"Members, this Bill is on the Order of Short Debate on the Calendar and there are many, many people seeking recognition on this Bill. And considering the amount of work we have to do for the rest of the day, we'll be moving to a two-minute timer going forward. Representative Andersson is recognized for two minutes."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Yes, we did."

"That is correct."

"That’s correct."

"We felt that that would be subject to abuse. That in a job interview situation there is a power differential and that the applicant may feel coerced or induced to provide their pay history."

"That's… yes, I would say."

"Representative, please bring your remarks to a close."

"Your minutes just ran."

"Representative, I can have someone yield their time to you, but we have a procedure for doing that. I don't want you… you keep talking then the next person, when the timer runs out, will want to keep talking as well."

"Thank you very much."

"Representative Batinick is recognized for two minutes."

"Sponsor will yield."

"It doesn't change that at all. If you look at the current Act, already you are allowed to pay a different salary to employees based on a seniority system, a merit system…"

"…a system…"

"A system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production."

"Because it's not relevant. It's… it's not relevant to their… to…"

"Representative Parkhurst is recognized for two minutes."

"Representative Andersson."

"Representative Wallace is recognized for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor will yield."

"I just want to say I don't know how you find the grace to stand here and present this Bill as you have done. So, Representative, include… especially in light of the pretty uncivil, sarcastic, demeaning, condescending… I don't know how many other adjectives I can name… manner in which our pre… our Leader on the other side of the aisle spoke with you. I just want to say thank you for bringing this Bill. This particular Bill is so important because we continue to 10000039.docx 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 have so many disparities related to wage and income. It is why I started the Economic Justice & Equity Committee here for the House because we still know that women, our women, make about 79 cents per dollar that a man makes. But when you do compound it as was mentioned before with race and gender, African-American women make just over 60 cents for every dollar a white man makes and Latinas make about 54 cents for every dollar that a white man makes. This is simply unacceptable especially in light of the conversation we had yesterday about women living in poverty and what kind of access to health care they might have. We cannot continue to accept policies that hurt the citizens of Illinois. And we certainly can't continue to support businesses who will make such bad decisions and put us on the hook as Legislators, policymakers, bureaucrats to, again, as I said earlier today, figure out how to pick up where they left off. This is a commonsense Bill. It is 2017. There is no reason anyone in the State of Illinois should not be paid equally for equal work and it is just absolutely unacceptable that anyone could fix their mouth to argue against Representative Moeller's Bill. For that, I encourage an 'aye' vote."

Speaker Turner: "Representative Ives is recognized for two minutes."

"Representative Ives, would you like me to find… Okay." 10000039.docx 122  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Your final sentence, Representative."

"This is your final remark. Just make the final sentence."

"Representative Nekritz is recognized for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I have to join some of my colleagues in being offended by the tenor of the debate and that somehow equal pay is a bad thing and is something that we… that we should not be fighting for. So, I urge you, if you're voting 'no' on this Bill, to go home and ask your wife, if you have one, whether… whether they think that restitution is the reason that we should not vote for this Bill or whether injunctive relief is the reason that we should not vote for this Bill or whether the Tort Immunity Act is a reason we should vote against this Bill. You should ask your sister or your daughter or the woman in your life whether restitution, attorney's fees, injunctive relief, 10000039.docx 123  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 frivolous lawsuits, and Tort immunity are the reasons that you're voting 'no' on this Bill. I think that's offensive. This is the right Act… action to take. The… as the Sponsor indicated, we have not made enough progress achieving equal pay for women in this state. This is a good step forward. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Breen is recognized for two minutes."

"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."

"Let me find the citation. That Section, as I explained in a previous question, essentially states that if an employer is paying its male employees more than its female employees…"

"Is it related…"

"…because it says that if you are paying your… your employees a different wage and… you need to be able to justify why you're paying your employees a different wage. And there are legitimate reasons for doing that."

"Thank you, Members. Representative McDermed is recognized for two minutes."

"Representative Moeller to close."

"Thank you, Speaker. I don't know if I can put it any better than the last speaker did. This is… it's unfortunate that this Bill has been characterized so negatively by some of my colleagues. As has been mentioned, if… this is… this is strengthening the current Equal Pay Act that we have in this state. The fact that women in 2017 continue to be paid less than their male counterparts for equal work, the business community admitted as much during our hearing and the equal opportunity committee that there is a pay gap. That cannot be justified or explained based on legitimate reasons. The very fact that women continue to make less demonstrates that we must do better in this state. Illinois can be a leader in ensuring that women are paid for their work and that we are supporting our families and supporting our communities and ending discrimination in our state. I thank you for your consideration. I thank you for the debate. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2462 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 10000039.docx 126  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 91 voting 'yes', 24 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2462, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2989, Representative Slaughter. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Slaughter."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, HB2989 is not exclusively about video visitation for IDOC. LRB, for whatever reason, could not change the title of Bills once they go there. So, with that said, House Amendment #3 is what we should all be looking at here… House Amendment #3 in your analysis. HB2989 is an effort to make IDOC policies in rules for visitation more transparent, visible and accessible for both… for inmates, IDOC employees and most importantly, the public. The Bill will ensure that IDOC post its visitation policy in their facilities as well as on their website. It's important to know that there's a provision in this Bill that is ensuring that IDOC posts on their website any restrictions that would… that would not make visitation available for particular facility for that day in the succeeding five-day calendar. There's another provision… there is one provision about video visitation that encourages IDOC to continue to value in-person visits by not restricting or limiting in- person visits simply because video visitation is available. I… IDOC is neutral. They do understand the value and importance of visitations. They're okay with this. There's s 10000039.docx 127  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 fiscal note filed on this. There's no fiscal impact. I urge a 'yes' vote."

"Representative Andersson is recognized for two minutes."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Andersson… Representative Andersson, that's exactly right. In a big state like Illinois with our Department of Corrections department having over 25 facilities, many of our families have to travel 2, 3, 4, sometimes up to 5 hours to go visit some of our inmates. And oftentimes, they… well, sometimes they're turned down. And so, this is the objective of the Bill."

"Notice… Exactly."

"That's exactly right."

"That's exactly right."

"That's right, Representative."

"That… that's correct. One of the concerns that DOC had was the effective date. They are modifying their IT system right now, and so they asked to move the effective date back. And so, that's what we did with the Amendment."

"Thank you."

"Representative Bryant is recognized for two minutes."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Representative Slaughter to close." 10000039.docx 129  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you. I urge an 'aye' vote… 'yes' vote, sorry."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2989 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2989, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Lang in the Chair."

Speaker Lang: "I appreciate the greeting. Mr. Demmer is recognized."

Speaker Lang: "We can do that, Sir. House Bill 3244, Representative Winger. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Winger."

"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? Pritchard. Please take the record. 10000039.docx 130  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 There are 112 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3904, Representative Stratton. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Stratton."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3904 creates a women's division in the Illinois Department of Corrections under the direct supervision of the director. The division will have statewide authority and operational oversight for all the departments… women's correction centers and women's adult transition centers. It unanimously passed out of committee and has strong bipartisan support. I would 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? Burke, Lilly, Turner. Please take the record. On this question, there are 116 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today… real quick, if I could do a point of personal privilege?"

"Please proceed."

"Today, I know I'm kind of late in getting this in, but we have Elliott Staley. He's a freshman at Rochester High School. And he's doing an awesome job as our Page for the 10000039.docx 131  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 day. And he even wore purple without knowing he was supposed to for Alzheimer's. So, thank you, Elliott. Big welcome."

"House Bill 3903, Representative Stratton. Please… Out of the record. House Bill 169, Mr. Turner. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Turner."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If I could just have a moment to pull up my analysis. Thank you very much. House Bill 169 expands the list of exempted positions to… to provide that county board members may also serve as public administrators or public guardians during their term. Currently, in order to limit conflicts of interest, the Public Office… Officer Prohibited Activities Act provides that members of a county board are prohibited from holding certain county and local offices during their terms on the county board. The Act exempts from this prohibition a county board member's appointment or selection to serve as a member of the county extension board emergency telephone systems board, or property tax board of review. This Bill would allow public… would allow those county officials to serve as public guardians as well. Be happy to answer any questions and ask for 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? Please take the record. There are 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby 10000039.docx 132  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 declared passed. House Bill 2977, Mr. Welch. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill we talked about before break and I asked my colleagues to take a long, hard look at it. I've had several conversations with many of them regarding the importance of cursive writing. I think the one thing to really stress and talk about why this is so important to bring back to our schools and that is the cognitive learning abilities of our students. It has been proven over and over and over, several educators have said that this is the one thing that helps a child development with their cognition. And we also know that when they can write it they can read it. They can read the notes from their mother and grandmother. They can read our historical documents like the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. They can sign legal documents like checks and mortgages and many other important documents. And if they go on to become a state Legislator who receives thank you notes and important cards from constituents every day and all of those notes are written in cursive, they'll be able to read the notes from their constituents and respond to them. You can feel free to come and read any of these notes if you know how to write in cursive after you vote 'yes' on this Bill. I would ask that we, in a bipartisan fashion here today, agree that cursive writing is important. It helps our children learn. And we 10000039.docx 133  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 should return it to our schools and vote 'aye' on House Bill 2977."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"Mr. Fortner for two minutes."

"Mr. Harris for two minutes." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A question of the Sponsor?"

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, how does an individual that doesn't know cursive, how do they sign their name today?"

"You know, I'd only be speculating, General, and I would have to imagine they probably scribble something or print their name. But I just think the… the level of identity theft possibility increases because they don't know how to write in cursive. And I just believe it's so important that our schools start teaching this again because letter and word recognition, comprehension, abstract thought, neural development…" Harris, D.: "Right. And I've only got two…"

"…everything… everything improves." Harris, D.: "…I've only got two minutes, Representative. I've only got two minutes. And what you're saying is there should 10000039.docx 136  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 be a unit of instruction that is taught. It doesn't have to be all year long, but a unit of instruction, correct?"

"It's completely up to the school districts…" Harris, D.: "Right."

"…on how they want to do it." Harris, D.: "Right. And so, Ladies and Gentlemen, if I may, to the Bill. Yes, it is an issue of local control. But if you look at the School Code outside of the course studies, we have mandated a course of instruction on bird and Arbor Day, on just say no day, on Irish famine study. Really? Irish famine study? I think cursive could be just as important as Irish famine study. This is something which is a reasonable Bill. And I strongly encourage a 'yes' vote."

"Representative Scherer for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I really can't believe there's even opposition to this Bill. I wasn't going to speak because I thought that it would just pass unanimously because to me anybody with any common sense whatsoever understands that writing and reading cursive handwriting is a necessary skill to be successful in life. I'm surprised that a business owner would want to hire someone that could neither read nor write cursive. You know, what if somebody came into their shop and said I'd like to give you $10 thousand and you can't read the cursive then I guess you don't get it. I… I just can't hardly even believe we're having this discussion. So, I just happened to look at my seatmate and look what I found. Here's her notes and voila, guess what? They're all in cursive. How's she going to hand me a note in cursive and then what am I going to say? Oh, no, I'm an 10000039.docx 137  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 uneducated person; I can't read cursive and just give it back to her. That… it's just the silliest, most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my whole life. I… I encourage every one of you to look around your desk and show me a desk where there isn't at least something on your desk written in cursive. I bet you you'll find things… How are you going to read it if you don't teach it? What's the big deal? It takes… I taught third grade. I taught cursive writing. I wrote on the board. I had kids say, Ms. Scherer, I can't read it. I don't know what you're writing. And I said that's part of learning it. When you… when you learn to read it, then you can learn to write it, but first you learn to read it. It takes like five minutes a day for a couple months, at most, to teach cursive writing. I just don't understand what the big deal is. I urge an 'aye'…"

"Mr. Breen for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"That's correct."

"Correct."

"Well, it was because Common Core didn't mandate it or include it in Common Core. Many schools started eliminating it."

"Correct."

"Mr. Brady for two minutes. Mr… Mr. Brady does not wish to speak. Mr. Davis for two minutes." 10000039.docx 139  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. It's interesting that we're having a debate about making sure that a child can write in cursive and I guess otherwise it wouldn't be a problem, but unfortunately, as an adult when I see certain documents that says 'print name, sign name'. So, unless we're going to change all of that and allow just for printing names, then, yes, young people need to know how to sign their names. Now, we have a lot of lawyers in the room and I can only imagine if someone as a lawyer said that a document was invalid because only printed their name and even if it said sign it, they didn't sign it or if they used the same print name in both places and then it was deemed inapplicable or they couldn't use it or anything like that. So, I mean, just looking at it from that perspective, why would we not want to encourage children to be able to write their names in cursive. If it wasn't for Sister Beverly Johnson, who was my fourth- grade teacher, who insisted that we learn how to write in cursive. We worked on it every day. Now, she could figure out how to make it a part of her curriculum in addition to teaching spelling and language arts and other things, certainly don't see why it's such a problem for teachers today to be able to do it as people have indicated. It just adds something else that they have to do. Well, some things that they have to do are worth doing. And cursive writing is something that is worth doing. Now, as adults, trust me, I've seen some of your signatures. Not sure if you learned it or not, they look terrible, but hey, mine isn't all that great either admittedly. But nevertheless, I do remember how to put the loop on my 'w' and write my name. I… I got… I got that, 10000039.docx 140  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 but nevertheless, there's no reason why we shouldn't be encouraging our young people to write in cursive. It should just be something inherent and what we are teaching our children…"

"Please complete your comments, Sir."

"I just said that my five-year-old daughter as she is learning how to write certainly will learn how to write her name in cursive. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker."

"Mr. Sauer for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Williams for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. When I first heard about this Bill, I think I saw it on Facebook, and then I saw the Representative that's sponsoring the Bill on Chicago Tonight. And honestly, I thought, oh, that's nice and nostalgic. It's kind of feel good, kind of old school, but really isn't a big deal. It's just kind of a feel good thing. I talked to the Representative about it and he shared some information with me about some educational experts and their thoughts on teaching cursive. And I was fascinated to read what I did about how relevant learning to write in cursive is to the learning, thinking, and analyzing process. It's really fascinating and I'd encourage any of you to take a look if you're thinking this is just something kind of light and fun that we're talking about it. If anyone has seen my writing, I do have a very, very, very neat handwriting. But I do… I was thinking back after we had the conversation about my law school finals. And you know, anyone that's been to law school knows you got to do those long outlines and prepare those and when I was in law school, we didn't do much with computers. But I remember writing out my outlines by hand and then I would rewrite them and then I would write them again. That's how I learned. I didn't realize until we discussed this Bill that that was an integral process of me memorizing and learning the concepts that were later to be touched on in the finals. So, this is much more than a feel good proposal. This is much more than something nostalgic, not wanting to let go of the past. This is about teaching our kids the very core principles of learning to write and read in a way that's going 10000039.docx 142  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 to make them most equipped for the future. So, I encourage everyone to vote 'yes'."

"Mr. Ford for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Chris… Representative Welch, I… when we think about testing, I don't think we only have to worry about lawyers taking tests. And in the State of Illinois, we mandate testing for elementary and high school students and entrance exams for other schools, right?"

"Yes."

"And if for no other reason each test is timed, and one of the main reasons that we learn cursive in school is to speed up our writing skills and to finish the work faster. Is that…"

"That is… that is one of the positive side effects of cursive writing."

"Yeah. And to the Bill. For no other reason if nothing else, as a Body we put time limits on students when they take tests and cursive writing was, sort of, originated so that people could speed up writing when they take tests or whatever. But the most important thing is, is it increased the speed of a person's writing. So, I urge everyone to vote 'aye'."

"Mr. Zalewski for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll be brief. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, isn't it true that most senior executives and senior officials in an organi… business 10000039.docx 143  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 organization do still use cursive as a means of communication?"

"They do and they do it on a daily basis."

"And isn't it true that the younger workforce is starting to enter into these… into these business organizations where senior level officials use cursive?"

"Yes."

"So, isn't there a dynamic that exists where senior officials are using cursive to communicate to younger millennial workers?"

"Yes."

"But doesn't it behoove the General Assembly to continue to ensure that millennials and our children can read cursive so that we can have an efficient economy when it comes to being able to have senior executives communicate with younger millennial workers?"

"Absolutely."

"And Mr. Speaker, this is a probusiness Bill. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Andrade for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I have a nephew and a niece that… you know, they did very well in school and one of the things that I see… or I'm a true believer in tradition, and my nephew and niece we're literally sitting next to each other and were texting each other and… instead of having a conversation. And I feel that the youth today are actually forgetting how to talk to each other. They can't even talk to each other and I'm afraid that you would think that we would not have to do a Bill like this, but it is 10000039.docx 144  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 necessary. I actually am going to school, right now, myself and in order for me to study, it helped me to retain the information for my final exams. Also, when I was growing up, I had to go through some physical therapy for hand-eye coordination. And one of those rehabilitation practices physical therapy was actually handwriting, handwriting to improve my coordination. So, I stand in support of this Bill. And I hope that the future generation will still be able to have a handwriting/cursive writing 'cause it's not… it's not a luxury. I believe it is actually a necessity and it should be a part of their education to be able to read and write by hand. When I'm in school right now, kids don't even have notepads. It's literally everything on their iPad and on their computer. They're not even looking at the professor. Everything is taking notes in there and I think it's truly being lost in our generation day by day. So, I stand in support of this Bill and request a… I highly ask that we support our colleague with a 'yes' vote. Thank you."

"Mr. Welch to close."

"Mr. Speaker, it's been eloquently stated by folk on both sides of the aisle. So, I'm just going to ask that we right this wrong and we bring cursive back to our schools by voting 'yes' to House Bill 2977."

"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. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 67 voting 'yes', 48 voting 'no'. And this 10000039.docx 145  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Mr. Brady."

"Thank you for joining us today. Representative Hernandez is recognized."

"Yes, Speaker. I just want to change my vote. I inadvertently pressed 'no' for House Bill 2977."

"The record will reflect your intention. Thank you. Representative Bellock."

"Thank you very, very much. House Bill 3503, Representative Mah. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Mah."

"Thank you, Speaker. This is a Bill that is designed to save consumers money. It's a consumer-friendly Bill that prevents cable and telecom companies from continuing to charge rental 10000039.docx 146  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 fees once the wholesale price plus a reasonable mark-up has been paid off. Many of my constituents have shared with me their experience of being charged rental fees for an inexpensive piece of equipment where the fees continue in perpetuity. The purpose of this Bill is to save consumers money and to prevent cable and telecom companies from overcharging their customers and to call for transparency in their pricing."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"With some companies, they do have that option. With some companies, they do not."

"So, from what I understand, there are some companies that do not provide the option."

"Representative Hammond for two minutes."

"Mr. Frese for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"Six months into the rental, if the wholesale price has not been reached then I believe the company can replace the piece of equipment." 10000039.docx 148  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"It… it depends on the company. We can't speak to what each company does."

"Well, if there's a new modem that's provided then the rental charges would simply continue for that new piece of equipment."

"Yes."

"So, the purpose of the Bill is to ensure that customers do not pay more than the wholesale price…"

"…and the five percent mark-up."

"It was simply a percent that… percentage that we felt reasonable."

"Mr. Wheeler for two minutes. There are seven people who wish to speak on this Bill. Mr. Wheeler for two minutes." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Sir. Representative, I'm looking at this and I understand frustration. I pay some of those fees, but I choose to pay those fees because I want the maintenance that comes along with that rental option because they're required then to maintain that equipment for me while I'm leasing it from them. Is that correct how the system works right now?"

"So, this Bill… so… just a minute. So, many of my constituents have told me that they are locked into rental options where they end up paying for the price of the piece of equipment multiple times over because the rental costs continue. Now, if the company would like to offer maintenance as a separate item on the bill, there's nothing in my Bill that prevents them from doing that. And in fact, that would provide more transparency so that…" Wheeler, K.: "Okay. I…"

"…customers know what they're paying for. If there's, you know, cost that's associated with maintenance for the item…" Wheeler, K.: "Okay."

"…after the bill… after the wholesale cost…" Wheeler, K.: "Let me go to the Bill here because I'm running out of time…" 10000039.docx 150  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"…has been paid off…" Wheeler, K.: "…on the clock. Thank you, Representative."

"…then that's fine." Wheeler, K.: "The ultimate result of what's going to happen the way this Bill is written is going to be that companies are going to say, okay, fine, we're not going to offer the rental option because if we can't obviously even pay for the maintenance part with a five percent margin. So, that's going to eliminate that option from the list, which means the people you're actually trying to help probably in line to having to purchase some outright equipment and then having to maintain it themselves which also is unaffordable. So, what… you're taking a system that, yeah, it may be annoying in some respects as it seems expensive, it actually covers everything. Vote 'no'. Thank…"

"Mr. Davidsmeyer for two minutes."

"Yes."

"It… so, it's the wholesale cost of the piece of equipment as it's installed on your unit." 10000039.docx 151  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Mr. Demmer for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"Because for the most part the equipment that we're talking about is equipment that's generally under a hundred dollars. And you know, they're, for the most part, durable."

"So, when you're paying for the rental of the equipment, then it's the responsibility of the company to maintain it and replace it if it's broken, but…"

"…and the consumer is paying the rental price. The consumer is paying the rental price."

"Please bring your remarks to a close, Mr. Demmer."

"Mr. Davis for two minutes. Gentleman does not wish to speak. Representative Mah to close."

"So, this is a piece of legislation that is a consumer- friendly piece of legislation. It aims to save consumers money. It is… it has been very popularly received by many of my constituents many of whom are seniors and immigrants and even if they have the option to go out and purchase their own electronic equipment, they're not likely to do so. And I, myself, have been too busy at a certain point to take the option of purchasing my own equipment. I've had to accept the option of rental and I see on my bill every month a charge that will never end and I will end up paying in perpetuity for this piece of equipment that is… that is not, you know, worth paying three or four times the cost of. The bottom line is this Bill does not prevent providers from doing anything but charging their consumers over and over again after the customer has paid the fair market value of the piece of equipment. There's nothing in the Bill that says that the rental prices… the rental cost can't continue. Simply, there is an option for the consumer to decline to pay more after the wholesale price has been paid off. This is, as I said, a 10000039.docx 154  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 consumer-friendly piece of legislation. It saves customers money. And it prevents companies from charging in perpetuity for an inexpensive piece of equipment. I urge a 'yes' 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? Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 39 voting 'yes', 64 voting 'no', 4 voting 'present'. And the Bill fails. House… On the Order of Second Reading, House Bill 1252, Representative Lilly. Representative Lilly. Representative Lilly. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Lilly."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment will require at least one semester of civics in either sixth, seventh, or eighth grade."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 140, Representative Williams. Please read the Bill. This Bill's on the Order of Third Reading. Take it out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 418, Mr. Wehrli. Please read the Bill." 10000039.docx 155  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Mr. Wehrli on Amendment 1."

"Is Amend… Amendment 1, apparently, has not been adopted yet, Sir. But…"

"So, those in favor of Amendment 1 say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Tell us briefly what's in Amendment 2."

"Those in favor of the Amendment will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Lang: "Third Reading. On the Order of Postponed Consideration, House Bill 768, Mr. Welch. Please proceed, Sir."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 768 is a Bill that we discussed at length yesterday. This is a Bill that would allow local control when it comes to making the decision for charter schools. I have had an opportunity to talk with several Members who were off the floor and wanted an opportunity to 10000039.docx 156  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 cast their vote on this important initiative. So, I'm bringing it back today and asking my colleagues to join me in supporting this pro local-control Bill that is not anticharter. And I ask for a 'yes' vote."

"Mr. Demmer for two minutes."

"Your request is acknowledged. Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Mr. Guzzardi for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Welch, can we talk through some of the experiences of the City of Chicago. I know it's, you know, particular to Tar City, but I think that maybe enlightening us on how the commission has behaved so far."

"Well, I think the City of Chicago, you know, should be used as the poster child for why this Bill is needed, but… well, I'll get back to that 'but' later. They've had five instances where CPS has rejected a charter proposal. And five different times, the charter commission has overruled that local board. Most recently last year, they overruled the local board in their attempt to close what CPS deemed three poorly performing schools. And CPS was very upset about that decision, and I just think that this is a perfect example where local control would come into play."

"Here's a question for you, Representative. When local school boards decide that they want to open a charter school, is there an appeal process to the charter commission in that case? If the local district approves the charter, could the community appeal to the charter commission to get that charter canceled or revoked?"

"I am not aware of a process for that."

"Right. So, but it seems to me here is that this isn't really a genuine appeals process at all. The way this process works is simply to allow the possibility of green lighting additional schools the districts didn't want, right? It's not as though both sides get a fair shake at the appeals process." 10000039.docx 158  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"That is absolutely a correct statement."

"Right. So, I think it's important to know that when we talk about, you know, appealing these local decisions this is completely one-sided. To the Bill. This… whoa, I don't have a lot of time… To the Bill. I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Representative Willis for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"So, currently, what we have here is… I find it interesting. So, we're asking really for more local control, correct?"

"We are asking for more local control."

"And one of the things that we're seeing is currently what happens is if the school board says no, the people actually have much more of a vested interest. The charter school commission who, of course, are going to support charter schools is the appeal process under current law?"

"That's correct."

"And historically, have these charter commissions ever denied charter schools?"

"I can't hear you. It's so loud in the chamber."

"My question was, historically, to your knowledge, has the charter school commission ever denied a charter school?"

"I am not aware of specific denials."

"No, I am not either. And in the big picture, when we're talking about school finance when we open up a charter school, and I'm not going to debate the credibility of charter schools, but we are taking money away from the public school 10000039.docx 159  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 districts in that area to help fund some of these charter schools in that same area. Is that not correct?"

"That's correct."

"So, wouldn't it be in their best interest to actually have the say over funding for education in their district?"

"Again, I couldn't hear the question."

"I said, wouldn't it be best to have the local school districts to have control over funding in their districts?"

"Absolutely. These boards are elected to do just that and they should be able to… to control where their money goes."

"And I would also go and counter, as one of our previous speakers said, if the decision is not what the local community wants, well, that's why we have elected school boards and they do get elected out of office if they don't…"

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"Thank you. Just to the Bill. I would urge an 'aye' vote. I think this is something that we have constantly… I'm hearing from the other side of the aisle… we want local control. This is local control. I vote… I urge an 'aye'. Thank you."

Speaker Lang: "We still have five speakers on this Bill. Representative Flowers for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm sorry, Representative Welch, it was rather noisy in this room. Can you please explain, once again, what is the purpose of this Bill?"

"This pur… the purpose of this Bill, Representative, is to empower the local school board. In most places outside of the city these school boards are elected. These communities are 10000039.docx 160  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 very engaged in these school board elections. The community has a… very much has a say in what goes on in these districts through their school boards. And they should be able to vote… know that their school boards are making decisions in their best interest and those decisions should be honored by… on the local level."

"Does the charter schools contribute anything to the local school boards?"

"Not that I'm aware of. They just take money away once they grant these charters."

"So, the charter schools take money away from the local schools?"

"The local schools."

"And so, this Bill is giving more accountability to the people that's elected, that was elected by the people not appointed?"

"That is correct."

"And one more question. Does the commission have a conflict of interest in regards to the charter school?"

"Well, I would say they do because they are… it's an appointed commission, appointed by a procharter Governor, typically appointing people that probably think like him. And I would say that if we truly care about the community and the community's input, this is the Bill that should be the law. Because it also not only relies on the local school board, but there's a mechanism for a referendum for the people to decide if they want a charter school if they so choose."

"I want to commend you, Representative, for bringing this Bill forward because House Bill 768 still provides that 10000039.docx 161  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 the final decision of the local school board and the commission are subject to judicial review. So, and it… there's still the possibility that there is an administrative review even after the school board has spoken. Am I correct about that?"

"This is correct. And I specifically encourage…"

"Thank you very much. And I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Davis for two minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, when a local… when a… an application is appealed to the charter school commission… being first rejected by the local district and is appealed to the commission. If the commission approves that, do they offer any additional funding to that district?"

"They do not. And that's one of my bones of contention. Is that the charter commission can overrule the local school board and grant a charter and the money that's going to pay for this charter is going to come out of the local school district's funds."

"Currently, it comes out of that local school district's GSA?"

"That's correct."

"To the tune of about 80 percent."

"I don't know the exact percentage."

"It's…"

"It's a significant number."

"It's about 80 percent. So, for those of you who think that this is taking something away and that this charter 10000039.docx 162  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 school commission should be allowed to operate, then let them reverse one of your school districts and your school districts have to give that new charter 80 percent of their general state aid money and see how you and your district like it. This charter school commission is outdated. It's not necessary. We do not need it. Absolutely do not need this charter school commission. There are other ways that we could figure out how to work for those districts that are looking to or where charters want to come into a district. There are better ways to do this. To allow this charter school it is against local control. 'Cause the moment we talk about mandating something, putting it on a school district then everybody yells, what about local control? So, how does a commission get to over roll… overrule a local school district and it not be considered going against that school district local control? Now, if you don't like your school board, then actively work to reelect different people. But to the extent in which they have the ability to make that decision, we need to allow them to make that decision. If they say no to that charter school then no should be it. Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Barbara Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to move the previous question."

"Lady moves to put the previous question. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the previous question is put. Mr. Welch to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’ve debated this Bill extensively. I believe everyone knows how they're going to vote. I just ask that they vote their district, vote their 10000039.docx 163  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 conscience, and vote in favor of local control. Mr. Speaker, I also ask that they take into consideration that if they vote to leave the charter commission in the current form that they're in, they're voting on the most ultimate unfunded mandate. The state charter commission can overturn a local school board's decision and take money, desperately needed money, away from these local school boards. And I say we need to respect local control and local school board decisions and vote 'yes' on House Bill 768."

"Gentleman has moved passage of the Bill. Let me remind the chamber that Mr. Demmer has asked for a verification. So, Members will be in their chairs and vote their own switches. 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? Please record yourselves, Members. Have all voted who wish? Arroyo, Burke, Harper. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 61 voting 'yes', 46 voting 'no'. And Mr. Demmer, do you persist? Mr. Demmer persists. Mr. Clerk, please call the affirmative."

"Mr. Clerk, would you suspend. Mr. Demmer withdraws his verification request. There are 61 voting 'yes', 46 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a series of Bills on Second Reading. Please be in your seats. We'll run through these if you cooperate with the Chair as quickly as possible and we can move on to committees. House Bill 2622, Representative Fine. Out of the record. House Bill 243, Representative Flowers. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2572, Mr. Butler. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2474, Mr. Demmer. Please read the Bill." 10000039.docx 165  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Third Reading. House Bill 456, Representative Greenwood. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Greenwood on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. This Amendment removes the… the opposition that was on the Bill."

"Please tell us in one sentence what the Bill… what the Amendment does, please?"

"It amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act requiring ISAC to award grants to students in financial need who household income is less than the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3539, Mr. Halpin. Out of the record. House Bill 2878, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Yes. This Amendment is an initiative of the Liquor Control Commission. And it actually extends the statute of limitations for enforcement these violations."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2630, Representative Mah. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1125, Representative Manley. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Manley on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Speaker. The Amendment is a gut and replace. It changes the sunset date to May 31 from April 30."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 737, Mr. Meier. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2771, Mr. Mitchell. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2388, Representative Moeller. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Moeller on Amendment 2."

"Thank you, Speaker. Amendment 2 replaces the Bill and it specifies that the Department of Child… Children and Family Services will keep a database of licensed group home child care providers and whether or not their licenses have been 10000039.docx 168  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 suspended, revoked, or surrendered under investigation of child abuse and neglect."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Moeller."

"This is a technical change that would gut and replace the language."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3369, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2987, Mr. Slaughter. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2810, Mr. Spain. Please read the Bill." 10000039.docx 169  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Mr. Spain."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3095, Mr. Stewart. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 189, Mr. Thapedi. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Thapedi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the Omnibus Condominium Property Act Bill that I spoke about a little earlier. House Amendment… strike that… Floor Amendment #5, in which I move 10000039.docx 170  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 for its adoption, actually relates to owner petition rights and increases the number of days from 30 to 21 under Sections 18(a) and 18.4."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 188, Mr. Thapedi. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Thapedi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a Bill that we've been working on very diligently with all the trial lawyers and the Illinois State Bar Association. Amendment #2 is actually the first attempt that curing the difficulties that we were having in Floor Amendment #3 which will come after that is the final and best version."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Thapedi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3. Floor Amendment #3 actually takes care of the 10000039.docx 171  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017 issue with respect to waiver of objections to personal jurisdiction. The waiver will actually be prospective rather than both prospective and retrospective. I move for its adoption."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3462, Mr. Zalewski. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Zalewski."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If we could adopt Floor Amendment #3, it changes the reporting requirements to be more compliant with what is accomplishable."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Zalewski."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Wish to… wish to adopt Floor Amendment #4. It gives the department more time to promulgate a rule if the task force comes up with a recommendation." 10000039.docx 172  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1776, Mr. Martwick. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2959, Representative Fine. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"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. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements." 10000039.docx 173  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 39th Legislative Day 4/26/2017

"And now, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House stand adjourned 'til Thursday, April 27 at the hour of 10:30 am. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned 'til Thursday, April 27 at the hour of 10:30 am."