Illinois House Floor Debate — November 14, 2019

"The House will be in order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Wayne Padget, the Assistant Doorkeeper and happily married man. Members and guests are asked to refrain from… we haven't recognized his new status. Congratulations, Wayne. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off cell phones, and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Wayne Padget."

"We will be led in the Pledge of Allegiance today by Leader Crespo." 10100071.docx 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Harris is recognized to report any excused absences on the Democratic side of the aisle."

"I am not aware of any excused absences on the Democratic side of the aisle today, Madam Speaker."

"Well done. Representative Spain is recognized to report any excused absences on the Republican side of the aisle."

"Have all recorded themselves who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There being 115 Members answering the roll call, a quorum is present. The Clerk is in receipt of Motions in Writing to waive the posting requirements for several Bills. If there is leave, we will take these Motions together in one Motion. Is there leave? Leave is granted. Leader Harris on the Motion."

"Madam Speaker, I move that the posting requirements be waived so the following Bills can be heard immediately in the Executive Committee. Senate Bill 1639, Floor Amendment #2 and House Joint Resolution 93."

"Leader Harris has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the posting requirements are waived. Members, the House plans 10100071.docx 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 to stand in recess while the Executive Committee meets in Room 118. Leader Willis, for an announcement."

"Immediately following the Executive Committee, the Democrats will caucus in Room 114."

"Representative Spain, for an announcement."

"In case you didn't hear that, the House will be in recess while the Exec Committee meets in Room 118. Democrats will caucus in Room 114. Republicans will caucus in Room 118. And when Executive Committee has adjourned you'll be notified. The House stands in recess to the call of the Chair. The House will be in order. Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

"On page 3 of the Calendar, Senate Bills on Second Reading, Senate Bill 1756, Representative Morgan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Morgan."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a technical cleanup at the request of the Illinois Department of Insurance. It does two things, it cleans up the PBM Act, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Act that we passed this spring. One, incorporates by reference something that should have been incorporated in the Insurance Code. And secondly, cleans up the language of definition of an HMO, a Health Maintenance Organization, instead of Managed Care Organization, which again, is not defined in the Insurance Code. So it's purely technical. I know of no opposition. And ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Chair recognizes Leader Batinick."

"He indicates that he will."

"Correct, that is the underlying Bill. And…"

"Yeah, I don’t have those vote totals in front of me, Representative. But certainly this is a Bill that was a bipartisan Bill, was supported by both chambers in an effort 10100071.docx 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 to really tramp down… tamp down some of the abuses in the PMBM world that we see."

"Not necessarily. Honestly, this is purely technical and this is two limited things and it changes definitions. It does not touch any of the substance of the Bill and I don’t see any reason why anyone would oppose it. Again, this is at the request directly and solely of the Department of Insurance's cleanup."

"No, the underlying Bill was of a totally different subject, so I have no idea."

"No, that’s a good question. I did not carry that Bill, so I couldn’t speak to all of the opposition. I think, again, the reason that it was bipartisan is everyone shares the goal of pushing down some of the drug… prescription drug costs that we see in the state."

"Representative Morgan to close."

"Ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1756 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those 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 10100071.docx 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 record. On this question, there are 110 voting in 'favor', 5 voting 'opposed', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5, House Resolution 579, Representative Stuart. Representative Stuart is recognized."

"Thank you. This Resolution… actually I have to give credit for the work on this. This came from Bridget Cory, who I have with me today. She was formerly my LA and now many of you may recognize her, she works in our research staff and helps them at… helps them out. But she wanted to make sure that we were doing what we can in the State of Illinois to bring awareness to multiple sclerosis, known as MS, a disease in which the insulating covers of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. Two point three million people have been affected globally by MS. Some of the signs and symptoms are double vision, blindness, muscle weakness, sensation trouble, and coordination trouble. There is currently no known cure for MS, although a lot of work is being done on that behalf. This is near and dear to me because Bridget was diagnosed in May of 2017. After loss of vision and some hand and foot numbness, was able to be diagnosed through an MRI. So, we wanted to make sure that we're doing what we can in Illinois to bring awareness. She was joined earlier today by her mother but after our long way away from the floor she was not able to still be here to see this happen. But I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Stuart moves for the adoption of House Resolution 579. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' 10100071.docx 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 have it. And the Resolution is adopted. The Chair recognizes Representative Ammons."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. I had intended to speak on the Resolution."

"Please proceed. I apologize, Representative."

"Just earlier this year, my daughter was diagnosed with MS and she lost her vision while she was driving her… my granddaughters to day care. And I had not even heard of it. And I knew something was wrong but I didn't quite know what. And it's usually misdiagnosed until you get to the point where you literally lose your vision and the operation of your limbs. And so, this is a very important Resolution to me certainly and my family. And I thank you. I want to be added to this Resolution, Katie, and would like to figure out what we can do to help people who, in many cases, their jobs don't realize that they are suffering with a very severe illness and refuses to assist them in those circumstances. And so, I appreciate your recognition and thank you, Representative Stuart."

"Thank you, Representative Ammons. I apologize again, and we will all be praying for your daughter. On page 3, Senate Bills on Second Reading, Senate Bill 730, Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill.

"Third Reading. Oh… excuse me, Representative Williams on the Amendment." Williams, A.: "Yes. The Amendment makes a small change and some cleanup language is added. I'm happy to discuss it on Third."

Speaker Manley: "Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments? Representative Williams moves for the adoption of the Amendment. All those in favor vote… say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution… excuse me… and the Amendment is adopted. Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Williams." Williams, A.: "Thank you, Madam Chair. This Bill is a trailer to Senate Bill 75, which was a bipartisan and bicameral initiative that was to address and create some positive changes in order to address harassment, bullying, and other ethics issues. We passed it in the spring, I believe, unanimously. So, this Bill just does a couple things at the recommendation of the Executive Inspector General, for example. We wanted to clarify the intent in a few areas. First of all, we do… in the original Bill we allowed the complainant to have his or her interview recorded and to supplement evidence throughout the process. In order to ensure integrity of investigation, we reiterated this piece and this was recommended change by the Executive Inspector General and will ensure that the investigations in the final summaries are done with independence and the integrity of the investigation is preserved. In addition, there is a 10100071.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 requirement in the original Bill that the complainant keep information confidential. We've added language to ensure that the confidentiality requirement applies not just to the complainant but also to the respondent, to ensure all parties adhere to this requirement. There is a small change regarding the amount of time that the Attorney General's Office can file an ethics violation with the EEC. And that's basically kind of the overall view and happy to answer any questions."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 730 pass?' All those 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 this question, there are 116 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And in the opinion of the Chair… this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Back to page 5 on the Calendar, under Order of Resolutions we have House Resolution 577, Representative Hernandez. Representative Hernandez." Hernandez, L.: "Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members of the Assembly, I just want to remind you that this Resolution has to do with the point of privilege discussion I had last Session about the visit down to the border, Matamoros, Mexico, where I and Representative Mayfield were a part of a delegation where we saw very horrible conditions on how this Migrant Protection Protocol Program that the Trump administration put through Executive Order and implemented is doing to families. And these times where… what I want you to know are these are folks that are fleeing for their lives from their countries. These 10100071.docx 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 are families and children who are living in conditions because of this program. The Resolution aims at just requesting… asking Congress to condemn this program and to also defund the program in their upcoming budget. Based on this visit that no picture, no video, no article can really give you the true living conditions that these individuals are living. And these, let me remind you, are folks that are running, leaving, leaving everything behind to a country where they can seek freedom. I ask for your support."

"Seeing no discussion, Representative Hernandez moves that House Resolution 577 be adopted. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. And in the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. On page 2 of the Calendar, Senate Bills on Third Reading, Senate Bill 83, Representative Kifowit. Representative, would you like to pull the Bill back to Second Reading? The purposes of your Amendment. Representative, would you like to… thank you. Mr. Clerk, please put the Bill back on Second Reading. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Kifowit on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. This Amendment is simply a technical change. As the Body would remember, we passed House Bill 120 which established the Veteran Ailments Task Force. Since then, there's been some delays on appointees. And so, this just extends the date in which the task force can function." 10100071.docx 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Representative Kifowit moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 on Senate Bill 83. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. And in the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments?"

Speaker Manley: "Third Reading. Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill, sorry."

"Representative Kifowit."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Representative, did the Amendment explain the Bill?"

"The Amendment explained the Bill. It's just a technical Bill in nature."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 83 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And 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 116 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Harris for an announcement."

"Madam Speaker, let the record reflect that Representative Carol Ammons is excused for the rest of the day."

"The record will reflect. The Clerk is in receipt of a Motion in Writing to waive the posting requirements for a Bill. Leader Willis on the Motion."

"Madam Speaker, I move that the posting requirements be waived so that Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 1557 can be heard immediately on the floor."

"Leader Willis has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the posting requirements are waived. On page 3 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 1557, Representative Villanueva. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Villanueva on the Amendment."

"House Amendment 1 is a gut and replace of the original Bill that now turns it into the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act trailer Bill. This administration's priorities for the rollout of legalization of cannabis continue to be and create the most equity centric law in the nation and safety for consumers. This trailer Bill contains technical changes proposed by state agencies, lawmakers, and 10100071.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 stakeholders. The proposal clarifies language throughout the Bill, adds uniformity to the terms used by state agencies, and corrects drafting errors. Some of these technical changes include turning commas to semi-colons, changing references to dispensary organizations to dispensing organizations, makes clarifications on certain terms. Also identifies what we previously had in the State of Illinois, which unfortunately was an error, and now addresses that medical cannabis patients under the age of 18, rather than under the 21, are prohibited from products other than infused products. Additional stakeholders as well are added to the Adult Use Cannabis Health Advisory Committee, the DUI Cannabis Task Force, and the Restore, Reinvest, Renew Program. Additional technical changes include conflict of interest changes in terms of current Members and leaving that language alone. But then new Members that are entering the Body in future Sessions. This also addresses municipality in county taxes, identifies and clarifies language around public consumption use. It also identifies and clarifies language around employer drug policies, cannabis paraphernalia, and also issues… or clarifies certain issues around expungement, particularly around electronic notification for individuals and helping to bring certain counties that are already using email as a form of electronic communication. It does not make it the soul means of communication, it is just an option. And with that said, I move for the adoption of this Amendment."

"Leader Wehrli, would you… can we adopt… okay. I like that you're finishing my sentences with your… that's great. Representative Villanueva moves the adoption of Floor 10100071.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1557. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Villanueva on the Amendment."

"Yes, Floor Amendment 2 reinserts language inadvertently deleted concerning the Administration of Public Education and Prevention that was originally requested by the Medical Society. This addresses the Medical Society's concerns and removes the opposition… their opposition to the Amendment. This Amendment also addresses the definition or further addresses the definition of public places where consumption is prohibited. Addressing the concerns raised by the Illinois Association of Park Districts to ensure that no parks or wildlife areas are inadvertently left out of prohibited places. Additionally, this Amendment adds ethics language to conform with a two-year revolving door prohibition on Members and family having ownership interests that currently exist under gaming law. Originally, the Cannabis Taxation Act would only apply to Members during the two-year period after the enactment of the law. This issue was raised by Republican Members, our colleagues on the other side in the Senate and the House, and we are adding this to address their concerns. This Amendment also removes language that was originally requested by the Prisoner Review Board, altering the expungement process as it applied to certain cases and again working with stakeholders, particularly our 10100071.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 colleagues on the other aisle, to identify the issues and work with them in terms of this language. And finally, this also… this Amendment also clarifies the intent that incubation relationships can begin pre-application and continue through the operations post-licensing. I move for the adoption of this Amendment."

"Representative Villanueva moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1557. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Representative Villanueva. Please read the Bill."

"This trailer Bill and trailer to the trailer Bill, with our Amendment, has really been an effort to be able to clarifying language and to provide additional information for folks upon the enactment, obviously, of the Cannabis Taxation Law on January 1. We talked with a lot of stakeholders and state agencies in the industry with our colleagues across the aisle to identify the issues and concerns that came out of the Bill earlier this spring. And we worked as much as we could, and we continue to work and are committed to continue to work to address additional concerns that will come up as we see the… the execution of the industry starting in January. So, we wanted to make sure that we addressed as many as 10100071.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 concerns that we could that fell into the technical category and not in the substantive, with the belief and the hope that we will able… to be able to actually move some more substantive issues in the spring. So, I ask for an 'aye' vote from my colleagues."

"Chair recognizes Leader Batinick."

"She indicates that she will."

"Yeah."

"Yes."

"So previously, in the prior Bill, an error was made that actually had the public education campaign under the Department of Public Health. With the additional… with the first Amendment, we were moving it into the Department of Human Services. And what we came to the point of with the Med 10100071.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 Society is that… sorry, I want to make sure that I'm getting this correctly. That it'll stay with the Department of Human Services, which was always the original intent, but obviously wanting to make sure that the public awareness and public education campaign was still going to happen and to the best of everyone's ability still be able to roll out in a timely manner."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"It specifically clarifies reasonable and nondiscriminatory issues. So, we wanted to make sure that people had a clear understanding, that employers had a clear understanding of what reasonable meant in terms of their zero tolerance drug policies and drug free workplace policies. So, we just wanted to clarify language."

"So, for Members that were here when we passed the original cannabis Bill, which are the majority of us, if not all of us in this chamber right now, currently have a lifetime ban on being able to have a stakeholder… stakeholder ownership in the medical cannabis industry. What we worked on with…" 10100071.docx 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"And immediate family members."

"Additionally, what we worked on with a lot of our colleagues is to add additional language that would reflect on future General Assembly Members that would be joining us in the future and provide an additional two-year revolving door. So as individuals come into the General Assembly, they have a two-year ban post leaving the General Assembly to… in that situation in terms of the conflict of interest."

"Yes."

"Yes, immediate family members."

"Chair recognizes Representative Wheeler."

"She indicates that she will."

"Yes. Yes."

"We're working with a variety of stakeholders to address issues that have been continuously identified. What we wanted to do particularly with this Bill was to provide clarifying language and technical changes. So, that would be a more substantive issue that we look forward to working with those entities to be able to come up with some good language in the spring."

"Chair recognizes Representative Tarver."

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

"She indicates that she will."

"You know I like you. Representative, just a couple quick questions for you. And I think you kind of know where I'm going to go with my questions. One, is this trailer Bill primarily technical in nature?"

"Yes."

"Are there any substantive changes?"

"The only substantive… substantive change… sorry, I'm like battling a sinus infection… is the two-year revolving door ban that we've added for new General Assembly Members that will be coming in after this General Assembly term."

"Okay. And just one additional question, when you talk about the stakeholders that you all met with, and I should've 10100071.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 asked you this earlier, do you consider the City of Chicago Black Caucus as one of those stakeholders?"

"Yes."

"Is there anything in this Bill that allays any of the concerns that they've articulated publicly and privately about the original Bill?"

"Those are more substantive changes that we are interested in addressing in the spring and were not, unfortunately, technical or clarifying issues that we could really identify with the hopes of moving this forward. Those issues will also be handled through the roll out and implementation at the department level. But again, we're hoping to work with all stakeholders in the spring to be able to continue to address issues."

"You know, the first time I spoke on this Bill I voted in favor of it but I was very critical of the original Bill. I still share those same reservations. I am happy to see this moving. I am happy to see you all working to get to a better place. I can't support the Bill today as it stands because I can't go back to my community, which is all City of Chicago, and explain to them that they were unhappy with the first rollout. This improves it but it doesn't really get there where they need it to be. So, I want to commend you for a job well done and… and to all the others as well. I look forward to working with you in the future. I can't support it today but I surely hope that it passes for you. Thanks."

"Chair recognizes Representative Bryant."

"She indicates that she will." 10100071.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Yes."

"Yes."

"I appreciate that, Representative."

"Chair recognizes Representative Morgan." 10100071.docx 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. To the Bill. I just wanted to note a few things. The Sponsor touched on them but I just wanted to thank her again and all the stakeholders that worked on this legislation. There are a few aspects of this Bill that make it easier for medical cannabis patients and they're important and I urge an 'aye' vote. In particular, we're addressing 18 to 20 year olds who are suffering from very severe debilitating medical conditions who really do need access to this medicine. And also, fixing something that was a vestige of the original medical cannabis Bill that allowed law enforcement to have access to information on medical cannabis patients directly based on their license plate, not even their driver's license. So, these are two important pieces to the thousands of medical cannabis patients in Illinois. And I thank the Sponsor and urge an 'aye' vote."

"Chair recognizes Representative Welter."

"Hi, Representative."

"They're… they're in support."

"Law enforcement is also in support."

"Chair recognizes Representative Butler."

"Representative Villanueva to close."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1557 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. And 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 in 'favor', 20 voting 'opposed', and 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Clerk is in receipt of a Motion in Writing to waive the posting requirements for a Bill. Leader Willis on the Motion."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move that the posting requirements be waived so that Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 1639 can be heard immediately on the floor."

"Leader Willis has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the posting requirements are waived. Senate Bill 1639, Representative Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Harris on the Amendment."

"Madam Speaker, could we adopt both Amendments and debate the Bill on Third Reading?"

"Representative Harris moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1639. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments?"

"Representative Harris."

"I would also like to adopt the third Floor Amendment and then we can debate the full Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Harris moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1639. All in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. And in the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Harris."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members of the House. This piece of legislation is addressing some of the issues that were brought forth in recent federal investigations and other 10100071.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 issues that we have all seen in the news in the State of Illinois. It is one of a… two pieces of legislation, a companion Resolution will also be coming along next. We heard them both this morning in the Executive Committee meeting. And during the Executive Committee meeting there was a very spirited discussion, and I'm very happy to say that both Bills also came out on leave, which I think is a good sign. But during the discussion on this Bill, there was a great deal of questioning, particularly by Representative Wheeler. The content of this Bill had been thoroughly vetted, had… they and their side been given adequate chances to review and understand the implications of each of these rather complicated topics. And interestingly, Representative, when we got to our caucus in discussion we heard the same thing from a lot of our Members is this needs more review. So, the Amendments that were filed today remove those portions dealing with the statement of economic interest from this Bill today and refer those to the commission that will be formed later. So what will remain in this Bill are items about transparency of information that is already required to be filed by the state and also new requirements on lobbyists as far as their disclosure. So let me just briefly say what those requirements for lobbyists that are being added are, is it requires lobbyists who are state lobbyists to disclose each local government entity that they are required to be registered to lobby. It would require them to disclose if they hold any elected or appointed office. And it would have each lobbyist disclose with whom they hire or contract for purposes of lobbying and the clients to be lobbied by those 10100071.docx 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 sub-lobbyists. The Bill also requires the Secretary of State to create a publicly searchable database that would bring together information from lobbyist disclosures, campaign contributions, and the statements of economic interest of state officials and employees that already exist but are maintained in separate databases. So that's a summary of what the Bill does. Madam Speaker, I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Durkin."

"He indicates that he will."

"Could you repeat your question?"

"As I said in my opening, we listened in the Executive Committee to people who said they believe this is an important thing to address, the statement of economic interest, to make it stronger. They said that they did not have enough time to review and vet the language, offer their suggestions. So 10100071.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 listening to the comments that were made, I said at the time, we're going to go listen very carefully what you said. We did, we are taking that part of the language out."

"There is already a economic interest statement in place. And we would expect the commission to review not only this, but other topics that interrelate with it, like the definition of what a lobbyist is, how different lawyers would report different kinds of their income or what debts they may or may not have to disclose. A lot of those are very important topics. All of them would be within the realm of the commission."

"Mr. Clerk, what's the status of Senate Bill…

"…3954?"

"House Bill 3954."

"Mr. Clerk, status of House Bill 3947."

"It does not."

"I think that the idea is that… that idea, the ideas that were in the judges' Bill that you referred to, others that might have been brought forward by Members of your caucus, our caucus, by either caucus, in the Senate, local advocacy groups, good government groups, we want to bring all those together in a commission, in a setting, in a public venue, and craft together a comprehensive set of solutions, not fixing one small problem or attempting to close one loophole, but to do it in a comprehensive way."

"Mr. Clerk, status of House Bill 3955."

"Chair recognizes Representative Welch."

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

"He indicates that he will."

"Thank you. Actually, to the Bill. I just want to briefly respond to the last speaker's comments because I think ethics is important to all of us. I think it's something that we as Democrats and you as Republicans, this is all something that we can agree on and something that we all care about. And this morning in the Executive Committee, I treated this topic as such, as a very important topic. On the question of this Bill that we're talking about right now, every single Republican in the room had an opportunity to speak. My notes 10100071.docx 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 also say that someone even spoke more than once. Unlimited debate. No one was cutoff. Very sensitive to that issue. I even asked the Leader who was present in the room if he wanted to speak even though he's not on the committee. He indicated he did not. The point is, is this was an important topic being heard on the last day of Veto Session and they… we wanted everyone to be heard. I even asked methodically if anyone else wanted to be recognized, wanting to make sure that everyone had an opportunity to speak. This is not a perfect piece of legislation, but Leader Harris heard the concerns that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle expressed during that Executive Committee and he made changes. And I think that's important to recognize that he heard them. And I know him, he's going to continue to work on this issue when we return. We all know him to be an honorable Representative. This is just a first step. It's not perfect, but it's a good first step. And to be disappointed, to indicate that this is being rushed when everyone's had on opportunity to be heard on this issue, I think that's wrong. I think we all need to come together here today and recognize that this is not perfect, recognize that there's more work that we, together, need to do because together we will be better. And we need to support this Bill here today. I would encourage everyone to vote 'yes' on Senate Bill 1639. Thank you, Madam Speaker."

"Chair recognizes Leader Wehrli."

"He indicates that he will."

"It was filed last night."

"Well there were a lot of other Bills that were filed and adopted back then."

"I think that there were Bills filed then and other ethics changes that were passed then."

"Representative, I think what we're trying to do here is look at each of these cases… and there have been wrongdoers on both sides of our aisle, there have been in the other chamber. What we learned from each of these occasions though is ways that we need to move to strengthen the protections we have and how we need to make this process more accountable and transparent to the people we represent. I don’t think when we… when Governor Blagojevich came along, we tried to do as much as we could then. Clearly, there were people who found other ways to go about their business outside those laws. What we pass as a result of this, I'm sure that eventually there will be someone who will run afoul of those things. But it does not absolve us of the responsibility right now to take this moment and to work to close those loopholes to 10100071.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 strengthen what we have and be sure that we're doing the best job we can do."

"Oh, come on. In your… in that Executive Committee meeting, you guys made your comments. I listened to you. I think I clearly said to some of your colleagues, I've listened very carefully to what you've said and I've heard you. I went to our caucus. I listened to what they said. The fact that we react to what we hear from Members on our side and your side I think is a good thing, that we don't just like get webbed to something and just ram it through for the sake of doing that. I actually think that's a good thing. And I just really resent that you think something shady went on there."

"I think that the things that he was arrested for were already illegal, so apparently that did not change any behavior. I don’t know what any changes we might make in State Law that would've changed his behavior or anyone else's."

"Well this… this comes down to then a question that I think should be a very important one for the commission is, how is lobbying defined across the State of Illinois? The State of Illinois has a definition in our statute on what lobbying is, what lobbying isn't. There are some who would say that one of the things we should look at is redefining that definition because there are some people who come around this building, who come visit us that they're not lobbyist, they are consultants who help with things. Should we broaden the definition to catch some of those folks? There are very few cities, towns, municipalities in the State of Illinois which require lobbyist registration or have a definition of what a lobbyist is for their local purposes. So trying to catch who might be a lobbyist outside of this building, who would lobby other government entities is hard to do if there's no definition of even what constitutes that category. So another thing we might do as part of the commission is develop a statewide standard definition that would go across different municipalities and would require a central 10100071.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 registration. So there are a lot of different pieces to this issue."

"The different Acts that we're looking at are Government Ethics Act, the Lobbyist Reporting Act, different parts of the Purchasing Code. And we will look at all different suggestions that come forward in those. Whether they will prevent a person in the past from doing something or would have or prevent a person in the future from doing something, if they're hell-bent on doing something wrong, I just don’t… I just don't know."

"The legislation does not address that."

"Mr. Clerk, can you tell us the status of House Bill 332?"

"Mr. Clerk, status of House Bill 361."

"Mr. Clerk, status of House Bill 874 and date filed, please."

"It would be those penalties which are already in statute for violation of the Lobbyist Disclosure Act."

"The monetary fine, I'm told, is up to $10 thousand and their license to lobby could be revoked."

"Not right now." 10100071.docx 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Chair recognizes Leader Burke."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. I was in the Executive Committee today and heard the concerns that were raised. And I commend Leader Harris for being receptive to those concerns. These are far-reaching changes that are being proposed and we do need to be careful of unintended consequences. We have a commission that will be in place that will be able to assess not only the statement of economic interests, disclosures, but many, many other suggestions that people had to strengthen our ethics laws. We just had an example this week of how positive changes can come about through bipartisan commissions. We just passed a pension consolidation effort that was the result of much collaboration by many people. We 10100071.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 can do the same with ethics. So I commend the Leader for bringing forward this Bill, and I look forward to the work of the commission."

"Chair recognizes Leader Demmer."

"He indicates that he will."

"Representative, I think what we're trying to do here is move all of these ideas, both ones that we personally think are good or ones who we personally might have problems with. And I think in your Bill, I… as I look at that, there… the problem would be that it would ban Members of the General Assembly from talking to any of their local elected officials, even if there's no compensation. And I think that's a flaw. But…"

"And I think that as we move forward into next year, we're moving this into a reform commission and that's exactly what I hope will happen, not… involving not only Members of the Legislature, but also Members of the Governor's Office who has a great deal of involvement in these kinds of issues, also the Attorney General, also the Secretary of State who enforces and implements these issues."

"In this Bill there are requirements that would have to be met. It does not outlaw…"

"That's correct." 10100071.docx 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Chair recognizes Representative Caulkins." 10100071.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"He indicates that he will."

"I'll have to read through the specific language of how it's written. I would also say to you, Representative, that I've raised the same issue I raised a few moments ago, that while it is easy to talk in sound bites about a lot of these issues, it's very complicated to put them into legislation without unintended consequences. So as you talk about banning somebody from being a lobbyist, the question is, what is a lobbyist? Is it just for the purposes of State Government? 10100071.docx 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 Does our definition right now capture all those people who might have worked, calling themselves some other name, but still deriving the influence and the benefit of the job? How does it affect folks who might be registered at a local level? Or what happens in communities where there's no definition at all? So I think we've got to go through all those questions and answer them sequentially, carefully, and thoughtfully."

"Chair recognizes Leader Wheeler." 10100071.docx 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Chair recognizes Representative Mazzochi." 10100071.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Chair recognizes Representative McDermed."

"He indicates that he will."

"It does not."

"I hope he will."

"Well, I know the Governor is totally on board with the idea of a thoughtful, comprehensive approach to reform in the State of Illinois. And I think as many speakers have said, this is a first step."

"I believe the Secretary of State's disclosure division has a very stellar record. They've always been responsive to us. Their Web sites are reporting, always seems to work. Yeah. I think it's a different division than Real ID."

"Representative, we can get that information on our laptops. We're not going to be checking statuses."

"I just want to remind you there are a lot of working groups and task forces whether it be on sexual harassment, ethics, and discrimination where we have all worked together, where there has been a very good work product at the end. Certainly, we'd do the same kind of thing on Medicaid and hospital assessments. So I think we have good records of working together on issues. And I hope that this commission, as it goes forward, will model those efforts and be very productive."

"Was that a statement or a question?"

"Okay."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Skillicorn."

"He indicates that he will."

"The state has a very good and comprehensive definition of a lobbyist. I think the references I was making was to the fact that there are different definitions in other municipalities and localities around the state, and some don't have them at all. Going back to the state's definition, there are some who would say that there are people who come down here and call on us, pushing different positions who are not registered as lobbyists but who refer to themselves as consultants or some other name. And we might want to consider 10100071.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 broadening the definition of what a lobbyist is to be sure we encompass all those who do certain kinds of work."

"Okay. So, lobbying entity means any entity that hires, retains, or employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby State Government as provided in subsection (e)."

"March 31 of 2020."

"What day is the Primary?" 10100071.docx 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Then it would be after."

"I do not know how their appointment process is going to go. I know that on our side the Speaker has strongly indicated that if Representative Arroyo… former Representative Arroyo, in his role as committeeman, were to participate in the selection of an appointment that that person would be prevented from entering the House or that actions would be taken to remove him because I think the Speaker wants to be absolutely sure that whoever would come to us to fill that seat would not have any shadow over them."

"And again, you get the definitions, Representative, of different kinds of lobbyist. Currently, a Member here cannot lobby in this state for compensation. But at the local level, it would be different and different, yet again, in areas where they don't even define what a lobbyist is. So all of these things, in my view, if you're just asking my personal view, as we move forward, I think these things need to be tightened up."

"I think of this as a tiny, first step to a long overdue process that will take place over the next couple months to go through all of these Acts in a comprehensive and careful way and bring back a wide variety of fixes."

"Chair recognizes Representative Stava-Murray."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm disappointed that this… to the Bill. I'm disappointed that this Bill is in narrow scope as it is and I wish that we were doing more sooner. I think that I'm also disappointed at the partisan rhetoric that we're hearing quite a bit from across the aisle. And I think it's a bit rich, no pun intended, that for some Members who just yesterday voted against lowering insulin prices and whose constituents were very displeased with that vote and they themselves have economic interests that perhaps conflict or maybe legal conflicts of interest with campaign donations. We need to be looking at comprehensive reform, not only about lobbyists and revolving door policies, which I'll note is also not a partisan issue as my predecessor is already a lobbyist. So this isn’t something that's on one side of the aisle or the other, but we need comprehensive reform that 10100071.docx 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 also includes election reform and campaign finance reform and ensuring that our votes aren't tied to contributions that we receive. So I think there's many reforms. I'm disappointed that we don’t have the statement of economic interest portion in this Bill. I think that when we do… someone's referred from across the aisle dismissively, a bunch of forums on the internet, but as a constituent before I was in office, I looked to those forms to see where my Representative might have interest that aren’t the voters. And so, I think we do need these forms. We need the information available to the public to see who we're really representing at the end of the day. And I think that as government employees many of us believe that we should just represent the people. And yet, these conflicts of interest persist and need to be looked at more comprehensively."

"Chair recognizes Representative Reick."

"Chair recognizes Representative Andrade."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. Since we're not calling status of a Bill, but House Bill 3939 I just filed. It prohibits commissions on gaming. It was filed in October. House Bill 3818, the same Bill, was filed in the 100th General Assembly, January 8, 2019. Also prohibited commissions on gaming. 99th General Assembly, House Bill 6621, January 10, 2017, also prohibited commissions on gaming and gaming contracts. It's no secret, every reporter that's called, I've talked to him, and, yes, I am registered as a lobbyist that I do at the City of Chicago. But I don't lobby the council. But I over… I over disclose. I'm basically a paper pusher, but under the 10100071.docx 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 definition I have to. So, I resigned my City of Chicago job and took a large pay cut so I can be a full-time Legislator. But your Comptroller and our Comptroller stopped paying me. So I had no choice but to go and work for a company to do building permits. I am okay with voting with Leader Demmer's Bill that says no lobbyists. I'm okay with that. It's right, we should… I'm okay with that, but I have House Bill 38… but the hypocrisy of some Legislators that own companies that have state contracts. State contracts. I see Legislators introducing legislation regarding their business. How is that ethical? Their own business. They pass legislation that affects their own business. How's that ethical? House Bill 3862. House Bill 3862 basically should be done for every Bill. I'm going to put Bills together that's called grand slam Bills to prevent grandstanding. I can't take credit for that, someone else said that. But you keep filing Bills that say you're for term limits. Why am I still seeing your face? Why do I keep seeing your face every term? What's the hypocrisy? Don't our state deserve better if you file a Bill? Live by those words. If you believe in term limits, I don't want to see you here in January. But I'm going to be nice. House Bill 3862 allows you to actually finish out the term. So stop with this hypocrisy. Here, I want to be full-time Legislator. I haven't made… I did a little building permits. I didn’t make much money. Everything is listed on the Web site. Every dollar. But that little dollar I make, it's worth the sum of your belt buckles. So don't tell me… some of you work for hospitals, some of you law firms, all that stuff, everyone. I want to be a full-time Legislator, but you won't even give 10100071.docx 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 me a raise. You wouldn’t even give me a COLA, a simple thousand dollars. I want to be a full-time Legislator. I'm not a millionaire. Jesus Christ, I had to drive Uber but it wasn’t enough. So I had to fill… I had to go and ask for a company to allow me to do building permits for them and I signed up as a building expeditor, but I said you know what? I better register as a lobbyist too, just in case. Just in case. I didn’t have to, but I did. So if you want people, honest people… I'm… consider myself… I don’t want… a simple COLA. That's all I ask. I have no problem being a full-time Legislator. You want to do it? Cut all businesses out. I'm okay with that. I don’t sit on Human Services Committee and work for a hospital that affects something on the Bill. I don't see people there. I don't work for tech… I don't own my business and pass Bills that affect the business. And Jesus Christ, there's people over there that are worth hundreds of millions in dollars and grandstands because he gives up a thousand dollar raise. Jesus Christ, give up your whole damn pay. Give up your whole damn insurance. Don't tell me that you got other people that when I leave here I can't work and do something. No, you need to allow middle class people to be full-time Legislators. But don't sit there with the hypocrisy of introducing Bills and then I still see your face every term. Every legislation that we introduce, I say we put my language into effect. If you sponsor it, you live by that law. You are binded by that signature that you signed that piece of paper for sponsorship. You truly want to be honest? You want to be… you want State of Illinois to trust you? Then live by your words that you introduce. Don't just stand there 10100071.docx 60  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 and grand slam… grandstand, all right? So I expect not to see your face here next Session in January if you sign on legislation for term limits and you've reached your term limit. Live by your words. Thank you, Madam Chairman."

"And now our final speaker, Leader Batinick."

"Thank you. Leader Harris to close."

"Thank you, Madam Chair, Madam Speaker. And thanks to everyone who's spoken during debate. And to the point that folks made on the other side of the aisle about one of our Members who has… we've all seen him being arrested in newspaper. We've seen him leaving under a cloud. Sadly, we're in a situation where both sides of our aisle, in the last several months, have seen Members who have had to leave and resign and go out under a cloud. And on both sides of the aisle have folks who are embroiled in legal situations outside this chamber. And that's not a good thing. We've both seen 10100071.docx 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 in… most of our living memories, each of us has seen a Governor who had to leave office or who was convicted of ethical crimes after leaving office. After each of those occasions, you're right, the Legislature has stepped forward and said, we're going to go ahead and we're going to try to fix those things within our power that we've seen and we've noticed. And we're going to try to fix them and we're going to try to make things better. And that's exactly what we're doing here because, yes, those things that have happened and the things that people are accused of doing, they were as surprising and disturbing to me as they were to you. But to someone to say, well we're not going to do it. We're going to try to politicize it. I think that's a mistake also. So we're in this unusual situation here on processing this Bill. And we see it all the time in Springfield. If you move something really fast, people get up and complain, oh my gosh, you're rushing things through. Where's the process? If you slow things down, if you stretch it out, people here say, oh my God, you're trying to kill it by just dragging it out and kicking the can. I wish there was a perfect way to accomplish massive change to massive laws that intersect with all different parts of our election law, our purchasing laws, our Administrative Procedures Act, our lobbyist laws, our disclosing laws, our campaign finance laws, our election laws. But these things also need to be get done very carefully because they're so complex and interrelated. So I appreciate everyone's speeches. I appreciate everyone's concern about this. I would respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote." 10100071.docx 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1639 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. And 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 110 voting in 'favor', 5 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Representative Feigenholtz."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise today with great news and recognition of November as being Adoption Awareness Month. Adoption is an amazing thing, a miracle that we participate in. And many of us here, Representative Williams, Representative Sommer, Representative Ford, Representative Moeller, I know that there are a lot of Members here whose lives have been touched by adoption, celebrate today. In the State of New York, today Governor Cuomo will be signing a Bill similar to the Bill that we passed in Illinois. That in Illinois, we have provided 16 thousand adult adoptees a copy of their original birth certificate, which overall has been an incredible experience for many of us here, our families and honoring birth mothers and first families and also adoptive families for opening their hearts, their homes, and their lives to children in New York. We have… in Illinois, I think we have given away 16 thousand birth certificates. We have held the trophy as being the largest expansion in the country, but starting tomorrow the State of New York is going to likely take that trophy away from us, and I am happy to give it to them and all of the New York adoptees. But, I also want to recognize the challenges we have here in the State of 10100071.docx 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 Illinois around foster care, child care, and adoption. And I know we've all been reading the newspaper of some of the challenges we have and I want to thank everyone who's been participating in the working group. Everybody's been giving their heart and soul to some very difficult situations on the Adoption & Child Welfare Committee. And I just want everyone to celebrate this wonderful, wonderful day and the children and the way we form families in Illinois through adoption. Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Mussman."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. So, as so often happens for our staff members, they often move on to different roles after they've been with us for a certain amount of time. And we want to acknowledge one of our valued staff members, Miss Abigayle Dompke, who's going to be moving on to a higher position in the Governer's Office. And we have loved her dearly for a very long time and we will miss her dearly. And we want to wish her all the luck in the world on this new adventure and hope she comes back to visit us."

"Thank you for your work, Abby. Chair recognizes Leader Willis."

"Point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed."

"I hate having to stand right now and make an announcement like this on the House Floor, but once again the U.S. has been caught up with a school shooting. Santa Clarita High School in Santa Clarita, California had a shooting take place earlier this afternoon. When I last checked, there were two confirmed dead and seven others wounded. The gunman is in 10100071.docx 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 custody at this time. These are the times I hate standing and asking for a moment of silence on the House Floor, but I am going to do that of this Body because I know you all have hearts that are in the right spot. But this just, once again, shows that we need to take gun violence seriously. Look at it, it is not something… it should not be a gun ownership or a non-gun ownership issue. It should not be a Republican or a Democrat issue. It should not be a Second Amendment thing. It is a public health issue and we need to look at it and find a way to stop having to stand on the House Floor for moments of silence like this, but I'm going to ask this Body to please give us a moment of silence for those affected by this mass shooting at Santa Clarita High School. Thank you."

"Thank you, Members. On the Supplemental Calendar #1, under Order of Resolutions, we have House Joint Resolution 93, offered by Leader Harris. Leader Harris. Mr. Clerk."

"Leader Harris on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. House Joint Resolution number… oh, I'm sorry we have a Floor Amendment. Could we adopt the Amendment and debate the Bill… and debate the Resolution once amended?"

"Leader Harris moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment 1 to House Joint Resolution 93. All in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments?"

"Leader Harris."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is the companion to the Bill that we just discussed. As amended this would create a Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform that would work through March 31 of 2020 to take public input, to gather information data, to analyze Bills from all the different chambers, to take testimony from members of the public as well as different executive agencies. In this amended version there would be two Members appointed by each Legislative Leader. There would be two Members from the Office of the Attorney General and two from the Secretary of State. In order to address some concerns that were raised about that giving to partisan of a advantage potentially, it would be required in the Amendment that the executive… Inspector General of the Secretary of State and the Inspector General of the Attorney General's Office, who are largely nonpartisan officers, would be designated as one of their appointees. In addition, there are four Members to be appointed by the Governor. In the previous version it said up to two Democrats and two Republicans could be appointed. In this new version, the Governor could appoint up to four Members of the Republican Party if he chose. At most two Democrats if he chose."

"Chair recognizes Leader Durkin."

"He indicates that he will."

"That would be 16."

"It potentially could be solved. It's not a guaranteed solution."

"I believe under the Open Meetings Act there are requirements of how meetings have to be… and to be subject to the Open Meetings Act have to be organized initially. It doesn't say that in this Act but I believe it references the Open Meetings Act."

"I believe that that would be…"

"It does not delineate it in the Resolution."

"With a young fellow from your side talking to him?"

"Find chaps."

"I think that that was something they would work on."

"So… Mr. Cox is telling me it is not required that those be adopted by the Open Meetings Act, but I would think that one of the first orders of business would be for the commission to adopt some operating principles and procedures stating when and how often and how meetings were run."

"Not that… unless you're a registered lobbyist with the State of Illinois, no."

"Okay, well, then you're good."

"That is true."

"That's my understanding."

"I think we wanted to be sure not to foreclose an option. It's not required, it's permissible."

"Yeah, you could also… that could be a case. You could also see a case where earlier toward the middle of the process there comes agreement on a handful of issues and rather than wait for final report, perhaps they would issue recommendations at that point."

"It's my understanding that the way these things usually work… and this is not spelled out in this Bill… that there are reports and there are minority reports if there is a disagreement."

"There is nothing here that would prohibit that. And as I said, in my experience with these things those are usually very standard things. That some people… and sometimes there may be more than one dissension report for different reasons."

"Understood."

"My lawyer, who is my accountant, says 16."

"That's not spelled out, but that… and under most of our rules and under Robert's Rules, the majority would rule."

"They would not issue one of those reports." 10100071.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Members, the Chair is going to go to a three minute timer. Chair recognizes Leader Hernandez." Hernandez, L.: "Thank you, Madam Speaker. To the Resolution. I think it's really important and I thank the Leader for the Resolution. It's very important… that we put this commission together and that we work in a bipartisan effort. We, right now, live in a time that the public deserves from us, that we take it very, very serious. That we take the steps to ensure that the integrity of our elected roles, that we are held 10100071.docx 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 responsible. We need to restore the trust and faith of the public. So, I really truly appreciate Leader Harris for bringing this Resolution. And in all seriousness, we really deserve to give the public back some response to this horrific time, I feel, that we're having to deal with. Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Leader Butler."

"He indicates that he will yield."

"Yes." 10100071.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"That would be either the Attorney General himself or his designee from his staff."

"Yes."

"And then whoever it is, the Secretary would designate, yeah."

"Four Members appointed by the Governor with no more than two of the appointments from the same political party as the Governor. But no more than two."

"The way I read it, he could appoint as long…"

"…as long as he… he could choose no more than two Democrats but he could choose four independents or four Republicans or a mix."

"And you know I've talked to lawyers, I've talked to different people in the political world, there's not a hard and fast way that anyone is identified me to determine other than self-disclosure. You know, who is a Republican or a Democrat."

"There's some who say you could go back and look at voting records, but then there's a question of how many records count."

"And I think in those cases it's a self-reporting kind of things or a self-policing kind of thing."

"Well, but when…"

"Representative Butler, Representative Murphy is going to give you his three minutes. Please continue."

"Well if you recall in committee that question came up and I said… I assume you would go and look at their voting history. And I… somebody in the committee, I can't remember 10100071.docx 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 if it was Republican or Democrat, said well, how many elections do they have to vote in?"

"I don't know what the right standard is."

"The Democratic Leader of both chambers… Majority Leader."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Not in the State of Illinois."

"Not in the… he is not registered as a lobbyist for the State of Illinois." 10100071.docx 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"He may be a registered lobbyist who lives in Illinois, who lobbies else… who may be registered elsewhere."

"I don’t know that of my own knowledge."

"He is not a lobbyist under the Illinois Lobbyist Act."

"Chair recognizes Leader Willis."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates that he will."

"Leader, this Bill is intent to actually look at, very comprehensively, issues and problems that we heard debated over the last hour that people wanted to have a knee-jerk reaction to. Is that not correct?"

"Well, I think we want to look at all the ideas that have been put forth in legislation, look at what others states 10100071.docx 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 have done, bring in outside experts to testify and also hear from members of the public."

"Thank you, Sir. To the Bill. We have sat here and I have listened and many, many… everyone in this chamber has listened to all of the things that are wrong with ethics reform right now in the State of Illinois. We have to start somewhere and this is somewhere we have to do. I happen to sit on Legislative Ethics Commission and we oftentimes have seen where people have gotten caught into a unfortunate situation because of unintended consequences. Not that anybody is purposely doing anything wrong, but somebody put through a piece of legislation and didn't look at all the ramifications of what it would have. We've seen that happen many times here in this chamber, where we've had to come back and do clean up because we had unintended consequences of a Bill that we thought… everybody that puts through a Bill thinks it's the best Bill in the world, and they put it through with the best intentions, and then we see those unintended consequences. This is a place where we can look at that, we can take our time, we can compare what's going on in other places, we can really look at where we have flaws in our system. And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, you've brought to point many, many flaws that I totally agree with you on that we have in the system. But we need to make sure as we put them into statute that we don't have unintended consequences. That's what this Bill will do, it will give us a task force that I have the upmost faith in that will be as bipartisan as possible. And it doesn't necessarily mean that we have to have 100 percent equal numbers. I think that if everybody 10100071.docx 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 comes together with the ultimate goal of making sure that we put into place true reforms that will affect everybody in this chamber and in elected office, I think we can have wonderful results. And so, I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and those on this side of the aisle to have faith. Have faith that we can go through and do what we need to do and do it the right way. Instead of rushing it through, let's put some time into it, let's get the right people on this commission, and let's go forward with some true reforms that can help everybody. And I urge everyone to vote 'aye' on this. Thank you so much."

"Chair recognizes Leader Wehrli."

"Would you like me to take the timer off?"

"Then I will do that, Sir."

"Yes, I am."

"Yeah, this… what we got here is a result of the fact that in the recent election the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, who were elected by vote of the people, both happen to be Democrats."

"Actually…"

"Actually, Representative, these laws that we are going to be looking at affect the Executive Branch as well as the Legislative Branch. As well, they are implemented and policed by those agencies. And so, their participation is very valuable in the process."

"Some were adopted. Some… I was here actually, and I'm just trying to remember the disposition of all of them. Some were adopted and some were not. Same after other incidents we've had down here where we've made some incremental progress and I hope this time we can make some more major progress."

"I believe so. I can't enumerate each thing that did or did not."

"Chair recognizes Representative Grant."

"Chair recognizes Representative McCombie."

"Chair recognizes Representative McDermed." 10100071.docx 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"And now we have our last Speaker, Leader Bourne."

"He indicates that he will."

"The way the Bill was presented in committee this morning, it had two members from the Attorney General and two members from the Secretary of State. So, there was a concern expressed that that would allow too much of a partisan appearance to it. So, it was decided to put in the inspector generals who are more neutral and are independent… more independent arbiters. Plus, have a different view of operations of those departments."

"Nor are other inspectors general, nor is the Executive Inspector General. They were included because those two executive officers were included in the original language."

"She was not an inspector general within one of the two executive agencies that were discussed during the Executive Committee meeting this morning."

"That is a question that is up to the Leaders. The language is silent on that."

"My… the things that this Bill contemplates would be to allow the Legislative Leaders to pick their two designees. It does not go beyond that."

"That issue has not been raised. I have not given it a lot of thought."

"I would hope so. And just… again, you… to get the details of how each of these commissions are structured or how 10100071.docx 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 different choices are made. I think one of the commissions you're discussing about that was proposed on your side did not subject itself to the Open Meetings Act. And that was very important to us because we wanted it to be transparent and open to the public. It should not be a meeting that could potentially be held behind closed doors. So, I think as you look at each of these things there are different items you have to weigh."

"Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

"Chair recognizes Leader Hammond."

"He indicates that he will."

"Having not given that a lot of thought, that's not something I can commit to."

"I said not having given that a lot of thought or heard this question until we got here on the floor, I know it's an important one, I can't make a commitment without thinking it through."

"Leader Harris, would you like an opportunity to close?"

"Yes. We’ve had a very detailed and good conversation about this. I would ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Leader Harris moves for the adoption of HJR93. All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. And 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 111 'ayes', 4 'nays', 0 voting 'present'. And the Resolution, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby adopted. Representative Swanson, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please proceed."

"Congratulations. Chair recognizes Representative Walsh."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed."

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, today is kind of a sad day for me. It's our last day of Veto Session. But our LAs are very important people throughout the course of our careers down here and our activities. And today, my LA, Judi Serra, is… going to be her last Legislative Day but is retiring at the end of December. And I just wanted to say thank you, Judi, for all you've done for me over the last three years that I've had you and a friendship for the last eight years that 10100071.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 I've been down here. You are a true sweetheart and I wish you the best in your retirement. And I hope everybody can congratulate her with me."

"Chair recognizes Representative Spain."

"Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

"Chair Recognizes Leader Batinick."

"Please proceed."

Speaker Manley: "Thank you for your work. Representative Davidsmeyer, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please proceed."

Speaker Manley: "Congratulations. Chair recognizes Leader Wehrli."

"All the best, Wayne and Nicole. Chair recognizes Leader Batinick."

"Okay. I knew I should've pretended like I didn't see your light on."

"Well, let me find out about that. I'll get back to you."

"The Clerk is in receipt of a Motion in Writing to waive the posting requirements for a Bill. Chair recognizes Leader Willis." 10100071.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move that the posting requirements be waived so that Senate Bill 222 and Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 222 can be heard immediately on the floor."

"Leader Willis has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the posting requirements are waived. On Supplemental Calendar #2, we have Senate Bill 222, Representative Rita. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Rita on the Amendment."

"I'd like to adopt Amendment and then we'll debate this on Third Reading."

"Representative Rita moves the adoption of Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 222. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. And in the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Rita." 10100071.docx 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. Senate Bill 222 is an initiative of the Illinois Gaming Board. It does two things. Corrects a finger… the language dealing with fingerprinting. Makes it stronger language that the FBI would like to have this changed so that they conduct a fingerprinting on gaming applicants. It also fixes the language with cross-referencing for sports betting and gaming on applicants so that the applicants can remain confidential. I ask for any questions or…"

"Chair recognizes Leader Wheeler."

"He indicates that he will."

"Yes."

"Yes, and the language when we passed the sports wagering was a little bit different. So it just… it makes it…"

"…uniform all across the board and have the strong language that the FBI required or asked for."

"Yes."

"Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Ann Williams." Williams, A.: "Hi. Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates that he will." Williams, A.: "Representative Rita, this is dealing with gaming issues, correct?"

"Yes." Williams, A.: "Was the language in this piece of legislation also included in the discussions of the cleanup, the tax restructuring for the City of Chicago Casino? Was this part of the prior…"

"In… this was part of a lot of discussions over the last few weeks and then the last couple days. This was part of this discussion, yes." Williams, A.: "Okay. So just to clarify, there is nothing in this Bill that addresses the request by Mayor Lightfoot to restructure the Chicago Casino?"

"No." Williams, A.: "So there is nothing in this Bill that would ensure that Chicago could develop and locate a thriving casino proceeds from which would go to capital projects from throughout the state?"

"You're correct." Williams, A.: "So despite the fact… to the Bill. So, Members, despite the fact that we worked closely with Members on both sides of the aisle and the Governor's Office to fix the downstate and suburban fire and police pensions and did some consolidation work that I think was absolutely indispensable, 10100071.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 we are finding ourselves in a position, if you represent the City of Chicago, where our police and fire pensions are out there with no support, without the revenues we need to responsibly fund the pensions for our hard working first responders, pensions that they have earned and that they deserve. My concern is that if we keep moving forward with little pieces here and there we're going to miss the big picture. I think it's important to keep in mind that the revenues that the Chicago casino would bring to the long overdue capital projects is by far expected to be the largest chunk of revenue to go to those projects. So if we don't pass the Chicago casino fix that the Mayor requested, we all stand to lose a significant portion of funds to go to our capital projects. These are capital projects that our communities need. These are capital projects we've been waiting for literally for decades. I am very reticent to move forward with gaming fixes, as important, as critical as they are, without addressing the elephant in the room, and that's how are we going to move forward with a Chicago casino in a way that takes care of our first responders and their pension needs like we did the downstate police and fire pension needs, and fund the capital projects. I would urge all Members, particularly Chicago Members and those that are concerned about pension parity throughout the state, to give a serious thought to whether we want to send the message that these fixes are more important than the big fix that we really need to address. Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Thapedi." 10100071.docx 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. If this Bill receives the requisite number of votes, I ask for a verification."

Speaker Manley: "Representative Thapedi has requested a verification. All Members will be in their seats and voting their own switches. Chair recognizes Representative Flowers."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. Will the Gentleman yield? Representative, is… this is not Mayor Lightfoot's Bill? This is not…"

"No, this is from the Illinois Gaming Board at the Governor's request."

"Okay. So the Mayor has been down here talking to everyone, calling, negotiating, trying to do the best she can for not only the City of Chicago, but the State of Illinois. And as it was so clearly articulated by our previous speaker, trying to help the firemen, help the police officers, help the communities in the City of Chicago. And this is not the Bill?"

"You are correct."

"Please explain to me what happened and why not."

"Well, as we mentioned in caucus, we were working through the issues. Senate Bill 222 was a request of the Gaming Board and a request of the Governor to have this Bill considered for adoption to pass… for its passage."

"So was a feasibility study done on this Bill?"

"Not that I'm aware of."

"And so… was a feasibility…"

"No, no."

"So was a feasibility study done for the Mayor's Bill?"

"Yes." 10100071.docx 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"And so, why is it that this get preference over her Bill and there is no feasibility study?"

"So this is just cleanup language for the Illinois Gaming Board so that they can implement the Gaming Act that we passed back in the spring. This is two requests out of a number of requests from the Gaming Board and this is something that they've asked if we'd vote this forward before…"

"Was the Mayor willing to deal with some of the issues of the Gaming Board?"

"In the negotiations the Mayor was willing to work with everybody."

"That's not the question that I asked. Was the Mayor willing to negotiate and work with the Gaming Board? I'm just trying to figure out the reason why is House…"

"Yes."

"…Senate Bill 222 as opposed to Senate Bill 516."

"I guess I don't understand your question."

"Well if the Gaming Board has not done a feasibility study and the Mayor of the City of Chicago has, the Gaming Board did not come down here and… to lobby and talk to us and explain to us what it is that they were going to do, but the Mayor did.

"So…"

"And so, I am asking what is it about this Bill that supersedes the one that the Mayor of the City of Chicago came down here to negotiate for and on and talk to us about that's in the best interest of our community and the City of Chicago and the infrastructure parts of the Bill that would've gone along with it?" 10100071.docx 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"So there were the number of parts of the gaming Bill that we were discussing. The main part was the Chicago request in terms of the way the taxes were done on the Chicago Casino. That was one request. Another request was from the Gaming Board. They had a whole list of them, but two of… out of the two requests, all the different requests that we've received while working on the gaming Bill were the one… one dealing with its fingerprinting and how their language was written in the gaming Bill. And the other is on the cross-referencing of applications so that they could remain confidential. So, these were just two parts of a big talking picture of a number of requests that were asked to be considered in the Veto Session and/or part of one Bill."

"My final question to you is why is it that Senate Bill 222 is on the board and not Senate Bill 516? Because you could've done the same thing with Senate Bill 516."

"So, Senate Bill 222 was called. We had 516 that was filed with an Amendment and we didn’t go to committee to hear that Amendment. And so, that we're going down the Calendar and this was what was come up on the Calendar to take before for your consideration."

"And thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Spain."

"He indicates that he will."

"No, no. When we come… you know, depending when we adjourn and when we come back, all the requests and all the different parts will be considered as we go through the next general… the next Session."

"Can you rephrase that… I only heard part of that."

"Yes."

"According to the Gaming Board, that is true that it could have some risk in terms of applications and how the fingerprinting process would go."

"That is… that is my understanding from what the Gaming Board has indicated."

"Chair recognizes Representative Halpin."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. And I'll be brief. I just wanted to say that I do agree with Representative Williams when they talk about the Chicago delegation taking a vote that benefited the rest of the state. And as a downstater that… whose communities will benefit from that legislation, I think it’s important as a sign that we start to move against some of the regionalism that we see often. And I would just say if they want me to vote against this Bill, I'd be happy to do so. I don't think it'll cause further delay in the Sports Wagering Act because frankly the Gaming Board has had almost six months to get rules in place, while Iowa and Indiana seemed to been able to do it very quickly themselves. And I don't think this is going to be the thing that keeps them from passing those rules. I'm urgently waiting for those 10100071.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 rules to come up and have been for some time. So, as I said, I'm willing to vote 'no' on this Bill in a show of courtesy to my colleagues from Chicago."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Harris for an announcement."

"Let the record reflect that Representative DeLuca is excused for the rest of the day."

"Thank you. Chair recognizes Leader Batinick."

"Seventy-one."

"He indicates that he will."

"The Bill is some… yeah, technical cleanup."

"Well, according to the Gaming Board, they need to have these changes so that they can move forward with the applicants and the fingerprinting… that they can't process the fingerprinting. And then if the applicants have done a cross-reference, they could be subject to being FOIA-ed."

"Chair recognizes Representative McCombie."

"He indicates that he will."

"It's a technical Bill in nature for two requests from the Illinois Gaming Board. One dealing with fingerprints and one dealing with the applications and how the applications are…"

"Chair recognizes Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. To be perfectly honest, you're right, this is a simple, technical Bill. And the reality is this could jeopardize the vertical capital projects. But you know what else is going to jeopardize the vertical capital projects? Not having a Chicago casino. The Chicago Members took the vote that didn't help our police and fire on the promise that they would be made whole later. We took a leap of faith, but this Body, as someone said a moment ago, needs to stop the regionalism and take the leap of faith that will allow Chicago to move forward appropriately and responsively with a casino that will fund the projects that are going to be built all over this state. I respectfully ask the Sponsor to pull this Bill from the record." 10100071.docx 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Chair recognizes Representative Feigenholtz."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. I harken back to my seatmate, who turns another year tomorrow. Happy Birthday, Kelly. And her… and her remarks about… this is important. I'm not saying this isn’t important, but I also think that we took, again, a leap of faith in securing and consolidating downstate pensions to preserve police and fire. When we go back home to our Chicago districts, we continue to hear about the fear of property taxes going up. I'm very concerned about other initiatives that we have been supportive of. This is a very, very important component to the Capital Bill that this Body supported in a bipartisan way. Representative Rita, could you please answer my question? Would it be impossible for you to amend this Bill with the Chicago casino language?"

"Well, we could do that but this has an immediate effective date. And it was talked when we were going through… when we were crafting and going through the Bill that the City of Chicago's request did not have a immediate effective date."

"So if you amended you couldn't change… you couldn't have two special effective dates if you amended that Bill onto this, yes or no?"

"My understanding that the immediate would occur."

"For both of them?"

"That's my understanding, but I am not an attorney here."

"I'd like to ask the Parliamentarian for a ruling on that. I'm not sure that that is accurate."

"We'll take that under advisement and we'll get back to you. Please continue." 10100071.docx 104  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Are we going to stand at ease because that was a very important question, Representative Manley?"

"I was told we were going to take that under advisement and like it if you could please continue."

"I'm happy to continue. Thank you, Madam Chair. You look wonderful up there, by the way."

"Thank you."

"So again, Chair Rita, I know you have really, really worked hard on trying to craft a gaming Bill. I know how hard gaming Bills are. I know that they sink under their own weight often, but this is something that we have been discussing for a very long time. If the Chicago casino does not happen, it has very serious ramifications for my district and the district of everyone in the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois will also lose a great deal of revenue, which means there's going to be other cuts that we cannot afford and that nobody in our caucus is going to want to go home and talk about after we adjourn. I implore my colleagues who are looking at this piece of legislation and trying to put something in it that will help them or remedy something, I implore you to reconsider as a lifelong Chicagoan, as somebody who represents a district that's disproportionately affected by property taxes where people are telling me they're leaving my district and they're really not happy. We will get to your issues. You have my commitment and the commitment of the rest of the Members of the City of Chicago. We will stand with you shoulder to shoulder, but I really am waiting for that parliamentary ruling because I would love to see that Bill go up on the board because I believe if we worked hard enough we 10100071.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 could get it done. I'm glad that Representative Thapedi has requested a verification. I, too, implore my colleagues as… although the issues in this Bill are very valid, it's also a lost opportunity on those of us who represent Chicago and encourage a non 'yes' vote."

"Chair recognizes Representative Bryant."

"Please proceed."

"I'm not sure what you're asking."

"Our final speaker, Representative Butler."

"He indicates that he will."

"Yes."

"Representative Rita to close."

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, these last few days, we've been working long hours, meeting with a lot of people, trying to get this Chicago piece fixed. When I hear that we're not doing something for Chicago, I've been working very closely with Mayor Lightfoot and her administration team to try to figure out what we could do to get over the goal line. We still have that in the works. We're going to continue to work. We filed Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 516 today. But this Bill just takes two technical fixes that the Illinois Gaming Board needs. One dealing with the fingerprinting to make sure that they're done correctly and they're able to do it. Another dealing with the confidentiality of the applicants. These are two parts of many requests for the Illinois Gaming Board that we believe that needs to be passed. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Members, Representative Thapedi has requested a verification. All Members will be in their chairs and vote their own switches. The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 222 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. And 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 72 voting in 'favor', 7 voting 'opposed', 3 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received… pardon me. Mr. Clerk, please read the names of those voting in the affirmative." 10100071.docx 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"Mr. Clerk, Representative Thapedi withdraws his request for verification. On this question, there are 72 voting in 'favor', 7 voting 'opposed', 3 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Spain, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Thank you. Adjournment Resolution. Mr. Clerk, please read the Adjournment Resolution." 10100071.docx 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019

"The Chair recognizes Leader Wehrli."

"I'm used to it."

"Could you…"

"One second. I'm sorry to interrupt you. Please hold one second. Leader Harris moves for the adoption of the Adjournment Resolution. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Adjournment Resolution is adopted."

"Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Leader Harris moves for the adoption of Agreed Resolutions. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Members, I need you to pay 10100071.docx 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 71st Legislative Day 11/14/2019 special attention to this. And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Harris moves that the House stands adjourned until Tuesday, January 28. This is a recorded vote. Members will be in their chairs and vote their own switches. All those in favor vote 'aye'; 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 that Motion, 53 voted 'aye', 43 voted 'nay', 1 voted 'present'. In the opinion… and the 'ayes' have it. And the House stands Adjourned." 10100071.docx 113