"House will come to order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Larry Daniel who is with Ramsey Christian Church in Ramsey, Illinois. Pastor Daniel is the guest of Representative Wilhour. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off cell phones and pagers, and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor Ramsey (sic Daniel)."
"On behalf of the community of Ramsey, Illinois, I would like to thank you for this opportunity to pray. I've also published a devotional booklet that is made available exclusively for the State Legislators and they will be available in Blaine Wilhour's office. Will you pray with me? Almighty God who created us and compels us to love you and to love each other, I pray today for our Legislators from this great State of Illinois. I pray that you will give them wisdom as they make decisions for our state. I specifically ask you to be with our Governor, Senators, and Representatives who make decisions affecting our states. I pray that these elected Representatives of the people of Illinois, that they will honor the desires of those who elected them into office. I pray that the debates heard by these Legislators will bring honor and glory to you. And I pray that each Legislator will seek the counsel from you, oh God, as they cast their votes to make Illinois the greatest state in the union. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
"We'll be led in the Pledge of Allegiance today by Representative Batinick." 10100089.docx 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Willis is recognized to report any excused absences on the Democratic side of the aisle."
"Please excuse Representative Ramirez from the Democratic side."
"And Leader Spain is recognized to announce any absences on the Republican side of the aisle."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please let the record reflect that Representative Stephens is excused today."
"Have all recorded themselves who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With 110 Members reporting, we have a quorum present and we are prepared to do business. On page 7 of the Calendar, under the Order of Agreed Resolutions, we have House Resolution 773, offered by Representative Butler. Mr. Clerk."
"House Resolution 773, offered by Representatives Butler and Scherer. be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the Rochester High School football team, the Rockets, for winning the 2019 IHSA Class 5A State Championship and wish the program future success."
"Representative Butler on the Resolution."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hey, Rockets, welcome back to the Illinois State Capitol once again. Thanks for being here 10100089.docx 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 guys. On behalf of Representative Scherer and myself, I'd like to welcome the 2019 Class 5A State Football Champion Rochester Rockets. If you look way over in the corner over there on the Democrat side you'll see Representative Zalewski wearing a Rochester dominate t-shirt. Mike's a graduate of Chicago St. Rita High School who Rochester beat in the final. Mike reached out to have a little wager before the game and I happily accepted that wager knowing Rochester's track record. The Rockets defeated Chicago St. Rita High School 42- 28 for the 8th state football title in 10 years for the Rockets. This is the first title in Class 5A after 7 championships in Class 4A. The Rockets were bumped up to 5A this year because of their enrollment by 1 student. They were bumped up into 5A as the smallest school in class 5A this year. After an outstanding 8-1 regular season, Rochester rolled through the playoffs with victories over LaSalle-Peru, Highland, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin where Coach Ken Leonard beat… excuse me, Coach Derek Leonard beat his dad Coach Ken Leonard against SHG in the playoffs, beating Mascoutah, and finally beating St. Rita in the final. The Rockets average margin of victory in the playoffs was by over 25 points. In the championship game, All-State quarterback Clay Bruno, bound for Western Illinois University, threw for 313 yards and 4 touchdowns. Sophomore Hank Beatty caught 12 passes, including 3 touchdowns. Hank, I saw you're taking a trip to Iowa this week. Stay in state to go to school. I'm telling you, all right? We don't need you going to Iowa. Senior Chris Koerwitz, on his way to play for the Salukis in Carbondale next year, led the way on the line. And Logan 10100089.docx 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 Peters had 11 tackles for the Rockets defense. Coach Derek Leonard and his entire staff are tremendous. They… by my calculation, since 2006 Rochester is 47-6 in the playoffs, just in the playoffs. The community rallies behind this bullet… these bullets every year. For year after year, these footballers come to play and all they do is win championships. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the 2019 Class 5A Football Champion Rochester Rockets."
"Representative Zalewski is recognized."
"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker. You know, when I was told that St. Rita was playing you guys, I was very excited. We're a Catholic League team and we… Catholic League of Chicago is this pronounced history in football. And someone's like, you know, Rochester plays this really cool innovative offense, and I said, uh oh, because I'm told that you guys are very good and you run a very nice offense. And I couldn't be happier for you. Congratulations, you made the state proud. We're runners up this year but I'm sure we'll see you on the field again. Congratulations to you guys on your state championship. And I'm happy to wear this shirt. Thank you very much."
"Representative Butler moves for the adoption of House Resolution 773. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. On page 7 of the Calendar, under the Order of Agreed Resolutions, we have House Resolution 766, offered by Representative Wilhour. Mr. Clerk."
"House Resolution 766. be it 10100089.docx 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we commend Shirley Ann Hall on her drive, conviction, and life-long commitment to support our military veterans as a member of the American Legion Auxiliary for the past 79 years and are proud of her efforts to make a difference in her community."
"Representative Wilhour."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I want to take the opportunity to recognize a real American patriot from my district, Shirley Ann Hall. Shirley has the incredible distinction of 79 consecutive years of active membership in the American Legion Auxiliary. Shirley joined the auxiliary when she was 9 years old in 1941, the American Legion Unit 446 in Centralia, Illinois under the American Legion membership of her father's service in World War I. Whether it was making tray favors for veterans in nursing homes or collecting donations every year for Poppy Day, Shirley is there, always actively contributing. Shirley has every membership card from every auxiliary unit she has been a member of and continues her service even today as the historian of the Luther B. Easley post 128 American Legion Auxiliary in Salem, Illinois. And I also want to take this time to thank the Department of Veteran Affairs director and our former House colleague, Linda Chapa LaVia, for her help and support in honoring Shirley. Director Chapa LaVia came down to the district last summer and got the opportunity to meet with Shirley as we honored her in the district down here and we thought it was appropriate to bring her up here for 10100089.docx 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 this. All of our research has indicated that Miss Shirley Hall is the longest serving American Legion Auxiliary member in Illinois history, which I think is a pretty big deal. Shirley's with us today in the Speaker's Gallery and she's accompanied by several guests that I wanted to give some quick mention of: Sue Coughlin, the Illinois State President of the American Legion Auxiliary, Roy Weber, the State Commander of the American Legion, Members of the 8&40, Macy Azeska, Marge Eleze, and Mike Murphy, the Salem American Legion Auxiliary officers, Beth Harrell and Pam Deckard, the Salem American Legion Commander, Harold Kocher, and Legion Officer, Roger Harrell, and members of the Marion County Soldiers' and Sailors' Reunion. Also joining us online are Shirley's family in Maine who couldn't be here today, but they've sent that they are very proud of the example that she has set as a community volunteer. And in the spirit of service, not self, the mission of the American Legion Auxiliary is to support the American Legion and the honor of the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at home and abroad. For God and country they advocate for veterans, educate our citizens, mentor youth, and promote patriotism, good citizenship, peace, and security. And, Shirley, I'm proud of you. We're all proud of you. You're an inspiration that truly embodies what we should all strive for. One of the core values instilled into all of us who served in the military, selfless service. Speaking on behalf of all of the veterans, we thank you and people like you for your extraordinary commitment to 10100089.docx 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 military families, our countries, and our communities. Thank you, Shirley Hall."
"Representative Wilhour moves for the adoption of House Resolution 766. All those in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Representative Mah, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege."
"Please state your point."
"Thank you. I'd like to draw the Members' attention to two Pages for today who are here as part of a shadow day, organized by the Alternative Schools Network. And the two young ladies who have been shadowing me today are Jessica Vazquez and Eliany Castillo. Please give them a warm Springfield welcome."
"Representative Wehrli, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please state your point."
"I would like to announce my Pages for a day. Today I have joining me, Camden Kirchgessner and his sister Maddie. Camden is an eighth grader at All Saints. Maddie is a seventh grader. They are both avid golfers. Camden will be attending Benet Academy next fall and Maddie will be competing this weekend in the Math Counts Competition at the state level. So if we could give a warm House welcome to my Pages."
"Representative Hammond, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege." 10100089.docx 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Please state your point."
"If my colleagues would join me, up in the gallery we have a group of folks representing Mason County Farm Bureau who have joined us today. They have spent some time at my office with Kevin Semlow, Rob Baren from the Department of Agriculture, and also our Director of Agriculture, Jerry Costello. So please join me in welcoming them to the Illinois House."
"Representative Welter, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."
"Please state your point."
"Colleagues, you may have seen today around the Capitol and our office building in Stratton some young adults with some green shirts on. They're joined here in the gallery… if you guys would stand up, please. We have with us here nearly 30 4-H members from across Illinois who are here attending the University of Illinois extension 4-H Legislative Connection Event today and tomorrow at the Capitol. These youth represent 18 different 4-H programs from counties throughout the State of Illinois. Representing nearly 200 thousand 4-H participants in all 102 counties. These teens represent the Illinois 4-H Youth Leadership team and the 4-H members trained through the Speaking for Illinois 4-H program. They have been active in their local 4-H clubs and communities in community service, projects, and 4-H learning experience. That includes STEM, animal sciences, and healthy living. If you could please give them a warm Springfield welcome." 10100089.docx 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Representative Ann Williams, for what reason do you seek recognition?" Williams, A.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For a point of personal privilege."
"Please state your point." Williams, A.: "Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I wanted to draw your attention to the gallery where we are joined by three very special guests. All that are alderman from the City of Chicago. First we have Alderman Brendan Reilly, President Pro Temp of the Chicago City Council. Alderman George Cardenas, Chair of the Chicago City Council's Environmental Protection and Energy Committee. And finally my own alderman, Alderman Matt Martin of the Fightin' 47th Ward. All of whom are here to champion Clean Energy Lobby Day. Welcome to Springfield."
"Representative Severin, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker. Please state your point. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I'd like to welcome some constituents of mine from my district. Mr. Jason Powell with Ready Nation is here today. And also there's a couple that are up in the gallery, first time coming to Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Larry and Christina Scott. They have a 10-year-old child that has an incurable disease that only 20 people in the world have. And so, they have come today to Springfield to share their story. So I'd like to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Scott to the House Floor today and their visitation to Springfield. So thank you very much." 10100089.docx 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Representative Swanson, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"State your point."
"Thank you, Sir. Today in Springfield is Rare Disease Day. As a part of Rare Disease we have a lot of families coming throughout Illinois to participate in this event. One family in particular who you've met a couple years ago who helped pass legislation on a spinal muscular atrophy is the Parlier family form Galesburg, Illinois. If I could ask the Parlier family to stand. Today we have Randy, his wife Tracy, Evan, and also Lily. Lily, you may recall, was diagnosed with SMA. And because of that, because of SMA, we here in the House passed legislation to begin testing every baby born in Illinois to be blood tested for spinal muscular atrophy. I'm happy to report in my recent conversation with my Illinois Department of Public Health, we've achieved first testing of 10 thousand babies, 5 thousand tests have been reviewed, and in that 5 thousand test, 1 baby was diagnosed with SMA here in Illinois. We project on 1 July this testing will go live and we will prevent other children in Illinois from having this terrible disease of spinal muscular atrophy. So I'd like to welcome Tracy and Lily who are very familiar. They've appeared both House committees and Senate committees, but also their family to be here with us today. So thank you to all the parents of Rare Disease Day and especially the Parlier family. Thank you for being here."
"Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports." 10100089.docx 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
Clerk Hollman: "Committee Reports. Representative Harper, Chairperson from the Committee on Agriculture & Conservation reports the following committee action taken on March 3, 2020: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4213; recommends be adopted is House Resolution 659. Representative Jones, Chairperson from the Committee on Insurance reports the following committee action taken on March 3, 2020: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3965, House Bill 4433. Representative Moylan, Chairperson from the Committee on Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges reports the following committee action taken on March 3, 2020: recommends be adopted is House Joint Resolutions 96, 97, 107, 110, and House Resolution 751. Representative Mussman, Chairperson from the Committee on Adoption & Child Welfare reports the following committee action taken on March 3, 2020: recommends be adopted is House Resolutions 686, 695, 740. Representative Williams, Chairperson from the Committee on Energy & Environment reports the following committee action taken on March 3, 2020: recommends be adopted is House Resolution 690. Representative Flowers, Chairperson from the Committee on Health Care Availability & Accessibility reports the following committee action taken on March 3, 2020: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4282. Representative Slaughter, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary - Criminal reports the following committee action taken on March 3, 2020: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 153, House Bill 2412, House Bill 3905, House Bill 4171, House Bill 4236, House Bill 5580; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 54. Representative Hurley, Chairperson from the Committee on Human Services reports the 10100089.docx 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 following committee action taken on March 4, 2020: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4252; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 5654; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment 1 to House Joint Resolution 86 and House Resolutions 623, 640, 644, 666, 713, and 756. Representative Thapedi, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary - Civil reports the following committee action taken on March 4, 2020: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4249, House Bill 4251, House Bill 4375, House Bill 4562, House Bill 4563, House Bill 4791, House Bill 4917, House Bill 4978, House Bill 5502; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2494, House Bill 3916; recommends be adopted is House Resolution 762. Representative Mussman, Chairperson from the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies reports the following committee action taken on March 4, 2020: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4690, House Bill 4783; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4954; recommends be adopted is House Resolutions 642, 660, 700, 720. Representative D'Amico, Chairperson from the Committee on Transportation: Vehicles & Safety reports the following committee action March 4, 2020: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4001; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 4033, House Joint Resolution 109. Representative Guzzardi, Chairperson from the Committee on Prescription Drugs reports the following committee action taken on March 4, 2020: do not pass as amended pursuant to Rule 22(g) is House Bill 3493. Introduction of Resolutions. House Resolution 806, offered by Representative Brady. And House 10100089.docx 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 Resolution 807, offered by Representative Conroy. These are referred to the Rules Committee."
"Members, it's our intention now to go to the Order of Second Readings. So we are going to go through Second Readings starting on page 3. House Bill 3700, Representative Costa Howard. Representative Costa Howard. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3700, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Costa Howard, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Costa Howard to explain the Amendment."
"Thank you. The Amendment is regarding the Insurance Code. They were some requests by the Department of Insurance to… make some clarifications that the code numbers were included."
"Representative, are you meaning to move Amendment #1 or Amendment #2? I understand that there's an Amendment 2 filed but not here yet."
"I apologize, yes. I was speaking as to Floor Amendment #1. Yes, I'm asking for Floor Amendment #1 to be moved."
"Any questions? Representative Wehrli."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates she'll yield."
"So, Representative, it was my understanding you were going to bring yet another Amendment back to committee and 10100089.docx 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 not bring this to the floor and move it to Third. Is that still… I mean, what's your intention here with this piece of legislation?"
"I apologize, Representative. Yes, I will bring that… those both… I will bring them back. I apologize."
"So we're going to keep this on Second and we'll see it back in committee?"
"Yes… yes."
"Thank you."
"Seeing no further question, Representative Terra Costa Howard moves adopt… please keep this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. On page 3 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3928, Representative Mason. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3928, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Representative… Third Reading. On page 3 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3935, Representative Kifowit. Representative Kifowit. Please read the Bill."
House Bill 3935, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3999, Representative McDermed. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3999, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 10100089.docx 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Third Reading. House Bill 4011, Representative Didech. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
House Bill 4011, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Didech, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Didech on the Amendment."
"Floor Amendment 1 conforms to the current practice of many school districts. It clarifies that religious reasons is a valid reason for excused absences. I would ask for its adoption."
"Seeing no discussion, Representative Didech moves the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 4011. All those in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 4056, Representative Halpin. Out of the Record. House Bill 4152, Representative Didech. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4152, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Didech, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative on the Amendment."
"Amendment 1 aligns the penalty provisions of this Bill with other sections of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. I ask for its adoption." 10100089.docx 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Seeing no question, Representative Didech moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 4152. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. And in the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 4247, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4247, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 4403, Representative Ford. Representative Ford. Out of the Record. House Bill 4516, Representative Gong-Gershowitz. Out of the Record. House Bill 4611, Representative Morgan. Out of the Record. House Bill 4625, Representative Stuart. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4625, a Bill for an Act concerning State government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Morgan, did you wish to move House Bill 4611? Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4611, a Bill for an Act concerning State government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 10100089.docx 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Third Reading. Members, we're now ready to go to the Order of Third Reading. On page 4 of the Calendar appears House Bill 2089, Representative Willis. Mr. Clerk."
"House Bill 2089, a Bill for an Act concerning property. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Willis."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a Bill that we have been working with the Illinois Department of Transportation for a number of years on. There is a piece of land that they no longer are in need of and the Village of Bensenville would like to purchase this land. They have gotten three fair market bids on it and appraisals to make sure that they are giving a fair market price on it. And I would respectfully ask the Body's permission to allow this sale to go forward."
Speaker Harris: "Is there any discussion? Representative Batinick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates she'll yield."
"Representative, just 'cause I think this is an old Bill and I want to get the cobwebs out of everybody's head. You held this Bill on Second Reading to address some IDOT issue, correct?"
"Yes, we did. And IDOT wanted to be able to put into language something that we would not have to come back for specific areas. We are still working on that and actually we have language on it, but it has been the opinion that we need to take those two things separately. And so, that's why I'm now going forward with the Bill. And I will continue to work with IDOT so that we can have language on the books. But as 10100089.docx 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 you're familiar, they've gone through a lot of administrative changes there and we're still working through what the language forever and ever will be."
"Okay. So, basically this Bill specifically deals only with Bensenville. They wanted to expand this Bill to deal with it statewide but you're passing the Bill to… just to deal with Bensenville. And it looks like there was no… no opponents in committee?"
"There's no opposition. And we have gone through… basically the reason we need to do this is we've got these three bids in there and we want to make sure that those… three appraisals to make sure that they're still timely and relevant and we don't have to redo those appraisals."
"Okay. Real quick, do you have an idea of the size of the piece of parcel that's being conveyed from IDOT to Bensenville?"
"You know what, I'm sorry. I don’t have that with me. It… it's not huge but it's large enough to be able to put a building on it."
"Okay. So maybe an acre or two?"
"They're actually looking to put a senior center there."
"Oh, okay. So, several acres. Okay. thank you."
"Representative Thapedi."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Indicates she'll yield."
"Leader Willis, what is the sales price for the parcel?"
"I don't have that with me. I believe it's like three million… there are three different bids on there. One came in 10100089.docx 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 very low but it's about two and a half to three million dollars."
"Three different bids or three different appraisals?"
"They're not bids. Appraisals. They're appraisals."
"So the parcel was appraised by three different appraisers…"
"Correct."
"…and those appraisers came up with a fair cash market value?"
"Correct. Yes."
"And is it being sold for the highest amount or the lowest amount to Bensenville? And the only reason why I ask, Leader Willis, is not to challenge you on the Bill, 'cause I'm going to vote for the Bill, but there have been some challenges with IDOT and its process with respect to excess parcels of land. For whatever reason, even as Legislators, when we ask for the information from IDOT about what the role is about excess land that they have, they're not very forthcoming with the information. So that's the only reason why I ask that question."
"And that is actually part of the reason why this has been going on for so long. IDOT tends to drag on that. We do not have a final purchase price on that but they will be taking into consideration the three appraisals. My guess would be that they'll… somewhere in the middle is where it will be. It will not be the highest, it will not be the lowest. Some place in the middle, possibly taking all three and going through. We do not have the final bid package on it but this at least opens the door to be able to do that." 10100089.docx 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"I apologize, now I'm a little bit more confused. So if the appraisal… there are three different appraisals of the property, why would we not sell it to the City of Bensenville for the highest possible amount of money?"
"I don’t… hold on, please."
"Because at the end of the day it's a state parcel."
"Well, because sometimes…"
"It's been appraised. We've got three different opinions of value."
"I think what we're looking at…"
"So why would we not get the maximum dollars out of the parcel?"
"Because the maximum price may not be actually relevant. So sometimes you could have somebody that… we don't want somebody coming in lowballing the appraisal, we also don’t want somebody highballing the appraisal. So that's why you look for three, so that you get one that brings it into the fair market range."
"No, no, no."
"It makes sure… it actually takes the… if you want to look at it the politics out of it so that we don't have somebody that's a friend of somebody trying to make it higher than it needs to be or lower than it needs to be."
"No, again… I apologize again, Leader Willis. I just want to make sure I understand the process because there are other projects that we're looking at to deal with some of the excess parcels of land that IDOT seems to control. So I do understand the dynamic of looking at three different appraisals, I get that, to determine what the fair cash market 10100089.docx 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 value is of a particular property at its highest and best use. But if there is a buyer out there that wants to purchase that parcel, why would we not try to get that maximum dollar amount from that particular potential buyer? Be it the City of Bensenville or be it Jane Doe or John Doe seeking about a property."
"Well, and I think that's part of what we're trying to work out in another Bill with different language so that we do have it go universal throughout the state. This particular property, I can only tell you has been vacant for over 30 years. Nobody is beating down the doors to buy it. The Village of Bensenville is the only people that have shown any interest because they have a specific purpose and need on it."
"Thank you, Leader Willis. And I'll… and I'll suggest to you that probably the reason why that there may not be potential buyers beating down the doors to potentially get that parcel is because IDOT doesn't make that information available."
"I couldn't agree more."
"Mr. Speaker, I encourage and 'aye' vote on this Bill. And I look forward to working with you, Leader Willis, in the future on these types of issues."
"Mr. Halpin, are you speaking on this Bill? Representative Halpin."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I just wanted to mention to the Representative, I'm fully in support of this Bill. And as we've talked, I've got a billion dollar bridge in my district that will be completed in a couple years and there is going to be a similar issue. And so, I just wanted to say I look 10100089.docx 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 forward to working with you on that language and hope we can collaborate to make sure that that happens. Thank you."
"Representative Wheeler."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Indicates she'll yield."
"Representative, we are… had this in committee. I'm in Exec and I want to be supportive of your Bill. I want to… just a couple clarifying questions. One, who is paying for this? Who's writing the check?"
"The Village of Bensenville."
"And the recipient of the check is?"
"IDOT."
"Perfect. To the point where we discussed this in committee and you were going to bring it back with Amendment, you covered that, but I want to make sure there were no others issues that IDOT had besides wanting to get the perfect language for all time. But rather with this particular situation there's nothing that they had a problem with, correct?"
"We have met all of the requirements that IDOT asked for with the three current appraisals. And the only thing that they said differently was they wanted to have a universal thing instead of not piecing, but we were not able to get that in a timely manner. I am committed to continuing to work for that though."
"Right, no. So taking that aside just for a moment, there's nothing else on this project that IDOT had any issue with, correct?" 10100089.docx 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"There is nothing else in this project that IDOT has any issue with."
"I just want to make sure the Members of Exec who voted for this to help you get it through, and so you can continue working on it, are aware that that's all good and Bensenville pays, IDOT receives, that's the end of the line."
"Thank you."
"Thank you."
"Representative Bourne."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates she will."
"Thank you. Representative, I am reading your Bill, and I know that you've talked about the three different appraisals for fair market value. I carried a land transfer Bill last General Assembly and… is this a different process than what has been gone through in the past?"
"Not to my knowledge. I think they're all pretty much standard with that. Like I said, part of the delay is simply because we've had so many administrative changes in IDOT and they were trying to prevent land parcel transfer Bills from coming up on a regular basis. But we're still seeing delays and we're holding up construction in many of our communities because of it."
"Do you know… so in the land transfer Bill that I carried there is a specific price set for each parcel of land in statute that the General Assembly passed, which I think is important for the state to know exactly the price for this parcel of land. Do you know, is this unprecedented to have a 10100089.docx 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 sale and a transfer of land without the price being set in statute?"
"Not to my knowledge. I honestly don't know, Ma'am."
"Okay. I have some concerns that this is outside of the normal process. The land transfer Bills that I'm looking back through from the 100th General Assembly, there are specific prices and specific descriptions of the transfers. It says… you know, exact number to the penny."
"Is that a transfer from CMS or was it from IDOT? Those are two different divisions and such so…"
"From IDOT."
"What Bill number are you referring to? Could you tell me that, please?"
"I'm looking at Senate Bill 3247 from the 100th General Assembly. I'm looking at… let me pull up the last one. There are multiple Bills and multiple versions, all of which have prices for each parcel of land from IDOT."
"So in all of my dealings with IDOT, they never asked us to put in the Bill the specific price. They just asked that we had three fair market appraisals and give them that before we actually would move the Bill for the sale. So it's never been specifically discussed on it. I can look into that, but it was not brought up. And like said, this is a three year process I've been working on this Bill with."
"And I understand and appreciate. It's a long process. Like I said, I worked with a constituent on a very small piece of land but they had to have a specific price listed. I'm looking again… another Bill, House Bill 5066 from the 100th General Assembly. I just have some concerns that this is a 10100089.docx 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 different process than what's been gone through before. And so, for that reason, I will be opposing it."
"Representative Skillicorn."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Indicates she'll yield."
"Hi there, Leader Willis. I just heard that you've been working on this for over three years. I promise not to go that long, okay? I just have some questions. There's been some good debates so far and you've had some great answers and you've answered a few of them already. So I'm reading the Bill here and I see specific details about the parcel of land, but could you just fill us in, in your own words, what is this land? What are the details? Why is it so special?"
"This is land that was purchased by IDOT as part of the 390 Elgin-O'Hare Western Access Tollway. It had… it was not used as that was going through that area. So it has basically been abandoned land for approximately 30 years. The Village of Bensenville lost some land when we had the Chicago O'Hare expansion. So when O'Hare Airport… they actually took over a portion of the Village of Bensenville. We're looking to see that… this is something… so they're landlocked. There's not a lot of open space and this is land that they feel they have a wonderful purpose for. They would like to try to put a senior center in there or do some type of development. And this is… right now, it appears that it's going to be a senior center and this is why this land is very important to the Village of Bensenville. There's not a lot of open land in our area because we have the airport. This is not… it's just 10100089.docx 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 basically a… you know, an acre and a half I think of nothing being done on it, open land with nothing going on."
"Well that's a lot more descriptive than what I see here about the parcel in the Bill."
"Well that's because I live there, I know it."
"That’s good though. But one thing on that, is this part of Industrial Park or adjacent to Industrial Park?"
"It's adjacent."
"Adjacent. So I don’t want to question the… what Bensenville's trying to do, but a senior center adjacent to an industrial park… I hope it doesn't fit what I'm imagining."
"It's actually right off of Route 83. So there's not really an industrial park right there as part of it, so."
"And since you have some local knowledge, local background, do you know of any other parties that might be interested in this?"
"There are no other parties that have showed any interest in it at all in the 30 years that it's been opened and abandoned."
"Okay. So it sounds… according to what you know, there isn’t. So just… the other question is, how is Bensenville looking to pay for this? Is this going to be paid for with a TIF? Is this going to be paid from just general revenue funds from them? How do they plan on paying for it?"
"I believe the Village of Bensenville has been working on the pay… you know, they have money in reserve to do this. This is something that is important to them and they have money in reserve ready and willing to go in and do it. To my 10100089.docx 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 knowledge it's not going to be a TIF, but I am not the Village of Bensenville so I can't tell you 100 percent for sure."
"Okay. And there's no prohibition from them using a TIF? Even though this is going to a senior center, it's not… I mean, if this is blighted land and they're going to use TIF money to build a public structure, that really goes against the ideas of the but-for clause of a TIF. But according to what you know, it's going to go to a… not being paid for by TIF funds?"
"To my knowledge, no."
"Okay. Well thank you for answering my questions. You've been a good sport."
"Representative Willis to close."
"I ask the Body for a 'yes' vote. Thank you."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2089 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; 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 record. With a vote of 98 voting 'yes', 4 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present', House Bill 2089, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 4 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3836, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk."
"House Bill 3836, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Ford on House Bill 3836."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Greg Harris. I move for the passage of House Bill 3836. It's a simple Bill and it asks that the Illinois DHS SNAP Program is included with online services, 10100089.docx 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 so that people with SNAP benefits can order groceries online. Move for the passage of House Bill 3836."
Speaker Harris: "Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Representative Ford to close. I'm sorry, I spoke too soon. Representative Stava-Murray."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I just want to thank Representative Ford for bringing this Bill forward. I have constituents who are SNAP recipients who don't have access to a car and who live in a food desert who will directly benefit from this Bill. So I'm very grateful to this change because it really has been a struggle in my area, specifically that food pantries won't deliver and they can't use their SNAP benefits for online services. So this will help feed children in my district and I'm… thank you so much for your work."
"Representative Skillicorn."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates he'll yield."
"Thank you. Representative Ford, it's so great to see you. Couple quick questions on here. So a lot of these SNAP benefits, they benefit local retailers because they are able to sell things that maybe they wouldn't be able to normally do that. Where do the… where does the Retail Merchants stand on this? Have they slipped in support or opposition to this?"
"This Bill has a consensus that we should do it because there's no opposition."
"Okay, but have the… I mean, wouldn't using these SNAP benefits for online retailers, wouldn’t that compete against our local mom and pop shops?" 10100089.docx 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"You know, I filed this Bill on May 6, 2019 and that gave the Retail Merchants the opportunity to speak out against it, and as you see, there's no opposition to the Bill. And the previous speaker spoke about how there are food deserts in certain communities. And this Bill will help people not only on the west side of Chicago but we know that people in rural parts of Illinois, there are food deserts. Many times we forget about that and we think that only people in Chicago struggle from food deserts. But I am aware that people even in the downstate communities also need to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables and this Bill will help them."
"Okay. Well thank you. And is it common practice in the food deserts for people to have it delivered? And I'm going to guess this is like Amazon and other really big box kind of retailers are in this nitch. Is that the case?"
"Yes, you're absolutely right. Yes."
"Okay. Well thank you very much."
"Representative Hammond."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates he'll yield."
"Representative Ford, it's my understanding that this is actually an initiative that goes back to the farm Bill. The 2014 farm Bill, I believe it was. Is that correct?"
"That's correct."
"And it's… it's a pilot program, if you will. So… and when we talk about food deserts, and I know that when most people refer to food deserts they think about some of our areas in the more urban regions of the state, but I will say that for those of us that represent districts in central and 10100089.docx 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 downstate Illinois we too share that, the food deserts in many of our areas as well. Do you look for this program to be benefiting some of our homebound seniors and the disabled population in the state?"
"Yes."
"And is it also possible that our community care providers, those that provide home services for many of our seniors and the disabled will be able to perhaps go to the local Walmart or Target or local grocery store that allows for pickup and delivery, to take advantage of the program as well?"
"Yes, I do."
"Thank you. Representative, I look forward to supporting your measure and I'd be pleased if you would add me to your Bill."
"Thank you, Representative."
"Representative Ford to close."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. I move for the passage of the Bill."
"Question is, 'Shall House Bill 3868 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'nay'. Voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Carroll, Jones. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3836, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 4 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3878, Representative Costa Howard. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 10100089.docx 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"House Bill 3878, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Costa Howard on the Bill."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3878 is a full repeal of the Railroad Liquor Act that was enacted in 1911. This was a Bill that was passed during prohibition that does not allow drinking on our… on any of our trains. However, as many of you know, this is a situation where we actually do have that this is going on and we think that this is the right thing to do, is to make sure that it is legal. It is supported by Metra because, as you know, again, we have beverage cars on many of our trains and we would like to make sure that our… all riders are in compliance as well as our engineers. I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Representative McDermed."
"Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates she'll yield."
"Isn't it true, Representative, that nothing in this Bill would prohibit the conductors on the train or local law enforcement or Metra law enforcement from using other parts of our Criminal Code to deal with rowdy and intoxicated persons in the stations or on the trains?"
"That is correct. It also does not prohibit Metra or any of our other railroad entities from blocking out different times to prohibit drinking on the trains."
"So, for example, next week on March 17 they would be able to say no booze in the stations or on our trains? For Saint Patrick's Day."
"Correct." 10100089.docx 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"I think this is a… more than time enough to bring this Bill. Thank you, Representative."
"Thank you."
"Seeing no other Members wishing to speak, Representative Costa Howard to close."
"I ask for an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3878 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'nay'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Conroy, Demmer, Jones, Spain, Ugaste. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 103 voting 'yes', 3 voting 'no', and 2 voting 'present', House Bill 3878, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the top of page 5 appears House Bill 3892, Representative Ford. Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3892, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Ford."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. The House Bill 3892 is a simple change to the Criminal Traffic Assessment Act. Currently, if a person is assessed a fine they're paid at four dollars an hour. This Bill simply says that a person, if they want to work off their fine, they should be paid the amount of minimum wage in a municipality that they are assessed the fine in. So from four dollars to minimum wage is fair. No one should be making four dollars an hour in this state. So I move for the passage of House Bill 3892." 10100089.docx 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Representative Windhorst."
"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates he will."
"Representative Ford, I just had a few questions about the Bill. This applies only to public service work that has been converted from assessments or fines that were assessed by the court. Is that correct?"
"That's right."
"It doesn't actually provide the offender or defendant with any money in their pocket. Is that accurate?"
"Exactly. And it will not take any of the… any revenue from municipalities."
"This would not prohibit a court from also further ordering public service work aside from any fee, fine, or assessment. Is that correct?"
"Correct."
"Thank you. I have no other questions."
"Representative Batinick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Indicates he'll yield."
"The Law Enforcement Training Standards Board is against the Bill because they believe it'll take money away from them and we… that already is a little bit of an issue that's been debated down here. Can you vet that out for us 'cause the way I'm understanding the Bill, it just changes the amount of hours that make up for a penalty. How does this possibly take away money from that board? 'Cause that's the nature of their opposition. My guess is that's the nature of much of the opposition in committee." 10100089.docx 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"I thought that the opposition was removed. You may have an old Bill analysis, but after talking…"
"Not our staff."
"…after talking with law enforcement and explaining and going through the Bill with them, they realized that this takes no revenue from municipalities, from law enforcement. It simply makes sure that people that are remanded to do community service hours, they will be paid at a rate of… or a value of minimum wage and not four dollars. So if a person has to do a hundred hours, it would take them a very long time if they're paid at four dollars opposed to a minimum wage."
"Okay. So I'm being told by staff that part of the assessment dollars would go to the… currently goes to the training board but that gets wiped?"
"Nothing changes about that."
"Nothing changes about that?"
"That's right."
"Okay. So basically what we're doing here is it changes the number of hours somebody needs to complete."
"Yes."
"Thank you."
"Seeing no further questions, Representative Ford to close."
"Thank you so much. I move for the passage of 3892."
"Question is, 'Shall House Bill 3892 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. 10100089.docx 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 With a vote of 71 voting 'yes', 36 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3892, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3959, Representative Scherer. Mr. Clerk."
"House Bill 3959, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Scherer."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Today I'm presenting House Bill 3959, and in essence what it does is it allows a bachelor's degree in criminal justice to satisfy the DCFS higher ed requirement to be a child protective investigator. And I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Flowers."
"I'm sorry, Representative. Can you repeat exactly what this Bill does again?"
"Yes. It allows the degree of criminal justice to be a major that's allowed… I believe you voted for this in committee… for that to be allowed to be a child investigator. We already have things like… police science and law enforcement and criminology."
"Are you saying that in order to be a child investigator, you have to have a degree?"
"You have to have a four-year degree, yes. Currently, that's the law."
"And so what is your Bill doing?"
"It adds another major that's allowed for that."
"What other major?"
"Criminal justice."
"So you have to have a criminal justice degree and/or…" 10100089.docx 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Yes. Okay, so the list is that you could have a degree in human service areas related to law enforcement, police science, criminology, social work, early childhood development, or psychology. And I had a constituent in a neighborhood that said it would really be a good thing if we would add this other bachelor's degree in criminal justice to satisfy DCFS requirement."
"Well, let me ask why is it that it has to be any of those degrees?"
"That's how the law is currently."
"But we made the law. And so, my point to you is if I wanted to be a school teacher, I don't have to have a degree in education. And so, my point is, we need people that care, not necessarily what they have a degree in. And I think that's part of the problem. We have all of these degreed people that happen not to… they don’t have a degree in caring and nurturing and loving and being able to see what the problems are. And all DCFS cases are not necessarily criminal cases."
"Absolutely."
"No, it's the Department of Children and Family Services, they are in need of services. So I don't understand which one of those degrees would help the situation and why it is that you can't just be a caring person who would want to help children. Especially in light of the fact that the vast majority of the people that you will be seeing are families whose families would not be able to get a degree because they can't afford an education, and the very children that these degreed people will be seeing, they too will not be able to 10100089.docx 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 get a degree because DCFS does not give them like they should. They only give them to a chosen few."
"There's a shortage right now and… I don’t know, did you have a question for me or?"
"Well, yeah. I'm asking why is it necessary. Why is it that you can… because there is a shortage… because there is a shortage, why is it that we can't just have people who want to care about children to be working for DCFS because there is a shortage?"
"That's something I'd be happy to work with you on. This is just one little piece of the puzzle, but if you want to take on more that would be wonderful."
"Well, you know what, if I voted for it in committee to get it out, I think I'm going to vote 'no' on the floor because I think because we do have a shortage of qualified workers and having a degree doesn't make you qualified. It lets me know that you're able to follow instructions but I'm looking for somebody that can think as well as follow instructions. So I'm not saying that having a degree doesn’t meant that you can't think but that should not be the qualification for you to be… be able to take care of a family. The average housekeepers that take care of our mothers and our senior citizens, they don't have degrees."
"I feel like we should expand this rather than try to shrink it. So if what you feel… I think that would be a great expansion."
"Oh, I agree but… but I think what you're doing is shrinking it because you're putting limitations." 10100089.docx 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Oh it doesn't do anything about all those other… so we will still allow law enforcement, police science, criminology, social work, early childhood development, and psychology, and now we will add criminal justice to the list. We're not taking anything away."
"What about non degree people that happen to care?"
"That would have to be another Bill…"
"Oh, okay."
"…in addition to."
"I will work on that. Thank you."
"Okay, great. Thanks."
Speaker Harris: "Are you concluded, Representative Flowers? Members, I'm not going to go to the timer but we have quite a number of people who want to speak on this Bill. So I'm not going to go to the timer yet, I should say. So please keep your questions brief, we have several people who wish to speak. We are on the Order of Short Debate. Representative Carroll."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Indicates she'll yield."
"I'm seeing that the social workers are opposed to this Bill. Have you talked to them about this Bill and what is their opposition?"
"Yes, and we did discuss this. The reason they're opposed is they… they really don't want any of these other majors that are already in the law. They don’t want law enforcement, poli sci, criminology, any of those because they just want social workers only to do this job. But the problem is if we 10100089.docx 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 went backwards on that, we would be even worse shape than we are now. We don't have enough investigators and if we go backwards and only allow social workers, then we don't have enough social workers, then we're even in worse shape for investigators."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Thank you."
"Representative Stava-Murray."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates she'll yield."
"So I apologize if this has already been asked, but what was the nature of the opposition from the National Association of Social Workers?"
"Of social workers? What I just said, that they don't want anyone to do that job except a social worker, but the problem is, we don't have enough social workers to do the job."
"Well, and I would elaborate on that a little bit. So, I have a lot of actually social workers who live in my district who had to either take out student loans or what not to get that social work degree. And I know a lot of mothers of young children who are being forced out of the work force because the jobs that they have a passion for don't pay the bills on child care. So I think we need to be thinking about beyond just expanding this to other people who don't have a child care concern. To think about the realistic ways that we can be coming up with solutions for the social workers who aren't currently able to use their degree because the cost of child care is so cost prohibitive that they can't afford to 10100089.docx 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 work. And this means that they're not even breaking even on child care. They may be making less than the amount they need to pay. So, I would say that rather than simply expanding to a population that doesn't particularly have that problem, thinking about ways to empower the people who can, or as Rep Flowers was saying, expand so the four-year college degree isn't required but perhaps there is some sort of training or allowing particularly mothers to be part of this work force, I think is incredibly important, especially for a government agency like DCFS."
"Representative McCombie."
"To the Bill. I would ask… I appreciate expanding the DCFS investigator pool. This is, as we're all very aware, a very thankless job and people have lost their jobs… or have lost their lives fighting for our most vulnerable. I would ask that we… when we're talking about expanding this field and training folks and whether or not you feel a four-year degree is important or not, I want us to talk about, there are training centers that are available right now for our frontline workers but they're not available for the public contractors. And I think that is something that is putting our frontline workers at risk and I think it should be open to them as well to be fully trained, so when they're knocking on a door, that they're not killed by somebody that they're trying to… a parent of somebody they're trying to protect. Thank you."
Speaker Harris: "Representative Skillicorn. No response. Representative Thapedi."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?" 10100089.docx 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"She indicates she'll yield."
"Representative, I just want to follow up on the line of questioning that you heard from Representative Flowers. And I did want to ask, what are the duties and responsibilities of a child protective investigator?"
"The child protective investigator is the person who actually goes out into the field, knocks on the door, checks on the home, on the child. I had a child in my district who was… died last year, Ta'Naja Barnes, and that's what brought a lot of this to my attention. I think that our whole discussion has really shown how many children are just in terrible situations. I'm trying to do the best I can to try to reach out and help them. By the way, the point of this Bill is that this already exists in DCFS practice, we just wanted to codify the law to make sure that it was also in the law that you could have a criminal justice degree because they already hire people with criminal justice degrees. So this isn't really a new thing."
"Understood. Do they do anything else? And the only reason why I ask is that Representative Flowers' line of questioning was, why is it a prerequisite that you have to have a four-year degree to do what you just described? I mean, if there's a logic and there's a reason behind it then I understand why that's so."
"That is… that's how the law is written at the current time, that it requires a four-year degree. I think that a lot of the things we're hearing somehow got off track. That doesn't have anything to do with my Bill. But if somebody 10100089.docx 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 wants to start another Bill saying you shouldn’t have to have a college degree, that's up to you."
"And what are the duties and responsibilities of a child welfare specialist?"
"Those are the people that work the hotline."
"And why do you need to have a degree to do that?"
"Again, the exact same. That doesn't have anything to do with my Bill but that is how the law is written."
"Thank you."
"Representative Scherer to close."
"So, after the discussion I want to just bring everyone's focus back to what my Bill does, which codifies into law that criminal justice degree can be accepted as a DCFS investigator. And it doesn't have anything to do with most of those other topics that we discussed, although those are very important topics. I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3959 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 90 voting 'yes', 11 voting 'no', and 3 voting 'present', House Bill 3959, having achieved a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3961, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk."
"House Bill 3961, a Bill for an Act concerning State government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Kifowit on House Bill 3961." 10100089.docx 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is simply a technical Bill. We passed the task force last year. The task force didn't meet due to individuals not being appointed to the task force. It's simply clarifies some language and extends the date for the task force to meet and submit the report."
"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 3961 pass?' All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'… or… I'm sorry… all those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'nay'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3961, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3994, Representative Stuart. Is there an Amendment that you would like to adopt, Representative?"
"House Floor Amendment 1."
"Mr. Clerk, please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading."
"House Bill 3994, a Bill for an Act concerning government. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Stuart, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Stuart on House Bill… I'm sorry, Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 3994."
"Amendment 1 just… we have a Gender-Neutral Statutes Commission that has… it reported findings in 2004. It's no longer functioning so it just removes that commission." 10100089.docx 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Seeing no questions, all those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"
No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3994, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Stuart."
"Thank you. This Bill just simply makes our language, our electoral language gender-neutral. So replacing the masculine version of alderman and Congressmen and those others with a gender-neutral term like alderperson or Congressperson. There's a few places where the phrase 'or her' may be added where the reference is only 'his'. There's no substantive changes it's only technical in nature."
"Representative Stava-Murray."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates she'll yield."
"Yeah, so thank you for these technical changes. I guess I have one question, is there a reason why we are doing his or her and we are not included or them in this for pronouns? And can we add that? Because I assume that it might be a long time before these technical changes might be made again."
"That's a really good point. And so, what I will do is ask the Senate Sponsor to make that Amendment."
"Okay. Thank you." 10100089.docx 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Seeing no further discussion, Representative Stuart to close."
"I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3994 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 99 voting 'yes', 3 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present', House Bill 3994, having achieved a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4025, Representative Didech. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4025, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Didech."
"Thank you. House Bill 4025 amends Section 9-107 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to allow constructive service via Web site posting rather than posting in three public locations in the neighborhood of a courthouse. I'm happy to take any questions."
"Representative Batinick. Try it again."
"Will the Sponsor yield? There we go. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield? For real this time."
"He indicates he will."
"Representative, I was in a sidebar as you were presenting and one of the things that caught my eye was the number of opponents to this Bill. What is the nature of their opposition?" 10100089.docx 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"So there are some opponents who prefer a more comprehensive approach to a number of issues related to eviction law. This is a very narrowly tailored Bill that only addresses the form of constructive service, which comes at the end process of attempting to notify the individual who's subject of the action. So, I'm continuing to be in contact with them. I support a lot of their proposals, but I think it's important that at minimum we move forward with this that I think will have a pretty positive benefits."
"Okay. As I'm reading through here, it looks like the people that are trying to get the evictions done more smoothly are the supporters. So you have Lake County Sheriff and the Illinois Rental Properties Association?"
"Yes, it's also supported by the Illinois Municipal League, the Illinois Sheriffs Association."
"Wonderful. That was not… that was not in our analysis. What… you said… you didn't specifically say what the Bill does. What's the change that it makes?
"Right, so under current law after the period where you have to provide a attempt at due inquiry to notify an individual who's subject of this action. If after all those attempts you cannot find that person, which means either they've moved out of state, they've… are deceased, or they're aggressively avoiding service. There needs to be a mechanism to provide constructive service so you can proceed with an action in their absence. Under current law, that constructive service is provided by three public postings in the neighborhood of the courthouse. So literally they print a piece of paper, they drive over, and they put it up on a 10100089.docx 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 bulletin board that nobody ever reads. We're changing that to a Web site posting is what we're trying to do."
"Oh, that's an interesting… yeah, updating the technology for that, that's fantastic. Okay, last thing my… my notes show that every Republican in committee voted for this Bill. You just had one of… one Democrat strayed away from you?"
"Correct."
"All right. Thank you for answering my questions. Appreciate it."
"Representative McDermed."
"Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates he will."
"This was discussed extensively at committee, was it not, Representative?"
"Yes."
"And you were able to explain to the satisfaction of the many Members in committee that what we're doing is removing posting in some sort of a binder with a posting in a 21st century manner on a Web site. Isn't that correct?"
"That's absolutely correct. The process they use right now made a lot more sense in the 1800s when we had public squares where there were public postings that everybody read. Nowadays they get posted in a binder that in reality nobody ever reads."
"So isn't it more likely that housing advocates and/or someone who was concerned about being evicted could easily look on a Web site if they're concerned about people in their orbit being evicted?" 10100089.docx 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"I think that is more likely to result in actual notice than that status quo, yes."
"And no other notices are being reduced, eliminated, or changed in any way?"
"Correct. This doesn't make any changes to the required attempts as far as service of process, hiring a special process server, or by mail notice. So all those notices that are currently attempted to be made will continue to be made will continue to be attempted if this Bill passes."
"Which I think is really important for everybody to note. That no… none of the earlier postings and notices are being eliminated, only the last silly one in a binder somewhere. This is a good Bill for moving us into the 21st century. Thank you."
"Seeing no further discussion, Representative Didech to close."
"I ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 4025 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mah, Pappas, Williams, Flowers, Jones. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With 105 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4025, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4103, Representative Hoffman. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4103, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Hoffman." 10100089.docx 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. The goal of this Bill is to allow case workers automatic access to certain school information that will be pertinent to foster children in order to provide information about the child's educational background and history for our future foster parents. The Schools Boards Association had a problem with the Bill. However, they are okay with the Bill now because of an Amendment which says that this won't go into effect until the 21-22 school year."
"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 4103 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4103, having achieved the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4122, Representative Demmer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4122, a Bill for an Act concerning State government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Demmer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4122 removes or dissolves the Hospital Basic Services Review Board. This board… it's probably the first time you've ever heard its name. It hasn't met in years. The Members who are currently appointed to the board… myself, I was just appointed in October of 2019 with a caveat that I be allowed to run a Bill to dissolve it. The Senate's Minority Caucus' pick is former Senator John O. Jones who has not been in the General Assembly 10100089.docx 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 since 2012. The Senate Majority Caucus' pick is former Senator Trotter who has been out of the General Assembly for a few years. And our own distinguished colleague from… the Gentleman from Blue Island is a Member having been appointed in 2005 to this board. So this is… this board no longer meets. There's not necessarily a function for it anymore. We're trying to clean up some of these outdated boards. And so, we're rolling these duties from this group to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. I know of no opposition. I'd be happy if you'd vote 'yes'. Thank you."
"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 4122 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Stava- Murray, Jones, Flowers. Mr. Clerk, take the record. With 107 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 2 voting 'present', House Bill 4122, having achieved a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4210, Representative Ford. Out of the Record. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4246, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4246, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Hoffman."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 4246 simply provides that the Secretary of State may designate new Defense Superior Service Medal vehicle license plates to recipients who were awarded this medal in the State of Illinois. The Defense Superior Service 10100089.docx 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 Medal is a senior American military decoration of the Department of Defense awarded to members of the United Armed Forces who perform superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility. I know of no opposition."
"And seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 4246 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'nay'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Costa Howard, Jones, Pappas, Rita. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4246, having achieved a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4293, Representative Guzzardi. Representative Guzzardi. Out of the Record. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4306, Representative Harper. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4306, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Harper."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. I'm pleased to present House Bill 4306, which is a Bill that simply makes sure that a person who is doing an audit on a charter school is not an employee of that school. I encourage an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Batinick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates she'll yield."
"I'm sorry, I did not catch your description of the Bill at all." 10100089.docx 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Sure. A contractor shall not be an employee of the charter school or affiliated with the charter school when the audit is conducted on the charter school."
"Sounds fantastic. Thank you."
"Thank you."
"Seeing no further debate, Representative Harper to close."
"I encourage an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 4306 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'nay'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 105 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4306, having achieved a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4309, Representative Evans. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4309, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Evans."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and the great Members of this Assembly. House Bill 4903 (sic 4309) amends the Tollway Act requiring beneficiaries to disclose ownership interest that constitutes more than seven percent of the distributive income resulting from the tollway purchase property. This proposed change mirrors the ownership disclosure requirement for IDOT and other municipalities. It's already in statute. Lastly, this Bill changes the amount of time the tollway must file a statement of record from three days to seven days 10100089.docx 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 giving them the opportunity for travel, considering the location of their office. I ask for your 'aye' vote."
"Representative Batinick for a question."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Indicates he'll yield."
"Representative, what was the impetus of this Bill?"
"Occasionally you'll have pieces of property to own by trust or different entities that may have multiple ownerships, so it's difficult to find all of the owners particularly when it's a small piece of interest. Either tollway looked at IDOT, their way of doing it is much more functional."
"So the tollway's just mirroring what IDOT does?"
"Without question, yes. It's already in statute and I have the statute if you need it."
"No, we're all good. Thank you."
"Thank you."
Seeing no further questions, Representative Evans to close."
"I ask for your 'aye' vote. Thank you."
"Question is, 'Shall House Bill 4309 pass?' All those I favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With 108 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4309, having achieved a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4508, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 10100089.docx 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"House Bill 4508, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Hoffman."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is an initiative of the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois as well as the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association. In the past, we passed legislation that required a Joint Labor and Management Committee to establish under the Fire Department Promotion Act a statewide committee responsible for certifying assessments to the candidates seeking promotion and the physical testing. They were going to do a statewide program, however, they’ve been unable to find vendors. So instead of saying 'shall', this says they 'may' do that. They don't have to but they may."
"Any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 4508 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'nay'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 5 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4510, Representative Scherer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"House Bill 4510, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Third Reading of this House Bill."
"Representative Scherer."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4510 is simply a technical change from two years to three years for teacher evaluations. I would be happy to answer questions and appreciate an 'aye' vote." 10100089.docx 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 4510 pass?' All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4510, having achieved a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Hammond, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."
"Please state your point."
"This year is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II. And today I rise to honor an Illinois woman who could rightfully be considered one of the mothers of the atomic bomb which ended the war. Leona Marshall Libby of La Grange, Illinois earned a chemistry degree from the University of Chicago at the age of nineteen. She then went to work on a PHD in spectoscopey. Changing academic advisors after her first advisor told her a woman would 'starve to death' if she sought a future in physics. She became an expert in vacuum technology, a skill which was in demand for the top secret project known as the Manhattan Project. She was the first and only woman chosen for the team, led by Enrico Fermi, which was working at Illinois' Argon National Laboratory to find a way to produce plutonium for a nuclear chain reaction, the key element in the atomic bomb. Her knowledge was crucial in building experiment to detect the neutron flux in the reactor which achieved the world's first controlled nuclear reaction in December of 1942. Six months later, she and her husband learned that she was pregnant. Determined not to be 10100089.docx 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 taken off this history making project, they kept the pregnancy a secret from all except from Fermi himself. A week after her son Peter was born, she was back in the laboratory. It was important to continue her work on the bomb, she said, 'If the Germans had got it done before we did, I don't know what would have happened to the world.' Moving to a nuclear facility in Hanford, Washington she was put in charge of overseeing the operation of a new plutonium reactor and she led the team which determined the cause of a September 1944 reactor accident. Avoiding the mistakes which German scientists made, the American team succeeded in detonating the first atomic bomb in July of 1945. After the war, she returned to the University of Chicago working with Fermi on nuclear reactor development and became a fellow at the Institute for Nuclear Studies. She taught physics at New York University and sought peaceful uses for nuclear power. She helped discover the use of decaying radioactive isotopes in three rings as a method of studying natural history. For more than forty years after the war she published hundreds of scientific articles and papers and a Manhattan Project memoir titled The Uranium People in 1979. Upon her death in 1986, her son John told the Los Angeles Times that, 'She was there for the people who tried to discourage her and she just sort of outworked and outshone some of the best of them.' I might also add that if this is an area of interest for you, there's a pretty awesome book called The Women of the Atomic City written by Denise Kiernan. I would highly suggest it. So thank you very much, Mr. Speaker." 10100089.docx 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"Representative Villa, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."
"Please state your point."
"I would like to welcome my House Page, Keevon Bohanon. He is visiting from Humboldt Park, Albizu Campos School. On this day he has been really engaged and enthusiastic. As we've walked around he's asked relevant questions and I just have really enjoyed my time with him here. I can't wait to see what the future brings for him. And I would ask that we all just give him a round of applause."
"Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."
"Agreed Resolution. House Resolution 805, offered by Representative Windhorst."
"Leader Willis moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All those in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Representative Mazzochi, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please state your point."
"I would just like to… again, I know that one of the issues that we've been dealing with in the news has to do with the coronavirus. And while I appreciate that the administration has stated that they actually plan on having a plan, we really don't actually have a plan in place. And there is some critical information that I would hope you would all reach out to the Governor's Office for because the Governor's Office hasn't provided it. So, for example, we 10100089.docx 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 don't know yet in the State of Illinois exactly how many pieces of protective personal equipment to protect our health care workers are currently available in our hospitals, what's the rate of use, and are people going to be put at risk if we were to get into a pandemic situation? What we don't know are what are some of the critical supplies that we may need to be using to treat people if they actually do get infected with the coronavirus in such a way that they need to actually make use of our health care facilities? Do we actually have enough supplies on hand? Do we know if the supply chain is going to be interrupted if there's too much interference if the situation in China continues to deteriorate? Do we know that we actually have enough materials on hand to actually protect our local residents? One of the other things that the Governor's Office has not made clear is what is going to be the critical threshold that we're going to cross over? That… where we're going to go from a community protection type scenario where we're going to need to start doing quarantining in place and the Governor has… the Governor's Office has simply not set those standards. So I do want to make clear that while we've been going about our business today, there is still a considerable risk and we need to know that the Governor still doesn't really have a plan. So while I certainly hope that the coronavirus does not turn into a massive problem that we're going to have to deal with in a way that's going to turn into a pandemic type scenario, we don't actually have full control over what do we do next if the situation gets out of hand. And I have been attending all of the legislative briefings that have been going on this, 10100089.docx 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020 and again, we don't have all the answers. The Governor's Office doesn't have all the answers. There's things that the Governor's Office needs to get in place so that we can actually have a thoughtful response to the coronavirus and it's just not happening. And I wanted to make sure that you know that because still today we're really not that prepared. Thank you."
Speaker Harris: "Mr. Clerk, please read the Adjournment Resolution."
Clerk Hollman: "House Joint Resolution 120, offered by Representative Harris. be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, March 5, 2020, the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Wednesday, March 18, 2020, or until the call of the Speaker; and the Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, March 18, 2020, or until the call of the President."
"Willis 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. And now, leaving time… perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Willis moves that the House stand adjourned until Thursday, March 5, at the hour of noon. Noon tomorrow. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned." 10100089.docx 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 89th Legislative Day 3/4/2020
"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of House Bills. House Bill 5753, offered by Representative Grant, a Bill for an Act concerning State government. House Bill 5754, offered by Representative Edly-Allen, a Bill for an Act concerning education. First Reading of these House Bills. Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills. Senate Bill 2773, offered by Representative McDermed, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Senate Bill 2775, offered by Representative Ramirez, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Senate Bill 2779, offered by Representative Kifowit, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Senate Bill 2937, offered by Representative McDermed, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Senate Bill 2963, offered by Representative Windhorst, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Senate Bill 3027, offered by Representative Didech, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Senate Bill 3028, offered by Representative West, a Bill for an Act concerning State government. First Reading of these Senate Bills. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned." 10100089.docx 60