Illinois House Floor Debate — March 22, 2007

"The hour of 2:00 having came and went, the House shall be called to order. We shall be led in prayer today by the Reverend Jeff Hammer, who's the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Marengo in Marengo, Illinois. Reverend Hammer is the guest of Reverend (sic- 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 Hammer."

Speaker Turner: "We'll be led in the Pledge today by Representative Howard."

"Roll Call for Attendance. The Gentleman from Jackson, Representative Bost, for what reason do you rise?"

"The Lady from Cook, Representative Currie, for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record reflect the excused absences of Representatives Fritchey and Patterson."

"The record will so reflect. There are 115 Members answering the Quorum Call… 115 Members present and a quorum is present. If I can have your attention. We're going to start on page 30 of the Calendar and we're gonna go down in numerical order. I'd ask that the Members be ready to call your Bill once we get to that Bill number. If you do not wish to call the Bill, please let the Chair know ahead of time. We'd like to get as many Bills done as we can this afternoon. On page 30 of the Calendar we have House Bill 961. Representative Tryon. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"…man from McHenry."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House… No questions. The question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 961?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? …all voted who wish? Acevedo. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 975. Representative Coladipietro. Mr… The Gentleman… Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Seeing no questions… Representative Lang, the Gentleman from Cook, for what reason do you rise?"

"A point of clarification, Mr. Speaker. Is this the Gentleman's first Bill?"

"The Gentleman, I think, acknowledges this is his first Bill."

"We can sorta tell from the fear in his eyes over there, Mr. Speaker. So, one moment while I figure out what his Bill is about. While I'm looking through the file, Sir, 09500030.doc 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 'cause I just walked into the chamber, would you mind telling us what your Bill does, again?"

"Who gets the… who do you want the notice to go to?"

"And this is about the international transfer of prisoners?"

"And so, if a violent criminal is transferred from Menard to somewhere in Peru it's nec… as you want it to… we should tell the victim of the crime that the perpetrator's in Peru?"

"Why?"

"Can you repeat that? I have no idea what you just said to me."

"So, when you say foreign, you don't necessarily mean out of the country?"

"Out of the country. Well, then…"

"So, that constituent would care if the person who did the crime was transferred out of the country?"

"Well, why… why does she care where he's housed? Does she wanna go throw things at him once a week or I mean, why would… If he's not here causing a problem in our society, why do we care if he's in Australia?"

"Well, so if that sys… if that offender stays in the State of Illinois are they notified?"

"Right. So…"

"…but if… if that offender is moved from one correctional sys… institution in Illinois to another, is that person notified?"

"You believe."

"And so you wanna put different rules on the transfer of prisoners to Australia than the transfer of prisoners, let's say, from… between Menard and Joliet?"

"They are required. And so, what you're trying to create here is balance."

"Why didn't you say that? This is a system here… Let me explain to you, Representative. When you come here to the floor of the House, you really need to know your Bills better. So, you come here to the floor of the House, you're talkin' about sending people all over the world… Do they need passports when we send them to Australia or Peru or wherever we send them?"

"Who takes these people, Representative? Would it be… representatives of the Governor's Office?"

"The U.S.?"

"Not… Illinois people don't do these transfers?"

"And you believe, so you don't really know?"

"If you wanna check with your advisor… We'll wait while you check with your advisor about your Bill, Sir. Go ahead."

"The U.S. Bureau? So, perhaps the Bill we oughta have here is requiring our own people to do this. Why should the… why should the folks from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons get those frequent flyer miles? Why not… why can't the Illinois people get them, Sir?"

"Well, you've haven't known how to answer any of these questions. I think most of the people on this floor, Sir, even people on your side of the aisle would like to help a freshman with a Bill have a real stake in making sure that when people come to the floor on their very first Bill… well, you've been here since January. You've had two full months to get the answers to these very simple questions and you seem to be out of the loop. Are you gonna be traveling with these prisoners to Peru and Australia?"

"Well, does your Bill require that?"

"Does your Bill allow the victim of the violent crime to travel with them?"

"Well, if… if it's important to them to have notice, would it not also be important for the victim to be able to make 09500030.doc 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 sure that the person ends up behind bars in that other country?"

"The Gentleman will have to bring his remarks to a close."

"Well, I guess, Sir, but this is a very important Bill, certainly to the Representative. Did you have an answer to that one, Sir?"

"I don't remember the question. I don't remember any question I've asked you. I make this stuff up as I go along, Sir. Thank you for your answers. I appreciate it."

"Representative… The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black, for what reason do you rise?"

"Well, could you bring your remarks to a close, Representative?"

Speaker Turner: "Representative Black, there's a few more that'll help clarify this Bill for you, but Representative, you can answer his question and then we'll have to go to the next speaker."

"Say that again, Representative?"

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Froehlich, for what reason do you rise?"

"Would the Sponsor yield for questions?"

"He indicates he will."

"Representative, whose job is it again to inform the victim?"

"The state's attorney not the Prisoner Review Board?"

"So, they're both going to be informing the victim then?"

"Wouldn't that be a little duplicative given limited state resources to have two people informing the victim of the same… the same issue?"

"Okay. You don't think the Prisoner Review Board has enough on its plate already so it's good to give them something to duplicate what you already have the state's attorney doing?"

"Right." 09500030.doc 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Now, did you deliberately pick a noncontroversial Bill for your first Bill?"

"Very good. Thank you."

"The Lady from Gordon… I mean, I should say the Lady from Grundy, Representative Gordon, for what reason do you rise?"

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

"Representative, you're an esteemed member of the bar. Is that correct?"

"Well, this…"

"That's what our mutual friends have told me, so that you're an esteemed member of the bar of the State of Illinois and that your actual area of expertise is tax law. Is that correct?"

"So… so, you love numbers, correct?"

"And so… Now, I think someone may have asked you this question. And who is the actual agency or people to transport these prisoners overseas or internationally?"

"And… the U.S. Bureau, so the Federal Government."

"Does the state still pay for that?"

"So, the Federal Government pays for that?"

"So, this is a cost savings to the State of Illinois on the transport, right?"

"That was my next question. And… and so, we're also saving money on the incarceration for whatever period of time they were sentenced to we're gonna save money on… on housing them and feeding them and whatever other programs that they may availem… avail themselves to in the Illinois Department of Corrections, right?"

"Now, have you run the numbers that for the… potentially the number of people that this would apply to would that be enough of a cost savings for the money to cover the amount of money that Representative Reboletti needs for all the sentencing enhancement Bills that he has for the people that are now going to be locked up for years and years and years in the State of Illinois? Is that enough money to cover those bills and those people?"

"Okay. Well, ya know, Representative, I think it's something that you and I could work on, but this is a good Bill. Well done. Thank you." 09500030.doc 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

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

"…s he will."

"Representative Coladipietro to close."

"The question is, 'Shall the House adopt… shall the House pass House Bill 975?' 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? He's a nice guy. Have all voted who wish? Representative Osmond. Representative Colvin. Osmond. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third… Third Readings, page 31 of the Calendar, we have House Bill 978. Representative Hannig. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. This Bill deals with the Procurement Policy Board which is a legislative agency and each of the four caucuses make one appointment. Part of what they do as a watchdog group is to oversee some of the… some of the issues over at CMS, 09500030.doc 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 particularly in the area of purchasing. So, we granted them a power some years ago to review some… some leases that CMS enters into and this Bill would simply extend that power for this legislative watchdog group to continue reviewing some of CMS's leases. So, it's a #1 priority for the Procurement Policy Board, a legislative agency. And I'd be happy to answer any questions. And I'd ask for your 'yes' vote."

"…no… Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 978?' 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 Mitchell. Bellock. Lindner. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 66 voting 'aye', 49 voting 'no', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Supplemental #1. Mr. Clerk, Rules Committee Report."

"Mr. Clerk, read House Resolution 179 on the Supplemental Calendar #1."

"The Lady… the Lady from Cook, Representative Howard, for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It is indeed a pleasure for me, again, to welcome my sorority sisters from Alpha Kappa Alpha. As you see, there are a number of great women who have been a part of our sorority and there are a great number who are still a part of our sorority and we are very, very proud of all of them and I am proud of the fact that my sisters have come here to be a part of this process today. Unfortunately, my voice is such that I'm going to lose any second and I'd like to ask my… my legislative sorority sister, Annazette Collins, to continue from here."

"The Lady from Cook, Representative Collins, for what reason do you rise?"

"Oh, I rise to honor the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and we're so happy that they came down today to help us in our legislative agenda and that they participated in the process this morning. They got a chance to see how we operate and they come down every year. So, we'd like to welcome you and make sure you guys come back again. We're approaching our 100th year centennial next year that we'll be celebratin', next year in July, 100 years for the Alpha Kappa Alpha. Thank you very much."

Speaker Turner: "Representative Howard asks leave for the adoption of House Resolution 179. All those in favor should say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of 09500030.doc 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 979. Representative Hannig. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. This creates the Older Rural Adults Task Force to gather information and make recommendations. It requires the Department of Aging to gather this information about the special needs of older rural residents and to evaluate the adequacy and accessibility of existing programs for older residents. This is an initiative of AARP. It came through committee without any opposition. I'd be happy to answer any questions. And I'd ask for your 'yes' vote."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 979?' 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? Representative Flowers. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 29 of the Calendar we have House Bill 33. Representative Cross. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Leader Cross."

"The Lady from Grundy, Representative Gordon, for what reason do you rise?"

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

"Indicates he will."

"Thank you. Leader Cross, you brought up the situation in Wilmington. Now, your Bill addresses dams that are specifically owned by the state. Is that correct?"

"And… and right now the dam in Wilmington is not… would not be covered under this legislation. Is that right because it's still privately owned, I mean, while it is on obviously a public waterway, but the land dealing with it is still privately owned."

"Well, I wasn't in committee, so…" 09500030.doc 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Well, it's definitely my concern 'cause… since Wilmington is in my district, specifically, ya know, and they've attempted for many, many years but because of pending litigation and problems with an estate and a family involved who still owns that… owns that dam and the representation with the municipality, that's what's being held up with that dam."

"Okay. I appreciate that, Representative. Thank you."

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

"Indicates he will." 09500030.doc 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Turn him off."

"The Lady from Kankakee, Representative Dugan, for what reason do you rise?"

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

"Indicates he will."

"Yes. I… I just and Representative Cross who did and that certainly could have been my mistake in committee when I talked about the dam in the Kankakee River. The Kankakee River does… there's a dam also in my part of the district but also in Representative Gordon's, so I believe maybe Representative Gordon thought that I was talking about the Wilmington dam. So, I just wanted to clarify that. I think what we were doing… I agree with Representative Cross… with Leader Cross that all bridges even if they're not state- owned but privately owned on public waterways, that we also needed to make sure that we looked at notice to people so that the safety factor is there also and Representative… Leader Cross had… did… did say that we thought it would cover it and his concern was the same as mine which was even private dams on public waterways need to be. So, I just wanted to clarify that that Leader Cross was not the one that thought he… I think he just had it confused because I probably did that in committee when I just said the Kankakee River. Thank you."

"Representative Cross to close."

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 33?' 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. There are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 986. Representative Riley. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Riley."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 986 as amended restricts an insurance company or health care facility from using a patient's Social Security number as the identification number or in any mailing sent to the patient except when required by federal regulations such as… such as Medicare. The underlying legislation talks about not printing the patient's Social Security number on an insurance card but is silent to the issue of using it as an ID number or any other 09500030.doc 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 identifica… identifying information. The use of the word 'facility' brings this particular Bill in concert with the underlying Act. This Bill was brought to my attention by Representative May which is a Chief Cosponsor. I think this is a good consumer protection Bill. And I'd like your support."

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

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

"…cates he will."

"Thank you. Well, Representative, I just wanna confirm. This is your first Bill. Is that correct?"

"If I have to, yes, I will confirm."

"Yes. What is that hanging from your ear, Sir?"

"This is called a Bluetooth device, Representative Lang."

"What… Didn't we outlaw them on the House Floor when we outlawed popcorn?"

"I'm not sure. I don't remember that. I thought it was popcorn, cookies, cakes and I thought it dealt with grinding it into the… the new carpet."

"Yeah. I just thought you could only bring things on the floor that fit in a container. That's not in a container, Sir, it's in your ear."

"This is true."

"Okay. I just… it's just an aside. I guess it has nothing to do with your Bill. So, Representative, my analysis shows that Representative May is the Sponsor of this Bill. Did you steal this from her, Sir?"

"No, I did not." 09500030.doc 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"How did you get it?"

"Well, put it like this. I've… I've learned in the short time I've been here about the collegial nature of this Body."

"The 'what' nature?"

"Collegial."

"I see. Well, not over… not all of us went to college, Sir, but go ahead."

"And I think because of that, ya know, we entered into a little bit of discourse and we're of like minds about many things and certainly about consumer protection."

"Well, if this Bill's so darn good, why didn't Representative May still have it, Sir?"

"Ya know, that's… that's… that's a good question. That is a very good question. But as I say, I'm here to support all of my colleagues in anyway that I can."

"Well, so, can ya give me an anecdote, a reason, a story about why we need this Bill, something of value? That thing is no longer in your ear, Sir, you got that out without me noticing."

"Yeah."

"That's excellent."

"Well, I'm… I'm good at doing those kind of things."

"And by the way, that's a very lovely tie."

"Thank you."

"And I'm just curious as to what the importance is of this Bill."

"Well, it's very important. Social Security numbers just like, ya know, a lot of personal identifying information and 09500030.doc 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 the Social Security number itself is one of the most important pieces of identification that we have and when compromised… and I've tried to do a few things around here with regard to consumer protection… when compromised it can really lead into just all kinds of untoward situations. I've had people talk to me about it taking 1, 2, sometimes 3 years to… 1, 2, and 3 years to clear up a situation dealing with identity theft. And so, this is extremely important. There's also precedence having taught in university. A lot of colleges used to use the Social Security number as a student ID number, they no longer do that. They have unique numbers for the students' use, so it's something that has a… a lot of credence and has precedent."

"Is that one answer to one question that you just gave me?"

"That's the universal answer to many questions."

"Well, I see. So, this would be like the universal health care answer? So, I notice in your Bill that… that… that we… they can't use the patient's Social Security number as the patient's identification number. I guess I get that."

"Right."

"But then it says you can't use it in any mailing sent to the patient. Are we trying to keep the patient's Social Security number a secret from him, Sir?"

"I would presume that the patient would know it. Of course, then…"

"So, why can't we… why… why would you prohibit in a Bill… ya know, this kills a lot of trees every time we do a Bill… why would you prohibit the patient from getting his own 09500030.doc 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 Social Security number in the mail. Is there something wrong with that in some way?"

"Well, as the Bill states, except in cases like Medicare where it's required by federal regulations, if a person doesn't fit in that particular class, I guess maybe I'm trying to protect the individual more than he might be… he or she might be trying to protect themselves."

"Huh? What did that mean? Who… Well, all right, maybe you could give us an answer at some point as to why we can't write the patient's Social Security number down and send it to the patient. Are you afraid their spouse will get their Social Security number if they open the mail?"

"Well, ya know, there is mail theft and I've… I've talked about that…"

"There's what, Sir?"

"Mail theft."

"Mail theft."

"They do steal mail and I've talked about that a few times when we've discussed…"

"Who's this 'they', Sir. Who's 'they'?"

"People."

"'They' steal mail."

"People. People who have bad intentions to their fellow citizens."

"Mail thieves."

"Mail thieves."

"Is it possible that they will go with the other Representative's people to Peru and Australia to be in jail?" 09500030.doc 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"I would hope so."

"All right. So, on your Amendment…"

"Representative Lang, please bring your remarks to a close."

"Shortly, Sir. So, in your Amendment, you define 'health care facility' as any hospital or long-term care facility."

"That's correct."

"So, what about clinics, dental offices, all sorts of other places that also provide health care of various sorts."

"Well, those are health care facilities."

"Yes, but you've defined health care facility as any hospital or long-term care facility. What if I go to Representative Miller's dental office and he fixes my teeth, can he send my Social Security number to other people?"

"One of the things that… that this particular Bill does, by basically saying 'facility' it takes out the effects of individual practitioners. Okay? And so… and so the facil… but a health care facility, ya know, is a… ya know, big office, there's a lot of opportunity, ya know, for people to… Did I answer the question?"

"So… so… Not really, but all kidding aside, Representative, you should look at this definition in the Senate."

"Okay."

"You're gonna get your Bill out, of course. But you should look at this in the Senate. I think this definition is flawed; you really should fix it. Thank you for your…" 09500030.doc 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"The Lady from Lake, Representative May, for what reason do you rise?"

"Yes. I have a question of the Sponsor."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"Yes. And my name was used in debate. Representative, ya know, I… I thank you so much for mentioning that I brought forward this excellent Bill that you are carrying, but don't you think it's unfair that my name isn't up on the board? What happened here?"

"That is unfair and I… I really don't know why that happened. And I will… I will defer to being a freshman. There are many things that I know, but that's one that I don't know."

"So, maybe you need to go straight to the Speaker to straighten this out?"

"I'm not prepared to make a statement about that at this time."

"Okay. Thank you."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Froehlich, for what reason do you rise?"

"Would the Sponsor yield for questions?"

"…cates he will."

"Representative, I'm sure you have good intentions for your Bill, but sometimes there's unintended consequences. You think if Social Security numbers aren't used, might insurance companies instead use driver's license numbers for identification which could also be… aid identity theft." 09500030.doc 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Well, it could. One of the things… Well, but I think we all know that the So… The Social Security numbers… Let me see how to craft this. It is the Social Security number that is tied to so many things about an individual. If it's been compromised, it just caused a lot of problems, rather than a driver's license number. I guess I could also say the driver's license numbers are more in the public domain than Social Security numbers are and it's not something that we… that we hold as dear in terms of causing us harm than the Social Security number is…"

"Okay."

"…tied to our employment and all kinds of other things."

"Well, I'm glad you recognize that this could lead to that… that problem. Now, do you have any compunctions about trying to dictate to insurance companies and health care facilities, how they operate?"

"Well, you know what, only in so far as not using this important number for means of identification. We must think about the protection of consumers. And the other thing too is, you can come up with a random number, it is not difficult to come up with identifica… identifying numbers that doesn't use Social Security."

"Well, speaking of that, isn't it a fact that… that health care facilities and insurance companies have already discontinued using Social Security numbers, which is why they haven't opposed your Bill, but it renders your Bill totally unnecessary."

"Well, I don't know. I… I can't speak for… for what all companies are doing and there's a lot of companies that are 09500030.doc 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 out there. I already gave in my explanation a situation where other entities like uni… colleges and universities were, until very recently, still using Social Security numbers for student IDs. So I can only make the assumption that maybe some insurance or health care facilities were still… still doing the same thing. There's no way for me to know, but I think that this Bill is an excellent vehicle to insure that the integrity of the Social Security numbers of individuals will not be compromised."

"Thank you."

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

"Certainly."

"I suppose I could, Representative."

"That's correct."

"I'd like to think that it was 100 percent." 09500030.doc 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Miller, for what reason do you rise?"

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"…cates he will."

"Representative, you sort of articulated the importance of this Bill, but you've also mentioned that… and I wasn't clear whether dental offices were included or excluded from this piece of legislation."

"No, they're… they're not included."

"They're not. Is it something that you don't care about dental patients?"

"Absolutely not."

"Then why weren't we included in this Bill?"

"Well, I think that medical societies, dental societies such as yours, might have had something to say about that."

"Well, ya know, I don't own a medical society or a dental society, but I mean, ya know, these are patients that we treat at the end of the day and so I just wanted to see if there was any consideration on that. But anyway, I don't know if you know, like in our private offices, there's federal legislation that will restrict us from using Social Security numbers on insurance claims. How does this legislation correlate to that?"

"Well, I think… Well, frankly, I think there's… there's a direct correlation… I mean, you can't use 'em on a claims. Is that what you said or you…?" 09500030.doc 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Well, there's… there's legislation… Insurance companies, because of consumer fraud and things like that using Social Security numbers, are starting to use other forms of identification numbers."

"That's correct."

"And so, when we… when someone comes in for treatment they were getting out of that and I think that's federal legislation overall, so how does this correlate to… Why are we doing this if Federal Law is going to… is going in this direction anyway? I mean, this is just a… a waste of the taxpayers' money in my opinion."

"Well, I don't think it's a waste of taxpayers' money. I think that that's an affirmation of what I'm trying to do with this Bill. Ya know, they're saying use…"

"Trying to waste taxpayers' money?"

"No, no. Come into concert with the federal legislation that you're talking about. One of the things that's important and we're talking about claims, if they're using unique identification numbers… Well, that's exactly what we're talkin' about. Everybody's getting on the same page. And what I'm saying is, is that those offices, the insurance companies and the facilities…"

"But…"

"…should do… they should be like-minded and not use that number as an ID number…"

"But… but it could have been law… But in a sense of law will this State Law preempt Federal Law?"

"No, I think it augments it. I think… I think it mimics it." 09500030.doc 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"All right. Well, who is… who is the Representative of the 38th District before you?"

"I'm sorry, I…?"

"Who was… who was… who was the Representative before you?"

"Robin Kelly."

"Well, didn't… didn't an incident happen to her where she had identity… identity theft?"

"That's exactly right."

"So, you aren't one of the coconspirators on this and you're just trying to cover up your tracks by doing this, are you?"

"No, Representative. I think you… I think you're miscategorizing it."

"Well, ya know… Well, we'll see what happens when this vote comes up. Thank you."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative McCarthy, for what reason do you rise?"

"I move the previous question, Mr. Speaker."

Speaker Turner: "The question is put. Gentleman… Representative Riley to close."

"As I said again, ya know, I think that we must always to the extent that we can protect the consumer. I think that this Bill is an excellent way of doing that. I think there has already been a lot of movement in other areas to insure that the Social Security numbers…"

"The question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 986?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted 09500030.doc 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Gentleman's a nice man. Have all voted who wish? He's bettin' on 100 percent. 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 the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 987. Representative Phelps. Out of the record. We have House Bill 991, Representative Brady. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Riley, do you wanna turn off your talk button. You're through for the day."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 991?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? …all voted who wish? Representative… The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the 09500030.doc 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1041. Representative Joyce. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"…from Cook, Representative Joyce."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1041 simply allows the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to have an exemption on their leases, percentage of the lease, when they're dealing with a piece of land, a piece of property, that has some problems with it and there's going to be some remediation done at those properties. I'd be happy to answer any questions. I know of no opposition."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1041?' 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 Tryon. Pihos. Representative Pihos. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 101 voting 'aye', 13 voting 'no', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1058. Representative Burke, Danny Burke. Out of the… out of the record. We have House Bill 1074, Representative Will Davis. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1074?' 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 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1076. Representative Feigenholtz. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1076 amends the Criminal Code. This is an initiative of the Cook County State's Attorney that 09500030.doc 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 essentially deals with juvenile prostitution. I'd be glad to answer any questions."

"The Lady from Kane, Representative Lindner, for what reason do you rise?"

"He (sic-she) indicates he (sic-she) will."

"That is be…"

"This Bill is aimed at the John or the pimp, Representative Lindner, not the juvenile. It comes up particularly in the context of human trafficking and the ages and element of the offense. The State's Attorneys Office has had to reject some cases because of the inconsistency in the age provision in the statute."

"I know of none."

"No."

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1076?' 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 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And 09500030.doc 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1077. Representative Feigenholtz. Read… Out of the record. On the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1081. Representative Schock. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"…from Peoria, Representative Schock."

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

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

"…cates he will."

"Representative, have we seen this Bill before?"

"And what was the vote on that. Do you remember?"

"So, there was plenty of opposition to that Bill and it wasn't called in the Senate, was it?"

"Okay. And I think one of the reasons it wasn't called in the Senate and one of the arguments we had last time was that there's no due process in this Bill. What you have 09500030.doc 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 here is the municipality being the judge, the jury and the executioner because they're saying that if they should levy a fine and if you don't pay that fine within 60 days, then they are going to lay it on to your property taxes. Isn't that correct?"

"But that's what they're gonna do without any due process. Isn't that correct?"

"That's not what this says in this Bill. This Bill says that after 60 days of a fine being levied, regardless of an appeal, it doesn't give time for an appeal, it says that those fines will be added to your property taxes. That's what this Bill says. So, there's no due process in this Bill. That's the first problem I see with it. The second problem which I think on that face should be enough to get everyone not to vote for it because I believe it's fatally flawed constitutionally. But second of all, what you're saying now is the municipality that should levy a fine and let's assume for the sake of argument that the fine is correct, okay, and there's no appeal. But what you're doing now is saying the municipality has this super priority status over every other creditor and they should be paid first. Correct?"

"Because what you're doing is you're gonna lay it on their property taxes and if the person doesn't pay their 09500030.doc 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 property taxes, then you're gonna have a tax sale and take their house. Correct? That… that's how it works, right?"

"Okay. So, everybody else who might have a judgment interest is outta luck, even though you might have had this judgment 10 years before or 7 years before. A little old lady sues the guy because he gives 'em a bad check. She gets a… she gets a judgment in small claims court and she records that judgment so it becomes a lien on the house. What you're saying now is the municipality who happens to have to mow this guy's lawn is gonna get paid but the little old lady who got a bum check isn't gonna get anything."

"As a lien, not on the property tax bill."

"This is a huge change."

"I disagree. What this Bill does…"

"That is a…"

"That is a fine or it is a lien, but it is not additional property tax. And what you're doing is you're combining two completely different things: a property tax and a fine. Correct? Correct?" 09500030.doc 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"You are… you are combining two completely different things: a property tax and a fine, because the fine has nothing to do with the property tax, right?"

"No, you're missing my point. It can… not… you're saying it wouldn’t be placed on the property tax bill, no, it could be placed on the property as a lien. Right now, you're saying it could be placed on the property tax bill, that's the difference. You are giving them now super priority status over every other creditor. I don't have a problem if you wanna place a lien on it and put him in the same position as every other creditor, but you're not doing that. You're saying that their bills are more important than everybody elses and that they should be paid first. That's a big difference and that's what this Bill does. Do you understand the difference? Do you understand?"

"Okay. 'Cause there is a big difference and I noticed last time the Treasurer…"

"Representative Franks, bring your remarks to a close."

"That was a really fast five minutes. The Treasurer's Office were against it last time and this time they're not opposed. Correct?"

"Well, the Amendment gives them 5 percent of the fines, right?"

"Okay. What about the assessor? Did you promise the assessor 5 percent? How about the clerk? Did you give the clerk 5 percent, too? I just wondered how many people you had to pay off here because it's gonna come off from the municipality and if we're gonna take money away from the municipality, please tell me are we cutting police or fire 'cause I wanna know when I vote on this who we're cutting, the police or the fire departments."

"That's absolutely incorrect. They are able to collect whatever they can collect. But what you're saying is you're changing the whole layout how collections should be."

"The treasurer's not the one who collects the fine. The municipality is doing the fine. And if the treasurer needs all this extra dough…"

"Representative Franks, you're finished. You're finished. Gentleman from Lake, Representative Sullivan, for what reason do you rise?"

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Molaro, for what reason do you rise? Bobby Molaro."

"I know… All I was gonna say, I know nobody wants to hear me, but… Will the Sponsor yield?"

"…cates he will."

"All right. I'm having a little problem with the Bill. The problem I have is it says, 'the property owner for Building Code violations that have been imposed by the Circuit Courts.' Okay. That's pretty good. Ya got a judge imposing the fine, hears the case. Now, it says here, 'or by a Code hearing officer under division 31.1 of Article 11.' What's a Code hearing officer under division 131.1 (sic-31.1) of Article 11? Circuit Court is a judge, so could you explain or ask or find out what… who that is or what that is?"

"Okay. But what I'm getting at would be, if the court imposes a fine and it's a judge and you wanna now do it this way, which is a serious way of doing it, maybe I could be convinced that at least a judge heard it. I wanna get serious. I'm gonna put it on there, ya know, as a special assessment and you've heard the people that might have a problem with it. I may not have a problem with that. At least I know it was by a judge. Here's the point I'm trying to get at, Representative Schock, is that a hearing officer under division 31 Article 11… if I… it is what I think it is, I just don't have enough time to look it up… municipalities had that administrative adjudication stuff. I actually do that in my other life when I'm downs… I'm just a hearing officer there and what happens invariably people get a ticket for garbage, excessive garbage, excessive lawns, they'll be issued a ticket. When they don't show up, I, by law, can save seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) with that high. So, I get three for seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750), they've never even been there. And the Circuit Court, to get a fine, you have to send the people; it has to go up in front of a court… You're in front of a judge. This is just some… I don't even wanna call myself, ya know, I don't even wanna say what I am, but it's just some guy up there, don't even have to be a lawyer, nobody shows up and you get a seven hundred and fifty dollar ($750) fine and now you can put it as a special assessment. I would have to find out before I can vote for this what is a 09500030.doc 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 hearing officer under division 31 Article 11 and see what that is because that's new in the Bill. It's underlined which means it's new, so you give me the information otherwise I have to vote 'no'."

"The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black, for what reason do you rise?"

"The Lady from Kane, Representative Chapa LaVia, for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you, Speaker. I'd like to speak to the Bill itself. I am the chair for Local Government and it did come through…"

"To the Bill."

"It came through my committee. I mean, come on, we're talkin' about cutting of grass and weeds, removal of garbage and debris, the removal of motor vehicles that are, ya know, run down, rodents of vermin abatement. We cannot allow property tax to be used in a… as a control force for municipalities to enforce their ordinances. This is all wrong. I stri… I stand in strong opposition of this Bill. And what are we gonna do next? We're gonna add water and sewer in there. Most of these people we're talkin' about that have to pay their property tax can't afford it as it is and now we're gonna make 'em pay more? The municipalities have to come up with a bigger… a better solution to go after these individuals. Don't put it on their property tax. Thank you very much."

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

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to this Bill. Representative Chapa LaVia had it exactly correct. There are many procedures to enable municipalities to get their money. They can certainly put a lien on any property and maybe they won't get their money today but they're going to get their money. People can't avoid an appropriately placed lien. So, I don't understand what the Gentleman's 09500030.doc 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 driving at here or what he's trying to accomplish. It is very clear that this would be an effort that would change the complexion of property tax bills if every municipality did it and the question is after we put, what next? What next will municipalities wanna put on property tax bills? What other burdens should we put on property tax owners or property tax payers? It's… it's clear that the municipalities have a right and an interest in making sure that people follow their ordinances and we all support that. We support strong options by municipalities to collect these dollars, but there's ample opportunity in the law today for municipalities to collect these dollars. It's the wrong place to put it on the property tax bill. Additionally, I don't see anything about due process in here. And so, the fine has been issued or the citation has been issued perhaps the homeowner or the property tax payer wants to contest it. Perhaps they're in the process of trying to contest it and turn it around. While this is happening, the special assessment is going on their property. And so, I think this is a poorly constructed piece of legislation and I think we should be voting 'no'."

"The Gentleman from Winnebago, Representative Winters, for what reason do you rise?"

"No further questions, Representative Schock to close."

"The question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1081?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. 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 14 voting 'aye', 99 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill fails. On page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1058. Representative Burke. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"…from Cook, Representative Burke."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. That's a heck of an act to follow, but very simply this Bill would provide that all schools in our state would be able to access the AED Heartsaver Fund. And I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1058?' All those in favor should say 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. And the voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Durkin. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Schock, one more time on House Bill 1082. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. Page 31 of the Calendar." 09500030.doc 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Peoria, Representative Schock."

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

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

"…cates he will."

"I… Aaron, I came over and talked to ya after your last Bill and I wanted to publicly apologize for making statements that I shouldn't… I shouldn't have and I wanted to do it on the record because of my statements on the last Bill were on the record and I wanna thank Mr. Black for pointing that out. I didn't mean to in… impugn your integrity and I apologize." 09500030.doc 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"On this Bill, it's a great Bill. I worked with Aaron on this last year. My only regret is I didn't think of it. I hope everyone votes 'yes' on it."

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1082?' 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 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1084. Representative Lang. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. House Bill 1084 embodies an agreement on the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act between the distributors and the brewers. These are some technical changes that they all agreed to. It involves making sure that extensions of brands are exclusive rights of the distributor. I'd be happy to answer your questions."

"…man from Cook, Representative Molaro, for what reason do you rise?"

"Sponsor yield?"

"…ates he will."

"Now, this changes the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act?" 09500030.doc 60  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"This is not my first Bill, Sir. Yes."

"Well… that's so… but it's even after this, it's still fair?"

"It is. All their dealings will be fair, Sir."

"Okay. Thank you."

"No further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1084?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? …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 the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1100. Representative Acevedo, for what reason do you rise? Mr. Clerk, the Gentleman asks leave to bring the Bill back to Second. Place this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Page 31 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1104. Representative Lindner, for what reason do you… Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"The Lady from Kane, Representative Lindner."

"The Lady asks leave to bring the Bill back to Second. The Bill will be so moved. Page 32 of the Calendar we have House Bill 11… Representative Hannig. House Bill 1112." 09500030.doc 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Out of the record."

"Out of the record. Representative Franks, we have House Bill 1138. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from McHenry, Representative Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is a simple Bill. All it does is it mandates the person list their domicile address on application for registration of a vehicle instead of a residence that way it'll clear up any confusion on where our car needs to be registered. Be glad to…"

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1138?' All those… 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? Representative Hoffman. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. We have House Bill 1232, Representative Watson. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Morgan, Representative Watson."

"No questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1232?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. Voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? …all… Graham. Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1236. Representative Tracy. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Lady from Brown, Representative Tracy."

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Will Davis, for what reason do you rise?" Davis, W.: "Will the Sponsor yield?"

"…cates she will." 09500030.doc 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 Davis, W.: "Representative, does this only apply to active duty and is that specified in the Bill?"

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1236?' 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'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1238. Representative Watson. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"…from Morgan, Representative Watson."

"The Lady from Kane, Representative Lindner, for what reason do you rise? Representative Lindner, question?"

"Okay. The question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1238?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all 09500030.doc 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 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 Colvin. Representative Jakobsson. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1241. Representative Poe. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Poe."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1241?' 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? Boland. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Beaubien, for what reason do you rise? Doesn't. The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black, for what reason do you rise?" 09500030.doc 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Your inquiry."

"Yes, I did."

Speaker Turner: "Represen… Representative, there were four thousand (4,000) introduced and we're trying to get through as many as we can because we noted all this…"

"Speaker wouldn't wanna do that. But if at any time you need me to slow down, just say whoa. Okay. On page 32 of the Calendar, we have House Bill 1243. Representative Fortner. The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose, is there something wrong? You keep…"

"Raise the blind?"

"Gotta flashlight. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. House Bill 1243."

"…from DuPage, Representative Fortner. Turn him on."

"…no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1243?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. 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 114 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Lindner on House Bill 1251. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"…no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1251?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? …voted who wish? Representative Granberg. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 113 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 1254. Representative Hamos. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Thank you, Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. I'm proud to present today the year-long product of the Electronic Health Records Task Force which came to consensus that this is the Bill they wanted to move forward. And this Bill would create… would… would direct the state to create a new not- for-profit organization called the Illinois Health Information Network, ILHIN, which really provides state- level focus leadership on moving the state forward with electronic health records. ILHIN has really two goals. One is to create a mechanism for the sharing of health information among health care providers and secondly, to foster the widespread adoption of electronic health records. This would be a new not-for-profit. States are moving… really, many states are well ahead of us and are moving exactly in this direction because this provides for the 09500030.doc 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 opportunity to create a public-private partnership with a lot of private dollars hopefully, to move the state forward. This is fully supported by the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, the State Medical Society, the Hospital Association and the insurance industry and I seek an 'aye' vote."

"The Lady from Cook, Representative Flowers, for what reason do you rise?"

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

"…cates she will."

"Representative, this will not be a state agency?"

"No. This will be a not-for-profit which would be a public-private partnership."

"Well, so, state dollars would be involved?"

"Well, what happens in other states, Representative Flowers, and again, we studied nine states. Eight of them have already created not-for-profits and many did… what happens is that the state sometimes provides seed money sometimes not, but a great example is what happened in California where four point six million dollars ($4,600,000) was put into this to move it forward and most of it by the insurance industry which has a lot at stake here and really wants to create better… something you and I believe in, which is higher quality health care and then better public safe… patient safety."

"And you and I are also concerned about jobs as well. And so, my other concern is of… as far as who will be doin' the hiring and how will we know because it will have state 09500030.doc 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 dollars as far as minority participation in. So, can you elaborate on that, please?"

"Well, and Representative Flowers, I don't see this as a big staff intensive agency because the work actually is being done at the health care provider level where we will be fostering the adoption of electronic health records. That's all decentralized. This is going to be a tight, little agency that does primarily two things and it is going to be a board of directors appointed by the Governor. This was all created by the Electronic Health Records Task Force, all spelled out exactly who should be on that board, who should govern the direction of this and they will be hiring the staff."

"Well, Representative, I agree with you 100 percent and I know the hiring practice is not in the legislation, but my concern and I want the record to be… have it reflected that I am concerned that minorities be a part of this tight, little agency that will have some state seed monies who will be dealin' with these records because I believe in fairness across the board. Just wanna bring that to your attention and hopefully, again, just want the record to reflect. Thank you."

"Seeing no further questions, the question… I'm sorry. The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black, for what reason do you rise?"

"…your inquiry." 09500030.doc 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Mr. Clerk, the status of the Bill, Committee Amendment #1, please?"

"Sponsor indicates she will."

"That is correct."

"'De-identified data', as I understand it, is data where you can not trace it back to the individual patient. It is used for aggregate… aggregating data to be able to understand public health issues and it does not reflect on individual patients."

"Amendment #1 is a product of continuing to work with the coalition that created the Electronic Health Records Task Force and the report and the plan and the response I got from some of the health care providers is that in some cases electronic health records are used even if a patient comes 09500030.doc 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 in unconscious and is not able to give consent for that particular moment… at that particular moment to be able to provide health care."

"I'm… I'm not sure I understand."

"Again, the only exception that was, again, created by one… and I remembered how this came in… as a reflection on a specific instance in which a person comes in, is unconscious, but is presenting for health care, is not able to give consent, but the health care provider, in this case the emergency room, would want to administer the appropriate treatment, would want to review the records of that patient. That would be the only situation. Patient confidentiality and patient security is written into every part of this process and the… actually the prototype that I saw would be like a HIPPA form, you would sign-off on the ability of your health care provider to use your electronic health record or to share it and that is going to be built into every part of this because everybody believes it and that is the goal here."

"Not really. This is a very different kind of model. There is… there are different models that are being used in different states. Some… only one state that I know of actually has created this mega database, that is not what is envisioned here. This is more of a record locator service. The patient signs off on being able to access the last provider's record and then the electronic system moves into that person's… into that person's electronic health record and pulls off particular data just for that use. There is no database, centralized database that is being created in this Bill. That was carefully thought through by the task force; they rejected that. This will be a very different kind of process."

"Well, that would be… the goal is to be able to share your health records because most of us see multiple providers. We move on throughout our life seeing different providers…"

"…and that goal is to… is for our health provider to have full access to our health record…"

"…to be able to provide better health care, reduce medical errors and for better patient safety."

"I am confident that patient privacy and security and confidentiality will be built into every part of this process. Everybody believes in that. This ILHIN board is going to be made up of all of those kind of providers that really understand the need for that, but still, this is the new age. Your electronic health records are here to stay and they will never be complete or comprehensive or as high quality as they could be if we don't provide the mechanism for sharing and that's what the task force has created a way to do that in a… in a minimum kind of way but still to provide for that."

"I think that's right."

"Well, and thank you, Representative Black, I think you're pointing to the exact issue here which is that one of the two goals… and the task force identified only two goals for this new entity… one of them is to foster widespread adoption of electronic health records and the reason they wanted to set up this mechanism is because we believe 09500030.doc 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 there's a lot of private dollars that could be brought to play to help do that. And there is interest in doing that, but the private insurance companies, for example, were not interested in handing money to the state in the hopes that it would be… end up in the appropriate way. So, there is not current money, we haven't identified it, but that will be the goal is to move forward and to be able to find resources to get that job done."

"Representative, bring your remarks to a close."

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1254?' 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 112 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 32 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1256. Representative Feigenholtz. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1256 expands eligibility for healthy benefits for workers with disabilities from 200 percent of the federal poverty level rate to 350. This is obviously an issue that we need to work on because lack of access to affordable health care forces a lot of people who are living with disabilities to work less or not at all and discourages them from working because they are afraid they're going to lose their Medicaid eligibility. I'd be glad to answer any questions."

"…no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1256?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. 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 112 voting 'aye', 1 'no', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby 09500030.doc 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 declared passed. On page 32 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1257. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Lady from Cook, Representative Feigenholtz."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Last year we passed a piece of legislation that allowed people who were on the AIDS drug assistance program to go into Medicare Part D at HFS. This is a HFS Bill that essentially cleans up a little omission where we forgot to wrap in people 65 years or older. I would be glad to answer any questions."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1257?' 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 113 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 32 of the Calendar we have Representative Feigenholtz on House Bill 1277. Out of the record. Representative Saviano on House Bill 1284. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"…from Cook, Representative Saviano."

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1284?' All those in fovor… all those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. 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 113 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 33 of the Calendar we have House Bill 1348. Representative Hannig. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk, 1348."

"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. A few years back we passed legislation that divided our community college district here in Springfield, Lincolnland Community College into several districts. The State Board of Elections said that we needed to do a cleanup on that Bill and that's exactly what this is. So, this doesn't change anything; it simply clarifies those lines that we drew a few years ago. I've talked to Representative Poe and Brauer and Watson who also have an interest in the Bill and there's no opposition, so I'd ask for your 'yes' vote."

"…from Bond, Representative Stephens, for what reason do you rise? Stephens. Okay. It's gettin' late. Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass House Bill 1348?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. 09500030.doc 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 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 113 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Hannig in the Chair."

"Representative Holbrook on House Bill 1288. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Holbrook."

"Thank you. This is the credit union cleanup Bill. I know of no opposition. It does three or four things concerning when a vacancy was declared, how they can do their account credits, how they can do training for the examiners and allows 'em an issue on their credit union names. I know of no opposition. Be glad to take 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? Representative Turner and Saviano, would you like to be recorded? 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 Feigenholtz on House Bill 1299. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 09500030.doc 79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Representative Feigenholtz."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is a pilot project for… to that… essentially asks the Department of Transportation to use rubberized asphalt in one of their projects and to report back to us. I'd be glad to answer any questions."

Speaker Hannig: "This is on Short Debate and in response, Representative Durkin."

"She indicates she'll yield."

"No."

"There was no opposition in committee."

"I haven't talked to them."

"No."

"Representative Holbrook ran this Bill for me in committee." 09500030.doc 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Actually, Representative Durkin, I'm glad you asked that. The cost for rubberized asphalt is actually less than other materials we've been using by about .72 cents a ton not to mention the environmental benefits, which I'm sure you're very concerned with."

"I'm sorry?"

"I've never got a fiscal note on this. I don't know."

"I assumed that it was not gonna cost more; it was likely gonna cost less, last longer and be more cost efficient. That's why I'm doing it."

"It's glad to have you back, Jim. Glad to have you back especially…"

"Yeah, I love it."

"The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black."

"Representative Feigenholtz, for what reason did you rise?"

"Well, I rise because it's my Bill."

"Okay. But no, Representative, it's Represe…"

"My comments to Representative Black is that…"

Speaker Hannig: "Representative… Representative Feigenholtz, it's not your turn to speak. I thought you were gonna take it out of the record. Representative Meyer… Representative Meyer, you're recognized for five minutes."

"…cates she'll yield."

"Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take this Bill out of the record."

Speaker Hannig: "Out of the record at the request of the Sponsor. Representative Hamos on House Bill 1300. Out of the record. Representative Lyons on 1301. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. House Bill 1301."

"Representative Lyons."

"Thank you, Mr… thank you, Mr… thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1301 extends the nursing home residents ombudsman services to all nursing home residents regardless of their age or what part of the state they live in. Now, the Department on Aging does still have concerns with this Bill on the funding issues. The reality is here most of the funding issues come from the Federal Government, so we're hopeful that we can continue conversations on this so the Federal Government money can be brought into the state through the Department of Human Services as well as the Department on Aging so this Bill can be fully funded, if not we will take it back in language in the Senate to make it more permissive instead of mandatory. But I'd ask for your support on this Bill."

"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 110 voting 'yes' and 0 09500030.doc 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Okay. Out of the record on 1304, Representative Bradley? How about 1308? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Bradley." Bradley, J.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is an agreement between the oil and gas industry and the Farm Bureau regarding giving additional compensation and rights to surface owners when it comes to drilling on their property. I would ask for an 'aye' vote. Passed out of committee unanimously."

"This is on the Order of Short Debate. Does anyone stand in response? Then the question is, 'Shall this… Excuse me. Representative Black."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"Is there 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 09500030.doc 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 wish? Representative Soto, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 109 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Hoffman on House Bill 1313. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Madison, Representative Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1313 simply provides that the Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board establish and operate the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. And it will utilize interdisciplinary and interinstitutional collaborations to conduct research and training. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"…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 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bost, do you wish us to read 1320? Out of the record. Representative Ford on 1332. Representative Ford. Representative Ford on 1332. Out of the record. Representative Brauer on 1355. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 09500030.doc 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Representative Brauer."

Speaker Hannig: "…on Short Debate. Does anyone speak in response? The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang. Okay. Doesn't wish to speak, so… 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? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Do you wish us to read House Bill 1363? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Brauer."

"This is on Short Debate. And in response, Representative Stephens." 09500030.doc 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Okay. State your inquiry."

"6:20, someone said."

"Then we can put it on the big board."

Speaker Hannig: "On House Bill 1363, does anyone speak 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 vo… Representative Brauer, do you wish to be recorded on this important Bill? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Krause on 1384. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Krause."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Eddy on 1399. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."

"Is there any discussion? Then the question is, 'Shall this Bill pass?' Excuse me. Representative Boland, do you stand in response?" 09500030.doc 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Well, I was just gonna add that actually there are maps already available. I know through the Lieutenant Governor's Office they've given me maps of all the E85s in the state, but you wanna have more maps, sobeit."

"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 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1423."

"Representative Holbrook."

"Thank you. House Bill 1423 amends the Elevator Safety and Regulatory Act. It extends the deadlines for elevator mechanic licenses to apply to the end of this year. This comes back from JCAR. It does two other changes. It deletes the word 'design' from the purview of this program and it also adds a senior citizen to the review board. Most of this, except for the senior citizen issue, is una… request of JCAR. As we reviewed the rulemaking and I… and that's why most of the Members from JCAR are on this Bill. I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote and take any questions."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' 09500030.doc 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1425."

"Representative Reitz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 1425 sets up the… creates the Radon Awareness Act. This will set up a disclosure for 'em at the… at a real estate transaction for people to fill out. The intent here is just to raise the awareness on radon which is a serious problem across the State of Illinois. And I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"Does anyone rise in response? The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"The… with the Amendment it has a disclosure form that it… you basically… it's in addition to the seller disclosure form. It will have a separate form where you would check off if you know of any presence of radon and basically, the intent is to make sure that we give to each buyer of the home the information from IEMA on radon so that they are 09500030.doc 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 aware of that and can have it checked in the future. The initial Bill would have required a test, this one doesn't."

"Correct."

"Yes."

"It would depend. I mean, would I… unfortunately I've learned through a lady that her husband she thinks died of radon, more than I wanna know about radon, actually. But this… we've tried to incorporate this as a first step so that we will just have a form. If you're aware of it, if you've done a test, you can give those tests over, if you've done your home test or anything. It doesn't require a home inspection and my concern was…"

"It does not require…" 09500030.doc 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"…a home inspection."

"All it does is you sign a form that if you have had a test on radon, you will give them the copy of that form."

"And if you're not aware of it, it puts no onus on the seller at all."

"Correct."

"That's correct."

"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 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Pritchard on House Bill 1452. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Pritchard." 09500030.doc 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Is there any discussion? The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Riley."

"Are these… Is this a LCPC, we say, professional counselors? The people with the LCPC designation."

"Okay. Thank you."

"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? …voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1456."

"Representative Lang."

"Thank you. For the record, Mr. Speaker, I am the Chief Sponsor of this Bill. This is a Bill that sets forth the 09500030.doc 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 procedure to initiate a referendum in municipalities under the Whistleblower Act. I know of no opposition."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1481."

"Representative Tryon."

"Is…"

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Kosel on House Bill 1491. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 09500030.doc 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Representative Kosel."

"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 Pritchard, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1246."

"Representative Hoffman."

"Yes, Mr. Speaker. This is an initiative of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Is a State Fire Marshal Act by classifying current arson investigators employed by the office of the State Fire Marshal as special agents would authorize them to not only have a weapon at times when they are investigating but at other times. And it restores a 200-hour firearm training requirement that they must go through in order to be able to do this. I ask for an 'aye' vote." 09500030.doc 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 34 of the Calendar, Representative Bost with 1492. Out of the record. Representative Brauer on 1499. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Brauer."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 102 voting 'yes' and 5 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1525."

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lyons."

"Thank you… thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1525 merely extends the sunset Act date on the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act from January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2012. It's been an extremely successful program that's helped thousands of people and saved millions of dollars in the State of Illinois. I'd appreciate your favorable consideration."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Mulligan on House Bill 1538. Out of the record. Representative Dugan… Oh, excuse me. I didn't see you, Representative. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1538."

"The Lady from Cook, Representative Mulligan."

"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 09500030.doc 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. And Representative Mulligan on 1540. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Mulligan."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Dugan on 1542. Out of the record. Representative Winters on 1545. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Winters."

"The Gentleman moves for the passage of House Bill 1545. And on that question, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang."

"Thank you. Will the Gentleman yield?"

"Indicates he'll yield."

"Representative, I would like you to explain what the Bill does again so I make sure I understand…"

"…how this competitive bidding process is going to work."

"All right. So, the latter part is the key to me. Previously, there had been Bills out here to set up a competitive bidding process where just everything would go 09500030.doc 100  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 to the Gaming Board who would decide it all, but fur… and then what would happen then is… well… So, you have a situation here where first they're gonna decide where the licenses will go and then those… those bids will take place within the confines of that region for each license."

"All right. If that's what it does, I support your Bill, Sir."

"Representative Miller."

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates he'll yield."

"This says… this says any… and I'm readin' our analysis here… you're changin' the fee structure here?"

"Would the bidding process go under any Procurement Code or how is that…"

"In terms of minorities and women-owned businesses, would that fall under that, do you know?" 09500030.doc 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"And as far as… it says, currently an applicant and owner of a license must pay a fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) application fee. Why don't we just triple that fee at this time?"

"But it doesn't say that. At least in our analysis, it says it's only a fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) fee. You… you're… you're actually getting to my point."

"Hold… hold… hold on. You said one of the items that they could bid is a tax that they could pay on it? Ya know, hold on. This is…"

"And I know it's late and I don't wanna belabor something here, but Representative Winters on our analysis 09500030.doc 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 it says that application fee… it must pay a fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) application fee, a twenty-five thousand ($25,000) license fee for the first year of operation and a five thousand ($5,000) license fee for each year after. Five thousand (5,000) may be five minutes worth of business for any casino. I mean, I'm sort of… I guess if something new is gonna occur, then, as you know and we all know, is that… that's very, very low for it to obtain a new license fee and I'm sure anybody, ya know, who's… who's considering a license fee would love to pay it because this is probably just a drop in a bucket for any gaming facility. Do you wanna take it out…"

"Go ahead."

"I was gonna ask you, do you wanna take this out of the record and get some clar…"

"I'm sure you didn't."

"Yeah."

"I don't know. I would just advise Members just to sort of inquire about this… the legislation. I'm totally a little bit unclear and would rather have some clarity and try to rush… instead of rushin' this through. It may be… there may be nothing to this. There may be nothing to this legislation and it may just go through, but I'm really unclear about it and I think we deserve a little bit of time to really kind of understand this a little better. Especially, based on what are analysis are. Thank you."

"Representative Sullivan."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"Representative Winters to close."

"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 106 voting 'yes' and 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Coulson, you're recognized on a Motion, a Motion to reconsider."

"So, the Lady's Motion to reconsider House Bill 1246 is withdrawn. Representative Franks on House Bill 1553. Out of the record. Representative Dugan on 1554. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 09500030.doc 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Representative Dugan."

"Thank you, Mr… Mr. Speaker. House Bill 1554 amends the Illinois Vehicle Code concerning the Illinois firefighters license plates. House Bill 1554 provides that the monies in the Illinois Firefighters Memorial Fund that are used for scholarships may be used for graduate scholarships, undergraduate scholarships or both, for spouses as well as for children of firefighters killed in the line of duty. It also provides that up to 10 percent of the annual proceeds of the funds may be used for maintenance and exhibits at the Illinois firefighter museum. I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"And… This is on the Order of Short Debate. And in response, the Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black."

"She indicates she'll yield."

"Well, Representative, thank you for your input. This… That wasn't discussed when this Bill was brought to me. They just wanted to make sure that they could use it for scholarships…"

"…for the children and that, so…"

"I certainly appreciate that and will do that. Thank you."

"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 107 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1610."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Mathias."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 103 voting 'yes' and 4 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1611."

"Representative Ryg."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the chamber. House Bill 1611 amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act permitting the Department of Public Health to issue a 2-year license renewals for assisted living facilities based on the absence of specified levels of violations. There's no opposition to the Bill. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"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 Molaro, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 107 09500030.doc 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Mautino on 1630. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Bureau, Representative Mautino."

"Thank you, Speaker, and I've gotta say…, I don't have my glasses on. The Bill number on that is what?"

"1630."

"What's it do? Is it a good Bill? I'll go with that. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote. Actually, this is an initiative of the recorders for Illinois and it… and it deletes obsolete languages. There's a number of funds and fees which are used by no county within the State of Illinois. It eliminates an indemnity fund which is used nowhere. There's no opposition. Basically, it cleans up their statute for funds they're not using nor do they wanna use. And I'd like to thank the Speaker for his assistance on this Bill."

"Is there any discussion? The Lady from Cook, Representative Mulligan."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"Okay. That… that information I would have to get back for it. My understanding from the Clerks' offices is they no longer perform this function at all that they're required to have the bonding for it and that's why one of the bonding requirements is… has been taken out is because there are no clerk's office within the State of Illinois that perform this function."

"And the fee is also repealed, as well. This repeals all the fields…"

"Right. There's no fees on anything anymore that they don't do."

"I thank you very much."

"Is there 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 09500030.doc 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 107 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Pihos on 1643. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Pihos."

"…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 107 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Burke on 1656. Out of the record. Representative Coulson on House Bill 1660. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 09500030.doc 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Representative Coulson."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 107 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Coladipietro do you have… you wish us to read 1666. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Coladipietro."

Speaker Hannig: "And on that question, the Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose. Okay. Doesn't wish to speak. Rep… The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black."

"Indicates he'll yield."

Speaker Hannig: "Any further discussion? Representative Coladipietro, would you like to close? Would you like to close?"

"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 88 voting 'yes' and 19 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Pritchard on 1670. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from DeKalb, Representative Pritchard."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 107 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1673."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Mathias."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Schock, you have House Bill 1705. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Peoria, Representative Schock."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a 09500030.doc 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1729."

"Representative Joyce."

"Thank you, Mr… thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1729 would allow for the licensure of board and care home facilities as opposed to the voluntary registration which happens today. This is an initiative of AARP and the Department of Public Health so that they can avoid these violations that have occurred in the ones that so far have voluntarily registered. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 84 voting 'yes' and 22 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Eddy on House Bill 1741. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Eddy."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 107 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Black, you have House Bill 1768. Do you wish us to read that? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Black."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Phelps, you have 1779. Out of the record. Representative Flider, 1786. Out of the record. Representative Gordon, 1790. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Gordon."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, House Bill 1790 is merely cleanup language from legislation that was passed in the 94th General Assembly. It amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act and it puts the chief judge… provides that upon receipt of a written request from the chief judge of the court reporters circuit instead of a written request from the Supreme Court, which was changed in the Act. These were changes that were not made when they were changed in the 94th General Assembly. And also it amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to provide the transcript costs for indivo… individuals participating in a mental health or developmental disability-related court proceeding must be paid from funds appropriated to the Comptroller which is 09500030.doc 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 where it was transferred to under legislation previously passed. This merely streamlines legislation and these two changes were not made when the legislation was passed in the 94th General Assembly."

"Is there any discussion? The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black."

"Indicates she'll yield."

"No, they don't, no."

"Nobody was in opposition… nobody was in opposition to the Bill. They were the ones… they're… no."

"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 107 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a 09500030.doc 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Osterman on 1799. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Osterman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1799 authorizes the Department of Human Rights the ability to charge a tuition to nongovernmental entities other than nonprofits for training that is offered by the department. This will enable them to provide training but also recoup some of the costs for groups that are required to have training. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Is there any discussion? The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black."

"…cates he'll yield."

"How will the training be paid for?"

"Well, in various ways. I think that for entities or businesses it would fall under this other than governmental a… entities. If there was a requirement that… through part of a settlement of a situation that would cover for the department, someone… the department could charge a tuition to the group or business that had to go through that 09500030.doc 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 training. The department, through the testimony in committee, had also mentioned that groups, businesses, come to them proactively to seek training, sexual harassment training, ADA training, things like that. This would simply give them the ability to charge a tuition. Additionally, in committee, the fees for the tuition would be what I would deem modest. I think they referenced fifty dollars ($50) for a training class."

"I think they wanna have the ability to charge for it and again, I would say, Representative Black, that in the testimony and talking to the director, it's not the intent of the department to charge exorbitant fees or exorbitant tuition costs to provide the tuition. They are simply trying to recoup some of their costs that will enable the department in their training unit to have the staffing required to do a good job. So, I think that you and I will both monitor the fees that are charged and the tuition that's charged and how that works out, but I would not expect them to charge exorbitant fees. Currently, businesses or entities that are required to do training through a finding of the department, would… could seek a private business to do the training. So, right now the department's providing it at a very, ya know, economical way 09500030.doc 122  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 by not charging. They're simply seeking to recoup some of their costs."

"In committee, the testimony was that they estimated around fifty dollars ($50) a training class. And I think that… I don't know specifically how far along they are in pricing out what they would charge, but again, Representative Black, in talking to the director, it's not their intent to charge exorbitant fees. And the only time that someone would be required training is either: 1) if they choose to or 2) if they're required, as part of a settlement with a complaint. So, this is not a proactive initiative on their part to go out and charge businesses for training that's not required. The business would either choose to be there or they would be required to be there under a settlement."

"Representative Meyer."

"Indicates he'll yield."

"The department has a training unit within its department with… my understanding is, a handful of employees that do that training and they're also required to provide materials and go out and travel to businesses if a business wants to come and have a training that's done or is required by the rule of the state to have it done. So, I think it's basically trying to cover the costs and with regard to the previous speaker, if there are situations that… there have been malicious uses of this law that have been problematic to businesses, I would quite frankly love to hear that. And I think we could talk to the director about that, but to my knowledge…"

"I think… I have a… an estimated revenue of twenty- five thousand dollars ($25,000)."

"It could be spent for employees' salaries and/or printing costs, materials that are used, things like that. Travel costs."

"I would think that the director and the department would have the ability to use those funds."

"Well, I think if we get down to sweepin' the twenty- five thousand dollars ($25,000), I think we're in some serious trouble this year."

"I don't… I don't see that it… I don't see that it has language dealing with sweeping of the funds."

"I don't have that number with me now."

"Okay. We'll grant you one, Representative, if that's the case. Representative Osterman to close."

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, if I'm not mistaken this Bill passed out of committee unanimously. It is the intent of the Department of Human Rights to provide quality training to businesses in our state… to organizations in our state for situations like diversity training, sexual harassment training, training for people with disabilities. I would suggest to this Body that those people that are required to come to training before the department that there are findings that would lead them there or in a business in this state would proactively wanna go out to train its employees. The question before this Body is, do we want the department to do that and skimp by or do we wanna have them have the ability to charge, again, a modest tuition charge to do a good job. And I would think that that's what something… something that we would want to do. I would ask, respectfully, for an 'aye' vote. If there are problems in the administration of the training right now, it's news to me. And I'd like to hear any complaints that anyone has on the other side of the aisle and I'll set up a meeting with the director. This is good public policy; it's not gonna run business out. I'd ask for 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? Have all voted who wish? Last call. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this 09500030.doc 127  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 question, there are 46 voting 'yes' and 53 voting 'no'. And the Bill fails. Representative Ryg, you have House Bill 1882. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Ryg."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1882 seeks to reestablish the state Hemophilia Advisory Committee to assist in the oversight of seven million dollars ($7,000,000) in public funds and to provide the Illinois bleeding disorder community a voice in the development of public policy initiatives that impact their lives. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Boland on House Bill 1917. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Boland."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. What House Bill 1917 does is gives the school boards the authority to place an advisory referenda or advisory question on the ballot at the next election by a majority of the school board members. 09500030.doc 128  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 And this is following up… we've given townships, cities, counties, and park districts this right and so, this would give school districts the same right."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1922."

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Knox, Representative Moffitt."

"Is there any discussion? The Gentleman from Fulton, Representative Smith."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this legislation. Wanna commend Representative Moffitt for his work. Together we serve on the Leadership Council for Ag Education and they actually are in town today and tomorrow for their symposium. This is, I think, a great legislation complementing what we did last year. Ag education and Ag educators continue to lead the way in… in their professionalism and in the development of the curriculum that they do with the State Board of Education. So, I'd encourage an 'aye' vote on this legislation."

"Is there 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 105 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. And Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1923."

"Representative Moffitt."

"…man has moved for the passage of House Bill 1923. On that question, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Ford."

"No. I'm… just wanna state for the record that I voted 'yes' on the last Bill, 1922."

"…22. The record will reflect, Representative, your intentions to vote 'yes'."

"Thank you."

"The Gentleman from… Okay. The… 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 102 voting 'yes' and 4 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1926, Representative Stephens. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 09500030.doc 131  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

Speaker Hannig: "The Gentleman from Bond, Representative Stephens."

"The Gentleman has moved for the passage of House Bill 1926. 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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1947."

"Representative Saviano."

"And on the Gentleman's Motion, the Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Meyer."

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Riley."

"Will the Sponsor please yield?"

"…cates he'll yield." 09500030.doc 133  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"With the traditional martial arts, most of the… the competitions, even the ones that are professional, there are practitioners from that art that do the judging and refereeing and so forth. So, tae kwon do has tae kwon do practitioners, kempo has kempo practitioners. The mixed martial arts as such, I mean, it really hasn't been around that long and one of the things that they tout is that they're an amalgamation of some of the traditional oriental martial arts. Isn't there a problem… What is the vehicle for the refereeing under your Bill, the refereeing of these… of these matches?"

"But that's just it, that's just my question. Ya know, it's not boxing and so, people who are trained to referee boxing matches really would not be appropriate and again, since this is supposed to be a mixed martial art and 09500030.doc 134  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 frankly, knowing something about the martial arts myself, one of the problems is there's nothing specific, ya know, to this art. A lot of the people who are practitioners of it are not really trained in one of the form of martial arts. Ya know, you don't have to be a black belt to engage in this activity, so I'm saying again, ya know, don't you think you're gonna have some problems with regard to, I mean, you've already admitted regulations have to be set up. One of the problems you're gonna have is the fact that, ya know, there is no tradition, there are no standards with regard to this activity."

"Mr. Speaker, to the Bill."

"To the Bill."

"I really think that there's not a lot of history in this. I think there's going to be problems with regard to its regulation, the scoring, the refereeing and these kinds of issues. One of the unfortunate problems is that this art does still suffer from its history. Ya know, where… whereby opponents are beaten into submission, ya know, so that it's not like the traditional martial arts that are controlled, that are focused and actually have hundreds of years of 09500030.doc 135  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 history to it. And so, I have to vote negatively on this Bill."

"Representative Miller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I support this legislation. And as I mentioned in committee, there's a mixed martial art activity called Shudokan that… that I look forward to every time… every year at the Park West. And it's not as… as competitive as… as the sport that Representative Saviano is… is addressing today, but what they do have is trained, professional referees, what they do have is a ambulance that's outside waiting, what they do have is all the security that's needed and if we don't regulate it that means this activity could go underground, this activity could be unregulated, somebody could be hurt. This is only some commonsense legislation that I think is at its time and its day. It's a sport that is clearly taking… it's grabbin' a hold of the country and even though we may disagree with what's going on, it's something that at least that it's happening that we need to support. I would… I ask everyone to support this legislation."

"Representative Saviano to close."

"And 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 09500030.doc 136  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 question, there are 96 voting 'yes' and 10 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 1969."

"Representative Brauer."

"The Gentleman has moved for the passage of House Bill 1969. And on that question, the Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."

"The Lady from Cook, Representative Graham."

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

"He indicates he'll yield."

"Representative Brauer, so this piece of legislation gives you bond authority for the area that you represent?"

"So, you wouldn't be necessarily opposed to anyone else bringing bond authority for their particular area?"

"I guess, my concern is, we're down here, we… we're always supporting legislation when people come and say that this is something that affects our area, we try to support it where oftentimes if you're bringing legislation that affects the City of Chicago or some of the other areas, you guys are not very supportive of it. So, I was just kinda concerned about, ya know, history on your votes on issues that affected other peoples' areas."

"Thank you."

"Representative Brauer to close."

"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 09500030.doc 138  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 72 voting 'yes' and 33 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Myers, you have House Bill 1972. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Myers."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 103 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 36 of the Calendar, under the Order of House Bills-Third 09500030.doc 139  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 Reading, Representative Brauer, you have House Bill 2023. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Brauer."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 104 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Rose, you have House Bill 2035. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Rose."

"And on that question, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang."

"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Indicates he'll yield."

"Representative, my file indicates that IDOT may be opposed to this. Can you tell me why?"

"Well, I have a note here that says that without a capital program there's no local match available through IDOT. Is that… could that be the program that we have a problem with?"

"All right. I have no problem with your Bill, but I would just ask ya to work with IDOT, if the Bill goes to the other chamber, to see if we can resolve their problems."

"Thank you."

"Representative Will Davis." Davis, W.: "Sponsor yield?"

"…cates he'll yield." Davis, W.: "So… so, let me just make sure I understand. So, the City of Markham, in the south suburbs, if they wanted to… in order to acquire their local match for dollars, they could pay the money themselves?"

"Representative Mulligan."

"He indicates he'll yield."

"Representative, your five minutes have expired. Could you bring your remarks to a close, please?"

"Representative Harris."

"Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question." 09500030.doc 147  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"The Gentleman moved the previous question. The question is, 'Shall the main question be put?' All in favor say 'aye'; opposed 'nay'. The 'ayes' have it. The main question is put. Representative Rose to close."

"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 102 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Saviano on 3374. Rep… Representative Durkin, you're gonna handle that. Okay. Representative Durkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Durkin."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 104 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 3394."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you very much, Speaker. This Bill creates the smart cities grant program which is a new program with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The program is subject to appropriation. The department may establish and administer a program to make grants to 09500030.doc 149  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 municipalities for urban preservation and redevelopment as well as green technology. The second part of this is House Bill 3394 also creates the green cities grant program which also allows the new program in the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is subject to appropriation. This program would also… would allow DCEO to make grants to municipalities to buildings… whose buildings conform to the United States Green Building Council Leadership and Environmental and Energy Design rating system. And I would ask for a favorable vote. Thank you."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 99 voting 'yes' and 5 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bassi, for what reason do you rise?"

"Yes. Proceed."

"Probably not, Representative."

"Representative Bellock on House Bill 3454. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Bellock."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 104 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 3487."

"Representative Froehlich."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill simply eliminates a… one sentence on that… the statement of economic interest form to comply with a law that we passed last year. It's not controversial. I know of no opponents. I ask for an 'aye' vote." 09500030.doc 151  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007

"Is there any discussion? Then the question… Excuse me. The Gentleman from Vermilion, Representative Black."

"Well, unfortunately, some of the county clerks, seeing that informa… that line on there, are mistakenly sending notifications that they shouldn't be. So, this is kinda cleanup to a Bill that followed last year saying you no longer send notifications to remove the language to indicate notification will be sent. It's just kind of an anachronism now to remain on the form."

"I guess you have to check with the county clerks on that one."

"No. Here's… here's the language that's currently on the form. It asks for your name then it says your full post office address to which notification of an examination of 09500030.doc 152  STATE OF ILLINOIS 95th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 30th Legislative Day 3/22/2007 this statement should be sent. We're just gonna eliminate that and just ask for your address. That's all."

"Yes."

"Correct."

"I forgot…"

"Yeah, I did."

"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 102 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Mathias, you have House Bill 3593. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Mathias."

"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? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 104 voting 'yes' and 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 3627. Return that to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. Representative Molaro has House Bill 3652. Out of the record. And Representative Lang… Out of the record. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 1100?"

"…turn that to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. And Mr. Clerk, read House Bill 824."

"Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Davis, Will Davis, for what reason do you rise?" Davis, W.: "An announcement, Mr. Speaker. I encourage everyone to watch or listen to the SIU Salukis tonight on TV, radio, the last Illinois team in the NCAA tournament."

"Representative Black, for what reason do you rise?"

"…point."

"Representative Lyons."

"Representative Brauer or Representative Poe might correct me. I think 1450 is ESPN, ya get the radio on 1450 SIU and Kansas. And Kansas was leading 8 to 2 with three minutes gone in the first half."

"Mr. Clerk, read the Adjournment Resolution. Representative Stephens, for what reason do you rise?"

"Mr. Clerk, read the Adjournment Resolution."

"Representative Lang 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. Mr. Clerk, read the Agreed Resolutions."

"Representative Lang moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All in favor say 'aye'; opposed 'nay'. The 'ayes' have it. The Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Are there any further announcements? Then allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Representative Lang moves that the House stands adjourned until Tuesday, March 27, 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."