Illinois House Floor Debate — May 22, 2009

"The hour of 10:00 having arrived, today May 22, 2009, the House shall be in order. We shall be led in… today in prayer by Reverend Suzanne Anderson-Hurdle, who is with the Good Sheppard Church in Romeoville, Illinois. Reverend Anderson-Hurdle is the guest of Representative McAsey. 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. Reverend Anderson-Hurdle."

Speaker Turner: "We'll be led in the Pledge today by the Gentleman from Marion, Representative Cavaletto."

"Roll Call for Attendance. The Lady from Cook, Representative Currie." 09600060.doc 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Flowers and Golar are excused today."

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

"The record will so reflect. There are 114 Members present, a quorum is present and we shall proceed with business. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports."

"On page 4 of the Calendar, under Senate Bills- Third Reading, we have Senate Bill 1293. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of that Bill?"

"The Sponsor requests that you bring it back to Second Reading. And then, could you read the Bill."

"Representative Jackson on Amendment #2."

"I move for adoption." 09600060.doc 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 1293. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from St. Clair, Representative Jackson."

"Thank you, Speaker of the… Members. Senate Bill 1293 would allow Belle Valley School District 119 to issue bonds not to exceed 47.5 million for school construction. The issuance of bonds would be subject to voter approval, which occurred on April 7, 2009. The school board must also determine by Resolution that the bonds are required as a result of mine subsidence. On September 26, 2007, staff members at Belle Valley North Elementary noticed the development of cracks in the walls and floors that raised some concerns because of the rapid development. The damage was inspected by structural engineers and other district officials who determined that some building stress has occurred consistent with the kind of stress that typically is associated with mine subsidence. While visually damaged, the building was deemed to be safe for children and employees. At the most recent reports out of the district, the building has sunk six inches. The Department of Natural Resources estimated the building could sink 09600060.doc 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 another 6-12 inches. The total… the school could sink a total of 48 inches. I'm… I'll ask… take any questions and I'm asking for an 'aye' vote."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy, for what reason do you rise?"

"Indicates he will."

"Morning."

"That's correct, yes."

"Yes, yes, it has."

"Yes."

"They're applying, that's good." 09600060.doc 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Thirty years."

"The referendum allowed for 35 years."

"That's correct."

"That is correct."

"Thank you."

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1293?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 81 voting 'aye', 33 voting 'no', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Ford, for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. I rise for a point of personal privilege. Last night on the west side and the south side of Chicago was a night filled with violence. I'm just going to read some breaking news from the Chicago Tribune. It stated that four people were slain in three shootings… four people were killed in three shootings on the Chicagos south side and west side. A 27- year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were shot at 9:40 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Van Buren Street in East Garfield Park. Derriek Armstrong, a 27-year-old, in the 1900 block of South Christiana suffered multiple gun wounds and was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 10:19. Bernadette Turner, 19 years old, 4700 block of West Ohio Street was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital a minute later after 09600060.doc 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 being shot in the neck. About 10 minutes later, 11 miles away another teenager was gun downed. Mr. Walker, 17 years old, in the 600 block of East Marquette Road suffered multiple bullet wounds and was pronounced dead at Northwest Memorial Hospital yesterday at 10:20. He was shot in the 6500 block of South Evans. Also, a 22-year-old, named Steven Robinson was found shot and killed overnight, outside his North Austin neighborhood in the 1500 block of North Lemington Avenue. And about 11:20 a separate shooting not far from Mr. Walker was killed, three men were wounded in a drive-by residence. Police said that the two men, 28 years old, a man shot, 22 years old in the back and was taken to Northwest Memorial Hospital. And so, I read all of that simply because yesterday we did a great thing. We passed a capital… whatever it is, construction plan, and I'm hoping that we understand that we came together for that. And that the money must follow the blood. The money must follow the areas like Austin, that lacks a high school. I know that there are other people telling me that they lack a high school in their areas. So, it's our job… we're just like doctors. When we see a problem, we have to go act on it and we have to have a cure for it. And we all took an oath to say that we will fix the social ills of our society. So, if we ignore all these killings and don't provide jobs, don’t improve the schools, don't provide better parks and programs and ignore it and keep everything as they continue to be, we protect… we perpetrate and we simply contribute to the problem. So, once again, we talk about a lot of the gun Bills. And I, too, believe that the 09600060.doc 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Constitution says… the Bill of Rights of Illinois states that Section 22, that we have a right to arms; subject only to police power, the right of the individual citizens to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon. And so I ask you, when we start making plans for the money, when we start making plans, don't forget about the injustice, not just for black people, but down in Springfield here, we have so many people that suffer. Some of the poorest people in this state are not black, they're white, they're Hispanic. So, we need help to come together and fight not just for black people, I'm here to fight for all the people in Illinois. So, I believe that Representatives on that side believe in justice, they took the oath. And I'll end by saying that I believe that when we took the oath of office and I believe that most of us here believe in the higher power. And the higher power says that God gave us the ability to reason. And not to reason for the wrong cause, not to reason to not protect the people but the reason to find solutions to the problems that we are faced with. So, it seems like the problems are difficult and it seems like the solutions are difficult but they're difficult because we're not looking for ways to really fix the problem. We could fix the problem if we simply go where the problems are. Thank you."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Bond, Representative Stephens… On the Order of Third Readings, and this is the Order that we're going to utilize for the next hour or two. We're going to do Senate Bill-Third Readings. And we'll go 09600060.doc 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 down the Calendar, starting on page 3, Senate Bill 80. Representative Washington. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Washington."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Senate Bill 80 is a very, very simple Bill. And what it does, it provides for a little bit more fairness if someone, my colleague or the people in a particular district or town, that they want to elect somebody who chooses to run as an Independent rather as a Democrat or a Republican. And they definitely should have the choice. So, the Bill is… is… is just making the process open that there's not a penalty for getting more than enough signatures, but definitely the minimum requirement for having signatures should be had by any and everybody who is running for elected office. And I ask for an 'aye' vote. And I'll stand for any questions."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."

"I… I believe you've got it right. Let me restate it. As we… as we speak in the City of Waukegan, in particular, a person can be taken off the ballot or not even get a chance to be on the ballot and penalized for having too many signatures. And so, at the genesis of that is that particular incident to say that any American citizen who is supported by the people in our community should be able to have a freedom of choice. And that there's a minimum requirement of signatures that all of us have to have in any given race. So, that's acceptable, but an Independent running as an Independent shouldn't be… have to bear the brunt of being punished for having more than enough."

"No, Sir. This is not statewide."

"They would be required to have what is required of a person running as Independent. But they wouldn't be penalized for going over the required amount of signatures." 09600060.doc 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"I'll… I'll give you an example. Let's say a person was running as an Independent and the required signatures were no less than 300, no more than 500. Let's say you and I went out and we got more than 5, people want to sign our petition, like what we're about, what we stand for. So, you get over 5, let's say you get 550. Well, because you went over 5 and you didn't… didn't stop right at the line or those other signatures weren't found valid within that… that 500 dollar… 500 maximum signatures, you could be restricted from being on the ballot for going over. That could also be used against you. So, I don't want to see people penalized for getting more than enough. I can understand for not getting enough, but definitely not for getting more than enough."

"No. The only… only… only individuals that are penalized in my community were those running as Independent. If they went over the required amount of signatures, whatever that number would be, that could be 09600060.doc 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 used as a pretext to keep them from even being on the ballot itself."

"And yes, Sir. To even further clarify, and I thank you for helping me help those who might not understand. It's in the body of language. It said that it eliminates the cap on the number of signatures a person can submit for nomination of an Independent candidate for office elected pursuant to the Municipal Code, mayor, clerk, alderman, et cetera. By eliminating the eight percent threshold, an Independent candidate can submit as many signatures as possible which each essentially ensures the candidate will have enough signatures to gain access to the ballot."

"No, Sir. No, Sir. It's really simple. It really… really is simple. It's saying if you've got a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 5, they can eliminate you if you get 501. Let's say if all of them… if you got over…"

"…you didn't have time to count them…"

"…before you submitted it. They can actually eliminate and go against the will of the voters who live in the district, mine in particular, they can actually use that criteria as a reason to take or deny that person access to the ballot."

"Representative, in a nutshell, Sir, you don't want to penalize people for having more than enough. You definitely should be able to penalize any one of us for having enough, but definitely you don't want to penalize a guy or a girl for not having… or having more than enough. That's… that's all it is."

"That’s all it is. It's not… it’s not a question of whether they're valid, of course they have to be valid."

"And of course you got…"

"…let me… let me finish, Representative."

"Can I… let me finish. Let me finish, ‘cause I know we're working together on it. I'm not looking at you in opposition of it."

"But I am trying to give you the clarity you asked of me. All I'm saying, Sir, to keep it so simple is really need it simple. It's my area, it's not statewide. If you choose to do that, you choose to do that. But it's saying that as it stands in my area, Representative, people are held and taken off the ballot for getting more than enough. Not… not the requirement, if they go over the requirement. Normally, they've had a ceiling in the past. They say a minimum of 200 maybe a maximum of 5. If you turn in your petition, all of them are legit, and there's 525 legitimate voters who concurred with the position of that candidate 09600060.doc 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 they can actually use the board within the city and actually use that as a criterion for extracting and not giving a person access, and penalize them for having over the maximum required number of votes, which is ever required by the municipality."

"This is reflective of any fair person throughout…"

"Bring your remarks to a close."

"I ask for favorable consideration of this vote to make it accessible to any citizen that wants to run and should not be penalized for having over the maximum…"

"…Eddy."

"…required votes for an election."

"We'll let… let him finish his remarks and then there's still more speakers on the Bill."

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

"You want me to violate the rules?"

"We're trying to…"

"Yes, he will."

"Well, I can use two examples, one being Senator Meeks. If you remember when he first ran for office…"

"Representative, I… I can't give you an answer to that. I can only tell you that in my particular area, Representative, that's what… that's the practice that was being done."

"Yes, Sir. That's… the only thing I was targeting, that if people want to run as Independent, some of us are forced to from time to time. And that if we're forced to do that and if the voters concur with you and I as their guy or gal, that if we get over… if there's a cap in that municipality, and we go over that cap then we shouldn't… that and that in… that and in and of itself should not be reason enough to take that choice away from the voters in that particular district."

"Yeah, Representative, and I'm glad it's you objecting I would, too but I don't see how that fits in with what I'm saying. Because all of the signatures are… 09600060.doc 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 are… either could be contested or not contested. But as it stands now they have ceiling that says you got a maximum of 500. You get 505, they can use that 5 extra votes, whether they're valid or not, to say you violated the principle of what you were doing running as an Independent."

"No, Sir. I had no knowledge of putting in that title of that, Sir. No, no. It's not reflective of what I'm talking about at all."

"Representative, I'm with you, whatever you say. I'm with you…"

"…on that, okay?"

"Yes, Sir, I agree."

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

"Indicates he will."

"The Lady from Lake Representative… I mean, the Gentleman from Lake, Representative Mathias, for what reason do you rise?"

"He indicates he will."

"My understanding that's for an Independent, that's why I was going to address Representative Crawford's…"

"No, the answer is yes. But my answer is, being I've experienced this first hand, I don't remember there being a ceiling for regular Party candidate. The only ceiling that I saw was for someone running outside the two Parties, in my municipality." 09600060.doc 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"But Representative, see I… I understand clearly what you're saying. But… and I don't have the… the paper… the sheet… the instructions before me. But the instruction sheet that they gave out in the City of Waukegan, it only identified what the minimum and maximum requirement was for Independents. I don't even recall if there was a ceiling at all for Republican/Democrat but there was… that's what… that's what preempted me to say, hey, that's unfair to the people who want to choose people who reflect their values and their view. And that's what brings this Bill about at this time, to say that you shouldn't be punished for more than enough."

"Yes, Sir. And I respect, of course, both of you. And I'm glad that you all are going to join me because I'm… I'm pretty clear that what I'm stating is factual in the City of Waukegan. You wouldn't have privy to that because you didn't experience that."

"Yes, sir. Yes, Sir. Except for Cook County. But it's also an elective thing to do, based on what other municipalities… every municipality may not have that like Waukegan had it, but I know they had a ceiling for Independent. They didn't… I don't remember there being a ceiling for Democrats or Republican at all. You can get more than enough and not be dependent on the valid voters’ signatures."

"I agree."

"Okay."

"Okay. Then, Mr. Speaker, for the lack… for the sake of time since I got two of my colleagues who concur with the intent and I know they will make it happen with me, then I will withdraw this particular legislation. Thank you, Representative."

"The Gentleman asks to take the Bill out of the record. Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

"The Gentleman from Iroquois, Representative Cultra, for what reason do you rise?"

"State your point."

Speaker Turner: "Welcome to Springfield, Saint Paul’s. Representative Stephens, on page 4 of the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 1339. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. What's the status of that Bill, Mr. Clerk?" 09600060.doc 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Gentleman asks leave to bring the Bill back to Second. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Bond, Representative Stephens on Floor Amendment #1. The Gentleman asks leave for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1339. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment’s adopted. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. Sorry. Are there any other Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

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

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1339?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. 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. Representative Brosnahan, we have Senate Bill 1422. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Brosnahan."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1422 amends the Savings Bank Act. Presently, when a person seeks to gain control of a savings bank or a subsidiary of a savings bank they must submit an application to the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate. The commissioner can examine the books and records of the persons seeking to acquire control. Under Senate Bill 1422 we maintain this and further add investigatory powers and the ability to acquire additional information. Under this Bill, the commissioner would also be allowed to take into consideration the management, experience, the competence as well as the integrity, the financial ability and the submission of a business plan consistent with the safe and sound operation of a savings bank before shifting control would be approved. So the commissioner would have a lot more information making this determination. The reason for 09600060.doc 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 this Bill is to protect the small local banks from complete takeovers by large national banks. The commissioner review process… we want to make sure that the institutions remain viable and continue to render service to the community. I know of no opposition to this legislation. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy, for what reason do you rise?"

"State your inquiry."

"Mr. Clerk?"

"Indicates he will."

"That… that's correct, Representative. There was an Amendment that was discussed and there were some opposition to that Amendment. After discussion we decided not to add that Amendment. I know… I talked with Representative Mitchell last week and let him know about that. I… I spoke with Representative Black yesterday. And they were… they were made aware of the fact that we did not adopt that Amendment because of the opposition. The underlying Bill that we're presenting today there was no opposition to… to this part of the Bill." 09600060.doc 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"That… that's correct. The… the Amendment created a lot of issues that people on the committee were not comfortable with. And instead of going forth with that Amendment we decided just not to adopt it. We're not going to bring it forward. And the underlying Bill is one that we're… we're going to be voting on today. And there was no opposition to that."

"Exactly."

"The agreement was to bring any Amendment back to the committee, but we decided not to do any Amendments to the Bill at all."

"It… it allows the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate, gives them more investigatory powers to determine… to make sure a savings bank is protected from large takeovers from national banks. It just applies to state chartered banks. It's an attempt to… to protect those 09600060.doc 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 smaller savings banks in Illinois that they continue to provide services to the communities they serve."

"That's correct."

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

"Seeing no further questions, Bros to close."

"Appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"On this question, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1422?' 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, 113 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 2 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Miller on Senate Bill 1440. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Gentleman from Cook, Representative Miller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is just a Bill that defines… clarifies roll over distributions and also provides technical corrections regarding SERS. I ask for favorable consideration."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1440?' 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', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Reis, we have 09600060.doc 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Senate Bill 1467. Out of the record. Representative Bradley. Out of the record. Representative Dan Reitz on Senate Bill 1483. Out of the record. Representative Franks, Senate Bill 1555. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

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

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is one we’d pulled out of the record the other day. Representative Eddy had asked a question on it and he was right. So, what we're doing is trying to amend the way we do the special service areas, to actually have to prove a positive instead of disprove a negative. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy, for what reason do you rise?"

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

"Representative Franks to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think this is an important way to help protect our taxpayers when we're looking to ask them for projects or for them to pay for them. I think that the ones that are asking to have their taxes raised should have to prove that 51 percent want it instead of those that are against it, 51 percent proving that they don't. So, I think it's a fundamental fairness action and I encourage an 'aye' vote."

"So, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1555?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bradley on Senate Bill… Representative Myers on Senate Bill 1799. Out of the record. On page 5 of the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 1837. Representative Chuck Jefferson. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk." 09600060.doc 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"The Gentleman from Winnebago, Representative Jefferson."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. This Bill is a Bill that, as it refers to veterans, to say that prior to charging the veterans as it relates to their pensions or any other income they might have coming in from the state, you would exhaust your ability to get them to pay some other way. And I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1837?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Jakobsson on Senate Bill 2103. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Jakobsson, I understand there's a Floor Amendment still in Rules. Do you still want to proceed with this Bill?"

"I'd like to move the… have the Floor Amendment adopted, yes."

"We can't do it…"

"Oh, it's still in Rules."

"…that's still in Rules." 09600060.doc 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"I'm sorry. No, I want to wait for it to come out of Rules. Thank you."

"Out of the record. Representative Pritchard, we have Senate Bill 2214. Out of the record. We're going to the Order of Second Readings, Senate Bills-Second Readings. On page 6 of the Calendar and we're going to go down straight through the Calendar. So, please follow along. And they’re on the Order of Second Reading, Senate Bill… we have Senate Bill 122. Representative Bob Rita. Read the Bill… read the rec… read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Rita."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is the unset Act for the architectural and structional engineers. This was negotiated with all parties, extends it for the 10 years. There was no one in opposition to this. Ask for a favorable vote."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 122?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is 09600060.doc 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 hereby declared passed. Representative Franks, we have Senate Bill 189 on the Order of Second Readings. Out of the record. Representative Ryg, we have Senate Bill 226. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Bill shall remain on Second Reading. We have Senate Bill 268, Representative Farnham. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "Bill shall remain on Second Reading. Representative Dan Reitz, we have Senate Bill 290. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Randolph, Representative Reitz on Amendment #2."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Amendment #2 restores the language that we had previously on teeth whitening after some discussions and regarding human teeth impression provisions." 09600060.doc 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House adopt Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 290?' All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment’s adopted. Further Amendments?"

"Representative Reitz on Amendment #3."

"Thank you. Floor Amendment #3 simply says that someone doing teeth whitening will just disclose that they are not a dentist."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 290. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment’s adopted. Further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Randolph, Representative Reitz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Bill is basically what I said. This deals with teeth whitening and it's an initiative of the Illinois Dental Association. And I know of no opponents."

"So, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 290?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; 09600060.doc 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 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', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Gentleman from Winnebago, Representative Sacia, for what reason do you rise?"

"State your point."

"Welcome to Springfield gang…"

"…welcome to Springfield."

"On the Order of Third Readings, Representative Zalewski… I mean, Second Readings, we have Representative Zalewski on Senate Bill 337. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Gentleman from Cook, Representative Zalewski."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 337, as amended, is an initiative of the firefighters. The Bill 09600060.doc 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 basically states that if a member… if a firefighter is called into active training required for specific training, the municipality which pays the… that serviceman's salary is still required to pay the salary for that training. It doesn't impose any additional obligations upon the municipality. It’s simply a statutory change in the language. I'd be happy to take any questions."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 337?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Danny Burke we have Senate Bill 351. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Bill should remain on Second Reading. Representative Walker, we have Senate Bill 420. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Walker." 09600060.doc 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Thank you, Mr. Chair. Senate Bill 420 is legislation that would allow CMS to enter into large scale multistate buying compacts to buy at a cheaper price. It also allows other states to buy product made by Illinois manufacturers. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 420?' 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 Froehlich, Hernandez. The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 1 voting 'no', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Beiser on Senate Bill 933. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Madison, Representative Beiser. Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "Gentleman from Madison, Representative Beiser."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 933, as amended, basically creates a pilot program for IDOT to monitor and enforce… try to reduce speed on just one local bridge in our area, the Martin Luther King 09600060.doc 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Bridge. Now generally, I know I'm not in favor of enforcement by cameras. I know we do it in speed zones now and things like that, but as a rule, I'm not in favor of cameras, but in this particular instance I think it's warranted and it's warranted for this reason. In… in the last decade we've had 13 fatalities on this bridge that spans the Mississippi River. In a period of one month, from Thanksgiving to Christmas this past year, 6 fatalities occurred. IDOT has agreed to do this. The State Police cannot monitor it, if even if they had the manpower to do that because of the physical layout of the… the entrance and the exit of the bridge. And it's our intent to create a three-year pilot program that would monitor the speed. And then the surveys say that the average speed it 15 miles per hour over the speed limit. It would create a civil penalty. It would be… not count against the driver’s record or their insurance. And it would be a reporting back to the General Assembly every six months about how this is working. So, I would appreciate the favorable consideration by this Body. And I would be happy to answer any questions."

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

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

"Indicates he will."

"Yes, you're…"

"…you're…"

"No. And… and I think you… even you sponsored a Resolution to study this. You're well aware of the… of the 09600060.doc 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 problems and where we've got… why we've got to this point. Because you're right, we've tried so many things. And quite frankly, they just haven't worked."

"Certainly. And that's one of the reasons we put that provision in for this every six months report to the General Assembly in case something like this occurred. And we… I know you would join me and a lot of our colleagues in saying that if this isn't working, we're done with it."

"Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy, for what reason do you rise?"

"Indicates he will."

"Yes, Sir"

"There will… there will be multiple notices, there would be a hearing. I don't know what else to… you know… they…"

"…and then the opportunity to contest would be there. We’ve built in as many of the safeguards with the thought in mind of what's occurred on the tollway as we possibly think we… you know, could put in there."

"Well, first of all, the biggest difference is that at the tollway authority won't be monitoring this or doing this. This will be by the third-party vendor that IDOT will choose. And we've, again, built in the safeguards of the hearings and to be able to contest. So that, to the best extent possible, those that feel like they've been charged in error or cited in error will have their… their due process of rights afforded."

"Simply speeding."

"Yes."

"No. Because it's…”

"No, Sir."

"Yes, sir. Because… because of the… the reason is that we've had these fatalities is speed, for no other reason and that's why we zeroed in just on this bridge and just for that violation."

"Yes."

"You're welcome."

"The Lady from Cook, Representative Davis, for what reason do you rise?" Davis, M.: "Mr. Speaker, I rise because Senate Bill 933 was my Bill. And I don't remember ever turning this Bill over to my Representative Beiser. Senate Bill 933 was a Senate Bill of Representative… of Senator Meeks and we were going to use it in reference to racial profiling. Now, included in this Gentleman's Bill is a statement that this group that they put together will determine whether racial profiling should continue. I'm going to ask the Gentleman to withdraw his Bill and pick another vehicle, because I do not want this on my Bill, nor have I agreed to give him this Bill." 09600060.doc 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Mr. Clerk. Better yet, Representative Beiser, do you want to respond to the Lady's request?"

"Certainly. I think Representative Davis knows how much respect I have for her and I would not take a Bill that… of hers or anyone's that… that did not want to give it up. I was assured by staff that the proper paperwork was done with everyone's informed consent. I don't know how else to answer that but certainly, the Lady knows that I would not take a Bill of hers without her willingness."

"Representative Davis and…" Davis, M.: "Yes. I just…"

"…and you have no…" Davis, M.: "…I refuse to allow this Gentleman to use my Bill, especially for this purpose, especially for this purpose. One of the clauses in this Bill is, that this group from East St. Louis or St. Clair County will make a determination of whether the racial profiling study shall continue. That’s ludicrous. It's absolutely ludicrous. And I just urge him to find another vehicle, because I do not wish to relinquish Senator Meeks’ racial profiling Bill to Representative Beiser to put some speed cameras in a very poor district. And I would urge him and staff to find another vehicle."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Madison, Representative Beiser."

"Mr. Speaker, I think at this time in order to discuss with the Lady this, I would like to pull the Bill from the record." 09600060.doc 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"The Gentleman requests to take the Bill out of the record. The Gentleman from Marion, Representative Cavaletto, for what reason do you rise, Sir?"

"State your point."

Speaker Turner: "Welcome to Springfield. Welcome to Springfield, Woodlawn. Representative Miller on Senate Bill 1384. David Miller, 1384… Senate Bill 1384. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

“… Man from Cook, Representative Miller.”

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1384 extends the sunset provision for the Professional Engineers Practice Act of 1989 and the Professional Land Surveys Act of 1989 by 10 years. I would ask for a favorable vote."

"Seeing no questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1384?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting 09600060.doc 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 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. Representative Jakobsson, we have Senate Bill 1690. Out of the record. Representative Miller, we have Senate Bill 1715. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Miller."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1715 amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. The Bill provides that whenever collective bargaining is a purpose for establishing initial agreement following original certification of units of fewer than 35 employees, the following time line shall apply. This is in response to a situation where when there wasn't a time line that a… that it… an agreement on a first contract was extended that took over 18… 18 months. I ask for favorable consideration."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Colvin."

"Mr. Speaker, actually I'm rising to speak to the previous Bill. I was not recorded on a vote on 09600060.doc 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Representative Miller's previous Bill. And I'd like the record to reflect that I intended to vote 'yes'."

"The record will so reflect. That was on Senate Bill 1384. The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy, for what reason do you rise?"

"The… the reason for the change is the fact that I think for fairness of… to both parties involved on first contracts there's some sense of a time line in which an agreement can be reached."

"Yeah, I think so, because in… then… it can be used as an excuse not to come together. I think at some times you have to have a carrot and some times you have the stick. And at least if a time line is established then you at least know what parameters you're dealing with."

"If you are… units with fewer than 35 employees."

"Honestly, I'm not sure what the current statute is above 35 employees."

"They're in opposition."

"The lan… the language that was proposed when I talked to the supporters of the Bill basically felt that it undermined the intention of the Bill."

"I… I think that's a fair assessment."

"Seeing no further questions, Representative Miller to close."

"I ask for a favorable vote."

"So, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1715?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have 09600060.doc 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 77 voting 'aye', 38 voting 'no', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Flider, we have Senate Bill 1920. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Flider on Amendment #2."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Amendment #2 is an agreed Amendment. The folks working on this legislation have come to an agreement to have a commission formed, essentially a task force, to study these issues and come up with recommendations. I'd ask for your 'aye' vote."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1920. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Amendment #2 is adopted. Further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Flider."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. This legislation originally would have required mobile home park owners to 09600060.doc 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 pay the costs associated with the closing of mobile home parks when tenants had to move their mobile homes elsewhere, possibly to other parks, et cetera, when a park was closed through no fault of their own. However, there are many issues associated with these kinds of situations. For example, mobile home parks, you know, the owner may not wish to close them, they may be forced to close them. They may be selling them. And then there are geographic disparities as well. So, as a number of these issues need to sorted out, we are asking for a task force to be created… a commission, with Members to be appointed by the Legislative Leaders as well as the Governor, including the interests of the mobile home park owners and residents. And so, we'll study this issue and make a recommendation to the General Assembly. Hopefully, come up with some legislation next year. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy, for what reason do you rise?"

"Indicates he will."

"That's correct."

"That's correct."

"Thank you."

"Seeing no questions… no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 1920?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'aye', 0 'noes', 0 'presents'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Acevedo, we have Senate Bill 1930. Out of the record. Representative Osterman, we have Senate Bill 2043. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "Representative Osterman on Floor Amendment #2."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Floor Amendment #2 deals with the sharing of data and vital records between Health and Family Services, Public Health, the Department of Human Services sharing that information in an effort to set up some policy recommendations and have that data be analyzed for better 09600060.doc 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 outcomes for families and… and their children as far as those families that need health assistance and they're at- risk families. It also sets in parameters for dates where they should share this information and protections for confidentiality. I ask for the adoption of the Amendment and the support of the Bill on Third Reading."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 2043. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. Further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

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

"As I stated earlier, this legislation would have the data warehouses for Public Health, health of… Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services share their information collectively. In the past, they've been asked and have been supposed to doing this… sharing this information, they have yet to do that. This sets in statute requiring them to do it. It sets in dates which they should do it by as well as reporting to the General Assembly. The ultimate goal is that this information would be used to help create better public policy. It's long overdue and I ask for an 'aye' vote." 09600060.doc 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

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

"Seeing no further questions, the question is, 'Shall the House pass Senate Bill 2043?' All those in favor should vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is now open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? The Clerk shall… Reitz… 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. Representative Thapedi, we have Senate Bill 2256. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk." 09600060.doc 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Thapedi, on Amendment #1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Amendment #1 or actually Floor Amendment #1 actually makes a good Bill even better. Essentially, it just clarifies the role of a witness to a do not resuscitate document. And I'd urge for its adoption."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 2256. All those in favor should say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment’s adopted. Further Amendments?"

"Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Thapedi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2256 is an initiative of the Illinois State Medical Society. The doctors are joined by the Illinois Hospital Association, the nurses, the anesthesiologists, the obstetricians and gynecologists, the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians and the Illinois Primary Health care Association. The health care industry agrees that the intent of Senate Bill 2256 is to assist patients who wish to execute both a power 09600060.doc 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 of attorney for health care as well as a do not resuscitate advanced directive while in the hospital at the same time. Senate Bill 2256 amends the Healthcare Surrogate Act by harmonizing the witness requirement for both documents. Amendment #1 makes clear that the role of the witness is not to make health care decisions for the patient. And I urge its passage."

"Gentleman moves for the passage of Senate Bill 2256. All those in favor should vote 'aye'…I'm sorry, let me apologize. Representative Coulson, you have a question?"

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

"In… in hospitals… in hospitals and nursing homes, I think, is the primary objective. Keep in mind what we're… what we're talking about here, is that we're talking about the stage in which a patient is there in a nursing home, 09600060.doc 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 they're signing off on a series of documents. So, if they want to sign off on this advanced directive, they’re able to do so. Keep in mind that it's not just going to be a witness that's going to be there, the physician is also going to be signing off on this document."

"That's correct."

"No, it's not."

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

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative Thapedi, I… you and I have had a brief discussion about this and since that discussion there has been some concerns, the previous speaker has mentioned some of them. Do you know the history of this law? I was told that originally there was only one signature needed, then it went to two signatures, and this piece of legislation is an effort to take it back to one. Do you know why… what the intent is?"

"Well, I… I can say this, that the intent is to harmonize what patients are signing off on while they're in the hospital. And I think it's important to properly put this piece of legislation to its proper perspective as far as Illinois and where we stand as far as many of the other states in the Union. At least 25 states have no witness requirement or one requirement, period. So, what we're doing in Illinois is much different than many of the other states. For an example, in Arkansas there's no witness requirement. In California there's no witness requirement. Colorado, Florida, Iowa and I can go all the way down the line. So, again, what we're doing is that we're making it easier for patients who wish to have their desires known and carried out by the health care industry are able to do 09600060.doc 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 that. This is completely voluntary. This is not something that's going to be jammed down a patient’s throat, so to say. What we're doing here is that we're giving them the opportunity to be heard. Did that answer your question?"

"Well, part of it. But I'm still not sure why the law went from one witness to two witnesses and now it's going back to one witness."

"I… I don't know the answer to that question."

"Okay. Thank you."

"Thank you."

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

"… Bill."

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

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative, is there any counseling required over this form? It's not like grouped in with a bunch of other forms? Do you… does a person receive some level of counseling to know that if you sign this form what will happen? Certainly, it's not packed in with other forms, is that not correct or is it?"

"No, you are correct. And… and in fact, the physician also must sign off on the form. This is a decision… a joint decision that is made by both the patient as well as their physician. And their physician has intimate knowledge of that patient, they know that patient's health condition and they know that patient's intent. So, together, that's what they are accomplishing. This is a relationship between the patient and the physician."

"Because I'm not familiar with your legislation in its entirety. Is it in the legislation that the patient must receive counseling versus it being packed in other forms?" 09600060.doc 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"I don't believe so. But let me refer to the statute again. Yes. And… and I haven't make any changes to that particular provision in the Health Care Surrogate Act. Essentially, all we did, if you look at the actual Body of the language, instead of saying DNR, we cross out DNR and we write out do not resuscitate so that we know what it is. In the health care industry we all know what DNR means, but most people don't know what… DNR actually means do not resuscitate. So, we made that change and we didn't touch anything else."

"The one signature that this is requiring, whose signature is it?"

"Whoever the witness is."

"The witness? Okay. So, it…"

"Yeah, it's a family member…"

"…so it's witness signit… "

" Absolutely. And we would assume that a family member would be there because this would be a form that would be signed off on…"

"So, this doesn't… and I don't mean to cut you off."

" No, no."

"So, it doesn't… it's not that another medical person or nurse or any of that, the signature… the witness signature has to be a family member or is it… or it doesn't have to be a family member?"

"It does not have to be a family member, it could be anybody. And… and that's the same question we talked about before with the two witness requirement. They could go grab a couple of orderlies and bring them in." 09600060.doc 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"So, that… that one signature is not required by a family member, it could just be anyone?"

"Yes. It's always been as such. There's never been a requirement that the witness to the signing off on the DNR directive or the power of attorney be a family member. Any two witnesses."

"So, the counseling that takes place before the person signs his form is… is just counseling and you're… it's not required that you're counseled with other family members?"

"Well, we would assume that the family members would have a relationship with the physician there, as well. That this is a joint decision as I said before, Representative Graham, between the patient and the physician. And I would assume that the family members, if they are available, they would be there at that time."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Thank you."

"The Gentleman from Iroquois, Representative Cultra, for what reason do you rise?"

"Indicates he will."

"Representative, he's down front. Cultra, he's down front."

"I… I… I'm sorry, Representative." 09600060.doc 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"That's what the Med Society's position has been. That they have found that many patients who have wished to execute this advanced directives were having difficulties in doing so because it made it a little bit more onerous for them to do so. So, again, that's why the physicians thought that the most prudent way to carry out the desires of their patients was to have these forms all being consistent, as far as the witness requirement is concerned."

"Okay."

"No, I appreciate what you're saying, Representative but I think that you're forgetting the most important point. And the most important point is that the doctor, the doctor has to also sign off on the form. That's the final safeguard. Now, even if we had…"

"…even we had 50 witnesses, the moral to the story is that the doctor is going to also have to sign off."

"And there's our safeguard."

"Yes."

"Well, in looking at the form that is generated by the Illinois Department of Public Health, there is one section that deals with the witnesses and then there is another section in which the physician makes a representation that he signs it, she also or he also puts his telephone number and he also dates it. This could be…"

"I… I can't assume that. I… I would assume that… and again, this is the procedure in the hospital. The doctors are generally right there talking with the patients, because at this point they're actually developing their plan. And the execution of these documents are made all at the same time. It complicates…"

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy, for what…"

"Indicates he will."

"No, Representative Eddy."

"Yes. Oh, I'm sorry, were… were you done?"

"Yes."

"You are correct, Representative Eddy, but it does a little bit more than that. It clarifies the role of the witness, that was the problem that we had in committee about talking about what is the purpose, what is the role of the witness. And some of the comments that I'm hearing from my colleagues this morning, Amendment #1 clarifies 09600060.doc 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 that. That these witnesses are not making any health care decisions for the patient. They are…"

"Okay."

"Yes, that is the…"

"Yes."

"Exactly."

"I would say it's that simple."

"The Gentleman… Representative Mautino in the Chair. Representative… the Gentleman from Jasper, Representative Reis."

Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Fritchey."

"Thank you, Speaker. Well, I… I… I don't know how the Speaker did it or the Sponsor did it, but now he's got Representative Reis and I on the same side of a Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, this Bill came through my committee and the Members of the committee really gave this a lot of thoughtful consideration and there was a lot of input. The Gentleman listened to a lot of that input and then made some modifications to the legislation. It should be noted and I don't need to repeat what he said, he said it well, but it should be noted that a panoply of health organizations has supported this. It should be noted that this still would put us at or above almost the majority of states in this country for what the requirements are. I think we had in committee that 24 states require one or no 09600060.doc 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 witnesses for a DNR. This brings this document into accordance with the same regulations that we've had for a power of attorney, which can be much further reaching. Should we take these kind of documents seriously? Of course we should. They're a life or death situation. This Bill takes such a document seriously. They made the appropriate considerations. There really should not be this much debate over this legislation. It's straightforward. It does what it intends to do. And what it intends to do is logical and makes sense and furthers our policies. Thank you. I urge an 'aye' vote."

Speaker Mautino: "No one seeking further recognition, Representative Thapedi to close."

"I urge an 'aye' vote on this important piece of legislation."

"All in favor… the Gentleman has moved passage of Senate Bill 2256. All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 83 voting 'yes', 30 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2256 is declared passed. The Gentleman from Jackson, Representative Bost."

Speaker Mautino: "The Clerk will add Representative Tryon. Senate Bill 577 appears on page 3 of the Calendar, Representative Nekritz. Read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 577 represents an agreement with METRA that they will sell tickets and that customers can use credit cards, thus bringing us into the 1990s. I ask for your support."

"The Lady has moved passage of Senate Bill 577. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall this Bill pass?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 577 is declared passed. Senate Bill 1477, Representative Bradley. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Bradley."

"This is a TIF extension for Hoffman Estates, it's in the very northern part of my district. Ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Gentleman has moved passage of Senate Bill 1477. And on that, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Osterman."

"You know yesterday… will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates that he will."

"Representative, you know I… yesterday you took credit for the capital Bill, we got your plan. Five minutes before the Bill we… we voted to pass it. Now, you've moved into the Republican suburbs? I mean, do I see 09600060.doc 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 a trend here? Do I have to like be concerned about you joining the… coming to my neighborhood next week?"

"I think the… I think actually that carrying this Bill is one of the many benefits of chairing the Revenue Committee."

"'Cause I have some gun control legislation, if we're going to continue down this path, you might want to cosponsor."

"Well let's not get carried away."

"Further questions? The Gentleman from Bond, Representative Stephens."

"Representative Bradley."

"What?"

"I… I don’t rightfully know the answer to that. I was asked to carry it, I carried it once before. I don't know why it's me."

"I think so."

"I would be happy for that to happen."

"The Gentleman moves the passage of Senate Bill 1477. And the question is, 'Shall this Bill pass?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is 09600060.doc 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 81 voting 'yes', 31 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1477 is declared passed. Senate Bill 1587 appears on the Calendar, Representative Bradley. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Mr. Bradley."

"This is a piece of land which the city had transferred to the State some time ago, the State's transferring it back to the city. This identical piece of legislation passed out of here into the Senate and I think it was unanimous. So, I'd ask for another vote. This is the Senate version."

"The Gentleman has moved passage of Senate Bill 1587. The question is, 'Shall this Bill pass?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1587 is declared passed. Representative Dunkin It's the intent now of the Chair to go to the Order of Concurrences. On page 12 of the Calendar appears House Bill 10, Representative Beiser. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. Representative Beiser."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. I move to concur with Senate Amendment #2 on House Bill #10. It simply adds to the definition of 'daycare and group day- 09600060.doc 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 care home and a part-time day-care child facility' to the Bill."

"The Gentleman has moved to concur with Senate Amendment #2 to House Bill 10. On that, no one's seeking recognition. The question is, 'Shall the House concur in Senate Amendment 2 to House Bill 10?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representatives Crespo and Mell, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. The House concurs with Senate Amendment 2 to House Bill 10 and is hereby declared passed. House Bill 22, there is a Motion to Concur from Representative Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill passed unanimously in the House. And this was as a result of a hearing we had last December 9 on the line of duty payments. I can report favorably to our colleagues now that because of the legislation we've passed and because of the hearing the amount of families the… of the backlog that were not receiving a line of duty payments has fallen from 74 to 10. So, we're very proud of our work and we know it couldn't have happened without our intervention. The Senate Amendment takes one of the ideas that Representative Zalewski had and what it does is it adds language to the Bill establishing a toll- free hotline dedicated to families seeking information about the status of line of duty compensation. So, I'd ask for your favorable consideration on this Bill and I'd like to send to the 09600060.doc 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Governor right away. I think it's one of our top priorities."

"The Gentleman has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 22. And on this question, all those in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Cultra, Representative Feigenholtz, do you wish to be recorded? Representative Jackson. Representative Golar. Mr. Clerk, take the record. One hundred… there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. The House concurs in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 22 and this Bill is hereby declared passed. House Bill 37, Representative Brady. The Gentleman moves concurrence with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Brady."

"The Gentleman has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 37. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Burns. Representative Currie. Representative Riley. Do you wish to be recorded on this Bill? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 09600060.doc 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. The House concurs in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 37 and having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 47 appears on the Calendar. Representative Brady with a Motion to Concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Brady."

"The Gentleman has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 47. No one seeking recognition, the question is 'Shall the House concur?' All those in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. The House does concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 47. And this Bill having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 13 of the Calendar Representative Jackson has House Bill 85. The Gentleman moves to concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Jackson."

"Yes. It changes the number of members of the Internet Voting Commission from 12 to 6 and modifies the appointment method of the members. Under the original 09600060.doc 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Bill, the Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House and the House Minority Leader each would… could appoint three members to the commission. However, the Amendment allows the Senate President and the Speaker to appoint two members, while the Minority Leaders each would appeal for the one appointee. And I concur with the Amendment."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."

"Yes."

"That's correct."

"They are to look and see if Internet voting would be the thing to do, to see if in fact, that accessibility would be an issue. To see if… that the voting for Internet would be the charge that they… that we wanted to go with in the State of Illinois."

"I agree. There are security issues, that's an issue. In addition to not only being a security issue, but there's an accessibility issue, as well."

"That's correct."

"Each… the… each had… the Senate President, the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House and the House Majority Leader each had two appointees."

"That's correct."

"The Senate decreased that… the Minority Leader only have the appointment of one, and the Minority… they decreased the amounts."

"The intent is to have the commission to study it to make sure that those issues that you mentioned earlier in terms of security measures, in terms of accessibility and et cetera."

"I'll Motion to take it out of the record."

"Further questions. Excuse me, the Gentleman… Mr. Clerk, the Gentleman has asked the Bill be taken from the record. On page 13 of the Calendar appears House Bill 164. Representative William Davis. Out of the record. House Bill 170, Representative Tryon. Out of the record. House Bill 379, Representative Connelly. Mr. Clerk, place House Bill 379 on the board. Representative Connelly with a Motion to Concur with Senate Amendment #1."

"If you could hold for a moment, Mr. Connelly, while we get the board set. House Bill 379. The board now accurately requests the… reflects the Bill. Representative Connelly."

"The Gentleman from DuPage has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 379. All those in favor vote 'aye'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'aye', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. The House does concur in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 379 and having received a Constitutional Majority is hereby declared passed. Mr. 09600060.doc 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Clerk, would you place House Bill 404, Representative William Davis. Mr. Clerk, take that Bill out of the record. House Bill 437, Representative Beiser. Place House Bill 437 on the board. Representative Beiser moves to concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Beiser."

"Yes, Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. I move that we concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 437. Basically, it was determined in the Senate that the resource, efficiency, and sustainability was already covered. And it is the intent of this Bill to have that included but they didn't think it was necessary 'cause they thought it was already there. And I would ask for concurrence."

"The Gentleman has moved concurrence on Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 437. And on that question, the Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."

"He indicates he will."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"I appreciate that."

"The Gentleman has moved to concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 437. No one else seeking recognition, the question is 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. With 68 voting 'yes', 46 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 437. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is declared passed. Representative Jakobsson, House Bill 467 appears on the Calendar. You have a Motion to Concur with Senate Amendment #1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to concur with Senate Amendment #1. This makes a very minor change. It just cleans the language a little bit for when park districts are going to collect the money that is due them from off-track betting facilities."

"The Lady has moved concurrence on Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 467. No one seeking recognition, the question is 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all 09600060.doc 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Feigenholtz, Representative Dugan, Representative Kosel, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk… Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 109 voting 'yes', 5 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 467. This Bill having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang, has House Bill 811 and a Motion to Concur in Senate Amendment #1. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen. The Senate Amendment to House Bill 811 is very technical. I move concurrence."

"And the question is, 'Shall the House concur in the technical Amendment of Senate Amendment #1?' All those in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Cole, Representative Gordon. Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 811 and having received the Constitutional Majority, it is hereby declared passed. Representative Careen Gordon, on page 15 of the Calendar, you have House Bill 567. And a Motion has been filed to concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Gordon." Gordon, C.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this is the Bill that allows people who live in 09600060.doc 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 a community integrated living arrangement to vote. This just… what Senator Raoul did, he replaced the definition… reference in the definition in Section 3 to… so that it's uniform throughout the Act. It was a good move on his part and I appreciate the fact that he did that. And I would ask for your 'aye' vote."

Speaker Mautino: "The Lady has moved adoption of Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 567… excuse me, the Lady has moved concurrence of Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 567. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Senger, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 567. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 17 of the Calendar appears House Bill 883, Representative Verschoore. Representative Verschoore moves to concur in Senate Amendment #1. Representative Verschoore."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. What this Bill does is it, right now on wind energy there is a three-year time frame where they test these towers to see if they're right for the wind. What this would do is eliminate that… that three-year time frame, but state… counties would still have the option of holding whatever time frame they would believe. So, I'd ask for concurrence, please." 09600060.doc 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"The Gentleman has moved that the House concur in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 883. And on that, the Gentleman from Jasper, Representative Reis."

"He indicates he will."

"It was a technical change, I think."

"Well, like I said it was… the only thing this Bill does is it gives them more time if the county wants to work with them to study the wind in those areas to see if it's feasible to put the wind farms in. If it's windy enough, right."

"Thank you."

"The Gentleman from Randolph, Representative Reitz."

"Yes. I was just wondering if you'd explain this Bill again? What's this Bill do?"

"He said, no." 09600060.doc 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"All it does is remove the time limit that they can study the wind energy to see if there's enough hot air in this… in this chamber to make the windmills turn."

"Well, I appreciate it. I know you were up all night working on this and I appreciate your indulgence."

"Thank you."

"The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."

"He said, yes."

"Well, that… that's the… that's the principle of this Bill, is they need to… sometimes they want to study the wind longer. And it… so that's why they are trying to eliminate the three-year time limit on it. But it also… the counties can still have jurisdiction over them, if they want to. They can say, no ,you've got to… you've got to take them down. Well, the test towers are not the real towers. They're just testing the wind. That's why they take them down and if the wind's correct then they put the bigger towers up."

"That's… they want a three-year… well, they want… sometimes they want longer than three years to make sure 09600060.doc 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 that they're not getting, you know, one year it's a lot windier than another year, I guess. I'm not sure on that."

"That's what this will do, Representative Eddy."

"Right."

"Right."

"This removes the requirement."

"Right. Right. Exactly."

"Right."

"The Gentleman has moved concurrence on Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 883. No one else seeking recognition, the question is 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does 09600060.doc 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 concur with Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 883. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative DeLuca, you have House Bill 964 on page 18 of the Calendar. A Motion to Concur with Senate Amendment 1 has been filed and recommend be adopted. Mr. DeLuca."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to concur with Senate Amendment #1."

Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman has moved concurrence with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 964. And on that, the Gentleman from Jasper, Representative Reis."

"He indicates he will."

"Well, this was the Amendment that made it an agreed Bill between the Attorney General's Office and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association."

"Is that how it started out? Is that your question?"

"No, it has not."

"The… you're asking me, what does the change…" 09600060.doc 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"It doesn't change the Bill."

"It does not substantially change the Bill. This just allowed for the electronic notification of recalls and warnings."

"The Gentleman from McHenry, Representative Franks."

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative, the Amendment is basically the Amendment that you were trying to get passed before on House Amendment #1? Isn't that correct?"

"Yes, it is."

"Okay. And what this is dealing with is an electronic format to… instead of a physical sign, but doing an electronic format on a recall issue. Isn't that what it is?"

"Yes, it is." 09600060.doc 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Okay. So, you're in agreement with this and that's why you're motioning to concur…"

"Yes, I am."

"…on this Bill?"

"Yes, I am." Franks: Okay. Now, are you aware of the rule that you have to wear the same clothes on the concurrence as you do on the original Bill?"

"Representative Eddy had mentioned that to me earlier in the day."

"I believe that Representative Mulligan has the proper attire; perhaps, if you could ask her to share it with you, we'd be able to get this Bill passed and move on. But I don't see how we can vote for it without the red jacket. Oh, come on, you have to help… help out a colleague."

"I don't think I'll be quite as cooperative today."

"Okay. Well, we'll work on it. Thank you."

"The Gentleman from Crawford is offering a red jacket. Representative Eddy."

"He indicates he will."

"They didn't change it in the Senate. This was from the House Amendment, it was not changed in the Senate."

"That's correct."

"That… that is right."

"Thank you very much."

"The Gentleman has moved concurrence to Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 964. No one else seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Mitchell, Representative Winters, do you wish to be recorded? It'll be a 'yes'. Mr. 09600060.doc 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 964. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Eddy, on page 18 of the Calendar appears House Bill 1108. There's a Motion been filed to concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Eddy."

"The Gentleman has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 1108. And on that question, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Joyce."

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative Eddy, you know, everything's moving along here and we, you know, things are being changed by the Senate and we're not reading anything. You like your family, don't you?"

"You like your family, right?"

"Okay. Good. It's Friday, we can go see them."

"And at this moment, I do control the Calendar and if… all those in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The Gentleman has moved… moved adoption… had moved concurrence of Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 1108. All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. Voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 1108. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 19 of the Calendar appears House Bill 1329, Representative Bellock. The Lady has moved concurrence of… with Senate Amendment 1 and 2. Representative Bellock."

"The Lady has moved concurrence with Senate Amendments 1 and 2 to House Bill 1329. And the question is, 'Does the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendments 1 and 2 to House Bill 1329. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bellock, House Bill 2280, you have a Motion to Concur in Senate Amendment #1. Representative Bellock."

"Lady moves to concur on Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2280. And the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. This Bill having received 114 'yes', 0 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2280. This Bill, having declared… having received the Constitutional Majority, is declared passed. Representative Black, you have House Bill 2331 on page 19 of the Calendar. A Motion has been filed to… that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Black."

"The Gentleman has moved concurrence in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2331. Question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 1 voting 09600060.doc 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2331. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Hernandez, on the Calendar on page 20 appears House Bill 2388. A Motion has been filed to concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Hernandez."

"Yes, Speaker, I just ask if House Bill 2388 Motion to Concur Senate Amendment #1."

"The Lady has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2388. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Beiser, Representative Coulson, do you wish to be recorded? Representative… Representative Hernandez, would you like to be recorded? And Representative Coulson? Have all voted who wish? Representative Coulson? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2388. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Hannig, on the Calendar, page 20, appears House Bill 2405. A Motion has been filed that the House concur with Senate Amendments 1 and 2. Representative Hannig. Out of the record. On page 20 of the Calendar appears House Bill 2450, Representative Miller. A Motion has been filed that the House concur in Senate Amendment #1." 09600060.doc 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I move that the House concurs with Senate Amendment #1."

"Gentleman has moved the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2450. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Mell, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2450. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Howard, on the Calendar appears House Bill 2474. A Motion has been filed that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Howard."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate… Senate Bill 2474… I'm sorry, House Bill 2474, Senate Amendment #1 just calls for a changing of the date by which the task force must report. The change would be from January 1… January 31, that is, to 2010 to December 31 2010. The agency believed it needed a little additional time in order to be able to complete the study."

"The Lady has moved the House concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2474. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Beaubien, Representative 09600060.doc 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Feigenholtz, Representative Flider, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2474. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Calendar, Representative Saviano has House Bill 2539. The Gentleman is excused today, take that Bill out of the record. House Bill 2547, Representative Fritchey, on the Calendar, page 21, this Bill appears. There's a Motion filed to Concur with Senate Amendment #1. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Fritchey. The Gentleman from Cook."

"I simply request an 'aye' vote."

"The Gentleman moves the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2547. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Does the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Beaubien, Representative Biggins, Representative Lang, do you wish to be recorded? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 87 voting 'yes', 26 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. The House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2547. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Calendar, Representative Mell has House Bill 2573. Place that on the board and the Lady moves concurrence with Amendment #1 from the Senate. Representative Mell." 09600060.doc 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 2573 just gives our universities another tool regarding sexual harassment in relaying its policies to the students. And I ask for your support."

"The Lady has moved that the House concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2573. And on that question, the Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."

"No, it… well, it says that if universities have an online registration process that what's going to happen is is when the students go to register they're going to have to read this section and then click through, saying that they saw it and then they go on to register. It strengthens the Bill. It was… it was a suggestion of the University of Illinois." 09600060.doc 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"No, it does not. It just… it's another tool and, you know, we took suggestions from the university since we were asking them, you know, to do this for us. So, it's really… it… it…"

"Thank you."

"The Lady has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2573. No one else seeking recognition, the question is 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Collins, Representative Flider, Representative Hannig, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 113 having voted 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2573. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 21 of the Calendar appears House Bill 2651, Representative Reboletti. There is a Motion to con… that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1. The Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Reboletti."

"The Gentleman moves the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2651. And on that, the Gentleman from Bond, Leader Stephens. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Sullivan, do you wish to be recorded? Representative Beaubien? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2651. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3642, Representative Brauer. Representative Brauer has House Bill 3642. There's a Motion been filed that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1. Mr. Brauer."

"The Gentleman moves the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3642. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Nekritz, 09600060.doc 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Representative Walker, Representative Sullivan, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3642. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is declared passed. Representative Howard, on page 22 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3717. A Motion has been filed that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1, the Lady from Cook."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move concurrence with House Bill 3717. The change would affect the Bill by making this applicable to all county jail wardens within the state rather than just the Cook County sheriff."

"The Lady has moved the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3717. And on that, the Gentleman from Crawford."

"She indicates she will."

"It gave credit for good time to those persons who acted in a… in a decent manner. Those who did not, obviously, were going to be… were going to suffer some punishment. It said that it would revoke the day-to-day good time behavior for inmates who did not act in accordance with the rules. That's what the underlying Bill said."

"It was only… it was only applicable to Cook County. And the Senate decided that it ought to be applicable to all of the counties in the state rather than just Cook County."

"Yes. If they… if they…"

"It was just for Cook County, and that's the way it passed from this chamber."

"When it got to the Senate…"

"Gives them the authority to, if they so desire. Yes."

"Mmm mmm."

"The Gentleman from Jackson, Representative Bost."

"Thank you. Mr… Mr. Clerk, the record will so reflect that Representative Beaubien, Bassi, and Schmitz 09600060.doc 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 are excused. On page 22 of the Calendar appears House Bill 37… sorry. Going back to House Bill 3717. The Lady moves concurrence with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3717. All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Currie, Representative Eddy, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3717. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. And we are going to continue traveling down the Calendar, in order, to those Bills which have been recommended be adopted, the Motions that have been filed. Our next one is Representative Flider, House Bill 3779 on page 22 of the Calendar. A Motion has been filed the House concur in Senate Amendment #1. Representative Flider."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I move to concur with Senate Amendment #1 to 3779. As passed in the House the… the Bill excluded certified local public health departments. This legislation included them, but it also extends the fee exemption now to certify local health departments to include home health services, provided the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The Gentleman has moved the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3779. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is 09600060.doc 104  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3779. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is declared passed. Majority Leader Currie is seeking recognition, the Lady from Cook."

"Thank you, Speaker. Just to report that Representative Ford should be excused for the rest of the day."

Speaker Mautino: "Mr. Clerk, record Representative Ford as excused for the rest of the day. Continuing down the Calendar on those Bills that have recommends be adopted, we find Representative Burns, House Bill 3863. The Gentleman has filed a Motion to Concur with Senate Amendment #1, the Gentleman from Cook."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I move to concur with the Senate in Amendment #1 to House Bill 3863. When this Bill originally went over to the Senate I had made a commitment to a number of the… to the Body that we would find a consensus with the bankers and financial institutions on how to deal with the mortgage crisis. This Amendment is agreed to by all parties; it's an agreed Amendment. And I would move to concur in the Amendment. Happy to answer any questions."

"The Gentleman moves the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3863. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' 09600060.doc 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Excuse me. The Gentleman from Jasper, Representative Reis."

"He indicates that he will."

"Yes, it does. There is no opposition to House Bill 3863."

"The Gentleman moves the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3863. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative McCarthy, Osterman, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3863. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Gentleman from Lake, Representative Sullivan, is seeking recognition."

"The Journal will reflect your intentions and I will send the electrician over to take a look at that tricky switch. On page 23 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3878, Representative Bradley. Out of the record. Representative Chapa LaVia, on page 23 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3950. A Motion has been filed that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. I move to concur with Senate Amendment #1. It corrects a typographical error on the original Bill, changes the reference citation to United… the Unified Code of Corrections from Section 5-6-3ca and 5-6-3.1ca to subsequent (b) and (c), respectively. And I move for its concurrence. Thank you."

"The Lady has moved that the House concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3950. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Ramey, Representative Winters, do you wish to be recorded? Representative Colvin? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. The House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3950. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Leitch… Representative Leitch, on page 23 of the Calendar appears 09600060.doc 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 House Bill 3981. And for the purposes of a Motion, Representative Leitch."

"The Gentleman move that the House nonconcur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3981. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. And the House nonconcurs with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3981. Mr. Clerk, on page 23 of the Calendar appears House Bill 3878, Representative Bradley. A Motion has been filed to concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Bradley."

"Thank you. This is a Bill that passed out here overwhelmingly. The only change that I'm aware of that's been made is to change the notification date from 45 days to 90 days. Ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The Gentleman moves the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3878. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Bost, Representative Chapa LaVia. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3878. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Feigenholtz, on page 24 of the Calendar appears House Bill 4054. A Motion has been filed to concur 09600060.doc 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 with Senate Amendment #1. The Lady from Cook, Representative Feigenholtz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 4054 simply clarifies that DCFS is responsible for service delivery, but eligible youth may be referred to the Department of Human Services also. These are just some technical agreements between departments."

"The Lady has moved concurrence with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 4054. No one seeking recognition, 'Shall the House concur?' is the question. All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Winters, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 4054. This Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is declared passed. On page… on the Calendar appears House Bill 164 and a Motion to Concur with Senate Amendment #1. Representative Burns. Excuse me, Representative Davis W. Representative Davis W on a Motion to concur with Senate Amendment #1." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I move that the House concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 164. Senate Amendment #1 simply… simply makes… or exempts any person from an aggravated assault or battery charge against a private social service employee on or adjacent to the grounds where the services are delivered if that offender 09600060.doc 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 is (a) under 18 and is receiving treatment or residing in the facility where the assault occurred."

"The Gentleman has moved that the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 164. And on that question, the Gentleman from Jasper, Representative Reis… yields his time to Representative Black, the Gentleman from Vermilion. Representative Black."

"He indicates that he will."

"Further questions? The Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Reboletti."

"He indicates he will."

Speaker Mautino: "Further questions? The Lady from Cook, Representative Mulligan."

"He indicates he will." 09600060.doc 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Would the Lady bring her remarks to a close?"

"Thank you. The final speaker, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Fritchey."

"Thank you, Speaker. And to the Bill, Ladies and Gentlemen. I… I… I appreciate Representative Davis doing his job, which is to advocate for issues that are brought on behalf of his constituents, but at the same time, let's keep in mind just how unwield the… the Criminal Code has become. Aggravated battery, when attached to the classification or occupation of the victim, was originally a narrowly intended offense. It's now easier to name the people that aren't included in an aggravated battery 09600060.doc 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 category than the ones that are included. We have aggravated battery… aggra… mitigating… aggravating factors now from people ranging from utility workers to referees to CAPS members, private security officers. If memory serves me correctly, we may have added cab drivers a year or two ago. It loses its meaning after a certain point in time. And it's gotten to the point where any offense or any career and profession would say, well, why aren't we included in here, too? And there really is no rhyme or reason anymore. It made sense when we were talking about police and firefighters, it made sense when we were talking about emergency personnel. It made sense when we talk about sheriffs' employees and things along those lines. But we have expanded and extended and twisted and contorted the offense of aggravated battery to the point of irrelevance. We have to draw the line somewhere, it is not a matter of disrespect to this particular profession whatsoever. It's the fact that probably two-thirds of the professions that we have put under this category don't belong there either, but people are constantly reluctant to vote against these types of Bills for being seen as soft on crime. This isn't a vote that is soft on crime to vote 'no' against this Bill. It's a Bill that's strong on logic. Ladies and Gentlemen, I respectfully request an 'aye' vote. Let's recognize our Criminal Code for what it is and try to keep a semblance of cohesiveness and logic to it. Thank you."

Speaker Mautino: "Final speaker, Representative Durkin, the Gentleman from Cook." 09600060.doc 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Mr. Davis to close." Davis, W.: "Well, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And I appreciate the comments made by… by all. And again, I don't have the… the… the opportunity or the privilege having been a prosecutor or certainly not a lawyer in that respect. And obviously, folks will vote their conscience. Again, the intent of this was to find a way to protect private social service agency workers. Many of you have them working in your districts. So, if this does not pass or if this Amendment is not accepted, then you'll have the pleasure of trying to explain that to private social service agency folks in your own district. So, again, obviously, if this Amendment doesn't take as I'm being told, then I guess my original Bill possibly is what will and that is what will pass. So, I mean… either way… either way, I… I think I am still getting something that is my desire. So, I encourage a 'yes' vote, but nevertheless, folks will make their own decisions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"The Gentleman has moved the House concur in Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 164. Question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 09600060.doc 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Representative DeLuca? Mr. Clerk, take the record. And on the Motion to Concur in Senate Amendment #1 is lost. On the Calendar, page 14 appears House Bill 404, Representative Davis. There is a Motion the House concur in Senate Amendment #1." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Davis." Davis, W.: "For the record, this has nothing to do with aggravated assault or anything of that nature. I simply move that the House concur in Senate Amendment #… Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 404. And Senate Amendment #1 makes this essentially subject to appropriation and deletes rulemaking language that is no longer being required with a reinitiative and adds an immediate effective date."

"The Gentleman has moved the House concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 404. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Mulligan, Representative Joyce, do you wish to be recorded? Representative Howard? Representative Brady? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 404. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Monique Davis, on page 14 of the Calendar appears House Bill 418. There is a Motion been filed that 09600060.doc 122  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 the House concur with Senate Amendment #1, the Lady from Cook." Davis, M.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate… I'm sorry, House Bill 418 had a Senate Amendment added which merely says if a… a consumer does not wish to have his or her credit report reviewed within a three-year period they do not have to do that. And the original Bill, of course, states that if an insurance company decides that you are not credit worthy they will notify you and give you an opportunity to come in and explain why your reverse in fortune has taken place and make a determination if they will insure you or not. And with that, I'll answer questions."

"The Lady has moved the House concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 418. No one seeking recognition, the question is, 'Shall the House concur?' All in favor vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Sommer, Representative Biggins? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 418. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is declared passed. It's now the intent to go to the Resolutions Calendar. Page 36 of the Calendar is Senate Joint Resolution 44. Representative Monique Davis." Davis, M.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Joint Resolution 44 is an initiative that says June will be Outdoor Month for the children in the State of Illinois. We live in a beautiful state with great prairies, a lot of wetlands, a 09600060.doc 123  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 number of animals and different plants. Some of our children cannot name five plants or animals within their own region. This Resolution merely asks that the State of Illinois recognize June as Outdoor Month for our children. And I urge… support for this Resolution."

"The Lady has moved passage of Senate Joint Resolution 44. And on that, Representative Rose."

"She will."

"The Lady has moved adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 44 or moved passage of Senate Joint Resolution. This will require a vote. All those in favor say 'aye'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And Senate Joint Resolution 44 is declared passed… adopted. Representative Lang. Representative Lang on a Motion. The Gentleman moves to suspend posting on Senate Bill 2024."

"That's correct, Sir, I forgot the number." 09600060.doc 124  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009

"Seeing no objections, all in favor say 'aye'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it, and the posting is suspended. Agreed Resolutions."

"Representative Currie moves the House adopt Agreed Resolutions. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. The 'yeses' have it and the House adopts the Agreed Resolutions. Mr. Clerk, Adjournment Resolution."

"Representative Currie moves the House adopt the Adjournment Resolution. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it and the House adopts the 09600060.doc 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 60th Legislative Day 5/22/2009 Adjournment Resolution. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, if I can have your attention. Members should be advised that all pending Bills on the Calendar and in committee will be extended through May 29. Members should be prepared to stay through next weekend. However, you get to go home in a few minutes, enjoy a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. That… with that, Representative Currie now moves that the House stand adjourned until Tuesday, May 26, at 12 noon, allowing Perfunctory time for the Clerk. Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend." 09600060.doc 126