Illinois House Floor Debate — April 28, 2017

"The House will be in order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Marty DeRoche who is with Denmark Baptist Church in Cutler, Illinois. Pastor DeRoche is the guest of Representative Costello. 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."

"We’ll be led in the Pledge today by Representative Flowers." 10000041.docx 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Flowers – et al: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record reflect the excused absences of Representatives Cassidy, McAsey, Riley and Slaughter."

"Mr. Demmer."

"Mr. Clerk, please take the record. We have 112 Members present and do have a quorum. 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 Reports."

"Senate Joint Resolution 28, Mr. Crespo. Please proceed when you're ready, Sir. Out of the record. SJR28, Mr. Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker. This is the biannual school curriculum policies waiver report from the State Board of Education. This year ISBE received 69 applications for the spring of 2017. It approved 5 waiver requests, returned 4 and denied several requests. Voting 'yes' means to approve the waivers. Voting 'no' means to disapprove of the Senate Joint Resolution 28. However, since there were no modifications this year, either vote means that the result will be the same and the waiver requests have been approved. So, I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Resolution 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, Conroy, Currie, Davis, Harris, Hoffman, Jones, Yingling. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no'. And the Resolution is adopted. On the Order of 10000041.docx 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Second Reading, House Bill 3261. Representative Chapa LaVia. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you, Speaker. House Amendment #1 is a gut and replacement. It becomes the Bill. It amends… keeping the language of the underlying Bill except for three changes. It would grant veterans preference in entrance exams to qualified veterans, it defines what veterans is for purpose of this Act and it removes the immediate effective date from the Bill so that we can start fresh on the eve… the new year coming for veterans preferences. I'll take any questions. Ask for it's adoption."

"Representative Feigenholtz, do you rise on the Amendment? Those in favor of the Amendment will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill on the Order of Third Reading."

"Representative, you already explained the Bill?"

"Well, I'd like just a second more, Speaker, if I may?"

"Proceed." 10000041.docx 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you. I'm pretty excited about this Bill. Being a veteran myself and wearing four different separate boots; Army Reserve, National Guard, United States Army Officer, and then ROTC, I never thought to put this into legislation for 15 years. So, what it does, it gives veterans preference also to National Guard members that serve our state and this country. And I ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you so much."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"Correct. Actually, they're for it now."

"Yes."

"Not at all, Sir."

"Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Gordon-Booth, Nekritz. Please take the record. There are 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Feigenholtz, for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you, Representative Lang. I just want the Body to share with me a happy, happy birthday to 10000041.docx 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Representative Ann Williams. Certainly a year wiser, my fabulous buddy and district mate who I love madly. Let's give her… have a great weekend, Ann."

"Happy birthday, Representative. And as a birthday gift, House Bill 3223, Representative Williams. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Birthday girl, Williams."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill will seem familiar to many of you. This Bill provides for… it deals with MS patients and the ability to procure physical therapy services when prescribed by a doctor. In 2007, the Illinois General Assembly passed a Bill requiring insurance companies to cover physical therapy for MS patients because, if you know anything about MS, you know in many cases there is no treatment and of course, there is no cure. So, physical therapy is the only option for many patients. This Bill will eliminate many of the barriers that have been imposed by insurance companies that will limit patients' access to this treatment. And I will note, you can only get physical therapy services if, in fact, they're prescribed by a physician. So, that’s always a safeguard there to ensure patients don’t get more than they need. But again, this Bill is critical for patients who have 10000041.docx 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 no treatment and unfortunately at this point, no cure. I'll be happy to take any questions."

"Mr. Andersson. This Bill, Ladies and Gentlemen, is on Short Debate, but… excuse me, this Bill is on Standard Debate, but let's remember this is getaway day. Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"But again, this is very… I would make it an analogy to a prescription medicine. For patients that have absolutely no treatment, physical therapy is, in fact, the only option for them, not only to improve quality of life but to address potential injury, injury prevention. It actually saves costs in the long run in addition to addressing quality of life issues. So, what we've done as a Body is, provided that MS is different than other conditions because it does have this direct correlation with benefit to the physical therapy option. So, it's just… I would say it's more like prescription. And if your doctor prescribes it, the insurance company should cover it."

"Sure. As a practical matter, what some of the insurance companies have done is, reported by patients, is put a cap on the amount of physical therapy sessions that a particular patient could avail themselves of. For example, a patient may get 30 physical therapy sessions covered. Well, the doctor may say you need to go to physical therapy weekly in order to find benefit and success. So, patients, what we're finding, patients that are unable to provide for a physical therapy expense themselves are kind of rationing their physical therapy. So, even though their doctor has recommended they go every week, they're going maybe every other week. And it's just not been a good thing. Again, because of the lack of any other treatment options for these patients. And in fact, it's a big deal for injury prevention these patients… if you know… I'm sure you know about MS and… and the devastating impact it can have on mobility, et cetera."

"You know, we had this same discussion. This is the Bill's second or third year in the mix. And there's some debate as to how it's covered under ACA. So, I've been unable to get a certain number." 10000041.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"But again, I just would submit that…"

"…if you don’t provi… get these services, you're going to end up costing the system more in the long run. It's kind of a penny-wise, pound-foolish idea to cut back on services that will really help a patient prevent injury."

"Representative Stewart… does not wish to speak on this Bill. Representative Feigenholtz."

"Representative Williams, can you explain to me how many states already do this?"

"You know, I did some research on this yesterday because that was a question that came up in committee. And all states structure their insurance programs so differently it was hard to make a apples to apples comparison. It's really more about what… how they handle physical therapy. In some states, it's what's called direct access where you can procure physical therapy services directly. In others, like Illinois, you need 10000041.docx 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 a referral from a physician. Actually, for this Bill, I think that you can argue that that makes it… there should be a higher comfort level because, again, in order to get physical therapy you must have a physician's prescription. So, I would argue that if you're an MS patient and you get a prescription for physical therapy, you need it."

"Yeah. I really don’t understand why… I did meet with some of the proponents of this Bill who very articulately talked to us about how this was ve… our laws in Illinois were quite arbitrary in that this therapy is actually very, very helpful, is it not? It's often corrective. Can you explain that a little bit?"

"Well, there's two types of MS. The first is relapsing remitting and that provides… the course of that disease is what… you know, what the name would suggest. You have episodes and then you have, sometimes, a period where you go back to normal, sometimes not quite. But the physical therapy is the only option for the type of MS called progressive… primary progressive. And that's a disease that… that's a condition of the disease that progresses, again, as the name would suggest. So, there are numerous MS drugs available and the advances that science has made are quite stunning, but again, that only applies to the relapsing remitting form of MS. So, for progressive MS patients, this is the only option. Again, quality of life, injury prevention, and many other things that I believe save money in the long run."

"Can you tell me who the supporters of this Bill are?" 10000041.docx 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"This Bill is supported by the… update… well, obviously the Illinois MS Society. And I would, you know, just reiterate this Bill is supported by the patient groups. The patient groups are not on board with the version that's passing out of the Senate unfortunately. The Bill was negotiated but it was kind of… the patients were negotiated right out of it. And that's… that’s, I think, the problem with that piece of legislation. So, we're happy to keep discussing the Bill. It's certainly not in perfect form. It may not be in final form, but it's definitely a way to keep the patients in the conversation."

"Representative Williams, I think that this Bill is outstanding. I'd like to be added as a Cosponsor if I'm not on it already. And I think that you've done… this is certainly not the first year you've sponsored this and I know how committed you are to it. And I think it would be a fabulous birthday present to you if this Bill passed out of committee."

"Well, you know, that'd be great. But I will add one other thing. The Illinois State Medical Society, obviously a physician group, is in support of the Bill which I think is a… an important note."

"It's important for doctors to be able to take care of their patients without obstacles."

"Yes."

"I totally agree. I recommend an 'aye' vote."

"Thanks Rep."

"Representative Williams to close."

"Again, thank you for the discussion and debate. I just respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote." 10000041.docx 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"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, Members. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 73 voting 'yes', 35 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Bennett, for what reason do you rise?"

"Please proceed."

"Welcome to Springfield. Thank you for joining us today. Representative Stuart."

"Thank you. Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed."

"I just wanted to share a little piece of good news from the 112th District. I, unfortunately, don’t have the gentleman here today 'cause he's busy being a senior in high school and rounding down the year and getting ready for exams, but we have a gentleman named Mark Smith, who played for the Edwardsville High School Tigers, was a four-star recruit, high school basketball player of the year, and actually was named Mr. Basketball for the State of Illinois. This season 10000041.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 he averaged 21.9 points, 8.4 assists, 8.2 rebounds. He has been heavily recruited… recruited by Michigan State, Kentucky, the Ohio State University, and Duke University, but on Wednesday he announced that he will be attending the University of Illinois. So, I was excited to have him join our team."

"Now there's some good news. Representative Barbara Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Go right ahead." Wheeler, B.: "I would like to introduce my constituents Dodi and Jeff Beaudette who are behind us in the gallery. Longtime friends from… wait a second. This gets better. Longtime friends from soccer with the Kiddy Kickers but besides that they also are the mother and father of our wonderful Jordan Ryan. So, welcome… welcome to Springfield."

"Welcome. Happy you're joining us today. Thank you. Mr. Halbrook."

"You may proceed."

Speaker Lang: "Thank you. Good to see you here with us. Representative Bryant." 10000041.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

Speaker Lang: "Record will reflect your intention. Mr. Skillicorn."

"Proceed."

Speaker Lang: "Thank you, Sir. Representative Williams is recognized."

"Hi there. I just wanted to welcome some of my constituents who may have just walked out of the gallery. But it's St. Francis Xavier Warde fourth-grade class. Go Jaguars."

"Thank you, Representative. Mr. Welch."

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

"Go ahead."

"Mr. Speaker, before I speak, may we have a little quiet in the chamber? Mr. Speaker, thank you. We're going to be here probably a little while today and then when we return, May is going to be quite busy for us all. So, I want to take a moment to talk about civility, respect, professionalism, and decorum. Civility is defined as formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech. I hope, starting here today, 'cause it hasn’t happened so far this week. I hope, starting today, we can treat each other with civility and respect. The 10000041.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 way the women of the Democratic Party and the women of this state have been disrespected this week is unacceptable. And we are going to demand respect, civility, politeness and decorum. We cannot talk over each other, be rude to each other, and be disrespectful. We all come down here. We're away from our families. We eat together; we have drinks together. We all have to treat each other like family when we're down here together. We have to look out for one another. We cannot be disrespectful to one another; and I'm telling you now, it will not be tolerated any further. It will not be tolerated any further. So, I am asking, on behalf of all of us who are elected to represent the people of the State of Illinois, that we show them that we know how to be civil, respectful, professional. And that we're going to give this great chamber the respect that it deserves. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Wallace."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise for a point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed."

"I would like to personally discuss the events of this week. It began when the women decided, and some of our male colleagues decided, that we would join our constituents, we would join members from across the State of Illinois outside at the Illinois… Illinois Women's March on Springfield. We left to go and to champion things that were related to equal rights for women, labor standards, economic policy, family concerns, criminal justice reform, issues that address the homelessness that occurs in our state. And when we did that, 10000041.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 of course, you know, there was some contentious debates going on, on the floor, verification was called and we were attempting to come back into the chamber. But we decided to first stand in solidarity with Leader Feigenholtz as she gave her speech at the rally to the hundreds of people gathered here as citizens. Then, later in the week, we saw such discord and disrespect and condescension when Representative Moeller attempted to pass her Bill related to equal rights and equal pay for women in the State of Illinois. And then we go to yesterday when my own roommate, my colleague, my seatmate was attempting to bring back dollars to the schools that struggle in her district, demanding for TIF reform, and she was asked a question and as she attempted to answer her question, she was cut off, spoken over, and her voice was completely silenced and disregarded among… about the issue that she cared most about in her district. And I don't want to say that I'm speaking for any of those women, I can only say that being a witness to all of that this week and being a woman, and also being a woman of color, I am deeply, deeply hurt by some of the interactions that I've seen throughout this week. It's not that those interactions have not occurred before, they've been actually quite subtle, but this week was at an all-time high. I want to ask that we all decide that we will treat every person in this chamber with courtesy, respect, civility as Representative Welch just eloquently stated. But I can't stomach being here when such disregard occurs. And… and in this example, I only spoke of what I deemed to be institutionalized sexism. But throughout this week there were also tinges of institutionalized racism and subconscious 10000041.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 biases towards race and gender sprinkled throughout lots of the debate that has occurred this week. It is disheartening. It is upsetting. It is heartbreaking. It's not something that we can't overcome and please note that I used the words 'institutionalized' and 'subconscious'. I am not making any specific, you know, statement for anyone to say, well no that's not me. I'm not that. But please look at what those things mean. Institutionalized racism. Institutionalized sexism. Subconscious racial bias. Subconscious sexist bias or gender bias. And please try to figure out ways that you cannot feed into that. I thank you for your time today. I stand here in solidarity with the women in this caucus, with the men in this caucus, and also with my colleagues across the aisle. We simply must be civil with each other. Thank you."

"Mr. Sauer."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Proceed please."

"Mr. Clerk, Rules Report." 10000041.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"It's a reasonable request, but it's not up to the Chair to control what Members say, Sir. But I… it's an interesting point you made. Representative Bryant."

"Please proceed."

"Mr. Mitchell." Mitchell, C.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Brief point of personal privilege."

"Please." Mitchell, C.: "So, I actually want to respond directly to Mr. Andersson. I've said this to you in private. I'll say this to you in public. I think everyone on this side of the aisle would agree that as it relates to civility, treating people well, making sure that your questions are fair and equal to everyone regardless of… of their gender or their race, you, Representative Andersson, have succeeded. You have absolutely 10000041.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 succeeded and deserve a round of applause. And I mean… and this is… this is a genuine round of applause from this caucus because regardless of who the questioner has been, you have always been respectful, you have always been fair, you have treated everyone equally. That is, however, not true of everyone on your side of the aisle. So, you should not be taking the bullets for actions that were taken by people other than yourself. I know as Floor Leader that's part of your job, but I needed you to hear it from me and from this caucus that you are not the person that we are talking about, Sir. The way on the other hand, and he's a friend of mine and a fellow graduate of a Catholic school, that the Leader treated Representative Moeller the way that Representative Ammons was treated on her Bill, that is the behavior we're talking about because that is not the way that individual would question another Member or has in the past. That is not the tone that would be used by that Member to question other Members. That is what we are calling out. So, respectfully, Sir, you have done a fantastic job. I am proud to call you a colleague and a friend. You, Sir, are not the person we're talking about. I hope that everyone, on both sides of the aisle, will use your example as the way to be a Leader on this floor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Mr. Brady. Mr. Brady, we'll hold you for a moment. Representative Willis."

"Thank you, Mr. Leader… Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed." 10000041.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"I think as we are finishing up today, which will probably be a very long day, many of us are here because we are passionate about what we do. We would not be here if we were not leaders in our own right. We would not be here if we were not passionate about things in our own community, but it is important to keep that civility out there. I think Representative Mitchell was very eloquent and I was going to… I'm going to second his thoughts on that. Floor Leader Andersson, you do a wonderful job on your side. You are a fair individual. You are very good at what you do. But we also know that there are times when we all are contentious and we are passionate about our own Bills. Sometimes we're passionate against somebody else's Bill. We can go and bring that passion out but continue to remember that we are all individuals. We are all doing the best we can here. We all have a purpose here and we need to be respectful. We often are respectful when we go and have dinner together afterwards, but we need to be respectful and watch that center aisle and work across it continuing that way. We haven’t always seen that here and it's not necessarily from you, Sir, but there are certain Members that take it beyond passion. And that's what we need to be careful about. You can be passionate but you can be respectful. We can agree to disagree on things, but remember, at the end of the day, we are all doing what we feel is the right thing. So, I urge you all to choose your words wisely as I oftentimes told my students and tell my children. Make sure that we, at the end of the day, can look each other in the face and still go on and do what we want to do. Thank you very much." 10000041.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Mr. Sosnowski."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Mr. Andrade."

"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Thank you. I've been here for just a couple of years, three years, and some people know me and… and my thing is I'm very observant and I've seen from both sides, and I just want to clarify Mr. Andersson, we, all of us respect you and respect many Members but I just want to say that even I stood… when leadership is… I believe in seniority. I believe in leadership, I believe in respect for our senior Members. And that's correct. I don’t see it even from both sides sometimes. 10000041.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 And I just… I just want to say that, you know, I've gone over and apologized for our Members. I've seen… I've seen some of our Members be mistreated by some of our own Members and other… both sides. And so, I just… I just want to say, sometimes if some… if we see something going on that we might not know why they're doing that because there's actually another situation that caused that situation. So, I just want to say that we really need to treat, on both sides, with respect and our own Members because we all… we all deserve it. So, I just want to say thank you very much and I hope we can go ahead and everyone treat each other with respect. Thank you very much."

"Representative Bellock."

"Mr. Batinick."

"Go right ahead, Sir."

"The Chair recognizes Mr. Brady. Can we please have order in the chamber?"

"Thank you, Mr. Brady. Members may be seated. Members, we had our points of personal privilege. We had our say and now, we've got a lot of Bills on the Calendar and what I would suggest is that we respect the clock. You be in your chairs and be ready to call your Bills because we're not coming back to them today. So, please be in your chairs. But before we do that, Representative Hurley."

"Just one more point of personal privilege."

"Make your point." 10000041.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"My… it was my intention to vote 'yes' on Senate Joint Resolution 28."

"The record will reflect your intention. House Joint Resolution 40, Mr. Beiser. Please proceed."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. This designates the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island as the Master Sergeant Stanley Talbot Memorial Bridge. He was an Illinois State Trooper. And on June 23, 2001, while supervising a road safety checkpoint, he lost his life. I'd ask for its adoption."

"Those in favor of the Resolution will vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Members, I'm only going to say this a couple of times. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And the Resolution is adopted. The Chair is not going to wait two minutes for each vote. House Bill 3780, Mr. Burke. Please read the Bill. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 540, Representative Kelly Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 3908, Representative Conroy. Please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please put this Bill back on the Order of Second Reading for an Amendment and read the Bill."

"Representative Conroy." 10000041.docx 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Speaker. Floor Amendment… the Amendment #2 basically becomes the Bill. And it just fix… fixes a technical problem. What this does is… it eliminates pensions for all members of forest preserves. It eliminates part-time, elected, or appointed members of a governing body of forest preserves from future participation in IMRF and defines part- time as work that accumulates less than a thousand hours per week."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Conroy."

"Thank you, Speaker. I basically described the Bill in the Amendment."

"Representative Ives."

"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? One more time. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 10000041.docx 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2907, Representative Bellock. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Bellock."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Bellock."

"Representative Conroy."

"Thank you, Speaker. I'd like to thank Representative Bellock for bringing this Bill. And I would like to encourage everyone in the… in the Body to please support it. This is incredibly important for mental health access in our state."

"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 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Resolution 100, Mr. Crespo. Mr. Crespo. Out of the record. House Bill 3897, Representative Gabel. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Gabel."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment was supported by the Department of Labor. It makes them neutral and it moves this trampoline into the Amusement Code."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. Excuse me. Mr. Andersson, did you wish to speak to the Amendment? The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk." 10000041.docx 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Gabel."

"So, this Bill adds trampoline parks to the amusement park regulation. There have been quite a few of these trampoline parks set up. They're growing rapidly. In 2… 2011 there were 35 parks across the country. Today, there are 450. Injuries are surging and this is an issue of public safety."

"This Bill is on Standard Debate. Hopefully, we won't need that much time. Mr. Andersson is recognized."

"Sponsor yields."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"I… I don't."

"Yes."

"I asked the Department of Labor that question and they said it would probably cost the park about $135 a year to be 10000041.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 regulated. He didn’t… he said there was no… he did not say there was a cost to the department itself."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Per year."

"You're welcome."

"Representative Ives."

"Sponsor yields."

"I have not."

"That's fine."

"I have not."

"Well, it is…"

"Representative Barbara Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like… will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you. Representative, to the previous speaker's point, if you've never been to a trampoline park, what… what 10000041.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 ma… we're so often vested in our Bills. What made you interested in carrying a Bill such as this?"

"This Bill was brought to me by… by a constituent who's a physician who has seen many people who have been injured at trampoline park… on trampolines. And the prob… the issue isn't that this is… that they are amusement parks and they should simply be regulated under amusement park regulations. You know, the other piece with amusement parks is that that they also do background checks on employees. And that's a requirement in the… in the amusement park regulations. When I went to the Depar… the Department of Labor came to me and said we have been looking at this issue for a while and thank you for putting this Bill in. It just gives us a little more impetus to move legislation." Wheeler, B.: "So, you had a conversation with a doctor because he had patients coming from the trampoline parks that had injuries. How will this… by regulating, what sort of regulations are going to keep the… the children safer?"

"Well, the department will make those regulations 'cause we changed the Bill. We didn’t put in those strict regulations. We simply moved it into the amusement park regulation part of the… of the law, but you know, I'm hoping that they do things like make sure that they have enough adult spotters per children… per child in these parks. Things like that." Wheeler, B.: "So, it'll regulate the number of employees that they'll have in order to spot them? This is… this is what the doctor said was in direct…"

"Yes. Yes." 10000041.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Wheeler, B.: "…indication of how the child hurt themselves. Okay."

"That is… Yes. That's part of the understanding with trampolines is that you need a certain number of adults there to be able to do that." Wheeler, B.: "So, it also says that it creates a trampoline court safety fund. Can you tell me where that money's coming from?"

"That's not in the Amendment. No, it is. It comes from the registration fees from the facilities." Wheeler, B.: "The registration fees into…"

"From the facilities." Wheeler, B.: "The new registration fee from the new regulations?"

"Correct." Wheeler, B.: "And the fee… and how much are those going to be?"

"I asked the department. They said they thought a total of $135 a year." Wheeler, B.: "So, we're not over… not only regulating businesses further but we're creating a fee. And the fee is to go…"

"The fee is with every… every amusement park pays a fee. A hundred and thirty-five dollars is not a…" Wheeler, B.: "And this goes to the…"

"…huge fee to be regulated." Wheeler, B.: "Per trampoline? Or is it per business?"

"Per business." Wheeler, B.: "So, the fund is actually for purposes of regulating trampoline courts in Illinois. What's a trampoline court?"

"A facility that houses several trampolines." Wheeler, B.: "What?"

"For children to jump on." 10000041.docx 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Wheeler, B.: "So, if someone gets hurt… All right. To the Bill. I think it's obvious that the State of Illinois is overregulated and overburdened with fees and costs. So, I urge a 'no' vote."

"Mr. Martwick."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Gabel, so, there's much concern about overregulating trampoline courts, I guess. I guess we regulate too much in Illinois, but I have a question for you. Currently, can you tell me what kind of amusement rides we already are subject to safety inspection?"

"Large scale amusement parks like Six Flags. Things that use bungee cords, ski lifts, inflatables, slides."

"Inflatables, slides, pulled carts."

"Jumping houses."

"Jumping houses. Okay. So, we regulate all of those already and… and they're subject to safety inspections. Do you know… are you aware of a Bill that I passed four years ago that helped increase the number of safety inspectors that Illinois Department of Labor has? Are you familiar with that Bill? Can I tell you a little bit about it?"

"Tell me."

"And Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, especially those of you who are opposed to this, maybe you should think about listening to this as well. So, six years ago at a small indoor amusement park in my district, a three-year-old boy got on an indoor kiddy rollercoaster, stood up in the rollercoaster, fell out and was beheaded. He was beheaded. Did you hear that? 10000041.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Are you listening? If you're worried about too much regulation, a three-year-old boy at an indoor amusement park fell out of a rollercoaster and was beheaded. Okay? So, the Department of Labor was called into question and said where are all of your inspectors that should be inspecting these amusement rides? And we found out, there were five in the whole state. Yes, our budget problems in Illinois had reduced the number of safety inspectors to five to inspect every amusement ride in the State of Illinois. So, in an initiative of the Department of Labor that was, get this, this was in conjunction with the amusement industry, we passed a Bill that was agreed to and went out on broad bipartisan support that created a fee structure specifically to increase the number of safety inspectors so that children that ride on amusement rides could… we could be… we could do a better job of assuring their safety. This Bill is taking one new craze, trampoline parks, where there is a history of injury and all it's doing is it's adding them to that Bill. This is a good idea. We should all be in support of this. If you don’t like regulation, that’s fine. But then turn to all the parents in your districts who have kids that get on rides and tell them that we're going to do away with all safety inspections 'cause that's deregulation, but leaving one person out of an Act or one type of amusement ride out of an Act makes no sense whatsoever. So, please remember that young three-year-old boy who died in my district when you think about voting this. Or if you want to think about forwarding, you know, like the Illinois Policy Institute cartoon that made fun of this issue. 10000041.docx 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 'Cause you know what, it wasn’t funny when that kid died. This is the right thing to do. Vote 'yes'."

"Mr. Skillicorn."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer, we've already had three in opposition. Do you rise in opposition?"

"Then I'm going to have to go to Representative Gabel to close. Representative Gabel."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, this Bill… as new amusement park rides develop and that… that will happen, they need to be included in the amusement park regulation. We are looking at… and especially things like trampoline parks. I mean, there have been… according to a study in the Journal of Pediatrics… in 2014 there were approximately 7 thousand E.R. visits due to trampoline park injuries. We are… we are asking that trampoline parks just be regulated as all other rides are in amusement parks. A hundred and thirty-five dollars a year is not an oppressive amount to pay to be regulated to operate a business in the State of Illinois. I think… I don’t think that… And actually, the International Trampoline Parks called me the other day and we are going to be continuing to work on this in the Senate. They support this. They support regulation. And I urge 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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 64 voting 'yes', 46 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2959, Representative Fine. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are in uncertain times when it comes to the future of health coverage in Illinois and around 10000041.docx 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 the country. According to the Kaiser Foundation, if the Affordable Care Act is overturned and preexisting conditions are no longer covered, 2 million, 38 thousand nonelderly adults in Illinois who have a preexisting health condition could be declined if they apply for a policy in the individual market. As a state, we knew… we need to do what we can to protect our residents. According to the polls, the two most appreciated parts of the Affordable Care Act include keeping your children on your policy until you're 26 and having coverage for preexisting conditions. Illinois is ahead of the curve… Illinois is ahead of the curve because in Illinois it is in our statute that we can keep our children on our policies until they are 26 years old. Now, we need to take the next step and ensure residents who have a preexisting condition can afford their health care. Prior to the Affordable Care Act, these preexisting conditions ranged from everything from arthritis to sleep apnea to cancer. Being on medication for autism, angina, or anemia could also eliminate you from coverage. This is ess… an essential Bill that will allow people in Illinois with a preexisting condition to get the health care coverage they need. I ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Andersson. This Bill is on Short Debate."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is correct." 10000041.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Correct. And so, I just feel like we should be ahead of the game instead of behind the game so we can protect the people in the State of Illinois instead of trying to play catch up."

"Thank you."

"This Bill is on the short… Order of Short Debate. Representative Bellock, do you rise in opposition? Do you rise in opposition, Representative?"

"Please proceed."

"Sponsor yields."

"You may. The Bill is now on the Order of Standard Debate." 10000041.docx 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Representative Willis. Representative Batinick."

"Sponsor yields."

"This affects individual and group policies."

"Representative Flowers."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, are you codifying existing law?"

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

"Are you codifying existing law in regards to discrimination regarding preexist… preexisting condition?"

"Correct."

"So, that’s all this Bill is doing?"

"All this Bill does is say if you buy… and I'm finding out it includes large group plans as well… a health care policy in Illinois and you have a preexisting condition, you cannot be discriminated."

"Okay. And the Affordable Care Act says that as well?"

"It is currently in the Affordable Care Act right now. But the main topic of the conversation on the Act is taking away 10000041.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 this protection for people. And so, I just feel it's important for the State of Illinois to be ahead of the game instead of trying to play catch up. Because…"

"You're absolutely…"

"…if we're even a year behind, that could cost a lot of people a lot of issues."

"Absolutely. And I rise in support of the Lady's Bill. She's trying to protect people's lives and livelihood. I would urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Representative Fine to close. Representative Fine to close."

"Oh, I thought you said Representative Feigenholtz. I'm sorry. Again, this piece of legislation just puts in statute in the State of Illinois that if you have a preexisting condition, you will still be able to get insurance coverage in our state just like you can already keep your child on your plan until they are 26 years old. This will keep us ahead of the game and protect consumers in the State of Illinois. And I ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 75 voting 'yes', 33 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. D'Amico is recognized."

"Please proceed." 10000041.docx 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Welcome to the Illinois House chamber. Thank you for joining us today. House Bill 3649, Mr. Crespo. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker. House Bill 3649 creates the Debt Transparency Act. It seeks to provide a more accurate accounting of bills being held by state agencies. The reports under the Act would be shared with the public. The Bill's supported by the Better Government Association. There are no opponents. Happy to answer any questions."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Crespo, what is the current backlog right now?"

"The current backlog according to the most recent report is 13 billion 215 million out of which 7 billion, 722 million are sitting at the Comptroller's Office. We… we think there's like approximately 5.5 billion sitting in the agencies right now."

"And it's interesting because what you said you think. How do we currently estimate the backlog?"

"Usually, there's conversations going between the Comptroller's Office, COGFA, and CMS. In some cases, they 10000041.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 find out through other reports. So, it's… I won’t say it's a guessing game. There's some conversations, but it's not exactly accurate numbers. It's an estimate."

"Okay. So, this piece of legislation would correct that?"

"Absolutely."

"So, it would make it streamline. Make sure we get the most accurate information. So, around the state when we say something, we know we have the facts behind us. I think this is a really good piece of legislation. Not only at the time that we're in right now, the dire straits, but going forward as a state, it makes us very competent. And I ask for an 'aye' vote to support this. Thank you."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"That's correct."

"Correct."

"Well, I sure hope most of these agencies come before my Appropriations Committee. Those numbers are readily available so I know the intent is to create a sure point access to make it very easy for them to report the numbers so the numbers…"

"…are available."

"Mr. Costello, we've already exhausted the number of speakers on this Bill. Thank you. Mr. Crespo to close."

"Thank you, Speaker. I'm just asking for an 'aye' vote. I think this is the right thing to do. Our liabilities have actually increased almost 100 percent in the last couple years. We sure hope we have a budget in place. I think having a budget in place would definitely improve the situation, but 10000041.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 in the meantime, I think it's extremely important that we keep track and we know in real time how much money is owed by the state. So, 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? Please record yourselves. One last time. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 70 voting 'yes', 40 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3488, Mr. Brady. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Brady."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Wallace."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"I just wanted to say to Representative Brady, thank you for working so hard with the Human Services Committee on this particular Bill. I know that we had quite a few issues related to the aspect of donating bodies to science. Can you speak a little bit to how you were able to come to an agreed upon Bill with the committee?"

"Well, I was thanking you for your hard work…"

"…on this Bill to remove some of the concerns that the Human Services Committee had. And I was wondering if you could walk people through the things that you put in place to help remove the opposition that was initially stated during your time discussing the donation of the bodies to science, et cetera."

"So, in total how many days will that body be saved…"

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

"How many days?"

"Okay."

"Thank you so much."

"Thank you. I appreciate it."

"Mr. Thapedi, we're still on the Amendment. Can you wait for Third Reading? Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Brady, you've already explained the Bill, correct?"

"Mr. Thapedi."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Leader Brady, could you explain where you actually came up with this idea to bring this piece of legislation forward?"

"'Cause obviously I'm a little bit… you know, it peaks my interest because you're talking about the remains of indigent persons and…"

"…I'm always concerned about historically what has happened to indigent people. While science is a wonderful thing, while medicine is a wonderful thing, while I encourage 10000041.docx 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 anatomical analysis, I want to make sure that bad things are not happening to indigent people."

"So, is this still accurate? And again, my analysis may not be up to date, but I do see three different opponents to the piece of legislation including the Illinois Funeral Directors Association. Does that still remain intact? Is this an accurate list?"

"Mr. Thapedi, are you finished? Mr. Brady to close briefly. We've already debated the Bill." 10000041.docx 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Last try. Have all voted who wish? Conyears-Ervin, Crespo, Harris. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 89 voting 'yes', 15 voting 'no', 4 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Resolution 100, Mr. Crespo. Mr. Crespo. Out of the record. House Bill 2589, Mr. Jones. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Jones."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2589 is a Bill concerning juveniles in the Department of Correction. This Bill, as amended, provides the Department of Children and Family Service assign a caseworker to attend any hearings and after… well, juveniles in aftercare. There was a fiscal note filed on this Bill, but House Amendment #1 took care of the fiscal note concerns. And the Department of Children and 10000041.docx 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Family Services is now neutral and in support of the Bill. I know of no opposition. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes. Yes."

"No. There's no opposition to the Bill."

"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. Batinick, Harris. Please take the record. There are 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 470, Mr. Davidsmeyer. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2390, Representative Kifowit. Please read the Bill." 10000041.docx 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Representative Kifowit."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is a Bill that pertains to hate crimes. In essence, what it does is it includes an educational component with regards to an individual who commits a hate crime. And it also talks about civil action."

"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 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3444, Representative Lilly. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Lilly. Out of the record. House Bill 2630, Representative Mah. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Mah."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the General Assembly. This Bill is simply a renewal… routine renewal of the Acupuncture Practice Act. Acupuncturists have been able to receive their license in Illinois for the last 20 years. This is simply a way to ensure that they will continue to do so. It includes some updates and modernizations with respect to 10000041.docx 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 the practice in… in modern health care. And I respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. McAuliffe, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed, Sir."

"That is correct."

"Yes. We are in discussions with stakeholders with regard to the trailer Bill which has to do with the… the expansion of the scope of practice for physical therapists to include dry needling. And we are in discussions to ensure that the Bills that are passed are satisfactory to everyone with regard to the specifics in terms of the educational requirements in training for physical therapists in… with dry needling."

"Yes. Every effort will be made to do that."

"Thank you." 10000041.docx 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Representative Hammond, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed. The Sponsor yields."

"That is correct."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 109 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2756, Mr. Fortner. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Fortner."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Fortner."

"Mr. Costello."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Can you tell me, is the Illinois Farm Bureau still opposed to the Bill?"

"So, there's a commitment to address their concerns in the Senate?"

"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? Mitchell, Zalewski, Olsen. Please take the record. There are 100 voting 'yes', 11 voting 'no. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1125, Representative Manley. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Manley."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 1125, this Bill simply extends the sunset date from April 30, 2017 to May 31, 2017. I'll take any questions."

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

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, K.: "Representative, we talked about this a little earlier today. This is a one-month extension to the current EDGE system we have in place now. Is the intention going forward we'll be able to continue working together to try and find a solution… a long-term solution to replace EDGE?"

"That is the intention." Wheeler, K.: "With that, I urge an 'aye' vote." 10000041.docx 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 107 voting 'yes', 3 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2572, Representative Jimenez. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Jimenez."

"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 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2028, Representative McCombie. Please read the Bill."

"Representative McCombie."

"Brief explanation, please."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative McCombie, did you just explain the Bill to us?"

"Those in… Mr. Andersson."

"Not so fast. Mr. Wehrli is recognized."

"Sponsor yields briefly."

"Do you wish to close, Representative, on your first Bill?"

"That was good. Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted 10000041.docx 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Conyears-Ervin, Cavaletto. Mr. Clerk… What's all the excitement? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Congratulations, Representative. Representative Ives is recognized."

"The record will reflect…"

"…your intention. Mr. Morrison is recognized."

"The record will reflect that intention. Mr. Olsen is recognized."

"Thank you, Sir. The record will so reflect. Mr. Sauer. Mr. Sauer does not wish to speak. Mr. Long."

"Record will reflect your intention. House Bill 3712, Representative Mayfield. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Mayfield."

"Yes. This Bill simply provides that DOC provide tablets with content-control information to inmates as either a privilege or as part of a reward program. I do notice that on our side of the aisle that the Department of Corrections is listed as an opponent. That is incorrect. They are actually neutral. I'll give you time if you want to text them, but they are actually neutral. And there are no… there's no opposition to this Bill."

"Mr. Andersson."

"That will be granted. Please proceed."

"Lady yields."

"As part of a privilege or a reward program through DOC and they are fine with that. Other states have done this. This is not anything that is new. This has been done nationwide through several counties. Some of them very conservative counties throughout the nation and it has served as a really good program. And it is content controlled."

"Correct."

"No. It is, as I said, IDOC's discretion who gets these. So, it's not every inmate that receives them."

"DOC decides who would receive them."

"That also is at DOC's discretion. They could be in the… in a secured room. Or they, depending on the level of security at that particular facility, you know, they may want to do that as opposed to just giving them to that individual to take back to their cell. But again, that's at DOC's discretion."

"There is no cost to the state."

"That's what the fiscal note… there was a fiscal note that was filed and there is no cost to the state. Probably because the tablets cost a lot less than the computers that are housed in the libraries."

"Pardon?"

"Well, but we're not mandating when they buy them. So, when they do their… computers have a shelf life of about five years. So, at that time, if DOC chooses to purchase the 10000041.docx 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 tablets, they can do so at that time. But we're not saying that they have to buy them today."

"Well, no. We are asking them to do it and they are fine with that. They like the idea."

"Right. They're neutral but, you know, here. Let me look. Hold on. 'Cause I do have my text message from DOC here. I'll be happy to read it and share it with everyone here. And it basically… it says, Representative Mayfield, IDOC's position on House Bill 3712 tablets is neutral. Sorry for any confusion in the analysis. And it is signed by Jon Gaeta, legislative liaison for IDOC. So…"

"Yes. They're neutral."

"So, meaning that they really don’t have an issue. They… they're not actively opposed."

"You're welcome."

"Representative Bryant."

"Sponsor yields."

"It does as part of a reward program, but it doesn’t say when they do it or how they do it. We want to be certain that we did not add that language. It just asks that they provide this as part of a… their incentive program. So, they were okay with that."

"Right. But it doesn’t require that they buy a certain number or that they give… require that they give them to a certain number of inmates. It does not require that."

"Representative Mayfield to close."

"This right here is a good program. It has been done nationwide in several counties throughout the United States. It has proved a very successful program as far as providing incentives for good behavior to inmates to help them on their road to rehabilitation and to becoming productive citizens. And 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? Hurley. Please take the record. There are 60 voting 'yes', 49 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2388, Representative Moeller. Representative Moeller. Please read the Bill." 10000041.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Representative Moeller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2388 is a… the product of a collaborative effort with the Department of Children and Family Services to provide information to families who are seeking child care services to provide information on whether a licensed child day care provider has been… has had their license revoked in the past or have… has been the subject of investigation for child abuse and neglect. Essentially, what the Bill does is it requires the department to provide on their current database that's accessible to the public information on whether a licensed provider or a former licensed provider has ever had a license revoked, suspended or surrendered under investigation of child abuse and neglect. This measure will give families the ability while they're doing research on child day care providers the assurance in knowing that they're… they’re not hiring or using services of a provider who may have been investigated or had a license revoked. There is no opposition to this Bill. I thank the department for their efforts in crafting the legislation. And I'm open to 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? Lilly, 10000041.docx 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Stewart, Batinick. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Demmer is recognized."

"Thank you, Sir. We shall do that. House Bill 539, Representative Stuart. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Stuart."

"This… this Bill will allow money saving measures. It will allow… sorry… county boards to appoint only three judges instead of five for an emergency referendum in odd-year regular Election or a special Primary or special Election. It… this will not apply to the two counties and seven cities that have board of election commissioners. I just think this is a smart, cost saving measure. And I would appreciate a 'yes' vote."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields." 10000041.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"This is for Primary Elections. I stated some of the times when it's already allowed."

"This would extend it. I'm sorry. I was a little unclear."

"For Primary Elections, yes."

"That depends on the county. But I know that there… there's a lot of work and time involved just getting those election judges and finding them to put in that time."

"Often difficulty, yes."

"Yes. Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. There are 99 voting 'yes', 11 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 140, Representative Williams. Please read the Bill." 10000041.docx 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Representative Williams."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill simply creates a single filing portal pilot program so that Illinois charities that wish to register with the state and also with… register with other states can use one single electronic filing system. Illinois is seeking to be part of a pilot program of 13 states and if all goes well, hopefully, this will streamline the filing for charities throughout the country."

"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? Lilly. Please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3773, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Willis."

"I recommend Floor Amendment #3 be adopted. And I'll discuss it on debate later, please."

"Without objection, those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk." 10000041.docx 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Same request?"

"Yes."

"Without objection, those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Willis."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is the Smoke Alarm or Detector Act. What it does is it updates some of the things that we've been doing. And it is a agreed upon Bill after much work by Members of the Fire Caucus. To give you some background, since 1988 all Illinois dwellings have been required to have smoke alarms or smoke detectors in them. Technology since then has changed and unfortunately, what we find is, in some of the older buildings smoke alarms are being disabled because of that annoying battery that beeps and gets in there. And people are taking the batteries out for other things. We have found that, unfortunately, Illinois ranks second in the most numbers of residential fires. Certainly in 2017. We had 42 deaths since January on smoke… fires in residential residence. This Bill will hopefully cut down those deaths by putting in a much more efficient smoke alarm into homes. We're asking for a smoke alarm that is a self- contained battery smoke alarm. We have gone and taken into 10000041.docx 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 account many, many concerns that people have. One of the things is that we have put in a five-year phase in period. We have also taken in… And we have made the fine permissive. If you are fined for not having the correct thing in your home and you can prove that you have updated it, the fine is taken away. One thing that I actually learned through all of this is that the standard old-fashioned smoke alarm actually only has a 10-year life span on it. So, this is going to actually, in the long run, save people money because these new alarms cost between 17 and 20 dollars and they do last for 10 years anyway. I urge an 'aye' vote. And I'm willing to take any questions."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Yes, Sir."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 102 voting 'yes', 7 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 649, Mr. Turner. Please read the Bill. Please put the Bill on the Order of Second Reading at the request of Sponsor, Mr. Clerk. And please read the Bill." 10000041.docx 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Leader Turner."

"Floor Amendment 2 is a technical… technical Amendment that just creates some… corrects some language in the Bill."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Turner."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Body. House Bill 649 is an initiative of the Cook County Sheriff's Office with the goal of reducing prison population and expediting the process by which individuals receive mental health treatment. The Amendment represents an agreement with DHS and there are no known opponents at this time. House Bill 649 amended creates a formal process for the sheriff of a designated correctional facility and the Department of Human Services to handle the custody of defendants found either unfit to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of insanity. 649 provides that when the court orders an individual placed in the custody of DHS, the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall send DHS the information necessary to evaluate the defendant within 5 10000041.docx 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 days. DHS shall evaluate the defendant within 20 days to determine which secure fil… facility to transfer the defendant to and notify the sheriff of the designated facility. Upon receiving that notice, the sheriff shall promptly transport the individual to that facility and must contact a specific, designated person within DHS. If DHS fails to notify the sheriff within 7 days, the sheriff shall notify DHS that the individual will be transported to the nearest, secure mental health facility. And within 2 business days of the sheriff notifying DHS that the individual is being moved to the nearest facility, DHS notifies the sheriff that the individual should go to another facility, the sheriff shall transport the defendant to that facility. Again, this is an agreed language from DHS and I appreciate the support with them helping me work through this Bill. And I'd ask for an 'aye' vote from our Members. Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Hernandez. Please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3794, Mr. Turner. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Turner."

"Mr. Speaker, can we take this Bill out of the record? Thank you." 10000041.docx 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 3464, Mr. Meier. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Meier."

"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? Ammons, Davis, Stuart. Please take the record. On this question, there are 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3419, Mr. Andrade. Mr. Andrade. Out of the record. Oh, Mr. Andrade was on the Republican side. Careful, Sir. Be very careful. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. Gentleman moves that the Bill go back to Second Reading for an Amendment. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill on the Order of Second Reading."

"Mr. Andrade."

"Thank you. There is Floor Amendment 1. I move for the adoption of Floor Amendment 1."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Andrade."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members and Gentlemen. Floor Amendment 1 has removed a lot of the opposition, but House Bill 3419 prohibits the state from doing business with or investing in expatriated entities that incorporate in foreign countries in an effort to avoid paying state and federal corporate income taxes and requires the Illinois Investment Policy Board to identify expatriate entities so that retirement systems can engage in shareholder activism and divest from expatriated entities if shareholder activism is unsuccessful. I know people are reading their analysis, so I just want to go through the… the CMS has moved to neutral. IRMA has moved to proponent; IMIA has also moved to proponent. And one of the things that this Bill does is also give the opportunity that, instead of direct and immediate divestment, there is a period of over a year that the pension board can work with the company and… and hopefully they can change their 10000041.docx 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 ways in order for the… so the pension board does not need to divest. I respectfully request an 'aye' vote. If… I'm sure there's going to be some questions and to move along, we'll just proceed with the questions, if…"

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes. What this does, exactly what the Federal Government does with the Department of General Services, Department of Defense. And that is correct."

"It is. It is costing tax dollars. It's cost the Federal… the Federal Government and the State of Illinois because they're avoiding to… to pay our taxes in the state."

"And that's why we've given the shareholder activism a period of over a year to work with these companies so it’s 10000041.docx 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 not a direct divestment. You know, in the procurement part we did exclude pharma… some of the pharmaceutical companies and the medical equipment."

"The only person that… entity that is still against the Bill is the Illinois Chamber. And the only reason that they stated they're against it is because, unfortunately, the Tax Code allows people to legally evade taxes, but that doesn’t mean that it's moral correctly to purposely evade taxes."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If I may, a question of the Sponsor."

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, there's been some confusion about this Bill. And let's see if we can't clarify it a little bit so that the folks on the House Floor get a good understanding of what it is. First of all, when we talk about an expatriated entity, that's a… that’s a definition, if you look at the Bill, that is pulled from the U.S… United States Code. Is that correct? We are referencing the United States Code as they define a foreign, inverted company, correct?"

"Yes." Harris, D.: "Okay. So, we are not doing anything that, in terms of definition on a company, that isn’t already done at the federal level?"

"No. We are using the exact…" Harris, D.: "Right." 10000041.docx 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"…definition of Homeland Security that the Federal Government uses." Harris, D.: "Right. And you talked about the shareholder activism on the part of the pension company. What you're saying is that the pensions… pension systems would have to divest themselves of a company that does this. However… however, there's a period of time where they could engage in shareholder activism to get the company to make a change before they have to divest. Is that correct?"

"That is correct. A year." Harris, D.: "Okay. And the… the… as I understand the… while the Chamber still has reservations about this, it's my understanding that the… the Manufacturer's Association is okay with this now. Is that correct?"

"Yes. They actually filed a proponent." Harris, D.: "Okay."

"And IRMA." Harris, D.: "Okay. Ladies and Gentlemen, just very briefly, if I may, to the Bill. When this Bill started out, with all respect to the speaker, it was a terrible Bill, okay? They have made substantial changes by this Amendment. What we are doing here or what this Bill does here comports to what is happening at the federal level and what the Department of Homeland Security defines as, what we would call, an expatriated company or a company which has engaged in an inversion. So, we're… we're not doing anything that is more extensive than what's being done at the federal level. I realize there may be some… some reservations about the Bill still, but I'm comfortable in urging and recommending a 'yes' vote and hope you would vote…" 10000041.docx 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Meier, Unes. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 79 voting 'yes', 28 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Feigenholtz is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the record reflect that Representatives D'Amico, Arroyo, and Kelly Burke will be excused for the rest of the day?"

"Thank you. Mr. Demmer."

"Thank you. House Bill 3909, Representative Conroy. Out of the record. House Bill 2762, Mr. Davis. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much. Floor Amendment #2 is just some clarifying language that was given to us by the Hospital Association that allows flexibility that when someone presents that the facility that they present is not immediately required to not admit them if necessary but allows them the flexibility to find the appropriate place for them to be taken care of, if one exists." 10000041.docx 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Davis, did you already explain the Bill, Sir?" Davis, W.: "Well, just a very brief explanation. So, what this Bill essentially does, it prohibits hospitals from enacting what appeared to be do not admit lists that they are… that are kept to sometimes suggest that if a… if a individual has presented themselves numerous times at a hospital or they may be difficult patients, hospitals unfortunately maintain lists that they will not admit an individual. So, this is essentially designed to prohibit those lists from being enacted. But again, allows flexibility that if someone presents at a hospital that there is an opportunity for that doctor to find the appropriate place for them to be cared for, if neces… if one becomes available."

"Mr. Hays."

"Sponsor yields."

"Please bring your remarks to a close, Sir."

"Mr. Davis to close." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I ask for a 'yes' vote."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Halbrook. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 103 voting 'yes', 4 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Turner in the Chair."

"House Bill 2953, Representative Evans. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Evans."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and the great Members of this Assembly. House Bill 2953 amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act, amends the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Act, and Local Mass Transit Act District. Basically, what this Bill does is it aligns the small purchase 10000041.docx 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 threshold for RTA, CTA, and local mass transit districts with the Federal Government. Number, the current threshold amount is 40 thousand. It would increase this amount to 150 thousand. I request your support."

"Chair recognizes Representative Ives."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Without question. This does not evade in any way the bidding process. It's just expediting the bidding process for these small purchases. We've all… many of you all have been in local government or your own businesses and buying ink or used things that you have to do over and over again, you can avoid the RFP process for the smaller purchase. We chose the amount to mirror the Federal Government amount because the majority of these transportation dollars are federal dollars anyway."

"Yes, without question, yes."

"Yes, without question. There's a standard process. The process helps minority businesses; the process helps expedite the process for these agencies. All this Bill is doing is increasing that amount because costs are going up and we want to keep the flexibility for our agencies."

"Without question. No oversight is avoided. It's just increasing the threshold." 10000041.docx 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Representative Evans to close."

"Thank you for your support."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2953 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 74 voting 'yes', 31 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2953, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Demmer is recognized."

"Thank you, Representative. House Bill 159, Representative DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative DeLuca." 10000041.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"I move to adopt Amendment #1. I can explain it on Third."

"Gentleman moves to adopt Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 159. 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."

"Mr. Clerk, please read this Bill for a third time."

"Representative DeLuca."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. House Bill 159 is titled Keystone Properties. And this is an incentive that is created for the benefit of a company that's looking to locate in the Village of Park Forest. They've i… identified a location in Park Forest after looking at other states. That this property within Park Forest works for them; however, it would require an incentive to make it financially feasible for them to make this investment of which will be $8 million to renovate the property and get the business up and running. It'll create 40 jobs initially with the potential of going up to 100 as they move along. And what the legislation allows for is, it's a 12-year incentive package for qualifying properties. The property must be greater than 10… 100 thousand square feet, greater than 5 acres in size, the structure must have been built greater than 30 years ago, the property must be vacant for no less than 5 years, and the property must not be located in a TIF in… a TIF district. And I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you." 10000041.docx 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Chair recognizes Representative Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, the Sponsor has really done an outstanding job of crafting a piece of legislation which is very narrowly defined to the piece of property in… in Park Forest. It is a unique piece of property that the… the developer, the business has already come in and said we're going to redo this entire building. It is going to create jobs, it is going to create some economic vitality in that area, which is really needed. What he did not mention was that this type of a procedure has been used twice before. Once for the redevelopment of the United Center and then another time up in Glenview when, apparently, the Glenview Naval Air Station closed. So, this is not precedent setting. Again, it's very narrowly crafted. I applaud him for the way he's put the Bill together. I urge… strongly urge a 'yes' vote on this Bill."

"Representative DeLuca to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And General Harris, I appreciate those comments. I'd also like to mention that we are in the process of receiving letters of support from the taxing districts in the area. They all… the village has already received a few letters and the rest will be forthcoming and I'll be having those available. And I also want to mention that there are some concerns on a few issues that I'm making the commitment to work on it in the Senate once it's over there and make sure that any of those concerns are addressed. So, thank you and I ask for your 'yes' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 159 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is 10000041.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 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 94 voting 'yes', 6 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 159, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2831, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is a Bill that's been worked on for some time regarding the encouragement of alternative energy and improvements by our local businesses. This would create a program where local communities, not mandated but optional, can provide dollars to local businesses that want to put alternative energy into their businesses and have the money paid back through their property taxes. There'd be assessments, appropriate liens, et cetera. And I do believe it's been worked out amongst all the parties. I know of no opposition and would ask your support."

"Representative Ives is recognized."

"Seeing enough hands, this Bill will be moved to the Order of Standard Debate. Representative Ives for five minutes."

"Sponsor will yield."

"I believe the answer to that question is, if these are not public projects then they would not fall under the Prevailing Wage Act."

"I gave you the best answer…"

"…I have, Representative. It is my understanding, I suppose someone could prove me wrong, but this is not a public project in the way that the Prevailing Wage Act defines it, I do not believe. And therefore, I believe it is not under the Prevailing Wage Act."

"I believe that lots of people around the table for a very long time, Representative, and I heard of no objection from any municipal sources of any kind as to the Bill. So, I'm quite certain that anyone who's covered under the Bill believes they can do it."

"Many of the traditional lenders haven’t provided loans for these projects. Additionally, this is win-win. It allows the municipality to encourage alternative energy and it allows the business to pay it back within their property taxes, thus creating a… a tax credit for them in a way that simply paying interest at the bank would not."

"Final remarks, Representative. Representative Ives, just complete your sentence."

"Representative Breen, do you rise in support or opposition to this Bill?"

"Please… please proceed, Sir."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"I don’t think there's anything in the Bill that would prohibit that. I do think though that counties and cities would want to get together and make sure that a particular business enterprise was fully capable of repaying the loan. Remember that this is voluntary. So, the previous speaker raised all sorts of issues that are really not relevant to 10000041.docx 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 this Bill. This is a voluntary program for municipalities to help expand businesses within their communities."

"However…"

"Representative, if I may just interrupt you…"

"…and I apologize. Remember that these municipalities have a lien on the property. So, the property has some value and so I presume that nobody's going to do these PACE loans for somebody whose property is not sufficient to cover the loan in the case of default."

"Representative, I'm sorry. I missed your question."

"That is correct."

"Well, certainly though when the scenario you've painted, and by the way, no one has brought this up, not that it isn’t an important question. But it's not like in the three or four years I've been working on this anybody has raised this as an issue they're worried about. But you would think in that scenario, the second municipality in line would make sure that they were covered before they went through the process."

"Representative Wehrli is recognized for a final minute."

"Sponsor will yield."

"A little moderate support and a little moderate opposition."

"This is not an SSA. And a municipality can do this on their own. They don’t… no one has to vote. Except a municipality has to approve it."

"The… you mean, the adjoining property owners?"

"It is for a single applicant. And the… the municipal board, whether it's a county or a city, will make a decision at a one by one basis."

"Representative Fortner is recognized."

"Sponsor will yield."

"That’s absolutely correct, Sir."

"That's a very good point. And additionally, if you take your comments and Mr. Wehrli's comments together, this doesn’t require a lot of oversight for all the other people that would be, let's say in an SSA. This is just one business, one location, one piece of property."

"That is correct except for larger residential buildings." 10000041.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"That would be correct, Sir."

Speaker Turner: "Leader Currie is recognized. I'm sorry. Representative Andersson, we've had three people rise in opposition or mild opposition to this Bill. Do you rise in support?"

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Representative Barbara Wheeler, we've already had three people rise in opposition to the Bill." Wheeler, B.: "I would like to argue that point. I think there were two in opposition. One was mild."

"Ives, Breen and Grant Wehrli." Wheeler, B.: "No, I believe Grant Wehrli was in support. He clearly made an excellent argument."

"I… I'm sorry. I apologize. Representative Barbara Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Okay. I would like to yield my time to Jeanne Ives."

"Representative Ives."

"Leader Lang to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was asked to read something into the record for legislative intent. Nothing in this Bill precludes a county or municipality for administering a PACE program on its own without involving a third-party program administer. Having… having heard the debate, I appreciate the debate, I appreciate the strong support on both sides of the aisle on this Bill. Let's remember this is voluntary. It's a voluntary program to help our businesses find alternative energy programs. It will create jobs, it will help expand businesses and it will encourage local communities to encourage these businesses to grow. All these concerns belie the fact that this is a voluntary program. This is about local control, local control, local control. And I sometimes find it interesting that people talk about local control on this floor and then when they have a Bill that deals with local control, they're AWOL. They're not interested in local 10000041.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 control when they have something else they want to say or some other philosophy they want to espouse. This Bill's about a voluntary program, local control, to help local business grow and save money on their energy costs. I would recommend an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2831 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 73 voting 'yes', 28 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2831, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Currie is recognized."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Dan Burke, Evans, and Williams are excused for the rest of the day."

"Thank you, Representative. House Bill 512, Representative Olsen. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Breen."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amen… Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 512. 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 that Bill for a third time."

"Representative Olsen."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 512 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 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 512, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2510, Representative Feigenholtz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Out of the record. House Bill 243, Representative Flowers. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Flowers."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 243 creates a program with the Chicago Police Department. And it's a training program for… with the Chicago Police Department and CPS. And I'll be more than happy to answer any questions."

"This Bill is on the Order of Short Debate. Representative Andersson is recognized."

"Seeing the requisite number of hands, this Bill is moved to the Order of Standard Debate. Representative Andersson is recognized for five minutes."

"Yes."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Yes. The purpose of House Bill 243 is to create a program in the schools that would encourage a relationship with the Chicago Police Department and young people. In Chicago, I'm sure you may be aware of the stories that's been in the newspapers. And a lot of the police officers have never come in contact with another African American or a minority before they became police officers. What this Bill intends to 10000041.docx 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 do is to merge or cause a relationship between the two so young people who aspire to be police officers can have an intern program at the police station and police officers can get to know the young people in the community and the young people of the community can get to know the police officers. Because there is a negative opinion about the police officers that the young people have and then there's a negative opinion that the young people have with the police officers. So, hopefully, House Bill 243 would try to do something that the police training program has not been very successful at doing because in order to train people to get along with other groups of people, you have to come in contact with them. You have… they have to be your neighbor. You have to go to school with them, you have to have some type of relationship in order to respect that particular community."

"It could be both."

"You know, when you think about training and intern programs in schools…"

"…kids go to school during the day and then for their job program or their intern program, they go to the site."

"This particular site could be at the police station."

"This is a statewide program and there is a Metro-East Cadet police initiative that started in… started last year. Chief Nicho… Chief Gailius is from Representative…"

"Right."

"Yes. It’s more than Cook, yes."

"No. it's not mandatory. There was an Amendment that took 'shall' and made it 'may'. Amendment #3."

"It’s okay."

"They don’t have to do it."

"It's my pleasure."

"Representative Costello is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I'm familiar with Chief Nick Gailius in Fairview Heights, the program that they run. It's a terrific program. It's really helped with relationships between the community and law enforcement. And I think this is a great Bill. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Pritchard is recognized."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Well, the funding is already in the Chicago Public Schools. That's number one. But also, the Bill calls for donations that can be made and scholarships that can be given. But this is not taking any moneys from the MAP program or any other entity."

"Given the opportunity, if you help me pass this one, you and I can work on the next one."

"Well, that’s good. So, you're…"

"…if that is the case, Representative, your schools need not apply. I am trying to address a problem in the area… in areas of this state that don’t have this type of program and that are in need of these types of services."

"Of course. There's programs and the Chief from Metro East came to testify that there are federal moneys to help subsidize and donate to this type of program." 10000041.docx 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Well, you know what, Representative, you shouldn’t speak for all the schools. And it's not a problem because I just stated that there are federal funds for this and people do donate and can contribute. And organizations who want to sponsor scholarships, they are at liberty to do so."

"Yes it is."

"My pleasure."

"Representative Crespo is recognized."

"Thank you, Speaker. The Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Flowers, I just want to make sure we're very clear on this. This Bill came before our committee twice. And I just want to make sure that everyone understands that this is not… it's not a mandate, correct?"

"I'm sorry, Representative. I didn’t hear you?"

"I said the Bill is not a mandate."

"No, it’s not a mandate."

"Okay. I want to thank you for making the changes. And I stand in support of the Bill. Thank you."

"Representative Flowers to close."

"Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I would appreciate an 'aye' vote on House Bill 243." 10000041.docx 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 243 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 91 voting 'yes', 7 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 243, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2376, Representative Flowers. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read this Bill a third time."

"Representative Flowers."

"Speaker, I would appreciate it if you would take this Bill out of the record."

"Mr. Clerk, please take this Bill out of the record. House Bill 3462, Representative Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Zalewski."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3462 extends the Pharmacy Sunset Act for two years. It was a collaborative effort with Representative Flowers. We… it sets up a pharmaceutical task force to address any number of issues. We 10000041.docx 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 are putting this sunset on a shorter program than we otherwise would because of issues raised in the public sphere about the issue of de… prescription discontinuation. So, this is a good Bill and I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 3462 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 101 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3462, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2439, Representative Parkhurst. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read that Bill a third time."

"Representative Parkhurst."

"Representative Andersson, this Bill's on the Order of Short Debate. Please proceed."

"Representative Guzzardi is recognized for two minutes."

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

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Parkhurst, really quick. Is this based on… has this happened? Is this based on a factual instance or is this preventing in the future?"

"Got you. Thanks, Representative."

"Representative Parkhurst to close."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2439 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 10000041.docx 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2439, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 795, Representative Halpin. Out of the record. House Bill 1785, Representative Greg Harris. Out of the record. House Bill 2878, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is an initiative of the Associated Beverage Dealers of Illinois… or the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois. And what it would do is make sure that any violation from the Liquor Control Commission is specific in the violation, as well as, it sets out a statute of limitations and it indicates that two years from the time that the Liquor Control Commission knew of it, they can bring a violation. I know of no known opposition. And the… the Liquor Control Commission is in support as well."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2878 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 85 voting 'yes', 17 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2878, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Currie is recognized." 10000041.docx 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Zalewski is excused for the rest of the day."

"Thank you, Representative. House Bill 3072, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Martwick."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 3072 is an initiative of the Motor Vehicle Ancillary Products Association. And it's… it's in the form of a trailer Bill to House Bill 1416 of the 98th General Assembly, which among other things, permitted service contracts to provide for protective chemicals, substance, device or systems installed on or applied to a motor vehicle…"

"Excuse me, Representative. This is the Amendment we're talking about."

"Pardon me?"

"This is the Amendment we're adopting right now."

"I apologize, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I do have to adopt…"

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1…"

"…Floor Amendment #1."

"…to House Bill 3072. 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 that Bill for a third time."

"Please proceed, Representative Martwick."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I apologize. I went right to the nature of the Bill. It was a gut and replace. So again, this is an update. There was a drafting error in the Bill that was written in 1998 that accidentally exempted vehicle protection products from the Insurance Code instead of the Service Product Act within the original provisions of the Bill. And so, this is now making some changes to bring this all into compliance. This is an initiative of the, as I mentioned, the Motor Vehicle Ancillary Products Association. It is supported by the Illinois Department of Insurance, Property Casualty Insurance Association and there are no opponents. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3072 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 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3072, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Lilly, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to rise and say I intended to vote 'no' on 2762, House Bill 2762." 10000041.docx 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you and the Journal will reflect your request. House Bill 2664, Representative Davis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill, 2664. Please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill. Thank you."

"Representative Davis." Davis, W.: "Mr. Speaker, I move to adopt Floor Amendment #1. This is a gut and replace. So, I move to adopt the Amendment which becomes the Bill and I can debate it on Third."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2664. 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."

"Mr. Clerk, please read this Bill for a third time."

"Representative Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. House Bill 2664 represents work from myself with the help of Representative Lilly as well as the Illinois Department of Transportation to try to better make… or should I say to make the relationship between contractors and subcontractors a little better. It suggests that under certain… certain circumstances that sometimes our prime 10000041.docx 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 contractors unfairly treat our subcontractors. And there is challenges there. So, what this suggests is that we are making sure that the relationship between the two works well and suggests that under certain circumstances when contractors either don’t pay or late pay or don’t pay our subcontractors, that they have recourse. But it also suggests that in certain circumstances, when the subs don’t perform appropriately that the contractors have a recourse with regard to them as well. So, that being said, I'll be more than happy to answer any questions."

"This Bill is on the Order of Short Debate. Representative Andersson is recognized."

"Sponsor indicates that he will yield."

"Representative Pritchard is recognized for two minutes."

"Sponsor will yield." 10000041.docx 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Representative Lang in the Chair. Pritchard. Mr. Pritchard."

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"This is what happens when you come in, in the middle of a Bill. I apologize, Sir."

"Mr. Davis to close." Davis, W.: "Ask for a 'yes' vote."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves, Members. The hour is late. Jesiel, Mah, Mitchell. Please take the record. There are 90 voting 'yes', 12 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Representative Manley."

"Point of personal privilege, please."

"You may proceed."

"Up in the gallery, if you would all welcome the very, very impressive and charming members of DuCAP, their leaders, Joe Johnson and Jimmy Barber. I just want to quickly tell you what their mission is. Uniting families within communities to resources, services, and education that will provide a positive impact to their daily lives and further promote a healthy environment in which children can live and grow successfully. Now isn’t that something. Welcome to Springfield."

"Happy to have you here. Thank us… thank you very much. House Bill 1560, Representative Mayfield. Representative Mayfield. Representative Mayfield. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Mayfield on the Amendment."

"I… which Amendment are we doing, #1 or #2?"

"Number one."

"Number 1 adds language that would extend out the warranty period and adds the approved language which just allows for the warranty to be in a separate document and then…"

"Those in…"

"…2 corrects it."

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

"Representative Mayfield."

"Floor Amendment #2 takes out the language that was not agreed upon and leaves in the language that was."

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

"Please read the Bill."

"Representative Mayfield." 10000041.docx 124  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"This Bill simply allows businesses to save money by not reprinting all of their forms to provide for the warranty language but allows them to do it on a separate form."

"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? Andrade, Lilly. Please take the record. There are 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 659, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In 2015 the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy was developed to implement Federal EPA plan that requires states along the Mississippi to reduce hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. The Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy calls for Illinois to reduce its nutrient dump into its rivers, primarily phosphorus and nitrogen, by 45 percent. This legislation anticipates the rules that will be necessary to implement the strategy and allows the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to participate in a nutrient trading program, if such a program is implemented under the strategy. I ask for your support."

"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 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the 10000041.docx 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3001, Representative Rita. Please read the Bill. Please put the Bill on the Order of Second Reading for an Amendment, Mr. Clerk. And please read the Bill."

"Mr. Rita."

"I move for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. It's a gut and replace… or #4, which includes the language for #2 but does a bunch of technical and drafting errors that were in the… in the Bill. And we could go on to…"

"Those in favor of the Amendment… Sorry, Sir. Didn’t mean to…"

"And if we could go on to the Bill after, when it's on Third Reading."

"That's what we're about to do, Sir."

"All right."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Rita." 10000041.docx 126  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Speaker. House Bill 3001 is an initiative… initiative of a constituent of mine which makes some changes in the way that security deposits are refunded. It makes some changes by adding words like 'postmarked' instead of 'mail'. It goes on to allow for a ledger of expenses instead of receipts due to a… a issue that happened with a constituent and how they returned a security deposit. It also has language that I worked with Representative Breen to tighten up that language so that it's not just everybody using the ledger and not providing receipts when they're not available. Be happy to answer any questions."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record, Mr. Clerk. There are 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1954, Mr. Brady. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Brady."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Brady, have you already explained the Bill?"

"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? Ammons. Please take the record. There are 99 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3298, Representative Scherer. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'm presenting 3298. It… we have a huge problem with substitute teachers and this will hopefully help alleviate that by refunding the state application fee after 10 days of service. I'm open to any questions and request an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Flowers. 10000041.docx 128  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Please take the record. There are 99 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3369, Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 3369 allows for the State Board of Education to make resources available for the teaching of high-skilled manufacturing in high schools and vocational education programs. I'd be happy to answer any questions and ask for its passage."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"No."

"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? McDermed. Please take the record. There are 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3371, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sims." 10000041.docx 129  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 3371 provides that required training in suicide awareness and prevention techniques shall last at least two hours, that training be included under the continuing professional development Section requirement… requirement under Article 21(b) of the School Code. I know of no opposition and ask for its favorable passage."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"That… that isn’t… that was not my understanding. My understanding was that the language clarification when we tweaked it, removed all opposition. So, that… that's news to me."

"There is no fiscal impact to my knowledge. This merely clarifies and codifies existing training requirement."

"I appreciate that. Thank you so much."

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Sponsor yields."

"Again, Representative, that… that… my understanding was that the language that we… the Amendment that we put in clarified and addressed all issues and concerns. This is… that was news to me."

"Representative, you know me and I'm always open to making sure that we continue to work together. If there are issues, we will certainly address them in the Senate and get the clarification necessary."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Sponsor yields."

"I've certainly talked to my school districts about the requirement. And let me be… let me back up. It's not a requirement. This is permissive language."

"So, it works within the existing professional development requirements that a school district already has and says that they can outline the training… training relative to suicide awareness. So, I'm certainly… I'm open to working with you or whomever about these issues. But again, this is… this is permissive language. This is not a mandate."

"Within the existing guidelines."

"That was… that was a recommendation that the training…"

"Please bring your remarks to a close, Sir."

"…that the training relative to suicide awareness would be for at least two hours. It is permissive language."

"Mr. Cavaletto."

"Mr. Sims to close." 10000041.docx 133  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think Representative Cavaletto's points to the Bill point to exactly why we're trying to do this. Our teachers are our front line making sure they see children on a day-to-day basis. And we want to make sure they have the tools necessary to prevent… prevent our children from engaging in these activities. If we can save one life, we've done our job. So, I'd vo… I'd ask for your favorable Roll Call."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 99 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3903, Representative Stratton. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Stratton."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3903 amends the School Code and provides that no student booking station shall be established or maintained on the grounds of any school. I want to express my extreme gratitude to my Cosponsors on this Bill for the broad-based bipartisan support and the willingness of the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Police Department, and the Illinois Chiefs of Police who have worked with me and the advocates to negotiate Amendments which would remove all of their opposition. I respectfully request an 'aye' vote." 10000041.docx 134  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Hernandez. Please take the record, Mr. Clerk. There are 100 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2937, Mr. Sauer. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sauer."

"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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 78 voting 'yes', 22 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received 10000041.docx 135  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Mr. Cavaletto."

Speaker Lang: "The record will reflect your intention. Representative Lilly."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I intended to vote 'present' on House Bill 2762 due to the conflict of interest."

"The record will reflect your intention. House Bill 3436, Representative Soto. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Soto."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3436 would allow parent and community resident members of local school councils, LSEs, within Chicago Public Schools to be employed by the Chicago Board of Education under certain conditions."

"Mr. Andersson."

"This will be moved to Standard Debate."

"Yes."

"Sponsor yields." 10000041.docx 136  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Well, I have the detailed analysis here. It says House Bill 3436 would allow parent and community resident members of local school councils to be employed by the Chicago Board of Education if the members assigned to work at one of the more attendance centers and it is not assigned to be spent in the majority of their employment at the attendance center for which they would serve as local school members. Currently, traditional public schools within CPS have LSEs, which are responsible for approving how school funds are… and resources are allocated. CPS has a student-based budgeting system which allocates funds to schools and per pupil basis. LSEs approve the school budget for the amount they receive from CPS as well as any local revenue primarily obtained for a leasing property."

"Correct."

"This would be at the… at the school they work at."

"Yes."

"So, I'm… can I just say, I'm carrying the Bill for Sonya 'cause she had a few Bills. So, I'm going to have her help me out on this 'cause I just picked it up from her." 10000041.docx 137  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"So, they would be part-time teachers and… it would be for substitutes."

"Yes. That is yes."

"Okay. So, we're not seeing this as a conflict of interest. Sometimes these teachers work part-time and they're substitutes. And some… they don’t have a lot of participation in the community sometimes or at the local school councils. So, this is a reason for this Bill because it would help then the school."

"Okay. Yes. I'm going to take it out."

"Thank you."

"The Bill will be taken from the record. House Bill 3644, Representative Stratton. Please read the Bill. Mr. 10000041.docx 138  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Clerk, please put the Bill on the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Stratton."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Amendment 2 simply added some additional appointees to the task force."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Stratton."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Members of the House. House Bill 3644 amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act to create the Trauma, Resiliency and Recovery Task Force under the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. It passed out of committee with bipartisan support. And I ask for 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? Members, please record yourselves. Flowers. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 53 voting 'yes', 48 voting 'no'. And do you wish Postponed Consideration?" 10000041.docx 139  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Postponed Consideration. Thank you."

"Thank you. House Bill 3447, Mr. Welch. Mr. Welch. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Welch."

"Mr. Speaker, House Floor Amendment #1 is a negotiate… is a negotiated Amendment with the public universities in this state. And I ask for approval."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3447 is an attempt that I think all of us would be pleased at. It is the creation of the Tuition Reduction Act of 2017. Our goal, when we do get a budget, is to bring our students back to Illinois. Bring them back to our public universities. Stop the out-migration and rebuild our public university system. The State of Illinois support for higher education has been cut by 1.39 billion or 41 percent from fiscal year 2000 levels when adjusted for inflation. This decrease in state support has resulted in higher tuition costs for all of our students, 10000041.docx 140  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 leading many to leave our state. The combination of increased tuition and the uncertainty surrounding the funding of the Monetary Award Program, the MAP program, must be addressed as well. And by creating the Tuition Reduction Act we will provide much needed assistance to our students. It will require that 50 percent of all new money over the fiscal year 2002 appropriation levels be used for tuition reduction assistance to our students. And I would ask that we all join in approval of House Bill 3447."

"This Bill's on the Order of Short Debate. Mr. Andersson."

"And it will be. Proceed."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is correct."

"That is… that's the number that the university systems felt very comfortable with. I initially had 2015 in the Bill, but 2002 is the number that everyone agreed upon. It was a high-water mark and if we ever reach that mark again, it's… it's the number that exceeds the 2002 number."

"That's correct."

"Yes."

"That's correct. And that $20 million will be distributed to the students of that university. And so, and the number of students is calculated based on the number of students that were in attendance after the 10th day after school has started."

"Correct."

"It just applies to in-state, the public universities here in Illinois."

"That's correct."

"Well, one of the things that we put in the Bill, and again, it was negotiated with the universities, was that this would be a… it's basically a pilot initiative. After four years it will be reevaluated to see if it's working. If it's not working, we'll do something else. I also wanted to point out that in the Amendment that we added to the Bill… the Bill, the increases in funding only apply to operations funding and exempt capital appropriations, pension funding, and health care contributions."

"That's correct."

"Yes."

"We're going to work together and help… hope to get that done."

"Thank you."

"This Bill is now on Standard Debate. We've had one in response. The next person in response is Mr. Wehrli."

"Sponsor yields."

"This is a… the goal is to bring back students to our public universities in the State of Illinois."

"Correct."

"I do not know that, no."

"I do not."

"The amount that we gave to universities in 2015 was the question?" 10000041.docx 144  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Well, I know between the years of 2008 and 2015, Illinois ranked 49th out of 50th in how we fund our higher education system."

"We do a horrible job."

"And we need to do a better job."

"We have had two speak in response. There are still six people who wish to speak. The next person in line is Representative Hammond."

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you, Leader."

"We've had three speak in opposition. Mr. Pritchard, I assume you're in opposition? Mr. Demmer, are you in opposition? I think you're in opposition. Mr. Reick, I believe is in opposition and Mr. Brady is, no doubt, in opposition. That… that… Mr. Demmer, who is waving."

"I'll let you ask some questions."

"Sponsor yields."

"So, the Amendment that we added to the Bill did four things. The threshold we changed from 2015 to 2002 because 10000041.docx 146  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 that was a significant contribution from the state to our public universities. The increases in funding only apply to operations funding and exempt capital appropriation, pension funding, and health care contributions. That was very important to the universities. The amount of students that receive the reduction is the number of students that are enrolled on the tenth day of class so that we don’t count people that have dropped out. This is a widely accepted standard in education K through college graduation. And IBHE again, we put in the Bill that it's going to be reviewed after four years. And you know…"

"…go back to the…"

"I think the language that's in the Bill addresses it."

"Well, the language…"

"You know, at the 2002 level was about $2.4 billion." 10000041.docx 147  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"And what's in the Governor's proposed budget right now is 1.76. That's a significant…"

"…level."

"So…"

"Mr. Pritchard."

"He will."

"Such as?"

"Well, I think we can continue those discussions. I think this is just one step of many that needs to be taken to get the cost of tuition under control. And I'd be happy to partner 10000041.docx 148  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 with you on the efforts to continue to improve our higher education system."

"I… I've only been told that the Illinois State University is opposed. And it was only philosophical. Illinois State said that they just didn’t believe the General Assembly should be telling them what do. And I… my response was, I think that’s exactly what we're supposed to do, especially when it comes to setting the policy that we want students coming back into our state and not out-migrating."

"Mr. Welch to close."

"Mr. Speaker, House Bill 3447 is the Tuition Reduction Act. It is a negotiated Bill with the universities and it takes into account many of the concerns that were raised here today. The fiscal year 2002 levels is the very critical mark that we should really be paying attention to because that's when the universities were funded at about $2.4 billion. This 10000041.docx 149  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 only kicks in if we do our job, get a budget, and fund them beyond the 2002 appropriation level."

"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, Members. Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 58 voting 'yes', 40 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present'. And the Gentleman moves for Postponed Consideration. Mr. Drury is recognized."

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

"Please proceed."

"I'd like to introduce some visitors we have to Springfield today. Up in the gallery on the Democratic side, we have two grandparents who were kind enough to bring their grandchildren down. I first want to introduce the grandparents. We have Bud Murdock, he's the former Dean of the Loyola Law School, and his wife Moni Murdock. They're both residents of Wilmette. And standing next to me, our Pages for the day, we have Sean Doyle from Chicago. He's a constituent of Kelly Cassidy. And Cara Murdock from Glencoe who's my constituent. Can we all give them a big round of applause and Springfield welcome."

"Welcome. Thanks for joining us on the House Floor today. House Bill 165, Mr. DeLuca. Mr. DeLuca. Out of the record. House Bill 3437, Representative Soto. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Soto."

"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. This Bill would require that CPS notify parents of students at a charter school of any impending closure at least 60 days prior to the closures."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Yes."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is… that is correct. So, in the past we had some 50 schools close in Chicago and a lot of families weren’t notified. So, we don’t want that to happen again."

"Yes, it does."

"And only charters."

"Only charters."

"Correct."

"None."

"Thank you."

"Representative Bryant."

"Sponsor yields."

"Oh, I’m sorry. Okay. It doesn’t do anything with homeschool."

"Representative Wallace, does not wish to speak. Representative Soto to close. Do you wish to close, Representative?"

"Yes. Thank you. Please, this is a good Bill. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Conroy, Mayfield, Sims. Please take the record. On this question, there are 90 voting 'yes', 8 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Currie is recognized."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Mayfield is excused for the rest of the day."

"Thank you very much. House Bill 2856, Mr. Unes. Please read the Bill." 10000041.docx 152  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Mr. Sosnowski."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Unes."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Conyears- Ervin, Mah, Mitchell. Please take the record. There are 98 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Currie is recognized." 10000041.docx 153  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Soto is excused for the rest of the day."

"The record will reflect that. Thank you. House Bill 1252, Representative Lilly. Representative Lilly. Out of the record. House Bill 3251, Representative Winger. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Winger."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative, you've already explained the Bill to us?"

"Representative Ammons is recognized." 10000041.docx 154  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you. Representative, can you back up just a little bit and explain a little bit more about the details of this Bill and the need for it?"

"So, I believe that there is already software that is available at retail to not only track individuals, but they can be used to track your children, where they drive. How does this differ from that and does this create a new class of penalty in this area currently?"

"And so, just a final question on this provision. Is there laws that exist similar to this around the country that you ran into as you was working on this for Illinois?"

Speaker Lang: "Please bring your remarks to a close, Representative." 10000041.docx 155  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"I'm sorry. Representative, just a final question is, were there other states that have similar laws like this or is this the first of its kind?"

"Thank you very much."

"Mr. Andrade, this Bill's on Short Debate, but if you're brief I'll let you speak. Thank you."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to… the Sponsor will yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"I just want to commend the Sponsor for working with ACLU, with COMTIA, Google, Facebook. We looked into this Bill and I just… there was a need for it because of the changing of the technology. And one of the… yes, there is software that exists right now but what the problem is, is that the software for tracking is being installed without the knowledge of the person and that would be… create the… the crime is that it's used to track them down. And one of the… there was a case that when the lady went to get a order of protection, her abuser actually knew she was getting an order of protection before and he would call her. So, that's what it's just trying to do is prevent the unintentional and… of stalking. That's why it's needed to be added. Thank you."

"The… Mr. Davis, this Bill is on Short Debate. Do you persist and I'll just put it on…" 10000041.docx 156  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Davis, W.: "I'd like to."

"…Standard Debate. The Bill's on Standard Debate. Go ahead, Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Representative, and I may have misunderstood… I'm right over here… the answer to the previous question. But at least in our analysis, it indicates that you are creating a new cyberstalking offense. Are you creating a new offense that then subsequently has penalties against someone that could be accused and prosecuted on this?"

"Mr. Fortner."

"Representative Winger to close."

"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. Conyears-Ervin, Gordon-Booth, Lilly. 10000041.docx 159  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Please take the record. On this question, there are 89 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 3 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Demmer is recognized."

"Thank you, Sir. House Bill 2545, Mr. Davidsmeyer. Mr. Davidsmeyer. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Mr. Sims."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, we talked briefly about the Bill…"

"…following the passage of the other. So, are you willing to work on the Bill in the Senate to try and figure out something combined where we can work on these two items together?"

"And in the interest of our continued civility within the chamber, I'm not going to ask you to pull the Bill from the record. So, we'll just work on this together."

"Absolutely. Absolutely."

"But, thank you, Representative. I look forward to working with you on this Bill."

"Representative Willis."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but my concern is you… you keep insisting that it is not going to cause any additional time in the training. Well, the only way that's going to happen is if you take something out of already what we have in this standard training time. So, what do you feel that's in this training right now that we're doing for our school employees that can be taken away?"

"Right. We're looking at two different things. You're talking about cost, which is free for the package of training, online training or whatever."

"But if you're going to do time…"

"…no matter what you're going to do, it takes time. You… you can't just say here's a book, read it, but it's not going to take time. It's going to take time. And in order to make sure that people are adequately trained, it's going to take time. Suicide prevention is such an important issue that we need to make sure that we have this in there and I think… you know, I probably am going to support your Bill because I do believe that suicide prevention and training for suicide prevention is important, but I question your thoughts on how it's not going to take time."

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"Well, I guess I'm still questioning your thoughts of while you're not calling it a mandate, it is going to be a mandate. And it is going to take time. Thank you." 10000041.docx 163  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"This Bill's on Short Debate. Mr. Davidsmeyer to close."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 96 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1273, Representative Mussman. Please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please put this Bill on the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Mussman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. So, House Floor Amendment #3 basically just makes modifications to the existing Pawnbroker Regulation Act. It does not change the underlying law. It just clarifies the language to indicate 10000041.docx 164  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 that when an investigation identifies the owner of stolen property, said property shall be returned to the owner at no further cost to them. But if the investigation is closed without finding the owner, the property in question shall be returned to the pawnbroker. I'm happy to answer any questions. There's no opposition at this time."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative, did you already explain the Bill?"

"I did. 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? Feigenholtz, Mah. Please take the record. There are 96 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3032, Mr. Butler. Please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please put the Bill on the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Mr. Butler." 10000041.docx 165  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Butler."

"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? Conyears-Ervin. Please take the record. There are 96 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2702, Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill." 10000041.docx 166  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is a bipartisan Bill. Leader Durkin and I, as well as Representative McAuliffe, sponsor this Bill. It regulates the issuance of closing protection letters by independent escrowees, individuals or business entities who are not title… title underwriters or title insurance providers. They do it now; and this clarifies for the department as to the ability of them to do that."

"Mr. Guzzardi."

"Mr. Speaker, will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Really quick, Jay. The Land Title Association is opposed to this. What's their beef?"

"They're opposed to it 'cause they would like to defeat competition in this area."

"Uh-huh. Okay. Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Breen, Long, McCombie. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 93 voting 'yes', 10000041.docx 167  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1910, Mr. Sosnowski. Mr. Sosnowski. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sosnowski."

"Representative Willis." 10000041.docx 168  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield? Actually, just to the Bill. I want to commend Representative Sosnowski. He has taken to heart all of our suggestions on this. We do have his commitment that they will be some tweaks that will be taking place in the Senate. That will take care of the concerns of the AFFI and the Ambulance Association. With that promise from him, I would also recommend to this Body that we do support this Bill. It also will be beneficial as I am also the Chair of the Mobile Integrated Healthcare Task Force, that is looking at how do we make sure that we have emergency medical services to those in rural areas and the rescue squad districts are integral in that. So, I do urge an 'aye' vote from everyone. Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. I'm sorry. That was an Amendment. Those in favor of the Amendment will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. I think we've had a thorough debate. Those in favor of the Bill will… Please read the Bill."

"How about now, Mr. Clerk? 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. The hour is late. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 92 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received 10000041.docx 169  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Mr. Reick."

"Record will reflect your intention, Sir. House Resolution 100, Mr. Crespo. Out of the record. House Bill 2367, Mr. Ford. Mr. Ford. Out of the record. House Bill 198, Mr. Guzzardi. Out of the record. House Bill 2762, Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis. Out of the record. House Bill 263, Mr. Harris. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Bill, it would allow families of those who may have been convicted of certain offenses to continue to receive TANF assistance. I would be happy to answer any questions."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"This Bill was on Short Debate, but I see a couple of lights on so I'm going to put it on extended debate. Representative Ives is recognized."

"Mr. Reis."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Ammons." 10000041.docx 172  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. This legislation is extremely important. Given the current state of affairs in a lot of our districts in relationship to people with severe heroin addiction and many who may have unfortunately been sent to prison for that heroin addiction as opposed to sending them to a rehabilitation center. So, there are thousands of Illinois residents who have had unfortunate addictions that have led them to do things that many of us would not think thinkable in a clear state of mind. But this Bill does change eligibility for those who come out of institutions with little to no resources or support. And because of the implication of policies, purposefully or not, that made this class of people subhuman in our society, we've denied them access to jobs, we've denied them access to housing, and now we deny them access to a very bare minimal level of support from the state. And so, this Bill is actually a critical Bill to provide a bridge for those who are coming out of our institutions attempting to reclaim their lives and to serve as good citizens of the State of Illinois. This actually is a very good Bill in line with what was talked about all week about providing people an opportunity to reclaim their lives. And if we believe that to be true and we don’t want to create a permanent underclass as we have since 1985, then we do want to begin to roll back the policies that make it difficult for people to just get by. Let me just tell you in closing that there is a gentleman who is on parole, who was released to our community, who at the same time were required to go and find employment, but he couldn’t find employment because there is a restriction on the number of hours for which he 10000041.docx 173  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 had to work with. And at the same time, he also didn’t have any money to provide basic necessities for himself to pay for that hotel for which he was paroled to. So, we have two problems going on. One, he doesn’t have housing. So, he has no resources or job and he can't pay for the basic subsis… subsistence living he has. And he doesn’t exactly qualify for state support. This is a good Bill to help people bridge that gap. And I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Harris to close." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen. I believe the Lady from Champaign summed up the intent of this Bill very correctly. That as folks come out of the corrections system, we are asking them to rebuild their lives, start new futures, but if we deprive them of even an opportunity to feed their family, to obtain employment and to go through a rest… restorative justice program, how do we ever expect people to do anything but what they are used to do to survive and take care of their loved ones. Ladies and Gentlemen, I think that this is a compassionate Bill. It is in the spirit of criminal justice reform and helps with the restorative process. I would 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. Feigenholtz, Rita. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 36 voting 'yes', 56 voting 'no'. And the Bill fails. Leader Currie is recognized."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Phelps is excused for the rest of the day." 10000041.docx 174  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Thank you, Leader. House Bill 3528, Mr. Rita. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Rita."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #1 becomes the Bill. If we could get it adopted, we can debate this on Third Reading."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Rita."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is an initiative of the Illinois Realtors. This Bill, as amended, is agreed. It makes some… a number of changes in terms of education and their licensures and obtaining a licensure. It's agreed by both the department and the realtors. I'd ask for its passage."

"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. Feigenholtz, Severin. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 94 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional 10000041.docx 175  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3374, Mr. Sims. Out of the record. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. House Bill 3750, Representative Stuart. Out of the record. House Bill 3514, Mr. Breen. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Breen."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Breen."

"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? Conyears-Ervin, Feigenholtz, Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 93 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3648, Mr. Welch. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill was actually brought to me by a constituent, but the more I looked at it, the more I liked it. Constituent had an experience with the Commission on Human Relations in the city. He did some research and found 10000041.docx 177  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 that non-lawyers were making actual legal decisions. And they were doing so without any deference to prior precedence. So, what this Bill does is it requires all commissioners who make decisions and issue legal rulings on pending cases be licensed attorneys to practice law in the State of Illinois. That's all it does. I'm not aware of… well, I do believe the City of Chicago's in opposition, but I ask for approval. House Bill 36…"

"Mr. Andersson."

"Representative Ammons, this Bill is on Short Debate. Are you speaking in opposition?"

"Slight."

"Slight opposition."

"Slight."

"Then you get to speak slightly. I'll give you 15 seconds."

"Thank you very much. To the Bill. To the Sponsor, just a clarifying question. So, on other commissions in the City of Chicago or even State of Illinois where they are making decisions and rulings in relationship to things that may not be within their… the individual's wheelhouse, how will this 10000041.docx 178  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Bill effect those by only allowing people with legal degrees to be on a commission of such?"

"This Bill only addresses the City of Chicago and the City of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations. They are issuing legal opinions and issuing monetary awards in cases and I believe that it's just appropriate that licensed practitioners are issuing these rulings."

"And so, where there are other Human Relation Commissions in other parts of the state that may not have people who are lawyers on those, wouldn’t you agree that this would impact the operations of those as well?"

"This Bill as written would not impact those. And I don’t believe there are any commissions that are directly analogous to this particular one."

"And so, does this particular commission operate differently from other Human Rights Commissions around the state?"

"I'm not aware of any that operate like this one."

"That has binding rulings. Is that what you're saying?"

"Correct."

"Okay. Thank you."

"Mr. Welch to close."

"I ask for approval of House Bill 3648."

"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? Feigenholtz, Harris, Hoffman, Hurley. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 93 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby 10000041.docx 179  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 declared passed. House Bill 531, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Willis."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill has gone through a lot of hard work by a lot of Members and a lot of organizations. This Bill is what we are calling the First Responder Criminal… let me grab it. I took my glasses off. Pardon me. It has been called the First Responder Endangerment Act. And we have gone and put this in as a Memorial Act to fire fighter Daniel Capuano, who was tragically killed in a respond to a building fire where the owner of the building was going through and doing renovations and had covered up that they were doing renovations, never got a permit and tragically fire fighter Capuano fell through a elevator shaft and was killed. And we found that there was no way to hold the building owner responsible to it on a criminal level. There's certainly an opportunity to do civil charges but no criminal charges. And so, we've gone and worked with many different agencies and we have gotten to where everybody is neutral on it. I did do a small change that I will be having unchanged over in the Senate for CMS to be then again neutral because we did put in there… they wanted in there that it was subject to appropriations to have them to secure the building. And we went round and round on it and we both agreed that it would probably be best to keep that in there even though we both know that they will probably still be doing anything to make the building as safe as possible if they could. I would 10000041.docx 180  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 request an 'aye' vote on this and take any questions as necessary."

"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? Frese, Lilly. Please take the record. On this question, there are 95 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Demmer is recognized."

"Thank you, Sir. House Bill 1853, Representative Jesiel. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Jesiel."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Jesiel." 10000041.docx 181  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"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? Harper, Sims, Stratton, Tabares. Please take the record. There are 93 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2626, Representative Fine. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill creates the Parental Rights for the Blind Act. It… oh, the Amendment takes away all the opposition. I'm sorry."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, this Bill creates the Parental Rights for the Blind Act. And what it does is it says that blindness cannot be the reason for denial or restriction of parenting time, allocation of parental responsibilities, foster care placement, or denial of 10000041.docx 182  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 guardianship or appointment. It's a nationwide movement of the National Federation for the Blind."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"That is correct."

"I… I'm sorry. I don’t understand what you mean by a special class?"

"That's correct."

"No. What they're saying is right now there are unfortunately legal cases pending where a child has been taken away for… from a parent for the sole reason that the parent is blind. And what we're… this Bill is saying is that is an extenuating circumstance but that can't be the only circumstance. There has to be another reason that a child is taken away from their parents except for their blindness. If 10000041.docx 183  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 this wasn’t happening nationwide, this wouldn’t be a Bill that we would be bringing forward. But unfortunately, it's a problem we're trying to address."

"I'm sorry. I still can't hear you."

"Well, but what we're seeing with this is, for example, a child might be taken away from a parent in the hospital. DHS might be called or DCFS might be called in for the sole reason that that parent is blind. And so, what this legislation is simply saying is there has to be an extenuating circumstance that that person is not fit to parent."

"Well, it's… it's for all actions be…"

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"If you must."

"Okay. Please proceed."

"I… it's… I believe it's both. Because it also has to do with when a couple goes to court if they're getting a divorce, when it comes to guardianship or who's going to have the rights to the child, that blindness cannot be the sole issue. Because what they're finding is a couple might be fine, they have a child, the blind parent is the sole parent who cares for the child and then all of a sudden there's a divorce and a custody case, and now blindness becomes the issue."

"So, what we're saying is blindness cannot be the only issue. There has to be another reason that that parent would be unfit."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Sponsor yields."

"No. That the parent is blind."

"Yes."

"What this is saying is that if the parent is blind, they can't be denied their parenting rights on the sole factor that they're blind. There have to be extenuating circumstances to show that they're an unfit parent. Unfortunately, there are cases pending in court right now where children have been taken away from their parents for the sole reason that they're blind. And so, we're not saying that because you're blind, you can't be an unfit parent, but that can't be the only reason that they're saying that you are not capable of parenting."

"Correct."

"Representative Fine to close."

"I ask for your 'aye' vote. Like I said, this is a national movement by the National Federation for the Blind and I'm hoping that we can resolve this problem here in Illinois."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 86 voting 'yes'; 6 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the 10000041.docx 186  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Demmer is recognized."

"We can do that. Thank you, Sir. House Bill 2898, Mr. Crespo. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker. Last year we passed Senate Bill 2440 which allows school support personnel to obtain a principal endorsement on a professional educator's license. The goal was to increase a pool of principal candidates. The Bill had a sunset date of June 30 and this Bill basically just removes the sunset date."

"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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 90 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3820, Mr. Crespo. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker. Senate Bill 3820 is a clean-up Bill for the State Board of Education, which makes changes to professional license requirements pretty much streamlining the process. Some of the cleanup includes such things as 10000041.docx 187  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 making it easier to renew technical licenses and brings the renewal process for school psychologist licenses in line with the process for other school support personnel. Happy to answer any questions."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Moylan. Please take the record. On this question, there are 93 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1896, Mr. Halbrook. Please read the Bill. There's an Amendment on this Bill. Mr. Clerk, please put the Bill on the Order of Second Reading and please read the Bill."

"Mr. Halbrook."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Halbrook, did you just explain the Bill?"

"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? Wallace, Drury. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 92 voting 'yes', and 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2469, Leader Feigenholtz. I may have said the number wrong. House Bill 2465, Representative Feigenholtz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Feigenholtz."

"Thanks, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment is a clean-up Amendment. It was agreed to by the hard work of the Department of Public Health. It allows Public Health to continue on their regulatory path for licensure. I'm happy to answer any questions…"

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Feigenholtz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a, as I said, the Amendment is also very much a part of the Bill. I'm surprised that Speaker Lang didn’t acknowledge that. So, this is a permit waver for physical plans. It requires SMHRs to attest to training, sets timetables. And I'd appreciate your support."

"Those in favor of the Bill say… will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Wallace. Please take the record. There are 93 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 173, Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House… House Amendment #1 amends the Public Aid Code and allows long-term care providers to wait until they've been reimbursed by the state for services rendered in a month before that month… that tax are due." 10000041.docx 190  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

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

"Mr. Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #2 is actually a gut and replace and it represents the agreement between all parties cons… all parties involved. And I'd ask for its favorable adoption."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I discussed the Bill briefly on Second. As I just mentioned, the House Bill 173 allows payments for nursing home assessments to be automatically delayed for any months… any month which payments have not been received by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. I'd ask for… I ask for its favorable passage."

"Mr. Andersson."

"Sponsor yields."

"So, Representative, my understanding is that the concerns that HFS raised were such that we could address them in the Senate. We'd like to keep moving the Bill forward and we do add and address those issues in the Senate."

"That is my commitment."

"Yes, Sir."

"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? Pritchard. Please take the record. On this question, there are 91… 92 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3709, Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Wallace on the Amendment. Mr. Sims, do you want to run the Amendment?"

"I'll run… I'll run the Amendment."

"Please."

"So, the Amendment removes the requirement that counseling services and psychotherapy to be provided so that an individual… but it also preserves the language that requires the counseling services and psychotherapy services to be 10000041.docx 192  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 provided in compliance with Professional Counselor and Clinical… Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sims."

"Thank… thank you, Mr. Speaker. I outlined the Bill… the Bill's contents on Second and I ask for a favorable vote… Roll Call."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Ives. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 93 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 1955, Representative Barbara Wheeler. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "I'd like to withdr… Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to withdraw Floor Amendment #1." 10000041.docx 193  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Amendment #1 is withdrawn. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr… truly thank you, Mr. Speaker. I've been waiting a long time today and my husband drove me here at 4:30 this morning. So, thank you very much. This Bill actually provides for nonparticipating and participating members of the Delta Dental Insurance practice professional entities and… or providers to be paid directly from Delta Dental. They also allow for the assignment of benefit clause of the policy that it can be signed by the patient."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Wheeler, have you already explained the Bill to us?" Wheeler, B.: "I did. If anyone has any questions, I'm happy to answer them."

"Mr. Breen."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Long."

"Representative Willis."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm sorry, Barb. I'm just a little confused on this. So, are we changing the practice of how the dentists are dealing with things? So, instead of the reimbursement coming to the patient, the dentist is going to wait for their payment from the insurance company? Is that what we're saying's going to happen?" Wheeler, B.: "Again, I can't… I can't really answer the question about the timing because I don’t know. What's going to change is…"

"Well, it's obviously not going to happen immediately at the visit if we're waiting for the insurance company to pay whether it's a week later or two weeks later or two months or a year later, right?" Wheeler, B.: "What this Bill does is make sure that they… out of network Delta Dental Insurance, not state employee, just anyone who has Del… Delta Insurance and chooses to go to an out of network dentist. Instead of Delta Dental sending the payment to the patient, the patient will sign off the assignment of benefits telling the provider… telling the insurance company the provider will get the payment directly." 10000041.docx 197  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017

"Okay. So, does it obligate the provider to accept this? What if the provider says, no, I want to… I want to be paid at the time of service instead? Does that… this still allow that provider… the provider the flexibility to make that determination?" Wheeler, B.: "You know what, that's… that's a really good question. We do not address that in the Bill. So, you're asking if they mandate… they assign benefits. And to the best of my knowledge the answer is…"

"I mean, 'cause you're changing the way a dental office does their practice. Because many offices might say you have to pay at time of service if you are out of network. And instead, you're saying, no, you can…"

"Please bring your remarks to a close."

"…saying instead, no, you can sign and it will come in and you'll be reimbursed by the insurance company instead of me being reimbursed as the patient and I'm just wondering if…" Wheeler, B.: "You bring up an… you bring up an excellent point. This is actually… they're out of Delta dentists in Illinois. 75 percent are in network, 25 percent are out of network. This is an initiative that comes kind of a ground… roots… grassroots effort from the dentists. So, both… the proponents of this Bill that have been on… you know, slowly but surely coming on in the last few days have been both in network and out of network dentists. There's also patients on that growing list of proponents. So, this is something that comes from the dentists. Something that I think Representative Long had said it. Representative Stewart had to leave, but his dentist was 10000041.docx 198  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 all about it. This is something the dentists want. Both in network and out of network because it actually improves the whole process for a provider to be able to bill for the work… services rendered. And also, there's an additional problem with having Delta pay the patient. If they do have secondary insurance, whether a spouse has additional insurance, without that explanation of benefits, that EOB, the dentist can't bill for that secondary insurance. So, there's not only the delay of payment and trying to get the payment from the patient now who's been paid and have already cashed the check, but then they aren’t able to process the secondary payment."

"Okay. Can I just ask you…"

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

"Yes. Just one final request of the Sponsor. Can you, as it goes over to the Senate, can make sure that it's not a mandate to the dentists, that they do have the option to deny if they so choose?" Wheeler, B.: "Ab… absolutely."

"Thank you."

"Representative Wheeler to close." Wheeler, B.: "I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Crespo. Please take the record. There are 93 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Members, on behalf of the Speaker, I would like to thank you for your cooperation 10000041.docx 199  STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 41st Legislative Day 4/28/2017 today. We passed a lot of Bills. And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House stand adjourned 'til Tuesday, May 9 at the hour of noon. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned."