Illinois House Floor Debate — May 18, 2005

“The hour of 12:00 having came and went, the Legislature will be in Session. We shall be led in prayer today by Reverend Darrell Bendorf with the Harvard Bible Baptist… Harvard Bible Church in Chemung, Illinois. Reverend Bendorf is the guest of Representative Franks. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones and pagers and rise for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor Bendorf.”

“We shall be led in the pledge by the Lady from Cook, Representative Krause.”

Speaker Turner: “Roll Call for Attendance. There are 113 Members… I should… no, I should say the Gentleman from Jackson, Representative Bost, for what reason do you rise?”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Democratic excused absences are Representatives Currie, Feigenholtz and McKeon.”

Speaker Turner: “Being 114 Members present, a quorum is present. We’ll proceed with business. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lyons, for what reason do you rise?” Lyons, J.: “Speaker, I rise for the purpose for a very important announcement. I’d like all Members if you could, to please give me your attention. Fellow Members, May 31… 09400052.doc 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 we have until May 31 to make any types of changes on our health care, our life, our dental insurance, our charitables. Christine Bell is back here today ‘til 3:00 from the Comptroller’s office. So, if you wanna make any type of change in your health, your life, your dental, your flexible spending plans, right in back of the conference room… the Speaker’s Conference Room, she’ll be there ‘til 3:00. Please take time to do this ‘cause we have to do it by the 31st of May and the clock is running. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from McHenry, Representative Franks, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege. I’d like…”

“State your point.”

“I’d like the General Assembly to welcome from Alden- Hebron High School, the senior class who came down and watched some committee meetings and to watching the General Assembly in… in Session. Thanks for being here.”

“Welcome to Springfield. The Lady from Lake, Representative May, for what reason do you rise?”

“Point of personal privilege.”

“State your point.”

“Yes, I’d like the Members of the House to help me welcome Steve Horn and his wife, Teresa, in the balcony. Steve is president of Local 822, the firefighters in Highland Park. And Tyler and Jacob are with them. And we have three Pages 09400052.doc 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 in the Horn family. We have Kylie, Elijah and Jamerson down front. Please welcome them.”

“Welcome to Springfield. The Lady from Cook, Representative Chavez, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On a point of personal privilege, I would like the General Assembly to welcome some friends that came from Mexico. They are over there, please, Salvador Gonzales, Airin Campa, Cenda Bautista. Thank you.”

“Welcome to Springfield. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative D’Amico, for what reason do you rise?”

“State your point.”

Speaker Turner: “Gotta win one for ‘im, too. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Miller, for what reason do you rise?”

“A point… point of personal privilege.”

“State your point.”

“Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly, today up in the gallery we’ve got students from Dunbar High School, if they could please stay up. I’d… we’d like to welcome them.”

“Welcome to Springfield.”

“If you noticed that they’re wearing yellow t-shirts, those yellow t-shirts are in regard to House Bill 750 which deals with educational funding reform, which will change the structural deficit here in the State of Illinois. We’d like… to make sure that they are standing up. To make sure that their schools are ade… adequately funded as opposed to…”

“That Bill’s not on the Calendar.”

“I know. But that’s the statement they made of part of our government, we should welcome them in making a statement today.”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Davis, for what reason do you rise?” Davis, W.: “Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker.”

“State your point.” 09400052.doc 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Davis, W.: “Also, we’d like to welcome schools from District 228, if they would stand. The Rich Township School District, as well as, students from Park Forest, Illinois, and the south suburbs who are also down here supporting House Bill 750, fighting for school funding reform, as well. Thank you.”

“Welcome to Springfield. The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black, for reason do you rise?”

“State your point.”

“On page 11 of the Calendar, Third Readings. You wanna write… you wanna write your message. The Gentleman from Champaign.”

“The Lady from Cook, Representative Lyons, for what reason do you rise?” Lyons, E.: “Point of personal privilege, please.”

“State your point.” Lyons, E.: “On behalf of all the Members of COWL, I’d like to thank everyone who participated in Capitol Capers last night. It was a huge success and that was because it was a team effort. And we really appreciated everyone’s participation. Thank you very much.”

“On the Order of Third Readings on page 11 we have Senate Bill 1221. Representative Meyer. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Meyer.” 09400052.doc 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Seeing no questions, the quest… the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Davis, for what reason do you rise?” Davis, W.: “Will the Sponsor yield?”

“He indicates he will.” Davis, W.: “Representative, I just… just kind of get some… some clarification on this. If a state trooper or police officer that has a radar gun, if he experiences problems or technical difficulties with his radar gun at the point at which he’s trying to find out if someone is speeding or not, does that constitute some kind of probable cause for him that he will immediately pull that car over and proceed with some kind search of that car to make sure that that’s not the case?”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Jackson, Representative Bost, for what reason do you rise?”

“Indicates he will.”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”

“Indicates he will.”

“Representative, your Bill doesn’t have a definition of ‘radar or laser jamming device’. Is there some definition of this phrase in law someplace?”

“For other vehicles the… I think, the statute refers to radar detectors and there may be a definition. I don’t think a law without a definition tells us much about what actual devices you’re trying to outlaw.”

“Where does that say it in the Bill, Sir?”

“And so, you would suggest that that’s the definition of a ‘radar or laser jamming device’?”

“You will admit it’s written a little differently than most Bills we have, where we have a clause that defines terms. So, it’s not…”

“…defined that way here.”

“So, would this be the same as what most of us would refer to as a radar detector?”

“How does it differ?”

“Who’s purposed this legislation? Is this some interest group?”

“Thank you.”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Giles, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield for a question?”

“Indicates he will.”

“Representative Meyer, I just wanna a little clarity. Are we talking specifically about radar devices more so than… than the detectors?”

“Device, jamming device.”

“Okay.”

“And… and that false reading is then given to…”

“…to the radar gun.”

“So, we’re talking about doing some damage to the radar gun?”

“Okay…”

“…foolin’… okay, okay… okay. So, the radar gun can be decep… deceived by a different speed?”

“Okay.”

“I… I gotcha… I got you. Could you just, ya know, for the record, could you tell me, is there… has there been any type of data compiled to the percentage of individuals that the State Police or any law enforcement officer may have with this particular type of scenario?”

“Do you know what is the average and I… I apologize, I wasn’t in that committee hearing. What is the average cost of these particular devices?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. Thank you, Representative. I… I plan to support your legislation.” 09400052.doc 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose, for what reason do you rise?”

“He indicates he’ll yield.”

“To the Bill.”

“The Lady from Cook, Representative Davis, for what reason do you rise?” Davis, M.: “Will the Sponsor yield?”

“He indicates he will.” 09400052.doc 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Davis, M.: “Well, for once I really do agree with Representative Rose.”

“It’s a new day.” Davis, M.: “Representative Rose makes some excellent points. Representative Meyer, can you purchase these, whatever the things are, can you purchase them legally?”

“To the Bill.” Davis, M.: “It is so sad, in my opinion, when we keep giving up our civil rights. It is so very sad when we are… here is another reason for the police to search your car. This is another reason for police to search your car. Once you’re stopped, there was a time you were either given a ticket, given a warning, but now we seem to be moving toward providing excuses for people to invade the privacy of your automobile. I do not believe that this Bill will deter those who choose to use this product erroneously. But I do 09400052.doc 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 believe, Mr. Speaker, that this Bill will be used to give policemen another reason to search someone’s vehicle. A person could be driving the vehicle of a relative. A son could be driving the vehicle of his or her parent. If we wanna make the device illegal, I will support that. But I find it very difficult to support legislation that makes a criminal out of a person who purchased a legal item. It’s not illegal and the rest of the United States has not made this an illegal item. I don’t think we need another piece of legislation to allow someone to invade the privacy of your vehicle with an unwarranted search. So, what were you searching for? Were you searching for drugs? No. Were you searching for a weapon? No. I was searching for that radar piece of equipment. I urge a ‘no’ vote.”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Parke, for what reason do you rise?”

“Gentleman asks leave to move the previous question. The question is, ‘Shall we have the previous question?’ All those in favor say ‘aye’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the previous question is put. Representative Meyer to close.”

Speaker Turner: “The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1221 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Younge. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there’s 74 voting 'aye', 34 voting 'no', 7 voting ‘present’. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Lady from Cook, Representative Mendoza, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in a point of personal privilege. Just would like to direct my colleagues to the gallery over here to my left. We have David Espinoza from Sandoval School, Elizabeth Elizondo 09400052.doc 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 from Evergreen School and Elba Reyes from CPS, also, visiting us in the gallery. You can give them a welcome. Thank you.”

“Welcome to Springfield. The Chair would like to announce that the last Bill was on Short Debate. In fact, the next couple of Bills are on Short Debate. So, we will refer to the rules of… of the Order of Short Debate. And so, there will be so many speaking for, so many speaking against on each Bill. The Bill that we’re about to call now is Representative Bellock’s Bill, Senate Bill 1235. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Lady from DuPage, Representative Bellock.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1235?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a 09400052.doc 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Parke, for what reason do you rise?”

“State your inquiry.”

Speaker Turner: “Representative, as soon as the Chair’s informed, I will inform you. In the meantime, I’m relying on Karnak.”

“On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1354, Representative Stephens. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Mr. Clerk, could you tell us the status of this Bill?”

“Representative, what do ya…”

“Take the Bill out of the record. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1461, the Gentleman from… Representative Washington, on 1461. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Washington.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 1461 was recommended by the National Kidney Foundation and it required that the Department of Public Health subject to appropriation or other available funding conduct a chronic kidney disease program. It creates a chronic kidney disease awareness, testing, diagnosis, and treatment program and describe the person and entity that will be served. Provides funds to collect certain data and permits certain data to be disclosed to various entities. And I ask my colleagues on the floor to join me in favorable vote of support and I’m open for any your questions.”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Parke, for what reason do you rise?”

“He indicates he will.”

“Representative, no, there is no funding source available, as you stated. But there is an outstanding precondition that warrants that this committee definitely, I mean, that this Assembly definitely support this particular legislation. And let me give you a few reasons why. Approximately, 20 million Americans have kidney disease. And the number of people developing kidney failure has doubled each decade for the last two decades. In 2001 alone in the State of Illinois there were about 400 thousand people who had kidney failure, some of our friends and neighbors which required dialysis or a kidney transplant to stay alive. It is estimated by 2010, an estimated 661,330 individual will have kidney failure. The annual cost of treating patient with kidney failure in the United States in more than $20 billion. In 2000, about the same number of people died with kidney failure as with breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.”

“I answered you.”

“Yes, Sir.”

“Thank you.”

“Okay.”

“And…”

“Representative, thank you for your cost consciousness because I share that view with you, also, and I totally agree. We… we don’t have and I’m hoping, Representative, that the overtime that I’ve been told that we’ll be down here to try to come to some agreement on how we’re gonna take care some of these needs, will not go until September. But, nevertheless, I… I hope to have the support of this full House concerning this important legislation.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Repres… Representative Lang, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, to rise in support in favor of the legislation. I do wanna point out to those who are concerned about the funding source that the Bill itself is subject to appropriation. Additionally, I would argue that we are the funding source for all the legislation we pass. 09400052.doc 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 So, we decide what we pay for. We decide what we don’t pay for. Not even the Governor decides that. We decide, a hundred seventy-seven Members of the General Assembly will decide what we pay for and what we don’t pay for. So, if you thing the Gentleman has a good Bill, I would suggest voting for it.”

“Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1461?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Bradley. Brady. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1491, Representative Meyer. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Meyer.”

“The Lady from Cook, Representative Davis, for what reason do you rise?” 09400052.doc 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Davis, M.: “Will the Sponsor yield?”

“He indicates he will.” Davis, M.: “Representative, what are the current laws in reference to that kind of fraud?”

“Mr. Clerk, are there any note requests for this Bill?”

“To the Bill.” 09400052.doc 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Davis, M.: “The current laws are adequate for punishing those who commit financial fraud. By continuing to increase penalties and I’m gonna repeat that, by… by voting out legislation to increase penalties, instead of staying in prison 3 years you now stay 7. That costs the state over $21 thousand per inmate. If you… if you stole $3 hundred from your employer, currently, the law says you spend ample time in prison but what we need to consider is restitution. If you’re stealing from your employer, you should be made to pay it back. But the penalty phase should remain the same. It doesn’t mean we’re tough on crime, it means we’re tough on taxes because our taxes will go to take care of some very able bodied people for some additional years. Those able bodied people could serve their adequate time, pay back what they stole, amount, and go on and work and take care of their families. We are going overboard in extending these penalties that is not reducing the kind of crime you’re attempting to reduce. I don’t want to pay extra taxes to keep people in prison 7 years instead of 4 years ‘cause they stole $3 hundred. I urge a ‘no’ vote.”

Speaker Turner: “The Lady from Kane, Representative Chapa LaVia, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?”

“He indicates he will.”

Chapa LaVia: “Representative Meyer, where is… what’s the genesis of the Bill?”

“Who was the genesis of the Bill?” 09400052.doc 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Than… thank you. And the other issue, I’ll go talk to the Senator about it, being the only other female that… on this side. Is… is a license plate considered a benefit? Because there was a local incident like that that somebody passed themself of… off as a veteran and received plates. Do license plates fall under the category of a benefit?”

“Thank you for you indulgence.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Bond, Representative Stephens, for what reason do you rise?”

“Representative Meyer to close.”

“The question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1491?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 109 voting 'aye', 4 voting 'no', 2 voting ‘present’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings… on the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1698, Representative Mathias. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.” 09400052.doc 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Mathias.”

“The Lady from DuPage, Representative Bellock, for what reason do you rise?”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Delgado, for what reason do you rise?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill.”

“To the Bill.”

“I… I, too, join my colleague, previous speaker in commending the Representative. Autism is something that… a disorder that is hitting our state and this nation in a way that is… you see the whole family, you’ll understand, that now until we can diagnosing this in the womb, where doctors are now starting to look at in volunteer patients to try to offset this… this sad disorder of autism. Knowing that we have to enhance all we can to know where all these families are located. We have ‘em in all of our districts. We have to start paying attention to the ec… educational and medical needs of these children as they get older. And so, I wanna commend Representative Mathias and inform that we’ve been trying our best to find more dollars here in the State of Illinois to bring attention to autism, as someone pointed out, affects one in every sixth… hundred and 66 births. And I would ask for a strong support on this piece of legislation.”

“The Lady from Cook, Representative Mulligan, for what reason do you rise?”

“Indicate he will.”

“Representative Mathias to close.”

“The question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1698?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1680, Representative Coulson. Wait, Mr. Clerk, hold. The Gentleman from Winnebago, Representative Sacia, for what reason do you rise?”

“State your point.”

“Welcome to Springfield. Mr. Clerk, we have Senate Bill 1680, Representative Coulson. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Lady from Cook, Representative Coulson.” 09400052.doc 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1680?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1723, Representative Lang. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. Recently, we passed a Bill called the Procurement of Domestic Products Act that had a goal of supporting American industry and Illinois workers by giving a preference for state agency purchasing for products manufactured in the United States. The definition, however, referred only to items for which final assembly occurred in the United States. But as we know the final assembly isn’t always the 09400052.doc 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 most important part of the manufacturing process. So, this Bill would simply open up competition by expanding the definition to include other items such as design, processing, packaging, etcetera or any other process that provides important value to the product. And so, I would ask your support on this Bill.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1723?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Hassert. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1734, Representative May. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Lady from Lake, Representative May.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1734 is a brilliant idea that came over from the Senate. It was actually requested by the driver’s education association in the state. It would require that the state disperse funds for driver’s education four times a year instead of what they’re doing annually. Get the funds to the local school district much more quickly. I’d be happy to answer any questions.” 09400052.doc 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1734?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Yarbrough. Ryg. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'no', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Representative Osmond on Senate Bill 1738. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Out of the record. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1751, Representative Miller. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Lady… Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 750… 1751 amends the Illinois Wage Assignment Act, employee wages that can be deducted in order to pay return debt… certain debts. I’d ask… it’s a technical change. I ask for a favorable vote.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1751? pass' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 09400052.doc 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1884, Representative Jakobsson. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Lady from Champaign, Representative Jakobsson.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 1884 reenacts provisions that are in the statutes allowing counties to create and operate juvenile delinquency programs and to spend county moneys in support of such programs. This was passed with Public Act 89-203 but in 1999 the Illinois Supreme Court struck down that Act as unconstitutional because it violated the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. So, this is actually just putting in our statutes something that was already passed before and it would be a great benefit to counties that have juvenile programs.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1884 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all… Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The 09400052.doc 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Gentleman from Cook, Representative Molaro, for what reason do you rise?”

“Point of personal privilege.”

“State your point.”

“I’d like to apologize to Representative Lyons, Eileen Lyons that is, right here in this Body, I wanna apologize. She did so much work and all the people that were in COWL worked so hard. However, I got my picture on the front page of the Journal-Register. And… but I do apologize for that ‘cause other people worked hard. But hey, that’s showbiz.”

“On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1907, Representative Mathias. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Mathias.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1907 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1931, Representative Miller. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Miller.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is not House Bill 750, I believe, correct?”

“You keep trying.”

“Anyway, what the… what Senate Bill 1931 does is a… is a compromise between the… in working with the Chicago Coalition of the Homeless, helps provide some technical changes and it help… helps provide the trans… transportation expenditures of who decides and what they need to look into for children that’ve been deemed homeless. I ask for a favorable vote.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1931 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 09400052.doc 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 1 voting 'no', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1639, Representative Black, 1639. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Gentleman requests that Senate Bill 1639 be tabled. Asks leave and leave is granted. Mr. Clerk, we have Senate Bill 1932, Representative Black. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Gentleman…”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Bond, Representative Stephens, for what reason do you rise?

“Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1932 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1967, Representative Flider. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Macon, Representative Flider.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1967 is an initiative of AARP. And it addresses the need for affordable senior housing by requiring the Department of Aging to use the recommendations of the Illinois Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan in their efforts to address the affordable housing needs of older adults. Affordable housing options are a key element in giving seniors a real opportunity to live and receive services in their communities. And this will insure that affordable senior housing is part of our restructuring of the longterm care system by incorporating it into the Older Adult Services Act by reference. The Bill passed the House, excuse me, passed the Senate unanimously. And I would appreciate your support.” 09400052.doc 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1967 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 1986, Representative Leitch. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Gentleman from Peoria, Representative Leitch.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House adopt… shall the House pass Senate Bill 1986?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Leitch. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 09400052.doc 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 ‘presents’. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 2032, Representative Reis. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Gentleman Jasper.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2032 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'aye', 1 voting 'no', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 2043, Representative Acevedo. Acevedo on 2043. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 403 (sic-2043) amends the State Employment Records Act. Provides that each state agency shall include in its annual report a description of the agency’s Hispanic employment plan and its bilingual employment plan, the financial data for the most recent fiscal year about the expenditures for the Hispanic and bilingual plans, the effectiveness of the plans, programs, methods or strategies developed by the agencies to meet the purpose of the Act. Reports on information about the agency’s Hispanic and bilingual programs that the agency received from the Department of Human Rights, Department of Central Management, the Auditor General or the Governor. Information about the agency’s studies and monitoring success about the increase of Hispanics and bilingual persons at the supervisory, technical, professional and managerial levels. And information about the agency’s budget allocations for the Hispanic and bilingual employment programs. I’d be happy to answer any questions.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 2043?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the 09400052.doc 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 2060, Representative Chapa LaVia. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Speaker. House Bill, I mean Senate Bill 2060, this legislation provides many forms of financial relief for… for our service men and women right now who will wear the uniform and make many sacrifices. As a veteran and vice-chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee, I feel it’s imperative for us to make our service men and women’s life easier and allow them to focus on jobs they must do. And not worry about petty things like cell phone bills or car leases or have extra weight placed on their shoulders by cutting off family’s utilities or kicking out of their homes. And I request a favorable vote. Thank you.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House adopt Senate Bill 2060?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Kosel. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby passed. We have Senate Bill 2066, Representative Brauer. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.” 09400052.doc 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Sangamon, I mean, the Gentleman from Menard, Representative Brauer.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2066 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 2091, Representative May. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Lady from Lake, Representative May.”

“Yes, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This actually asks the Department of Public Health to make available the department’s website information directing them, anyone who should log on to ongoing clinical trials. 09400052.doc 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Whether they be from the National Institute of Health, those sponsored by academic researchers and those sponsored in the private sector. Following the lead of Representative from Vermilion, I had a similar Bill because I’d heard from constituents after Vioxx and other… other drugs were approved on the market. They wanted more information. So, this Amendment that we added in the House addresses the concerns of our fine universities and the pharmaceutical companies and makes it basically an agreed Bill that will help the public get information about clinical trials. I’d be happy to answer questions.”

“The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Parke, for what reason do you rise?”

“She indicates she will.”

“It really doesn’t matter for this. We’re just putting those… their results on the website. Linking them to www…”

“All results are now actually required that there was a Federal Law, the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. So, 09400052.doc 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 before that only life-threatening illnesses were reported, the clinical trials on that. And now everything needs to be. I don’t think that…”

“Because we want to get more information through the people who log onto the Department of Public Health’s website.”

“This basically is asking the Department of Public Health to link up to www.clinicaltrials… www.clinicaltrials.gov, to make it easier for people to find the information.”

“Thank you.”

“Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 2091?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 14 in the Calendar, we have… all right… out of the record. On the Order of Third Readings on page 11 in the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 834, Representative Moffitt. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Knox, Representative Moffitt.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is… The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Parke, for what reason do you rise?”

“He indicates he will.”

“The Lady from Cook, Representative Mulligan, for what reason do you rise? Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 834?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there 09400052.doc 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 11 of the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 767, Representative Froehlich. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Froehlich.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House adopt Senate Bill 767?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Gordon. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'aye', 2 voting 'no', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 635, Representative Pritchard. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Dekalb, Representative Pritchard.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 635?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 559, Representative Sacia. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Gentleman from Winnebago, Representative Sacia.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 559?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 516, Representative Mathias. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Mathias.”

“Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall House Bill… Senate… shall Senate Bill 516 pass?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have… have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, page 12 of the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 1752, Representative Patterson. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Patterson.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 1752 amends the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure regarding the amount of wages subject to collections under the wage deduction order. Under current law, the Illinois wage garnishment statute exempts 45 times the federal minimum wage per week from garnishment. However, there is a disconnect between the minimum wage that the state mandates and the minimum wage that is mandated by Federal Government. The minimum 09400052.doc 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 wage by state is $6.50. The minimum by federal is $5.15 or there abouts. This particular Senate Bill requires the higher minimum wage to be used. And as a result of that, the formula will allow the person to take home more money to be used for household use than the previous method of using the lower… minimum wage, the federal minimum wage amount. So, Mr. Speaker, I will answer any questions.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1752?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 11 of the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 477, Representative Mathias. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Mathias.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 477?' All those… all in… all in favor should vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 529, Representative May. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Lady from Lake, Representative May.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Senate Bill 529 is a trailer Bill to the Grandparents Act which the Governor signed last year. There were ten pages… ten different occasions, ten different times in our State Laws where we found a very offensive reference to illegitimate child. So, this Bill changes the references to ‘illegitimate child’ to ‘child born out of wedlock’ and from ‘legitimate child’ to ‘lawful child’. I met a grandmother who is… who was pushing for this passage. She felt it stigmatized her grandchild and I agree. It’s common sense that we do this and get rid of 09400052.doc 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 this offensive term in our statutes. It passed unanimously out of the Sen… Senate. Also, flew out of committee and I ask for an ‘aye’ vote.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 529?' Just a moment. The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black, for what reason do you rise?”

“You’re setting a good example for us here. Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 529?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'no', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On 09400052.doc 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 page 10 of the Calendar, we have House… Senate Bill 471, Representative Patterson. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Patterson.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just one moment. Thanks again, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 471 basically adds ‘funds’ to be part of the definition of ‘government property’. If you recall House Bill 1434 which passed unanimously out of this House, was… made government property a felony with increased penalties. So, Senate Bill 0471 simply adds ‘government funds’ to that definition of ‘government property’. So with that, Mr. Speaker, I will answer any questions. Thank you.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 471?' All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. Opinion of the Chair is the ‘ayes’… should say all those will vote ‘aye’ or vote ‘no’. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall… Cultra. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is declared passed. On the Order of Third… Third Readings, we have House… Senate Bill 463, Representative Black. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.” 09400052.doc 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black.”

“State your inquiry.”

“Mr. Clerk, could you tell us what Amendments are on the Bill?”

“The question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 463?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted 09400052.doc 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 52, Representative Granberg. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Clinton, Representative Granberg.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 52 expands the definition for exemption from the Freedom of Information Act for proprietary information. So, they… private investment firms, venture capital firms do not have to disclose proprietary or confidential information if a public pension system is investing… investing in that venture capital firm. There is no opposition and in fact, the Illinois Press Association removed their opposition on the agreed Amendment. And I’d be happy to answer any questions.”

Speaker Turner: “Seeing no questions… The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose, for what reason do you rise?”

“He indicates he’ll yield.”

“No, we have reached an agreement, Representative Rose, with the Illinois Press Association. The group’s addressed their concerns because they… they thought the legislation was too broad that it’d be… too much would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. So, they limited its scope where it’d be detrimental to that private group.”

“They actually had opposition this year in the Senate. I don’t remember them being neutral last year, Representative.”

“Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 52?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. There are 111 voting… 112 voting 'aye', 3 voting 'no', and 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have Senate Bill 445, Representative Fritchey. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

Speaker Turner: “The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Fritchey.” 09400052.doc 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Thank you, Speaker, Members of the Comm… Members of the Body. Senate Bill 445 is part of the numerous initiatives that we’ve seen down here to deal with the issue of identity theft. It would prohibit the placement of Social Security numbers on various university documents. I would like to clarify for purs… purposes of legislative intent, though, that we wanna clear that the Bill is targeted towards student, faculty and staff ID cards, food service cards or other similar documents that students need to access university services. We’re aware that some state and federal financial aid documents and various internal university documents require the use of the student’s Social Security number. This language is not intended to impact those items. What it is intended to do, though, is protect students from having their personal information, Social Security numbers unnecessarily put out there into the public domain thus sus… making them susceptible to becoming a victim of identity theft. We know of no opposition to this and we request an ‘aye’ vote.”

“Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House adopt Senate Bill 445?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Younge. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have 09400052.doc 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Senate Bill 554, Representative Gordon. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Lady from Grundy, Representative Gordon.”

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. Senate Bill 554 is an initiative of the Kankakee County Sheriff, Tim Bukowski. He came to myself and Senator Halvorson across the hall, to… to be able to give counties the ability the start a reentry court program for nonviolent offenders and I wanna repeat that, nonviolent offenders. These would be people who would be convicted of and in prison for small time possession of drugs or retail theft or driving revokes. And in the last year of their sentence, they would come back to the county they were sentence out of and Kankakee County wants to be a pilot program for this. But to come back to the county they were sentenced out of for training and education and job placement services. Kankakee Community College is involved with this, as well as, the court services. Chief Judge Clark Erickson is a supporter of this legislation. I’m interested in it personally because it would, in effect, lower the number of victims of crimes. I consistently have been the voice for victims during my career as an attorney and continued to be that while sponsoring this type of legislation. It is a fact that when a string of burglaries occurs in any of our towns, the first people that our police officers look at are the ones that are on parole and 09400052.doc 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 just got out of prison. When people are taught not to go back to that type of life and have the skills to get a job and become productive citizens, we can keep these crimes from occurring. I’d be happy to answer any of your questions but I would urge an ‘aye’ vote. Thank you.”

“The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose, for what reason do you rise?”

“She indicates she will.”

"It’s… it’s… it’s permissive language, Representative. The county board would have to vote for it and approve it.”

"Then… then it doesn’t happen. I mean, the counties choose whether or not they want to do this.”

"So, if they don’t… if there’s… if they have a jail that they don’t have room in, obviously, that’s not a place for this type of program to occur. So, they don’t do it.”

"Pardon, it does, it does…”

"And the county would be able to do contracts with the Department of Corrections and would try and get some grant moneys to pay for this. But you and I both know that it costs less money to keep an inmate in a county jail for a day then it does in the Department of Corrections. And so, it’s a cost-saving measure as well.”

“Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 554?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 109 voting ‘no’… I mean, voting 'aye', 6 voting 'no', 0 ‘presents’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Joe Lyons in the Chair” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Mr. Clerk, on page 11 of the Calendar is Senate Bill 849, Representative Gordon. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“The Chair recognizes the Lady from Grundy, Representative Gordon.”

"Thank you, again, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 849 amends the Abused and Neglected Longterm Care Facility Residence Reporting Act. Right now, 09400052.doc 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 whenever there is a problem in a facility, it automatically has to go to the State Police and the Inspector General. This legislation allows the local law enforcement people to become involved with the problems at private longterm care facilities. We’ve had some discussion on it in committee but I do believe it is a… is a good Bill. The Department of Human Service, Inspector General, the Public Health, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the State Police are all proponents of this Bill. And I would also ask for your ‘aye’ vote.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Is there any discussion on Senate Bill 849? Seeing none, the question is, 'Should Senate Bill 849 pass?' All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 115 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting ‘present’. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, on page 12 of the Calendar is Senate Bill 1443. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1443, I have 1444. Senate Bill 1443 and 44 do two… do… hold on just a minute. Senate Bill 1443, I present this Bill on behalf of the clerks of this 09400052.doc 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 State of Illinois. What this Bill does is it allow, with the approval of the county board, the clerk’s fee to be raised to a maximum of $15. Currently, the fee that the clerks charge is anywhere from $1 and it had a max of $5. This would allow the fees for court costs to… to deal with document retention, to go up to a max of $15. This charge, though, cannot be passed on without the approval of the county boards. And there are no opponents to this particular piece of legislation. And I move for the adoption of it.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from McHenry, Representative Franks.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “To the Bill.”

“I respect what the Gentleman’s trying to do, but enough is enough when you’re socking it to the taxpayers here. The old adage, ‘Never underestimate the greed of government.’ This is a perfect example of this. What they’re trying to do is triple the amounts for the fees that can be charged when you file a new suit. Let me tell ya, whenever we passed a Bill to allow people to go up to the maximum, they always do. Like in McHenry County, they… we allowed them to bring up the fees, I think it was 2 years ago, over many of our objections. And I know that I was in court a couple weeks ago and to change a number on a pleading, they charged $25 for that and then a $10 mailing fee because we gave them the ability to move these fees up. Now, this was something they had the court number on. They 09400052.doc 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 had the line number. It certainly didn’t cost $35 worth of people time to do it, but they charged it because they could. Now, if we allow them to continue to do this, this is gonna lock the courthouse out for a lot of small business and for other people because we’re gonna continue to keep adding fees and costs on that are unnecessary, undocumented and I… this… this is a tax. It is a tax on doing business and I think we have to draw the line here. And I’d ask you all to vote ‘no’.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Bill Black.”

“Representative, I’ve been here… this will be my 25th year and I don’t recall it happening in the last 15.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

“That is correct.” 09400052.doc 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I commend the previous speaker. I think he pretty much said it all. As I say, today, with the technology changes and the requirement by the courts that these clerks hold onto all of this 09400052.doc 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 documentation, it has posed a problem. I think this fee is a nominal fee and that, again, it has to have the approval of the county board. And so, I move for the adoption of Senate Bill 1443.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The question is, 'Should Senate Bill 1443 pass?' All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Granberg. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 75 Members voting 'yes', 37 Members voting 'no', 3 voting ‘present’. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, on page 12 of the Calendar is Senate Bill 1444. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is very similar to the first Bill only it puts back in a provision that was deleted from the first Bill which allows the… the costs to be passed to those people who have been charged with a petty offense, moving violation in the counties with population between 650 thousand and 3 million. And that’s… again, this increase would have to be supported by the county board and passed on by the county board. The maximum level would now go up to the $15 which the previous 09400052.doc 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Bill increased to. And I move for the adoption of Senate Bill 1444.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Any questions from the Members? Seeing none, the question is, 'Should Senate Bill 1444 pass?' All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 74 Members voting 'yes', 39 voting 'no', 2 voting ‘present’. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Members, we will be moving Bills now from Second to Third starting on page 14. So, if you have a Bill that you want move, certainly give me the indication that you do. If you don’t, give me that indicator also. On page 14 is Senate Bill 25, Representative Froehlich. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Speaker. To the Amendment, to the Sponsor, I just really want to say… the Amendment takes a Bill that was exactly right in concept but technically flawed and brings everything exactly right and makes it a very good piece of legislation. I’d… I’d be remiss if I just didn’t tell Representative Black, you’re gentleman, you’re a good guy. People down here tend to fight for the sake of fighting. I brought something up in good faith. You quickly responded in good faith. That’s how this process should work and I thank you for that.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Any further discussion? Seeing none, the question is… all those in favor of adopting Floor Amendment #2 say ‘aye’; those opposed ‘no’. In the opinion of the 09400052.doc 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. Amendment #2 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. 519… Senate Bill 519 adds a new section to the Public Aid Code that requires the Departments of Human Services and Health Care and Family Services to join… convene… to jointly convene the interagency taskforce to conduct a thorough review and analysis of policies and procedures concerning applications and determinations of eligibility for cash assistance, food stamps, and medical assistance under Public Aid. The Amendment relates to the issues raised by the provisions of my original House Bill and at this point we have more comprehensive in-house view and analysis. And at this point, I would answer any questions.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Terry Parke.”

“I’m sorry, could you repeat that question, Representative?”

“That is correct. I… some questions that come up in committee and the Amendment was clarifying in terms of who would serve, who were the agencies that would serve on the taskforce and to make sure the analysis encompassed 09400052.doc 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 barriers encounter by the applicants, interview requirements, applications. Before we had a real fiscal problem with this and this… cleared that out by just creating the… the taskforce interagency.”

“That would done through the… give me one second. We don’t have a number on that at this point. And that’s a very good question because I would… I thought we had a breakdown of numbers. But what it will do between Departments of Human Services and Health Care and Family Services, formerly Public Aid, at that point, they would bring in the… the corresponding persons of their agencies that understand the policies and procedures and applications of determinations. This, Representative, is aiming at creating that the determinations when someone has public aid, an example that was given, that when a child is removed from the home… Well, let spac… try to stay specific to your question.”

“These would be the individuals that understand determinations. Right now, when someone loses their aid, there’s too much time between the time they get their aid back and the determi…”

“We don’t know…”

“No, these would be agency people who are from these departments, an interagency taskforce between both agencies and these would be the bureaucrats, liaisons that we utilize in the Human Services Committee.”

“No, not that… not that I know of, no. They’re under their regular status as agency now.”

“Thank you and I appreciate that question, Representative.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Seeing no further questions, all those in favor of Floor Amendment #1 signify by saying ‘yes’; those opposed say ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 519 is passed. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speak… Representative Will Davis was gonna handle that Bill and I’m not sure Representative Davis is on the floor at the moment.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Representative, we’re at Senate Bill 1699 and there’s an Amendment. The Chair recognizes Will Davis, Representative.” 09400052.doc 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Davis, W.: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 1699 was the Bill that we actually moved back to Second to do a little work on it. And what we’re trying to create is the Illinois Steel Development Working Group which is a little different than a formal… a board. But essentially, the Steel Development Working Group will be established. It… and its job will be to promote increased research, marketing, and use of American steel. Also, particularly here in the State of Illinois, the working group shall be composed of the following members: the director or secretary or his or her designee from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Capital Development Board, Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois tollway… Toll Highway Authority and four Members of the General Assembly, one appointed from each of the Leaders. Again, it’s objective will be to examine the steel industry and figure out ways to continually promote the steel industry, particularly here in the State of Illinois and the Village of Riverdale, which is in my district. I’ve got a company called ISG, a steel company called ISG which is doing great things in the Village of Riverdale. It’s currently trying to undergo an expansion where they can hire a couple more hundred people. So, this board will help to promote their activities, as well as, other activities in the State of Illinois. So, this Amendment is designed to create this working board. It’s all new language. I’ll be happy to answer any questions.” 09400052.doc 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Speaker Lyons, J.: “The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Cook, Representative David Miller.”

“Will the… will the Sponsor yield?” Speaker Lyons, J.: “He indicates he will.”

“You had said, Representative Davis, you said that the genesis of this Bill was what?” Davis, W.: “The Bill was given to me, of course, it was init… initially brought to Representative McKeon. I am a cosponsor on this Bill. This is an initiative of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Again, designed to promote the steel industry in American steel, also, but particularly here in the State of Illinois where we have some steel mills here in the state.”

“The composition of the board, can you comment on that?” Davis, W.: “Again, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity will have a representative, the Capital Development Board, the Illinois Finance Authority, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Toll Highway Authority and then each of the Mem… Leaders of the General Assembly will have the opportunity to appoint a… a Member, as well. Further on in the legislation, it says that the working group may consult with various groups including, but not limited to our state universities, labor organizations, representatives of the Illinois Steel Industry, representatives of…” 09400052.doc 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Just to cut to the chase. Is it… is it the purpose of more to exactly where… where are we going with the steel market?” Davis, W.: “I’m sorry.”

“Is the purpose of this is to just to determine a direction of where we’re going with steel here in the State of Illinois?” Davis, W.: “Well, I’m… I’m sure that’s… that’s a part of the purpose to determine where we’re going with steel here in Illinois but, you know, to take a, I guess, more or less like a market study of the industry, as well, to see how we can better promote Illinois steel and determine where the… I’m sure that’s a part of it will be the… the… determining where the market is for steel and how the steel industry is going and whatever trends may exist but yes, to answer your question, yes.”

“Yeah, to the Amendment. A few years ago when I, believe when I first got in, Keystone Steel… I believe in Representative Mautino’s district had… had… Representative or former Representative Slone had faced some serious cutbacks. And there was some legislation to help deal with their particular situation. Representative Will Davis is absolutely correct. Riverdale and south suburban communities used to be a hub of steel activity here in the State of Illinois and because of the change of in the environment and economic climate, that is no longer a fact. ISG in which he mentioned in his comments, is one of the steel mills that are still there and trying to provide a 09400052.doc 100  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 economic base in our community. So, any legislation that would help our region in… in… in a historic sense of what used to be to try to help make sure the direction of steel industry here in the State of Illinois is to be commended and… and… would urge adoption of this Amendment. Thank you.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Any further discussion on Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1699? Seeing none, the question is… all those in favor vote ‘yes’; all those opposed ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair is the ‘ayes’ have it. Floor Amendment #1 is adopted to Senate Bill 1699. Anything further on that Bill, Mr. Clerk?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is simply… actually this Amendment replaces the… Amendment #2. There was an error that we made in adopting Amendment #2 and had bypassed Amendment #1. So, this incorporates all those changes. Technical Amendment. I know of no opposition.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Is there any discussion on Floor Amendment #3? Seeing none, ‘Should Floor Amendment #3 be amended to House Bill 3687?’ All those in favor signify by saying ‘yes’; those opposed vote ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. And Floor Amendment #3 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Amendment #2 provides that if a person who gives or donate or bequeaths money or other properties to the Department of Children and Family Services for the benefit of children, provides in writing that the money or property is for a specific purpose then the department can only use the money or the property for that purpose. For example, if a person indicates that that money is only for the child’s education fund, that is the only purpose that that money can be used for. And currently, there is no language in statute that prevents the… the department from using moneys or properties that is specifically dedicated to children for other purposes. And also, it talks… the Amendment goes on to say that all youth that are emancipated the department will be able to give them $15 hundred for the purpose of promoting a transition from the Department of Children and Family Services to some type of independent living without going out on their own with no place to go and no moneys in their pockets. And there’s provisions there as to… they have to take a class before they get the money, so they can be, kind of, prepared as to… to be able to go out on their own to live 09400052.doc 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 independently. And the fiscal impact of House Bill 258 before amended… House Amendment #2 was $15.5 million per year but as a result of putting Amendment #2 it brings it down to a mere $750 thousand. So, and it is subject to appropriation. I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions you have in regards to Amendment #2 to House Bill 258.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Any discussion on Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 258? Seeing none, ‘Should the… Amendment #2 be adopted to House Bill 258?’ All those in favor signify by saying ‘yes’; those opposed say ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted to House Bill 258. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?”

“Thank you, Speaker. Yes, Amendment #4 addresses an issue as far as the responsibility and the authority of Regional Superintendents of the State Board of Education for action that can be taken to remove someone possibly from being around the children in the school, if they have been as far as sexual offenses against children. And Amendment #4 addresses that situation.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Any questions on Floor Amendment #4 to House Bill 2002? Seeing none, the question is, ‘Should Floor Amendment #4 be adopted to House Bill 2002?’ All those in favor signify by saying ‘aye’; those opposed say ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. And Floor Amendment #4 is adopted to House Bill 2002. Any further… any further Amendments?”

“Thank you, Speaker. I would like to adopt this Amendment and then I would like to hold the Bill on Second Reading. The Amendment reflects substantial work that we’ve done over the last several weeks with representatives of state agencies, the Governor’s Offices, universities, as well. So, the Bill in this form would exempt small purchases from requirements that the Ethics Board be involved, purchases under $10 thousand. It would require the people who are bidding for these opportunities to spend 25 percent of the total value of the award rather than a hundred percent. And it would give people who are determined to give a gift to an university or to a state agency maybe in exchange for getting their name put on the new science building, that those kinds of gift would be exempt from the bidding and other requirements. I would be happy to answer your questions and as I say, I want to 09400052.doc 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 continue working on the Bill. I know that the universities have some additional concerns and I believe some of them we can meet.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Bill Black.”

“Representative.”

“Representative, Amendment 2 to House Bill 476 ought to please you, because this Amendment… under this Amendment, those kinds of gifts would not be required to go through bidding procedures before the Ethic Commission.”

“That is correct. And as I said, I want to hold the Bill on Second…”

“…and continue discussions with them.”

“Isn’t this Representative Verschoore’s Amendment?” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Correct, Rep… Thank you, Representative. Representative Pat Verschoore on the Amendment.” 09400052.doc 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What the Amendment does is it adds to the Bill, the silver star, the gold star… people and one other one, here. Let me get that out. Bronze star, silver star and gold star to eligible spouses after their husbands… husbands or wives would pass away, to license plates. They were able to… to retain their license plates.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Is there any discussion on Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 1919? Seeing none, the question is, ‘Should Floor Amendment #1 be adopted?’ All those in favor signify by saying ‘yes’; those opposed say ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. And Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 1919 is adopted. Any further Amendments, Mr. Clerk?”

"Mr… Mr. Speaker, I had the wrong Bill there. I thought you were talking about 1666, 1919 is a… we had a… I thought we passed this Bill last year… like 203 (sic- 2003) where it gave the Gaming Commission the power to move a boat relocated within an area within five miles of its present thing. What this House Amendment presents… permits a riverboat casino currently licensed to operate on the Mississippi River to relocate to another location within or adjacent to the same community within five miles of location in which the riverboat is currently docked. It’s subject to approval by the municipality and the Gaming 09400052.doc 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Board’s approval. It’s not an expansion of gambling. It’s just a relocation of it. Thank you. Glad to answer questions.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black.”

"We… we…”

"We thought it was too, Representative. But recently, there was a Representative asked for an opinion and a state’s attorney gave the opinion that said that the Gaming Board due to the exact wording could not allow that to happen. So, they changed a few words in the Bill and that makes them happy and we can move… the Attorney General Office had that… had that request.” 09400052.doc 114  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

"They have. They’ve spent about four and a half million dollars so far. And they thought that they were gonna get the permission from the Gaming Board but then three of the members resigned or were taken off of it and the… the Attorney General didn’t feel that the language was such that they could do it. So, that’s the reason for the change.”

"They…”

"Yeah, well, that’s… Like you had said earlier, we thought we had the language in there. They… they had got the preliminary ‘okay’ from the Gaming Board to do the work that they’re doing now but then when it came down to actually issuing the license, the Attorney General issued this opinion. That said that… that they weren’t… they 09400052.doc 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 didn’t have the language in there to move it. So, that’s why… that’s why we have this language. She worked with the… the Gaming Board.”

"They thought they could but they figured it’d be faster to do it this way than to go through the legal procedures…”

"That’s why…”

"…that’s why they’re doing it this way.”

"Yeah. I wanna move… I want ‘em to adopt the Amendment and move it to Third, yes.”

"Not run on Third but to move…”

"Right.”

"Yep.”

"We did… we thought we had, too. Thank you.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of Order. I’m confused where we are. Are we on Second Reading or Third Reading? I’ve heard both.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Mr. Clerk.”

“So, that’s all I needed to know. Thank you.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Mr. Clerk, on page 4 of the Calendar is House Bill 1968. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. I’d ask your indulgence in passing this election shell Bill to our colleagues and comrades in the chamber across the rotunda. I think discussions are ongoing on whether and what changes should be made in state elections law. And I would appreciate your support for my Motion to pass House Bill 1968 which I believe, Mr. Clerk, is on Third Reading. I 09400052.doc 117  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 believe the Chair moved it to Third Reading and we’re now on a…” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Mr. Clerk, move this Bill to Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you, Speaker, same explanation, same Bill, same issue. I’d appreciate your support.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Bill Black.”

“I can’t give you any specifics, Representative. I can only say that we’ve seen a fair number of proposed changes in state election law. And I suspect that some of those and other items that have come from, for example the county clerks, would be the subject of further discussion.” 09400052.doc 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Representative, I can’t speak to who might the participants be, but I’m sure there will be.”

“Well, Representative, maybe we…”

“Representative, let me just say, I would… I would seriously doubt that I would do that. Although, it might be a very good idea.”

“Representative, that is not the intent behind this Bill.”

“I think that would take the conti…”

“That would take actually a Constitutional Amendment and that’s not what House Bill 1968 is.”

“Thank you, Speaker. This is a shell Bill. We’ve done very few of them this season. I would certainly appreciate your ‘yes’ votes.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The question is, 'Should House Bill 1968 pass?' All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Collins. Representative Giles. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 61 Members voting 'yes', 55 voting 'no', 0 voting ‘present’. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, on House… on page 4 of the Calendar is House Bill 2048, House Bill 2048. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you. House Amendment #1… this used to be a shell Bill and we took it over and what it does now is meetings of the board of directors of residential not-for- profit homeowners associations will now also be included, as well as, cooperative not-for-profit corporations. This came to me from a constituent over practices of his homeowner’s association because currently, there are no protections for homeowner’s associations in the statute. This is supported by the realtors. Be glad to answer any questions.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Parke.”

“It was brought… it was brought directly to me by a constituent.”

“Uh huh.”

“I hadn’t talked to them but it was up in committee and nobody slipped in except the realtors.”

“No, Sir.”

“Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This Amendment would just extend… extend a TIF district in… in the City of Mt. Vernon. My understanding is that Representative Granberg had letters from the appropriate local agencies supporting that decision. So, I would urge support for the Amendment.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Are there any questions on Floor Amendment #2? Seeing none, the question is ‘Should Floor Amendment 09400052.doc 122  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 #2 to House Bill 2151 be adopted?’ All those in favor signify by saying ‘yes’; those opposed say ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted to House Bill 2151. Anything further on the Bill, Mr. Clerk?”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentleman. House Bill 2275 amends the State Prompt Payment Act to provide that on January 1 of ’06, the Central Management Services shall create and provide a portal on its website to allow public access to where the contracts are in the process. Within 48 hours of a change being made on one of their contracts, whether it’s the date of receipted in the office, whether the review of adequacy has been commenced or the legal review being commenced, all that will be accessible to small business owners, as well as, the general public in the State of Illinois. The Illinois Chamber brought me this legislation and they are very much in favor of it. And I would ask the Amendment be adopted.” 09400052.doc 123  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 Speaker Lyons, J.: “Are there any questions on Floor Amendment #1? Seeing none, the question is, ‘Should Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2275 pass?’ All those in favor signify by saying ‘yes’; those opposed say ‘no’. In the opinion of the Chair, the ‘ayes’ have it. And Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2275 is hereby adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?”

“Thank you… Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I just wanted to remind, especially all the ballplayers tonight, that tonight is the night of the annual House/Senate softball game. We’re gonna start the game from… from the beginning to help those old guys out over there. But… we need all the ballplayers to try to be at the park by 5:00. Everybody has directions to get to the park on the blue sheet but all the ballplayers should be there. The game is gonna start promptly at 5:00.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Thank you, Representative Turner. Mr. Clerk, on the bottom of page 9 is House… is House Bill 1716. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”

“Thank you and I’d appreciate your support on House Bill 1716. And I’m had… glad to have the opportunity to work with Representative Dugan and some of the other Members who have veterans’ homes in their areas. One of the problems that we’re seeing is unlike hospitals or other areas, a nurse can’t be hired at our five veterans’ homes with license pending. So, this will allow the… the veterans’ homes to go ahead and while the nurses are in process of getting their licenses, bring them on. And it’ll… it’ll help tremendously with making those services available for the veterans and for better filling the staffing requirements at our homes. Ask for an ‘aye’ vote.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Chair recognizes the Lady from Cook, Representative Rosemary Mulligan.”

“No, actually they are in support of the Bill now.”

“I sat down and met with the nurses and the Amendment that’s put on there has the 6-month period. And with the Amendment, they looked it over and said we’re… we’re no longer in opposition to the Bill. And I appreciate working with them.”

“If you… if you wouldn’t mind… Rosemary, if you wouldn’t mind repeating the last part of the question there. It’s… it’s a little loud. I… I apologize.”

“Yeah.”

“And the answer to that is, no, they did not fire the 25 people. And the problem that we are having and these are nurses who are just awaiting the process of their licensing. They have passed their boards. They passed everything. I currently and I’m sure that Manteno, Anna and the other homes have the same problem is, they currently, take about 6 months to even process these… 5 to 6 months to hire a person once you get approval. So, by the time a nurse has come out, she may put her name on the list there. She ends up working for a hospital. I mean, that’s the reality or some place else because we can’t get clearance to hire the people in. So, this is the problem that we’re trying to address is within their hiring policies. And I… I can’t…”

“…speak to the AP story but I… what I can say is that it solves a problem that we have that’s… by allowing us to do what the private sector can do.”

“I miss my days on Appropriations. However…” 09400052.doc 127  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“…with the… with this, we have appropriated head count with the… in the existing budget, we just did not have the authority to hire the nurses with license pending. So, we’re not looking at… at least in my home in LaSalle, we’ve currently been waiting for four months for the approval for three nurses, one VNAC, one CNA that are out there. And it’s… it would help if we could get these people in and allow them to begin work just like a hospital, a doctor’s office, any other health care facility while their license is pending. There’s no appropriation tied, it’s the ability to fill these positions which is currently taking an absurdly… absurd amount of time anyway.”

“In this… in this situation or many of the situations, there may be, but there also may be… we’re fortunate to have a nursing program at our community college where we bring nurses out and one of the best stops for them is to look at coming in… into working at our LaSalle veterans’ facility. And they will be snapped up by hospitals or by other health care facilities who don’t have to wait like we require our people to do.”

“I understand that concern, when I saw that they were looking at using $1.5 million and the 25 nurses… and replacing 25 nurses, that is a completely different issue, though. So, I appreciate your comments and would appreciate your support on the Bill. My intention is to allow better health care for the veterans by allowing us to hire nurses and do what the private sector can do right now. Because the inability to hire them while their license is pending on this 6-month period is costing us young, talented people who we’re losing to the other sector.” 09400052.doc 129  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

“Yes.”

“And I… I will join you in that letter, actually if I thought that was the case.”

“Yes, they are. I had a good meeting with them when we adopted the Amendments which we placed on the other day. And Sue Clark, who’s the head of the Nurses Association, came over and said, ‘we’re now fine with your legislation.’”

“None.” 09400052.doc 130  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005

"Thank you. To the Bill or to the situation. The situation that the Representative’s trying to clear up has to do with a veterans’ home that’s in his area that’s having problems securing nurses. Because federal legislation, state legislation but more federal legislation, they’re unable to accept nurses with certificates pending. So, therefore, they lose the good nurses to other senior citizen homes. And our veterans are not adequately taken care of. They have worries… that was one of their main worries when I met with the director there, being the vice-chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee. And I would hope everybody on this House Floor would support this piece of legislation because it just helps us to insure that our veterans the… the adequate care that they deserve. Thank you very much.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “Representative Mautino to close.”

“Thank you very much and I appreciate the comments of the other speakers. Simply ask for an ‘aye’ vote.” Speaker Lyons, J.: “The question is, 'Should House Bill 1716 pass?' All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 116 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting ‘present’. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is 09400052.doc 131  STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 52nd Legislative Day 5/18/2005 hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements.”