"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Rules Report. Representative Currie, Chairperson from the Committee on Rules reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: approved for floor consideration Amendment #4 to House Bill 83, Amendment #2 to House Bill 147, Amendment #2 to House Bill 1149, Amendment #2 to House Bill 1233, Amendment #1 to House Bill 1258, Amendment #3 to House Bill 1426, Amendment #1 to House Bill 1670, Amendment #1 to House Bill 3010, Amendment #1 to House Bill 3091, Amendment #2 to House Bill 3220, Amendment #4 to House… Amendment #1 to House Bill 3238, Amendment #2 to House Bill 3335, Amendment #1 to House Bill 3506, and Amendment #1 to House Bill 3091. Introduction and reading of House Bills-First Reading. House Bill 3754, offered by Representative May, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. First Reading."
"The hour of 2:00 having arrived, the House will be in order. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones and pagers and rise for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. We shall be led in prayer today by Wayne Padget, the Assistant Doorkeeper. Mr. Padget."
"Let us pray. We pray that on this St. Patrick's Day God's holy wisdom and infinite love look down on You always from heaven above. May God send You good fortune, contentment and peace and may all of Your blessings forever increase. These things we ask in Your Son's name, Amen."
Speaker Mautino: "We'll be led in the Pledge today by Representative Turner." 09700029.doc 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Speaker Mautino: "Roll Call for Attendance. Representative Bost."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let the record reflect that the… on the Republican side of the aisle Representative Mulligan is excused today."
"Majority Leader Currie."
"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Acevedo, Beiser, and Burns are excused today."
"Winters. Mr. Hays, do you wish to be voted present? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 111 voting present, a quorum is present and the House can conduct its business. Representative Osmond."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Members of the General Assembly to join with me and my colleagues, State Representative Jason Barickman and Representative Keith Sommers, in welcoming to our gallery, right up here in the Speaker's Gallery, the environmental clubs from Antioch High School and from Pontiac High School. And I would call the attention to Michael Hill, raise your hand, Steve Rose, who's a… Michael Hill testified in committee today, Steve Rose is a teacher at Antioch High School. And we are extremely honored today to have with us Paul Ritter, who was recently last week the 09700029.doc 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 National Environmental Teacher of, I guess, the state. Thank you very much. Paul."
"Welcome to the House of Representatives. Mr. Hays, the Gentleman from Vermilion."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"State your point."
"Would you please welcome to the gallery behind me Mayor Jack Reidner from the Village of Ogden. Mayor Reidner is a member of the board of directors of the Illinois Municipal League. Mayor, welcome to Springfield."
"Welcome to the House of Representatives. The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Ford."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. I would like for everyone on the Democrat side and the Republican side to wish my friend, Randy Ramey, a happy birthday today. I'm going to wish him that and hope that we can work on him voting for some of my Bills."
"Mr. Clerk, Adjournment Resolution."
Clerk Bolin: "House Joint Resolution 22, offered by Representative Currie. RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, March 17, 2011, the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 12:00 noon, or until the call of the Speaker; and the Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in perfunctory session; and when it adjourns on that 09700029.doc 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 day, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at 12:00 noon or until the call of the President."
"Representative Currie moves adoption of the Adjournment Resolutions. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the Adjournment Resolutions are adopted. Representative Sacia, the Gentleman from Winnebago."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to report, I believe, some sabotage. I had orange slices this morning and somehow during the day they've turned green. Have no idea what happened."
"The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose."
"Speaker, I… I rise to a point of personal privilege if I may?"
"State your point."
"I think it's… as we leave and we all have appointments and things back in our districts, I think it's very important that we remember everyone on the other side of the world who's had tragedy in the last week. And in particular I want to mention… Mr. Speaker, I'm going to ask for a moment of silence, but there are apparently 50 brave individuals in Japan right now who are exposing themselves to lethal doses of radiation to try to prevent what could be, maybe perhaps, the biggest disaster in this new century. So, I think it's very important while we've had a long week here, we all want to go home, I think we should out of respect take a moment of silence for the victims and the families of the earthquake and the tsunami. And also 09700029.doc 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 to remember in our prayers the brave men and women who are still on the… I just read this on the Internet, there's apparently 50 individuals who are literally onsite at the reactors exposing themselves and they're not going to… to lethal levels of radiation to try to save others. And so, with that sobering conclusion, I would ask we have a moment of silence."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman from Champaign requests a moment of silence. Mr. Clerk."
Clerk Bolin: "Committee Reports. Representative Bradley, Chairperson from the Committee on Revenue & Finance reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate for House Bill 1215, House Bill 1299, House Bill 1388, House Bill 1486, House Bill 1518, House Bill 1645, House Bill 1883, House Bill 2955, House Bill 2972, House Bill 2991, House Bill 3447, and House Bill 3451; do pass Standard Debate for House Bill 3032; do pass as amended Short Debate for House Bill 197, House Bill 212, House Bill 1218, House Bill 1355, House Bill 234, House Bill 1122, and House Bill 3460; and recommends be adopted House Resolution 158."
"The Lady from Lake, Representative Osmond."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"State your point."
"Up in the gallery, right behind me, we have some visitors from the GFWC women's group, Mabel Lou Weber and her friends right behind us, right here." 09700029.doc 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Welcome to the House of Representatives and Happy St. Patrick's Day. The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."
"Thank you… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, if I could have your attention for just a second. If you'll remember yesterday we were… we were treated to the wonderful colloquy of the Italian Caucus in which there were two major actors, one part was played by Representative DeLuca, the other part was played by Representative Coladipietro. After voting, heavy voting, a very close… very close vote, Representative Coladipietro has won the academy award for his performance yesterday in the Italian colloquy and he will receive this as a memento of his award. A round of applause for the academy award winning, Franco Coladipietro."
"My understanding… Mr. Eddy, my understanding that… is that of the 13 voting members, Mr. Coladipietro received 17 votes. On page 28 of the Calendar is House Resolution 156, Representative Bradley."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the Resolution that sets the appropriation allocation levels. It passed out of committee unanimously. The way we arrived at these percentages was that we took a six-year average, then we took a six-year rolling average and then we averaged those two averages and came up with what we believe to be the historical allocation levels of the moneys that are available by this process. Again, it passed out of committee unanimously. It's a bipartisan agreement. I would ask for an 'aye' vote." 09700029.doc 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves adoption of House Resolution 156. No one seeking recognition, all in favor will vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Brauer, Chapa LaVia, Currie, McAuliffe, Poe, Saviano, do you wish to be recorded? Representative Brauer. Mr. Clerk, take the record. 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Resolution 156 is declared adopted. House Resolution 161, Representative Beaubien."
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a Bill that passed unanimously out of committee. Unfortunately, I wasn't there. I was stuck on an elevator, but John Bradley carried it for me. What it does is a Resolution for… asking the Governor to work with his agencies and the portions he controls over the Secretary of State to report a 10 percent reduction in appropriations."
"Gentleman moves adoption of House Resolution 161. Question is, 'Shall the House adopt… 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? Representative Brauer. Representative Jakobsson. Mr. Clerk, take the record. 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Resolution 161 is hereby adopted. It's the intent of the Chair to take these Motions in Writing from page 28 of the Calendar. The following Motions, House Bill 207, House Bill 1092, House Bill 1567, House Bill 3362 and the Motion is, pursuant to House Rule 60(b), I move to table the aforementioned Bills. 09700029.doc 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Majority Leader Currie… seeing no objections, Majority Leader Currie moves that the House table the aforementioned Bills. All in favor 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. And those Bills will be tabled. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill #4. Has it been read a second time? On page 26 of the Calendar, please read the Bill a third time. Mr. Clerk, any Motions pending?"
"Senate Bill 4, the Bill was read a second time on a previous day. Amendment #1 was tabled. Amendment #2 lost. Amendment #3 has been adopted. No further Amendments. No Motions filed."
"Third Reading. And read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 4, a Bill for an Act concerning Revenue. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Bradley."
"Thank you. This is the Bill that would provide the EDGE Credits for both the Continental Tire Project in southern Illinois as well as the Motorola Project in suburban northeastern Illinois. This is vitally important to creating hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs in our communities. The objectionable parts that people were most upset about, particularly the agricultural exemptions, have been removed from the Amendments. This Bill passed out of committee overwhelmingly. I would ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Gentleman moves passage of Senate Bill 4. And on that, the Gentleman from Lake, Representative Sullivan."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, this has been an ongoing process that finally 09700029.doc 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 has been resolved. Previous, and for the Members on my side of the aisle and the rest of the Body, there was some objectionable parts that were added to this Bill. Those parts that would have sunsetted all kinds of different tax credits have been removed. This is a Bill that will move Illinois forward on a tremendous amount of job creation in southern Illinois and up in my district with Motorola. To not pass this Bill will be a devastating blow to keeping Motorola mobility in the State of Illinois. That is certainly an iconic company that we would not want to lose to another state. So, I urge everybody in the Body, especially on my side of the aisle, to… to look at the Bill that is now in a good shape. It's not in the shape that it was in once before and please vote this out… over to the Senate. Thanks."
Speaker Mautino: "Further discussion? The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."
"Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates that he will."
"Representative, I want to just clarify the term 'objectionable parts' a little more specifically, we have Members asking. The… the elimination of the Ag sales tax exemption was once part of this in an Amendment. That is not in here now?"
"Correct."
"It's been totally removed. So, those people who were concerned…"
"It… it was never adopted."
"Never adopted?" 09700029.doc 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"The… the proposal failed in committee. Senate Bill 4 remained clean. We put an Amendment on the Bill to include the Motorola provisions, to make some modifications to the EDGE Credits which were agreed to by DCEO."
"Thank you very much. Just… we had a lot of questions because of that specific Ag sales tax exemption. I would urge everyone's support…"
"I wouldn't be standing here today if that was still in there."
"I think you're probably right. But thank you for that and I would urge everyone to support the Gentleman's Bill."
Speaker Mautino: "Further discussion? The Gentleman from Marion, Representative Cavaletto."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to say that Senate Bill 4 means a lot to my district and Continental Tire. They're building another plant and going to provide hundreds of construction jobs and over 400 jobs that will be created for us in the 107th District. This product will be going overseas to foreign countries and we really appreciate your support on this Bill. Thank you very much."
"Further discussion? The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Dunkin."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates that he will."
"Representative Bradley, I… I'm just trying to get some clarification here."
"Sure." 09700029.doc 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"I… I don't have the privilege of being in your Revenue Committee where all the action is."
"So, Representative, it's my understanding that there are three sunsets which remain in there. They were negotiated with DCEO. I know you're concerned about the film tax credit; it's not going away. We're putting sunsets on exemptions and credits for the purpose of evaluating. But this is obviously something you're very passionate about and I'm willing to work with you and I think others are willing to work with you in continuation of this potentially in the future. This does not get rid of them. It's been a policy of this state that new exemptions that we've done in the last several years we've put sunsets on. So, obviously a sunset is different than a repeal. This is not a repeal of the film tax credit."
"Sure. So, you're saying this Bill, which is effective immediately, will give five years of today's date or the effective signage date and then we'll come back and review… assess the credits?"
"And… and the good credits will remain. Obviously, this applies to the project in my area as well. There's a sunset on that. There's going to be sunset on these EDGE Credits. The idea here is not to necessarily eliminate anything that's working, but it's part of a policy that the state is taking on in the last few years so that we have a review process in place."
"Is there a way… is there a barometer today that we can look at to see the success of, at least, the film tax credit, which is what I'm mainly interested in as you so…" 09700029.doc 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"I'm going to rely on you as we work forward on these issues for you to help me understand that, help others understand that, the value of those credits as we move forward."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Thank you."
Speaker Mautino: "Further discussion? The Gentleman from Randolph, Representative Reitz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Yes."
"John, just on following up on Representative Dunkin's question, if someone has a current EDGE Tax Credit the sunset will still allow them, the DCEO, to honor those agreements until such time? It just means that we will revisit this. The Legislature will be forced to take a look at this program on a regular basis."
"It's my understanding DCEO agreed to the language that's in here. It was negotiated. It's not the same as what originally was proposed."
"Okay. Thank you. To the Bill. I commend the Sponsor. He did a great job cleaning this Bill up. As a former chairman of Revenue, I know there are issues we need to look at. And I think he did a very good job getting those… a discussion on those issues out there and did a great job on the EDGE Tax Credit. On this Bill… this Bill will help employers in southern Illinois create jobs, keep jobs in Illinois and… and I think it's a great program. EDGE, along with a number of the other tax credit programs that 09700029.doc 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 we have, allow us another tool to compete with other states. So, good job, John."
"Further discussion? The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Will Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates that he will." Davis, W.: "Representative Bradley, let me just ask something similar to Representative Dunkin's question with regard to these tax credits. Now, there are a few identified in this Bill. Are there more tax credits that are in… that are active here in the state than the other… than these three that are mentioned in this Bill?"
"Yes." Davis, W.: "Then is there any particular reason why we focused on these three?"
"I… I can't answer that, Representative. There were several negotiations and discussions going on. I wasn't involved in all of those discussions. I think there were 500 or 600 listed at one time. But it's my understanding that the Governor's Office, DCEO negotiated with regards to these. And the idea being not to get rid of anything that's working, but to have a process to evaluate and confirm that those things are in fact working." Davis, W.: "Well, if we review them I guess to determine their feasibility, and I would argue that particularly the film tax credit and for that matter even the EDGE Tax Credit, have had benefit and provided benefit here to the state. I believe there have been a few films that have been filmed here in Chicago… in the Chicago in particular. Matter of 09700029.doc 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 fact, there's one coming up I saw a trailer for and recognized the use of the Metra train. So, while I appreciate the sunset, I… I'm just wondering then why we're not studying them first and then if they're not effective then just eliminate them versus putting a sunset on it and then kind of working backwards in that respect?"
"I… I appreciate your comments. Those are things that have been discussed; issues that have been raised. And as always, Representative, I'm willing to work with you in my capacity as Revenue chair and I know that you're very capable in terms of presenting just how important these are." Davis, W.: "Well, that… I guess that's what I'm trying to understand. And particularly, I'm going to point out that my colleague Ken Dunkin, former Senator Ricky Hendon, so the film credit piece was something that was an initiative of the Black Caucus. So, what would have been more palatable…"
"I… I…" Davis, W.: "…is that if they wanted to include it, maybe they should have talked to us first to say we want to do this. So, that the Gentleman from our chamber that's been the leader on that at least would have had the opportunity to provide his own input and maybe even discuss it with the Members. So, again…"
"As someone…" Davis, W.: "…I'm just a little concerned that's all." 09700029.doc 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"And as someone that's received hundreds if not thousands of calls on these issues, I can appreciate what you're saying." Davis, W.: "Okay."
"Further discussion? The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Saviano."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Folks, this component of getting rid of the… the film credit with a sunset date, you might as well just end it today. You might as well just end it today and I'll tell you why you might as well end it today. TV shows that have come in… TV shows that have come into Chicago, a TV show comes in with a five-year business model which means they have…"
Speaker Mautino: "Excuse me, Representative. I'd ask the Members of the House to please bring down the volume in the chamber. Would staff take the conversations to the back of the chamber. Excuse me. Would the staff take their conversations to the back of the chamber."
"Thank… thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to reiterate here. Putting a sunset date on that film production credit will literally shut things down in the first year of the five-year sunset. We have TV shows who need a five… need five years as a business model. So, two years into the five-year sunset date we will no longer be able to attract new shows or possibly movies to our state. It's totally counterproductive. That's why it was so important not to put a sunset date in the last Bill as we passed it. Movie producers… sometimes it takes three, four years to develop a movie project and for them to all of the sudden come in 09700029.doc 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 and say, well we only got two years left so we're going to forget about Illinois. And they'll go to Michigan, they'll go to Toronto, and they'll go Maryland. If you want to end the credit, end it. I'm for it, but end it because the first year or two into it, we could no longer attract TV shows, movies. We were… TV commercials, anything of that consequence will be gone from us. I would strongly advise, this has been a big success. We brought in Chicago Code, movies, since we've passed this. We have created a new venue for young kids coming out of Columbia with opportunities and kids of all diversities. It… we… we created an environment in this state that put a business that was dying back on the map and this state is now back on the map in this country on film production. I would ask the Sponsor… the rest of the Bill I have no concerns with; this is a bad component. This is bad for the State of Illinois. In some of our toughest times, we are realizing more money coming into our downtown hotels, restaurants, all our unions, all our unions are prospering. Where the convention business was faltering, our movie business was picking up and it was making up for those job losses. This will shut it all down. I'd appreciate you take this component out of the Bill, so I can vote for the rest of it. Under the current form, I cannot vote for it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Harris. Greg." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield? I would like to echo the comment of the previous speaker. 09700029.doc 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 This is a tremendously important Bill to the businesses and the families in my district who work in the film and television industry. Just as much as I would be against removing… putting the tax back on agricultural inputs that would negatively affect constituents in agricultural areas, ending this tax credit on the film and television production industry will have a tremendous detrimental affect on working families in the City of Chicago and the surrounding areas. I would urge my colleagues to vote 'no' on this until we can get this film credit situation resolved. Thank you."
"Further discussion? The Gentleman from Cook, Representative David Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A question of the Sponsor?"
"He indicates that he will yield." Harris, D.: "Representative, my synopsis reads that for the film production services tax credit of 2008, which is what we've been discussing here, that for tax years beginning on or after the effective date of this Bill they have in essence an additional five years. Is that correct?"
"That's my understanding." Harris, D.: "So in effect, we are extending the… the services tax or the film production tax credit beyond what it would normally have expired at?"
"I believe that's correct." Harris, D.: "And I understand that one can question why the… the sunset provision is in the Bill for this tax credit to be begin with, but we are extending this for an additional 09700029.doc 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 potentially two to three years. Within that timeframe, I think we will resolve the questions that have just been raised by some the opponents. And I can recommend an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Reis."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates that he will."
"Representative, the EDGE Tax Credit for general… or the general tire project as well as Motorola, it has a sunset of 2017 as well?"
"That's correct."
"Will that sunset need… will that EDGE Tax Credit need to be renewed based on some criteria being met or…"
"It could possibly. I left that up to DCEO to negotiate the details of that."
"So, the underlying Bill…"
"But we didn't want to jeopardize, obviously, the effectiveness of the EDGE Credit and Continental Tire is supportive of that."
"So, the underlying Bill has a sunset as well that might need to be extended?"
"Right."
"Okay."
"So, again, this is the same standard that's applied to everything in here and it's not repealing anything."
"Right."
"It's not repealing anything as the previous speaker said. It's extending some and we have plenty of time to evaluate and extend those that are appropriate." 09700029.doc 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"When is the… when does these EDGE Tax Credit projects, I mean, when are these companies ready to start construction and move forward?"
"I think Continental Tire is ready to go today."
"That's my understanding as well. My last question is, the Governor will have the Amendatory Veto power to pull out the sunset of the filmmakers tax credit if he so chooses, wouldn't he?"
"Yes."
"And the rest of the Bill would still stay intact?"
"I believe that's correct."
"Okay. Thank you, Mr… thank you, Representative. And to the Bill. This is something that's very important. We all come to the General Assembly with special projects. This is important for southern Illinois. If the people that are passionate about the film tax credit, and I voted for that the last time, if we all want to get together and ask the Governor to veto that part out of the Bill, he certainly can. But even the underlying purpose of the Bill the EDGE Tax Credits will expire and has a sunset. So, I think this is fair throughout and I encourage everyone to support this piece of legislation. Thank you."
"Representative Williams, the Lady from Cook. Representative Williams. Representative Cole."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates that he will."
"Representative Bradley… excuse me… Representative Bradley, could you give me a little breakdown on what the state… what we have as legislatively for all the tax 09700029.doc 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 credits? Do all the tax credits in the State of Illinois have a five-year sunset?"
"No, but I… I just can't say that definitively, but we're in the process of looking at that, obviously. There were previous proposals that had that. That's something that we've been doing as we've been renewing things over the last several years. It's my understanding, I haven't been Revenue chairman that long, but that's my understanding."
"Okay. So, there… there is an opportunity in two years from now to extend this credit again…"
"Well, yeah and we do."
"…for the film industry?"
"The appropriate ones that work, we do extend. And right, we grant the authority to do these things, and we come back and evaluate them and then grant the authority to continue them."
"Thank you."
"Representative Bradley to close."
"Again, we're not repealing anything. We're extending the same requirements on these three tax credits that the Legislature has deemed was appropriate to give the businesses in the State of Illinois. We have the authority and the power to evaluate these exemptions and to extend these exemptions where appropriately. And if we trust ourselves, we'll trust ourselves to do the right thing now, today, and in the future. Again, we're not taking anything away from anybody. We're granting things at this point. We're talking about hundreds of jobs immediately in two 09700029.doc 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 vital areas of our communities. We're talking about extending jobs in other areas of our communities. I would… I would just say the sky is not falling on this. We know the value of the things that are included in this Bill. We want a continuation of those things. So, I would respectfully request a strong 'aye' vote."
"The Gentleman moves passage of Senate Bill 4. All in favor will vote 'yes'; opposed will vote 'no'. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Chapa LaVia, Dugan, Durkin. Representative Dugan. Mr. Clerk, take the record. 90 voting 'yes', 20 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present' and Senate Bill 4 is declared passed. Representative Bill Mitchell is seeking recognition." Mitchell, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"State your point, Sir." Mitchell, B.: "Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, in the balcony on the Republican side, if the ladies would stand up, Representative Dan Brady and I would like to welcome the McLean County Women's Club from the 17th District. Let's everyone give a big Springfield welcome."
"Welcome to the House of Representatives. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."
"Agreed Resolutions. House Resolution 190, offered by Representative Mayfield. House Resolution 191, offered by Representative Cross. House Resolution 192, offered by Representative Connelly. And House Resolution 193, offered by Representative Madigan." 09700029.doc 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Representative Currie moves adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All in favor will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Page 25, House Bills-Third Reading, appears House Bill 1884. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."
"House Bill 1884, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this House Bill."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Rita."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1884 deals with BRT, which is known as Bus Rapid Transit. What is does is puts a pilot project for two years to start… to work on doing some alternative ways to mass transit. Be happy to answer any questions."
"The Gentleman has moved passage of House Bill 1884. On that question, the Gentleman from Peoria, Representative Leitch."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a point of personal privilege after the Gentleman considers the Bill, please."
"That will be acknowledged. The Gentleman from Crawford, Representative Eddy."
"Thank you. Would the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates that he will."
"Representative, where did this initiative originate? What's the purpose and where did the idea come from?"
"I've been dealing with Pace, Pace suburban bus. And it's a way that… as I stated it's a two-year pilot project to figure out how they can do bus rapid transit, also working with IDOT and the Tollway." 09700029.doc 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"So, in my understanding that what this does is it allows buses to operate in the shoulder area of the roadways?"
"Yes."
"So, how does that affect or what is the effect of emergency vehicle or… or issues related to vehicles pulling over that are disabled that normally would use the shoulder?"
"Right now, my understanding it's not to run down the shoulder of the… the interstate. What it would be is if the traffic would, say, come to a stop or come slow or to a stop that they would be able to go on the shoulder to bypass the traffic. It would… currently right now that they… I believe they're running a route on I-55 I believe. And it runs into sometimes where they would need to go on the shoulder and further then how they could go before implementing another lane to do that. If this would go forward, then they could maybe put a designated lane for just buses. If that makes…"
"So, this is limited only to certain buses?"
"It would… it would be limited to… in Pace suburban buses with we're working with the RTA. It's the RTA, IDOT, Tollway all working together to come up with a program on how to do this. So, it wouldn't be necessarily as you're maybe looking at it that they're going to be running just up and down shoulders of the… the interstates."
"But they would be allowed to use the shoulder in certain situations…"
"Yes."
"…if traffic slowed and the shoulder was open?" 09700029.doc 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Yes."
"Is there going to be anything or… is there going to be any warning for other drivers that this bus is authorized to use the shoulder so that others don't believe that somehow that there's some new authorization? How are we going to differentiate and is that…"
"That's something I'd have to talk with them about and to do that, I don't know that answer."
"Well, Representative, I just, as a suggestion, it would be nice if somehow we knew that that is an authorization only for those buses. Otherwise, other individuals will say, well, why are they using that? Shouldn't I be able to use the shoulder in the similar circumstances? Just a suggestion. I understand you have some unique circumstances and this is a pilot program, but as it moves along I'd appreciate some consideration for other vehicles."
"And what we could do is, we'll look further at the language and if something needs to be tightened up in that, we could either you know, put…"
"Thank you."
"…Amendment in the Senate. But it would be intended for mass transit, not just for any type of buses to be running up and down the shoulder. It would… the intent… the legislative intent is for that."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Further discussion? Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. As we all know there… our capital program is challenged right now. The Federal Highway Trust Fund is about to run out of money. 09700029.doc 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 So, the… the likelihood that we are going to be able to do the kind of transportation projects anywhere in this country, but including the State of Illinois in the future, is… is I think slim to none. Bus rapid transit is a way of maximizing the use of the assets that we currently have by allowing folks to, you know, to travel a little faster than all the jammed traffic. And this is especially true on that… on the segment of I-55 that's covered in this legislation. So, I think bus rapid transit and public- private partnerships and all those kinds of transportation funding alternatives and use alternatives are going to be the way that we're going to have to address our transportation needs in the future. And I would urge an 'aye' vote."
Speaker Mautino: "No one seeking further recognition, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 1884 pass?' 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? Cavaletto, Cole. Representative Ramey, Saviano, Sommer, do you wish to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. 80 voting 'yes', 31 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1884 is declared passed. Representative Leitch."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I'd like to express my concern and the concern of many of the downstate Members who serve on the Human Service Appropriations Committee. The Appropriation hearing is scheduled in Chicago, which is a completely inconvenient time for many of us who already have other 09700029.doc 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 plans and schedules, to consider some of the weightiest and most important issues in the appropriation process. I strongly believe that a hearing of that nature belongs in Springfield, in the Capitol, where it's mutually convenient for all Members of the House to attend a meeting of this importance. And I would respectfully request that the Speaker move to change that meeting back to Springfield and to provide fairness to those of us who care very much about these issues and will not otherwise be able to attend. So, if you would please convey that, and on behalf of the Members of that Human Service Committee who are on the… in the Minority, I would strongly urge that that subject be… those subjects be changed and those subjects be heard here in Springfield. Thank you."
"It's the intention of the Chair to go to House Bills on Second Reading. Members, if they would go to page 2 of the Calendar, we want to set these Bills in form to move them to Third. House Bill 6, Representative Cavaletto. Representative Cavaletto. Read the Bill."
Clerk Bolin: "House Bill 6, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Lang, House Bill 30. Out of the record. House Bill 79, Representative Jefferson. Move it. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 79, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 83, Representative Yarbrough. Out of the record. House Bill 94, Representative Ford. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 94, a Bill for an Act concerning census information. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Reitz, House Bill 141. Representative Reitz. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 141, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 144, Representative Franks. Out of the record. House Bill 147, Representative Dugan. Representative Dugan. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."
"House Bill 147, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Dugan, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Dugan on Floor Amendment #2."
"Thank you, Speaker. I would like to adopt Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 147 that addresses some concerns that were brought in committee that now is an agreed to Bill. So, that was the Amendment that was filed."
"Lady moves adoption of Floor Amendment #2. Representative Bost." 09700029.doc 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could we have the record reflect that Representative Rosenthal will be excused the rest of the afternoon, please."
Speaker Mautino: "Record will reflect. No one seeking recognition, all in favor of adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 147 say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Motions?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Rose, House Bill 160. Out of the record. House Bill 161, Representative Rose. Read the Bill. Excuse me, Mr. Clerk, out of the record. Representative Yarbrough, House Bill 178. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 178, a Bill for an Act concerning human rights. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Yarbrough, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Yarbrough on Floor Amendment #1."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move for adoption of Floor Amendment #1, which addresses the objections of the Chamber of Commerce."
Speaker Mautino: "The Lady moves the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. No one seeking recognition, all in favor will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. Representative Osmond, House Bill 1… Representative Hatcher, House Bill 180. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 180, the Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Durkin, House Bill 186. Representative Jim Durkin. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 186, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Eddy, House Bill 190. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 190, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative McAuliffe, House Bill 195. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."
"House Bill 195, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Beaubien, House Bill 219. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 219, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. Representative Flowers, House Bill 223. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 223…"
"Mr. Clerk, out of the record. Representative Flowers, House Bill 224. Out of the record. Mr… House Bill 237. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 237, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative May, House Bill 248. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 248, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 297, Representative Connie Howard. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 297, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Howard, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Howard on Floor Amendment #2. Out of the record. Representative Howard, House Bill 298. Representative Howard, House Bill 298."
"House Bill 298…"
"Read the Bill." 09700029.doc 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"…House Bill 298, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Tryon, House Bill 309. Out of the record. House Bill 414, Representative Turner. Out of the record. Representative Senger, 1056. Representative Senger. House Bill 1056, Representative Senger. Out of the record. Representative Pihos, House Bill 1070. Out of the record. 1071, Representative Pihos. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1071, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Pihos, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Pihos on Floor Amendment 2."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Floor Amendment #2 just establishes an effective date of July 1, 2012."
"The Lady moves adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. Floor Amendment #2 is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. House Bill 1077, Representative Chapin Rose. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1077, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment 09700029.doc 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. House Bill 1091, Representative Nekritz. Out of the record. Representative Dugan, House Bill 1095. Out of the record. Representative Tryon… Representative Dugan, House Bill 195. Mr. Clerk… House Bill 1095. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1095, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Tryon, House Bill 1101. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1101, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Sente, House Bill 1130. Representative Sente. Out of the record. Representative Brady, House Bill 1149. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1149, a Bill for an Act concerning public health. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Brady, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Brady on Floor Amendment #2. Representative Brady on Floor Amendment #2."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. Floor Amendment #2 just simply seeks to clarify language within the form birth record reflecting accurately the 09700029.doc 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 correct agency. And I'll be happy to answer any questions."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. 1153, Representative Bradley. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1153, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Bost, House Bill 1156. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1156, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. House Bill 1157, Representative Bost. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1157, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendments 1 and 2 have been approved for consideration. Floor Amendment #1 is offered by Representative Bost."
"Representative Bost, Floor Amendment #1."
"Thank… thank you, Mr. Speaker. And Floor Amendment #1 just simply meets the request of the… of Representative 09700029.doc 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Lang in committee to extend it out to seven years in lieu of five years."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. Amendment 1 is adopted. Further Amendments?"
"Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Bost."
"Representative Bost."
"Yes, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #2 just clean ups some existing language in it."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. The Amendment's adopted. Further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Verschoore, House Bill 1167. Out of the record. House Bill 1204 on page 6, Representative Howard. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1204, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Ford, House Bill 120… House Bill 1209, Representative Ford. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1209, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 09700029.doc 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Chapa LaVia, House Bill 1216. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1216, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Zalewski, House Bill 1220. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1220, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted… Amendment #1 was tabled. Amendment #2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Saviano, House Bill 1228. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1228, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Amendments 2 and 3 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. House Bill 1233, Representative Mayfield. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1233, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Mayfield, has been approved for consideration." 09700029.doc 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Representative Mayfield on Floor Amendment 2."
"Floor Amendment 2 is just an exemption for homeowners so that they wouldn't be exempted from the Bill for changing the locks. There's no opposition on this Bill or the Amendment."
"Lady moves adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Zalewski, House Bill 1226. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1226, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1251, Representative Mell. Out of the record. Representative Mell, 1253. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1253, a Bill for an Act concerning sex offenders. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Mell, House Bill 1254. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1254, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Further Amendments? Third Reading. 125… House Bill 1258, Representative Farnham. Read the Bill." 09700029.doc 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"House Bill 1258, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Farnham, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Farnham."
"Mr. Speaker and Members of the House, House Bill 1258 the Amendment is a gut and replace Amendment that retains the language of the underlying Bill. It changes the provisions regarding disbursement, distribution of fines. It also expands the definition of emergency response changes and disbursement of restitution payments and increases the fines for violations resulting in an emergency response under the Meth Control and Community Protection Act."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman's moved adoption of Floor Amendment #1. Representative Reis."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield on the Amendment? Representative, there was a couple of changes that we wanted in terms of the percentages that went to local law enforcement agencies versus to the state. Were you able to put that… those changes into your Amendment?"
"Yes."
"Is that 50/50 now? I believe your original Bill was 25/75, 25 to the local governments?"
"I'm sorry. I don't have the answer for you. I know the State Police worked with me on this Amendment for the disbursement."
"Okay. What about the…" 09700029.doc 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"The answer is yes, I'm told."
"Okay. So, it's 50/50 now?"
"Yes."
"And the other thing was was that the money that went to the state was going into GRF and there was some suggestions by Members of the committee that… that… or excuse me, the money going to the local agencies, law enforcement agencies, that they had more authority to spend it on actual drug cleanup costs and surveillance costs versus spending it on education type incentives. Was that also included in your Amendment?"
"Yes."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1262, Representative Farnham. Representative Farnham, 1262. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1262, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Flowers, House Bill 1267. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1267, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1, 09700029.doc 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 2, and 3 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Bradley, House Bill 1283. Out of the record. Representative Osmond, House Bill 1287. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1287, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1292, Representative Lang. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1292, a Bill for an Act concerning business. The Bill was read for a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Lang, House Bill 1293. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1293, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1298, Representative Dunkin. Representative Ken Dunkin. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1298, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. Representative DeLuca. Out of the record. Representative D'Amico, House Bill 1315. John. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1315, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. House Bill 1310, Representative DeLuca. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1310, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Crespo, House Bill 1316. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1316, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Amendment #2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Crespo, House Bill 3617. Read the Bill. House Bill 1317, Representative Crespo. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1317, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Riley, House Bill 1324. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1324, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No 09700029.doc 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Gabel, House Bill 1338. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1338, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. And no Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Fortner, House Bill 1359. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1359, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. And no Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1362, Representative Moffitt. Out of the record. House Bill 1373, Representative Coladipietro. Out of the record. Representative Lyons, House Bill 1378. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1378, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. No further Amendments. No Motions filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1379. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1379, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Reitz, House Bill 1380. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 1380? Are there any notes filed?" 09700029.doc 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"House Bill 1380, a fiscal note has been requested and has not been filed."
"Take this Bill out of the record. House Bill 1383, Representative Dunkin. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1383, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Moffitt, House Bill 1398. Out of the record. Representative Bill Mitchell, House Bill 1404. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1404, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1415, Representative Jones. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1415, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1437, Representative Dugan. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1437, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Burke, House Bill 1447. Read the Bill." 09700029.doc 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"House Bill 1447, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Cunningham, House Bill 1461. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1461, a Bill for an Act concerning firearms. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1476, Representative Flowers. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1476, a Bill for an Act concerning professional regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Rose, House Bill 1484. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1484, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Amendment #2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1485, Representative Rose. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1485, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. The Bill was read for a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Rose, has been approved for consideration." 09700029.doc 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Representative Rose on Floor Amendment #1."
"First of all, Mr. Speaker, and I apologize, the one we just did we need to bring back to Second. I… I meant this one to go to Third. So, I apologize, Mr. Speaker."
"Why don't we go ahead and finish this Bill…"
"So, sure."
"…and then I'll go back."
"So, this is the second of three Bills that came out of our… our fall study session with the Department of Human Services and developmentally disabled provider groups around the state. We previously passed the first round of these Bills; this chamber passed it two weeks ago unanimously. This is the second version of this. In committee we realized we needed to make a couple of technical changes to clarify some of the language. So, that's what Floor Amendment #1 is. And I would just ask that we adopt Floor Amendment #1 and put it on Third Reading."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves House adopt Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. The Amendment's adopted. Mr. Clerk, any further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 1484?"
"House Bill 1484 is on the Order of House Bills- Third Reading."
Speaker Mautino: "Return that Bill to Second Reading. Representative… Representative Rose." 09700029.doc 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"I… I'm… I apologize, Speaker. I had 1483, 1484, and 1485. 84 is now Representative Brown's Bill. And I believe that Representative Brown wishes that to be on Third. And he has given the signal there. I filed the slip this morning, it's now Representative Brown's Bill. So, he does want that on Third. It was 1483 that I thought you were talking about cause that's my Bill."
"House Bill 1484, Mr. Clerk…"
"Should be on Third."
"…read the Bill. Place that Bill on the Order of Third Reading. Mr. Hays, House Bill 1487. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1487, a Bill for an Act concerning local Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1491, Representative Mitchell. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1491, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1511, Representative Holbrook. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1511, a Bill for an Act concerning courts. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative DeLuca, House Bill 1512. Read the Bill." 09700029.doc 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"House Bill 1512, a Bill for an Act concerning spending. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1514, Representative Reis. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1514, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1521, Representative Rose. Chapin. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1521, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1526. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."
"House Bill 1526, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Lang, House Bill 1530. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1530, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Amendment #2 was tabled. No further Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions have been filed." 09700029.doc 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. Representative Berrios, House Bill 1531. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1531, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Berrios, has been approved for consideration."
Speaker Mautino: "Representative Berrios on Floor Amendment #1."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Amendment just clarifies its… it was actually given to me from the Chicago Park District, just clarifies that in order to have the nurses on park district property that they… the organization requesting the health fair has to fill out the proper paperwork and pay the registration fee for the actual event through the park district. That's about all the Amendment does. Thank you."
"Lady moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. The Amendment's adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Nybo, 1552. Out of the record. House Bill 1577, read the Bill."
"House Bill 1577, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Amendment #2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Pritchard, House Bill 1589. Out of the record. Representative Ford, House Bill 1600. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1600, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Ford, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Ford."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. I move to adopt Amendment 1. Amendment 1 brought the Bill in agreement with all departments."
"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. Representative Eddy on the Amendment."
"Thank you. Would the Sponsor yield?"
"He indicates that he will."
"Representative, how is this different than the Bill that we heard in Education Committee? What are the differences between this?"
"This Bill exempts packaged items. In Education Committee I wanted packaged items to be exempt from schools."
"So, does… does this Amendment allow for school districts to be exempted for their regular meals, their lunches and only? Or is that… was that the Bill in Education?"
"That's the Bill in Education."
"So, this one requires school districts to restrict or completely ban trans fat. What does it…"
"It requires the entire state."
"Could you say that again, I didn't catch it." 09700029.doc 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"It requires the entire State of Illinois to ban the use of trans fat."
"So, everywhere in the State of Illinois restaurants, schools. How about down in the Rathskeller?"
"If they cook with trans fat oils, then it will protect your arteries too."
"Representative, was this… how does this differ than the Amendment or the Bill you filed? I mean, was this Floor Amendment… did this go back to committee? This is… this is not… it's obviously… it's not going back to committee. Why isn't this going back to committee? This seems to be a major…"
"You think we should take it back to a committee? Let's remove the Bill and let's go to committee."
"Take the Bill out of the record."
"Thank you."
"Representative Riley, House Bill 1602. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1602, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Riley, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Riley on Floor Amendment #1."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #1 just really cleans up some language and it just removes the word 'permanent' from the definition of handicap persons."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the 09700029.doc 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. Amendment #1 is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Howard, House Bill 1604. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1604, a Bill for an Act concerning child visitation, which may be referred to as the Steven Watkins Memorial Act. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Bellock, House Bill 1652. Patti. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1652, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1659, Representative Bellock. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1659, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Bellock, House Bill 1662. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1662, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Burke, House Bill 1670. Read the Bill." 09700029.doc 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"House Bill 1670, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Burke, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Burke on Floor Amendment 1." Burke, K.: "I would like to move for adoption of Floor Amendment #1. This Amendment takes out a penalty provision that some of the committee members found objectionable. And also changes the definition of who is covered under the Act… under the Bill from all elected officials to members of a public body."
"The Lady moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Nekritz, House Bill 1674. Out of the record. Representative Lang… Excuse me. Representative McAsey, House Bill 1689. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1689, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1700, Representative Mathias. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1700, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. Representative Reitz, House Bill 1703. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1703, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Unes, House Bill 1708. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1708, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Pritchard, House Bill 1710. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1710, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Beaubien, House Bill 1712. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1712, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Durkin, House Bill 1715. Representative Durkin. Out of the record. Representative Riley, House Bill 1730. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1730, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No 09700029.doc 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Nekritz, House Bill 1761. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1761, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1825. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1825, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Hernandez, House Bill 1831. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1831, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Brady, House Bill 1852. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1852, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1857. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1857, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. 1865, Representative Verschoore. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1865, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1866. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1866, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Sente, House Bill 1871. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1871, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1872, Representative Kosel. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1872, a Bill for an Act concerning public employee benefits. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Kosel, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Kosel on Amendment 2."
"Thank you very much, Ladies and Gentlemen. Floor Amendment #2 just verifies that the state will have no cost associated to this Bill." 09700029.doc 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Lady moves passage of Floor Amendment #2 or adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. And the Amendment's adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1876, Representative Fortner. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1876, a Bill for an Act concerning education. The Bill was read for a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Cross, has been approved for consideration."
"Floor Amendment #1, Representative Fortner."
"Thank you, Speaker. Floor Amendment #1 simply adds to the Bill at the request of the community colleges. It extends the provisions of the Bill to those community colleges. There's no known opposition."
Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Any further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Rosenthal, House Bill 1914. Out of the record. Representative McAsey, House Bill 1928. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1928, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 1964, Representative Daniel Burke. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1964, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. No further Amendments. No Motions filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1965, Representative Dan Burke. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1965, a Bill for an Act concerning public health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1966, Representative Dan Burke. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1966, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"House Bill 1979… Excuse me. Third Reading on House Bill 1966. House Bill 1979, Representative Bradley. Representative Bradley. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1979, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 1981, Representative Jefferson. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 1981, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No 09700029.doc 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Jefferson, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Jefferson on the Amendment."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt Floor Amendment #1. It basically clarifies the language identifying the fact that we're dealing with fire department only here."
"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Fortner, House Bill 2009. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2009, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Hernandez, House Bill 2019. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2019, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Hernandez, House Bill 2020. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2020, a Bill for an Act concerning aging. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 2023. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2023, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2069, Representative McAsey. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2069, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2092, Representative Reis. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2092, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2100, Representative McAsey. Representative McAsey. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2100, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2101, Representative McAsey. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2101, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 2858, read the Bill."
"House Bill 2858, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. House Bill 2860, Representative… Out of the record. House Bill 2870, Chapa LaVia. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2870, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2902, Representative Williams. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2902, a Bill for an Act concerning electric vehicles. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Amendment #2 has been tabled. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Williams, has been approved for consideration."
Speaker Mautino: "On Floor Amendment #3, Representative Williams."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. I move to adopt Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 2902. This simply changes the number of members on the Electric Vehicle Advisory Council from one to two that represent the utilities. I ask for your consideration."
"The Lady moves adoption of Floor Amendment #3, correct? And your description was of Floor Amendment #3?" 09700029.doc 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Yes."
"Lady moves adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 2902. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Williams, House Bill 2903. Out of the record. Representative Hatcher, House Bill 2922. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2922, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative McAsey, 2935. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2935, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2936, Representative McAsey. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2936, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2937, Representative McAsey. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2937, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No 09700029.doc 60 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2938 on the order of McAsey. Out of the record. Representative Mussman, House Bill 2949. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2949, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Rose, House Bill 2953. Out of the record. Representative Kosel, House Bill 2974. Out of the record. House Bill 2976, Representative McAsey. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2976, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 2984, Representative Sosnowski. Out of the record. Representative Verschoore, House Bill 2987. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2987, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Zalewski, 2993. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 2993, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3010, Representative Biss. Read the Bill." 09700029.doc 61 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"House Bill 3010, a Bill for an Act concerning human rights. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Biss, has been approved for consideration."
"Floor Amendment #1, Representative Biss."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I ask for the chamber's approval of Floor Amendment #1. House Bill 3010 as initially drafted was… contained, essentially, an error in the pagination which resulted in a very, very overbroad text. Floor Amendment #1 simply corrects this so as to appropriately narrow the Amendment as initially intended. I would be honored by an 'aye' vote."
"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Any further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3022, Representative Chapa LaVia. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3022, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Burke, Kelly, House Bill 3025. Out of the record. Representative Crespo, House Bill 3027. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3027, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 62 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. Representative Holbrook, House Bill 3035. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3035, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Holbrook, House Bill 3036. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3036, a Bill for an Act concerning public utilities. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3037. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3037, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Holbrook, House Bill 3038. Out of the record. Representative Lilly, House Bill 3039. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3039, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Nybo, House Bill 3041. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3041, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 63 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Pritchard, House Bill 3045. Read the Bill. Excuse me. House Bill 3042 is Representative Pritchard. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3042, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3045, Representative Jakobsson. Out of the record. Representative Lyons, House Bill 3050. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3050, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3091, Representative Turner. Representative Turner. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3091, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Turner, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Turner on Floor Amendment 1."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment just… We discussed it in committee. It limits the Bill so that it only applies to the contracts that a consumer uses for personal, family, and household uses. Thank you."
"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 64 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. Representative Gordon, House Bill 3115. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3115, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Jefferson, House Bill 3118. Out of the record. Representative Pihos, 3131. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3131, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Eddy, House Bill 3139. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3139, a Bill for an Act concerning highways. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Ramey, House Bill 3152. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3152, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3155, Representative Mell. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3155, a Bill for an Act concerning public health. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 65 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 3157, Representative Lang. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3157, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3158, Representative Lang. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3158, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3171. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3171, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Cavaletto, House Bill 3172. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3172, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Fortner is seeking recognition."
"Thank you, Speaker. I would just like to bring everyone's attention to, up in the gallery to my right, the boys and girls from St. Michael's School in Wheaton, 09700029.doc 66 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Illinois. Would like to give everyone up there a warm Springfield welcome."
Speaker Mautino: "Welcome to the House of Representatives. House Bill 3178, Representative Hammond. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3178, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Representative Cavaletto, 3179. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3179, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3180. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3180, a Bill for an Act concerning…"
"Mr. Clerk, take this Bill out of the record. Representative Gabel, House Bill 3188. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3188, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Jones, House Bill 3189. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3189, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09700029.doc 67 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 3220, Representative Pritchard. Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3220, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2 has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Pritchard on Floor Amendment 2."
"This Floor Amendment takes care of an objection that was raised by a constituent group. So, I would ask for your support."
"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'yeses' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3238, Representative Mendoza. The Amendment's out of Rules. Would you like to read the Bill? Read the Bill."
"House Bill 3238, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Mendoza, has been approved for consideration."
Speaker Mautino: "Representative Mendoza on Floor Amendment #1."
"Thank you. It's just a technical Amendment, changes the word 'days'… adds the word 'days' and the number 14 to 09700029.doc 68 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 clarify the length of time in which the arrestee must submit a DNA specimen."
"The Lady moves adoption for Floor Amendment #1. All in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'yeses' have it. The Amendment's adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?"
"No further Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading."
"Representative Lang in the Chair. Moving down the Calendar, House Bill 3241, Mr. Brown. Out of the record. House Bill 3244, Representative Hatcher. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3244, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3248, Representative Morthland. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3248, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3256, Representative Moffitt. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3256, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed." 09700029.doc 69 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 3257, Representative Pritchard. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3257, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3273, Representative Bellock. Representative Bellock. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3273, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3275, Representative Barickman. Mr. Barickman. Out of the record. House Bill 3285, Representative David Harris. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3285, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3289, Mr. Mathias. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3289, a Bill for an Act concerning the Internet. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Mathias, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Mathias."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill just… the Amendment just makes a technical Amendment changes… deletes two words from the Bill. I ask for your 'aye' vote." 09700029.doc 70 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
Speaker Lang: "Is there any discussion on the Gentleman's Motion? Seeing none, those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3315, Representative Mulligan is not… Out of the record. House Bill 3331, Mr. Jackson. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3331, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3335, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3335, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Nekritz, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 clarifies what notice the last known insurer will be receiving during a foreclosure proceeding."
"Lady's moved for the adoption of the Amendment. There being no discussion, those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk." 09700029.doc 71 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"No further Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3358, Representative Kelly Burke. Representative Kelly Burke. Do you wish to move your Bill? Out of the record. 3365, Representative Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 3384, Mr. Rose. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3384, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3386, Mr. Rose. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3386, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3403, Mr. Rita. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3403, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3405, Mr. Mautino. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3405, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed." 09700029.doc 72 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 3406, Mr. Colvin. Marlow Colvin. 3406, Sir? Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3406, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3417, Mr. Reboletti. Mr. Reboletti. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3417, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3428, Mr. Bradley. Mr. Bradley. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3428, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3434, Representative Williams. Out of the record. House Bill 3440, Representative Chapa LaVia. It's already on Second, Representative. Out of the record. House Bill 3441, Mr. Mautino. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3441, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed." 09700029.doc 73 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 3449, Mr. Mautino. Out of the record. House Bill 3450, Mr. Mautino. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3450, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3459, Mr. Fortner. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3459, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3462, Greg Harris. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3462, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3464, Representative Pihos. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3464, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Floor Amendment #2 has been referred to committee. No Floor Amendments have been refer… no Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions have been filed." 09700029.doc 74 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Representative, is your wish to hold this on Second Reading waiting for the Amendment to come out of Rules?"
"The Amendment already went back to committee and was approved. It came out this morning, maybe it just hasn't been read into the Committee Report."
"All right. The Committee Report has not yet been read into the record. So, we'll…"
"Okay. Then we'd have to come back."
"…hold this on Second pending that reading. Thank you. House Bill 3468, Representative Hernandez. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3468, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3477, Representative Hatcher. Out of the record. House Bill 3486, Mr. Cross. Mr… Out of the record. House Bill 3478, Representative Mathias. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3478, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Mathias, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Mathias."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #1 just removes the objections of the State Bar Association. And I ask that it be adopted." 09700029.doc 75 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
Speaker Lang: "Gentleman moves for the adoption of the Amendment. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. The Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
Speaker Lang: "Third Reading. House Bill 3499, Mr. David Harris. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3499, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3503, Representative Rosenthal. Out of the record. House Bill 3506, Representative Mussman. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3506, a Bill for an Act concerning sex offenders. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Mussman, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Mussman."
"This Amendment is technical. It removes the term 'Internet service provider' and replaces it with 'social networking website provider'."
"Lady moves for the adoption of the Amendment. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions have been filed." 09700029.doc 76 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Third Reading. House Bill 3537, Representative Reis. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3537, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3593, Representative Mussman. Do you wish to move your Bill? Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3593, a Bill for an Act concerning sex offenders. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3611, Representative Unes. Out of the record. House Bill 3634. Mr. Osterman. Out of the record. House Bill 3635, Mr. Bradley. Mr. Bradley. Read the Bill, please."
"House Bill 3635, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. Returning to an earlier number, House Bill 1731. Representative Yarbrough. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 1731, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed." 09700029.doc 77 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
Speaker Lang: "Third Reading. House Bill 2873, also Representative Yarbrough. You want to handle this? Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 2873, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3045, Representative Jakobsson. Please read… Out of the record. House Bill 3358, Representative Kelly Burke. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3358, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. House Bill 3275, Representative Barickman. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 3275, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, what is the status of House Bill 1216?"
"House Bill 1216 is on Third Reading."
Speaker Lang: "Please return that to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. Mr. Clerk, what is the status of House Bill 1889?"
Clerk Bolin: "House Bill 1889 is on the Order of House Bills-Third Reading." 09700029.doc 78 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011
"Please return that Bill to the Order of Second Reading at the request of the Sponsor. On page 4 of the Calendar, under the Order of House Bills-Second Reading, appears House Bill 297. Representative Howard. Please read the Bill."
"House Bill 297, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this House Bill. Amendment #1 was tabled. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Howard, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Howard."
"Yes. This is a technical Amendment. It replaces 'and' with 'including'. And also adds an apostrophe."
"Lady moves for the adoption of the Amendment. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions have been filed."
"Third Reading. Members, the Chair is prepared to adjourn. Excellent work this afternoon by all parties. And now, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk, Representative Lyons moves that the House stand adjourned 'til Tuesday, March 29 at 12 noon. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House is adjourned. Happy St. Patrick's Day."
"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Committee Reports. Representative Riley, Chairperson from the Committee on Cities & Villages reports the following 09700029.doc 79 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 1390; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1323. Representative Lilly, Chairperson from the Committee on Business & Occupational Licenses reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 1639; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1279, House Bill 1394, House Bill 1634, House Bill 1723, House Bill 2956, and House Bill 1490. Representative Osterman, Chairperson from the Committee on Labor reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3252; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1513. Representative Ford, Chairperson from the Committee on Small Business Empowerment & Workforce Development reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3314; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2927, House Bill 3186, and House Bill 3469. Representative Lyons, Chairperson from the Committee on Tollway Oversight reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 1889. Representative Harris, Chairperson from the Committee on Insurance reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1569; do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 3385. Representative Holbrook, Chairperson from the Committee on Environment & Energy reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1326, House Bill 1458, House Bill 1953, House 09700029.doc 80 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 Bill 3308, House Bill 3371, House Bill 3424, House Bill 3620; do pass Short Debate is House Bill 1868. Representative Jakobsson, Chairperson from the Committee on Higher Education reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 304, House Bill 1079, House Bill 1256; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1949, House Bill 3219, and House Bill 3382. Representative Golar, Chairperson from the Committee on Disability Services reports the following committee action taken on March 16, 2011: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2084. Representative Howard, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary II - Criminal Law reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 1237, House Bill 1519, House Bill 1520, House Bill 1739, House Bill 1908, House Bill 2048, House Bill 2053, House Bill 2054, House Bill 2089, House Bill 2193, House Bill 3014, House Bill 3033, House Bill 3283, House Bill 3284, House Bill 3292, House Bill 3293, House Bill 3299, House Bill 3300, House Bill 3360, House Bill 3390, House Bill 3408, House Bill 3422, and House Bill 3431; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 263, House Bill 1628, House Bill 1738, House Bill 1748, House Bill 2046, and House Bill 3522. Representative Verschoore, Chairperson from the Committee on Counties & Townships reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 230, House Bill 1578, House Bill 1909, House Bill 3129, House Bill 3473; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 1760, House Bill 2105, House Bill 09700029.doc 81 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 3127, House Bill 3346, House Bill 3372, House Bill 3425, and House Bill 3458. Representative Chapa LaVia, Chairperson from the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 3539; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 287; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3109, Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3281, and Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3464. Representative Jackson, Chairperson from the Committee on Armed Forces & Military Affairs reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2095. Representative McAuliffe, Chairperson from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 464, and House Bill 3276. Representative Hernandez, Chairperson from the Committee on Aging reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2043. Representative May, Chairperson from the Committee on Environmental Health reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2056. Representative Will Davis, Chairperson from the Committee on Health & Healthcare Disparities reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 1665. Representative Burke, Chairperson from the Committee on Executive reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 171, House Bill 255, House Bill 09700029.doc 82 STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 29th Legislative Day 3/17/2011 1962, House Bill 2853, House Bill 2915, House Bill 3103, House Bill 3137, and House Bill 3377, also passed do pass Short Debate is Agreed Bill List #1 and Agreed Bill List #2; do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 3107; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 176, House Bill 825, and House Bill 1353, and House Bill 3495. Representative McCarthy, Chairperson from the Committee on Personnel & Pensions reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 145, House Bill 1719, House Bill 1959, House Bill 3076, House Bill 3253, House Bill 3334, House Bill 3366, House Bill 3375, House Bill 3376, House Bill 3411, House Bill 3534, House Bill 3591; do pass Standard Debate is House Bill 1544, and House Bill 1726; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 3332. Representative Yarbrough, Chairperson from the Committee on Housing reports the following committee action taken on March 17, 2011: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 1565, House Bill 1574, and House Bill 3598. Messages from the Senate. Senate Joint Resolution 15, offered by Representative Mell. Senate Bills-First Reading. Senate Bill 1744, offered by Representative Reitz, a Bill for an Act concerning education. First Reading of this Senate Bill. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned." 09700029.doc 83