Illinois House Floor Debate — February 16, 2005

“Let us bow our heads. Eternal God, our Father, as we stand before Your awesome presence, we acknowledge You today. We pray now in the midst of this gathering of our political leaders that will take care of our state’s business. That You would look down upon our ethnic groups, dear God, in their diversities and have mercy. But we thank You, dear God, that even in the midst of this meeting, we’re celebrating a culture, a rich, fine African-American culture. We pray now, dear God, that You would strengthen and keep. We know that Thou art able. We pray now for the families that are left behind. We pray now, dear God, that You would sustain the homes of those who are present here today, let no fire break out, nor any thieves break in. That this Session will not be interrupted by tragedies of families or calamities or vicissitudes. We pray, dear God, for Your sovereign and sustaining grace. In Jesus’ name we do pray. Amen.”

Clerk Mahoney: “Committee Reports. Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson from the Committee on Rules, to which the following legislative measure/s and/or Joint Action Motions was/were referred, action taken on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'approved for floor consideration' is Amendment #1 to House Bill 114, Amendment #1 to House Bill 330 and Amendment #2 to House Bill 339.”

Doorkeeper Crawford: “Mr. Speaker, the Honorable President Jones and the Members of the Senate are at the door and seek admission to the chamber.”

“A quorum of the House is present.”

"Join Session Resolution #2.” RESOLVED, That a committee of ten be appointed, five from the House, by the Speaker of the House, and five from the Senate, by the President of the Senate, to wait upon the Honorable Governor of the State of Illinois and invite him to address the Joint Assembly.”

“Mr. Speaker. The Honorable Governor of the State of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich and his party wish to be admitted to this chamber.”

“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Before I start, let me just quickly acknowledge some of the Constitutional Officers. In fact, let me acknowledge all of the Constitutional Officers who are here with us today. State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, we wish her well and… Did you get a lawyer for that, Judy? Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn. Secretary of State Jesse White. Comptroller Dan Hynes. Our Attorney General has a more immediate, more pressing and a lot more important chore that she’s dealing with now but her 09400015.doc 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 mother’s here, Shirley Madigan, Ladies and Gentlemen. And of course, Lisa Madigan, our Attorney General. And there’s one more acknowledgement I wanna make. Not a Constitutional Officer but like Galileo, during Renaissance Florence, a man who is sometimes maligned and I believe often misunderstood. But I’m hopeful that history will ultimately turn and show that he’s been more right than wrong like they did for Galileo, only I hope it doesn’t take about 260 years, our Budget Director, John Filan. Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, distinguished guests, my fellow citizens, I am submitting a budget today that is balanced. A budget that invests more money in our schools. A budget that provides health care for more men, women and children. A budget that funds new road projects, school construction, conservation and environmental cleanups. A budget that will create jobs. A budget that helps the CTA. A budget that does not raise the income tax or the sales tax. A budget that continues the change and reform we’ve started over the last 2 years. A budget, that I believe, sets all the right priorities. Over the last 2 years, we’ve dug ourselves out of the worst fiscal crisis in our state’s history. We did it by bringing major structural changes to the way government works: $3 billion in less spending outside of education and health care, 20 fewer agencies, and the smallest workforce in 30 years. Governing Magazine recently described Illinois as ‘now undergoing one of the most dramatic reorganizations of any State Government in recent years.’ That’s a good start. But setting the right 09400015.doc 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 priorities can’t just include more money for schools or health care or streamlining government or not raising taxes. The right priorities have to take into account both today and tomorrow. Right now, there are three costs in State Government that are growing so fast they threaten our very future. They remind me of a snowball rolling down a mountain. As it picks up speed, it gets bigger and bigger. And before long, if that snowball isn’t stopped, that snowball could turn into an avalanche and bury anything in its way. Pension costs have snowballed, doubling over the last 5 years. This year we’ll pay $2.1 billion to the pension systems. Next year we’ll pay $2.6 billion. By fiscal year 2010 that number will have grown to $4 billion. Medicaid costs are rising so fast we’re paying 10 percent more each year. In fact, in the last 3 years our Medicaid costs have increased by $2.1 billion. And the cost of employee health insurance is also growing. Each year it costs 11 percent more to provide insurance for state employees, even though over the last couple of years the number of employees has declined dramatically. Unless we reform the way we fund our pensions, bring better efficiency to Medicaid, contain the cost of employee health insurance and find ways to continue to reduce the size and sprawl of government, we will never eliminate the structural deficit that takes money away from education, from health care, from law enforcement, from parks and from everything else we care about. Some say these budget challenges are so daunting that the only way out is to 09400015.doc 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 raise taxes. A tax increase, they argue, could bring in billions of dollars in revenue and solve all of our problems. But I believe that would be a mistake. It would hurt the economy, cost us jobs, and punish the people. But let’s take a second and assume for the sake of argument, that we listen to those who want to raise taxes. Let’s assume we took their advice. Even if we did, but then did nothing to control the cost of pensions, the cost of Medicaid and the cost of employee health insurance, in a few years we’d find ourselves right back in the same place we’re in today. And then what do you do? Raise taxes again? Ladies and Gentlemen, the only way to solve this problem is through structural reform. Reform that helps us both in the short run and in the long run. This year, we face a $1.1 billion budget deficit. 160 million of that amount comes from increased costs for employee health care, 470 million comes from increased pension costs, another 450 million comes from increased Medicaid costs. Outside of those three areas, our spending matches our revenues. Now, some in the media have estimated the deficit to be around $2 billion, but you can’t believe everything you read. The figure, $2 billion, is inaccurate because the $2 billion estimate doesn’t include 450 million in federal reimbursement for Medicaid, nor does it include revenue growth of $500 million which comes from an upswing in the economy. And while a $1.1 billion deficit is a major improvement from the $5 billion deficit we faced just 2 years ago, it’s still not where we want to be. Illinois 09400015.doc 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 has the largest unfunded pension liability of any state in the nation. What we owe in pension benefits far outstrips the assets we have to pay for those benefits. As a result, every year, we have to dedicate more and more money from the General Revenue Fund just to cover the cost of our pension contributions. In 1970, the Illinois Constitution guaranteed pension benefits for existing employees. But despite that constitutional guarantee, in every one of the last 35 years, the state has almost never paid everything it was supposed to pay. And while pension contributions lagged, laws were passed, time and time again, that actually sweetened some of these pensions even though the state wasn’t even making the contributions it already owed. Let me describe this in another way. Imagine you have a credit card. Every month, you keep using that card, but you’re not always paying the balance that you owe. In fact, sometimes, you might even skip a payment or two, but you keep using that card to buy new things. So what happens? The principal goes up, the interest rate goes up and the monthly minimum goes up. Just paying the monthly minimum takes away the money you need to pay the rent, pay for groceries, for clothes and for everything else. Now, imagine doing this for 35 years. For the average family, that would be a surefire recipe for personal bankruptcy. But unfortunately, it’s exactly what the State of Illinois has been doing, year in and year out. In 1995, the Legislature tried to solve the problem by passing legislation that would strengthen pension funding, but it 09400015.doc 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 didn't work. And after the pension systems lost over $6 billion on investments, and after $6 billion in new, unfunded pension benefits passed in the last 10 years alone, the situation got even worse. In fact, it got a lot worse. In the spring of 2002, Governor Ryan presented an early retirement package. The Legislature was told that the cost of the pension benefits would be about $600 million. But as it turns out, the real cost to taxpayers was $2.5 billion, nearly $2 billion more in pension benefits than what you were led to believe. That one mistake will take $280 million out of the Rev… General Revenue Fund this year, next year, and every year for the next 10 years. That’s money that could have been spent to send 88 thousand kids to preschool. In 1995, our state's pension debt stood at $19 billion. By the time I took office in 2003, just 8 years later, that number had grown to $43 billion. At this rate, if we do nothing to stem the tide, by the time we’re done paying our entire pension debt we will have paid an earth shattering $521 billion, including $220 billion in interest alone. That's $521 billion not to our schools, not to our hospitals, not to the people in the form of property tax relief. But $521 billion just to pay the pensions. Now let me be clear, this isn’t just a problem that we should address. This is a crisis we must solve and we’d better solve it now. And we’d better solve it now. Last year, we put together a bipartisan commission of Legislators and leaders from business and labor to study the issue of pension reform. 09400015.doc 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 The pension reform plan I'm about to propose comes in large part from their recommendations. I'd like to thank the members of the commission for their hard work. I wanna thank Chairman Roland Burris and all the members of the pension commission for their efforts in addressing this very serious and complicated problem. Now, our proposal does not completely mirror the recommendations of the pension commission. In some areas, I felt that some of their ideas went too far and placed too much risk and not enough reward on the working people, the men and women who work for our state. But make no mistake about it, the pension commission is right. We have to change and reform the way our pension systems work. The ideas I'm about to propose can save our pension systems over $100 billion over the next 40 years. And by reducing the cost of our overall pension obligation, we will reduce the state’s cost by 55 billion. It means we can save $750 million this year alone and even more in recurring savings every year going forward. In the State of Illinois, there are five retirement systems. The members of each of these systems receive the an… an annual interest rate of 6 percent on their contributions. That interest rate is the same for every retirement system except for one. Some members of the State University Retirement System receive an average interest rate of 9 percent, regardless of how their investments actually perform. If we bring their interest rate in line with the other interest rates… the other interest rates in the retirement system, we could save $10 09400015.doc 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 billion over the next 40 years. Thank you. We also allow some SURS members to take advantage of a little known option where their pension contributions are matched at an unusually high rate. No one in the other pension systems enjoys this perk. If we treated everyone the same, we could save another $2.5 billion over the next 40 years. Here’s another practice that I believe needs reform. Under the current system, school districts sometimes give teachers, professors, school administrators large salary increases in the final years of their career. The problem is that pension benefits for teachers and professors and school administrators are based on the salary they earn in their final 4 years of work. So when they receive large salary increases at the end of their careers, it’s the state that ends up paying a lot more money in pension benefits than it otherwise would. Now, I believe… I believe teachers are underpaid and under-appreciated. But rather than back-loading salaries as they’re about to leave the profession, wouldn’t it be better to pay them more money throughout their careers? If a local school district or a university wants to award big end-of-career raises, they still can. But if they do, they should be the ones to pay the costs. Taxpayers across Illinois… taxpayers across Illinois shouldn’t have to pay billions of dollars more in increased pension costs just to cover those end-of-career raises. Capping end-of-career raises at 3 percent per year for purposes of determining the state’s share of pension benefits only, would save $17 billion over the next 40 09400015.doc 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 years. Here’s another reform that will save the taxpayers a lot of money. There's a formula that sets pension benefits. It’s based on how many years you work in the state… how many years you work in State Government and how much money you earn. Seventy years ago, it was decided that for police officers in the line of duty because of the hazards associated with their jobs and because they do not receive Social Security, they would receive an additional benefit. It’s not hard to understand why. But over the years, that additional benefit was given to a whole new series of state employees, so much so that in fact today, one third… more than one third of state employees now receive these additional benefits. Every time the state adds a new class of employees to this category, it costs the taxpayers more money. So I’m proposing that for new hires other than police officers, we return to the original intent of the law. Any employee who has this benefit would keep it. But going forward, this benefit should go where it was intended to go. Doing that can save $1.5 billion over 40 years. Most retirement plans start paying full benefits at the age of 65. That includes Social Security. In Illinois, we start paying benefits at the age of 60 if you've worked for the state for 8 years. If you’ve worked for the state for 30 years, you can retire at the age of 55 and start receiving full benefits. Under our proposal, for new employees only, if you’ve worked for the state for 35 years, you would start receiving full benefits at the age of 60. And if you’ve worked for the state for at least 8 09400015.doc 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 years, you would start receiving benefits at the age of 65. Doing this can save the State of Illinois $5.5 billion over the next 40 years. And finally, we can save $19 billion by making a single change. Right now, all state retirees receive an automatic 3 percent increase on their pension that’s compounded every year. It doesn’t matter how the market performs or how much the cost of living actually is. The number isn’t tied to anything and it’s one of the major reasons why our pension costs are so out of control. A fairer, more prudent and more fiscally responsible approach is to tie the annual cost-of-living increase to a formula based on the Consumer Price Index. Now, there are some who would argue that this new law should apply to all employees who currently work for the state. This, of course, would save the state even more money. But I have a different view. If you took a job in State Government expecting… expecting that you would receive this benefit, then you should receive this benefit. That’s part of the deal you signed on for. But moving forward for new hires, that’s a different story. There’s no reason to continue a practice that’s driving our pension systems to the brink of bankruptcy. For new state employees, when they retire and start receiving their pensions, I propose that their annual increase should better reflect what the cost-of-living actually is. Seventeen states already use the model we’re proposing today. This approach is fair to the employee, fair to the taxpayers and it will save us $19 billion. The final pension reform I'm proposing is very simple. In the 09400015.doc 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 future, we should stop awarding new pension benefits without a dedicated way to pay for them. This is a structural reform as basic as the concept that when you want to buy something, you make sure you’ve got the money to pay for it. Adopting this reform will keep us from finding ourselves in the same place we’re in now. The pension problems we face are not unique to Illinois. Other states around the country are dealing with these problems too. And a lot of other states are dealing with them in ways that are different from what I propose we do. Take California for example, Governor Schwarzenegger is proposing that state employees switch to a system called ‘defined contribution’. Under ‘defined contribution’, pension benefits are placed in a 401(k) plan and are linked to how the market performs. So if the market does well, naturally, your benefits will grow. But if the market tanks, you’re out of luck. Now I’m a big fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger. I admire a lot of what he’s doing in California. He’s a champion of reform in a state that historically has been on the cutting edge of progressive change in American history. I like a lot of his proposals. But I don’t agree with this proposal to switch everyone to a ‘defined contribution’ system. I don’t think it would be wise to force state employees and retirees to rely solely on the performance of the market for their retirement benefits. It’s too risky. Pensions are about security. We should invest them carefully and conservatively. Thank you. I know there are some people who are going to make a 09400015.doc 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 strong push to move Illinois to a ‘defined contribution’ system, others, like the pension commission, argue that state employees should pay more towards their pension benefits and still others argue we should raise the retirement age for all… raise the retirement age for all state employees to 65, just like Social Security. On the other hand, there are those who would rather not see any changes to our pension systems at all. They want to keep things the way they are. But maintaining the status quo and being afraid to tackle this issue mote… won’t make this problem go away. It will only make it worse. If we don’t deal with the problem now, when the state finally does deal with it, the solutions will be far less reasonable than the changes we’re proposing today. We look forward to sitting down with our friends in labor over the coming weeks and months to try to work and solve this problem. Because this problem has to be solved. I believe the proposals I’ve outlined today are fair. I believe they’re reasonable and I believe they’re responsible. They are designed to link benefits to present day reality. These changes are necessary to avert a looming crisis. And they are far preferable to watching the state one day go broke as we struggle and fail to pay our pension contributions. I’m asking you to join me in making these changes. However, making the structural changes our system needs requires more than just reforming our pensions. Each year, Medicaid costs increase by nearly 10 percent. They increase because the cost of providing health care to people who need it 09400015.doc 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 keeps going up. I believe that health care is a right. Making health care available and affordable to as many people as we can has been a priority of my administration. And when it comes to providing health care to more people, Illinois has advanced, while other states have retreated. I want Illinois to keep advancing. But doing that… but doing that is going to be increasingly difficult if we don’t reign in the cost of delivering health care services through Medicaid. The cost of Medicaid is so great that some states are dealing with their budget problems by actually kicking people off of health care. This year, 15 states have been forced to take away health care from people in order to balance their budgets. I have an older brother who lives in Tennessee. And in his state, more that 300 thousand people now run the risk of losing the health care they have. They actually could lose that health care if some of the proposals in Tennessee happen. We must not… we must not let that happen here. But as we invest more money and give more people access to health care, we have to find ways to make providing health care less expensive. One way to save money is to reform the Medicaid system. If we do things like treat Medicaid patients more like we treat people with private health insurance, work with doctors to prescribe more generic medicines and keep hospital payments at current levels, we can provide health care to the same number of people and save money for the taxpayers. We can also save money by taking advantage of the new federal prescription drug 09400015.doc 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 benefit. Last year, the Federal Government passed a new Medicare prescription drug law. Some states are switching their entire prescription drug coverage for seniors under their Medicaid program to the new federal program. This means the Federal Government assumes their costs which, of course, helps states with their budget problems. But the problem with that approach is that under the new Federal Medicare Prescription Drug Program, too many senior citizens fall through the cracks. It would be foolish… it would be foolish not to let the Federal Government pay for medicine they now cover. That will save us a lot of money. But at the same time, we can’t let the gaps in the federal program impact our senior citizens here in Illinois. So I say, we must leave no senior behind. And leaving no senior behind means providing a safety net. Under the federal program, if there is an increase in out-of-pocket spending for seniors, the State of Illinois will make up the difference. By protecting our seniors from the shortfalls in the federal program, senior citizens in Illinois will face the same problems… senior citizens in Illinois will not face the safe… safe problem… same problems as senior citizens in other states. And the good news is, even with this safety net, the State of Illinois will save $26 million in this year's budget and more than $50 million next year. Medicaid isn't the only area where health insurance has become a skyrocketing cost. The third obstacle standing in the way of fiscal stability is the high cost of employee health insurance. Over the last 4 09400015.doc 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 years, the cost of providing health insurance for state employees has grown by 11 percent each year. Now, here’s a perplexing fact. When a state employee visits the doctor or a hospital, he or she is actually charged an average of 45 percent more for the same treatment as an employee from the private sector. Now, how can that be? There are more than 59 thousand state employees who, from time to time, visit doctors or may need to be treated in hospitals. We’re good customers. And there’s a lot of us. Why are state employees being charged more than employees from the private sector? I'm directing the Department of Public Aid to get the State of Illinois a better deal. Go back to the bargaining table and get us a payment rate that’s more in line with what everyone else pays. Doing this could save the State of Illinois up to $45 million each year. I’m not only directing Public Aid to get us a better deal, we’re going even further. We are consolidating all health care purchasing by the state, whether it’s for Medicaid, for Corrections, employee health insurance, or anything else, into the Department of Public Aid. By doing this… by doing this we can make sure that we’re using all of our buying power, whether we’re negotiating with insurers, hospitals, or drug companies, to save money and give people better health care. We can save… we can save another $15 million a year if we help retirees take advantage of the new federal prescription drug benefit. The retirees will still have the benefit that they need from the state but there's no reason for us to pay for something the Federal 09400015.doc 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Government already pays for. The reforms I just outlined, from pensions to Medicaid to employee health insurance are important and they will help us save over $900 million. They will help us balance our budget this year and give us the opportunity to keep moving our state forward. But they’re even more important because if we don’t make these changes, we face a long-term fiscal catastrophe that will cripple our state and jeopardize our futures. This year’s budget offers an opportunity to bring long-term fiscal stability to Illinois. The first 2 years of my administration focused on getting our arms around an unprecedented fiscal crisis and doing it in a way that moved Illinois forward and didn’t raise taxes on the people. We did it by taking all of the steps we could to quickly reduce the size of government. We reduced the size of the workforce. We cut spending. We consolidated functions and agencies. We renegotiated contracts. We eliminated unnecessary office space. We reduced the size of the fleet. We centralized purchasing. We’ve taken as many steps as we could because in every place we can we are trying to run government more like a business. And after doing all of that, we are now in a position to go even further in bringing structural change by taking on the cost of pensions, the cost of Medicaid, the cost of employee health insurance and by continuing to adopt new practices that will lead to a more efficient and effective government. I think there are four ways we can make government more efficient: make sure we don’t spend money 09400015.doc 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 we don’t have, consolidate our assets into one place, question… question whether we need to do everything we currently do and discontinue the practice of the unexamined spending of taxpayer money. Now, there are… now, there are a lot of people who think more revenue would solve all of our problems. Revenue in this fiscal year will be more than $25 billion. I’ll be the first one to tell ya, I wouldn’t mind havin’ a little extra money lying around. But our real problem isn’t the lack of revenue. It’s the uncontrolled growth of spending in areas of government that have literally taken on a life of their own. It’s that kind of uncontrolled spending is what runs up deficits. And one way… one way to control spending is to adopt a system of pay-as-you-go. The idea is really very simple. If any of us… any of us propose new spending, whether it’s the Governor, Members of the Legislature, Constitutional Officers or anyone else, we should identify how we are going to pay for it. Is there a dedicated revenue source? Is there a corresponding spending cut? Where is the money going to come from? What are we going to do to make sure the numbers all add up, so the red ink stays dry? Nine other states already do this. It’s what most families do when they balance their own checkbooks. And it’s too bad we didn’t have a rule in… a rule like this in place when all of the pension sweeteners were granted. Because if it had been in place, our pension problems wouldn’t be nearly as bad as they are now. We should all want to hold the line on unnecessary and unaffordable spending. Adopting a 09400015.doc 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 pay-as-you-go system is the responsible way for our government to operate. And it’s the responsible way to treat the taxpayers’ money. Another way to be responsible with taxpayers’ money is to look at the major costs we face each year and try to find long-term solutions to contain them. One example is the cost of crime. Every time a crime is committed, the people of Illinois pay in a number of different ways. From the terrible human cost placed on victims and their families, to higher prison costs, to higher law enforcement costs, to the deterrent effect crime has on the economy. Right now, nearly 55 percent of prisoners end up right back in the prison system. This year, 42 thousand inmates will be released from prison and unless we do something, more than half will be right back in the system within 3 years. We spend $21 thousand each year to house an adult inmate in our prison system. At that rate, the returning 20 thousand-plus prisoners, the statistics tell us the state is about to get reacquainted with, will cost us $420 million each year. But far worse than that, in between prisons stays, they’re out there committing more crimes and hurting more people. One of the best ways to fight crime is to keep people from committing crimes. In 2004… in 2004 we reopened the Sheridan Correctional Center as a national model drug treatment prison; 950 prisoners are receiving drug treatment and job training that they would not otherwise receive. So far… so far, the results are promising. It's still early, but the rate of recidivism is down 55 percent. We need to try to 09400015.doc 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 replicate that success throughout the entire prison system. That's why I'm convening a group of civic leaders and elected officials from across Illinois to look at the prison system and develop ways to reduce recidivism. It could take the form of increased educational opportunities, like getting a GED. It could take the form of providing more job training and there are other ideas as well. We've spoken with a number of people who are interested in participating. They come from a broad spectrum, ranging from the Reverend Jesse Jackson to state’s attorney Kevin Lyons from Peoria. I'm sure there are many in this chamber who’d be interested in working with us on this issue. We are interested in working with you and we would like to start this afternoon. So, if you’re interested, come to our office and let us know. We are eager to start working on this right away. In order to build… in order to build on our success of reducing the size of government and saving the taxpayers money, we need to keep asking questions. For example, do we really need as many state agencies as we have right now? We've already seen the benefits of consolidation: fewer administrative costs, greater efficiency, better coordination, all helping to save taxpayers money. So far, we've consolidated nearly 20 state agencies and departments, but I think we can do even more. So, I'm going to ask our working group to look at how many agencies we need and see how much further we might be able to go. And speaking of consolidation, consolidating functions within State Government to bring 09400015.doc 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 greater efficiencies shouldn’t stop with state agencies. We are one state, one government, and yet we have 650 special purpose funds. Special purpose funds are created to help a special purpose and their intent is good. The problem is they serve limited interests not the broad public interests. Right now, they exist with a collective surplus and each year, many of them generate new surplus revenue. That’s money we could invest in our schools. I propose we pool the balance of the special purpose funds and use whatever the funds don’t need to help our schools. Each special purpose fund would perform the exact same functions it does now. Each fund would have the same name and same purpose and each fund would have the same money it needs plus a reserve of extra money, just in case. I propose we create the School Endowment Fund and invest 420 million of the funds’ surplus balance in it. Every year for the next 3 years, we will have $140 million in new, recurring revenue that we can count on for schools. And after 3 years, a new surplus balance will have built up and that money can go to education as well. By doing this, we’re creating a new, recurring source of revenue for our schools. And I propose that, for the first time ever, we dedicate recurring revenue to early childhood education. I think they work for us. Now, our proposal would not apply to funds like the Road Fund, Bond Funds, Pension Funds and others. Using the existing, unneeded balances of the special purpose funds, however, is a way to use our existing resources… our existing resources to help our 09400015.doc 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 schools. Now, I know it took decades to create all of these funds. I know each fund has its supporters and that some will not wanna see the surplus go to education. But in tough times, you have to set priorities and our priority is education. And while we're on the topic, I'd like to say a few words about school funding. I’m proud to say that in the last 2 years we’ve given our schools a lot more money. In fact, over the last 2 years with your help… in fact, over the last 2 years of my administration, we’ve invested $1.1 billion in new school funding. We’ve invested more money in education in these last 2 years, despite historic budget deficits, than my predecessor did in the first 2 years of his term despite a booming economy and more money than his predecessor did while… during his first 5 years he was in office. And year after year, we’ve been fighting for education funding. Education spending under my administration, if we’re successful in this budget, will have increased by more than $2 billion from when I first took office. Before we started investing more money in our schools, almost 80 percent of school districts operated in deficit spending. Just 1 year later, with the help of our investments, the number of school districts operating in deficit spending fell to 45 percent. That’s an incredible change in just 1 year. Now, I oppose raising the income tax. I support investing more money in our schools. We’ve increased school funding by making education our number one spending priority. We squeezed the system as much as we could. We made cuts elsewhere, 09400015.doc 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 cuts that were not easy to make, but we made them because the money we spend on children is the best money we can spend. Many of you here support raising the income tax to provide more funding for schools. I applaud your commitment to the school children of our state. I respect your view. I respect your work and I agree with you that there’s an over reliance on property taxes to fund schools. The state should… the state should pay a larger share and that’s why we’ve been investing more money in the foundation level in the 2 years I’ve been Governor. But keep in mind, any proposal that swaps income taxes and property taxes still wouldn’t mean more total funding for schools unless taxes go up more than they go down. That approach puts the hard choices right back on the taxpayers. It makes them choose between putting away money for college or paying the mortgage. It makes them choose between buying new clothing for their children or putting more savings away for their retirement. State Government may be having tough financial times and yes, some school districts may be having tough financial times, but many of the working families of Illinois have experienced tough financial times too. They’ve been making hard choices. We signed up for our jobs to make sure their hard choices don’t get any harder. I know that, if we don’t raise income taxes and sales taxes, we will have to make more difficult decisions but then again, that’s what we’re supposed to do. If we stay the course and keep making the tough choices, we can continue to help our schools without 09400015.doc 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 placing the burden on the people we serve. We need to pass a capital Bill. We need… we need to build more roads, we need to build more schools, more facilities for our universities and we need to help the CTA and mass transit all across Illinois. We can do all of that. We can build roads. Build schools. Put people to work. We can create opportunity all around Illinois, in southern Illinois, in central Illinois, in Rockford and Rock Island. A capital Bill will help us do that. It will help us do things like construct the Technology Boulevard in Peoria and improve the Peoria Port District. Develop projects like the EIGER Lab in Rockford and the Rockford Airport. Projects like the Fifth Street Road Extension in Lincoln and the Illinois 173 Interchange in Machesney Park. Projects like Illinois Route 2 in Rockford and the new Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Campus. Projects… Ya liked that, huh, Representative Verschoore? Projects like the Galena Bypass and widening Illinois Route 13 to 6 lanes. Projects like building an interchange on I-57 in Coles County and a bridge on I-55 in Madison County. Projects like bringing a new Minor League baseball team to Illinois by building a baseball stadium in Marion. Projects like the Technology Education Center at Southern Illinois University. Projects like renovating the Science Building at Southern Illinois University’s Edwardsville campus and Governor's Parkway in Edwardsville. Projects like Route 4 in Sparta and U.S. Route 67 in Jerseyville. Projects like the U.S. 34 Extension in Monmouth and the Route 336 Western Bypass in 09400015.doc 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Macomb. Projects like the U.S. Route 67 improvement in Rushville and expanding U.S. Route 51 in Decatur. Projects like extending U.S. 67 from Jerseyville to Carrollton and building the Brush College Road Subway in Decatur. And as we open the nation’s best Presidential Library and Museum this April, let’s redevelop the Capitol complex surrounding it. Let’s support projects that on… not only improve state facilities like the Stratton Building but let’s beautify the entire Capitol complex and help make downtown Springfield everything it can be. Projects like adding four lanes for U.S. Route 50 in Richland County and building ‘Outerbelt West’ in Effingham. Projects like supporting the new Engineering Building at the University of Illinois and extending 4th Street in Champaign. Projects like the build… like building the Crop Processing Lab at the University of Illinois and funding the Rare Isotope Accelerator Science Center at Argonne National Labs. Projects like Northwestern’s Nanoscale Science Center and the Pfizer Lab Redevelopment in Skokie. Projects like improving Illinois 60 Townli… Townline Road in Lake County and funding CREATE in Chicago so we can expand the railroad industry. Projects like funding new construction for museums and cultural institutions to promote tourism, help our economy and promote the arts and make Illinois a better place to live in. Projects that you and the Legislative Leaders may think are important. I bet you got a few ideas yourselves. Maybe just a few. Projects… I’m for these projects and I’m for a lot more. 09400015.doc 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 We need a capital Bill to build more roads, help our universities, and we need a capital billed so… Bill so we can build more schools. A recent report from the Capital Development Board says our schools need more than $6 billion in new construction. Some schools have more kids than they have space. Other schools are so old, they’re crumbling. And we need a capital Bill to clean up our environment. We owe it to ourselves… we owe it to ourselves and we owe it to our children. That’s why I support earmarking 10 percent of any capital Bill you authorize for projects that help the environment. Projects like cleaning up contaminated sites at Lake Calumet, reducing emissions from school buses in Rockford, improving water quality across the state through the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program or extending the Brownfield Program in areas like Aurora, South Cook County, and the Quad Cities. However, none of this is possible… none of this is possible without a dedicated revenue source to pay for it. That’s the responsible way to fund construction. And here’s how we can pay for it. There's no single act that causes more damage, more destruction, and more health care costs than smoking. If we raise the cigarette tax by 75 cents and raise the tax on cigars, we can generate over $150 million each year in revenue. We can use that money to pay the debt service on a capital Bill. We can also use a portion of that money to provide health care to people who need it in the form of KidCare and FamilyCare. Raising the cigarette tax will help us provide more health care to 09400015.doc 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 people who need it. I wanna help the CTA. I hope you do too. I wanna help the CTA avoid service cuts and I’m for helping mass transit across Illinois. In this budget, I propose that we close two loopholes. One would help the CTA and mass transit; the other would help restore cuts at the Department of Natural Resources. Now, when it comes to mass transit, everyone here has an interest. If you’re from Chicago, you probably wanna help the CTA avoid service cuts. If you’re from downstate, you want more mass transit options. If you’re from the suburbs, you wanna protect mass transit funding. But we can't spend money we don't have. That's why I propose we close the canned software loophole and use that money for mass transit. The canned software loophole… the canned software loophole differs from every other loophole or tax incentive on the books because in this case we're competing against ourselves. Illinois is the only state in the nation… the only state in the nation with the canned software loophole. In Illinois, there are a handful of big corporations who don't pay sales tax on the computer software they buy. Individuals do and so do the 650 thousand small businesses across our state. Giving a tax break like that to a handful of big companies with big connections puts 99 percent of businesses in Illinois at a competitive disadvantage. This is a special interest loophole. It’s unfair to the working people of our state and it’s unfair to the small businesses of our state. We should close that loophole and use the money to help the CTA and help mass transit across Illinois. We 09400015.doc 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 also need revenue to fund more conservation programs. I support a recommendation from Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn to close the tax loophole on landfill gas. If we close this loophole, we could use the revenue to fund conservation programs and restore some of the reductions at the Department of Natural Resources. So if you’re serious about restoring funding to DNR, here’s a way to do it that’s fair and makes sense. Now, I've proposed a number of far-ranging reforms today; pension reform, Medicaid reform, employee health insurance reform and spending reform. In total, they represent a roadmap to fiscal solvency. They represent a way to make sure we stop spending money we don't have, stop paying for things we can't afford and start setting the right priorities that put the taxpayers first. If we embrace this plan, we can meet our obligations to state employees and people who need health care and we can end the cycle of structural deficits without forcing the hardworking people of our state to pay more in taxes. And if we embrace this plan, we can give the people of Illinois a budget they can believe in. A little while ago, I asked you to pass the Pay-As-You-Go Act. So let me practice what I preach and sum up for you how our budget for fiscal year 2006 works and how we pay for it. Our pension, Medicaid and employee health insurance reforms would save over $900 million this year. Our reforms would save the pension systems more than $100 billion over 40 years. The 900 million in savings, along with spending cuts at Central Management Services, better 09400015.doc 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 tax enforcement and more federal revenues would be used to eliminate the deficit. We can provide $140 million for schools each year by using the unneeded surplus balance sitting in our special purpose funds. We can build roads and schools, clean the environment and provide health care for 56 thousand more men and women and children by raising the tax on cigarettes and cigars. We can provide new funding for mass transit and bail out the CTA by closing the canned software loophole. We can increase funding for conservation and restore cuts to the Department of Natural Resources by closing a loophole on landfill gas. And we can do all of this: balance the budget, eliminate the deficit, invest more in schools, provide health care to people who need it, build roads, build schools, clean the environment and fund mass transit. All of this without raising fees, without raising the corporate income tax, without raising the personal income tax and without raising the sales tax. That has been the philosophy behind each of our budgets. Five simple points: don’t raise the income tax, don’t raise the sales tax, invest more in schools, invest more in health care and reduce the size and cost of government through major structural reform. By working together, we’ve been able to achieve just that. We’ve changed priorities and reformed the way government operates. And now we find ourselves at a seminal moment. It’s time to choose. Do we continue to conti… to shake up the system and bring fundamental change to State Government or do we allow ourselves to slide back into the old ways of 09400015.doc 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 waste, inefficiency and misplaced priorities? I want us to keep moving forward. The progress we’ve made over the last 2 years couldn’t have happened without you. The progress I wanna make can only happen with you. What I’m asking all of us to do is not easy. It’s hard. It means making tough choices. It means having the courage to say ‘no’ to friends. But it’s necessary and it’s the right thing to do. Let’s put aside the politics and trust the people. Let’s embrace the unique opportunity we all have. Make… take the heat… take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions knowing that we’re doing it to make things better for people. The people of Illinois expect us to change things. They need our best work. It’s for them that we’re here, for their families, their loved ones, their jobs, their futures, their hopes and their dreams. Thank you very much. It’s good to see all of ya. God bless you. Thank you.”

“House Bill 175, A Bill for an Act concerning children. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 212, a Bill for an Act concerning law enforcement. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 394, a Bill for an Act concerning visitations. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 406, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 414, a Bill for an Act concerning pollution control. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 433, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 487, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Vehicle cold… Code. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 488, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 509, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 511, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Third Reading of this House Bill.”

“House Bill 29, a Bill for an Act in relation to criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 215, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 374, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 382, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 415, a Bill for an Act concerning the military. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 444, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.” 09400015.doc 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005

“House Bill 467, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 529, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 598, a Bill for an Act concerning privileged communications. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Bill 386, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”

“House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and reading of House Bills-First Reading. House Bill 1571, offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1572, offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. House Bill 1573, 09400015.doc 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1574, offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning counties. House Bill 1575, offered by Representative Bill Mitchell, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1576, offered by Representative John Bradley, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. House Bill 1577, offered by Representative Joseph Lyons, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1578, offered by Representative Flowers, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1579, offered by Representative Flowers, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. House Bill 1580, offered by Representative Flowers, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1581, offered by Representative Cross, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1582, offered by Representative Dunn, a Bill for an Act concerning libraries. House Bill 1583, offered by Representative Boland, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1584, offered by Representative Boland, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1585, offered by Representative May, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1586, offered by Representative Lang, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1587, offered by Representative Lang, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1588, offered by Representative Lang, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1589, offered by Representative McGuire, a Bill for an Act in 09400015.doc 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 relation to State Government. House Bill 1590, offered by Representative Saviano, a Bill for an Act in relation to forest preserve districts. House Bill 1591, offered by Representative Saviano, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1592, offered by Representative John Bradley, a Bill for an Act concerning minors. House Bill 1593, offered by Representative Osterman, a Bill for an Act making appropriations. House Bill 1594, offered by Representative Osterman, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1595, offered by Representative Hannig, a Bill for an Act concerning telecommunications. House Bill 1596, offered by Representative Lang, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. House Bill 1597, offered by Representative Black, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 1598, offered by Representative Black, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1599, offered by Representative Beiser, a Bill for an Act concerning medical malpractice. House Bill 1600, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1601, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1602, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1603, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1604, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1605, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1606, 09400015.doc 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1607, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1608, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1609, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1610, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1611, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1612, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1613, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1614, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1615, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1616, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1617, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1618, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1619, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1620, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1621, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1622, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning safety. House Bill 1623, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1624, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1625, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1626, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1627, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1628, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1629, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1630, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1631, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1632, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1633, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1634, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1635, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1636, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 1637, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1638, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1639, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1640, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. House Bill 1641, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1642, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1643, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1644, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1645, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1646, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1647, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1648, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1649, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1650, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1651, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1652, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1653, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1654, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1655, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning 09400015.doc 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 business. House Bill 1656, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1657, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1658, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1659, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1660, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1661, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1662, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1663, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1664, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1665, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1666, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1667, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1668, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1669, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1670, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1671, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local 09400015.doc 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 government. House Bill 1672, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1673, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1674, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1675, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1676, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1677, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1678, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1679, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1680, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1681, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1682, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1683, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1684, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1685, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1686, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1687, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local 09400015.doc 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 government. House Bill 1668(sic-1688), offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1689, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1690, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1691, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1692, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1693, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1694, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1695, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1696, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1697, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1698, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1699, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1700, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government.”

Clerk Bolin: “House Bill 1701, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1702, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1703, 09400015.doc 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1704, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1705, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1706, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1707, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1708, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1709, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1710, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1711, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1712, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1713, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning technology. House Bill 1714, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning technology. House Bill 1715, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning technology. House Bill 1716, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning veterans. House Bill 1717, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning veterans. House Bill 1718, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning veterans. House Bill 1719, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning veterans. House Bill 1720, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning veterans. House Bill 1721, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1722, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1723, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1724, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1725, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1726, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1727, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1728, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1729, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1730, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1731, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1732, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1733, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1734, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1735, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1736, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1737, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1738, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1739, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1740, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1741, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1742, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1743, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1744, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1745, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1746, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1747, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1748, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1749, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1750, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1751, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 1752, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 1753, offered by 09400015.doc 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning urban problems. House Bill 1754, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1755, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning urban problems. House Bill 1756, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning urban problems. House Bill 1757, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning urban problems. House Bill 1758, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning urban problems. House Bill 1759, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1760, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1761, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1762, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1763, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1764, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1765, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1766, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1767, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1768, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1769, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning local government. House Bill 1770, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1771, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1772, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1773, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. House Bill 1774, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1775, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1776, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1777, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1778, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1779, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1780, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning recreation. House Bill 1781, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning recreation. House Bill 1782, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning recreation. House Bill 1783, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning recreation. House Bill 1784, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning recreation. House Bill 1785, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning recreation. House 09400015.doc 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Bill 1786, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. House Bill 1787, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. House Bill 1788, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1789, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1790, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1791, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1792, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1793, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1794, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1795, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1796, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. House Bill 1797, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. House Bill 1798, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. House Bill 1799, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. House Bill 1800, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife.”

Clerk Mahoney: “House Bill 1801, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. House Bill 1802, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning agriculture. House Bill 1803, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1804, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1805, offered by Representative Granberg, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. House Bill 1806, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1807, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1808, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1809, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1810, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1811, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1812, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1813, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1814, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1815, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1816, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1817, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1818, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1819, offered by 09400015.doc 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1820, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1821, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1822, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1823, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1824, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1825, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1826, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1827, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1828, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1829, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1830, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1831, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1832, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1833, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1834, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pensions. House Bill 1835, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 09400015.doc 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 1836, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1837, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1838, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 1839, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 1840, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1841, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1842, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1843, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1844, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning children. House Bill 1845, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1846, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1847, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1848, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1849, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1850, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1851, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1852, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an 09400015.doc 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1853, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1854, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1855, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1856, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1857, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning children. House Bill 1858, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1859, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1860, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1861, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1862, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning children. House Bill 1863, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1864, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning children. House Bill 1865, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1866, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 1867, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1868, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1869, offered by 09400015.doc 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1870, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1871, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1872, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1873, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1874, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1875, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 1876, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1877, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1878, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1879, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 1880, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 1881, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 1882, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 1883, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 1884, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1885, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning 09400015.doc 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 business. House Bill 1886, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1887, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 1888, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1889, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1890, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning pubic health and safety. House Bill 1891, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public health and safety. House Bill 1892, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning public health and safety. House Bill 1893, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1894, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1895, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1896, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1897, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1898, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1899, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1900, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning bioterrorism.” 09400015.doc 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005

Clerk Bolin: “House Bill 1901, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1902, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1903, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1904, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1905, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1906, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1907, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1908, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. House Bill 1909, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. House Bill 1910, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. House Bill 1911, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. House Bill 1912, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1913, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1914, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1915, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1916, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1917, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning gaming. House Bill 1918, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1919, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1920, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1921, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1922, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1923, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1924, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 1925, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1926, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1927, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1928, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1929, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1930, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1931, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1932, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1933, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1934, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1935, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1936, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1937, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1938, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1939, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1940, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1941, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1942, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1943, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1944, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1945, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1946, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1947, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1948, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1949, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1950, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1951, offered by 09400015.doc 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1952, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1953, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1954, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1955, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1956, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1957, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1958, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1959, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1960, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1961, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1962, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1963, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1964, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1965, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1966, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1967, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House 09400015.doc 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Bill 1968, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1969, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1970, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1971, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1972, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1973, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1974, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1975, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1976, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1977, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1978, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1979, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1980, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1981, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1982, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1983, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1984, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning 09400015.doc 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 elections. House Bill 1985, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1986, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1987, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. House Bill 1988, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1989, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1990, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1991, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1992, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1993, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1994, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1995, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1996, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1997, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 1998, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 1999, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2000, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education.” 09400015.doc 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005

Clerk Mahoney: “House Bill 2001, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2002, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2003, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2004, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2005, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2006, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2007, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2008, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2009, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2010, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2011, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2012, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2013, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2014, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2015, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2016, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2017, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an 09400015.doc 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Act concerning education. House Bill 2016(sic-2018), offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2019, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2020, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2021, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2022, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2023, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2024, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2025, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2026, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2027, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2028, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2029, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2030, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2031, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2032, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2033, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2034, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2035, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2036, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2037, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2038, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2039, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2040, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2041, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2042, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2043, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2044, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. House Bill 2045, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2046, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2047, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2048, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2049, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning economic development. House Bill 2050, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning economic development. House Bill 2051, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning economic development. House Bill 2052, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning economic development. House Bill 2053, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning economic development. House Bill 2054, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning economic development. House Bill 2055, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning economic development. House Bill 2056, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2057, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2058, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2059, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2060, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning business. House Bill 2061, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2062, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2063, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2064, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2065, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2066, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2067, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an 09400015.doc 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2068, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2069, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2070, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2071, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2072, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2073, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2074, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2075, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2076, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2077, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2078, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2079, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2080, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2081, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2082, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2083, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2084, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 100  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2085, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2086, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2087, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2088, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2089, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2090, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2091, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2092, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2093, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2094, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2095, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2096, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2097, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2098, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2099, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2100, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts.” 09400015.doc 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005

Clerk Bolin: “House Bill 2101, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2102, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2103, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2104, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2105, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2106, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2107, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2108, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2109, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2110, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2111, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2112, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2113, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning labor. House Bill 2114, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2115, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2116, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2117, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an 09400015.doc 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Act concerning employment. House Bill 2118, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2119, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2120, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2121, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning labor. House Bill 2122, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2123, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2124, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2125, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2126, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2127, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2128, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2129, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2130, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2131, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2132, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2133, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2134, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an 09400015.doc 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Act concerning labor. House Bill 2135, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning labor. House Bill 2136, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning labor. House Bill 2137, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2138, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2139, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2140, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2141, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2142, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2143, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2144, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2145, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2146, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2147, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2148, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2149, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2150, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2151, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 104  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning civil law. House Bill 2152, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2153, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2154, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2155, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2156, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2157, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2158, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2159, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2160, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2161, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2162, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2163, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2164, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2165, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2166, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2167, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2168, offered by Representative Madigan, a 09400015.doc 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2169, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2170, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2171, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2172, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2173, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2174, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2175, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2176, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2177, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2178, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2179, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2180, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2181, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2182, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2183, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2184, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2185, offered by 09400015.doc 106  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2186, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning medical malpractice. House Bill 2187, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning medical malpractice. House Bill 2188, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning medical malpractice. House Bill 2189, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2190, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2191, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2192, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2193, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2194, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2195, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2196, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2197, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2198, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2199, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2200, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2201, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning 09400015.doc 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 regulation. House Bill 2202, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2203, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2204, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2205, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2206, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2207, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2208, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2209, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2210, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2211, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2212, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2213, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2214, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2215, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2216, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2217, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2218, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2219, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2220, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2221, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2222, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2223, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2224, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2225, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2226, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2227, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2228, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2229, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2230, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2231, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2232, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2233, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2234, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2235, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2236, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2237, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2238, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2239, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2240, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2241, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2242, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2243, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2244, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2245, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2246, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2247, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2248, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2249, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2250, 09400015.doc 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government.”

Clerk Mahoney: “House Bill 2251, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2252, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2253, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2054(sic-2254), offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2255, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2256, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2257, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2258, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2259, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2260, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2261, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2262, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2263, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2264, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2265, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. 09400015.doc 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 House Bill 2266, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2267, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2268, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2269, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2270, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2271, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2272, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2273, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2274, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2275, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2276, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2277, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2278, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2279, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2280, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2281, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2282, 09400015.doc 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2283, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2284, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2285, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2286, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2287, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2288, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2289, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2290, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2291, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2292, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2293, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2294, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2295, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2296, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2297, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2298, 09400015.doc 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2299, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2300, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2301, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2302, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2303, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2304, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2305, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2306, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2307, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2308, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2309, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2310, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2311, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2312, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2313, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2314, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 114  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2315, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2316, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2317, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2318, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2319, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2320, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2321, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2322, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2323, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2324, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2325, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2326, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2327, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2328, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2329, offered by Representative Madigan, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2330, offered by Representative Holbrook, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. House 09400015.doc 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Bill 2331, offered by Representative Holbrook, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2332, offered by Representative Mautino, a Bill for an Act concerning land. House Bill 2333, offered by Representative Hoffman, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. House Bill 2334, offered by Representative Mitchell, Bill, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2335, offered by Representative Mautino, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. House Bill 2336, offered by Representative Acevedo, a Bill for an Act concerning mobile homes. House Bill 2337, offered by Representative Acevedo, a Bill for an Act concerning mobile homes. House Bill 2338, offered by Representative Acevedo, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 2339, offered by Representative Acevedo, a Bill for an Act concerning mobile homes. House Bill 2340, offered by Representative Acevedo, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2341, offered by Representative Scully, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2342, offered by Representative Joyce, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 2343, offered by Representative Hamos, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2344, offered by Representative Hamos, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2345, offered by Representative Hamos, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2346, offered by Representative Nekritz, a Bill for an Act concerning environmental protection. House Bill 2347, offered by Representative Nekritz, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 concerning transportation. House Bill 2348, offered by Representative Kosel, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2349, offered by Representative Leitch, a Bill for an Act concerning vehicles. House Bill 2350, offered by Representative Leitch, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2351, offered by Representative Leitch, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2352, offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning motor fuel. House Bill 2353, offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 2354, offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 2355, offered by Representative Brauer, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2356, offered by Representative Colvin, a Bill for an Act concerning domestic violence. House Bill 2357, offered by Representative Colvin, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2358, offered by Representative Colvin, a Bill for an Act concerning bail. House Bill 2359, offered by Representative Colvin, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2360, offered by Representative Mendoza, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2361, offered by Representative Miller, a Bill for an Act concerning education. House Bill 2362, offered by Representative Miller, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 2363, offered by Representative Miller, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. House Bill 2364, offered by Representative 09400015.doc 117  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 Miller, a Bill for an Act concerning government. House Bill 2365, offered by Representative Miller, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2366, offered by Representative Miller, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2367, offered by Representative Molaro, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 2368, offered by Representative Molaro, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. House Bill 2369, offered by Representative Molaro, a Bill for an Act concerning children. House Bill 2370, offered by Representative Molaro, a Bill for an Act concerning vehicles. House Bill 2371, offered by Representative Molaro, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. House Bill 2372, offered by Representative Molaro, a Bill for an Act concerning schools. House Bill 2373, offered by Representative Delgado, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. House Bill 2374, offered by Representative Jones, a Bill for an Act concerning health. House Bill 2375, offered by Representative Beiser, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. House Bill 2376, offered by Representative Brauer, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. House Bill 2377, offered by Representative Jones, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2378, offered by Representative Acevedo, a Bill for an Act making appropriations. House Bill 2379, offered by Representative Phelps, a Bill for an Act in relation to public employee benefits. House Bill 2380, offered by Representative Coulson, a Bill for an Act 09400015.doc 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 15th Legislative Day 2/16/2005 in relation to public health. House Bill 2381, offered by Representative Collins, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2382, offered by Representative Collins, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2383, offered by Representative Collins, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2384, offered by Representative Collins, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2385, offered by Representative Collins, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2386, offered by Representative Gordon, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2387, offered by Representative Bellock, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. House Bill 2388, offered by Representative Flider, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. House Bill 2389, offered by Representative Gordon, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2390, offered by Representative Nekritz, a Bill for an Act in relation to bicycles. House Bill 2391, offered by Representative Fritchey, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned.” 09400015.doc 119