“Okay. The hour of 12:00 having arrived, the House will be in Session. The Members will please be in their seats. 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. We shall be led in prayer today by Reverend James Webb of St. James Baptist Church in Alton. Reverend Webb is the guest of Representative Beiser.”
“Dear Lord, as we start this Legislative Session, we come humbly and reverently before the presence of the Creator of all things and the giver of every good and perfect gift. With thankfulness and appreciation, we thank You for the gift of government and the opportunity to be public servants of this government for the State of Illinois. As a nation and as a state, we have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven. We have been preserved through years of peace and prosperity. As we ask You, Heavenly Father, to forgive us for those areas of our lives where we have failed and fallen short of Your glory because You said in Your word that all of us have sinned and fallen short but You being a gracious, loving and forgiving God and for that we say thank You. As Your spiritual representative here in the world, I ask Your blessings upon each State Representative today that they may be able to think, see and hear clearly according to Your will as they present legislation to be considered for passage and as they conduct the business of this state. I petition You that they be able to reason together so that the peace of God, 09400095.doc 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 which surpasses all understanding, shall keep their hearts and their minds through Christ Jesus. Amen.”
“And Representative Monique Davis, will you please lead us in the Pledge.” Davis, M. - et al: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Speaker Hannig: “Roll Call for Attendance. Representative Currie.”
“Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record reflect that Representative Patterson is excused today.”
“Representative Bost.”
“Mr… Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let the record reflect that Representative… Representative Daniels is excused today.”
“Mr. Clerk, take the record. There are 114 Members answering the Roll Call, a quorum is present. Representative Mautino, for what reason do you rise?”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I just rise today to remind all Members and ask them to stop in and visit the Tech 2006 groups that are down in the hallways on the first floor rotunda. Also, wanted to acknowledge Nathan Tonozzi and Peter Mautino who had projects there today. And thank Representative Chapin Rose for sponsorloring… sponsoring the Resolution to make this Tech 2006 Day in the State of Illinois.”
“So, Mr. Clerk, what is the status of House Bill 4971?”
“House Bill 49…” 09400095.doc 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“I’m advised that’s on Third Reading. Is that correct, Mr. Clerk? Would you…”
“House Bill 4971 is on the Order of Third…”
“Would you return that to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. Representative Parke, for what reason do you rise?”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If you’re gonna be doing Third Readings, can you ring the bell and let everybody know that we’re doing Third Readings. And in addition, are we gonna be doing Second Readings today? Is it in your plan?”
“I… I think we’re… I’ll…”
“You’ll do Second and Third Readings probably?”
Speaker Hannig: “We’re still trying to get the schedule arranged, Representative.”
“All right. Thank you very much.”
“But we’ll ring the bell when we get to Thirds.”
“Ring the bell.”
“Thank you.”
“Thank you.”
“Okay. On page 15 of the Calendar we have two Motions to Table. House Bill 4513, by Representative Phelps and House Bill 5379, by Representative Munson. All in favor of the Motion to Table say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And those Bills are tabled. Mr. Clerk, read the Committee Reports.”
Clerk Mahoney: “Committee Reports. Representative Hamos, Chairperson from the Committee on Mass Transit, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following 09400095.doc 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 recommendation/s: 'do pass Short Debate' House Bill 5220. Representative Richard Bradley, Chairperson from the Committee on Personnel & Pensions, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'do pass as amended Short Debate' House Bill 4274. Representative Joyce, Chairperson from the Committee on Aging, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'do pass Short Debate' House Bill 4404; 'do pass as amended Short Debate' House Bill 4785. Representative Delgado, Chairperson from the Committee on Human Services, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'do pass as amended Short Debate' House Bill 4853. Representative Burke, Chairperson from the Committee on Executive, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'do pass as amended Short Debate' House Bill 4195. Representative Molaro, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary II-Criminal Law, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'do pass Short Debate' House Bill 4155, House Bill 4527, House Bill 4679, House Bill 4885, House Bill 5542; 'do pass as amended Standard Debate' is House Bill 4680; 'do pass as amended Short Debate' is House Bill 4081, House Bill 4446, 09400095.doc 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 House Bill 5219, House Bill 5241, and House Bill 5288; 'recommends be adopted' is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 4711 and House Joint Resolution 80. Representative Reitz, Chairperson from the Committee on Revenue, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'do pass Short Debate' House Bill 5524; 'do pass as amended Short Debate' House Bill 4104, House Bill 4175, House Bill 4259, House Bill 4362, House Bill 4662, House Bill 4735, House Bill 4793, House Bill 4845, and House Bill 4895; 'recommends be adopted' is House Joint Resolution 95. Representative Colvin, Chairperson from the Committee on Consumer Protection, to which the following measure/s was/were referred, action taken on February 16, 2006, reported the same back with the following recommendation/s: 'do pass Short Debate' is House Bill 4687 and House Bill 4726. Referred to the House Committee on Rules is House Resolution 931, offered by Representative Pritchard. House Resolution 932, offered by Representative Delgado. House Resolution 933, offered by Representative Chapa LaVia. And House Resolution 935, offered by Representative Acevedo.”
“Okay. On page 12 of the Calendar, Mr. Clerk, I’m advised that House Bill 4298 is on the Order of Third Reading. Is that correct?”
“House Bill 4298 is on the Order of House Bills- Third Reading.”
“Yeah. Would you return that to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. We’re gonna 09400095.doc 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 begin on the Order of House Bills-Third Reading, page 12 of the Calendar. The first Bill is House Bill 4186. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4186, a Bill for an Act concerning children. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
Speaker Hannig: “The Lady from Cook, Representative Feigenholtz.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4186 is a Bill that was approved by the Adoption Reform Committee. It… There were… are very many elements to this. One of them addresses an issue of sibling contact that we had a hearing on. Another has to do with setting guidelines and standards for adoption subsidies for foster parents. Another portion of this Bill requires disclosure to prospective foster and adoptive parents about a child’s social health and behavioral health. And I would be glad to answer any questions.”
“Okay. This Bill’s on the Order of Short Debate. And in response, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Parke.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”
“She indicates she’ll yield.”
“Representative, first of all, I’d like to back to the Clerk. What Amendments are on this?”
“Okay. Mr. Clerk, Representative Parke has asked for a status of what Amendments have been adopted.”
“For House Bill 4186, Committee Amendments 1 and 2 have been adopted to the Bill.” 09400095.doc 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“So, 1 and… Amendments 1 and 2 are on the Bill? Okay. Representative, is this Bill based on the hearings that were held around the State of Illinois?”
“Yes. Some… There were… Actually, Representative Parke, there were two sets of hearings. One was about postadoption sibling contact that Representative Annazette Collins and Senator Mattie Hunter called and also, a second set of hearings that the Adoption Reform Committee heard on an issue of compensating adoptive and foster parents on their subsidies.”
“So, it’s a bipartisan. Representative Froehlich was a Member of your commission (sic-committee).”
“Unfortunately, Representative Froehlich is not on that commission. I… I’m… I don’t know how he got on this, but I’m glad to have him. But Representative Lindner is on this committee and she and I have been working very closely together.”
“So, it was Republican and Democratic House Members?”
“I’m sorry, Terry, I can’t hear you.”
“I said Republican and Democratic House Members.”
“Yes. Yes.”
“And the crux of what you heard from the foster parents was that they needed better communications?”
“There… They had been trying to negotiate with the department about subsidies. It seems as though there were some foster families who felt that their subsidies and the decisions made around them were somewhat arbitrary. And it was the collective… the collective response from a lot of us on the committee was that we should reestablish guidelines 09400095.doc 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 and ask the department to draft a rule about those guidelines.”
“Okay. And is… Do you know if anybody’s in opposition to this Bill?”
“No, I do not. There was no one in committee in… opposed to the Bill and I believe the department is neutral on the Bill.”
“Thank you very much, Representative.”
“Representative Feigenholtz to close.”
“I’d appreciate an ‘aye’ vote.”
“The question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Granberg, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Durkin, do you wish us to read… Okay. Out of the record. Representative Beaubien on House Bill 4293. Representative Beaubien. Representative Beaubien, do you wish us to read this Bill, 4293? Out of the record. Representative Brosnahan wishes us… wishes us to read House Bill 4315. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4315, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“Representative Brosnahan.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. The House Bill 4315 addresses a very booming industry in the State of Illinois. Actually, not just in 09400095.doc 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 the State of Illinois but throughout the country and that is the business of charitable car donations. What happens here in the State of Illinois, as in many other states, charities will accept motor vehicles, boats, anything from people that wanna donate them to the charities. What the charities do in turn then is they actually hire a company that will be responsible for going to these… the donor’s house and picking up the car or the item and then they would be responsible for giving it to the charity. Currently, there are no regulations imposed upon those for-profit persons and entities hired by the charities to receive and process the charitable contribution of vehicles in Illinois. Instead of actually performing the work, many of these not-for-profit companies hired by the charities subcontract out the work to the various towing companies and auction houses who have no direct relationship with the charity and that have no obligation to account for the cars that they collect. Currently, the Solicitation For Charity Act defines a professional fundraiser as a ‘person who, for compensation or other consideration, manages or carries on any solicitation drive in this state for the purpose of soliciting contributions for or on behalf of any charitable organization.’ The definition does not include a person hired by the charities to receive or collect contributions of property and thus, none of the registration reporting requirements imposed on these professional fundraisers by the Solicitation Act applied to these non… these for-profit entities and the towing companies who pick up and process the donated vehicles. So, what this legislation does it 09400095.doc 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 changes the definition of ‘professional fundraiser’ to include those entities that also receive and collect the motor vehicles. It also changes the definition of a ‘professional solicitor’ to also include those people that receive and collect these motor vehicles. Another provision of this legislation is it not only forces them to register with the Attorney General’s Office, but it also is gonna require them to keep records, keep records of what they collected, the VIN number of the motor vehicle as well as how much money they received for the motor vehicle when they resold it, how much money actually went to these charitable organizations. I have received notice from nobody saying they oppose this Bill. There’s no opposition as far as I know. I’d like to thank the Attorney General’s Office for working with me on this legislation as well as Representative Randy Hultgren who was involved with this. And I’d be happy to answer any questions. Thank you.”
“Representative Brosnahan has moved for the passage of House Bill 4315. This is on the Order of Short Debate. And in response, the Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Hultgren.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. Just very quickly, I wanna thank Representative Brosnahan as well. This is an important issue. I encourage all of you to support this. This is really important for us to protect those people in our communities, our constituents, who have a charitable mindset, who want to donate their car to benefit charities. We’ve heard of literally hundreds of stories throughout the state where there’s been misuse and 09400095.doc 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 abuse of this process. I think the Sponsor has done a great job of tightening this up, along with the Attorney General’s Office, again, to make sure that our citizens are protected, that their charitable interests are… are truly being abled to be followed through. So, I encourage your support. Thank you.”
“So, in response, Representative Will Davis.” Davis, W.: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”
“He indicates he’ll yield.” Davis, W.: “Representative, I’m reading in the analysis here and it says that they must register, meaning, I guess, professional fundraisers and cannot be felons or have been convicted of a misdemeanor involving fiscal wrongdoing. If I’m a college student and I bounced a check when I was in college, does that preclude me from doing this?”
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t hear that, Representative.” Davis, W.: “If I… if I bounced a check when I was in college, does that pre… does that preclude me from being a professional fundraiser based on this Bill?”
“Well, I’ve just been informed… I guess this matter did come up in some prior discussions and I’ve been told that, if you bounced one check, this will not apply to you at all. It’s… it’s more of a…” Davis, W.: “Well, if… but… but if I’ve been convicted of being a misdemeanor and… and… and specifically what I’m getting at is, I went to school in Southern Illinois. As an African American attending school in Southern Illinois, things like that didn’t go unpunished. If you got caught bouncing a check at the grocery store or some place like that, you were 09400095.doc 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 prosecuted for it. And I know people who still have that on their record. Even though this was 20 years ago, they still have it on their record. So, my simple question is, if I’m in that situation, based on the definition that I read here, does it prevent me from being a professional fundraiser?”
“If you were convicted, the answer is ‘yes’. I thought the original question was if you were arrested or picked up. But if you were convicted of the crime, then the answer would be ‘yes’ you wouldn’t be allowed.” Davis, W.: “Okay. It is ‘yes’?”
“Yes, upon a conviction.” Davis, W.: “If you’re under a…”
“So, Representative Sacia is recognized for 5 minutes.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll be brief. First of all, Representative Brosnahan, I… I applaud you for this legislation. I… I really think it’s exceptional. I was out of the chamber for a little bit and I don’t know if it was mentioned but there are a large number of charities out there that are doing this on their own that are very, very legitimate. And… and the reason I share that with you, Sir, I was so impressed with your legislation that I wrote about it in my weekly column that I write in my newspapers and one of the local charities contacted me just to emphasize that there are a lot of good ones out there that are taking a minimal amount of money, ya know, the cost of a battery, the cost of running it through the auction, what have you, and… and I, again, it may have been said when I was out of the chamber but there are some very honorable charities doing 09400095.doc 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 some very honorable work for all the right reasons. But, again, I applaud your legislation. I think it goes directly to the heart of a bad situation.”
“Representative… Representative Brosnahan to close.”
“I’d just appreciate an ‘aye’ vote.”
“The question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Kosel, you wish us to read 4333? 4333. Okay. Out of the record. Representative Holbrook, you’re next on the list. Out of the record. Representative Winters, House Bill 4412. Representative Winters. Representative Winters, do you wish us to read 4412? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4412, a Bill for an Act concerning procurement. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“Representative Winters.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4412 is the same Bill that we passed out unanimously last year. It allows the State of Illinois to permit a 5 percent preference on bids for state contracts when the product being used is a bio-based product. It will not affect Capitol Development Board construction contracts or construction contracts by the Department of Transportation. Be happy to answer any questions.” 09400095.doc 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“This is on the Order of Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Joe Lyons, would you like to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bradley. Out of the record. Representative Berrios. Representative Berrios, do you wish us to read 4606? Out of the record. Representative Graham on House Bill 4693? 4693. Okay. Out of the record. On page 13 of the Calendar at the top of the page is House Bill 4886. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4886, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“Representative McAuliffe.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 4886, we passed a similar measure of this last year and now we added some things. It amends the Code of Criminal Procedure regarding bailable offenses. An offense that would require registration under the Arsonists Registration Act if a person was previously convicted of arson, aggravated arson, residential arson, or place of worship arson, possession of explosive or explosive, or incendiary devices or an attempt to commit these offenses. And the burden would be on the state to prove that the 09400095.doc 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 allegations that would deny bail. And I ask for the passage and would be happy to answer any questions.”
“This is on the Order of Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Rose, for what reason do you rise?”
“Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker.”
“Yes. State your point.”
“Ladies and Gentlemen, those of you who remember, now Senator Winkel, when he was Representative Winkel, may have met his son, David. David is now a 5-year veteran of our U.S. Army. He’s a staff sergeant and he’s back from Iraq and he and Senator Winkel are in the gallery. And let’s all give David Winkel a great welcome home.”
“Representative Joyce, do you wish us to read House Bill 4955? Okay. Mr. Clerk, would you return this Bill, House Bill 4955, to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. Moving down the list to House Bill 4959. Out of the record. 4960. Mr. Clerk, would you read the Bill, please.”
“House Bill 4960, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose.” 09400095.doc 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this is a very simple Bill. It’s an initiative of the Illinois Fire Caucus. Many of you know that the Fire Caucus only advances initiatives that are unanimously agreed to by all constituencies of the Fire Service. This Bill would require counties that personally serve members of the fire protection district board of trustees in the case of a petition for disconnection or the deannexation to be filed. Right now a mailing notice is what goes out for rural districts that may only meet once a quarter, once every couple months. They may not get the notice before the hearing for disconnection’s already taken place. So, all we’re asking today is simply be personally served with notice. This really shouldn’t that big of a deal to anyone in this chamber. And I ask for its favorable adoption.”
“This is on the Order of Short Debate. And in response, Representative Bost.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”
“He indicates he’ll yield.”
“Representative, this is… I probably should have caught this before. This deals strictly with fire protection districts and there’s just something that comes up on this floor quite often and any time we draft language for a fire protection district. Does it also include fire… townships that have fire departments? We have only two in the state; they’re both in my district and they are actually township fire departments. Are they included in this?”
“Ya know, Representative, I don’t believe they are. I’ll tell ya what. This was brought to me by the Fire Caucus. 09400095.doc 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 Why don’t we… we’ll go ahead and pull this from the record and try and get that fixed. Yeah.”
“Just check and see as it goes over to the Senate and see what we can do.”
“Mr. Speaker, will you pull this from the record?”
“Rep… Move it to the Senate and we’ll do it there.”
“Okay. You wanna take it… We’ll take it out of the record then at the request of the Sponsor. Representative Meyer, do you wish us to read 5249? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5249, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“Representative Meyer.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 5249 provides it is a Class IV felony for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage or be employed or to volunteer, be associated with or knowingly be present at a daycare center, a part daycare or child cent… day… a part day child care facility, or a school providing before or after school programs for youths under 18 years of age. It also prohibits a sex offender from residing within 500 feet of certain facilities, including a child care institution, daycare center or part day child care facility.”
“The Gentleman has moved for the passage of House Bill 5249. This is on the Order of Short Debate. And in response, the Lady from Kane, Representative Lindner.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Representative, when we’ve done these school Bills before, there is an exception for 09400095.doc 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 going for a conference. Is there that… Does that exception apply to the daycare center, too, if there’s a conference about the child that the person can go in for that purpose?”
“That was not the purpose of this Bill to prevent someone from going… It was not my purpose in this Bill to prevent somebody from going to a child conference…”
“Not going there, it’s only owning, owning a daycare center?”
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t hear that.”
“Is it only owning a daycare center that your Bill refers to?”
“Daycare center or a part day… child daycare facility. Yeah. After school…”
“So, it doesn’t concern parents who have child in the daycare center? They would still abide by the rules as far as going to schools.”
“It would be my understanding that that would not be changed.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
“Representative Meyer to close. Representative Meyer, do you wish to close?”
“Thank you. I’d just appreciate an ‘aye’ vote.”
“The question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting ‘yes’ and 1 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 5268.” 09400095.doc 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“House Bill 5268, a Bill for an Act concerning housing. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“The Lady from Cook, Representative Hamos.”
“Thank you, Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act which looks very much like a Bill that we already passed here 2… 3 years ago and put on the Governor’s desk. And at that time, we negotiated with him that he would veto that, and we would create this concept by Executive Order, but now there’s quite a bit of interest in codifying this and it’s working pretty well. This really requires the state… Illinois Housing Development Authority working with a slew of state agencies to look at all of our housing resources that come into the state and to create a housing plan that actually focuses on some of the underserved populations. And I… It goes on into some detail about what the housing plan would contain, who would be on the housing task force which we’ve now had in place for 3 years, who… what would be the intergovernmental committee that… that helps work on this, the interagency committee, subcommittee. And I’m available for any questions.”
“The Lady has moved for the passage of House Bill 5268. This is on Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is 09400095.doc 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 hereby declared passed. Representative Winters, for what reason do you rise?”
“Yes. A correction on House Bill 5249. My vote was cast… voting the wrong way and would like the record to reflect that I should’ve been a ‘yes’.”
“Okay. The record will reflect your intentions, Representative. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 5274.”
“House Bill 5274, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“Representative Reitz.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 5274 is similar to a number of Bills we’ve heard over the year. It deals with the redistribution of weight for concrete trucks. Representative Kosel had this Bill last year. I think we’ve debated this a number of times. I think it’s a good Bill. I’d appreciate your support.”
“This is on the Order of Short Debate. And in response, the Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black.”
“Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”
“He indicates he’ll yield.”
“Representative, this Bill passed last year and as you know… well know, vetoed by the Governor, we were not able to override the Veto. Do you have any insight as to whether the Governor will sign the Bill or will he veto it again?”
“I don’t, but we are working with the Illinois Department of Transportation trying to work out any issues that they may have. As I said, I think it’s a good Bill and they’re 09400095.doc 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 trying to accommodate us with some of the concerns that we have. And as this moves through the process, I’d be surprised if this was the final package, but I’m hopeful that we’ll get something back from the Senate that the Governor will sign and IDOT will sign off on.”
“All right. Thank you very much, Representative. Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. I support these Bills as a matter of convenience in my district. I know what’s happening when cement trucks can’t get to a subdivision because of weight restrictions on certain roads. And it… and it brings back and many of you were kind enough to vote for my Bill last year that created a uniform weight law in Illinois with local ordinances and… and exceptions certainly being included. And that Bill passed the House and unfortunately, died a horrible death in Senate Rules. But at some point, we’re going to have to address the issue… We’re one of the last Midwestern states that does not have a uniform weight law. And so, we pass Bills like this year after year after year. Cement trucks one year, solid waste trucks a few years back, getting an 8 thousand pound variance and the list goes on and on and on and on. And at some point, rather than do this piecemeal, it would behoove, I think, all of us suburban, urban Legislators and rural Legislators to come together, do what most Midwestern states have done… and I’ve spoken to the Sponsor and I know he doesn’t have any objection to this. At some point, we have to enter the 21st century, come up with a uniform truck weight Bill like all of our neighboring states have and that’s gonna be the solution. If we don’t, then we’re gonna 09400095.doc 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 pass Bills like this year after year after year, some get vetoed and some don’t. I intend to vote ‘aye’, but I think at some point I would hope we’d join together and pass a uniform weight Bill.”
“Representative Feigenholtz.”
“Will the Sponsor yield?”
“He indicates he’ll yield.”
“Representative Reitz, is… I think it’s Groundhog Day. Is this Bill similar to the Bill that’s been vetoed 500 times about trucks going faster?”
“No.”
“No. This is heavier, right?”
“Yes, going heavier at the same speed.”
“And could you tell me a little bit about this Bill. Why is it different from the form… the Bills that the Governor had vetoed?”
“There’s not much difference in the language. We’re working with IDOT to try and come up with their… address their concerns. Their… they have been talking over the summer trying to figure out ways to accommodate them. IDOT was still opposed to this legislation, but I think as it moves through… I’m just hoping that we move this through the process and work with them and come up with something that works. As Representative…”
“Can you… can you tell me when you change the allotted rate of weight for a truck, does it have any effect on allowing it to go faster? Is there going… I mean, does this Bill include anything about raising the speed limit?”
“No. It just deals…” 09400095.doc 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Will it ultimately result in that by changing…”
“No.”
“You’re sure?”
“Positive. And this deals… this strictly deals with concrete trucks, the weight that is allowed on bridges. And Representative Black brought up a good point. The problem we have is going from system, to county, to state, to federal highway systems. There’s a tremendous variance in those and it causes the problem on trying to get concrete, in this case, to the worksites.”
“I see. I also see that the City of Chicago, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Municipal League, DuPage Mayors and Township Officials are opposed to this. Is that correct?”
“I believe that’s correct.”
“Do you know why?”
“Because well, probably the same reason as IDOT. They think it will cause additional stress on the bridges and… and have to be replaced at a sooner time. My belief is that the technology is such that, you know, we haven’t changed this city rule in years. That the weight limits in rules and the redistribution that we have included in this Bill will not cause the undue burden on the bridges that I think they allege that it does.”
“Thank you very much.”
“So, we’re going to put this on the Order of Standard Debate so… so some additional Members can debate the Bill. Next on the list is Representative Bost.” 09400095.doc 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will… Well, first off, will the Sponsor yield?”
“He indicates he’ll yield.”
“The… first off, I support the Bill. I just wanna know if it’s your intention this year since… if this is the Bill the Governor vetoed… you’re hoping that if he doesn’t remember that we have a budget deficit, and he doesn’t remember that we also have got into the pension systems so deep that he’ll forget that he vetoed this and sign it this time. Is that correct?”
“That wasn’t my original reasoning, but whatever works.”
“I think it’s a wonderful idea.”
“Representative Will Davis.” Davis, W.: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”
“He indicates he’ll yield.” Davis, W.: “Representative, I heard you say that you didn’t think that this Bill or the result of this Bill will cause any undue stress on bridges. Is that correct?”
“That’s correct.” Davis, W.: “Now, is that… is your feeling on that based on current technolo… current technology that’s being used to build bridges?”
“Not so much the technology to build bridges. It’s the technology that’s available on the trucks theirself that redistribute the weight. We have not addressed this by legislation in a long time and I think we need to update… have IDOT update our laws to reflect the technology… the technological changes that the concrete industry has made in their trucks.” 09400095.doc 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 Davis, W.: “Well, I’ll… I’ll tell you what my concern is, is that if there is a possibility that implementation of this Bill can cause stress on bridges, particularly old bridges, when you’re in a district like mine where infrastructure is not as good as some other districts and bridges are in need of repair but unfortunately there’s not resources available through IDOT to repair those bridges and I’m concerned if this Bill will cause additional damage to bridges in my district still without additional resources to make the adequate and necessary repairs to the bridges. So… so… so, my… my thought is, is that… is that my communities won’t be able to afford any damage to the bridges.”
“Right. And I… I appreciate that concern. We’re trying to… to make that… IDOT has the ability to post a bridge if they think if it’s in disrepair or it can’t handle certain weights. We just believe that… that the weight that and the urgency for getting concrete to places for economic development overweighs that, but if there is a bridge that… that cannot handle this, IDOT has the ability to post that and restrict that from that dis… What we’re trying to deal with is a blanket restriction all throughout the state on… on these types of trucks.” Davis, W.: “Okay. Well, Representative, if it is proven that there is damage to the bridges caused by it, then can I get your support on future legislation that we’ll be able to direct IDOT resources to help repair my bridges?”
“I’ll be willing to help you with anything I can. I’m not sure… you might wanna get more help than me, I would…” Davis, W.: “Thank you very much.” 09400095.doc 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Okay. We’ve now had Representative Reitz, Black and Bost speak in favor. Under the rules of debate, Representative Feigenholtz and Davis has spoken in opposition. Representative May, you can be our last speaker. And then we’re gonna go to a Roll Call. Representative May.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”
“Indicates he’ll yield.”
“Yes. Representative, I… I heard you talking about bridges so I immediately started to wonder because I have two failed bridges in my district, one of them a state highway and one a local road. The state doesn’t have the money to do the repair. One of the roads, the bridge is right near our public works center, in my hometown, has barrels filled with sand to keep trucks off the edges. So, we’re having to resort to this type of patchwork measures because the money is not there. So, my question to you, is there any funding mechanism? Is the industry that would like to get these cement trucks, these concrete trucks, with the higher weight limits, are they going to contribute to some sort of a bridge fund so the two bridges in my district can be repaired?”
“This does not address that whatsoever…”
“So, no funding, no fees, no anything. Just how do you expect that we’ll get the money to make these repairs then?”
“I would hope we’ll have a capital Bill that addresses that. I don’t…”
“Okay.” 09400095.doc 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“This does not address the bridges, the funding for bridges. It just addresses the…”
“The weight limits…”
“…the weight limits that will be acceptable.”
“Which might cause additional need for funding for repair of bridges?”
“It might cause and as with…”
“Okay.”
“…Representative Davis, I’d be happy to work with you…”
“Okay.”
“…on any type of Bill in the future that will help take care of that.”
“Thank you. And I just… because some of our mayors were down with the Northwest Municipal Conference. The Illinois Municipal League is against this?”
“I think so. Yes.”
“Yes. Okay. ‘Cause we’re… we’re hearing from our mayors, too.”
“Right.”
“Thank you very much.”
“You’re welcome.”
“We’ve now had three speak in favor and three in opposition. And Representative Reitz is recognized to close.”
“Thank you. I think that everyone understands what this Bill’s about. So, I’d appreciate your support.”
“The question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all 09400095.doc 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 98 voting ‘yes’ and 16 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Mulligan. Representative Mulligan, do you wish us to read 5296? 5296. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5296, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“The Lady from Cook, Representative Mulligan.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 5296 does three things. It amends the Covering All KIDS Health Insurance Act and requires the Department of Health Care and Family Services to annually publish in newspapers around the state the premiums or other cost-sharing requirements of the Covering All KIDS Health Insurance Program. It requires the department to provide a copy of all contracts awarded for the administration of the program to certain Members of the General Assembly, which are the four Leaders, and it requires the Auditor General to perform an annual audit of the program and then to give it to the Legislature immediately.”
“The Lady has moved for the passage of House Bill 5296. This is on Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative… Okay. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a 09400095.doc 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Black, shall we read 5305? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5305, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black.”
“Yes. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Bill is modeled after what happened at the Fort Sheridan conversion and the Joliet Arsenal conversion. There is a community in my district that was the home of Chanute Air Force Base for many, many years. The base was closed in 1995. At the suggestion of Senator Durbin, they felt… his staff felt that we needed now to create a Chanute-Rantoul National Aviation Center Redevelopment Commission to deal with the Air Force on the environmental issues and conversion issues that the Air Force and the Village of Rantoul have probably come to a stalemate. Knowing how successful this concept was at Joliet and at Fort Sheridan, it was suggested that we formulate this commission. The committee was kind enough to pass it unanimously. I ask for your ‘aye’ vote. And I’ll be glad to answer any questions you may have.”
“This is on the Order of Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 09400095.doc 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Sommer, shall we read 5339? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5339, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“The Gentleman from Tazewell, Representative Sommer.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is an initiative of the Illinois State Medical Society. It amends the Managed Care Reform of Patients’ Rights Act. It’s a simple Amendment. Under current law, health care plans cannot require a patient to substitute his or her regular physician during hospitalization. This Bill expressly mentions ‘hospitalists’ as those who cannot be replacing that physician. This is being done at the request of the Medical Society because ‘hospitalists’, at the time of this enactment, were not… was not a term in common use. So, we’re just placing that language in the Bill. I’m a Member of the Health Care Committee and neither the hospitals or insurance companies in that committee and who I’ve conversed with, have any opposition or concern about this legislation.”
“The Gentleman has moved for the passage of House Bill 5339. This is on the Order of Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take 09400095.doc 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. One more time, Representative Sommer, 5340? Out of the record. Representative Watson, would you like us to read 5343? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5343, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
Speaker Hannig: “The Gentleman from Morgan, Representative Watson.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 5343 is an initiative of the Department of Human Services, and it simply allows the Illinois School for the Deaf and the School for the Visually Impaired to keep to increase their student accounts, student activity accounts. It is a recommendation from several audits over the last few years from the Auditor General. I’d be more than happy to answer any questions and this Bill has no fiscal impact.”
“This Bill’s on the Order of Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative… Okay. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Turner, on page 15 of the Calendar, under the Order of Resolutions, you have 09400095.doc 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 House Resolution 840. House Resolution 840, Representative Turner.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 840 declares next week as the State Historical Markers Week with a ceremony taking place March 3 of this year. And I just move for the adoption of the Resolution.”
“The Gentleman moves for the adoption of the Resolution. Is there any discussion? Then all in favor say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Okay. There… there are several Motions to Table. Representative Hassert moved to table House Bill 4237. Representative Mulligan, 5294. Representative Mitchell, 5371. And Representative Moffitt moved to table House Bill 5321. You’ve heard the Motions. All in favor say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. The Motions’s adopted. The Bills are tabled. Okay. Now, we’re going to go to the Order of Senate (sic-House) Bills-Second Reading for those Bills where the notes are filed. We’re gonna just go down the list and you’ll have an opportunity to adopt Amendments or move to Third Reading. Representative McGuire, you’re first with House Bill 280. Representative McGuire. Out of the record. Representative Bellock, House Bill 686. Representative Bellock, 686. We’re on Second Readings now. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 686, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.” 09400095.doc 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Third Reading. Representative Berrios on House Bill 874. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 874, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Phelps on House Bill 2006. Out of the record. I don’t know either. You wanna skip it? Representative Currie, do you wish us to call House Bill 2150? From Second to Third? Do you wish to move it from Second to Third, Representative Currie? Okay. Out of the record. Representative Acevedo has House Bill 2414. Okay. Out of the record. Representative Flowers, you have House Bill 2548. Representative Mary Flowers, do you wish us to call House Bill 2548? Representative Flowers. Could someone help us get Representative Flowers’ attention, please? Do you wish to have this moved from Second to Third, Representative? Okay. Out of the record. Representative Boland, you’re next. There’s… there’s a pattern to how we’re doin’ this. We’re going down a certain list, it’s called a Calendar and if you follow along, you could predict where I’m gonna go next. House Bill 4079, Representative Boland. Out of the record. Representative Flowers, 4125. Would you like us to read that Bill? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4125, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Flowers, has been approved for consideration.” 09400095.doc 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Representative Flowers on the Amendment.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. The Amendment merely called for… Oh, you know what, Mr. Speaker, I think I’m gonna take this Bill out of the record.”
“Okay.”
“Thank you.”
Speaker Hannig: “Out of the record at the request of the Sponsor. Representative Reis on House Bill 4157. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4157, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Fritchey on 4173, from Second to Third. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4173, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Fritchey, has been approved for consideration.”
“Representative Fritchey.”
“Thank you, Speaker, Members of the Body. Floor Amendment 2 deals actually with some cleaning up of some antiquated language in the Election Code which would allow a married woman to use the Mrs, the Mrs. abbreviation on her ballot name. We really don’t know how that got there, when that got there. It is something that’s probably a disparate treatment. It does not apply to widows. It does not apply to divorced women. There’s no way for a man to indicate 09400095.doc 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 that he’d be married on the ballot. It’s simply a matter of cleaning up the Code while we were doing another Bill on the Act. I’d be happy to answer any questions.”
“The Gentleman has moved for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. Is there any discussion? Then all in favor of the Amendment say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments?”
“No further Amendments.”
“Third Reading. Representative Schmitz, you have House Bill 4197. Out of the record. I’m advised that 4203 has a pending Amendment. Representative Franks, you have House Bill 4205. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4205, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Franks, has been approved for consideration.”
“Representative Franks on the Amendment.”
“Oh, sorry. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment was an agreed Amendment done by Illinois Retail Merchants Association. They wanted to have some clarification on this as well as a start date of January 1 of 2007. The Amendment was agreed, but they are still opposed to the Bill. I’d be glad to answer any questions.”
“The Gentleman has moved for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. Is there any discussion? Then all in favor of the Amendment say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments?” 09400095.doc 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“No further Amendments.”
“Third Reading. Representative Bassi, you have House Bill 4209? From Second to Third? Out of the record. Representative Jakobsson on House Bill 4221. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4221, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Boland on 4238. Out of the record. Okay. On House Bill 4291, Representative Stephens, from Second to Third? Representative Stephens. Representative Stephens, should we read your Bill from Second to Third? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4291, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Granberg. Out of the record. Representative Beiser on House Bill 4296. Out of the record. Okay. The next two Bills have pending Amendments. Representative Sacia, on the top of page 4, you have House Bill 4303. Out of the record. Representative Kosel on House Bill 4310. Okay. Out of the record. Representative Pritchard on House Bill 4322. Okay. Out of the record. Representative Reis on House Bill 4334. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.” 09400095.doc 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“House Bill 4334, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Reis, has been approved for consideration.”
“Representative Reis.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Amendment #1 was added at the request of Matt Jones and the assistant state’s attorney to prevent that fund from being raided as well as the Underground Storage Tank Fund. It passed out of committee unanimous. Be happy to answer any questions.”
“The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. Is there any discussion? All in favor of the Amendment say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments?”
“No further Amendments.”
“Third Reading. Representative Collins on House Bill 4338. 4338, Representative. Okay. Out of the record. Representative Jefferson on House Bill 4342. Out of the record. Representative Lang… Representative Lang on 4350. Out of the record. Representative Black on 4365. Representative Black, shall we read your Bill on Second? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4365, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Leitch on House Bill 4369. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk.”
“House Bill 4369, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No 09400095.doc 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Brauer. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 4370.”
“House Bill 4370, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Pihos on 4385. Out of the record. Representative Churchill on 4391. Out of the record. Representative Wait, Ron Wait on 4396. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4396, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Sullivan on House Bill 4405. Out of the record? Okay. Out of the record. Representative Miller on 4414. Representative Miller, in the middle of the aisle. Would you wish us to read this on Second? Out of the record. Representative Ramey on 4438. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4438, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Bost on 4444. Out of the record. Representative Holbrook on 4449. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.” 09400095.doc 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“House Bill 4449, the Bill’s been read a second time, previously. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Holbrook, has been approved for consideration.”
“Representative Holbrook.”
“Thank you, Speaker. Amendment #2 is a Floor Amendment to a Bill that we’ve already passed out, I brought it back from Third. And it was at the request of law enforcement and the banking and financial institutions. It’s lom… language that’s common that says that… in other states it says, when law enforcement determines that notification will be impeded by immediate notification, if it’s gonna mess up their investigation of finding the crook, they ask for a small delay. Know of no opposition to it. Would move for its adoption.”
“Is there any discussion? Then all in favor of the Amendment say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments?”
“No further Amendments.”
“Third Reading. Representative Beiser on 4451. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4451, a Bill for an Act concerning litter control. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Howard on 4456. Out of the record. Representative Joyce on 4457. Out of the record. On page 6 of the Calendar at the top of the 09400095.doc 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 page, Representative Yarbrough has House Bill 4519. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4519, a Bill for an Act concerning property. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Bellock, you have House Bill 4523. 4523. No? Okay. Out of the record. Representative Phelps. Out of the record. Representative Monique Davis on House Bill 4541. Do you wish us to read the Bill, Representative? Monique Davis, you wish us to read the Bill? Okay. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4541, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. And Representative Davis, you also have House Bill 4544. Shall we read that on Second? Okay. We’ll leave that on Second. All right. Representative McAuliffe on House Bill 4546. Out of the record. Representative Stephens on House Bill 4559. Out of the record. Representative Munson on House Bill 4604. Out of the record. Representative McCarthy on 4614. Out of the record. How about 4652? Out of the record. Representative Dunkin on 4657. Out of the record. Representative Turner on 4666. Out of the record. Representative Hamos, 4676. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4676, a Bill for an Act in relation to aging. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was 09400095.doc 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
Speaker Hannig: “Third Reading. On the top of page 7, Representative Chapa LaVia, you have House Bill 4711. Out of the record. Representative Kelly on House Bill 4715. Out of the record. Representative Hultgren on House Bill 4717. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4717, a Bill for an Act concerning driving offenses. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Bradley on 4737. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4737, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Golar, you have House Bill 4739 and 4740. Out of the record on both? Okay. Representative Ryg has House Bill 4746. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4746, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Moffitt, you have House Bill 4755. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.” 09400095.doc 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“House Bill 4755, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Krause on House Bill 4756. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4756, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Krause, has been approved for consideration.”
“On the Amendment, Representative Krause.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Amendment provides now a more detailed definition of ‘international business center’ identified as a not-for-profit organization including federal, state or local organizations or private organizations. And number one, focus on helping business take advantage of global business opportunities. Number two, sponsor provide educational workshop, trade missions. Number three, work with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to assist businesses in promoting their services. And number four, help local and regional businesses to expand in the global marketplace. In addition, it defines that the department shall serve as an advisor to international business centers, assist them in promoting their services for a stronger business community in Illinois. And I ask for adoption of the Amendment.” 09400095.doc 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Is there any discussion? Then all in favor of the Amendment say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments?”
“No further Amendments.”
“Third Reading. I’m sorry. Representative Monique Davis, for what reason do you rise?” Davis, M.: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to a point of personal privilege. I just wanted the Body to say ‘hello’ to Mr. Eddie Read who is the president and chairman of Chicago Black United Communities. Thank you.”
“Representative D’Amico on House Bill 4768. Out of the record. On page 8 of the Calendar at the top of the page, Representative Nekritz, you have 4782. Out of the record. Representative Mendoza, for what reason do you rise?”
“A point… I rise on a point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker.”
“State your point.”
“Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so privileged today and honored to have, for the very first time in the State of Illinois and in the U.S., a visit from my godfather, Carlos Hernandez. If you could rise, please. Párece, por favor, padrino (translation-Appear, please, godfather). And not to mention my mom, who most of you know and his wife, my aunt Lucy and my godmother, Maria. Let’s give ‘em a welcome to Illinois and to the U.S. Thank you. Gracias. Los quiero mucho. Aquí está su casa(translation-Thanks. I love you very much. Here is your house).” 09400095.doc 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“On page 8 of the Calendar is House Bill… Excuse me. Representative Dunkin, for what reason do you rise?”
“A point of personal privilege.”
“Yes, state your point.”
“I’d like to… the House Members here to welcome and recognize some of the teachers and students from Haines Elementary School, to my right, visiting us for the first time. Thank you.”
“Representative Will Davis has House Bill 4788. Out of the record. Representative Molaro on 4799. Out of the record. Okay. On… Representative… Mr. Clerk, can you read House Bill 4813.”
“House Bill 4813, a Bill for an Act concerning gaming. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Sullivan, you have House Bill 4819. Out of the record. Representative Stephens on 4822. Out of the record. Representative… Representative Delgado on 4829. Out of the record. Representative Flider, you have House Bill 4832. Out of the record. Representative Saviano has 4835. Out of the record. Representative McAuliffe. Out of the record. Representative Rita on 4894, from Second to Third? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4894, a Bill for an Act concerning health care workers. Second Reading of this House Bill. 09400095.doc 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Myers on 4902. Out of the record. Representative Ste… Representative Nekritz on House Bill 4907. Out… Okay. Representative Saviano, do you wish us to read 4904? Okay. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4904, a Bill for an Act concerning public safety. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Saviano, did you wish us to read 4835? No. Okay. Out of the record. Representative Will Davis on 4936. Out of the record. On page 9 of the Calendar, Representative Graham on 4937. Do you wish us to read that on Second? Out of the record. Representative Washington on 4948. Shall we read that on Second, Representative? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4948, a Bill for an Act concerning law enforcement. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Wyvetter Younge wishes us to read 4949.”
“House Bill 4949, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.” 09400095.doc 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Third Reading. And Representative Younge, shall we read the next Bill? Okay. Read… Mr. Clerk, read 4951.”
“House Bill 4951, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Smith, shall we read 4965? Out of the record. 4974. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4974, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Brauer, you have 4987. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. 4987, Mr. Clerk.”
“House Bill 4987, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Yarbrough, you have House Bill 5001. Okay. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5001, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 5002.” 09400095.doc 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“House Bill 5002, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. On page 10 of the Calendar, we have… Representative Molaro has House Bill 5227. Out of the record. Representative Dunn on 5233. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5233, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Currie on 5243. Out of the record. Representative Kelly on 5244. From Second to Third, Representative? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5244, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Brauer, you have 5245. Out of the record. Representative Verschoore, you have House Bill 5251. Out of the record. Representative Durkin on 5260. Representative Durkin. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5260, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.” 09400095.doc 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Third Reading. Representative Nekritz on 5267. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5267, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Coulson on 5269. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5269, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, let’s return to House Bill 5251 and read that Bill.”
“House Bill 5251, a Bill for an Act concerning certain individuals killed in the line of duty. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 5243.”
“House Bill 5243, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, I believe we just moved House Bill 5269 to Third Reading. Is that correct?”
“House Bill 5269 is on the Order of House Bills- Third Reading.” 09400095.doc 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Yes. Let’s return that to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. And now, Representative Coulson wishes us to read 5295.”
“House Bill 5295, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Mulligan, you have House Bill 5300 from Second to Third. Do you wish us to read it? No. Out of the record. Representative Smith wants us to read House Bill 5301. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5301, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Dunn on 5330. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5330, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No…”
“Excuse me. Third Reading. Representative Eddy on House Bill 5331. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5331, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Os… Osterman on 5336. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5336, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No 09400095.doc 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Jenisch on 5337. Out of the record. Representative Poe on 5356. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5356, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Giles on 5370. Representative Giles, from Second to Third, Representative. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5370, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Chavez on House Bill 5375. Representative Chavez, do you wish us to read this on Second? From Second to Third? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5375, a Bill for an Act concerning children. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Parke on House Bill 5376. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5376, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 09400095.doc 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Krause on 5388. Out of the record. Representative Berrios on 5547. Out of the record. On page 12 of the Calendar, Representative Giles, you have House Bill 5550. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5550, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Kosel on House Bill 5555. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 5555, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. And Representative May on 5578. Representative May, from Second to Third? Second to Third. Out of the record. Representative Davis, is it in your intent… is it your intention that we should call House Bill 4788? Do you wish us to read this? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill.”
“House Bill 4788, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed.”
“Third Reading. Representative Rose, did you wish us to read, on Third Reading, 4960? Okay. Okay. On page 13 of the Calendar, we’re going to return to the Order 09400095.doc 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 of House Bills-Third Reading. And Mr. Clerk, would you read House Bill 4960.”
“House Bill 4960, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose.”
“Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you. Again, this was up earlier. We gotta answer to Representative Bost’s question and… that the two township fire protection districts are a totally separate entity under the law and are addressed separately. So, this Bill does… what it does is it just simply requires that fire protection district trustees be served in person any notice of disconnection or deannexation. A lot of rural fire protection districts don’t meet that often and therefore, we would simply asked to be served in person before any deannexation hearing were to occur. I’d also note this is an issue that only Fire Caucus… which again the caucus is not advancing any legislation that is not unanimously agreed to by all constituencies of the Illinois Fire Service. And therefore, I’d ask for its favorable adoption.”
Speaker Hannig: “This is on Short Debate. Is there any discussion? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative… Okay. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a 09400095.doc 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, what is the status of House Bill 4449?”
“House Bill 4449 is on the Order of House Bills- Third Reading.”
“Do you want this to remain on… Mr. Clerk, had this been read a second time, previously, this Bill?”
Clerk Bolin: “House Bill 4449 was read a second time, previously.”
Speaker Hannig: “Okay. Well, let’s read it now on Third Reading.”
“House Bill 4449, a Bill for an Act concerning consumer fraud. Third Reading of this House Bill.”
“Representative Holbrook.”
“Thank you. This is a inclusive Bill that covers many areas of identity theft. It requires state agencies that lose identification to notify the General Assembly and the people involved. It provides a provision here supported by the business community that reports when thefts have occurred in the private sector. The reports, when they are reported as being lost, be reported at no cost to the person who has been victimized. And it provides… lastly, the Floor Amendment that we just did, a delay allowed for law enforcement to be able to finish their criminal investigation if immediate reporting would impede catching the crook. I would a… Know of no opposition to this… to this Bill. And I think it’s just a Bill that addresses the many problems with identity theft we’re dealing with in this fast-growing crime. I’d ask for an ‘aye’ vote and take any questions.” 09400095.doc 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“This is on the Order of Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black.”
“Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?”
“Indicates he’ll yield.”
“Representative, earlier today I think we moved the Bill to Second Reading with an Amendment that says if that breach and you’ll have to bear with me…”
“Yeah.”
“…if a breach is committed but a law enforcement issue is involved, you would have the right or the ability to not notify people until the law enforcement investigation was completed. Now, does your Bill mesh with that or are we gonna have two Bills that go in statutes and the one will correct? ‘Cause I don’t see that exception in your Bill.”
“Right. This is… this is the same Bill. We had this on Third, moving it back and that was a Floor Amendment we adopted to this Bill today at the request of the banking industry…”
“Okay. So…”
“…and law enforcement. So, yes, it may… it fits right in this Bill. It’s been adopted to this Bill.”
“So, that… that’s the reason I…”
“Yeah.”
“…knew I’d heard that somewhere before.”
“Yeah. That was this Bill.”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah. We… we pulled it back from Third.” 09400095.doc 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“Okay. Fine.”
“So, we’re ready to move it on…”
“All right.”
“…on Third now.”
“Thank you very much.”
“Thank you so much.”
“Any further discussion? Then the question is, ‘Shall this Bill pass?’ All in favor vote ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting ‘yes’ and 0 voting ‘no’. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, what is the status of House Bill 4451? 4451. I believe we had moved it to Third Reading, is that correct?”
“House Bill 4451 is on the Order of House Bills- Third Reading.”
“And the Sponsor requests that we return it to the Order of Second Reading, Mr. Clerk. Mr. Clerk, would you read the Agreed Resolutions.”
“Agreed Resolution. House Resolution 934, offered by Representative Ryg.”
“Representative Currie moves for the Agreed Resolution. All in favor say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Representative Turner, for what reason do you rise?”
“Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to make two announcements. One, I wanted to just do a short piece on… with this being Black History Month, I wanted to honor one 09400095.doc 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006 of our freedom fighters who happened to be a woman. Her name is C. DeLores Tucker. She’s regarded as an advocate and a activist for minority and women’s rights. She was Pennsylvania’s first African-American female Secretary of State and the first black woman to serve in the nation in that capacity at a state level. From her early days in the Civil Rights Movement to her death on October 12, 2005, Tucker will always be remembered as an advocate for many causes. Her tireless work, dedication, and long-time fight for equality helped build a platform and put… upon which the country will stand forever. And with that thought in mind, I wanted to invite or to remind all of the Members that on next Thursday, the 23rd of February, we’ll be celebrating Black History Month, our annual soul food soiree. All the Members are invited to attend. It’s going to be at the Governor’s Mansion. It says next Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. We ask that those of you who have African attire, or whatever kind of attire you feel like wearing, to please bring it on that day. I know it all looks like this and that, but we’re asking you to come out and celebrate with us on next Thursday from 6 to 9. For those who are lookin’ for a Kente cloth or something, see Representative Calvin Giles. He’s the man with the plan. I want you to know that the theme of the dinner this year will be celebrating black women. And so, we want to honor all of our women elected officials, those that have… past and present and we ask that you come out next Thursday to support ‘em. Thank you very much.”
“Mr. Clerk, read the Adjournment Resolution.” 09400095.doc 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
Clerk Bolin: “House Joint Resolution 100, offered by Representative Currie. RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the House of Representatives adjourns on Thursday, February 16, 2006, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 12:00 noon; and when the Senate adjourns, it stands adjourned until Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 12:00 noon.”
“Representative Currie moves for the adoption of the Adjournment Resolution. All in favor say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Adjournment Resolution is adopted. Are there any announcements? Representative… Representative Smith.”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For Members of the Appropriations Committee for Elementary and Secondary Education, our committee has been posted for next Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. which is not a joke. That has really been done. But we will move that committee to 10 a.m. next Tuesday. That’s 10 a.m. for…”
“So, Representative Smith…”
“Yes, Mr. Speaker, we will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday in the room as scheduled.”
“Okay. Are there any other announcements? Then allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Representative Currie moves that the House stands adjourned until Tuesday, February 21 at the hour of 12 noon. All in favor say ‘aye’; opposed ‘nay’. The ‘ayes’ have it. The Motion is adopted. And the House stands adjourned.” 09400095.doc 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 94th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 95th Legislative Day 2/16/2006
“The House Perfunctory Session will come to order. First Reading of Senate Bills. Senate Bill 2156, offered by Representative Osterman, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Senate Bill 2238, offered by Representative Hamos, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Senate Bill 2300, offered by Representative Molaro, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Senate Bill 2336, offered by Representative Mendoza, a Bill for an Act concerning schools. Senate Bill 2350, offered by Representative Lang, a Bill for an Act concerning property tax. Senate Bill 2399, offered by Representative Lang, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. Senate Bill 2449, offered by Representative Munson, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. First Reading of these Senate Bills. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned.” 09400095.doc 58