"The House will be in order. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Bill Winston who is with Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park. Pastor Winston is the guest of Representative Ford. 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 Winston."
"Let us pray. Almighty God, our Father, the omnipotent and all-knowing God, the one who is greater than all of our differences, You are the one who has granted us life and given us the strength to be able to be here on this day. Now, grant us and our families and those who are in our service and the service of our military, the men and women and all who serve in this great place diplomatic immunity from all hurt, harm, danger and accidents. You said through Your prophet Jeremiah, call on me and I will answer and I will show you great and mighty things which you know not. Lord, we call on You. Now, give us the wisdom to lead, the compassion to be gracious and generous and the humility to learn and the courage to do what is right in Your eyes. Help us to rise above partisan politics of and do what is right in Your sight. Help us to embrace things that sometimes are even unpopular. Now, when we focus in on ourselves or when we fail to treat others humanely and with respect, forgive us, Lord. As we face the difficult days ahead, bring back to our remembrance, Lord, that You are the God that has been there before. And as you said to Abraham, is anything too hard for the Lord? You're the one, Lord, that took two fish and fed 20 thousand people. You're the one, Lord, that miraculously paid 10000055.docx 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 the tax debt with money from a fish's mouth. And you said this, I'm the same yesterday, today and forever. So, Lord, we are so grateful to be here on this great… in this great place and on this great land. Help us now to carry out the assignments that you have given us and carry them out with wisdom and provide us with the instincts that are needed to lead and to continue to be a beacon of hope not only to the state but of this nation and of the world. We are so grateful, Lord, to live in this land. May the state and this nation forever be blessed and be great. Lord, we pray this in the precious name of Jesus, Amen."
"Be led in the Pledge by Mr. Sommer." Sommer – 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 absence of Representative Drury."
"Mr. Demmer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please excuse Representatives Butler and Parkhurst today."
"Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 114 Members answering the roll and we do have a quorum. Mr. Clerk, House Resolution 302. Representative Wheeler."
"House Resolution 302, offered by Representative Wheeler. RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize 10000055.docx 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 these 14 students for the work they have done and wish them luck for the Aerospace STEM Challenge."
"Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like the General Assembly to acknowledge… if they'll stand up… from Nippersink… Nippersink Middle School and Richmond High School and their instructor Peter. On April 29 and 30, these 14 students completed an aerospace project and broke the world record for the highest radio-controlled airplane. These students have completed many years including a six-week training program, in which they learned how to put together a project of this nature by their instructor, Peter. Peter, can you wave? Paul… Paul, can you wave? I did it again. I did it all morning. Paul… learned to put together a project of this nature, how to fly a radio-controlled airplane, and how to read and understand the telemetry information sent back to the ground station of this aircraft. They built, assembled and tested three air vehicles… unmanned air vehicles that flew and broke the world's record at over 70 thousand feet. I'd like to introduce these students. Please wave when I say your name. Gerrit Kaup that's Paul's son, Jacob Minker, Maggie Ortmeyer, Eric Gordon, Hanne Nestler, Cody Lillge, Max Glaser, Austin Mazur, Luke Brumm, Nick Ross, Moss Johnson, Camille Husko, Vanessa Zaluski, and Rachel Stark. Thank… And of course, their parents who've supported them for years in this and have helped them and provided them opportunities. So, thank you, Paul and thank you, students. They broke the world record and I'm exceptionally proud of them and sharing them with Steve… Representative Steve Reick." 10000055.docx 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
Speaker Lang: "Welcome and congratulations. Mr. Reick is recognized."
"Again, I offer my congratulations. And all I can add to this is that no matter how high you've already flown, I hope that you never stop striving to fly higher. Congratulations."
"Mr. Fortner."
"Thank you, Speaker. I want to also add my congratulations as a retired physics professor who's taught many engineering students. As the father of an aerospace engineer, this is no easy feat these students have achieved. Just to put some context to it, that altitude of 70 thousand feet, well, that's roughly double where the commercial airliners fly when they fly between 35 thousand and 40 thousand feet. So, they're flying their craft at twice the height that you'd typically be flying if you were flying in a large commercial jet. This is a great achievement by these students and I really want to applaud them. Thank you."
"Thank you, Mr. Fortner. This Resolution has already been adopted, so congratulations. The Chair recognizes Mr. Riley."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"I just wanted to let the Body know we had a fantastic, inspiring message from Pastor Bill Winston, but what a lot of people don't know is that Bill Winston was a pilot in Vietnam and flew 250 missions over Vietnam. And I think we should acknowledge his service to his country."
"Well said, Mr. Riley. Thank you. Representative Jimenez, for what reason do you rise?" 10000055.docx 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"I just want to introduce the chamber to my family who is here today. We have Augie and Charlie, my twin boys who are four and my husband, José. And just a word of thanks to our families. I know that everybody makes a lot of sacrifices, but especially these guys. And they affectionately call this place the Castle, which is kind of a cool thing. Let's give them a warm welcome to the chamber."
"Welcome. We're happy you're joining us today. Mr. Welch."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"Mr. Speaker, I'd just like to introduce to the House my special Page for today. Today I'd like to welcome Sonya (Sic- Sadie) Edgar, who's an eighth grader about to enter high school, who has a very special talent of drawing. So, I'm hoping that she draws this chamber as she sees it today, but today, she is our Honorary Page. Let's welcome her to Springfield."
"Thank you for being with us today. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, HJR58, Representative McCombie."
"House Joint Resolution 58. RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Savanna-Sabula bridge as the 'Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge'."
"Representative McCombie." 10000055.docx 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Good morning, Speaker. Today, I'm joined by Senator Neil Anderson and ask the House to rise in honor of U.S. Navy Captain Dale Gardner. Dale Gardner was many things in his life. And I've been hearing stories and seeing signs and plaques of him throughout my time growing up in Savanna. He went to Savanna High School with my parents and several of those visiting us today and here in the Speaker's Gallery. Taking a long trip to join us today are some of his classmates. Dave Engaldo, who was instrumental in drafting this Resolution and his wife Kay, Ruth James, Penny Brown, Don Nichols, Bill Haas, who is also a veteran and also, Todd Swanson with the VFW Post 2223 and Paul Mayer with the American Legion Post of 148. Dale was much more than just a hometown boy from Savanna. He was born in Fairmont, Minnesota, on November 8 in 1948 and graduated in Savanna with the class of 1966 as a valedictorian. He then went on to the University of Illinois where he received his Bachelor of Science and Engineering and Physics and graduated with a 5.0 grade point average. Dale entered into the active duty into the U.S. Navy and graduated from basic naval flight officer training school with the highest academic average ever achieved in the history of the squadron. Dale then attended the Naval Air Technical Training Center for Advanced Training where he was selected as a Distinguished Naval Graduate and was awarded his naval flight officer wings on May 5 of 1971. Over the next several years of training and several awards, Dale was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January of 1978, where he directly reported to the Johnson Space Center. Dale Gardner served as the Astronaut Project Manager for the flight 10000055.docx 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 software in the space shuttle of the onboard computers leading up to the first flight of the shuttle in April of 1981. Dale was one of only 330 astronauts ever in the U.S. and he's logged a total of 337 hours in space and 225 orbits around the earth. In 1986, following eight and a half years with NASA, he returned to his Navy duties and was assigned to the U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs. He retired as Captain in October of 1990 and joined the private sector as a program manager in the Space and Defense Industry. In 2003, Dale Gardner was named the Associate Director for Renewable Fuel Science and Technology at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory where he retired January of 2013. Dale was obviously an extremely smart and giving man and he received many awards in recognition of his service. To name just a few, he received the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the NASA Spaceflight Medal and the Master Space Badge; and that's just a few of them. In memorial and celebration of Dale Gardner and his amazing life, I'm asking the 100th General Assembly to designate the newly constructed Savanna- Sabula Bridge crossing the mighty Mississippi River the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge. It is my honor to bring forth the request of his wife and family, who could not be here today, but of the Class of 1966 who is here to honor this classmate and man for his service and contributions to the United States Navy, NASA and the overall security of our great nation. Please join me in saying thank you to the late Dale Gardner, who died on February 19 of 2014, by joining me as Sponsors and passing House Resolution 58. And I would also 10000055.docx 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 like to ask Speaker Lang if he would be willing to consider a moment of silence in Captain Dale Gardner's memory."
"Body will take a moment of silence. Lady moves that all House Members be added as cosponsors. Is there leave? Leave is granted. 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? Burke. Please take the record, Mr. Clerk. There are 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And the Resolution is adopted. Thank you, Representative. Page 4 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Third Reading, Senate Bill 57, Representative Wallace. Out of the record. Representative Wallace. Please read the Bill. Representative, I understand you have one Floor Amendment that's ready to go and another one in the Rules Committee. Is that correct?"
"Oh, the other… Yes, I suppose so."
"So, out of the record?"
"Yes."
"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 67, Representative Williams. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 67, a Bill for an Act concerning alternative dispute resolution. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Williams."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. This Bill actually creates an innovative procedure in the Illinois Statutes, which provides for collaborative law opportunity called alternative dispute resolution in domestic relations cases. And it is agreed by everyone. It provides that on matters including custody, divorce that the parties can voluntarily 10000055.docx 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 agree to engage in alternative dispute resolution. And it's an innovative program that a lot of states are following and everyone that I'm aware of is in strong support."
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Crespo, Feigenholtz. Please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Davidsmeyer is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"I would like to introduce to the Body a friend of mine and a Page. Valerie Eyer is here from Jacksonville. She goes to the Illinois School for the Deaf. And her parents are, I believe, in the gallery, Glen and Gwen Eyer. They run a nice bed and breakfast in Jacksonville and the best cinnamon rolls I think I've ever had. So, I'd like to give them a warm Springfield welcome."
"Welcome to the Illinois House chamber. Thank you for being here. Senate Bill 100, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 100, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Leader Currie."
"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This measure would create a census Complete Count Commission in the State of Illinois modeled on activities in the State of California. 10000055.docx 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 That Commission was created by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The idea is to have a place where we can encourage Illinoisans to sign up, to make sure they are counted in the next decennial census. I would appreciate your support. The appointments are shared between the Governor and the Secretary of State. The experience in California shows that strong outreach particularly in communities where rural communities and others where there is likely to be a lot… a lot of people missing in the usual census can help. So, I'd appreciate your support. Happy to answer your questions."
"This Bill is on the Order of Short Debate. Mr. Andersson for two minutes."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"And Leader Currie, I have to apologize. The room was really, really loud. I could not hear your explanation. So, I have to ask you respectfully, could you give me the brief synopsis again of what we're doing here?"
"This creates a Complete Count Commission, appointments from the Governor and Secretary of State. The mission, just as Governor Schwarzenegger in California created the mission for that Complete Count Commission is to make sure there is adequate outreach. That people across the State of Illinois that are diverse populations are counted in the decennial census."
"It… is it distinct from the census itself?"
"This would be a Commission… a state Commission trying to make sure outreach to communities…" 10000055.docx 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Mr. Speaker? Mr. Speaker, I can't hear. Thank you. This would be a com… you're… you were answering my question and I could not hear."
"This Commission would be charged with the mission of making sure that as many Illinoisans as we can reach will be counted in the decennial census. So, it's a program of outreach. It's a program to try to encourage everybody to stand up and be counted."
"Is… is there any anticipated fiscal impact to this?"
"Sorry?"
"Any anticipated fiscal impact to this?"
"I think this would be subject to appropriation, so we would decide how much we would want to spend on this effort."
"And was there any opposition to the Bill?"
"Not that I understand. Not to my understanding."
"Thank you very much."
"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? Mr. Walsh. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 81 voting 'yes', 29 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 267, Mr. Hays. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 267, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Mr. Hays."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 267 allows for the continuance of a portion of the specialty license plates purchased by U.S. Air Force veterans to flow to the Chanute… 10000055.docx 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 thank you, Sir… to flow to Rantoul in honor of the former Chanute Air Force Base. The ba… the collections and curation of those collections are now being done by the Rantoul Historical Society. And this simply allows for the conduit for those funds to appropriately flow to that wonderful organization."
"Mr. Riley."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. This is a very, very important Bill, very important fund, going to a part of history in this state that not a lot of people think about. Many of you remember that Representative Hays and I presented a Resolution extending the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail from the end of my district all the way down to his. Because the Tuskegee Airmen have a rich relationship with Chanute because they trained there. So, I'm very proud to cosponsor this particular Bill. I overwhelmingly support it."
"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? Evans, Crespo. Please take the record. There are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bourne is recognized."
"A point of personal privilege, please."
"Please proceed."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If you'll remember earlier this week we had one of the art contest winners. My Page for the day is our other winner, Chloe Pastrovich from Litchfield. She has brought her art which features, in Litchfield our 10000055.docx 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 district, it's the last original drive-in on Route 66. So, all of you Route 66 Caucus Members you'll have to head down to Litchfield. Her family, she's joined by Mindy, her mom, up in the gallery, they actually own and run the drive-in. So, you'll have to come down and visit. So, if you'll please welcome Chloe to the Capitol."
"Welcome and congratulations. Senate Bill 282, Representative Gordon-Booth. Out of the record. Senate Bill 298, Representative Cassidy. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 298, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Cassidy."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 298 is a relatively simple Bill with no… no opposition that will provide additional information to consumers in making purchasing decisions. Many different service industries have price differentiation based on… on several factors that very often is breaks down upon gender line. This will simply require that these vendors provide accurate pricing information to customers so they can make informed decisions. And 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? Please record yourselves, Members. Andrade. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 102 voting 'yes', 8 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 317, Representative Gabel. Please read the Bill." 10000055.docx 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Senate Bill 317, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Gabel."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is sponsored by the March of Dimes. It addresses the issue of prematurity in our state. Premature babies are born more likely to have cerebral palsy, hearing problems, blindness. And what this does is it allows pharmacists to give shots to women who've had previous premature births. And it's very effective. It's finally the first drug that we have that can actually reduce the prematurity rate in this state. And I urge an 'aye' vote."
"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Harper. Please take the record. There are 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 396, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 396, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This legislation sets up a statutory scheme for regulating electronic bicycles. They're on the increase in terms of sales and… so this will allow our municipalities to regulate them."
"Mr. Andersson for two minutes."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields." 10000055.docx 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Representative Nekritz, just want to verify. Is there a fee associated with this process?"
"There's no new fee."
"There's no new fees?"
"There's no new fee. The municipalities can… can require registration and a registration fee for a bicycle whether it's gas, electric or pedal power already. And this just pulls the electric bike into that same regulatory scheme."
"Thank you for the answer to the question."
"Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 104 voting 'yes', 5 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 422, Representative Moeller. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 422, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Moeller."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 422 amends the Township Code to establish a very limited exception to the Illinois competitive bidding requirements. Under Senate Bill 422, townships would have the ability to waive the competitive bidding product… process when purchasing goods procured from another governmental energy… entity or equipment that was previously owned by some other entity than the township itself. Senate Bill 422 mimics language from other statutes governing local governments 10000055.docx 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 which allows those units of government to purchase used goods from other governmental entities without going through the competitive bidding process. This Bill came from Hanover Township, a township that I represent in my district. They would like to save the taxpayers money by procuring used equipment from time to time. And they are currently prohibited from doing that under current statute. I would be happy to answer…"
"Those… those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Ladies and Gentlemen, please record yourselves. Sims. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 77 voting 'yes', 33 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 449, Representative Chapa LaVia. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 449, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Chapa LaVia."
"All right. Speaker, there's a… there's a ghost in here that keeps on calling my name like Mr. Dunkin used to. Senate Bill 449 does two things. It changes the role the Illinois State Board of Education's Performance Evaluation Advisory Council. And it extends the sunset date on the PEAC from June 30 to Ju… '17 to June 30, 2021. Under the current law, the PEAC was created to assist ISBE in the rulemaking process and it needs to give a quarterly report. So, this is necessary. I'll take any questions, ask for its passage. Thank you." 10000055.docx 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"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? Sims, Thapedi. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Mr. Brady. For what reason do you rise, Sir?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, please help me welcome my Page and the Page for Representative Keith Sommer today, Savannah Rae Sleevar. Savannah is down here in front and she's a new graduate of eighth grade, heading to high school in Bloomington. And she's here with her mother, Michelle and her brother Nick, who's up in the gallery. Please give her a nice Springfield welcome."
"Welcome. Thanks for joining us. Mr. Long is recognized."
"Thank you, Speaker. I just wanted to go on record that House… Senate Bill 298 I intended to vote 'no' on that, please."
"The record will reflect your intention."
"Thank you."
"Senate Bill 567, Representative Scherer. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 567, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Scherer." 10000055.docx 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'm presenting Senate Bill 567. And this is a request from our… Macon County and the City of Decatur to help with the road improvements. I would answer any questions, 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, Slaughter. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 77 voting 'yes', 30 voting 'no', 3 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 584, Mr. Andersson. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 584, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Mr. Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a cleanup for the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Code of Civil Procedure providing for notice requirements and appeals on administrative… administrative appeals. It provides for the recording in the final order of who the parties of record are. That makes the appealment very clear. And then at the Appellate level, should there be a technical misnomer on the name, of an agency as long as it's in good faith that would not be the basis for a lack of jurisdiction dismissal. I'm happy to answer any questions and would request an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Ammons for two minutes."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields." 10000055.docx 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Thank you. Representative Andersson can you just back up a little bit and explain the change process that you're doing with the administrative rule?"
"Sure. So, at present, right now, when you are in front of say a zoning… zoning code, you know, a land who's planning codes, something like that at a local level or maybe an agency and you're… you're challenging a decision that they have made. Right now, it's very confusing who needs to be the parties of record. At times, courts have interpreted that to be just the agency that you're appealing from, at other times they've interpreted it to mean every person who's ever been a witness in the case. So, what we're doing is we're making very clear in the final order that the agency puts out, who the parties of record are so that if you're unhappy with the decision you know who you need to list on the Appellate record and say these are the… the defendants, so to speak."
"Okay."
"So, that's what we're doing at that step. And then at the second step when you get to the Appellate Court every once in a while somebody will make a typo. They'll say instead of naming the Village of XYZ, they'll say the Plan Commission of the Village of XYZ. Well, technically, it's just the Village 'cause the Plan Commission is the separate entity. In the past, that's been the basis for knocking peoples' appeals out completely so they never get their day in court. We're trying to make it more fair so that people are able to get their day in court."
"I just want to make sure it wasn't changed in the appeal process where people who did not have their day in court nor 10000055.docx 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 lengthening the time for which they could appeal their administrative hearing."
"No, in no way. This… this is absolutely making it better for those people who want the appeal 'cause they get tripped up."
"Okay."
"And this will eliminate that kind of gotcha trip up sort of thing."
"Thank you so much for explaining that."
"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? Andrade, Feigenholtz, Mayfield, Rita. Rita. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 588, Mr. Stewart. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 588, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Mr. Stewart."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 588 is a TIF extension for the Village of Milledgeville in rural Carroll County. All the taxing bodies support this. There's no opposition. And I'd ask for your support."
"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? Cassidy, Sims. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this 10000055.docx 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 question, there are 108 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 589, Mr. Phelps. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 589, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Mr. Phelps."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is an initiative of the Illinois State Dental Society, Dave… our good friend Dave Marsh; does four things. Creates a new designation for dental assistants, stipulates the procedures, clarifies their education requirements and allows them to remove various orthodontic appliances. Passed the Senate 55-0. I ask for its passage."
"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? Flowers, Sims. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 609, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 609, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For those of you that have heard of constituents who have utilized the PTAB appeal process and then been caught in that for many, many years. This will provide some… well, while P… caught for many years while 10000055.docx 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 PTAB's making a decision, this legislation will allow them to reduce the number of appeals that they have to go through while PTAB is making that decision. And I believe this is a would be taxpayer-friendly proposal. And I would urge 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? Willis. Please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes'… excuse me, Mr. Clerk… 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 626, Mr. Davidsmeyer. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 626, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Mr. Davidsmeyer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 626 simply allows the director to waive any staffing requirements for short-term, for nursing homes who are actually trying to find the… the requisite number of nursing staff. They have to prove that they're working towards fulfilling the numbers, but this makes sure that they're not getting fines while they're in the process of training new nurses and searching for new nurses."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; those opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Ammons. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, 10000055.docx 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 636, Representative Mayfield. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 636, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Mayfield."
"Thank you so much. This right here is an initiative of Baxter Healthcare which is in my district. And it just basically removes a provision that requires them to have a pharmacist at their warehouse. The drugs are shipped from a warehouse in another state that does not have that same distinction… requirement and then they are just basically just sitting there in a warehouse and then they are shipped from an individual's home from there. I'll take any questions."
"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Davis. Please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 641, Dan Burke. Mr. Burke. Out of the record. Senate Bill 669, Representative Mayfield. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 669, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Mayfield."
"Thank you. Senate Bill 69… 669 provides for a referendum question to be placed on the ballot in 2018 asking voters if they would like to have a county chairman. And if 10000055.docx 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 that response is to the affirmative, then we would have the election in 2020 which is the time when we do most of our… the majority of our county board members are elected at that same time."
"Mr. Sauer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Thank you. Representative Mayfield… Representative, what's the rationale for the… for the Bill being presented today from the Senate?"
"Lake County is the remaining county in the counter colleagues… counter counties that does not have an elected chairman…"
"Okay."
"…districtwide chairman."
"Thank… Yes. And that is true. And as someone who's been a former county board member in Lake County, I agree. I actually believe that we should be matched with the remaining collar counties and we should elect countywide."
"Yes."
"The question I have though is it something that the state has done in those other collar counties to create a mandate to make sure that the election is done at the county level or was it an initiative of the county board or the citizens of the county?"
"I don't know. You can answer that."
"I don't know the answer to that."
"I don't know the answer either." 10000055.docx 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"I guess currently I believe there are two ways that you can go about doing it and the county board can decide to make a resolution to have an election countywide or you can have a citizen petition that's done for the Bill. So, Mr. Speaker, this is actually a very important issue for my… for my district and for our county. I would ask that this be moved to Standard Debate."
"I see sufficient hands. The Bill will be put…"
"Thank…"
"…on the Order of Standard Debate."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Representative Mayfield, I understand the… the reasoning behind doing this Bill and as I said before, I think it is a good idea to have a countywide election. I have some concerns over it though that there are two avenues that can already be employed and that we can do it at the local level to move this forward. Lake County has a balanced budget. It has a AAA bond rating. It is bipartisan. And actually 21-0, there was a vote, a resolution passed in the county 21-0, Republicans and Democrats, to keep the election and keep the structure of their government in this current… current standing. So, I guess I… I would go back to… I have some major concerns… To the Bill. I have some major concerns over this and I would ask that the Body vote 'no' on this at this time and that the local level determine how they can go about electing a chairman with their own initiatives as opposed to it coming from the state as a mandate."
"Okay."
"Mr. Welter."
"Does the Sponsor yield?" 10000055.docx 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Sponsor will yield."
"To the Bill, Mr. Speaker. As a former county board chairman, it was often discussed in my county, the county of Grundy if the chairman should be elected at large by the voters or by the county board when they reorganize every two years. There are currently, as the former speaker talked about, two avenues in which the voters can go about making change and one of those is the county board voting by the members of the board to place on the ballot a question of whether the county board chairman should be elected at large. The other option is if citizens in that county feel the need to have a countywide elected chairman, they can petition by getting the required amount of signatures to place on the ballot to also then vote on this. I don't think it is our place to be controlling the locals. I believe this is a local control issue. The locals should have the ability to do this. And I think that's where it should be done not here in this chamber. So, I would urge my colleagues to please vote 'no'."
"Mr. Reick."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Let's go to the Bill. My… my county, McHenry, voted to have direct election of the county board chairman. One of your former colleagues is now our county board chairman. And I have a question, if the county board itself voted 21-0 to leave things as they are, what business is it of ours to inject ourselves when the referendum option is available and which speaks more plainly to the will of the people of Lake 10000055.docx 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 County? I would… I would urge a 'no' vote on this Bill. Thank you."
"Mr. Batinick."
"The previous speaker had my point. Thank you."
"Representative Mayfield to close."
"Thank you, everyone. And I definitely take into consideration your pointz. I do want to point out that there are two options. You're absolutely correct. We can do voter signatures, but we've known… the Governor did that twice. He tried to do it with term limits and he tried to do it with district… redistricting and that failed. And if we couldn't do it at the Governor's level, it's not going to happen at the county level. So, that's not even a valid option for our taxpayers. I'm sorry. And as far as the referendum, a referendum was passed in February by the county board and I'm going to read from that referendum. It says, whereas, numerous counties have utilized referendum to allow voters to decide if the position of county board chairman should be… should be elected directly by the voter and whereas, Chairman Lawlor, he's the current chairman of the Lake County Board, seeks county board support to amend Senate Bill 669 to require a voter regi… referendum in 2018. The Bill does require a voter res… referendum in 2018, so we've met that condition. And then it says, whereas, Lake County is the only remaining collar county that does not elect a county board chairman directly by voters during November General Election. Transitioning to a countywide chairman should be done by a voter referendum, okay and, which is what I am trying to do and we're trying to do it in the November General Election. 10000055.docx 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 That's exactly what the Bill does and it mirrors what the referen… I'm sorry… the… the resolution that was presented back in February by the county board. It has a lot of this similar language. So, I'm asking for an 'aye' vote. Thank you."
"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 61 voting 'yes', 50 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 675, Mr. Evans. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 675, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Mr. Evans."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and the great Members of this Assembly. Senate Bill 675 amends the Vehicle Code by doing the following. It's an omnibus, so I'll go through some of the things that the Bill does. This legislation clarifies the definition of 'essential parts'. Will certify the legitimacy of parts used in specialty constructed vehicles. The vehicles will not be issued a VIN number unless there are receipts, documents of purchase. The legislation further allows Secretary of State to cancel driver's license or permits if it is determined someone has assisted in out-of-state residents requiring an Illinois driver's license from participating in any fraud activity. This is an effort to curtail fraud and to address out-of-state residents who obtain driver's license erroneously. Finally, this 10000055.docx 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 legislation creates penalties for unlicensed driver training schools. The Bill makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense. There's no opposition. I request your support."
"Mr. Unes."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"Representative, we had some debate in committee on this Bill, particularly there was some confusion on the genesis of where Amendment 2 came from."
"Yeah. I think it's pretty clear. We discussed it; it exempts the City of Chicago. It came from the City of Chicago. I adopted the Amendment because I worked in local government in Chicago and they have a very aggressive businessing department… licensing department that addresses many of these concerns. I'm not sure what they have around the state. So, to keep the great legislation moving, we keep exempted the City of Chicago. And my intention is to continue to talk to the city and see how maybe a subsequent legislation they'll be included; or I'll work with you to discuss what the city does specific to some of these concerns."
"Representative, I know that you're trying to reduce fraud and that's the intent… the intent of the Bill. Did you… was the fraud that was brought to you was it from… within the City of Chicago?"
"It's an initiative… like I mentioned before of the Secretary of State. So, the initiative of the Secretary of State the City of Chicago was concerned that some of the things that's requested they're already addressing through 10000055.docx 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 their various departments. So, we exempted them and as mentioned, we'll continue to talk to them. They're open to being added, but felt as though it was duplicative to put the City of Chicago in."
"So, the City of Chicago now that we know is the genesis and is exempted, they would… it was their idea, too, for the $10 thousand per day fine?"
"Again, this is an initiative of the Secretary of State."
"But… but Amendment 2 is the… is the fee or the fine in Amendment 2?"
"Yeah. My understanding is… the only initiative initiated by the City of Chicago was them being exempted, nothing to do with any fines. The legislation is all the Secretary of State's initiative. They're exempt from the entire Bill. So, it was all of it. The city is exempted. I don't want to… you can ask… you can ask a lot of questions. The city is exempted. Whether or not you want the city to be exempted or not is a different conversation. I plan to continue that conversation to be added in, but the city is exempted. And what $10 thousand a day fine? I don't… there's no $10 thousand a day fine. That's why I'm looking through my sheet. I don't know what you're talking about."
"Representative, our analysis is reflecting that fine in Amendment 2."
"Representative Unes, we talked about this in committee. There's no opponents. I'm not sure… I… we can talk offline and continue the conversation. The city is exempted because they're already addressing these issues. I'm not sure about 10000055.docx 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 the $10 thousand fine. It was never brought up in committee. I just… I have no idea. I'm not looking for it."
"Mr. Davidsmeyer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor yields."
"You've obviously… I'm sure you've heard the term what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Obviously, there was an opponent before you exempted the City of Chicago, correct?"
"I wouldn't want to say the word 'opponent'. It's a little too strong. I think they had some concerns that they're already addressing these matters through their various business departments and that they've addressed it through ordinance. It… and I… I kind of disagree with you a little bit what's good for the goose and gander because I don't know if my… I represent the City of Lansing and Calumet City. I'm not sure that they have large departments that address these matters. I'm not sure about your town, but Chicago is a little bit different. So, what they're saying was that they already addressed many of these things in ordinance…"
"Yeah."
"…in their business licensing department and they do it aggressively. I've seen them close businesses."
"Yeah."
"So, their concern was let's exempt us and continue the conversation because it's already addressed, it could be duplicative."
"See, you know, the way I see it is my… my constituents don't have full-time lobbyists down here to look 10000055.docx 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 at these Bills and see all this stuff. My concern is you're pushing something that originally came from the City of Chicago… I know you said it came from the Secretary of State, but it probably came from the City of Chicago. If they are already doing these things, then why should you not require it of them?"
"Again, I understand, you know, anyone who's concerned about the Chicago versus downstate. This is just not one of these issues. You've used terminology saying that you feel and I want to be crystal clear, like I mentioned in committee this is an issue that was brought by the Secretary of State. It's a negotiated omnibus issue. I would hope that no one tries to make this a City of Chicago issue. This is not the case and I'm trying to come across as a reasonably honest person. I've expressed to you that it's not a City of Chicago initiative and I hope that you'll believe me and we can move forward."
"No. And I'm not saying it's an init… an initiative from the city. I'm just saying it's a Legislator from the City of Chicago exempting his own city and forcing regulations on the rest of the state. It just… it doesn't look good. If this is good for the State of Illinois, we should require it of everyone in the State of Illinois. We need to stop exempting areas especially if you say they're already doing these things. If they're already doing these things, there shouldn't be any concern."
"Again, I think…"
"And I… and I respect you."
"Yeah." 10000055.docx 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"I just want to say I… you know, we worked well together, so this isn't an attack on you. I just have a concern with… with things being forced on my constituents that aren't being done to yours."
"But that's just not the case and I've already explained it to you. And I want to be crystal clear 'cause I think we have a misunderstanding. I've already expressed to you that the City of Chicago, the business licensing department, aggressively goes after these similar things that would be potentially duplicative. That's why they asked to be removed. I don't know what every other town is doing. We can further that conversation summer… next Session…"
"But…"
"…but the City of Chicago is already doing many of things that's listed based off the fact that they have departments."
"So…"
"And it's just a larger municipality, that they're already doing many of these things. It was discussed with the Secretary of State. That's why they asked to be removed, but if… you can believe what you believe. I'm just giving you the facts based off of this… this Bill itself."
"No. And here's the facts as I see them. You're… you're giving the City of Chicago local control and you're forcing this from the state on everybody else. So, what if the City of Chicago decides to no longer do this? And I'm not saying they ever would, but they have the ability to say we don't want to do this anymore. And they wouldn't have to abide by these requirements that are good for everybody else but apparently not good for Chicago. And that's the concern that 10000055.docx 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 I have. I'm not saying it's bad legislation. I'm saying if you have City of Chicago exempted from this, I will be a 'no' vote. That's all I'm saying. And I'm not against you; I'm not attacking you. I just don't think it's right on a piece of legislation that exempts the one population center of the state. I… if they're doing it already, good for them, but I think they should abide by the same requirements that the rest of the state has. If we're going to push it down from the state level, they should be good for everybody or good for nobody. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."
"Representative Ives."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I'm not going to belabor the point because Representative Davidsmeyer did a great job. But this is the same type of Bill that we saw last week where you have a Chicago Legislator running legislation for the entire rest of the state and exempting Chicago. And I spoke up about that Bill last week, too. So, as soon as Chicago wants to join the rest of the state, then maybe we can get something done here. But otherwise, people should vote 'no' simply on that fact alone. That if you're going to exempt Chicago, then we're going to go 'no' on that… this legislation. Vote 'no'. Thank you."
"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A question of the Sponsor?"
"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Thank you. Representative, I'm a Member of the committee that heard this Bill and I know that it came out on a… a 5-4 vote, but I don't remember a lot of the discussion about the Bill, so help me out. Is the… and I looked at both 10000055.docx 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 the language of the Bill as well as the analysis… the analysis indicates that the business shall be fined $10 thousand for each day that it conducts business in this state with a revoked or renewed business license. Is that new language?"
"That, to my understanding, is not new language. Speaker, take the Bill out of the record."
"Mr. Clerk, please remove the Bill from the record. Senate Bill 683, Mr. Rita. Mr. Rita. Out of the record. Page 15 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading, Senate Bill 1730, Leader Turner. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1730, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Turner, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Turner."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the chamber. Floor Amendment 1 becomes the Bill. And I'd like to just adopt it and discuss it on Third Reading."
"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1730, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Leader Turner."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 1730 removes the provision from the Renters Financial Responsibility and Protection Act which sets an artificial cap of 13.50 per full 10000055.docx 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 or partial 24-hour rental for a collision damage waiver. 1730 will allow… will permit the market to determine the price of collision damage waivers and is necessary because the average new rental car has increased from 17 thousand to a little over 20 thousand dollars. This will put us in line with 40 of the… 47 other states. The collision damage waiver is completely optional. And I'd ask for the Body's support."
"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Have all voted who wish? Conroy, Thapedi. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 101 voting 'yes', 10 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 6 of the Calendar, under Senate Bills-Third Reading, Senate Bill 701, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 701, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Right now, our municipalities are… when someone retires, are required under law to pay for unused vacation time within a certain set period of time, but when they do that, that then exposes them to the pension spiking statutes and so they… and they… and requires them to pay this… the pension attributable to that unused vacation time in three years. This, I think… you know, there are many municipalities who would prefer to not have that be part of the pension, but that's the way the law is set up. So, this would allow them to pay that over 30 years. If they want, 10000055.docx 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 they can pay it more ba… pay it back more quickly, if they like."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 701 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 701, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Turner in the Chair, by the way. Representative Welter, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Mr. Speaker, on Senate Bill 1730 I would like the… my intent was to vote 'yes'."
Speaker Turner: "The Journal will reflect your request, Representative. Senate Bill 730, Representative Severin. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 730, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Severin."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I offer Senate Bill 730 for the chamber's consideration. The Bill seeks to extend the Petroleum Education and Marketing Act. The current law has the Act set to expire on January 1 of 2018. However, Senate Bill 730 seeks to extend the Act another 10 years to January 1 of 2028. The Act is governed by the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board who works under the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. With that said, I ask for an 'aye' vote. And I'd be happy to ask… answer any questions. And I'm basically sort of nervous." 10000055.docx 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 730 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 110 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 730, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 751, Representative Stratton. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 751, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Stratton."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 751 assigns the cost of collecting a debt to the debtor for specifically for non-real property taxes or fees just like in other fines or sanctions and costs. It unanimously passed the Senate. There's no opposition. I respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 751 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 109 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 751, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 757, Representative Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 757, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this Senate Bill." 10000055.docx 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 757 eliminates the requirement of… that the student's SAT scores must be on the student transcripts and gives that discretion as to whether they cannot… not to include that to the school districts."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 757 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 757, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Lang, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, in November of 2014 Governor Rauner was elected Governor of the State of Illinois. Shortly after that, he embarked upon trying to learn about the Members of the House and Senate and called many of us in to meet with us, to learn about who we were, what we were all about. During my meeting with the Governor or the Governor-elect at that time, he said to me, Representative, you've been here a long time, what makes a good Governor? How do we move forward? How do I become a good Governor for the State of Illinois? And I told the Governor what I would tell any Governor which is that his res… major responsibility is to follow the Constitution, to understand that we have coequal branches of government, that the Executive Branch of government is no more important than the Legislative Branch 10000055.docx 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 of government and that we're supposed to be partners in government each working with the other to accomplish our goals. And he asked me for good and bad examples. And I started with a bad example, Rod Blagojevich. Rod Blagojevich didn't choose to work with the Legislature. Rod Blagojevich started day one making the Legislature his enemy and blaming us for whatever he did wrong. That was unfortunate, but his failed Governorship had much to do with his relationship with the General Assembly. And then, Governor-elect Rauner asked me who makes a good Governor? Who was a good Governor? And I picked the Governor of his own Party. I picked George Ryan. Now, George Ryan has had certainly legal troubles, but as Governor of the State of Illinois, he knew how to work with the Legislative Branch of government. And I pointed out to Governor-elect Rauner that during the period of time that George Ryan was Governor, we had no difficulties doing budgets, we had no difficulties negotiating Bills, we had no difficulties getting our work done. And I said that was because he understood the General Assembly, perhaps, it was because he came from the General Assembly and there was no learning curve, but nevertheless, he worked with us. We accomplished our goals. And during those years, we did fairly well here in the relationship between the Legislative Branch and the Executive Branch of government. And he thanked me for that and then a few weeks later was inaugurated and immediately embarked upon making the Legislature his enemy. He immediately took the wrong road. If he had taken the right road, we'd have had a budget in 2015. We'd have had a budget in 2016. And we'd probably be finished with our work in 2017. 10000055.docx 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 His failure to do his job; his failure to read the Constitution; his failure to attempt to work with all of us whether on the Minority side or the Majority side is the reason we are where we are today. Fast forward to just this month, you heard Leader Currie more than once on this House Floor talk about the letter that was written to the Governor's Office urging him to meet with a negotiating team from the Speaker's Leadership team, people who are veterans in the House, people who are willing to talk about any issue on the Governor's agenda. Not only was that rejected, but then the Governor's Office attempted to meet alone with Leader Currie who of course rejected that effort. And now, we learn, as I announced yesterday, that the Governor's Office has been slowly trying to pick off people a couple at a time on this side of the House Floor. I want to let you know, Governor, it didn't work. It's not going to work. Democrats stand united in our effort to get the budget to the goal line. Democrats stand united in our desire to work with you, Governor Rauner, to finish the work of the people. The primary job that we have in State Government is to accomplish our budget, to do the work of the people. The efforts by the Governor to bring non-budgetary items into the budgetary process happened because he doesn't have a Majority in this chamber or in the other chamber. We know that. And we understand that the Governor wants to use it as leverage to get what he wants. We understand that, too. And I guess if I was Governor in the same situation, I would make the same decisions he has made, but that wouldn't make it right. When people are hurting, when our state universities are crumbling, when people who 10000055.docx 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 have Autism or mental illness can't get service, when social service agencies are closing, when people are losing their jobs and yes, when people are leaving the State of Illinois, not because of term limits and not because of redistricting, but because State Government can't get its act together as a result of the Governor's stubbornness, then we have a problem. And I said on the House Floor yesterday and I say again today, there are two ways out of this and only two ways out of this. The Governor can decide to be the Governor for all the people of the State of Illinois and help us take this ball to the goal line and quit moving the goalposts, or we ask our friends on the Minority side of the aisle to join with us and say to the Governor once and for all, we know you're the Governor, but we have greater responsibilities than your personal political agenda. We have greater responsibilities than your efforts to demean the middle class of the State of Illinois. We have greater responsibilities than to sit by and watch you allow our state university system to crumble and allow thousands of our students to go to other states and hundreds of our faculty from our state universities to go to other states simply because the Governor won't bring this to a conclusion. And so, the challenge to all of us and the challenge to the Minority Members in the House of Representatives is, if you're not going to do one or the other of those things, if you're not either going to insist that the Governor of the State of Illinois do his job nor are you going to work with us to do a budget and tell the Governor, we've agreed on this budget, Governor. You can do what you want, but we're going to override it because we know this is 10000055.docx 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 the right budget for the State of Illinois. If you're going to do neither of those things, then you're willing conspirators with the Governor in keeping us from doing the work that the State of Illinois is supposed to do. That the State Government of the State of Illinois is supposed to do and we ask and we challenge you again today and we will day after day, join us. Not just as we heard on the floor yesterday we will meet with you anywhere, anytime, anyplace, that's okay. But not if at the end of that meeting, you're going to run down to the second floor to get permission to vote on Bills. We need you to join us. We need you to finish this job with us. We need to do a budget for the people of the State of Illinois. Every Member of this chamber, yes and the Minority Party as well, have a responsibility to do this job and not hide behind the skirts of the Governor of the State of Illinois. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."
"Chair recognizes Representative Demmer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"It's now becoming a daily tradition that just before adjournment we spend moments of the few precious days we have left in this Session, making political speeches about the Governor. But what's important that we, as Members of the House of Representatives remember, is that the responsibility for passing legislation lies with us in this chamber. Every day the letter has been cited that the Speaker appointed Members of the Democratic Caucus to negotiate on these issues. That's great. Leader Durkin responded and identified myself, Representatives Bellock, Brady and Hammond to meet with those 10000055.docx 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 Representatives from the Democratic side to talk about those very issues. After all, the responsibility for voting on legislation lies with us, Representatives, in this chamber and not with the second floor. We remain willing to meet with your negotiating team anytime, anyplace. We, as your colleagues, are ready to work together with you. If you don't feel any longer that the working group is the approach to take, okay, we can have Leadership involvement. Leader Durkin has extended the opportunity to meet with Speaker Madigan and we've not heard back on that. Let's meet in some way though. We don't need to exchange letters with one another. We're looking at each other right now. We're standing face to face. Let's have Members of both sides come together and meet. We can walk off the floor right now and meet. If that's not acceptable, let's have Leader Durkin and Speaker Madigan meet. We don't need to every day invoke political attacks against the second floor as an excuse for why things aren't happening. The opportunity is with us and we as House Republicans have extended the opportunity for working groups to meet together, for negotiating teams to meet together, or for our Leaders to meet together. Don't abdicate the responsibility that we have as Representatives. Let's get this done anywhere, anytime, even right now. Thank you."
"The Chair recognizes Representative Thapedi."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just heard anywhere, anytime, correct? There's a backroom right back there. There's a backroom right back there. Go. No one is stopping our Leadership teams from doing it right here, right now, in one of those two backrooms. Thank you, Mr. Speaker." 10000055.docx 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Representative Reick is recognized."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"While we stand to work, which is hard, I would remind the Gentleman from Chicago that words are cheap."
Speaker Turner: "Senate Bill 789, Representative Fine. Representative Fine. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 789, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Fine."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This legislation simply clarifies the language in the Illinois Highway Code. It says that local municipalities can use the motor fuel tax for any transportation project that they see as fit for their community. This includes public transit improvements, improvements for pedestrians, bicycles, or infrastructure for electric vehicles."
"Chair recognizes Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."
"So, Representative, we're increasing the flexibility for which motor fuel tax funds can be utilized. Is that my understanding of the… the core of the… the Bill?"
"Correct. It says it has to be used for transportation purposes. But it just better defines what those transportation purposes might be and gives the community that flexibility they might need to decide what transportation projects are necessary in that area." 10000055.docx 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"How does this fit with the… with the lockbox Amendment that we… that the people of the state recently enacted?"
"Correct. It's… it fits exactly into the lockbox Amendment because this money can only be used for transportation."
"It… it does, but it looks like it's talking about publicly or privately owned electric vehicles, which is not precisely… I mean, I get that those are transportation vehicles, but my interpretation of a lockbox was it's for infrastructure."
"Well, and that's correct. And that would be the infrastructure for these vehicles, especially the public vehicles that need to be, perhaps, plugged in somewhere."
"So, we're talking about like the… the charging stations…"
"Correct."
"…and things like that? And is there any fiscal impact to the state based on this?"
"No. None that I know of 'cause this is all motor fuel dollars that are already going to the local communities."
"I think IDOT typically administers the MFT programs. Are they in favor of this? Oppo…"
"They're neutral on the Bill."
"They're neutral. Any opposition to the Bill?"
"I… None that I know of. The Metro Township Association, but I have not heard from them so I don't know what their opposition is."
"Metro Township is opposed, but they haven't contacted you?"
"I don't know why. I have not heard from them." 10000055.docx 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017
"Okay. Thank you very much."
"Chair recognizes Representative McDermed."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor indicates that she will yield."
"One of the concerns that was raised in committee, Representative, was the fact that if we give this authority to localities and they choose to use it for some of these alternatives, we're in a position where none of the dollars, theoretically or realistically, could be used… would be used for roads and in fact, all of the dollars could be used for some of these alternatives for the electric plug-ins, for bicycles or for mass transit, leaving a community, for example, like Kankakee, where there are a lot of mass transit needs and not as many dollars, without any money at all for their roads. How do we address that concern?"
"Well, that would be up to the local municipalities. And my hope would be that they would do best for what is important in their community. So, if the roads or bridges need to be fixed, that would be the top priority."
"My concern is that all the folks that voted for the Amendment, the lockbox Amendment, thinking that their dollars were going to go to improve their roads and bridges are not going to be in a position where they have electric plug-ins and bike lanes and mass transit. But their roads are no better than they ever were. Thank you."
"Representative Fine to close."
"I ask for your 'aye' vote, please."
"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 789 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting 10000055.docx 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 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 67 voting 'yes', 42 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 789, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."
"Agreed Resolutions. House Resolution 435, offered by Representative Butler. House Resolution 436, offered by Representative Reis. House Resolution 438, offered by Representative Slaughter. House Resolution 439, offered by Representative Ammons. House Resolution 440, offered by Representative Gabel. House Resolution 441, offered by Representative Stewart."
"Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolutions are adopted. Members, Democrats will caucus immediately following adjournment in Room 114. And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House adjourn until Sunday, May 28 at 4 p.m., Sunday, May 28, 4 p.m. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House is adjourned."
"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of House Bills. House Bill 4056, offered by Representative William Davis, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. First Reading of this House Bill. Introduction of Resolutions. House Resolution 437, offered by Representative Parkhurst. And House Joint 10000055.docx 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 55th Legislative Day 5/26/2017 Resolution 61, offered by Representative Kifowit. These are referred to the Rules Committee. Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills. Senate Bill 1417, offered by Representative McAsey, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Senate Bill 1606, offered by Representative Andrade, a Bill for an Act concerning State government. Senate Bill 1707, offered by Representative Lang, a Bill for an Act concerning health. First Reading of these Senate Bills. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned." 10000055.docx 49