Illinois House Floor Debate — April 15, 2021

"The House will be in order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Lee Crawford the Pastor of the Cathedral of Praise Christian Center in Springfield. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones, and rise for the invocation and for the Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor Crawford."

"We will be led in the Pledge of Allegiance today by Representative Mason."

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

"Madam Speaker, let the record reflect that Representatives Halpin and Buckner are excused today."

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

"Thank you. Have all recorded themselves who wish? Have all recorded themselves who wish? Have all who recorded themselves who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There being 113 Members answering the roll call, a quorum is present. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports."

"Members, an announcement. This is a reminder of House Rule 51.5. Please remember to wear face coverings that cover both your nose and mouth, except when you are eating or drinking. This includes when speaking on the microphone at your desk. Again, please remember to wear a face covering, including while speaking on the microphone, as pursuant to House Rule 51.5. Thank you. Good afternoon, Members. We're going to start on Third Reading where we left off yesterday. On page 26 of the Calendar, House Bill 3286, Representative Ortiz. Leader Ortiz. Out of the record. Moving on to page 25, House Bill 2908, Leader Ramirez. Mr. Clerk."

"Leader Ramirez." 10200019.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Good afternoon, Madam Chair. I am here today to present to you House Bill 2908. I'm going to make sure that my mask is nice and tight and you could hear me. House Bill 2908 is something that some of you feel very, very familiar, déjà vu. It's the elected representative school board Bill for Chicago. As many of you know, Chicago is absolutely the only, only district in the State of Illinois without an elected representative school board. This Bill will allow, for the first time in a long time, for Chicago to have that democracy. This is a Bill that many of you have voted for before and comes before you as a fourth time with our State Senator Martwick. I urge an 'aye' vote. And I welcome any questions."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Batinick."

"Thank you, Representative. Leader Batinick has requested a verification. All Members should be voting their own switches. Chair recognizes Representative Willis."

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

"She indicates that she will."

"Thank you. Representative, I just have a couple of quick questions. I have supported this in the past. I do believe that all school boards should be elected. But it has come to my attention that there is a… another Bill out there that does similar to this that is a compromise Bill that has a partially elected board and a partially appointed board. Is that correct?"

"Representative, I have no idea what this compromise Bill is because I have not seen absolutely no language for 10200019.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 anything else. This is the Bill that we have voted for and we have been heavily negotiating for the last seven years. And what I look forward to is that we can move this Bill out of the House today and I will continue to support our Senate Sponsor and any other additional conversations that need to happen in the Senate."

"So, you're not aware of a compromise Bill that another Member of the House is carrying that has a partially elected and partially appointed board?"

"I am aware, through a lot of media, that there is a Bill that will be filed. I have… the Bill, as far as I know, as of 12:00 now, had not been filed. And I have no idea what's in the language of the Bill because it is my understanding it has not been filed yet."

"So, it has not been filed yet? This is just media talk."

"That is my understanding."

"All right. Well, thank you for clarifying that. I appreciate that. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Chair recognizes Leader Durkin."

"She indicates that she will."

"I have talked to a member of the mayor's office. I have not talked to the mayor. The mayor has not called me. And what they said is, we're working on a proposal, we're hoping to have some language to talk about."

"They're working on something they said, but I have not seen anything."

"I understand."

"Representative, this is about House Bill 2908, the elected representative school board in Chicago. I live in Chicago. I'm not sure if you do or not, but I live in Chicago. And this is about House Bill 2908. So, I'd be happy to talk to you about House Bill 2908."

"That is correct."

"Twenty districts to be representative of the entire City of Chicago, from north to south, west to east."

"Representative, when those are drawn, they will be drawn according to the law the way we have drawn others."

"Representative, you and I both know what this is about."

"What I… I mean, I don’t… I think that we need an elected representative school board and those districts have to be according to Federal Law. Federal Law that we are going to follow the way we have done for every school board district, including yours 'cause you don't live in Chicago. You don't go to Chicago Public Schools. You don't have children in Chicago Public Schools, but my family does."

"So, if you look on page 26, if you want to look at the Bill now 'cause I know you've been looking into that. Substantially equal population, it has to be compact and it has to be contiguous."

"That is, page 26."

"These elections will take place with municipal elections."

"Yes, because municipal elections happen with aldermanic elections."

"No, I have not heard any."

"Every city council member that has reached out to me has said, what's taking you guys so long? Get us an elected representative school board now."

"Representative, what page are you looking at?"

"Representative, no."

"Give me one quick second, let me look."

"Give me one moment. So, it's my understanding that they may be able to submit requests for reimbursement. And I just wanted to go back to when you asked me about compensation of board members. It is my understanding, by the previous Sponsor who has been working on this Bill for the last six years, that initially the board members would have been compensated but, in conversations with the Republicans and their request that they not be compensated, we removed that language. It is why, I think, in many ways you have voted for this Bill three times."

"Well, it's an elected school board for Chicago's public schools, so Chicago Public Schools budget."

"Can you give me a specific question, Representative?"

"Upon request from your side of the aisle, Leader, any employees of the district or employers of the district are not eligible to run for these elected seats."

"That is correct."

"They are not able to, no."

"No."

"You know, it's interesting 'cause I'm talking here with someone who's worked on this Bill and all this legislation for a very long time. So, we're talking about just all the different questions that have come up in the past. No, they are not able to. The Chicago Teachers Union cannot." 10200019.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Leader Durkin, that is correct."

"Well, Leader, as someone that lives there… and I understand you’re asking me because you're not in Chicago."

"Let me tell you a little bit about it because I am a Chicago public school graduate. For 37 years I have lived in Chicago. And I've gone to kindergarten there, and I've gone to grammar school there, that's elementary school. Grammar school is what we call it in the City of Chicago. And I've also gone to high school there. And, of course, I've gone to a public university in Chicago, of course. So, I will tell you… and I can do that for about 7 hours, but I'm not going to do that because we have important Bills to pass after this Bill… on all the reasons why we need a school board and why for the last seven years we have been begging for it, we've been talking to people. I've had hundreds of parent mentors, parents, students, my niece, my cousin, hundreds of children asking, why do we not have a process where people in the neighborhood can ask for support to represent something so critical as our Chicago Public Schools? So that schools are 10200019.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 not just closed because the mayor has appointed… or her appointed board decided to. To make sure that we understand that anything that doesn't have a democratic process to be elected, to us, is denying democracy. Now here's the thing that I don't understand because now you asked me and you got me all riled around it…"

"Leader, you're not on a timer."

"So, what I will… I will end in saying to you is this. We need democracy in the City of Chicago. Every other district, every district on your side of the aisle, every district on anyone here that's not in the City of Chicago has it. We just want to make sure we extend it. It's beyond time, and it's time today."

"I think that when you have everyday people be able to be part of the democratic process, who understand their local schools, their local neighborhoods, running for those seats, they understand… and I trust black and brown parents, individuals, former students who can, can help ensure we continue to improve the achievement in Chicago Public Schools." 10200019.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"I actually believe that if we have people who are not appointed by the mayor, handpicked by a mayor but came from our communities, that those graduation rates for black and brown students would even significantly go up to where they are now. They would have a seat at the table they don't have now."

"Why don't you tell me?"

"And what is the graduation rate today?"

"Leader, 82 percent is not enough. And we also don't think about all the things that happened leading up to graduation. Why don't you tell me exactly what you're most concerned about on this Bill in Chicago?

"I just needed to double check because we've been at this for so long. I'm like, could it have been in the last six, seven years the Chicago Board of Elections express any concern? And the answer, they have not expressed absolutely no concern with having 21 people run to represent their local school board."

"Well, Representative, the election is in 2023 in the City of Chicago. That's our municipal elections, in the event you didn't have that on the calendar."

"The mass amount of the money that is dedicated that goes to CPS is for the legacy pension fund, and it's required to be able to pay that into it. And so, therefore, that's why we have that amount going."

"I don't know the exact number."

"Leader Durkin, you're not going to vote for this Bill it sounds like. I don't know exactly your concern because it seems to me that every single district here, you support that they have an elected representative school board. Why not Chicago? You thought it was okay when you voted for it three times before. So, you can keep asking me questions. What I'm going to tell you is, we need an elected representative school board, we need a democracy to make it happen."

"So, will you be voting for it if you… if I continue to answer your questions in a way that is perhaps not what you want to hear?"

"Leader, I'm confused. Who said that?" 10200019.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Well, who said that, Leader? Because when we we're talking about rumors about a third party… no."

"No."

"Who said that to you, Leader? Because I think it's important to be able to put that on record if we're going to be saying that."

"To the Bill."

"Members, we're going to move to a three-minute timer after this. The Chair recognizes Representative Delgado."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?" 10200019.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"She indicates that she will."

"Thank you. Thank you, Leader. You and I had a pretty good conversation not too long ago about some of the concerns I had with this particular legislation. And for those of you who haven't yet had a chance to get to know me a little better, I represent the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago. And I have a pretty significant number of undocumented parents in my district. And a number of them are incredibly involved with their local schools, and they are very engaged in their local school council. Where they're able to… to actually be able to make changes within their own schools. And so, you and I had talked about these concerns that I have. And I know you had shared what your plan was moving forward, aside from this piece of legislation, and I was hoping you'd share it with us today."

"Say that last part. I think you asked me a question, but it's a little loud in here."

"Yes. Yes. So, you and I had talked about this concern I had and you had mentioned there was a plan moving forward, that there would be a way to continue to engage these parents. And I was wondering if you could share it with the Body?"

"Sure. You had asked me about particularly undocumented parents having access and being able to be included in the conversation. It is my understanding that Senator Villanueva has Senate Bill… give me one sec… 1565, which is a Bill that in sense would be a trailer Bill that would be introduced to ensure that undocumented parents can vote in these elected school races in Chicago." 10200019.docx 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Thank you very much, Representative. I appreciate it. Leader, thank you."

"Thank you."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Ford for three minutes."

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

"She indicates that she will."

"Thank you. Representative, thank you for this Bill. I think it's a law the people of Chicago would like to have. Just a few questions that I think is important. How does the mayor feel about 2908? The Mayor of the City of Chicago that is."

"Would you repeat the question? I heard mayor, but I didn't hear the rest of it."

"Does the mayor support 2908?"

"It is my understanding… she has not talked to me, but from her city officials, it is my understanding that she is currently not supportive of the Bill."

"Has the mayor been… or her office, since you haven't talked to the mayor, been given the opportunity to work with you in order to get her desires in this Bill?"

"Yes, a number of times. As a matter of fact, right before committee about a week before that, I begged the city to please bring us together so that we can sit and talk. Unfortunately, the meetings continue to get rescheduled. And we've continued to make ourselves available for any possible way to work with her."

"And to this point, you have gotten no language that would satisfy the Mayor of the City of Chicago?" 10200019.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"That is correct. I have not seen any language whatsoever."

"If the mayor would work with you, are you willing to compromise so that the language would address her concerns as well as assure that the City of Chicago has an elected school board?"

"Representative, we've been wanting to do that. And I know it's been one of those Bills that we have been working on for six or seven years. The Bill will move as it is today. I have full intention to continue to work with the Senate Sponsor in anything that continues to be done with the city or any conversations that we could have with the city and the Senate."

"Well, I think it's very important to note that I want to support this Bill, and I'm going to support the Bill, but it's also very important that the Mayor of the City of Chicago has a say in this process. Whether she's late to the game or not, she should have a say in this process. And so, I hope that moving forward that we and she get the act together so that we can have the best Bill that becomes law in Illinois. I have a few more questions, but time is running out. So, I have to ask real quickly this one. Why do you have 2500 signatures needed to be on the ballot? That seems like a steep number."

"Representative, that's for the at-large seat that would be the citywide."

"Okay. I think that number should be looked at. My time has expired. Thank you for answering the questions. I urge an 'aye' vote." 10200019.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Thank you, Representative."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Guzzardi, three minutes."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll go straight to the Bill."

"To the Bill."

"I want to share a quick story with the Members of the Body to speak to a point that's been made on the floor today. So, many of you may know, I ran for office for the first time in 2012 for this seat. And I lost, lost by 100 votes. It was a close race. We had a recount, whole thing. After the election, a month later, I got a meeting together of my volunteers. And I said, hey, y'all. I know I'm not going to go the Legislature just yet, but I know all the issues we care about so much are still important to us whether I won this race or not. So, I'd like to keep this group together, and I'd like us to advocate for some state policy that matters to this community. What do you guys think we should get engaged on? This is the summer of 2012. And you know what that group said, of course, that's why I'm talking about it today. They said we want to fight for an elected representative school board for Chicago. There's been a movement building around the city for years, and we want to join that movement. We collected signatures for a nonbinding ballot referendum in precincts across my district. We later collected signatures in wards across Chicago. We had ballot referenda, and ballot referenda, and ballot referenda. And over and over, by overwhelming margins, the people of the City of Chicago have said we want an elected representative school board. So, I bring this up because I didn't terribly 10200019.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 much appreciate the tone in which these remarks were delivered but certainly didn't appreciate the content of the idea that this Bill is before us simply as some sort of personal grudge against the current Mayor of Chicago. Because when we started working on this in 2012, that was the previous mayor and there have been groups working on it under the previous mayor than that. And when the people sitting on that side of the aisle voted for this Bill the three previous times it was on the board, it wasn't the current Mayor of the City of Chicago. We all supported this idea, not as some sort of personal petty grievance, but because we believe that the same democracy that's good enough in every other district in the city of… in the State of Illinois to govern our schools is good enough for Chicago. Every district ought to have the same basic principles of democracy and governance of right to the access for students and their families. I support this Bill strongly. I've supported it since 2012. And I appreciate the Sponsor for working on it. Thank you."

"Representative Ramirez to close."

"So, we started really passionate this morning on our third day of Session. This is simple, denied democracy is no democracy. There is no way that we can talk about caring about students anywhere or children when we decide to deliberately, because of whatever reason, deny them from that. We've been working at this for a long time. Senator Martwick now has been working on this for so, so long. And I apologize for those of you who ask yourself, we have to vote on it again and again, when are we going to pass it? So, I want to thank you for your commitment to democracy for our children and the 10200019.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 City of Chicago, for every student, for every parent. And I want to ask you to vote again for this Bill, this time House Bill 2908, because we just can't continue to tell our children we care about them and not have a school board that represents them. I urge an 'aye' vote on House Bill 2908."

"Members, Representative Batinick has requested a verification. All Members will be in their chairs and vote their own switches. The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2908 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 71 voting in 'favor', 39 voting 'against', 3 voting 'present'. Mr. Clerk, please read the names of those voting in the affirmative."

"Mr. Clerk… Representative Batinick withdrawals his Motion… his request. Thank you. On this question, there are 71 voting in 'favor', 39 voting 'opposed', 3 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving on to page 27 on Third Reading. House Bill 3657, Representative Robinson. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Robinson. Representative, while you're getting your notes together there, I want to remind everybody we're moving to Short Debate, which is the Sponsor and one Member in opposition with a three-minute debate timer. Representative Robinson." 10200019.docx 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Thank you, Speaker. This Bill is a Bill that I have been working on with SEIU. It is a Bill that I believe will help us with the hospital closures that certainly I have faced in my district. The Health Facilities Planning Act provides regulatory instructions in regards to qualifications necessary to establish, construct, or modify health care facilities, avoiding unnecessary duplicate of facilities and planning and development of facilities in areas which… with unmet needs. Certainly in my district and many districts across the state. The regulatory body under the Act, the Health Facilities Review Board, the chief responsibility is issuing and denying permits and exceptions. I am asking for an 'aye' vote for this Bill and, Speaker, open for any questions that any of the speakers have."

"Thank you, Representative. Leader Batinick, we have three people with their lights on. This is Short Debate. Would you like to be the one?"

"You are my favorite. So, I will pick you."

"He indicates that he will."

"Sure. Again, Leader Batinick, this Bill was brought to me by SEIU. This Bill, again, really moves forth as it relates 10200019.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 to hospital closures as I have had in my district. I'm… we're trying to strengthen the hospital statute that way, again, hospitals cannot close in the midst of a pandemic. That happened to me in my district.

"That is correct."

"So, the review board has not reached out to me regarding their opposition."

"No."

"The issue that the Bill was brought up is that, again, in the midst of a pandemic, no safety net should be closed and/or critical access hospital should be closed."

"Really no hospital at all, Leader Batinick, should be closed. Again, we're in the midst of a pandemic and hospitals shouldn't be closing. Whether it be a pandemic or not, safety 10200019.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 nets and critical access, as you and I both know, cover the most vulnerable folks."

"Members, we're going to be moving to Standard Debate. The Chair recognizes Leader Demmer."

"He indicates that he will."

"Leader… excuse me, Speaker, I would like to take the Bill out of record. I have an Amendment, and I'll bring it back. Okay?"

"Mr. Clerk, please remove the Bill from the record. Page 23 of the Calendar, there is House Bill 185, Representative Reick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Reick."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Should House Bill 185 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed 10200019.docx 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 100 voting in 'favor', 4 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 22 of the Calendar, House Bill 20, Representative Scherer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members of the House. Today I'm presenting House Bill 20 with Amendment 1. This… I talked about it last week. This is the Gold Star plates that passed, I believe, unanimously, or close to it, last year before COVID. And it allows a spouse of… in a Gold Star family or the parents of the lost soldier to get free plates. They don't have to pay the registration fee. I feel that's the least that we can do for our fallen soldiers. And I would be happy to answer any questions and appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion is needed, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 20 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', and 0 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 23 of the Calendar, House Bill 374, Representative Smith. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 10200019.docx 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Representative Smith."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. House Bill 374 simply permits community colleges and housing authorities to develop affordable housing for students. It amends the Public Community College Act by permitting the board of trustees to coordinate with their local housing authority in the community college jurisdiction to develop affordable housing, dormitories for community college students as they currently do not have any. This Bill has no opposition, and it is no cost to the state. This will be a public-private partnership between a local housing authority and a private developer. I have one community college in my district in particular that is very excited about this Bill. And I've spoken to many Members of this august Body who are also in favor. Therefore, I urge everyone an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Members, a reminder. We will be moving to Short Debate, which is the Sponsor and one Member in opposition with a three-minute debate timer. Leader Mazzochi, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed."

"To the Bill."

"There being no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall…' oh, I'm sorry. Representative Smith to close." 10200019.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Contrary to the previous speaker, this is a great opportunity for community colleges to provide affordable housing for low-income students. I trust that the board of trustees at these particular colleges have the integrity to move forward with such a project. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 374 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 81 voting in 'favor', 31 voting 'against', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 26 of the Calendar, House Bill 3452, Representative Stava- Murray. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Stava-Murray."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. Today I'd like to tell the Members of this Body a story about a woman named Sophia who was… who lived in my district. Sophia was the mother of two small children. And she was exiting, unsuccessfully, a transitional housing program and needed some help getting on her feet. And so, she looked to the county programs and found the Emergency Solutions Grant. And this ESG program was awesome because it was going to help her pay for housing. And there was money available in the fund. And all she needed to do was find somewhere that she could rent that was under the threshold of a certain amount. And so, we went off, and my office manager, my chief of staff, and I were helping her 10200019.docx 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 look for apartments. We were finding as much as we could. But what we found when she went to apply for apartments is that these landlords, some of them were requiring 100, 150 dollars, excessively high fees to process applications that she just didn't have access to. We were able to pay for one of those fees for her from our office and… out of the pocket of my chief of staff in fact. And it took only a matter of 20 minutes or an hour before they had declined her application because of the amount of debt that she had. Now that's a different Bill all in of itself, but what I'm going to talk about today are those application fees that are a barrier to the usage of these public dollars that we have and the ability keep people housed and not homeless. And unfortunately for Sophia, she ended up having to go to another state to live with family to pile in probably too many people into too small a space and really disrupted the lives of her and her children. So, in order to address this issue, this Bill says that Emergency Solutions Grants recipients would not have to pay those fees. And the fees would be absorbed then by the other applicants. So, I urge an 'aye' vote and welcome any questions."

"Leader Mazzochi, do you rise in opposition?"

"She indicates that she will. Please proceed."

"The county."

"But… the Federal Government." 10200019.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"It's run through the county, but it comes from the Federal Government. And it's put into the different areas and it's… I believe it's run through the county. That's who she had to go through, but it may be just whatever the federal housing units are."

"No, they are not required to accept them, but they would be required to look at an application."

"There's another Bill that would suggest that that's… that, that would be discriminatory, but I'll leave that to another Bill. I'm here to talk about 3452."

"So, the fees that I'm talking about aren't just about evaluating credit because there were actually two different fees. There's application processing fees that they tack on beyond the credit check itself as well, which is how you get to $150 for a fee because you don't get $150 checking someone's credit. And it's clear that they're abusing this ability to try and keep people out and to deny housing. And I think that that's disgusting that we had have… you're also 10200019.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 in DuPage County. We have ESG money leftover year after year, unable to be used because they can't access the actual housing."

"They can't possibly show up to a $5,000 apartment because that would be, as I said, above the threshold of what they're allowed to spend on the ESG program."

"This Bill is about… it depends on what area they live in, Representative. I mean, you're asking a lot of questions but… that are… that seem to be against this Bill, but the ESG program is not the largest necessarily program that exists in terms of helping people. The Transitional Housing Program is a much larger federal program."

"Representative Mazzochi, your time has expired. Representative Batinick, do you want to go on Standard Debate?"

Speaker Manley: "Representative Mazzochi, would you like somebody's three minutes from that? Representative Severin will give you three minutes. Go… please continue."

"So, this isn't about establishing an Emergency Solutions Grant program. I think you're misunderstanding. This is saying that applicants to this program… this is about taking away arbitrary, unnecessary fees from applicants to this program to remove a barrier to housing, to keeping people off the streets, to keeping children off the streets, and housed appropriately. And it makes our tax dollars work better because we'll actually be able to have people access this ESG money."

"We're not changing the program at all, and that's what you keep talking about. We're not changing the ESG program."

"That's not what I said. That's an inaccurate summarization."

"I said they shouldn't be charging grant recipients, correct. The ESG grant recipients, why do they need $150?"

"It's unethical."

"This isn't about specific services… fees for services. This is about arbitrary fees that are tacked on as administrative fees. So, I'm not sure what your concern is, that they can't hustle another thousand dollars out of a poor person trying to stay housed."

"And I think probably, for the rest of the side of your aisle, there are people who are in higher need areas than perhaps your district. And it will benefit people from both sides of this aisle."

"Then why are you opposed to this Bill?"

"Because you care more about the landlords than the people who need the affordable housing?"

"Oh, please. Oh, please. There aren't hundreds of applicants in DuPage County. Have you ever been to the county to see… even learn about this program?"

"No, I don't have enough money to own a building."

"I'm not about encouraging."

"Leader Mazzochi, your time has expired."

"Leader Batinick, you indicated you'd have a few more speakers. Do you want to just give Leader Mazzochi the time from those speakers?"

"Chair recognizes Representative Costa Howard for three minutes."

"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"She indicates that she will."

"Representative Stava-Murray, you had mentioned a threshold amount. Could you please explain what that means?"

"Yeah. So, when people are applying to the Emergency Services Grant program, they aren't allowed to just apply to… they aren't allowed to just get any apartment. There's a blended average that's based on each region. So, for example, in my area, it's the Joliet, Naperville region that's done by the U.S. Census that determines the amount that the average cost of housing is in our area. Now that in itself is an aspect that we could even look at changing because in my area that number is so low that we couldn't even find housing in my city under that."

"Okay. So, if I understand you correctly, I mean, this is potentially poverty level… people who meet the threshold poverty level in DuPage County, for example. Is it actually quite low…"

"Yes."

"…compared to what the actual cost of housing is. Is that fair to say?"

"Absolutely. And I would add on, just because the prior speaker was mentioning it, that we had a Bill to help landlords, but I believe the prior speaker voted against HB2877 that you and I, I think, both voted for. And I think 10200019.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 that when we're talking about these funds, they are clearly being used in a discriminatory kind of way. And so, that's what we're looking to take out is that discrimination."

"Okay. So, in addition to that, is there anything in this Bill that prohibits a landlord from conducting a background check?"

"No, it doesn’t. And I would also like to add, that just because someone is an ESG applicant doesn't make them a criminal. Being poor is not a crime. So, I think the emphasis on background checks particularly needed for these grant applicants was very offensive."

"Well, and I actually, believe it or not, the former… one of the other speakers, I understand it… in looking at a applicant for housing, it's background checks, it's credit checks. There's a whole process that they go through, and… but there's nothing in the Bill that prohibits a landlord from doing that, correct?"

"No, correct. They can still do whatever process they want. They don't have to accept the grant recipient, they simply have to consider them."

"Okay. And so, your Bill is just removing a fee that… for individuals who are applying to a grant program 'cause they don't have the funds to have a living… a place to live with their families, right?"

"Exactly."

"Okay. To the Bill. Understand that this is a… this is not trying to hurt our landlords in any way, shape, or form. But the point of the Bill is to actually help people who are… who don't have a place to lay their heads at night. 10200019.docx 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Again, if we're going to talk about families and do what's right by people, this is a Bill that helps them. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Stava-Murray to close."

"Thank you. I would just ask that everyone, as they press the button, look inside their hearts and think about someone that you could possibly know that might be in the position where they suddenly need some help and whether or not it's okay to fleece… for landlords to fleece people in this situation of the kind of money that is very hard to obtain. So, I would urge an 'aye' vote and put the needs of our most vulnerable ahead of those landlords. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3452 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 70 voting in 'favor', 43 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 26, House Bill 3019, Representative Sosnowski. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Sosnowski."

"Chair recognizes Representative Guzzardi. We're back on Short Debate. Do you rise in opposition to this Bill?"

"With some clarifying questions, Madam Speaker."

"Please proceed."

"Thank you. Sorry, Representative, this is the first time this Bill is coming across my desk. I don't think I was in the committee that it came through. So, can you just clarify the change in the offense category that you're proposing?"

"I'm sorry. So, it would permit that person to do what? It would…"

"Well a DUI could be charged of course, right?"

"I'm sorry. Forgive me for struggling a little here. If the driver's drunk, and they hit a dog, they can get charged with a DUI irrespective of the current law, right? Irrespective of the law you're proposing. If you're drunk, you can get charged with a DUI. You're proposing an increase from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony. Is that what you're suggesting?"

"Okay. And is… and the reason for this change… sorry to be asking you for a little bit of clarification here. Can you just walk us one more time through the reason for the change here?"

"Okay, but we're… so, you're saying that… I just want to be clear that we're creating a new category of felony 10200019.docx 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 offense here with this Bill involving striking a service dog while driving?"

"Okay. But driving under the influence is already illegal, but we're moving it to a felony offense if you strike a service dog during the course of driving."

"Okay. I know that I and many other colleagues on this side of the aisle have some caution about creating new felony offenses. So, I would simply urge Members to consider that question. Thank you."

"We are on Short Debate, one person in opposition. We already had one person in opposition, Leader Mayfield. Representative Sosnowski to close."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3019 pass?' All in favor say (sic-vote) 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 72 voting in 'favor', 26 voting 'against', 2 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby passed. On page 22, House Bill 60, Representative Stoneback. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Stoneback."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. Trampoline parks in this state are currently an unregulated industry and there are no 10200019.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 federal regulations. The industry only uses voluntary safety standards. HB60 would regulate trampoline parks in Illinois by adding it to the regulations currently used for the amusement parks in the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act. In 2011, there were approximately 40 trampoline parks nationwide. That number has soared to more than 800. The incidents of injuries at these facilities has grown even more rapidly and emergency room visits caused by trampoline park injuries has skyrocketed. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2013 there were 2500. And that number has increased to almost 18 thousand in 2017. Trampoline parks can cause both minor and severe injuries. Injuries include broken legs, compound fractures, head trauma, brain injuries, spinal fractures, neck injuries, dislocations, and sprains. The severity of the injuries is because of the design of the parks and the forces involved. With all of these injuries occurring, trampoline park equipment is still completely unregulated. When parents take their children to an amusement park or jump facility, they expect that the facility has their child's safety in mind. They do not expect that facilities with an unsafe design and ineffective safety measures, leading to injuries and potentially life-long disabilities and death, are allowed to operate. Seeing similar issues with a lack of regulation, nine other states have passed laws to regulate trampoline parks. We've been working with the Department of Labor on this Bill. We've also consulted with the industry and come to agreements. I would like to thank Leader Gabel for her current support of this important legislation. The Bill will proactively prevent injuries and 10200019.docx 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 even death by children and adults who frequent trampoline parks. So, I appreciate your time, would be happy to answer any questions. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"We are on Short Debate, which means there will be the Bill Sponsor in favor and then one Member in opposition for three minutes. Leader Batinick, are you in opposition… rising in opposition?"

"Opposition-ish."

"That's the best. Okay. She will. She indicates she will."

"Yes, there would be a fee to inspect. The Department of Labor anticipates $135 for their annual inspection."

"And then, there's a third-party inspection that would also require a fee. It is a technical inspection. So, like other amusement park rides."

"So, the penalties would be the same. If there are violations of the permit, they would be the same as if those permit violations were violated by other amusement park rides." 10200019.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"It is."

"Potentially. I think it was Leader Gabel. Was it Senator Martwick as well?"

"I've heard about it."

"I guess I don't have a choice in the matter."

"I've been warned about this being my first Bill."

"To the Bill."

"Representative Stoneback to close."

"Yes, just one thing, the Department of Labor did assure me they did not anticipate any additional staff would be needed to regulate trampoline parks and there is an 10200019.docx 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 advantage because they operate year round. So, they can actually inspect trampoline parks during the off season for other carnivals' attractions. So, they didn't anticipate any additional staff needed. I… again, this is a proactive measure to prevent injuries that could result in death of children and adults who go to trampoline parks. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"On this question there… pardon me. The question is, 'Shall House Bill 60 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 77 voting in 'favor', 36 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 24, House Bill 641, Representative Stuart. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Stuart."

"Thank you. House Bill 641 simply requires our colleges and universities to have menstrual hygiene products in their restrooms. In their restrooms."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 641 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 76 voting in 'favor', 31 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 10200019.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 24, House Bill 1803, Representative Walker. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Walker."

"Thank you. House Bill 1803 is a Bill that attempts to make sure that funds collected in IDFPR for the regulation of the collection agency business end up in the right spot so that the staff in IDFPR who do that regulation actually are supported by those funds. Given that we all like fees collected to be used properly, I believe an 'aye' vote is worthwhile on this Bill."

"We're on Short Debate, one person in opposition for three minutes. Representative Davidsmeyer? Nope. Okay. The question is, 'Shall House Bill 1803 pass?' All those in favor vote 'yes'; all 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. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 23, House Bill 220, Representative… Leader Walsh. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Walsh."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. It's good to see you in there. Better than the guy yesterday. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, House Bill 220 is an initiative of the Illinois… 10200019.docx 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Associated Firefighters of Illinois. And it’s a response to a decision from the Illinois Labor Relations Board. HB220 makes the following changes in regard to determining supervisory status for firefighter bargaining units. It adds that a company officer may be responsible for multiple companies or apparatus on a shift, multiple stations or entire shift. Clarifies that there may be more than one company officers per shifts. Specifies that the bargaining unit shall consist of firefighters of the highest rank of company officers. And specifies that all ranks above the highest company officers shall be supervisors. And removes reference to new bargaining units. By adding this language that the company officer may be responsible for the things mentioned above, it basically is changing the definition of what a company officer is and clarifying that and going along with the ruling from the Illinois Labor Relations Board. I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Representative Reick, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed. You have three minutes."

"So, Representative, what I would say is that, through this ruling from the board, there needed to be some clarification of what a company officer is. And basically 10200019.docx 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 that's what this Bill is doing. And it gives them the availability of then being part of a collective bargaining agreement, if they so choose to go that route. There's multiple fire departments throughout the state that already do this, but there's been some issues with the Illinois Labor Relations Board as far as the definitions were concerned. And this is what that's clarifying."

"Representative, I have not heard from one bit of the opposition since the Bill got out of committee."

"Nope."

"You're welcome."

"Leader Walsh to close."

"Respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 220 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 93 voting in 'favor', 19 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 22, House Bill 24, Representative West. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 10200019.docx 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Representative West."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. House Bill 24 provides the sex education course material and instruction in grades 6 through 12 must include an age appropriate discussion on sexting. This is a Bill that I brought to the floor last year, House Bill 2407, that passed unanimously. One thing that has happened since its passing last year was I received calls from schools, parents, and the media, having conversations about how sexting has gone to a whole new level with our students being remote and on host sites such as Zoom, WebEx, and the like. And so, what this does is, as we know, sex education is not required in Illinois as of yet. However, only for the schools with sex education courses, they're asked to have an age appropriate discussion on this topic so that our students understand the repercussions and the consequences to sexting. More information that I've received is that 60 percent of sextortion, as the detective told me who I had a conversation with, 60 percent are from individuals that they know, 40 percent comes from gaming, the games that they play. And so, our students need to understand the consequences to what they may deem as short term pleasure. I would entertain any questions, and I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 24 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, 10200019.docx 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 26, House Bill 3025, Representative… Leader Wheeler. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Wheeler."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 3025 pass?' All in favor vote 'yes'; 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. On this question, there are 112 voting in 'favor', 1 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby 10200019.docx 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 declared passed. On page 23, House Bill 351, Representative Yednock. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Yednock."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. HB351 is a follow up to Public Act 101-522, passed unanimously in the last General Assembly. It requires that the chief of a secondary employer fire service send the same report that is sent to the pension funds to the Department of Insurance also. Secondary employers are already required to report illness and injuries to the pension funds and within 96 hours of those occurrences. Additionally, they were already required to file an annual report to the pension departments on all hours worked, wages, and salaries earned in the secondary employment… employers jurisdiction. This merely requires the secondary employers to send the same information to the Department of Insurance. The Department of Insurance does audits every three years on the pension funds. So, we might say we're helping them by already adding the information that a lot of times they look at. HB351 does not provide for additional benefits or allow for creditable service to be established for a secondary employee working at a secondary employee. So, I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Leader Batinick, do you rise in opposition?"

"Not ish?"

"Okay. Please proceed." 10200019.docx 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"It was a matter… I think in the previous Bill there was some talk about who might be responsible to paying the pension funds and insurance retirement funds. And that was taken out because of the opposition. And that was negotiated down to say, look, we want to file reports, people can do studies over the lifetime of a firefighter and see where injuries and the other things that add to the insurance rates and pension costs come from."

"Representative Yednock to close."

"I will just say to Leader Batinick that I think that was an inference, and I understand that. And we did talk about that. And so, I think that it's clear in this Bill that that is not what we're doing in this Bill. So, I'm urging an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 351 pass?' All in favor say (sic-vote) 'aye'; all opposed say (sic-vote) 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 92 voting in 'favor', 22 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 680?"

"Mr. Clerk, please return House Bill 680 to Second Reading. On page number 24, House Bill 832, Representative Davis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Davis."

"Thank you very much, Madam Chair, Members of the committee. House Bill 832 is an initiative of the Budgeting for Results Commission. Many of you have heard me describe it before, Budgeting for Results is housed at the Office of Management and Budget. It is a entity designed to review or… 10200019.docx 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 it's about budgeting and ways to do budgeting better overall, but we have a subcommittee called the Mandates Subcommittee. And what the Mandates Subcommittee seeks to do is to seek from all the agencies of the state where they have unused, seldom used, outlived, outdated areas in their statutes that need to be removed to make things better for that agency. It's a way to address making changes to remove audit findings, among other things. House Bill 832 focuses primarily on the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. And again, it's the result of reaching out to them and them sharing with us those things in their statutes that they would like to, again, remove because they are seldom used, unused. A commission that has finished its work, it's still in their statute. They want to remove it. And matters such as that. I'll be more than happy to answer any questions."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 832 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 25, House Bill 2548, Representative Chesney. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill.

"Representative Chesney."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2548 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 23, House Bill 176, Representative DeLuca. Out of the record. On page 22, House Bill 58, Representative Didech. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Didech."

"Thank you. House Bill 58 creates a process by which an individual or a community association can file a modification to remove an unlawful restrictive covenant. An unlawful restrictive covenant, under state law, is anything that restricts the conveyance, encumbrance, occupancy, or lease thereof on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. These are restrictive covenants that have been unlawful for several decades now in Illinois, but they do continue to exist on many pieces of property and in many community associations. This Bill creates a process that is modeled after a process that exists in three other states right now. We would be the fourth state in the country to create a process to remove these unlawful covenants. I would appreciate an 'aye' vote. I'm happy to answer any questions." 10200019.docx 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Leader Mazzochi, do you rise in opposition?"

"We are… boy, I hate to miss this. We are on Short Debate. So, one person in opposition, along with the Sponsor. Thank you. Appreciate that. The question is, 'Shall House Bill 58 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 23, House Bill 559, Leader Durkin. Out of the record. On page 23, House Bill 434, Representative Ford. Out of the record. On page 23, House Bill 573, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Gabel."

"Thank you, Speaker. As many of you remember, the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program, which allows children born or adopted in Illinois to receive a $50 seed deposit into their college savings account, was passed and signed into law in 2019. This is essentially a cleanup Bill which clarifies that the Higher Education Savings Program will be established as part of the Treasurer's existing 529 college savings program, Bright Start. And that changes program eligibility to children born on or after January 1 of 2023 rather than 2021. And it updates and clarifies provisions regarding the birth and adoption information that will be shared with the 10200019.docx 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Treasurer's Office by Department of Public Health and Revenue. I appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Leader Brady, do you rise in opposition?"

"You have three minutes."

"She indicates that she will."

"In this Bill?"

"In this Bill, we are just asking to…"

"…move the date to 2023 because it was subject to appropriation, and we don't have appropriation yet. And…"

"And to clarify how the Department of Public Health would let the program know that there was a birth of a child and… or adoption."

"Correct."

"The Treasurer's Office."

"Correct."

"Well, it's only for that program. They can only use it for that program."

"I mean, they will have signed an agreement on how that data can be used. That will be very limited."

"The Office of the Treasurer and the Department of Public Health. It will be like an inner-agency agreement."

"What's the problem?"

"Oh, well it's birth certificate data. It's birth certificate data."

"They will… they will let the parents know that there is this account set up for them and that child."

"Yes."

"Leader Brady, can you bring your questions to a close?"

"Leader Gabel to close."

"Thank you. This is cleanup language. This program currently exists in law. It is a program that will provide a seed fund for students to go to post-secondary school, post- high school. And what the data shows is that, if children just know that there is a college fund for them, they are four times as more likely to go to college or some other type of other program after high school. So, I would… we want this program to be able to work. This is cleanup language that 10200019.docx 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 will make the program work more effectively. And I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 573 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 68 voting in 'favor', 45 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 25, House Bill 2790, Representative Gong-Gershowitz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Gong-Gershowitz."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. House Bill 2790 is a relatively simple Bill that would enable the Cook County Public Defender's Office to provide continuity of counsel so that they can truly represent those in need. I could, of course, describe at length the indispensability of counsel in immigration proceedings to our notions of fundamental fairness and due process, but the question before this Body, on this Bill, is much narrower. House Bill 2790 is a permissive statute that would authorize the public defender's office to represent immigrants in removal proceedings. To be clear, it is not a mandate. And the scope of the public defender's authority to provide representation in immigration removal proceedings would ultimately be a decision entirely within the discretion of the Cook County Board. This is an initiative of the Cook County Public Defender's Office and 10200019.docx 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 the Cook County Board. I know of no opposition, and I'm happy to answer questions."

"Leader Batinick, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed."

"She indicates that she will."

"Well, I think what you're referring to is a current grant program funded through private dollars that is currently supporting an immigration unit in the Cook County Public Defender's Office related… so, I would take some issue with your characterization of what this statute does. Which is really just to authorize the public defender's office to represent clients in removal proceedings under the Public Defender's Act. It doesn't speak to where that source of funding would come from. So, that… I just want to make clear that this statute does not speak to that particular question that you just raised." 10200019.docx 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"So, again, if you read the language of the statute, Representative, what it does is just ensures that the public defender would be authorized under statute to provide that representation. Says nothing about the funding."

"It would allow them to represent clients in removal proceedings, correct."

"Yes, you're referring to the specific program currently in the public defender's office that, yes, has private funds that provide grants."

"Representative Gong-Gershowitz to close."

"This is an important initiative to the Cook County Public Defender's Office that currently provides constitutional representation to clients and advises them, as they're required to do under the Padilla decision of the United States Supreme Court, on the immigration consequences 10200019.docx 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 of crime. This would enable them to provide continuity of counsel, represent immigrants in their removal proceedings. In the interest of justice and fairness, I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2790 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there is 72 voting in 'favor', 42 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 22, House Bill 121, Representative Guzzardi. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Guzzardi."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, colleagues. House Bill 121 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of work authorization status. This prohibition on discrimination of… on the basis of the status already exists in Federal Law. So, this kind of discrimination is already illegal in Illinois. But we want to bring it into Illinois statute as well so these claims can be perceived… sorry, can proceed in state court. The Bill, we had a clarifying Amendment that was requested by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, which will be coming in the Senate, to clarify something we believe is already in the Bill. Which is to say nothing in statute requires an employer to sponsor a worker with an H-1B visa or anything like that and will not 10200019.docx 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 conflict with existing requirements. This simply amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to bring it in compliance with existing Federal Law. I ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you, Members."

"Leader Batinick."

"He indicates that he will."

"Yeah. So, this… discrimination on the basis of work authorization is already illegal under Federal Law. So, this simply makes Illinois Law comply with Federal Law. The only thing that would change would allow for claims to be brought in state court as well as in federal court."

"That's the only change, exactly."

"If you're making a decision based on hiring or promotion, something to that effect, strictly on the basis of someone's work authorization status. So, for instance, they're a DACA recipient, and therefore, you don't want to 10200019.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 hire them or promote them. That is… again, currently illegal and would be made illegal under Illinois Law as well if this Bill were to become law."

"Representative Guzzardi to close."

"Yeah. Thank you, Members. Again, we appreciate the work of the Chamber of Commerce. We worked closely with them on this amendatory language, which has brought them to neutral. And so, as a result, I know of no opposition to the Bill. I think it's, again, a simple measure to bring us in line with existing Federal Law. And I urge an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 121 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Ammons, for what reason do you seek recognition? Moving on to page 26, House Bill 3404, Representative Haas. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Haas."

"Chair recognizes Representative Reick."

"Mr. Clerk, please remove this Bill from the record. Stand at ease, please. On page 24 of the Calendar, House Bill 1776, Leader Harris. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Harris." 10200019.docx 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members of the House. This Bill extends the special rate for psychiatric lockout children at… who are DCFS wards. I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Davidsmeyer, are you wanting to speak in opposition to the Bill?"

"As I mentioned, we're working on it. We're on House Bill 1776 now."

"Thank you."

"I understand. Like I said, we're working on it. We'll get back to you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 1776 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question there are 112 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 1 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Brady, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please proceed." 10200019.docx 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Leader Harris."

"Thank you. And thank you, Leader Brady, for your inquiry. On the Democratic side of the aisle, we've been focusing on passing our priority legislation and working on a balanced budget. We will be continuing to have meetings on rules in the future, and we will certainly notify you when those discussions happen."

"No."

"Chair recognizes Representative Ford. For what reason do you seek recognition?"

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

"Please proceed."

"First, I want to say that today is a special day for a number of reasons. One, if Harold Washington was alive today he would be 99 years old. He made a big difference in all of our lives, whether we know it or not. But we have someone here today from the West Side of Chicago that's 16. Please join me in wishing Representative Camille Lilly a happy birthday. Happy birthday, Representative Lilly."

"Happy birthday, Representative. On page 26 of the Calendar, House Bill 3293, Leader Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Hoffman."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 3293 is an initiative of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. It has been agreed to by business and by labor. It is also supported by the Illinois Trial Lawyers. I know of no opposition. It would, first of all, address an audit finding from the Auditor General by consolidating the workers' compensation self-insured funds 10200019.docx 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 into a single fund. It would also deal with the issue of compensation, tying compensation for the commissioners to 70 percent of the Circuit Court judges, an arbitrary of 65 percent of Circuit Court judges. It would also give the chairman discretion to assign arbitrators by county. And it removes the provisions from a 2011 Bill that an arbitrator couldn't hear cases in any other county other than Cook for more than two years. This would just give the chairman the discretion to run the commission as he sees fit. And finally, it makes sure that it's clear in the law that you must be a licensed attorney to be an arbitrator or a commissioner."

"The question is, 'Should House Bill 3293 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Hurley, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Point of personal privilege, Madam Speaker."

"Please proceed."

"Along with our wonderful Camille Lilly and Harold Washington, we do have another birthday on the House Floor today. It's Craig Willert. He is… I don't know how old he is, but if you'd wish him a happy birthday that would be great."

"Happy birthday, Craig. Leader Durkin."

"Happy birthday, Brad. Moving on to page 23, House Bill 231, Leader Hernandez. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Hernandez." Hernandez, L.: "Thank you, Madam Speaker. House Bill 231 is an initiative of the Mexican American Defense Education Fund, also known as MALDEF. House Bill 231 clarifies the definition of population in the county and municipal codes to mean the jurisdictions total population as determined by the last federal census. The census counts everyone in the United States every 10 years, regardless of their age or citizenship. Currently counties and municipalities use census information to apportion local government election districts, such as city councils or community commissions… or county commissions. The use of the total population is constitutional and standard across the county… country, including in Illinois. House Bill 231 protects the total population standard. The Bill helps ensure all community residents continue to be equally represented in their counties and municipalities by preventing attempts to exclude children and nonvoters from being counted when apportioning their districts. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"A reminder that we're on Short Debate, which means the Bill Sponsor and then somebody in opposition will get three minutes. There's a few lights on. Leader Butler, are you rising in opposition to the Bill?" 10200019.docx 79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Okay, ish."

"Please proceed."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill…' excuse me. Leader Hernandez to close." Hernandez, L.: "Thank you. All I ask is for an 'aye' vote. Let's get everyone counted."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 231 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 25 of the Calendar, House Bill 2807, Representative Halbrook. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Halbrook."

"Seeing no further debate, House Bill 2807… 'Shall House Bill 2807 pass?' All vote… all those in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting in 'favor', 2 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 25, House Bill 2911, Representative Hurley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Hurley."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members of the House. HB2911 states that the Chicago Fire Department will be governed by the same Promotion Act that governs the promotion of every other full-time firefighter in the State of Illinois. I'm here for questions, and I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Leader Batinick, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed."

"I know City of Chicago, and I'm not sure because they haven't really contacted me since committee. And IML sent me a generic letter, and I'm not sure of their concerns either."

"Commissioner Ford and I spoke briefly before the Bill was in committee but not since."

"And it was on the Consent Calendar because it did get out of committee unanimously."

"Didn't do the comparison. So, I'm not sure."

"Correct."

"Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2911 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 23, House Bill 307, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Kifowit." 10200019.docx 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members of the Body. House Bill 307 is talking about dignity for DCFS foster youth. Current practice is that all their belongings get put into a black trash bag. And this would mandate, subject to appropriations, that the department provide travel bags or duffle bags for the youths' belongings. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 307 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Leader Welter."

Speaker Manley: "Thank you. On page 23, House Bill 577, Representative LaPointe. Representative LaPointe, it's my understanding there is an Amendment. Would you like to adopt the Amendment? Representative, would you like to adopt the Amendment? Mr. Clerk, please put the Bill back on Second Reading. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative LaPointe on the Floor Amendment 1."

"There we go."

"Did you have the wrong microphone?"

"I did. I mean, Leader Ramirez and myself do have a lot in common, but that's her mic."

"Please proceed, Representative."

"House Floor Amendment 1 changes the effective date of this Bill to July 2022, which provides the Illinois State Board of Education and local school boards more time to adjust to new youth suicide prevention policies."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Bourne."

"Leader, would you be okay with adopting the Amendment and debating on Third?"

"Thank you. Representative LaPointe moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 577. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

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

"The Chair recognizes Leader Bourne."

"She will." 10200019.docx 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Yes, I was. And the answer is that there is no increased liability for school districts with this Bill."

"That's correct."

"There being no further discussion, House Bill 577… the question is, 'Shall House Bill 577 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 22 of the Calendar, House Bill 26, Representative Mah. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Mah."

"Thank you, Madam Chair, Members of the Body. HB26 requires third-party curriculum providers to comply with Web content accessibility guidelines, making their content accessible to students with disabilities. In Illinois, 17.8 percent of schools… of students are students with disabilities. And under current law, all students, including students with 10200019.docx 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 disabilities, are entitled to a free and appropriate education. With students increasingly online now, HB26 ensures that online curriculum provided in schools is fully accessible to students with disabilities. HB26 is based on existing provisions in Illinois law and extends the requirement to Web services… that Web services are accessible to people with disabilities to online curriculum providers. I ask for your 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 26 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Returning to House Bill 3404, Representative Haas. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Haas."

"I'm going to take this off Short Debate and whoever would like to talk on the Bill can. Moving to Representative Didech."

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"She indicates that she will." 10200019.docx 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Well, thank you for bringing forth this Bill. I think many on this side of the aisle, we're very sympathetic to the issues in Pembroke Township. We are also being pulled in the other direction with concerns about expanding the natural gas consumption in our state. I think a lot of us feel strongly that we need to move, in a general sense, in the opposite direction. Can you speak to that concern and anything you can say on that issue?"

"So, the one other issue is there's been some concerns raised that there may not be unanimity coming from Pembroke Township itself. There may be some leaders in the community, some residents who don't feel this Bill is right for their community. Can you speak to that concern?

"And is it accurate to say that it is permissive for the residents to opt into this? This doesn't mandate that they get the gas line brought to their home. It will be their choice if they want the gas line to be hooked up into their home."

"And my next question is, my understanding is there's a sunset in this Bill. Can you explain how the sunset works?"

"Can you give a little more details on how the pilot project works? 'Cause that's an issue I'm a little confused about. Because if we… if these pipelines get built, they go into people's homes, and then the sunset… suppose we don't renew the sunset, what happens next? Do they get pulled out of people's homes? How exactly does that work in practice?"

"So, what would be the effect if we don't renew this after five years? Or is it… I'm just a little… I'm confused on what the sunset actually does."

"Okay. So, essentially there would be building taking place for five years. If we do not renew the sunset, at that point, the building would cease and there would be no more additional building done after that?"

"Okay. So, then my last question, and then I'll go to the Bill. A lot of us, like I've said, we're very sympathetic to the issue in Pembroke Township. I think we want to be supportive of the residents in your district. Would you be willing to commit, over the next five years, with the caveat of course that we don't know if you or me or anyone else will be here over the next five years, to work with us in good faith to try and bring renewable energy options, not just to Pembroke Township, but everywhere in the state? It's something that's a very high priority for us. And is that an issue you'll be willing to engage with us in good faith and support as many of our initiatives as you can?"

"Okay. To the Bill. I am going to vote 'yes' on this Bill today. You know, I am somebody who takes the issue of energy and the environment very seriously. And I think it's important to remember that when we talk about energy policy in our state, one aspect of it is, yes, we want to protect the environment, but the other aspect, which is very important, is it needs to serve the people in our state too. And the current status quo energy policy in our state is not effectively serving the people of Pembroke Township. And I think this Bill is an opportunity to materially improve their lives in a very positive way with a very modest investment. The Sponsor of the Bill has committed to work with us in good faith on clean energy proposals. I think we should take her at her word on that. And I am going to be voting 'yes' on this Bill. Thank you."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Ammons." 10200019.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. To the Bill."

"To the Bill."

"Pembroke, Illinois is one of those communities like Cairo, Illinois that was established by formerly enslaved people and have been treated as such ever since the establishment of these communities. I applaud the Sponsor of this legislation for taking this initiative up because, although I am an environmentalist at heart, I do understand that when you don't have access to natural gas and you have to use wood burning stoves there's a problem of equity here. And does that equity question rise above the question of energy? Is it as important? Is it less important? Should we have solar panels on every home in poor communities? Absolutely. Can we afford solar panels on every home in every community? No. Is the State of Illinois going to invest enough money to put solar panels on every house in every community in Pembroke? No. So, at this time, in this reality, as I have visited Pembroke, going to the horse shows with my son, and saw the conditions of Pembroke, we should actually be ashamed of ourselves. In the State of Illinois that we have people living like in East St. Louis, and Pembroke, and Cairo the way that they are living, and we are not providing the adequate support to them. And this Bill, although small as an effort, will at least bring some sense of semblance of normalcy to the people of Pembroke. I'm just going to remind the chamber that just a few weeks ago the Governor visited Pembroke to sign a piece of legislation done by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. And part of that legislation was to bring equity and justice to the people of Pembroke and to 10200019.docx 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 provide resources to them in an area where they have little of nothing. So, if we actually care about equity and justice, and if we want solar panels on everybody's house like I do, then the State of Illinois needs to invest seriously in making equity available in renewables. But if you put that renewable on the table and I can't afford it, and then you tell me I have to burn and heat my house with wood, there is something terribly wrong with this situation. So, I stand in support of this legislation. And I understand that we're going to have to put a pipeline in to do it, and I get all that. But the reality is, the people of Pembroke deserve better than this. And so, I urge an 'aye' vote on 3404. And I do thank you. And I thank Leader Flowers for seeing this all of her years to try and address the issues in Pembroke. And this is one way for us to do it. So, I urge a 'yes' vote on this legislation."

"Chair recognizes Leader Flowers."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am not going to belabor the point because my colleague has said it all. But I just want to take this opportunity to thank you, Representative, because the last time someone tried to do something…"

"Leader Flowers, I'm so sorry to interrupt you. You have to wear your mask, sorry."

"It was… it was Governor… hold on, let me think 'cause I need to give thanks to him. Governor Ryan. It was Governor Ryan who really tried to do something. So, thank you so very much for taking the initiative and willing to fight this through because those people have been suffering for a very long time. And I'm just proud to be a part of it. Thank you very much. And thank you, Representative Ammons, for your 10200019.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 remarks. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Jones."

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"She indicates that she will."

"Representative, this is a pilot program, correct?"

"How long is this pilot program going to go?"

"And the objective of the pilot program is to put a gas pipe, gas line in. Is their objective to build new houses improve the lives of the community in Pembroke?"

"And I see in the Bill that you say you're going to collect data. What kind of data are you going to collect for the residents of Pembroke? It says you're going to ask the department to collect data regarding the pilot program. What… do you know what other kind of data they're going to collect besides the natural gas part?"

"And… to the Bill. When I was growing up in Ford Heights, they listed the three communities the worst, the most poorest 10200019.docx 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 communities, Pembroke, Dixmoor, Ford Heights. And for years these communities have not only had a lack of investment, they've had a lack of opportunity. But it's my hope that… and I'll take you at your word, Representative… that this Bill is going to improve the lives of residents in Pembroke. And if that happens, we can all be a part of that success. And I would just encourage the Representative to keep on this for the residents and help build them new homes and improve their lives. But if this pilot program creates the kind of success that you're imagining, we all can congratulate the Representative on her first Bill and improving the lives of the residents of Pembroke. So, I would urge an 'aye' vote."

"Chair recognizes Representative Harper."

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

"She indicates that she will."

"Or you know what? I'm just going to speak straight to the Bill."

"To the Bill."

"You know, I think it's very important when we talk about helping poor black communities and labeling them as such, that we make sure we're actually taking their feelings into account. I've been working with the people of Pembroke Township for a very long time, longer than I've been a Member of the General Assembly. And for the past two years they have been crying and begging for my help and my support because they didn't understand how a company was down in Springfield trying to bring a gas pipeline through their community. Pembroke Township did not want this. The Mayor of Hopkins 10200019.docx 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Park wants this. And he put on an entire public relations campaign by bringing down Jesse Jackson from Chicago, and lots of people from Chicago, and Nicor and holding meetings and saying, oh, this is what the poor people of the entire Township wants, when it's just what the mayor wants who only covers three square miles of an entire township. I understand there have been efforts in the past to bring pipelines to Pembroke Township and that the residents there had to get up out of their homes and stand in front of the bulldozers to stop that from happening. Now, I don't know who you guys are having conversations with in Pembroke Township, but I know for a fact it isn't the entire population. And I know that here down in the General Assembly we don't like Chicago making decisions for the rest of the state. And so, why should we allow Hopkins Park make decisions for the entire Pembroke Township? Pembroke Township is a very small, poor township. And they tell me that natural gas is something that they will be looking for in the future, but it's definitely not something they want right now. They said that there are much more pressing concerns going on there. Like the fact that they don't have don't have good water supply, or sewer, or how about the fact that they don't even have a police department. With dozens of new residents coming in and shootings going up on a daily basis and it takes an hour for police to go there. The people of Pembroke Township want you to know that there are much more important issues that we should be in here fighting for and passing Bills on, other than a natural gas pipeline that's going to do nothing but raise prices for people and not even benefit the entire 10200019.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 population but just a small segment of it. So, I would advise us to really get the facts, all of the facts about this pilot program, about the fact that we're going to drive a pipeline through an entire community that is already been the subject of thousands of land grabs. We have all types of entities trying to get their hands on the beautiful natural resources that we have down in Pembroke Township. And I, as the Agricultural Chairman, have been working with them to try and boost their economic development through agriculture and protect their natural resources when all we see are corporations and entities coming to try and take them. And so, that is what I wanted to say, that this Bill does not reflect the true intentions of all of the true people of Pembroke Township. But yet, a tiny small city inside of it where one mayor has seemed to be making the decisions for everyone. And I know for a fact the township supervisor, when these decisions were being made, her comments, her collaboration was not made part of this deal. If we decide, as the state, to make decisions for this community, we'll be doing the same thing that people are doing for black communities all over. We're thinking they know what's best for us, when we know what's best for us. And I'll close by saying, I am from the City of Chicago, but my family is from Pembroke Township. My great grandmother Agnes Strong raised 12 kids in Pembroke Township, and I look forward to returning there to my family's land to continue to help to grow that community. For the wonderful rich people that live there, I encourage a 'no' vote. Thank you." 10200019.docx 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"The question… Representative Haas to close. And again, my apologies for my mistake earlier."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3404 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 88 voting in 'favor', 14 voting 'against', 1 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 25 of the Calendar, House Bill 2568, Representative Mayfield. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Mayfield."

"Thank you so much. I'll be brief. This Bill just basically says that if an employer offers health insurance to one employee that that same health insurance plan has to be available to all employees."

"A reminder, we're moving back to Short Debate, which means that the Sponsor speaks on behalf of the Bill and there is one person speaking in opposition for three minutes. Leader Batinick, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed."

"Well, there was no opposition that came forward in committee."

"I'm not sure who voted no. They did not state on record why they were voting no. There was no opposition in committee."

"The IML did not reach out to me at all."

"No. What this Bill does, this Bill is basically… is more for police and fire. This is an initiative of them. We want to make sure that our police and fire, if they do suffer… I'm sorry. We want to make sure our police and fire are offered quality health care plans. You cannot tell a policeman or a firefighter that you do not deserve quality health care that is available to secretaries and janitors, when they are out here risking their lives for our cities, our municipalities, and so forth. So, all I'm saying with this Bill is, that if you offer it to a secretary or a janitor, 10200019.docx 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 you have to offer it to a policeman and a fireman as well. We want to make sure that our police and fire are taken care of."

"If you offer health insurance to one entity, you offer it to all."

"I'm sorry, Leader Batinick. What was your request?"

"We'll put it on Standard Debate."

"Representative Reick, are you the spokesperson?"

"Okay. Please proceed."

"Representative, to my knowledge, these plans are not governed by ERISA."

"To my understanding, these plans are not governed by ERISA."

"Thank you."

Speaker Manley: "The question is, 'Shall…' Representative Mayfield to close."

"Everyone, I'm simply asking that we provide our police and firemen, individuals who are out here risking their lives daily, to be offered the exact same health insurance that you would offer a secretary, that you would offer to a janitor and for there not to be any type of division in the type of health plan that they are offered. So, I'm asking everyone to please vote 'yes' for our police and our fire so that they can have peace of mind when they are going out and doing their jobs. Knowing that, should they be injured on the job, that they will at least have an adequate health plan to take care of themselves. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2568 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting 10200019.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'opposed', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 25, House Bill 2950, Representative Morgan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Morgan."

"Thank you, Madam Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly. This Bill is an environmental Bill. It becomes a permissive Bill which allows counties to choose, if they so choose, to use Motor Fuel Tax funds to not just rebuild roads but to rebuild roads and create pedestrian and bike paths. It's is very simple. This was an initiative of Lake County. When we started to discuss it with other counties we got tremendous support, particularly from the collar counties and the Illinois Association of County Engineers. At this point, this, again, is permissive. It allows counties to be able to use their Motor Fuel Taxes as they, elected officials, choose fit and appropriate. So, this is a good environmental Bill. It will help increase access to those who don't have it right now, to bike paths and pedestrian paths. And I urge an 'aye' vote, and I welcome any questions."

"Leader Batinick, do you rise in opposition?"

"Please proceed." 10200019.docx 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"There were a few items that were discussed in committee. There was reference to the lockbox Amendment, the constitutional protection of the funds for construction. This does expand the definition of a highway. Again, this is focused on counties, but it would extend to the state as well as to the City of Chicago, those that use those Motor Fuel Taxes for rebuilding roads and building new roads. So, that was some of the discussion. I think there was a little bit of concern about where we go from here. But again, this is limited to specifically road construction. This is building roads with pedestrian bridges. This is building bike paths. So, it's… it really does have an actual limit."

"No, I actually think that this doesn’t change the fact that these are funds that are dedicated to transportation. So, to your point…" 10200019.docx 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"…the definition of transportation is changing by being more inclusive."

"I think this Bill has three different sections for the Motor Fuel Tax Code, which is broken up already in statute. So, there's references to the collar counties in the separate Act. There's also reference to the City of Chicago in a separate Act, same with state transportation funds. So, I believe that was just redundant to cover all of them."

"I believe it's both. It depends on which code. So, for the Motor Fuel Tax for the counties, that is coming obviously through county. For the state Motor Fuel Tax funds, that's coming, as I understand it, aggregation of those funds to the state."

"It would be the latter. It would be the latter. The counties would only have control over their own Motor Fuel Tax fund."

"That's correct."

"A reminder, this is on Short Debate. Okay, now we're on Standard Debate. Chair recognizes Representative McLaughlin for three minutes."

"My answer to that would be, this does not change the determination of Motor Fuel Tax funds, which already happens at the county level. So, it does not change the municipal role or powers in any way. Right now our counties, as you know, in Lake County our county board determines the projects that happen as a result of those funds coming to the county through Motor Fuel Tax. So, this does not change, expand, or contract those powers. So, I would answer that, it does not 10200019.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 have impact. I understand those who might choose not to use Motor Fuel Tax for purposes of transportation other than roads, right? So, bikes and pedestrian paths. And that's the whole point of the Bill, that it is discretionary. There's nothing mandatory about this legislation."

"Representative, I know you referenced we did discuss CMAP in committee. I have not heard from CMAP I… honestly don't even know the nature of their concerns. So, I have not had any conversations with them."

"Harris in the chair. And, Representative Butler, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please state your questions."

"Yeah, I have spoken with Local 150 Operating Engineers. I don't know of any opposition from any road builder association or alliance. To your point, there is 50 million dedicated to the capital funds. This would not impact those funds. This is an additional use…"

"To the extent that anyone chooses to, yes."

"That's correct."

"No, this is limited to the definition of highways, it relates to use for the Motor Fuel Tax. Those are the only aspects of the Bill that define highway. So, there's separate definitions of highway within each of these three Motor Fuel Tax Codes. This expands that definition of highway limited to those three sections." 10200019.docx 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"That's correct."

"Representative Reick, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"I asked why you're standing up."

"He'll yield."

"That's a good question. It would be both."

"It's the former. This Bill does not change the flow of the funds as it may be, as you noted. It depends on exactly which unit of government is receiving the funds. This does not change the direction, the flow of the money, or interrupt the delivery of that money."

"You know, it really would be subject to the way it is now. It's not being changed. So, those elements are not changed in any way from the statute. So, again, the way the Motor Fuel Taxes are delivered right now to the state, to the county, to the municipals, that is not being changed by the statute."

"Again, it depends on where that source of money is today. Those are different sources of funds. The Motor Fuel Tax, as you know, it's a complicated multi-level fund structure. So, 10200019.docx 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 it depends on where the money is going as it is today. This Bill does not affect any of that."

"Well, again, a little bit to the earlier question from our colleague. This does not create a new pathway of funds for a local municipality to take Motor Fuel Tax funds from the State of Illinois that would ordinarily not go to local municipal entities. So, this does not create new opportunities to access new funds. This literally only gives the opportunity to units of government, again, counties or city, in the City of Chicago or the state to… if they so choose, to use those Motor Fuel Taxes, in addition to highway renovation and restructuring and new highways and new roads, to also include… as we already have waterways, waterways are already included in the definition of highway. So, waterways, highways, again, already in the definition. And the highways also now would include, if this were to pass, pedestrian bridges and bike paths. So, I think that, again, it doesn't change the pathway of any of those funds."

Speaker Harris: "Representative, your time has expired. Representative Weber."

"Yields."

"I do." 10200019.docx 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Representative, I don't… can you point me to where you're seeing that? 'Cause that does not talk about purchase of property anywhere in the changes of my legislation."

"Yeah, it would not… that is not in the Bill itself. It does not include any changes to legislation."

"It doesn’t change the possible use of MFT funds that exist today."

"Actually we did not start the timer on you. So, I don't know if you have any left. We have two other people who are waiting to speak. Let's hear what they have to say. 10200019.docx 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Representative Yednock, are you in support or opposition? So, you're in support?"

"I think."

"Please proceed."

"Representative Morgan, I just want to clarify this because I do know Local 150, I think, is not in opposition and probably supportive of this because it is road building in its sense. But you're not taking any of the Rebuild Illinois funds that we passed through the Capital Bill with the gas tax raise and using them for a purpose other than actual infrastructure work, right?"

"If I understood your question, Representative, this does not use any of the capital funds.

"This is for that… the taxes, the MFT funds that particular counties can raise on their own, in addition to what we already do through the MFT that goes through the state, it's that portion that they're able to use for this purpose?"

"Yes, it's only funds that are available currently from the MFT statutes for counties to make determinations about where to invest in highways."

"Okay. And many times bike paths can be sidewalks and bridges that go over highways, like Route 80 in Ottawa where they built a bike path that was essentially a walk path to go over because the citizens couldn't get to the other side. So, this is just like that, in other words?"

"That's correct." 10200019.docx 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"And it will be using mostly local workers on this… on these projects because it's still going through the regular MFT prevailing wage, et cetera?"

"That's correct."

"Okay. I wanted to clarify that 'cause we were a little concerned that we were going to be using funds outside of the nature of the Capital Bill and MFT funds. And I think that I have my answer. Thank you."

Speaker Harris: "And the final speaker on this will be Representative Luft."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"I don't recall a discussion in committee about limiting a percentage of MFT funds towards these additional expanded definitions of highway. Again, I would just reiterate it is 100 percent discretionary of any county in the state to choose whether this is 0 percent and 0 dollars or a larger greater percentage for those bike paths and pedestrian bridges."

"I think that's an excellent question. And again, I cannot emphasize enough, the definition right now that every county in the State of Illinois gets to choose to use their MFT funds already includes waterways. So, your excellent discussion and really, I think, very important point is if a county chose to put money into some boat docks, right now they could, independent of my legislation. It's because we hold our county board members responsible and accountable through elections and through our relationships with our county board members to make the decisions that are best for our community. I just want to reiterate, this idea started with a single county. And as county engineers and administrators and board members learned of this idea, wanted this to be statewide. And again, it's optional and discretionary. I don't think this is a slippery slope other than the idea that we're really going to encourage and support transportation in all its forms, including pedestrian and bike paths. And I really… I think that as an important point that this is already expanded to 10200019.docx 114  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 what we may think of in terms of a road. It already includes waterways. And there's a reason for that. It's because counties have to make the decisions for us and for our constituents about what to do with these Motor Fuel Tax that are appropriate."

"Thank you, Representative. Representative Morgan to close."

"Thank you. And I really do appreciate the questions on this. I think it is very important. I do want to encourage those that might wonder, well where this is coming from, could we be the first? We are absolutely not the first in the country to do this. We are behind the eight ball. States like Washington, and Colorado, Oregon, they put money already, dedicated money from their Motor Fuel Taxes, into these things. This is a purely discretional, optional opportunity to really invest in new forms of transportation. Our districts want this. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2950 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Speaker… Mr. Clerk, please take the record. With a vote of 90 voting 'yes', 23 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present', House Bill 2950, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 10200019.docx 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 24 of the Calendar appears House Bill 1068, offered by Representative Manley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Manley."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 1068 is an initiative of DCFS. In the course of achieving permanency, which is what we want for kids that find themselves in DCFS care, they want to change the statute to consider adoption alongside guardianships. Right now, per statute, you have to first consider adoption, but what happens a lot of the time is a family member will step in and care for a child whose parent is unable to care for them at the moment. And they don't want the parent to have to terminate parental rights. So, they don't want to adopt. But the guardianship would give them a path. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of time once adoption… the idea of adoption has been interjected to get to the guardianship path. Ideally the guardianship is perfect for a child in this situation and whomever is serving as… whoever is fostering the child because the foster parent can act without DCFS intervention as that child's guardian. The quest is always to put a child in a state of permanency and always think about the child's best interest. And I'll take any questions."

"Seeing no questions, Representative Manley to close."

"Please vote 'yes'."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 1068 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'nay'. 10200019.docx 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a vote of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1068, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Davis, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was away from my desk when House Bill 3404 was voted on and my switch was not voted. And had it been, I would have like to have been recorded as a 'yes'."

"The record shall so reflect. On page 23 of the Calendar appears House Bill 395, Representative Moylan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Moylan."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the General Assembly. House Bill 395 amends the Ivory Bill Act and changes the short title to Animal Parts and Products Ban Act. There is no opposition, and I respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Manley in the Chair."

"Chair recognizes Leader Batinick."

"He indicates that he will."

"Well, I think it's very important that we actually try to ban certain exotic animals that are being taken advantage in this day and age. In the committee meeting, there was a question from Brookfield Zoo, and we said we would surely accommodate them. And that's what the Amendment was."

"Yeah."

"It protects them."

"By not letting their vital parts be sold."

"Thank you very much. And I really respect and hopefully have your vote and support of the General Assembly."

"Representative Moylan to close."

"Thank you very much, and I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 395 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting in 'favor', 1 voting 'against', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 23, House Bill 434, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Ford."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members of the General Assembly. I'd like to adopt House Floor Amendment #3. I think I should table 1 and 2 first. Is that right? Yes, please table House Floor Amendment #1 and House Floor Amendment #2. And I move to adopt House Floor Amendment #3."

"Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Ford, do you wish to adopt?"

"I want to adopt Floor Amendment #3."

"That Amendment is still in committee."

"I still want to adopt it."

"Thank you, Representative. Good try. On page 26, House Bill 3418, Representative Carroll. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Carroll."

"Just give me one second. Thank you very much, Ladies and Gentlemen. I apologize for that little tardiness there. 3418 is a Bill that a colleague… a friend of mine… not a colleague, but a friend of mine from New Mexico ran last year that basically says that employees, when they start a job, do not have to sign an agreement that says they have… they don't have to disclose any issues of sexual harassment or sexual assault. Now again, what this Bill clarifies is, they can sign it after the fact as a nondisclosure… it is a 10200019.docx 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 nondisclosure agreement after the fact, but when they start employment it's not a reason of employment. So, I ask for an 'aye' vote and happy to answer any questions."

"We're on Short Debate. And, Representative Stava- Murray, do you rise in opposition?"

"In support."

"Okay. On Short Debate you have the Bill Sponsor and then one person for three minutes in opposition. Representative Williams, are you rising in opposition?" Williams, A.: "No."

"We're on Short Debate." Williams, A.: "I'm rising just… to the Bill."

"We're on Short Debate. So, you have the Bill Sponsor and one Member in opposition." Williams, A.: "Fine, then I'm in opposition."

"You want to be in opposition?" Williams, A.: "I spoke to the Representative earlier and told him I'd make a comment about the Bill and our future plans for discussing this initiative in light of the fact we passed a comprehensive discussion. So, you decide how you'd like to go about…"

"So, you are in opposition. So, please proceed." Williams, A.: "Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield? Thank you so much for the helpful conversation earlier. I think this is a great item that is going to hopefully supplement the work we've already done. But I just wanted to reiterate that we will be having a conversation ongoing about this issue because we did, if everyone recalls, pass a significant omnibus Bill related to sexual harassment just a few years ago that was 10200019.docx 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 agreed to by all parties. So, just looking forward to, if you're willing, to continue the conversation to make sure that we don't undo anything we did and that we work to improve it and make it further beneficial for those who are impacted by harassment."

"Absolutely. And I think every piece of legislation we work on is always an evolving process and should be. So, I'm always looking for feedback and the opportunity to improve what's done. But I think this is a really important issue because I know this has affected a lot of people. So, I'd like to do this. And again, always open to the conversation and working through it." Williams, A.: "Well thank you for that. And with that, I think you've changed my mind."

"Thank you. Wow, thanks."

"Per the rules of Short Debate, we now… are you rising in opposition, Sir? We've already had somebody in… we want to go on Standard Debate? Oh boy, okay. Representative Reick, please proceed."

"He indicates that he will."

"I believe they're actually neutral on the Bill. That's what we have."

"No problem." 10200019.docx 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

Speaker Manley: "There being no further discussion, Representative Carroll to close."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3418 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? On this question, there are… oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Butler, believe it or not, I can see you. What reason do you rise?"

"Please proceed."

"Chair recognizes Representative Moylan. For what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed."

"I agree with Representative Butler a hundred percent. I think there are certain Bills that need to be called, and we have to stand up for what's right for the citizens of the great State of Illinois. Representative Bourne and Representative Katie Stuart both have fantastic Bills. And there's a bunch of other ones on the same topic. Sometimes we have to take a stand, and I think this is one. We need to call this Bill and call it this Session. Thank you very much."

"Moving to Bills on Second Reading. Members, I want to remind you to be prepared to move your Bill. If you have an Amendment, make sure that you have fulfilled your agreement that you made in committee before you move your Amendment. This way Representative Batinick has promised not to stop every single time and ask you if you fulfilled your obligation. On page 2, House Bill 9, Representative Gong- Gershowitz. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Then we'll hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Page 2, House Bill 13, Representative Tarver. Out of the record. House Bill 55, Representative Didech. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 10200019.docx 124  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Representative Didech on the Amendment."

"Floor Amendment 1 corrects a typographical error. It has no substantive effect on the Bill. I ask for its adoption."

"Representative Didech moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 55. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 3, House Bill 75, Leader Flowers. Out of the record. House Bill 118, Representative Guzzardi. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 126, Representative Stuart. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 192, Representative Harper. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 219, Representative Carroll. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Page 5… excuse me, page 4 still. Representative 232… that's House Bill 232. I'm not sure which Hernandez. Lisa… Leader Hernandez, House Bill 232. Out of the record. On page 5, House Bill 247, Representative Morgan. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Representative Yingling on House Bill 268. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Yingling on Floor Amendment 1."

"Thank you, Madam Speaker. House Floor number… excuse me. Floor Amendment #1 puts restrictions in terms of contractual engagements after a township election."

"Representative Yingling moves to adopt Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 268. All those in favor say 'aye'; 10200019.docx 126  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. On page 6, House Bill 591, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"House Bill 591, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. This Bill was read for a second time a previous day. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. A fiscal note has been requested but not filed at this time."

"Mr. Clerk, please hold that Bill on Second Reading. On page 5, House Bill 357, Representative Hammond. Out of the record. On page 6, Representative Ugaste, House Bill 381. Out of the record. On page 7 of the Calendar, Representative Vella, House Bill 734. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Harris in the Chair."

"Representative Williams on House Bill 1795. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 9 of the Calendar appears House Bill 1838, Representative Mah. Representative Mah. Out 10200019.docx 127  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 of the record. On page 9 of the Calendar appears House Bill 1853, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, Third Reading. I'm sorry. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 9 of the Calendar is House Bill 1866, Representative Zalewski. Out of the record. On page 10 of the Calendar is House Bill 1956, Representative Jones. Jones. Out of the record. On House Bill 10 is… I'm sorry. On page 10 is House Bill 2374, Mr. DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 10 of the Calendar is House Bill 2400, Representative Hirschauer. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. On page 10 of the Calendar is House Bill 2408, Representative Evans. Representative Evans. Oh, there you are. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Evans on Floor Amendment #1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and the great Members of the General Assembly. I want to adopt them both, but the first Amendment is a technical change at the request of the State Fire Marshal's Office clarifying that the standard use for certification will be the applicable codes and the authority having jurisdiction."

"Representative Batinick, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"We can always move it back, Representative."

Speaker Harris: "Okay. Seeing no further discussion, Representative Evans moves that Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 2408 be adopted. All in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay '. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Motion is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Evans on Floor Amendment #2." 10200019.docx 129  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker for the previous adoption. The second Amendment excludes nuclear facilities from the certified inspector requirement as they are inspected in house by specially trained individuals using a more stringent Nuclear Regulatory Commission Code. I request your adoption of this Amendment."

"Seeing no discussion, Representative Evans moves Floor Amendment 2 be adopted. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2408 is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. On page 11 of the Calendar is House Bill 2412, Representative Mayfield. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Mayfield on Floor Amendment #2."

"The Floor Amendment just changes the language from language of origin. We just wanted to clarify the type of language that will be in the Amendment… in the notices."

"Seeing no questions, Representative Mayfield has moved that Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2412 be adopted. All in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk." 10200019.docx 130  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Third Reading. On page 11 of the Calendar appears House Bill 2584, Representative Murphy. Out of the record. On page 11 of the Calendar is House Bill 2523, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 11 of the Calendar appears House Bill 2521, Mr. Gonzalez. Representative Gonzalez. Mr. Clerk please, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 12 of the Calendar is House Bill 2622, Representative Stava-Murray. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 12 of the Calendar appears House Bill 2777, Representative Burke. Kelly Burke. Kelly Burke. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. On page 13 of the Calendar appears House Bill 2811, Representative Halbrook. Out of the record. On page 13 of the Calendar is House Bill 2863, Representative Swanson. Representative Swanson. Out of the record. On page 13 of the Calendar is House Bill 2891, Representative Frese. Out of the record. On page 14 of the 10200019.docx 131  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Calendar is House Bill 3058, Representative Lilly. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. On page 14 of the Calendar is House Bill 2994, Mr. Butler. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Butler on Floor Amendment #3."

"There being no questions, Representative Butler has moved that Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 2994 be adopted. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #3 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 14 of the Calendar is House Bill 3004, Representative Batinick. Out of the record. On page 15 of the Calendar is House Bill 3165, Representative Yednock. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Yednock on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment merely changes some technical language that was messed up in the original Bill." 10200019.docx 132  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"There being no questions, Representative Yednock has moved for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3165 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 16 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3218, Representative Smith. Representative Smith. Oh, there he is. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Smith on Floor Amendment 2."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 simply changes vocational education to career and technical education throughout the Bill."

"Seeing no questions, Representative Smith has moved for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3218. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Motion is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 16 of the Calendar is House Bill 3223, Representative Moeller. Out of the record. On page 16 of the Calendar is House Bill 3281, Representative Ortiz. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Ortiz is recognized on Floor Amendment #1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 1 is a minor technical change suggested by ISBE. Thank you."

"Seeing no questions, Representative Ortiz has moved that Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3281 be adopted. 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. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 16 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3317, Representative Welter. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Welter on Floor Amendment 2."

"Seeing no questions, the Motion is, 'Shall Floor Amendment #2 be adopted?' All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3317 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Welter on Floor Amendment #3."

"Seeing no questions, the Motion is, 'Shall Floor Amendment #3 be adopted to House Bill 3317?' All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 16 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3283, Representative Costa Howard. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. On page 17 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3440, Representative Robinson. Representative Robinson. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. And on page 17 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3410, Representative Morrison. Out of the record. On page 17 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3485, Representative Stoneback. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 17 of the Calendar is House Bill 3496, Representative Davis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 18 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3523, Representative Wheeler. Out of the record. Mr. Clerk. On page 18 of the Calendar is House Bill 3512, Representative Slaughter. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Slaughter on Floor Amendment 1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I didn't know there was a Floor Amendment to adopt on this, is there?"

"Do you want us to take this out of the record for the moment and come back to it?"

"Please, Mr. Speaker. Take it out of the record. I'm sorry."

"Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. And we will come back to you. On page 19 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3620, Representative Collins. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk." 10200019.docx 136  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021

"Third Reading. On page 19 of the Calendar is House Bill 3703, Representative Scherer. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. On page 19 of the Calendar is House Bill 3637, Representative Bennett. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. On page 19 of the Calendar is House Bill 3738, Representative Ness. Out of the record. And going back to Representative Slaughter. On page 18 of the Calendar, Mr. Clerk, what is the status of House Bill 3512?"

"Representative Slaughter on Floor Amendment #1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to adopt Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3512. An effective date was inadvertently left out of the Bill. The Amendment provides an immediate effective date."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Floor Amendment #1 be adopted to House Bill 3512?' All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment 10200019.docx 137  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 #1 is adopted to House Bill 3512. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 19 of the Calendar, House Bill 3716, Representative Davidsmeyer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 20 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3793, Representative Ramirez. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Ramirez on Floor Amendment #1."

"Hi. House Bill… Floor Amendment on 3793 is a Floor Amendment to ensure we clarify how the visitation for children and care go through the Department of Children and Family Services. This was something that we did in negotiation with the Department of Public Guardian, Department of Children and Family Services. And this is a Floor Amendment for that."

"No questions? The question is, 'Shall Floor Amendment #1 be adopted?' All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3793 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. On page 20 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3803, Representative Avelar. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 20 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3870, Representative Mason. Out of the record. On page 20 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3756, Representative Meier. Meier. Out of the record. On House Bill 20… on page 20 is House Bill 3861, Representative Sosnowski. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 20 of the Calendar is House Bill 3865, Representative Walker. Out of the record. On page 21 of the Calendar is House Bill 3881, Representative Windhorst. Out of the record. On page 21 of the Calendar is House Bill 3940, Representative Walsh. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. On page 21 of the Calendar is House Bill 3950, Representative LaPointe. Please read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, we're returning to the Order of Third Readings. On page 23 of the Calendar appears House Bill 427, Representative Yingling. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Yingling."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 427 places a question on the ballot in Lake County to ask the voters if they would like to convert the Office of County Assessor into an elected office. I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Representative Batinick."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"Yeah, this passed off the floor unanimously right before the pandemic. So, it was unable to move in the Senate. So, we're running it again."

"Correct. There are two ways to put this on the ballot. It either has to be done through the General Assembly or 10200019.docx 140  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 through a petition initiative. So, this would ask the voters, this would give them an opportunity to weigh in on it."

"Yeah, I think it was 115."

"I'm sorry, say again."

"What size is the office?"

"No."

"Mr. Clerk let the record reflect Leader Durkin is excused the rest of the day."

"Seeing no further questions, the question is… oh I'm sorry, would you like to make a closing statement, Representative? Representative Yingling to close."

"I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 427 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? LaPointe. Manley. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a vote of 111 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 427, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. 10200019.docx 141  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 19th Legislative Day 4/15/2021 Representative Nichols, for what reason do you seek recognition?

"Point of personal privilege."

"State your point."

"I'd just like to bring to this… attention to this great chamber that today we celebrate not only an American hero but an international hero. Today Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson. Yeah, you can give him a hand on that. It's Jackie, you know? And I'd just like to say that he was more than the baseball player. He was an activist. He set a lot of firsts. Be it in baseball, banking. He actually lobbied in some political areas. I think it's so important that a person that not only stood up for African Americans, but he stood up for equality for everybody. And I couldn't imagine what he went through and how he got through it in those times. And he also had the help of people such as Branch Rickey, the person that gave him an opportunity to actually participate in the Major Leagues. So, I just think… I wanted to do this earlier, but I guess I had to wait or whatever. I'm the new dude. But I just think it's so important that we acknowledge that. And for me, I know that people such as Jackie Robinson paved the way for myself and others. So, I thank this great chamber for standing and acknowledging today what Major League Baseball annually acknowledges. Thank you very much."

"Mr. Clerk, committee announcements."

"Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"And now, leaving… oh, wait a minute. I'm sorry. Wait for it. Leader Manley moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. And now, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Manley moves that the House stand adjourned until Friday, April 16, at the hour of 10 a.m. All those in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned." 10200019.docx 143