Illinois House Floor Debate — May 21, 2024

"The House shall be in order. The House shall be in order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Leroy Campbell. Pastor Campbell is with Shiloh Baptist Church in Lockport, Illinois. Pastor Campbell is the guest of Representative Avelar."

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

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

"Speaker, let the record show that Representatives Ammons, Flowers, and Ladisch Douglass are excused today."

"Leader Keicher is recognized to report any excused absences on the Republican side of the aisle." 10300109.docx 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Have all recorded themselves who wish? Have all recorded themselves who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There being 114 Members answering the roll call, a quorum is present. Representative Nichols, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Point of personal privilege."

"Please speak your point."

"It gives me great honor and… and privilege to… if you guys would stand up over here in the gallery. Yeah, y'all. This is an organization of my district, Something Good in Englewood, under the tutelage of Little Angels. This organization has been around for over 20 years, and they serve pre-K and kindergarten children. And the thing about it, over 90 percent are accepted into… to gifted schools. And when I first started here three years ago, this is one of my first initiatives. And I want to congratulate this chamber because they're building a school in Englewood right now. Because of everybody in this chamber, we are actually seeing the fruit and the work. Thank you all because that building is going to serve kids in one of the poorest communities in the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois. This is a lot bigger then, you know, when we do our business in here. That is the proof, and I love them. If miss… where she's at? There's the leader. This woman is… is amazing. She put in… she kept on top of my predecessor as well as me and it happened. So, thank you, guys. Thank everybody in this chamber. Thank the Governor. 10300109.docx 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Thank the Speaker. Thank everybody that had everything to do with that building going up in Englewood. Thank y'all."

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

"Please speak your point."

"Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports."

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

"Point of personal privilege."

"Please speak your point."

"I rise today to speak on the life of David Besler. David was, to his son, Patrick, he was a part of the insurance industry and part of life in Bloomington. David passed away on May 17. David resided in Bloomington. He contribute to many social organizations, but David was a part of the fabric of Bloomington. Surviving David, of Bloomington, is his wife, Anne. David was rich in friendships, and he had many 10300109.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 friendships in the REALTORS Association, the Chamber of Commerce in Bloomington. But also, he was involved and he liked running marathons. David not only ran marathons here in Springfield, but he also was a good Chicago Bears fan, as we debate the Bears and debate the White Sox. David not only contributed to the insurance industry and also was a part of what we did here in Insurance Committee, but I want to stand up and tell his family, Patrick, and tell his wife, we are thinking about him. I thank the insurance industry for bringing this to me and wanted to honor his life. But I ask for a moment of silence for his life, his contributions to the industry, and also his contributions to what we do in Springfield."

"Please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. Representative Ness, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"A point of personal privilege."

"Please speak your point."

"I rise today in recognition of House Resolution 784, which acknowledges and congratulates a local author in my district, Mr. Phil Aleo. Mr. Aleo has written 25 books about local communities, including Dundee Township, where he lives, and Salem, Illinois, which is just up the road from us. Mr. Aleo has lived and resided in Dundee Township his entire life, and his current profession started out with just a natural curiosity in wanting to know more about the place he calls home. His first book, Frozen in Time, began as a project of personal interest, with no intentions of becoming a book. But as he talked about what he was doing, more people became 10300109.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 interested, and thus a book was born. It's easy to understand why. Mr. Aleo's passion is infectious. When he talks about his books, it's hard not to get drawn in. He makes the work of researching seem fun, and after hearing him speak about his work, I knew I wanted to do something to acknowledge him. So, this morning, we held a small ceremony across the street at the State Library, where we added Mr. Aleo's books to the Illinois author section. Mr. Aleo is here with us today up in the gallery, so if all of us could give him a warm congratulations on 25 years of preservation and research that will serve generations for years to come. Thank you."

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

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

"Please speak your point."

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

"Point of personal privilege."

"Please speak your point."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to make sure that today I also get to welcome, we heard wonderful, a wonderful prayer from Pastor Campbell. But he's actually here also with his wife and child. So, Rhonda, Cashmere, who are also sitting here, if you could stand up. I just wanted to say welcome to Springfield. And a big shoutout also to my district director Jasmine Rubio, who has been very helpful in making sure that they have a beautiful experience today. Welcome." 10300109.docx 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

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

"Please speak your point."

"Representative Will Davis, what reason do you seek recognition?" Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And may I have a point of personal privilege?"

"Please speak your point." Davis, W.: "Ladies and Gentlemen, many of you know, as you've seen the gentlemen walking around in gray, quarter zip pullovers with a unique symbol on their… on their chests, the Associated Firefighters of Illinois. They have descended upon Springfield for their annual lobby day and trip. You've seen them walking around the Capitol. I believe they may have even had a reception last night. But I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge two in particular that are from the South Suburbs in my district. If they would please stand. Join me in welcoming Scott Moran, formerly of the Homewood Fire Department, as well as Ricky Mendoza of the Riverdale Fire Department that are here joining us today, along with many of their other colleagues. Thank you very much." 10300109.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Members, we'll be heading to the Calendar, page 9 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 463, Representative Hirschauer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Hirschauer on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 is a gut and replace and becomes the Bill. So, can we adopt, and I'll speak to it on Third?"

"Representative Hirschauer moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Hirschauer."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 463 is a cleanup Bill to the teacher tenure Bill that we passed last year. Due to an oversight, career and technical education teachers were left out of that tenure Bill. The Bill corrects for this error by ensuring that educators who hold a CTE or provisional CTE license are eligible for tenure and further clarifies that 10300109.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 these educators are entitled to the rights and privileges of Professional Educator License holders. Finally, the Bill extends the deadline for the Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee to complete work by December 31, 2024. They need this extension so they can complete their work on a study of teacher evaluations. I am happy to answer questions and ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"That's correct."

"That is correct."

"No, they are looking at general educator teacher evaluations across the spectrum."

"That's right. I appreciate you always doing that for me."

"Representative Hirschauer to close."

"I ask for your 'aye' vote." 10300109.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 463 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all the 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 113 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 9 of the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 647, Leader Lilly. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Lilly on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment is part of the Medical Health and Developmental Disability Code and are technical changes."

"Representative Lilly moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Leader Lilly is recognized." 10300109.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. This Bill was brought to me by the Illinois Department of Public Health. And we are wanting to clean up language within the code to ensure that licensing and access to information around maternal child mental health is available, making sure that standardizing all of the birthing hospital codes for new moms, and it also allows licensing health care providers providing prenatal care directions. With that, I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"That is correct."

"I believe that is the new terminology within the industry."

"Again, they're new terminologies for both of those conditions."

"As we're working to ensure appropriate and accurate health care for moms who are struggling with the mental health issue, it basically codifies recent mental health center renamings so that people are very familiar and using the same terminology. Eliminates redundancies related to maternal mental health, and it updates reference related to substance abuse. These are all come about because of the new advancement of this issue in our great country and our great city and state."

"Leader Lilly to close."

"Thank you. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 647 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Hernandez, for what reason do you seek recognition?" Hernandez, L.: "Point of personal privilege."

"Please speak your point." 10300109.docx 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Hernandez, L.: "I just want to ask our Members to give one of my favorite first responders, the Cicero Firefighter's Local 717, a really nice, warm welcome from Springfield. We have Teddy Polashek at the helm and Chris Foltz, who knows his numbers."

"Moving forward to page 10 of the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 860, Leader Manley. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Manley on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Floor Amendment 2… one second, sorry… is a gut and replace Amendment that is identical to House Floor Amendment 1, which was redrafted as a Floor Amendment to be adopted on the floor. So, House Amendment 1, briefly, amends the mental health and development disability statute and provisions concerning delegation of medication in home and community-based settings for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Legislation is truly about ensuring persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities are able to live more independently and maintain choice on how they administer their medication, particularly the self-administration of insulin. The legislation does not create a new program, does not mandate Medicaid coverage of new therapies, or contain a fiscal impact. It is simply updating and streamlining a process that has existed for over 20 years. The legislation 10300109.docx 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 is supported by the Illinois Association of Rehab Facilities and American Diabetes Association. DHS is neutral. I'll take any questions."

"Representative Manley moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Leader Manley."

"I think I nailed it on the Amendment."

"Any discussion on this Bill? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Correct."

"The change was… so, the Amendment removes language and the definition of GLP-1 receptor agonists in an injectable or auto-injectable form, which limits the usage of the drug to be solely used for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. GLP-1 receptor agonists can now be used for treatment of obesity as well. 10300109.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Also, with this definition, it adds language to clarify that a professional care staff shall not administer insulin or GLP-1 receptor agonists to individuals requiring blood glucose monitoring more than three times a day without the consultation and direction of a registered nurse. And so, this helps the definition of what an injectable form is, and who can administer it, and how those that will be trained to do that as well."

"It will allow a person in a CILA that has to take an injectable form, let's say of insulin, mostly for insulin. They'll be able to administer it to themselves based on the family signing off on it and the fact that the nurse trainer will also make sure that they can do it themselves. It's all overseen and approved."

"Correct. Yes."

"Thank you."

"Leader Manley to close."

"Please vote 'yes'."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 860 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The 10300109.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 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 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving back to page 8 of the Calendar of Senate Bills Third Reading. We have Senate Bill 3599, Representative Haas. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Haas."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3599 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving forward to page 10 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 2371, Leader Buckner. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 10300109.docx 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Leader Buckner on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 just changed the effective date to December 1 of 2025."

"Leader Buckner moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Leader Buckner."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2371 makes changes to the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act to clarify that attorneys who work as assistant state's attorneys, assistant public defenders, assistant appellate prosecutors, assistant public defenders, or attorneys in the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian are not managerial employees as a matter of law, opening up the door for these group of folks to establish collective bargaining rights through the IPLRA. The changes made in 2371 do not prohibit attorneys who work in these positions from being deemed managerial employees. If, after completing the routine fact-finding process that already exists, a person is found to perform job duties 10300109.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 consistent with the definition of a managerial employee under the public relations… of the Illinois IPLR… IPLRA, some of these attorneys currently enjoy collective bargaining rights by virtue of voluntary recognition. SB2371 would codify those rights as well as expand collective bargaining rights to others. And I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"Yes, Sir."

"All 102 counties in the state. Yes."

"It's not, which you'll see if you look at your BA and you look at the… the kind of timeline of the Bill. We attempted to put an Amendment in that did that. And after we looked through it, you know, we both realized, one, that it wasn't necessary, and, two, that it would kind of skew what is already going on in some of these other units that are already collectively bargaining. And so, there… while there is no no-strike clause in there, what I will remind my colleagues is that in current Illinois labor law, there's the 10300109.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 ability to deem who is an essential worker in order to make sure that the health and public safety of the state is not in jeopardy. So, if for some reason a strike happened, that, you know, the speedy trial process would not be… would not become an issue based on the fact that people are… are organizing in this space."

"I… I do believe that based on the folks who can be deemed essential. And then once that… that identification of essential employees is… then the impasse arbitration procedures would then be triggered to deal with whatever issues may be in play. And so, I do think that they… this covered all (unintelligible), what the current law is, in tandem with what we're doing here."

"Yeah, wages will be a part of what will be able to be bargained for. Yes, Sir." 10300109.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"This is correct."

"That is accurate."

"Well, and I'll say this, Leader. I do understand that there is a difference between, for instance, Cook County and Crawford County, right? And I understand that the sizes of the offices and the way they operate may have some nuances that, you know, may make it more appetizing for folks on my side of the state to do this and… and not, you know, down where you live. But I want to remind folks that this is… this is not prescriptive, right? This is permissive. This… this does not automatically unionize anybody. This doesn't automatically organize anybody. It gives those folks the right to do so. And so, if it doesn't work in certain counties, I would expect that this won't ever be an issue." 10300109.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"I… I don't believe so. I have heard the arguments to the contrary, but I… I don't see anything that stands out to me that… that makes me think that this will run afoul of… of current constitutional protections or what the spirit of the Constitution is for those folks in these positions."

"Thank you, Leader."

"Seeing no additional discussion, Leader Buckner to close."

"I urge an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2371 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The 10300109.docx 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 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 73 voting 'yes', 36 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving back to page 9 in the Calendars, Senate Bills-Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 774, Leader Gabel. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Gabel on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt Floor Amendment 5. Floor Amendment 5 simply states that the department will propose, rather than adopt, rules and also makes sure that the program will operate under the Department of Public Health."

"Leader Gabel moves for the adoption of Amendment #5. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those 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. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Leader Gabel is recognized." 10300109.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Thank you very much. Senate Bill 774 directs the Illinois Department of Public Health to create a Certified Medication Aide Program. This… the CMAs, the certified medication aides, will help in assisted living facilities and free up RNs to do the higher-level work that RNs are capable of doing. So, the… the CMAs have been utilized successfully in nearly 40 other states, and we hope that Illinois will be able to use them as well."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"We did. We… the pilot program was very successful. We learned that there were no medication errors, and we… that is why we plan to move ahead with the program fully on now."

"There were… there were just a few. I believe it was just at four locations."

"There is. There is. They have… they have to be trained, and there is a training program for them. And then they are also overseen by RNs." 10300109.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"There… there have been some nurses that have been concerned. They are concerned about safety. We've talked to them. The Illinois Nurses Association was… has moved to kind of neutral on the Bill. So, I think we've addressed their concerns."

"By having it be RNs and not LPNs or… or CNAs. That… that addressed them."

"The… the nurses have their… the… they have their… their current liability protection. There… there's nothing new in this Bill."

"No. My understanding is that everyone has their own liability. Everyone is liable for their own actions."

"Leader Gabel to close."

"This is a great Bill. You know, we've all talked about how we have a nursing shortage. We hope that this will be able to cut down the stress that nurses feel, and that this will share the work among others, and that we will be able to retain and have more nurses in our systems. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 774 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting 10300109.docx 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 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 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Cabello, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"The record will reflect. Representative Wilhour, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please speak your point."

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

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

"Please speak your point."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, as my colleague stated earlier, there are many members of the AFFI in and about the Capitol yesterday and today. And I'd like to recognize the president of AFFI, Chuck Sullivan, up in the gallery, and many other members up there with him. Tonight is the AFFI reception. It is in the BOS Center from 6 to 8 p.m. and hope many of you can make it. Thank you."

"Returning to page 10 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2586, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Rep. Moeller on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 2586 is a page and line Amendment that expands on the definition of patient of record to now include patients with whom the dental provider has established a relationship through an exchange of protected health information for the purposes of providing emergency care, treatment, or services. I would ask for its adoption."

"Rep. Moeller moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Moeller."

"Thank you. Senate Bill 2586 outlines parameters for teledentistry practice in Illinois. One important component addressed by the Bill is to specifically provide protections for patients who used direct-to-consumer dental appliances. In order to engage in teledentistry or use these products, this legislation requires a patient to either have a physical examination by a licensed dentist or the teledentistry dentist provide dentistry… teledentistry service… services has to have records for a patient who has an in-person examination. Starting orthodontic treatment without a proper diagnosis can result in significant problems. This Bill is a 10300109.docx 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 commonsense approach to ensuring… ensuring a proper standard of care and is an initiative of the Illinois Dental Association… or Illinois State Dental Society. Happy to answer any questions, would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"It's… so, we have worked with the advocates to try to address their concerns regarding that provision. It's my understanding that, with the final draft of the… of the Bill, there is an acknowledgement that patients may be reaching out to a teledentist when a regular dentist is not available, whether that be during a holiday or over the weekend, to have… to receive consultation. But that does not replace the actual in-person care that a dentist should provide. So, short answer is that it doesn't only apply to emergency care. It applies to emergent situations, but does not supplant or replace actual in-person, in-chair dentistry."

"No. It does not exclude emergency care for teledentistry."

"Representative Moeller to close."

"Would ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2586 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving forward to page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bill-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2628, Representative Chung. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Chung on the Amendment."

"I have a question. Is there Floor Amendment #3, Mr. Speaker? And…"

"Which Amendment would you like to adopt?"

"We're adopting #3."

"Mr. Clerk, please withdraw Amendment #2."

"Representative Chung on the Amendment."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. The… I'll just speak about the Amendment. It just makes some technical, small technical changes, and we can discuss the Bill when we move it to Third. Thank you." 10300109.docx 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Chung moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Chung is recognized."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. We passed the Bill, the… my companion Bill for this, which was House Bill 4207, last month. And so, this is just the Senate companion Bill. It… the Amendment changes a couple of things. One is that it replaces a very small drafting, typographical spelling error. And it authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to adopt emergency rules to implement the provisions. And it also reappeals the provisions related to emergency rulemaking one year after the effective date. And I ask for your 'aye' vote today. Thank you."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Yes, you're correct. It's the same." 10300109.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Correct. It's a… it's a really good thing that… for the IDNR to be able to do this so we can be eligible for federal… federal dollars, so…"

"Thank you so much, Leader."

"Representative Chung to close."

"I ask for your 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2628 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving down page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2641, Leader Manley. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Manley on Amendment 1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Floor Amendment 1 is a gut and replace Amendment that makes the following changes: Removes the requirement for insurers to include a description of the process for monitoring beneficiary timely access to 10300109.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 in-network physician specialists from the… from the required network adequacy filing. Number two, removes language requiring filing of a monitoring report for each network hospital that would include, but not be limited to, the number and percentage of physician providers in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, radiology, and pathology in an effort to ensure reasonable and timely in-network access to physician specialist providers at in-network facilities. And third, adds language requiring that, beginning January 1, 2026, each insurer demonstrate to the director of the Department of Insurance, that each in-network hospital has at least one radiologist, pathologist, anesthesiologist, and emergency room physician as a preferred provider in a network plan. Gives the department rulemaking authority to require additional types of hospital-based specialists to be included as preferred providers. This Amendment contains agreed language between the Department of Insurance, Illinois Life and Health Insurance, America's Health Insurance Plans, and the Illinois Society of Pathologists and brings all opponents to neutral. That's it."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? All those in favor say… Representative Manley moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading." 10300109.docx 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Leader Manley."

"I just explained the lion's share of what the Bill does. And I wanted to take this moment to personally thank… I was going to say, is there a doctor in the House? He is in the House… Representative Hauter, also known as Dr. Hauter, for his hard work in applying his knowledge to make a good Bill, even a great Bill. So, I thank him for that. I'll take any questions."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Do you want… do you want me to repeat everything I did in my…"

"Basically, I'm going to tell you what it basically does. Provides better health care and insurance coverage for patients. It ensures that patient access to in-network hospital-based physician specialty services, including the pathologists, the radiologists, the awesome anesthesiologists, and emergency room physicians, are available. And gives the Department of Insurance, can add more specialists then by rule, if needed." 10300109.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Additional discussion? Representative Keicher is recognized."

"I'm going to hope I have a lot of Manley-Hauter Bills."

"Representative Hauter is recognized."

"Leader Manley to close."

"Thank you. I'd appreciate support on the Bill."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2641 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2643, Representative Gill. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Gill on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt Amendment #1, which brings the penalties to parity and also changes 10 days with 10 business days."

"Representative Gill moves the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. 10300109.docx 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

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

"Representative Gill."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2643 would institute stricter chain of custody and identification requirements for funeral homes and crematory authorities to ensure remains to their custody are identifiable. It also requires IDFPR to include new… these new requirements in its licensing exams, while also establishing clear criminal penalties for violations. This measure would require IDFPR to inspect the… inspect the premises of a licensee when it receives a complaint relating to the mishandling of human remains or the misidentification of remains. IDFPR would be required to inspect the premises within 10 business days of receiving the complaint. Stronger chain of custody requirements, timely inspections, and real consequences can help to restore trust in this important field. This is a sponsor initiative, and I… I want to thank Representative Rosenthal because I know I'm… I'm so proud to work with you on this Bill and Senator Turner. This… this is on behalf of the Sangamon… Sangamon County Coroner, following an investigation into a Carlinville funeral home that provided 50-plus families with cremated remains that did not belong to their deceased family members or in the method of a final disposition that differed from… 10300109.docx 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 from what was stipulated by the deceased or the deceased's next of kin. I'm… I'm so proud to work with you guys on this Bill, and I'm… I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Any discussion? Representative Windhorst."

"She indicated she will."

"It lessened… it lessened one of the penalties, which actually brings it to parity."

"Oh, it is the engaging in funeral directing or embalming without a licensee. It originally was a Class 3 felony. Now, we have it as a misdemeanor."

"All of the other ones will remain the same."

"I'm sorry?"

"Those remained the same. The only one we changed was that last one."

"Representative Gill to close."

"I… please vote 'yes'."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2643 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all 10300109.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 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', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Sheehan, for what reason do you seek recognition?" Sheehan: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can you let the record reflect that I change my vote to a 'yes' vote on Senate Bill 2371?"

"The record will reflect. Continuing down page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2644, Representative Delgado. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Delgado on the Amendment."

"I would like to adopt Floor Amendment #2. It becomes the Bill, and I can discuss it on Third Reading, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Delgado moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Delgado."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2644 is one of those rare occurrences where the General Assembly asks for a study to be conducted and something comes of it. So, Senate Bill 2644 will create a repository for advanced directives. So, currently in Illinois residents can establish advanced directives, allowing individuals to express how they want medical decisions made should they not be able to make them personally in the future. However, Illinois does not currently have a repository for those executed advance directives. So, that's what Senate Bill 2644 do… does, excuse me, starting with the uniform POLST form. POLST is the Practitioner Orders for Lifesaving Treatment. And so, this would create a repository… repository with the Secretary of State. It would be available to be accessed by health systems and health care providers, including EMTs, which is what the Amendment did. Individuals or their health care providers will be able to upload completed forms as well as amend or revoke previously submitted forms. This is an initiative of the Alzheimer's Association. I think folks who have these… this kind of situations really could benefit from having a repository like this. So, I think this is a great initiative, and I ask for an 'aye' vote. Of course, available for questions, Mr. Speaker."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will." 10300109.docx 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"It's entirely permissive."

"I believe the Secretary of State is neutral on this."

"Yes."

"Representative Delgado to close."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2644 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2662, Leader Lilly. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Lilly on the… on the Amendment." 10300109.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment is a page and line Amendment that changes other adults to other persons."

"Representative Lilly moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Leader Lilly."

"Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. SB2662 explicitly prohibits an advertisement of electronic cigarettes in a manner that are likely to cause a parent, adult, legal guardian, teacher, and other adults to mistake the electronic cigarettes for something other than the product of tobacco. I ask for your 'aye' vote. It also amends the Youth Vaping Act."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2662 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2740, Representative Cassidy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 10300109.docx 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Cassidy on the Amendment."

"The Amendment addresses some concerns raised by Access Living and creates opportunity for condo associations to be protected from liability based on the actions of developers who… who might have run afoul of this prior to the board coming into play. And I ask that it be adopted."

"Representative Cassidy moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. And in the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

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

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. Senate Bill 2740 creates a mechanism whereby people with disabilities who live in condominium buildings or own in condominium buildings can get access to accessible parking. It gives guidance to boards on how to deal with, for example, if somebody were newly moving into the building and… and spaces were owned by people who didn't have disabilities, how to handle making that switch so that the unit owner can have 10300109.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 access to an accessible parking space. There are no… there's no opposition. It was worked on in conjunction with the Community Association of Illinois and Access Living."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"Indicated she will."

"I believe so, yes. The… it lays out timelines both for the requester and for how the board responds."

"So, it… it simply makes sure that there is an opportunity to swap parking spaces. It gives timelines for them to do that and… and ensures that there is… that there is a mechanism for… even if somebody becomes disabled after purchasing a unit."

"There is a right of action against developers. So, if developers create a… create a situation where there is no accessible parking available or no way for the… the building to do that, there is a right of action against developers."

"Yes."

"Representative Cassidy to close."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall House… Senate Bill 2740 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving toward the bottom of page 11 in Senate Bills-Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 2876, Representative Tarver. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Tarver on Amendment 1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment becomes the Bill. Do you want me to give a brief description of what it is?"

"You can."

"So, there were a couple concerns about whether or… this Bill deals with large event spaces and recycling. There was some concerns about whether this would apply to schools, to county fairs, and this Amendment clarifies those things as well as what entity is responsible for enforcing it. And it makes also clear that there is no private right of a action as it relates to this… to this matter." 10300109.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

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

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

"Representative Tarver."

"Same pitch. It's the same Bill that I just discussed on Second. It deals with large facilities and recycling, and it makes clear who is exempted. I don't believe I was able to remove all opposition, and I'm fine with that. But I did work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and the industry to put forth the best Bill that we could. Happy to answer any questions."

"Any discussion? Representative Windhorst."

"He indicates he will."

"Well, I can tell you the initial difference is that in committee last year, I had no Republicans vote in favor of the Bill. This year, I believe they voted 'present', which I think was a nod to my hard work and responding to some of the concerns. Specifically, I believe, Representative Meier had some concerns about the number of individuals. So, we made it 3500. I believe he had asked for 2500 or less, so we went above and beyond there. There was concern that I think Representative Stephens had about a private right of action, even though they're doing great things in Rosemont. So, we made sure that that's clarified. There is no private right of action. And in addition to that, there was some concern about whether or not the facilities themselves had to handle all the recycling… recycling or whether or not they could just put forth the blue bins that people were used to and allow you to essentially recycle yourselves. I believe… oh, the last thing is, this clarifies, again, the fines and who is responsible for enforcing those fines. But, again, there is no private right of action."

"Either the municipal attorney or the state's attorney of that specific area."

"Well, let's… there's 'may' language. There's no 'shall' language. So, either or could, assuming they're not stepping over the other's jurisdiction. If you have a suggestion, I'd be happy to work over the summer on an Amendment that can further clarify that. But for today, I'd like to try to move this Bill forward, if at all possible. It doesn't take effect until January 1 of 2025, so we may have a little bit of time to further clarify if necessary."

"The first offence is a sliding scale, let me see, not less than $750, not more than 1500. And then for additional offenses, it is not less than 1500, no more than 2500 for those additional offenses. Sorry, that answers the question?"

"Do you have a follow up?"

"School stadiums, county fairs, hotels, those three are specifically excluded from the definition."

"Sure. My pleasure." 10300109.docx 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Any further discussion? Representative Meier is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"Also my pleasure."

"Representative Tarver to close."

"I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2876 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 76 voting in 'favor', 36 voting 'against', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Remaining on page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2658, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

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

"Representative Moeller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is a House Committee Amendment #1 that adds subject to appropriation language to the Bill. It was adopted in committee, just to make acknowledgement of that. Senate Bill 2658 would add the… Duchenne muscular dystrophy test to the newborn screening tests for all newborns in Illinois. It provides that the testing occur within 6 months after the occurrence of all of the following milestones: Unless applied to an FDA approved screening test, the development and validation of a reliable method for screening newborns using dried blood spots and a method for conducting quality assurance testing. The availability of any necessary reagent for a Duchenne muscular dystrophy screening test. The establishment and verification of relevant and appropriate performance specifications as defined under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and regulations under the FDA. And the availability of quality assurance testing and comparative threshold values for Duchenne muscular dystrophy screening tests. The acquisition and installation of equipment necessary to implement the test. And other requirements of IDPH. Members may know that Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a universally fatal, rare pediatric disease that results from a genetic… genetic mutation leading to a lack of an essential protein named dystrophin, dystrophin-A. Without dystrophin, 10300109.docx 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 children experience progressive muscle deterioration and weakness, which leads to permanent loss in walking, feeding themselves, and eventually being able to breathe independently. This disorder affects males predominantly, but it can also affect females. It is… since 2016, the FDA has approved five therapies for DMD, and with early detection, these therapies are much more successful. That's why early detection is incredibly important. Would ask… happy to take any questions. Would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Sure. According to IDPH, the cost would be about 5.6 million annually."

"HFS projects that the cost would be about 5 million, and we would presume… and there would have to be an application to federal CMS to help with the Medicaid portion of the federal match portion. So, we would expect that there would be a federal match that would go along with that. But I'm glad you brought that up because I also did want to, for… for legislative intent, make note that HFS would not begin the application for federal CMS until after IDPH established the program here in Illinois. So, there would be a sequence of… of roll out for this program."

"Representative Moeller to close."

"Would request an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2658 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. The Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Andrade, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."

"Please speak your point."

"Please let the record reflect that my intention to vote 'yes' on Senate Bill 2371. I did vote 'yes' in committee. Thank you very much."

"Mr. Clerk, Rules Report." 10300109.docx 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Continuing on page 11 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2737, Representative Guerrero-Cuellar. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Guerrero-Cuellar."

"Thank you, Speaker. Amendment 1 is… I want to adopt Amendment 1. It just really cleans out the Bill. It becomes the Bill."

"Representative Guerrero-Cuellar moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Guerrero-Cuellar is recognized."

"Thank you, Speaker. Here… I'm here to present Senate Bill 2737, legislation that prohibits a not-compete 10300109.docx 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 clause and nonsolicit clauses for mental health providers that treat veterans and first responders."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Correct."

"So, the request was that we wanted to have a definition, a clearer definition, of a mental health professional."

"And the Amendment did just that."

"Correct."

"Representative Guerrero-Cuellar to close."

"I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2737 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional 10300109.docx 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving forward to page 12 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 2907, Representative Weaver. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Rep. Weaver on the Amendment."

"Representative Weaver moves the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Weaver."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussions? Representative Davis, Will Davis, is recognized." Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Does Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates he will." Davis, W.: "Representative, and I… I guess I maybe missed this in committee. According to our analysis, it says that House Floor Amendment #1 removes some of the minimum requirements of the report that DCEO must compile. Were there things removed?"

"Representative Andrade is recognized."

"Mr. Speaker, will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates he will."

"So, I was very interested in what Leader Davis had… had to say. And so, I opened the Bill up. There's… there's no Amendments on it right now. I mean, it's just… it's just this one Bill, right?" 10300109.docx 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"So, does that mean that it doesn't show up on our… our computer when we hit full text? On the full text…"

"Yeah, I'm looking at the full text, Senate Bill 2907 on our… on our system."

"Would it not show up here, on… on our computer?"

"So, it's just in ilga.gov and it's not on our… on our system? Can some… I'm looking at the computer. It doesn't show. Okay. Okay. All right. Mr. Speaker, let me read this Amendment 'cause it wasn't showing up, and I just wanted to see. All right, thank you."

"Any further discussion? Representative Jacobs is recognized."

"Any further discussion? Representative Caulkins is recognized."

"He indicates he will." 10300109.docx 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Andrade is recognized."

"Mr. Speaker, will the Sponsor yield?" 10300109.docx 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Indicates he will."

"So, I just want to understand, the… the only opposition to this Bill was by the department that wanted that removed?"

"I'm going to be very honest. I don't care what they think. I like your original Bill."

"I like your original Bill, and I think everyone here on this side will like your original Bill and support your original Bill. I don't care what DCEO says. I don't think Davis does. I don't think anyone does. We… well, you know what? I can't say we. I say I, but I would have to assume that Members on my side would support your original Bill no matter what the department says. I think everyone here wants to… to know the demographics. I… I was reading your original Bill. It seemed very simple. It seem… what it says, job training transparency. Not limited, but it says… on your Bill, it said demographics. So, I want to support your original Bill. And I think leadership, you would probably bring it back and bring up your Bill. I think we should support your original Bill, and who cares what that department says because it's opportunity, economic opportunity. And if we don't know who we're helping, we don't know if we're providing economic opportunity. So, I would… I just say we… we support your original Bill. Because the new Bill is not your Bill, and it's not a reflection of what you wanted to do, right?"

"And I know you, and you see, I've gotten to know you. Your Bill, original Bill, is what you are…" 10300109.docx 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"…what you believe in."

"This Bill is not you. This Bill is not you. And if I were you, I would not accept their change and tell them, you know what, my colleagues are here to support me, and we don't need you. All I'm saying is, I like your original Bill. That's a reflection of who you are, and we've gotten to know you. This Bill here is not a reflection of you. And if it's just the department opposing the Bill, I think most Members here would support your original Bill if they see that original language. The original language is the intention of the Bill. So, I'm… that's just my two cents. I'm here to support on your original Bill. You know, this Bill is not you, and if I were you, I wouldn't accept it just because the department doesn't want it. So, if you read it, his original Bill, colleagues, you would like it. I'm saying we support him. But I just… that… Leader Davis is right. Is… this Bill does just the opposite of what he wants to do. That's my two cents, Mr. Speaker."

"Any…"

"I would rather support your original Bill because that's a reflection of who you are. This Bill here is not… is not who you are and what you stand for. So, you let us know, let me know, and other Members here. You know, it's… I think, believe that our Members would support you on your original Bill, regardless of what the department wants to do. Now, get this, I didn't read it yet, but the Floor Amendment was it… it's a Senate Floor Amendment or was it a House Floor 10300109.docx 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Amendment when it came over right now? Did you… did we file it here?"

"Is it… parliamentarian question. Is it too late to table that Amendment?"

"Okay."

"Okay."

"Are you saying… you know what? Screw DCEO. But… 'cause it's… I just, I'm disappointed in them that they would actually take out the demographics. That's how I feel about DCEO right now, disappointed. Disappointed that they would want to take out what their whole department is supposed to 10300109.docx 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 do, economic opportunity. So, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker."

"Any further discussion? Representative Guzzardi is recognized."

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative, I missed the earlier portion of the debate, I apologize for that. Can we just talk about the changes that are contained in House Floor Amendment 1? I'm trying to look at them side by side and figure out what's going on. I think what I see is that the original Bill that came over from the Senate had 5 provisions in Section 10(B), 5 things that the report shall identify. And that, in the Amendment, two of those were struck, number four and number five was removed. Is that correct?"

"Is that the only change that the Amendment made? It's hard to compare side by side when they're gut and replace Amendments, so."

"Got it. So, the two paragraphs that were removed, one is that it says, 'the population served by the organizations 10300109.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 that receive funding and the demographic breakdown of that population.' That's one paragraph that got removed."

"Oh, sure. I'm just trying to make sure I… I'm identifying correctly the language that's been removed in the Amendment."

"No, and I think it's a noble and worthy goal. I think the frustration you're hearing from Members on our side of the aisle is that the Bill that came over to us from the Senate took into account something that many of us feel is really important, which is what communities are being served by these programs. As you say, it's important to know what the programs are, I think it's also important to know whom they serve. And I think to see that the only language that was kind of lined out over here in the House, in our chamber, was language that was specific to demographics of who is being served by these programs, that's… I think you're hearing many of our colleagues wonder why our Body is insisting on that particular change."

"But this is what I was trying to read from the Bill language here. Because another paragraph that was removed in this House Amendment is paragraph 4, which says, 'the population served by the organizations that receive funding and the demographic breakdown of that population.' So, that's not an outcomes piece. That's just like a who are you all serving question. I'm not… I'm not trying to drill down over much. I just want to make sure we're on the same page here about what changes we actually made."

"I suppose it wasn't. Good point. To the Bill. I would just say that I… I agree with my colleague, my seatmate… I agree with my seatmate. I… I think that this Bill, as it came over to us from the Senate, contains some really important information. And I'm… I think it's unfortunate that the House's action on this Bill is to remove that information and limit the amount of demographic data available to us as a result of the passage of the Bill. Thank you."

"Representative Tarver is recognized." 10300109.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates he will."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess most things have already been hit, so I won't belabor the point. Just a quick question, Representative Weaver. Who are the opponents on the Bill?"

"Okay. Was DCEO ever an opponent on the Bill?"

"That's what I'm getting at. So…"

"Yeah. No… so, no, you answered the question. That's what I'm getting at. And here's the problem oftentimes with the administration. They come behind essentially closed doors, say we have a problem with this, do this, do that, tweak it. We are a coequal branch of government. We do not have to appease departments. We do not have to appease the Executive Branch as a general matter. If DCEO, just like ISBE and others, continue to do, they have an issue with Bill, they should slip their opposition, and publicly say we don't want the demographic information. That's what they should do. That's what they should do. They should not… and I realize that you're in the kind of super-duper minority on this one, whatever, right? They shouldn't come to you, and it's probably difficult for you to all move Bills as a general matter, and so say, hey, take this out and then, you know, we'll be okay. Either they oppose a Bill, and they have the fortitude, the respect, and transparency to say that, or they don't. So, I like the original and underlying Bill. I think most people here do. It's your prerogative. I would suggest maybe pulling 10300109.docx 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 it from the record and moving the original Bill, if at all possible. But this… it happens so often where the administration continues to, behind closed doors, oppose things and not have the fortitude to say it in public. Demographic information is important. I… I appreciate the intent of your original Bill. I appreciate you standing here taking darts for the administration, but I don't think you need to do that. The original Bill is just fine. Thank you."

"Any further discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"Any additional discussion? Representative Cabello is recognized."

"Representative Davis' name was used in debate. Representative Davis is recognized." Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Indicates he will." Davis, W.: "Representative, who's initiative was this Bill?"

"Any further discussion? Representative Crespo is recognized."

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative, I'm a little bit confused. I see some clarification here on the subject to appropriation issue. So, I'm looking at the Bill. I don't see any reference to subject to appropriations, correct?"

"Which implies, then, that this is a directive to DCEO to conduct a study."

"To do the report."

"I mean, there's… but that's subject to appropriation. There's no condition. It's just basically saying you have to do this."

"Okay. Which means that if this Bill is signed by the Governor, if it passes the House, this will be part of our BIMP and budget Bill sometime this week. It will be a budget pressure."

"I… I thought you said that they had alluded to a cost of like $100 thousand or something."

"Well, there's a cost associated with everything."

"It could be $10, I don't know. The issue is that the way it is drafted right now, if it passes, it will be part of our BIMP to implement the budget. Meaning that we would have to support, whether it's $100, whether it's $1 thousand, whether it's $100 thousand, whatever it's going to cost the agency to conduct this… this study, there's a cost associated with it, right?"

"Okay. So, then, my… my question, then, would be is, if there's going to be a cost associated with this and we're going to have to vote for the BIMP, are you going to support the BIMP and the budget to support this?"

"Okay, thank you. Thank you, Speaker." 10300109.docx 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Any additional debate? Representative Reick is recognized."

"Representative Stava-Murray is recognized."

"Thank you. I'll be brief. So, I want to support this Bill, but I do, as my colleagues have pointed out, have deep pause with demographic information being taken out. Particularly being a woman, knowing that women are still 10300109.docx 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 considered minorities in businesses, even though we make up half the population, I think it's very important that demographics not get left out. So, I'm, unfortunately, going to have to be a 'no' vote, but I hope… I would hope that you could take it off the record and maybe remove the Amendments or something like that. Thank you."

Speaker Evans: "Any additional debate? Seeing none, Representative Weaver is recognized."

"Any further discussion? Seeing none, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2907 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 70 voting 'yes', 5 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Schweizer, what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please take… please speak your point."

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

"Thank you, Speaker. I would like to give a warm welcome to Lawndale Christian Legal Center that's here, which serves in my district. They do great work in my district. And I would like this Body to give them a round of applause. Thank you, guys, for all your hard work. I appreciate you."

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

"The record will reflect. Returning to the Calendar of House Bills-Second Reading. We have House Bill 5172, Leader Mah. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

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

"Leader Mah."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 5172 is identical to House Bill 3050, which passed in this chamber already once before last year. This Bill ensures equitable access to 10300109.docx 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 justice in Illinois by establishing the right to an interpreter for self-represented and low-income limited English proficient individuals in state administrative hearings. The current version of the Bill includes mostly technical changes, making clarifications, and delaying the effective date to July 1, 2025. The current iteration also includes agreement with state agencies, confirming that the cost of implementation will be minimal, as most state agencies already do provide language access in compliance with federal law. The state utilizes a master contract, which provides translation and interpretation services to our state agencies. HB5172 would simply direct CMS to develop a cover sheet that provides in-language notification to individuals in administrative hearings in our state. This puts Illinois law consistent with federal law, and I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"Indicates she will."

"Yes, that… and that passed in this chamber, went over to the Senate, but there were some issues. And so, we decided to refile a new version."

"Right." 10300109.docx 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"It… it could be. I… I'm not certain of the origins or… or what the language was modeled after. But it was brought to me by MALDEF, and we've been working on it for… for the past year or more."

"I believe so, yes."

"I… I think it puts it in compliance with language in federal legislation. Is that… I… I'm not certain."

"Yes."

"I believe it is based on census data indicating the top 13 languages of need."

"I… I'm not sure of that at the moment."

"Thank you."

Speaker Evans: "Any additional discussion? Representative Halbrook is recognized." 10300109.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"She indicated she will."

"So, as I mentioned, a number of our state agencies currently do already offer interpretation at administrative hearings. The state has a master contract that all agencies have access to and can use the services of interpreters and translators for various purposes in the respective state agencies."

"I believe it's in the ballpark of $2.4 million."

"We had an agreement with CMS that we would give them time to prepare the cover sheet that would be required to provide notification."

"The cost would come from CMS and… and they've indicated that it is a minimal cost to implement this… this change, to develop the cover sheet."

"Yes, we do currently offer those language access services, but this is primarily to ensure that those who are coming before the state in these administrative hearings understand that they have this right."

"Licensing, human rights."

"No."

"No, we're…"

"That… the Bill doesn't speak to that. We're only referring to state administrative hearings in the state agencies, but I believe that those other bodies already need to comply with federal… federal law themselves."

"Representative Mah to close."

"Urge an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 5172 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 10300109.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 72 voting 'yes', 39 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving forward in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2919, Representative Delgado. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Delgado is recognized."

"Yes, I move to adopt House Floor Amendment #2, and because it becomes the Bill, I'd like to adopt it and then discuss the Bill on Third."

"Representative Delgado moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill."

"Rep. Delgado is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2919 enhances online Illinois judicial sales. And what it does is it creates a foundational structure and safeguards for the conduct of online foreclosure auctions. So, it does a number of different 10300109.docx 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 things. It creates process safeguards and minimum standards. It creates minimum requirements for qualified online sale providers. It doesn't have any impact to the current process of appointing a sale officer, and it protects against excessive and predatory junk fees that may negatively impact a borrower. So, this is something that is currently being done in some areas of the state, but we wanted to make sure that we created a process to make it very explicit in state law that it was something that was permissible and acceptable. This has taken a lot of time. There was a lot… basically a working group put together where all of the interested parties sat around and came up with the structure. This last Amendment that we put on is the last piece of the puzzle, I would say, that addressed some of the concerns that the AOIC brought up and also made sure that the Sheriffs' Association was neutral. So, again, this is a very esoteric area of the law that's specific to online foreclosure auctions. I will do my best to answer any technical questions, if you have any. But I think that this is moving us in the right direction in terms of this area, and I would ask for an 'aye' vote. And, of course, available for questions."

"Rep. Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"That's correct." 10300109.docx 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"That is correct."

"Yes, that is correct."

"Yes."

"Thank you."

"Representative Delgado to close."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2919 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 12 of the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 2960, Leader Buckner. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Buckner on the Amendment." 10300109.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 1 just clarifies some of the civil penalties for breach of this."

"Representative Buckner moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Buckner."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2960 bans hotels from providing single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products to customers beginning July 1 of 2025 for hotels with fewer than 50 rooms and January 1 of 2026 for hotels with more than 50 rooms. Happy to answer any questions."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"Yeah. So, a hotel is liable for a written warning for the first violation. A hotel is liable for a $500 fine for the second and subsequent violations. And we know that, through this Bill, a state's attorney or a municipal attorney can bring action in circuit court requesting a civil penalty, if possible, if necessary." 10300109.docx 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Yeah, so it… the state's attorneys have jurisdiction, unless they waive that right and they want to give it to the municipal attorneys in those cases."

"It would."

"Yeah, it… it, you know, this allows Home Rule units to act concurrently with the provisions of this Bill rather than totally limiting their authority."

"It would."

"Yes, Sir. It's absolutely accurate. So, we worked very closely with the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association. I think I have more hotels in my district than anyone in the state. And it was important to us that they were on board on this, and they are."

"I… I can't speak for, you know, why they have not taken that stance. I just know that we… we've have worked with them 10300109.docx 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 to craft this in a specific way that is in line with what their membership desires."

"While we wait, I just want to say everybody here is doing a hell of a job. I'm proud of you all."

"Leader Windhorst, it's 60 votes."

"It's concurrent jurisdiction."

"Please continue."

"Absolutely."

"Leader Buckner to close."

"I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2960 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all the 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 73 voting 'yes', 40 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Walsh, for what reason do you seek recognition?" 10300109.docx 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On Senate Bill 2907, I'd like to be recorded as a 'yes' vote."

"The record will reflect. Continuing down page 12 of the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3132, Representative Stuart. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Stuart."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If it's okay, I would like to adopt the Amendment because it becomes part of just a package of about 17 provisions."

"Representative Stuart moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Stuart."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 3132 is simply an omnibus statutory cleanup Bill relating to the Illinois Community College Board. It eliminates some outdated 10300109.docx 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 statutes. It ensures statutory language is consistent with ICCB operating processes and procedures."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3132 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving down page 12 of the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3173, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Rep. Moeller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Floor Amendment #1 is a gut and replace Amendment that retains the Bill. It includes a limiting clause that clarifies that the Bill only authorizes the county to lease, license, or grant access to its own property. And I would ask for its adoption."

"Rep. Moeller moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Rep. Moeller."

"Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 3173 authorizes all counties to lease, license, or otherwise grant access to county infrastructure for the purpose of facilitating broadband access. Currently, only Cook County has this authority to contract for this type of utility as a Home Rule county. And this is an initiative of Kane County but would apply to other counties in the state. Happy to answer any questions. Know of no opposition, and would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Any discussion? Leader Windhorst."

"She indicated she will."

"Yes. Thank you. Yeah, the… the Farm Burau had some concerns with the initial underlying language. The House Floor Amendment #1 included language that would make it very clear that the county only has the authority to lease or grant access to its own property, not private property that falls outside of its jurisdiction or ownership."

"Representative Moeller to close."

"Would ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you." 10300109.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3173 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 12 of the Calendar of Senate Bills- Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3180, Representative Croke. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Rep. Croke on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Floor… or House Floor Amendment 1 amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act and becomes the Bill. I ask for its adoption."

"Rep. Croke moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Croke."

"Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. So, Senate Bill 3180 is an initiative of the Department of Labor, and it amends the One 10300109.docx 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Day Rest In Seven Act. The One Day Rest In Seven Act guarantees that workers will receive at least one full day off work during any seven-day period, with certain exemptions and exceptions. That's already in statute. What this Bill does, specifically, is it adds anti-retaliation protections with associated penalty provisions consistent with the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and Paid Leave for All Workers Act. It also codifies that the Attorney General will represent the Illinois Department of Labor if there were to be a situation where they ended up in court. Both business and labor stakeholders are agreed on this Amendment, and I am unaware of any opposition."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Ugaste is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"I… I mean, I don't want to mischaracterize. If… if you've heard anything that would say that they are neutral versus agreed, I don't really want to get into semantics. But no business stakeholders have come to me personally to voice any type of opposition, and then when speaking with the Department of Labor, they implied that it was agreed. So…"

"…I'm just speaking based off those conversations." 10300109.docx 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Okay."

"Yeah. So, for an employer with fewer than 25 employees, a penalty will not exceed $250, payable to the Department of Labor, and damages up to $250 per offense, payable to the employee or the… the employees impacted. And then for an employer with 25 or more employees, a penalty will not exceed $500, payable to the Department of Labor, and then same with damages, up to $500 per offense, payable to the employee or employees affected."

"Rep. Croke to close."

"I ask…" 10300109.docx 104  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3180 pass?' All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say '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 75 voting 'yes', 38 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. At the bottom of page 12 of the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 3208, Representative Avelar. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Avelar."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can we adopt House Amendment 1, please?"

"Representative Avelar moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Avelar." 10300109.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Thank you. Senate Bill 3208 would require employers to hold their employees' correct and up to date pay stub information, whether it's electronic or paper, not only while employed, but additionally up to three years after the separation of employment. I also wanted to speak to House Amendment 1. This is an Amendment that removes opposition from the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, and it addresses how long an employer has to respond to the request of a duplicate copy of a pay stub. This was changed from by the end of the following pay period to 21 days. And I'm here for any questions."

"Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"I can tell you that House Amendment 1, it removes the opposition from the chamber."

"Mandates."

"I believe so."

"Sure. What I would say to that, Representative, is that this Bill is an important step to ensuring that workers have access to their pay stubs, which may be necessary for them to 10300109.docx 106  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 apply for unemployment, buy a car, rent an apartment, and more. So, what we're trying to do here is we want to make sure that… that this legislation holds employers accountable and secure that current and past employees have the right to inspect their pay stubs upon their request."

"So, for this particular Bill… and let me make sure I give you the right information. Employers must also furnish pay stubs for the last three years to employees and former employees upon request."

"Just a second. They can make a request after one… one year after separation of employment."

"Just a second. We want to correct the record. Three years after separation. Three years record retention, same as the current administrative rule. And then, as far as fines, give me just a second. Okay, we have here a fine of up to $500 per violation, payable to the Department of Labor."

"Give me just a second. The Department of Labor, but also the employee can also sue."

"It doesn't speak to that."

"Any additional comments? Representative Keicher is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"That is correct."

"Yes, but I just wanted to make sure that when we talk about asking for records, that is also current law. What we're trying to do is we want to codify what information must be on the employee's pay stubs. And then also, particularly, we want to make sure that outgoing employees have access to copies of their wage records for the prior three years…"

"One second."

"Yeah."

"So… so, in the Bill, what we have is that you can only make two requests per calendar year. So, we understand your concerns, but…"

"…we want to make sure that you know that that is in the Bill."

"I'll… I'll read you what's in the Bill."

"Give me just a second. So, this is what I have: 'An employer is not… an employer is not required to grant an employee's request for a copy of pay stubs more than twice in a 12-month period.'" 10300109.docx 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Based on the Bill language, it would be no more than twice in a 12-month period."

"It's per request. Not pay stub."

"It's a request of a pay stub."

"A request can be of multiple dates. If they make it once."

"Rep. Avelar to close."

"I request an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is 'Shall Senate Bill 3208 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 75 voting 'yes', 37 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 13 of the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Readings, we have Senate Bill 3282, Representative Sosnowski. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Sosnowski on the Amendment."

"Representative Sosnowski moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Rep. Sosnowski."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3282 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please 10300109.docx 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving down page 13 in the Calendar of Senate Bills- Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3314, Representative Tarver. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Rep. Tarver on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill was… has been before us a couple times actually. It was originally a Bill that codified and kind of put our arms around the plaintiffs lending community. It went to JCAR for rules, and there was concern about whether or not it was clear enough that the department, how they would define refinances. So, the entire intent of the Amendment and the statute was an effort between the industry and FPR. It's agreed between the two of them. I don't know of any opposition, and I'm happy to answer any questions now or on Third Reading."

"Representative Tarver moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading." 10300109.docx 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Tarver."

"Again, what I just said on… on Second. The overall purpose of this is just to clarify that the… that Department of Professional Regulations has the ability to define refinancing as authorized by rule."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Ugaste is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"It's a fair question. So, during the negotiation of the underlying Bill, one side believes that there was the ability to define refinance in the rule. The other side believed that there needed to be a statute to clarify that. So, both sides got together, argued a little bit more, and this is the product of the industry and FPR just establishing in statute that FPR can define refinancing in rule."

"Any additional discussion? Representative Keicher is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"So, a few things. Yes, I'm sure in some cases, there are plaintiffs who have been injured, maybe unable to work, and 10300109.docx 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 they need this financing to kind of stem the tide as they go through their lawsuit. The one thing I'll say, and this gets to, I guess, I think part of your point and part of Representative Ugaste's, one side is, you know, the position is that these loans are, you know, essentially price gouging individuals who are unsophisticated and so on, right? These individuals have lawyers, right? So, I think that's the first thing. The second thing to note is my understanding is that the interest rate is subject to the same thing we pass in the Black Caucus pillars a couple years ago. So, it's in writing, it's disclosed, and these companies essentially bid against one another. No different than when somebody buys someone's taxes, right? The… the lowest bidder is simply going to win. If nobody is going to pay someone 30 percent, if somebody else is offering 15. So, I think there's some things kind of baked in there. And then just one quick thing I think that's important for everyone here to remember. The… the original Bill was moved, we're on this now, but remember that these rules have to come through JCAR. JCAR is six and six. So, I think, if there is some concern about what the rules may say and what they look like, the… the good thing is in that environment, everybody is a swing vote. So, I don't… I don't see those rules just moving in a way that might upset this side of the aisle without someone…"

"…on the aisle voting for it."

"Sure." 10300109.docx 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"It's an interesting question. I… the way it's asked, I'm not sure that FPR would be the entity to weigh in on it as much as…"

"…maybe the… the Illinois Supreme Court in many regards. But what I would say is, even in the example that you gave me, you gave, let's assume there is no lender at all, right? And we're talking about just a straight PI case. The reality is that the medical providers dependent on the… how much the bills are, if they exceed a certain amount, they get 40 percent, right? So, I mean, there's plenty of situations in which a plaintiff may walk away with less money than we might think that they should, but it's not solely about the lending 10300109.docx 117  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 industry. I mean, the… the hospital and the medical providers…"

"They get to 40 percent."

"Sure."

"Understood."

"Sure. And just one other thing, just so that you know, and I'm not being flippant with this. During the rulemaking process, it's public comment, right?"

"So, you or anyone else could weigh in and say, hey, here are my concerns, and those would be taken into account as well. So, just another thing to note.

"You're welcome."

"Rep. Tarver to close."

"I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3314 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who 10300109.docx 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 78 voting 'yes', 35 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 13 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3342, Representative Faver Dias. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Rep. Faver Dias."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to adopt House Amendment 1. It removes opposition from the mosquito abatement districts."

"Rep. Faver Dias moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Rep. Faver Dias."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 3342, House Amendment 1, is a constituent initiative of Senator 10300109.docx 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 McClure's. It requires notice to be given to residents at least 24 hours in advance of the spraying of public right of ways within municipal boundaries. At a minimum, the notification must provide the following: the location and date range and times that the material may be sprayed, the brand name, common name, and scientific name, any type of pesticide applied, the reason for each product being applied, the range of concentrations of in-use products, the contact information of the government entity or certified applicator, contact information for the department for complaints for pesticide use. This notification must be in writing and could include a newsletter, calendar, or website accessible to the public, but posting on a bulletin board is not sufficient. I know of no opposition. This passed out of the Senate unanimously. I'm happy to answer any questions and would encourage an 'aye' vote."

Speaker Evans: "Any additional questions? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Correct, units of local government. Yes."

"If they contract out their… their pesticide spraying, then it would be on the… it is… it would be the local unit of government that would need to provide notification. The IML is… they were opposed in the original version. They are no longer opposed." 10300109.docx 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"No."

"At least 24 hours in advance."

"Yes, correct."

"Two fifty for the first violation, five hundred for the second, and a thousand for the third or subsequent violation."

"The Department of Agriculture."

"Just a second. So, the Bill language says it would be handled by the administrative hearing or referred to the relevant county state's attorney for prosecution."

"To be… to be fair, I am not clear to the answer of that question, but I could find that out." 10300109.docx 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Yes."

"They're no longer opposed. They were on the original version."

"Correct, yes. But it is still… it would be on the unit of government to put up the notification. So, while they may contract out their pesticide spraying, it's on them to give this notice."

"Representative Keicher is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Yes, it… the only thing that isn't sufficient is on a bulletin board, but it… could it be a newsletter, a calendar, or a website accessible to the public."

"The school districts are… and their pesticide notification is in a separate statute. So, this is only for municipalities and park districts, and forest preserve districts are also carved out."

"So, the park district is governed in another part of statute. So, they are carved out of this. And this is for public right of ways."

"Correct."

"Yes. Yes."

"They would need to provide, if it is going to be spraying, they would need to provide 24 hours of notice."

"Could you repeat the question?"

"So, there is a specific… there is specific language that was brought by the mosquito abatement districts that would allow them to address those issues."

"I'm sorry?"

"Yes, they don't use the phrase 'emergency issues', but they list specific circumstances of when that might be needed, if there was a natural disaster, if there was, you know, a vector mosquito identified. So, there was language in the latest House Amendment that gave them authority."

"Yes, and there's specific language that clarifies that with mosquito abatement district authority."

"Representative Faver Dias to close."

"Thank you. I do want to go back to Leader Windhorst's question. The… the unit of local government is who would be fined, not individuals or private corporations. So, thank you for that question earlier. This… again, this applies only to public right of ways within municipalities. There is no opposition, and it was an initiative of a constituent of Senator McClure. I'd encourage an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3342 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; 10300109.docx 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 78 voting 'yes', 35 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Clerk is in receipt of Motions in Writing to waive the posting requirements for several Bills. If there is leave, we will take these Motions together in one Motion. Is there leave? Leader Lisa Hernandez on the Motion." Hernandez, L.: "Speaker, I move that the posting requirements be waived so the following Bills can be heard in committee: Senate Bill 426 in Restorative Justice Committee, Senate Bill 3098 in Executive Committee, Senate Bill 1400 in Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee."

"Leader Lisa Hernandez has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the… Representative Windhorst on the Motion."

"Leader Lisa Hernandez has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There being 78 voting 'yes', 39 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the Motion prevails. Moving back in the Calendar, under House Bills-Second 10300109.docx 126  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Reading, we have House Bill 581, Representative Avelar. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Avelar is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can we actually adopt House Amendment 2?"

"Mr. Clerk, please withdraw Amendment #1."

"Representative Avelar on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Amendment 2 is a gut and replace Amendment that makes the following changes to the Bill, as amended, by House Amendment 1: It strikes the definition of hospital emergency services and redefines stabilizing care as explicitly including abortion when abortion is necessary to resolve a patient's injury or acute medical condition that is liable to cause death or severe injury or serious illness. It is also prohibits the Department of Public Health from issuing a fine for a violation if the same conduct has been the subject of a fine assessed by the federal government. It also removes the private right to action. This Amendment brings the Illinois Hospital Association to neutral."

"Representative Avelar moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' 10300109.docx 127  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

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

"Representative Avelar."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. HB581, we want to make sure that, with this Bill, we are providing clarity to doctors, hospitals, and patients that in Illinois emergency rooms, an abortion may be provided when it's the standard of care in an emergency. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard a case regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, also known as EMTALA. In the lawsuit, states that have banned abortion have argued that they can prevent doctors from providing an abortion when it is a stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve a medical condition that can cause death or severe injury. That case has not yet been decided. Typically, these cases are decided by the end of June. If the Supreme Court limits EMTALA and creates confusion around emergency treatment in Illinois, this Bill will ensure that Illinois maintains the status quo. I'm open to any questions."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Haas is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"The Bill does not change the current legal requirements for religious health care institutions."

"That is correct. And there is a whole body of statutory federal and state law, administrative rules, as well as case law that governs the practice of medicine generally and emergency care specifically. So, the purpose of what you were stating, Representative Haas, which is on subsection (d), is to incorporate all existing legal statutes… statutes and rights. We did not want to elevate one law over another or unintentionally exclude an applicable law by not specifically referencing it in the Bill."

"Yes."

"Well, what I would say to that, Representative, is that the goal of the… of the Bill is to ensure that doctors can continue to provide patients with the continued care that they need to receive the standard of care. Again, the Bill maintains the status quo."

"Any additional discussion? Representative Hauter is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"That… that is. What I would say to that, Representative Hauter, is that we're trying to maintain the status quo. But we also know that the Supreme Court has taken up a case with regards to EMTALA. So, what we want to do here in Illinois is that in case that the Supreme Court limits EMTALA and it creates confusions around emergency treatments in Illinois, that we ensure that in Illinois we are maintaining the status quo."

"What we want to make sure is that we are keeping the status quo as it is right now."

"What I would…" 10300109.docx 131  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"What I… what I would say, Representative, is that we don't know how the Supreme Court is going to rule in this particular case. And as we know, in the particular lawsuit that we're talking about, when it comes to EMTALA, this has been because states that have banned abortion have argued that they can prevent doctors from providing abortions when it is a stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve a medical condition that can cause death. What we want to make sure that we do here in Illinois is that we continue to maintain the status quo so that we are able to make sure that, if somebody goes to an Illinois emergency room and an abortion is the standard of care in an emergency, that that is something that can be done."

"Currently, EMTALA is the law, and we're trying to maintain that here in Illinois as well. We want to keep the status quo."

"Could you repeat the question, please?"

"If federal protections are removed, state protections will remain in place."

"I don't believe we do, but give me just a second."

"Representative, I understand your question. I think one of the things, and… and I mentioned this during committee, right? One of the things that we're trying to do here is we want to make sure we maintain the status quo, and there are instances when an abortion is actually something that's needed in order to make sure that stabilizing care is provided. For example, and… and I'm going to say this example 10300109.docx 133  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 again, we had a pregnant woman who was 22 weeks along when she was brought into an Illinois hospital after experiencing seizures. At the hospital, this patient learned that she had elevated blood pressure, preeclampsia, elevated liver enzymes, and other conditions, and this complications made her life… her pregnancy life-threatening. Her provider administered multiple medications in attempt to control her blood pressure, but the patient's liver function was still going downhill. And despise the… despite the… the fetus's cardiac activity, it became clear that terminating the patient's pregnancy would be the best treatment to save the patient's life. So, the… the physician performed an emergency surgical abortion. And in another state where abortion is restricted and EMTALA is ignored, this patient may have had to wait as physicians, hospital administrators, and legal representatives debated her condition. But thankfully, in Illinois, she received timely care. So, there are cases where that might actually be the standard of care."

"No. No."

"We have protections here in Illinois, and we have EMTALA."

"Because EMTALA may be narrowed due to the Supreme Court decision in June." 10300109.docx 134  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"If it's narrowed, we want to make sure that we're safeguarding EMTALA as is here in Illinois."

"What I would say, Representative, is that if EMTALA gets narrowed down due to a Supreme Court decision, we want to make sure that in Illinois we have protections and keep the status quo as EMTALA is currently."

"Any additional comments? Representative Blair- Sherlock is recognized."

"Thank you. To the Bill. I'm not a doctor. I'm a lawyer, okay? And I read the Bill, and I read EMTALA. And I don't see a big inconsistency here. But I also know because I was in the ER all night with my friend when she had to have an emergency abortion that resulted in a complete hysterectomy, rendering her incapable of having any children in the future. Just because it hasn't happened in your presence or in your practice does not mean that it does not happen. I've practiced law for 30 years. I have not seen everything because that's just not how life works. Just because it didn't happen to you and just because it didn't happen in your presence does not mean that it didn't ever happen or does not exist. Additionally, when Bills are passed, they're not just the Bill of the Sponsor. They are the Bill of this Body. And assuming they pass the other chamber and they get signed by the Governor, they are the law of the state. And I quite honestly don't care what the Supreme Court of another state has to say. All I care about is what the courts in my state have to say. I think it's important that 10300109.docx 136  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 physicians, especially in this day and age, feel that they're protected in the actions that they take in exercising their medical judgement. And I don't think that's necessarily bad thing. I would urge an 'aye' vote on this Bill. Thank you."

"Any additional comments? Representative Johnson is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. It never happens. I've never seen it. I hear that a lot. I've heard it a lot over the… the last year. Three different times I've heard from people telling me, well, you know, women just don't die during pregnancy in need… in need of an abortion. It just doesn't happen, when, in fact, we know it does. You know, we have numbers showing from 1980 to 2007 there were 876 deaths. We know the ectopic pregnancies, the rate for African American women is 6.8 times higher, that fatality rate. We know that from 2018 to 2020, right here in Illinois, that there were 263 pregnancy-related deaths, averaging out to about 88 per year. We further know that 21 and 22 those numbers were even higher, at the average of 107 per year. Those are just numbers. But the women that are dying, they're much, much more than numbers. They're people, and the wake and the devastation that's left behind when they die can be absolutely catastrophic. I don't want to get into the… the fight between my mother's family and my father's family and all of that. That's drama that's played over years, but I do think it's important that I once again talk about my history with this issue. Some of you might remember, the last May, I talked about my mother and how losing her to preeclampsia in a pre- Roe world in 1972 impacted our family. By the way, May 15, 10300109.docx 137  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 last Wednesday, would have been my mother's 85th birthday, but as my little sister reminded me that night, she is forever 33. I talked about how the Dobbs decision gave me concern for women and families all over our country and of how our story was going to be relived again and again by others. There will be another 11-year-old girl somewhere who will, much like my sister Kathy, no longer have a mother to share her failures and successes. But for Kathy, the day our mother died was beyond catastrophic. She went from doting big sister to middle child with a family that barely knew her, a stepmother that stuck her on a porch because she had her own kids. It's no surprise that Kathy's faced challenge after challenge to find her way, stuck between the family she lost and the family that she was thrown into. I also cannot begin to tell you the guilt that I have for the life that I've had, as opposed to the one that was forced upon her. Somewhere this story will repeat itself, but not in Illinois. Somewhere there will be a 15-month-old little girl who will never bond with her mommy and be forever wondering, what was she like? Would she have been proud of me? Would she approve of my decisions? And finally, what's it like to have a mother to call several times a day to just say hi, at the same time knowing that they stand at the ready, always, to give you a safe space? It will happen in other places, but it won't happen here in Illinois. Finally, I do think it's important to talk about the impact on myself because it's important that men all over the country understand that we are impacted by these decisions. Why shouldn't we? The reality is that men that look just like me are the ones in the vast majority all over this country taking 10300109.docx 138  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 these choices away from women. From the time my sister was torn away from us, I remember talking to her for hours at a time nearly every single night for years while she would talk about how much she missed us. From my younger sister to this day, decades later, nary a day goes by that we don't talk at least a couple times a day. By the way, thank you to our spouses. That has to be incredibly annoying. When we lose people, others often fill the void, but you can never truly replace that loss. When I spoke last year in this very spot, I talked about my long journey to find purpose. When I talk about purpose, obviously, I mean a mission in life. For me, it's simply to not allow others to be me. We all have our peaks and valleys, but for me, the peak is simply contentment, exuberant happiness. It's not attainable. The bad news is always just around the corner. If you can, imagine an eight- year-old child refusing to hug his mother before she went to hospital. That same child going down the next morning, early in the hours, being told he'll never see her again. You know, I carry that guilt for nearly 50 years until I was finally told 2 years ago that I actually did talk to her the night before. It's why I spend every day telling everyone that I'm close to how much I love them at the end of every day. I never, ever miss that opportunity. But I want to… you know, I just want to say this to… in response to it. No, I don't trust the Supreme Court. I don't. I think that we here have a responsibility to make sure that this story isn't repeated elsewhere. But I also want to close with this. You know, it's… it's amazing the evolution of a Legislator from one year to the next. Last year, when I told this story, it broke me. 10300109.docx 139  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Time and again. In November, when I told it again at a Bill signing, I decided no more, not going to break me anymore. I got work to do. So, do not ever, ever look at this vulnerability as a weakness. My resolve is stronger than ever. And I will continue to fight for women in Illinois and elsewhere. And I would ask… this is a Bill about saving… saving a mother's life, saving a woman's life. And I know there are Republicans that have talked about the importance of that. So, I don't know, are we going to spend the next hour debating this? Or are we going to go on with the business of people of Illinois? Because this is a good Bill, and we need to vote for it and get it done. Thank you."

"Representative Cassidy is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. In 2019, because we saw what was coming from the Supreme Court, we worked together and we passed the Reproductive Health Act to ensure that there was no interruption in access to care for people here in Illinois. We're in that same position now. EMTALA has worked for years at the federal level, but we anticipate that, come June, it won't anymore. And because we're going to be out of Session, we want to make sure that the exact same protections that we currently count on from the federal law are still available to patients and providers here in Illinois. It's really that simple. Federal EMTALA reflects the standard of care, and we are making sure that the current protections exist no matter what, regardless if the law is struck down for political reasons, in the same way that we protected the right to abortion in case it was struck down for political reasons. This is a health care Bill. I couldn't 10300109.docx 140  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 say it better than Representative Johnson did. Let's prevent further tragedies. Vote 'yes'."

"Representative Avelar to close.

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The goal of this Bill is to maintain the status quo and ensure that if EMTALA is narrowed, people will still have access to the necessary emergency care. This Bill takes protection from EMTALA that we may lose come June and enshrine them in state law. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 581 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 73 voting 'yes', 36 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving forward to page 13 in the Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 3348, Representative Severin. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Severin on the Amendment."

"Representative LaPointe moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All the in favor say 'aye'; all those 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. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Severin."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3348 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 13 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3349, Representative Yang Rohr. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Yang Rohr on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 1 makes clarifications on where the courses will be available and makes some drafting corrections. I ask for its adoption."

"Representative Yang Rohr moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Yang Rohr."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 3349 allows ISBE to make the… make the State Global Scholars program available through online courses. The State Global Scholar program is one that awards a seal of merit to high school students who set a… who complete a set of requirements that demonstrate their work and learnings in global subjects and culminates in a project that takes action to affect change. There have been some questions about whether this Bill would make and would be an unintended mandate on schools. Follow-up with ISBE has confirmed that these schools are involved in the approval process for this course every step of the way. And so, there would be no instance where the Global Scholars program would be offered unintentionally to a student who was taking this online. I ask for the support in passing this Bill." 10300109.docx 143  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Yes, to… to reiterate what I just said, there is no instance where this would be an unintended mandate on schools. If a student wanted to take this online course, they would need to seek the approval of school administrators or… or the principal. And if the… the school administrator would… would have to approve this. And so, there is no instance where they would unknowingly participate in the Global Scholar program or… or not have approved of participation in the program."

"Yes. Similar to all online courses that a student from a school district could take, the student would have to get approval from the school."

"We do not anticipate any cost of… aside from the costs that… that any school would have to incur for approving an online course."

"ISBE would have to designate courses that meet the requirements of the Global Scholars program. And otherwise, the school district would have to keep track of these… fulfilling the requirements of the program. And if the requirements were fulfilled, would have to place a seal or an indicator on a student's transcript that the student has fulfilled the requirements of the program. But again, this is one where the school had already agreed to offer the program."

"No. So, in… for this Bill, ISBE is required to create rules that would allow a student to earn this designation through their schools, through these online courses. In order to take these online courses, a student would need to get approval from their school district. And if they do not receive that approval, they would not be able to do this program. You know, the… the reason why we are offering this is because, right now, the school… the State Scholar program is… is only available in about a little over a dozen schools. It's a program, though, that has… that we've seen add a lot of value to students. We have had a number of Bills actually that have come through these… these chambers and… and have passed into law from students who have gone through this program and from… that have resulted as a… from that class. Last year, we passed legislation that would allow our public universities to give credit for students who have… who have gone through this program. We received feedback that the program was not available widely enough. And so, this Bill is one that seeks to make it more widely available, if… if a school would like to make it available."

"Representative Swanson is recognized."

"Indicated she will."

"Currently, about, I think, 14 schools, 14 high schools offer this program. And so, it is not widely available. If there are students who are not part of those 14 schools, if they would like to participate, this will give them the… the possibility of doing so by taking an online class. And, again, those online classes, in order to take them, your school administrator or your principal has to say that you are allowed to take that class."

"That is… that is the current situation where some schools have decided, some school districts have decided to offer the program. This Bill seeks to make it easier for other schools to offer the program and to also offer that seal to their students."

"So, for those 14 schools, you… you would have to take those classes through your school. If you do not want to take the classes online, your school needs to offer those classes or offer classes that meet the requirements of the Global Scholar program."

"Well, through this Bill, ISBE will designate and indicate which classes do meet the requirements of the Global Scholar program."

"Like… well, like… like with most, with a lot of programs, I think the schools have the… the autonomy to decide what is and is not appropriate for their students. And… and so, that is the case right now that you're describing."

"I… I would agree, Representative, that currently the situation we have disadvantages schools that are not able to offer the Global Scholars program in their schools. And so, I hope that since you see that in equity, that you will vote for this Bill because it will make it more available, more widely available to all schools and all students."

"Representative Yang Rohr to close."

"I ask for your 'aye' vote." 10300109.docx 148  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3349 pass?' All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say '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 83 voting 'yes', 30 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 13 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3402, Representative Niemerg. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Rep. Niemerg on the Amendment."

"Rep. Niemerg moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Rep. Niemerg."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3402 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting in 'favor', 0 voting 'against', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving forward to page 14 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. At the top of the page, we have Senate Bill 3448, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Rep. Kifowit on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I ask that we adopt the Amendment."

"Representative Kifowit moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading." 10300109.docx 150  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Kifowit."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is merely a technical Bill that… and the Amendment maintains the underlying provisions of the Bill. But it is to make sure that we have good coordinates for… in the State Emergency Response Coordinating System with regards to hazardous chemicals and where they're being stored, and I ask for your support."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3448 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 14 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3463, Representative Slaughter. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Rep. Slaughter on the Amendment."

"Yeah, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 3463. This Amendment is providing clarifying language that helps implement the objectives in 10300109.docx 151  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 the underlying Bill. I'd like to discuss the underlying Bill on Third Reading."

"Rep. Slaughter moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Rep. Slaughter is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 3463 is an initiative that facilitates our state's efforts to implement automatic expungement for our juvenile population. Senate Bill 3463 requires that the date for automatic expungement of juvenile records be set during sentencing when a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent for the first time. For a court procedural standpoint, this Bill allows the juvenile court judge to initiate automatic expungement earlier in the process and takes the onus off of the juvenile that currently would have to return two years after the end of the sentence. So, what we're doing here is not requiring the juvenile to request and attend expungement proceedings. The juvenile court judge will automatically put on the call to expunge the juvenile record without any necessary action or additional legal representation. It's important to note here that, in regards to receiving the 10300109.docx 152  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 expungement, the juvenile still must still meet necessary requirements. We're not changing anything there in that regard. We're just making it easier to initiate and receive the automatic expungement. The Amendment brought forth language that is giving the court more flexibility in regards to scheduling the actual expungement hearings. This Bill came out of committee on leave and has several public safety stakeholders as proponents. I urge a 'yes' vote on Senate Bill 3463."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"No, that's correct, Leader Windhorst."

"That's accurate."

"That's… that's accurate. All of the requirements are still necessary to qualify for that expungement are still in place."

"Thank you." 10300109.docx 153  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Slaughter to close."

"I urge a 'yes' vote."

"Question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3463 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 93 voting 'yes', 18 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 14 in the Calendar of Senate Bills- Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3481, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Moeller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would move to adopt Floor Amendment #2, which adds… changes the definition of battery… I'm sorry, a battery electric storage site to match the DCEO's definition and adds automotive parts recyclers to the definition of the owner-operator of a battery storage site."

"Representative Moeller moves 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 the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill on Third Reading." 10300109.docx 154  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Moeller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Senate Bill 3481 requires that anyone who wants… creates a definition of a battery storage site, and that would be a facility that stores more than 5 thousand kilograms of used batteries, stored on site. It also requires that these entities register with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency prior to February 2026 or prior to commencing operation other… afterwards. It also requires the Pollution Control Board to adopt, within one year of passage of this legislation, rules for the operation of a battery storage site. This Bill is an initiative of the Illinois Environmental… I'm sorry, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and it's to ensure that electric batteries are being stored in a safe manner and not a hazard to the environment or to populations living near these sites. Happy to answer any questions and would ask an 'aye' vote."

Speaker Evans: "Any comments? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Yes, that was the Amendment that I referred to under House Floor Amendment #1." 10300109.docx 155  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Or number, yeah, #2, sorry."

"That language was added to ensure that there is a level of expertise for these sites. Automotive parts recyclers are the largest collective owners of end-of-life electric vehicles, and therefore have an understanding on how to safely work with these vehicles, work with the batteries, and ensure their safe storage. And they're also required to be licensed under Illinois… under current Illinois law. So, this adds an extra layer of protection for when these facilities are located in the state."

"Representative Chung is recognized."

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

"She indicated she will."

"Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Rep. Moeller, because we've been speaking about this Bill, but I just wanted to clarify some legislative intent, if that's all right with you? I just want to make sure that… that come… because Rivian is in my district, great manufacturer of electric cars, we want to make sure that the scrap battery packs aren't actually considered used 'cause they weren't actually put into any sort of electric vehicles. So, we just wanted to clarify the legislative intent." 10300109.docx 156  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Yeah. It is my… it's my understanding that the legislation covers batteries that have been used, had been operated as part of a vehicle prior to their storage."

"Thank you very much."

"Thank you."

"Any additional comments? Representative Halbrook is recognized."

"She will yield."

"I… I don't have that information offhand. But this is to anticipate that, as electric vehicles become more common throughout the state and as they age out of… as they age and as electric batteries age and become, you know, inoperable, that we have facilities and rules in place to properly and safely manage and store these types of vehicle parts."

"I… I don't know, but we do anticipate that there will be growth. And under this legislation, any operator that stores more than 5 thousand kilograms of these used batteries has… have to have… have to be registered with the IEPA and… and licensed by the State of Illinois." 10300109.docx 157  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"This Bill does not provide for the… for the state to pay to store these sites. It's… it's envisioned and… and contained in the purpose of this legislation that these would be operated by private entities."

"Well, as contained in the legislation, the Pollution Control Board will have to adopt rules for the operation of these battery storage sites. These rules shall include end- of-life care for the batteries, fire prevention, and emergency response. And local municipalities and counties will still have zoning authority over where these storage sites are located."

"I'm sorry, the what care?"

"No, that's not defined in this legislation. But, as I mentioned, this will be subject to rulemaking by the Pollution Control Board, and there… the specifics on that type of… on 10300109.docx 158  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 how these batteries must be managed would be contained in those rules."

"As I said, this is 5 thousand kilograms of used batteries. It doesn't reference the weight of the vehicles."

"I… I don't have that information in front of me."

"Representative Caulkins is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Yeah, nothing in this legislation prevents, takes away local zoning authority for these battery storage facilities."

"Well, as I said in response to a previous question, automotive parts recyclers are already the largest collective owners of end-of-life electric vehicles and the largest collective owners of end-of-life high-voltage lithium-ion vehicle batteries. So, they already have… they're already doing much of what this legislation sets forth and are already required to be licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State. They've already had their zoning approved. If… under the scenario that you described, they're already zoned by the municipality or the county. They already operate in a very similar type of industry. So, that's why, under… with this legislation, these types of… we're ensuring that these types of operations are managed by organizations that already have experience in managing these types of… of batteries."

"Have I… have I personally tried to scrap…"

"…a hybrid? No, I have not." 10300109.docx 160  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Moeller to close."

"I would ask for an 'aye' vote. I think that this is… this is an initiative of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The designation of these automotive parts 10300109.docx 161  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 recyclers as the lead agencies and lead organizations to do this speaks to their experience and expertise. There are going to be rules promulgated around this so that safety is paramount. And, you know, nothing… nothing ever ends. We can come back and revisit this if… if the industry is nascent and not, you know, growing or there seems to be a need for expansion in terms of the type of organizations that can do this type of work. But for the meantime, we need to have regulations in place to ensure the safety for… for the… for our state and making sure that these batteries are handled properly. I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3481 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 77 voting 'yes', 35 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 14 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3538, Representative Guerrero-Cuellar. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Evans: "Representative Guerrero-Cuellar on the Amendment." 10300109.docx 162  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Thank you, Speaker. I would like to adopt Floor Amendment 1 and 2 and then debate it on Third Reading."

"Representative Guerrero-Cuellar moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Guerrero-Cuellar moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Guerrero-Cuellar."

"Thank you, Speaker. Senate Bill 3538 would ensure coverage is available for first responders when needed. And, again, the focus here is to… for meant to provide mental health services, access to mental health services."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3538 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all the 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 10300109.docx 163  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 14 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3581, Representative Stuart. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Stuart on the Amendment."

"Thank you. The Amendment just seeks to correct some language on the school counselor gift ban that we needed to update."

"Representative Stuart moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Stuart."

"Thank you. With the Amendment, like I said, we're just correcting some language to the school counselor gift ban. And then the Bill also is just a student enrollment data reporting requirement to the… to IBHE." 10300109.docx 164  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"It… IBHE has to publish it on their website."

"So, we had put something in place that was actually detrimental to folks in areas like mine where we're on a border. It basically said that they couldn't get reimbursed or hosted at conferences or other professional development type things that would be out of state. But I live very close to the border of St. Louis, Missouri. And lots of times great things are done there, and our school counselors would like to be able to participate in that."

"We just mirror the federal IRS limit… limits on that."

"Representative Stuart to close."

"I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3581 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 10300109.docx 165  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Kelly, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Mr. Speaker, I'd like the record to reflect that I intended to be a 'yes' vote on Senate Bill 3538."

"The record will reflect. Continuing down page 14 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3592, Representative Vella. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Vella on the Amendment."

"Thank you. This was already passed out of committee. It just changes the date."

"Representative Vella moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Please read the Bill on Third Reading."

"Representative Vella."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 3592 creates the Strengthening Communities Media Act. Provides a local news 10300109.docx 166  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 organization shall not be sold to a company without giving written notice within 120 days before the sale occurs to specified individuals and organizations. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistant Act, creates the Journalism Student Scholarship Program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall award scholarships to students who will work at a local news agency or organization in the state for a period of not less than two years."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"That is correct."

"It is."

"I… I know that a scholarship would be about $18 thousand a year. It depends on how many people actually ask for it, but I think Senator Stadelman, who actually proposed the Bill, is still looking into the amount."

"No, not in this year's budget, not at all. This doesn't actually go into effect until the '25-'26 year. So, there will be nothing in this budget."

"Sure. They just have to tell one of… either affected employees and representatives of affected employees, the department, and the county government in which the local news organization is located, and any in-state nonprofit organizations in the business of… of buying local news organizations. They would have to give some kind of notice, either written or email or some kind of notice."

"So, there was a task force created by Senator Stadelman that kind of looked into this. What's happening is big conglomerates are buying up small… small local business… or small local news media. And what's happening is they're shipping in their own news in. They're not covering local news. And because local news is not being covered, people just don't understand what's going on in their communities. So, what this will do is make sure that any big corporation that tries to buy a local news media, at least we give notice to everybody."

"There's not an enforcement provision in the statute, but I would imagine you could probably go to court to try to get injunction from the sale if they don't do what's in the statute. But there's nothing in the statute."

"Any discussion? Representative Will Davis is recognized." Davis, W.: "Thank… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates he will." Davis, W.: "As I read the synopsis, Representative, it refers to local journalism."

"Yes." Davis, W.: "Is there a specific definition of what local journalism is?"

"Yes, there is. If you can give me one second, let me find it. A local… local news organization means any entity that engages professionally to create, edit, produce, and distribute original content concerning matters of public interest, through reporting activities, including conducting interviews, observing current events, or analyzing documents or other information." Davis, W.: "Does it… does it differentiate between what kind of media we're talking about, whether it's print media, television media, podcasts? I mean…"

"No, nothing at all." Davis, W.: "Nothing at all. So, it can be across the board."

"It can be across the board. I'd not envisioned podcasts, but, yeah, I guess podcasts could too." 10300109.docx 169  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Davis, W.: "Well, I… I just threw that in there 'cause I think I know what a podcast is. I'm not really sure, but I think I do. But… but I guess what I'm also trying to make sure I'm clear about is, again, when you used local, does that, like, specify, like, readership, numbers, communities? Like will… will channel 2 in Chicago qualify if a student gets an opportunity to work there?"

"If it covers local events, then yes." Davis, W.: "Well, I mean…"

"If it covers… if it covers, like, let's say, national news, then that's… that's not what the focus of this is. The focus of this, to make sure that, you know, for instance, we want somebody to be at the… the zoning board meeting. We want somebody to be at the school board meeting. Stuff like that." Davis, W.: "Well, that's what I'm trying to be clear about. Because, I mean, on occasion, and I almost hate to point to it 'cause it's in my district, but, you know, I have this elected official, mayor, who happens to call herself the 'Super Mayor', and right now she's getting a lot of attention."

"Yeah, she is." Davis, W.: "But she's local. So, if that student is working at channel 2 and is assigned to cover one of those village board meetings because of her… well, I'm… I'm just trying to make sure I understand."

"Yes, yes. I think that would count, yes. Yeah." Davis, W.: "I think we want to be as broad as possible with that, but if a opportunity exists at one of our major news sources, 10300109.docx 170  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 or even print media, which would be Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, I wouldn't want those students to be excluded…"

"No, no." Davis, W.: "…because they could be assigned to cover local media, but remember, they're… well, pick… pick a station. Even pick one down here in Springfield, they cover local news, but they also do cover national stuff and international stuff as well. So, I just want to make sure it’s broad."

"What trying to… to stop here is… so, the Rockford Registrar was bought by a big company. And now, 90 percent of the articles in there are from AP. They have nothing to do with Rockford. So, we've lost that newspaper. We have no newspaper anymore. So, we're trying to stop that from happening. We want people to come to Rockford and talk about Rockford stuff. And then, you know, then if they do that for two years, then they can get a scholarship." Davis, W.: "Okay. Well, maybe there's a conversation to be had about really taking a… a more defined approach to what we're considering local media 'cause I understand exactly what you said."

"Yeah. Yeah." Davis, W.: "I wouldn't want that to happen to a newspaper in the Southland where I am, you know. But I would like to see Southland students have an opportunity to work at what we call the Southtown Economist, or it used to be called that, or South… Southtown, and cover local stories."

"That's… yes, we should have that discussion. It is… it is a, especially when you bring up the podcast, it is an idea 10300109.docx 171  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 that is ever evolving. So, I'd love to have the discussion, yes." Davis, W.: "My pleasure. Thank you very much, Representative."

"Any additional discussion? Representative Crespo is recognized."

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative, this is subject to appropriations, correct?"

"It is. I was hoping you'd get up."

"So, which agency is funding this?"

"ISAC."

"Okay. Have you talked to them?"

"Governor… or, I'm sorry, Senator Stadelman has."

"I'm sorry?"

"Senator Stadelman did before previously, yes."

"Okay. And do we know how much this is going to cost?"

"There is not an amount yet. They are trying to determine how many people would actually apply for it. That's why we kicked out the effective date in the Amendment to '25-'26. We should know by next year, but I know that there's no appropriation in this budget for it."

"Who's going to make the… the determination, ISAC?"

"ISAC is doing a study right now, is my understanding."

"Okay. And this includes any school of journalism?"

"State school. It's got to be a state school."

"Medill, Northwestern? Is that included?"

"Pardon me?"

"Medill at Northwestern." 10300109.docx 172  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"I don't… is that…"

"That's one of… my daughter went there."

"So, that's a… that's a private school, so I don't think… is there… is there public…"

"No. So, this is only for public schools?"

"Is it going to public schools, right? ISAC is, yeah, public schools."

"Well, I… will this includes the entire tuition or just half of tuition?"

"This is the entire tuition. The idea is… the idea is, it's expensive to go to journalism school."

"I know."

"Less people are going to journalism school. So, we want them to stay in this area."

"Okay. Is there… is there a clawback provision? Let's say they do get the tuition, and they don't meet the required two years, and they decide to leave. Is there a clawback provision here?"

"Well, there isn't a clawback, but they don't get the money until they've spent the two years in the state. So, there wouldn't be a need for a clawback. They don't… the tuition is…"

"So, it's a reimbursement, then, two years after they complete?"

"It's… right. So, it's going to… the loan is going to… so, we've had this with like public defenders and state's and… and other… other people. So, they go to school for four years, get their degree. They then… their tuition is on hold for two years. If they do their journalism, for two years, it gets 10300109.docx 173  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 taken. It's… it's gone. If they don't, they have… they're on the hook for that… for that money."

"So, it's not a reimbursement. It's… so, they… they just forgive the tuition if they complete the two years."

"Exactly."

"Okay. And it's up to ISAC to determine how much they're going to put into this program. Will this be GRF?"

"Yeah, probably. Yes."

"Okay. Thank you."

"Representative Elik is recognized."

"He indicates he will."

"I am not."

"I am not aware. No, I'm not aware. No."

"Rep. Vella to close."

"Yeah, thank you, Rep. Elik. The local news is something that's very important to not just to me, but I think to everybody who's got local news in their community. That's why this is special. That's why we're requiring this 120 days. Most of the people where the big companies that are coming into buy these local news media outlets are doing it to get a monopoly. So, the… the value to them is not the actual news media. It's just taking over another market and another market. That's the reason why we're doing this. That's the reason why we have to protect our local news media from being taken over. So, I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3592 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 73 voting 'yes', 39 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 14 in the 10300109.docx 175  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3597, Leader Gabel. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Gabel."

"Leader Gabel."

"Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt Amendment 1. This Amendment defines what a clean energy infrastructure project is and also what an energy efficient project means. Both in response to one of the Members of the committee."

"Leader Gabel moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'… all those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

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

"Leader Gabel."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is from the Illinois Finance Authority, and it is the Climate Bank Loan Financing Act. It streamlines the ability of local governments to borrow money and access loans from the Illinois Finance Authority 10300109.docx 176  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 for clean energy projects. Currently, only municipalities can borrow money, and this opens it up to a number of other governmental units."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Ugaste is recognized."

"Leader Gabel to close."

"Thank you. I appreciate that very much, Representative Ugaste, and I would like… ask for an 'aye' vote." 10300109.docx 177  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3597 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 86 voting 'yes', 27 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down page 14 in the Calendar under Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3646. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Hernandez on the Amendment." Hernandez, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to motion to amend… adopt the Floor Amendment #2 to… this would just clarify a few missing grammatical errors but also add the child actors Bill into this."

"Representative Barbara Hernandez moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor vote… all in favor say 'aye'; all the 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. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill on Third Reading." 10300109.docx 178  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Leader Hernandez." Hernandez, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. This Bill, the Child Labor Law of 2024, is Bill initiative from the Illinois Department of Labor. It reorganizes the Bill itself, and it also codifies that the issuing officer shall consider the health, welfare, and the education of the minor when accessing employment certificate application, including considering reports of death and injury of a minor at a workplace. It also clarifies some limitations on what jobs minors can perform in those workplaces, depending on whether the work is… the work activity itself is dangerous. It also prohibits for any occupation prohibited by a minor under federal law. It also allows the director discretion to deem working conditions dangerous. But it also updates the process for minors to demonstrate their date of birth and absence of… of birth certificate or those that don't have a home. And it just adds a few definitions, and I can answer any questions."

"Any discussions? Leader Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Ugaste is recognized."

"Leader Hernandez to close" Hernandez, B.: "I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3646 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all the 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 87 voting 'yes', 26 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And the Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. At the bottom of page 14, Senate Bill Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 3650, Representative Gonzalez. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Gonzalez on the Amendment."

"Representative Gonzalez moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?" 10300109.docx 182  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

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

"Representative Gonzalez."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"He indicated he will."

"Any further discussion? Representative Ugaste is recognized."

"Representative Gonzalez to close."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3650 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 83 voting 'yes', 28 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving forward to page 15 in the Calendar of Senate Bills-Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 3686, Representative Chung. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Chung on the Amendment."

"Yes, thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. The House Amendment #2, it just sort of clarifies some… what batteries are actually meant to be used under this Act. It's… so, it excludes anything in an EV… in an EV, and it also delays the deadline. And… and then the… and then also, sort of clarifies the EPA and how they're… they sort of manage this program. So, I ask for this Amendment to be adopted. Thank you."

"Representative Chung moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?" 10300109.docx 186  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

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

"Representative Chung."

"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to present Senate Bill 3686, which is the Portable and Medium-Format Battery Storage Act. It has been crafted over many, many months of negotiations and talks with many of… of the stakeholders involved. It's a really important Bill. I'm really pleased to be presenting it here on the floor today, and I ask for your 'aye' vote. Thank you."

Speaker Evans: "Any discussion? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"That's correct."

"So, we've… we've enacted other legislation in the past with EPR, which is extended producer responsibility legislation. So, we've done it with, I believe, with paint and maybe packaging, I believe. So, this just sort of is another way that we can really make sure that batteries especially, which kind of really compose a fire hazard risk and things like that, so that they're really… there's a place 10300109.docx 187  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 where people… where they can be collected and they can… and they can be reused or just maybe they'll end up being disposed of properly."

"Yes, that's correct."

"Yes."

"I believe that's the fee. Yes. Thank you. Yes."

"I believe… you know, I think it does take a lot for these sorts of materials to be recycled and taken and all of that… sort of those costs and have been really worked out with a lot of the stakeholders in the negotiations. And similar legislation has been brought about in other states. I believe California and Washington. So… so, anyways… so, we're just sort of taking a lot of the parts from those other states' legislation and… and was able to come up with this fee."

"You know, honestly, I'm not entirely sure, but I do know that, you know, again, this was for many, many, many months 10300109.docx 188  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 of negotiations with all the stakeholders involved. I think that this is just the fee that they sort of came up with that they thought, everybody involved thought that this would… would be appropriate for the… for the program."

"Yes. IRMA and IMA as… as well."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"No problem. Thank you so much, Leader."

"Any further discussion? Representative Halbrook is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Well, this…"

"Yes, thank you. This… the Bill is creating the stewardship organization. So, where… they're going to be figuring out the collection sites, where they're going to be done, where the… the, you know, how to get the batteries, then, to the… to the 10300109.docx 189  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 people who are sort of managing the end of life of the batteries. And so, that's what the… the organization is… is being established here by this legislation today."

"I'm sorry, can you say your question again?"

"I don't… I don't believe that this Bill has… has anything to do with the Department of Energy."

"I'm sorry… sorry, can you say that again? It's little… it's a little noisy over here."

"So, Representative, so what this Bill is doing is that it's… we're taking the… so, extended producer responsibility. The producers are going to be the ones that are going to be involved in this as well. So, they're already sort of 10300109.docx 190  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 established, if that makes sense to you. I'm still… I'm not totally understanding…"

"The responsibility, let's see. The… so, how this works is that it's controlled and funded by the producers and then they're running the program."

"Yes."

"Yes. So, the producers are paying into the program, and… and then… and that's what's kind of… so, that's… that's helping sort of sustain this."

"So, what we're doing is that we're taking batteries of all kinds, correct? So, we're talking even your little button batteries, the… like the AAs, 9-volts, you know, and then other things, lithium-ions. So, we're sort of… how this is doing is that we're sort of collecting all these batteries together and then some of the things have… some of the batteries have more valuable materials inside of them that, 10300109.docx 191  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 when they're sort of extracted, they can be used, you know, in the way to sort of… that it can be recycled better, if that makes sense. So, the producers are all coming together so that we can sustainably and safely be able to reuse batteries at the end of their life cycle."

"I mean, I guess they could be manufactured anywhere, but the… the producers here, in the… in Illinois, have basically been… are the ones that are sort of coming together to… to help with this program."

"I don't believe that this has anything to do with the… what you're sort of asking here."

"I'm sorry, can you say that again?"

"That has… I mean, that's… that's basically what has been done in the crafting and the creation of this legislation, Representative."

"I… I'm still having trouble understanding your question because again… so, what we're… this battery stewardship is doing is that they're creating sites, collection sites. So, if you purchasing batteries and you want to be able to, you know, safely be able to recycle them or put them, you know, to be able to be disposed of at the end of its life cycle, then you can take it to these collection sites."

"No. But we've… we're already talked about the… the fees that… that are, the… the fees that are also done with it. I mean, Leader Windhorst asked that question. So, I answered that question." 10300109.docx 193  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"That's how they implement the program."

"I don't believe so, Representative. I think that… well, the battery manufacturers and producers are the ones that, you know, know exactly how each battery sort of works. Again, that's sort of beyond my scope of knowledge. I'm not a battery scientist. But… but, again, they were brought together all here in the negotiations for this Bill. And we had all the stakeholders involved, and I… this is a good Bill. It gives people a really great way to be able to dispose of their batteries at the end of their life cycle."

"Any additional questions? Representative Severin is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"Yes, Representative. That… that is also… that's still in the works, and we've… we've talked about that. And what we want to do is pass this today, and, you know, bring… again, a lot of those folks that came and spoke were very late in the process, and we want to make sure that we're taking their concerns into full consideration."

"Yes. No."

"Thank… thank you for clarifying that."

"Seeing no further discussion, Representative Chung to close."

"Thank you very much, and I ask for your 'aye' vote today. This is a great Bill."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3686 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 77 voting 'yes', 35 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving back to page 3 of the Calendar, House Bills-Third Reading. We have House Bill 4567, Representative Stava-Murray. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please bring this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading. Read the Bill on Second Reading." 10300109.docx 195  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Representative Stava-Murray on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment does two basic things. The first is that it authorizes libraries to apply for existing grant opportunities through the Illinois State Library for purposes related to security measures that provide safe and accessible library access. This will allow local libraries to decide what safety measures are best for each unique library location, taking into account the needs that… the needs that may be different throughout the state. This does not create new grant funding, nor does it require any additional revenue. The second point that changes is it removes all prior references to threats made to state employees and instead focuses entirely on simply adding 'library' to an existing paragraph referring to disorderly conduct in schools. Since this language had only applied to schools, this Amendment simply adds the language 'and library' to the paragraph to be allowed for libraries and schools to be treated the same way. I ask for the adoption of this Amendment."

Speaker Evans: "Representative Stava-Murray moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?" 10300109.docx 196  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

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

"Representative Stava-Murray"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4567, as amended, still seeks to protect our libraries from threats and violence and it… but with a couple of changes that were made at the request of colleagues and advocates. With these changes, I believe the ACLU now has no position. The main purpose of this Bill, however, that I want to bring us all back to, doesn't change. This is all about making our librarians and our libraries as safe as possible. Because with this barrage of recent bomb threats, we had 22 bomb threats over the course of 3 months last year as well as violence threatened towards a library in my district in the prior year even. And this has been a theme that has been ramping up and ramping up, and we need to stop this trend from going any further, from progressing at all. So, again, this Bill is an initiative of the Secretary of State's Office. And with this Amendment, we passed it out of committee on leave this morning. So, thank you, and I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Any discussion on this Bill? Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will." 10300109.docx 197  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Correct"

"Correct."

"Well, I know that there's been, for instance, legislation brought forward here in Springfield about panic buttons. So, a panic button might be an instance of a safety thing that people might want to put in. It could be bulletproof glass. I mean, it really depends on the institution, and that's why we've left it so open-ended. So, 10300109.docx 198  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 we're not prescribing to the libraries what they're allowed to get. We're giving them access to funds to create the safest possible library they can have for us."

"This is the same funding source that exists. So, no new funding."

"Correct."

"Leader McCombie is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"There is not. That was taken out."

"That was in the underlying Bill. If you mean by adding schools… or, by adding libraries to schools, that's now a felony, if you're calling that a penalty enhancement."

"That's the only part of the Bill that might be considered that way."

"Any additional comments? Representative Tarver is recognized."

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

"She indicated she will."

"Representative, the last time we had a little back and forth on this Bill. I just… if I can publicly say I have a problem with a Bill, and so on and so on, I want to publicly say thank you for working on it. Your staff was terrific. They reached out to me."

"Thank you."

"Talked with the Secretary of State. I really appreciate all of your hard work. I'm not in love with the Bill, but I really appreciate all of your hard work. And I will be voting 'yes'. So, thank you."

"Thank you so much."

"Rep. Stava-Murray to close."

"Thank you. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 4567 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, 10300109.docx 200  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 there are 89 voting 'yes', 20 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Moving back to page 2 of the Calendar of House Bills-Second Reading. We have House Bill 814, Representative Syed. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Syed on this Amendment."

"Thank you, Chair. House Bill 814 codifies IDHS to frequently engage community partners in making changes to the IDHS staffing and salaries survey with the purpose of promoting workforce recruitment and retention in the early childhood field. With this Bill, IDHS will get input from community partners, educators, and providers every two years on making changes to the survey and, at a minimum, update the survey every four years with changes. And this input will allow IDHS to better collect data that would help understand the recruitment and retainment challenges of the ECE field and will help address these changes by creating strategies from the data collected. There is no known opposition. It passed out of committee unanimously, and I urge a 'yes' vote. Thank you."

"Seeing no discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 814 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all… I'm sorry, 10300109.docx 201  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 Floor Amendment. Wow, okay. Representative Syed moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Syed on this Amendment."

"This Amendment is a simple change that we worked with IDHS on, which update… which includes the minimum of four years to update the survey."

"Representative Syed moves 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 the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?"

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

"Representative Syed."

"I'm still technically a freshman. Thank you. I urge a 'yes' vote."

"Representative Windhorst is recognized."

"She indicated she will."

"That came forward in House Amendment #2 that was just adopted."

"No. No opponents."

"Yes, it did."

"Representative Syed to close."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no further discussion, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 814 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Clerk is in receipt of a Motion in Writing to waive the posting requirements for a Bill. Leader Hernandez on the Motion." Hernandez, L.: "Speaker, I move that the posting requirements be waived so the Senate Bill 2779 can be heard in Counties & Townships Committee."

"Leader… Leader Lisa Hernandez has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 10300109.docx 203  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 'ayes' have it. And the posting requirements are waived. Leader Windhorst on the Motion."

"Leader Lisa Hernandez has moved to waive the posting requirements. All those in favor vote 'aye'; all the 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 Motion, there are 72 voting 'yes', 39 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present'. And the Motion prevails. Representative Hauter, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"The record will reflect."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Ortiz for the purpose of an announcement."

"The Democrats will caucus in Room 114 immediately after adjournment. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Leader Gabel moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed 10300109.docx 204  STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 109th Legislative Day 5/21/2024 say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Gabel moves that the House stands adjourned until Wednesday, May 22, at the hour of noon. All those in favor say 'aye'; all the opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned."