Illinois House Floor Debate — May 23, 2012

Speaker Lyons: "Good afternoon, Illinois. Your House of Representatives will come to order. Members are asked to please be at your desk. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor David Fink who is with the Grace Baptist Church in Lockheart… Lockport. Pastor Fink is the guest of Representative McAsey. Members and guests are asked to please refrain from starting their laptops, turn off electronic equipment, and rise for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. Reverend David Fink."

"I would ask all our veteran Members to please lead us in the pledge."

Speaker Lyons: "Roll Call for Attendance. Majority Leader Currie, Democrats."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record reflect the absence of any excused absences among House Democrats today."

"Leader Mike Bost, GOP."

"Now, 118 two days in a row. Mr. Clerk, take the record. 118 Members have responded to the Roll Call, a Quorum is present. We're prepared to do the work of the people of the State of Illinois. Committee Report."

"Representative Chad Hays, I believe you have a couple of very special guests on the floor that you'd like to introduce to the Body. Can I have your attention?"

"Mr. and Mrs. Hays, you do nice work. Chad's a great Member. Welcome to your Capitol. We're going to run some Third Reading Senate Bills before we have our Veteran's Memorial Service. We're waiting 'til about 1:00 to do that so, we will be proceeding, again, from the Senate Calendar starting on page 5. Representative Jack Franks, I believe you have Senate Bill 408. Out of the record. Mr. Clerk, what’s the status on Senate Bill 1673, on page 5 of the Calendar?"

"Representative Currie." 09700141.doc 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Thank you, Speaker. Please move the Bill back to Second for purposes of an Amendment."

"Mr. Clerk, move that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading. Thank you, Leader. Page 6 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Third Readings. Representative Sid Mathias, Sid, you have Senate Bill 3250… 20… 3252, 3252. Out of the record. Representative Scott Penny, you have Senate Bill 3258. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. Representative, I've been advised by the Clerk that you have a Floor Amendment for this Bill. You want to take that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading? Mr. Clerk, put that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and what's the status on the Bill?"

"Representative Penny on Floor Amendment #3."

"This Amendment is a change to the Bill which would allow a person… a young person who has had one conviction for reckless driving, if they reach the age of 25 years and have a clean driving history other than the one conviction for reckless driving, it would allow that conviction to be sealed. It's not a scofflaw Amendment where they can continually come back and reseal the same event. They can't even make the application 'til they've reached 25 years of age and it would be limited to one incident."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation on Floor Amendment #3. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, 09700141.doc 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 all those in favor of its adoption signify by saying 'aye'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #3 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Put the Bill on the Order of Third Reading. We'll hold it on the Order of Third Reading. Representative Poe, for what purpose do you seek recognition, Representative?"

"Please proceed, Ray."

"Welcome to your Capitol, we're glad to see you. Enjoy your day. Representative Bob Rita. On page 6 of the Calendar, Bob, you have Senate Bill 3279. Do you wish to call the Bill, Representative? Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. Representative Rita, I've been advised by the Clerk that there's an Amendment due. We'll put that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and what's the status on that Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Rita on Floor Amendment #1." 09700141.doc 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment addresses some concerns that came up under the debate and what it basically does is removes the word 'photo' to government-issued IDs."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation to Floor Amendment #1. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of its adoption signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. We'll hold that Bill on the Order of Third Reading. Representative Anthony DeLuca, on page 6 of the Calendar, you have Senate Bill 3318. Representative DeLuca, Senate Bill 3318 on the Order of Third Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Anthony DeLuca."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is the trailer Bill to the Illiana legislation that we passed a year and a half ago. At the time, when that Bill was passed, the quick-take language was omitted. This Bill reinserts the quick-take authority for IDOT to construct the Illiana Expressway. I'd be happy to take any questions."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation on Senate Bill 3318. Is there any discussion? The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Jackson, Leader Mike Bost." 09700141.doc 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Sponsor yields."

"What is the quick-take process?"

"Okay. No it…"

"…no, it would be no different than any other quick-take authority and any other project that IDOT would have."

"Well, it's not that simple but generally speaking, yes."

"They're in opposition of quick-take authority as generally speaking: they will never support any quick-take authority. There was also an issue that I had brought up yesterday when we moved the Bill to Third Reading about the farmstead split, they had concerns about that. They believe that the Illiana Expressway, when it's constructed, if it split a parcel of their land, that that would be the one split that they were allowed to have. We followed through on that and found out Will County that that's not the case. They would be able to split it a second time, if they so desire."

"Representative Kay."

"Sponsor awaits your question, Sir." 09700141.doc 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"It doesn't. It doesn't take away any of the due process rights."

"Well, there would be an appraise… an appraisal that would take place."

"It's not… it's not what the landowner believes, it's the appraisal."

"The landowner would be allowed to get an appraisal themself."

"Once the appraisal is determined?"

"Yes. The landowner would have the ability to enter into court and go through the proceedings if he believes that they are due more money than the appraisal… appraise the land at. So, they would still have the ability to do that; it doesn't take that away. All this does is allow the process to move along quicker so the project isn't delayed." 09700141.doc 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"After."

"Yes."

"Representative Andre Thapedi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I've spent quite a bit of time doing condemnation work and to address the issue with respect to Fifth Amendment problems, I'd like to ask some question with respect to legislative intent and how the process works. Representative, is it true that when you begin a taking action, the condemning body actually files a lawsuit?"

"Yes."

"Okay. And after they file the lawsuit, that lawsuit is based upon an appraisal that they have done, correct?"

"Yes, that's correct."

"And then after the lawsuit is filed and the condemning body has obtained an appraisal, the owner is then entitled to also obtain an appraisal. Isn't that correct?" 09700141.doc 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"That's correct."

"And then after the two appraisals are obtained, one from the condemning body and one from the owner have been obtained, then the owner has the opportunity to go before a jury and the jury would make the determination as to what the fair cash market value is of the property at its highest and best use, correct?"

"Yes, that's correct."

"So, then, therefore, there really is no Fifth Amendment problem or any other constitutional problem because a jury is actually going to be the one to decide what the fair cash market value of the subject property is at its highest and best use, correct?"

"That's correct."

"So, then, what potential constitutional ramifications could there be if the process is speeded up somewhat by a condemning authority depositing certain money at the beginning and then giving the owner the opportunity to be heard by a jury, with respect to what the fair cash market value of the subject property is?"

"Well, there really isn't any and that's part of the reason why this is nothing unusual. IDOT has quick-take authority in every road project that they construct. This is nothing unusual; this is essential for IDOT to have this ability to build any roadway in our state."

"So, in fact what actually happens is, is that the owner actually gets some of their money upfront and if they believe that they're entitled to additional money, the jury will still decide whether or not they're entitled to more 09700141.doc 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 money on top of what they've already received as a result of the quick-take. Is that correct?"

"Yes. And the quick-take could even be viewed as bene… viewed as beneficial for the landowner because they do get their money upfront as opposed to a condemnation process without quick-take where it could be tied up in the courts for years."

"Right. So… just so we're clear, the owner is not barred from getting additional money just because they got some money upfront, correct?"

"That's correct."

"Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Senger."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes, yes."

"Could be."

"Representative Al Riley"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. One of the last comments that was made was very astute, basically explaining what just compensation is which any individual involved with regard to this process will be afforded. This is one of many regional development projects in the south suburbs and I don't think we should, you know, really be confused. I had said a long time ago that no matter where you're from in this Body, no matter where you are geographically, that I would always support projects in your area for development. Well, this is one of ours and I would hope that you would support this great project and vote 'aye'. Thank you."

Speaker Lyons: "We have three speakers remaining: Representative Brauer, Reboletti, and Dugan and then Representative DeLuca to close. Representative Brauer."

"Sponsor yields."

"I said it could be. It could be because they're not delayed. The quick-take process allows them to get their money immediately and the court proceedings could still take place thereafter if they believe that they're due more money." 09700141.doc 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Answer on the what?"

"Not acreage but I know that it would be a ultimately when the final route is determined, it would be a 400 foot route for the 46 or 49 miles, whatever the exact number is."

"But in terms of acreage, I don't have an acreage number."

"Yes. Landowners within a 2 thousand foot area have received letters stating that they are in the identified study area but that's going to be narrowed down to 400 feet."

"Not until the final route is determined."

"I don't have one."

"Our final speaker will be Representative Dugan. Representative Lisa Dugan."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes, Representative, and we of course, had some conversations on this and of course, I'm certainly a strong supporter of the Illiana as it is over in the area of my district. I heard a comment made that… did I understand you correctly that you said IDOT already has the quick-take powers for roadways?"

"They have it on every project that they… every roadway that they construct they have IDOT authority. I'm sorry. They have quick-take authority."

"And… and so, I'm assuming that we're saying we need to put quick-take powers in this legislation because it's not actually a road of IDOT's? I guess I'm… if they have quick-take powers I'm not sure why we're putting legislation to put in quick-take powers."

"Because the legislation that we ran previously, which was the public… public-private partnership, the quick-take authority language was omitted from that Bill. And that's what we're doing here today is placing it back in it."

"And was there a reason why it was not put in the original legislation?" 09700141.doc 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"I have no been able to get an answer to that very question."

"And so, again, Representative, you know that I support this project very much and was with all the colleagues that were on the original legislation: however, the eminent domain powers that we have in this state that IDOT has I believe is a fair way for landowners to make sure that they have a voice. I understand that… that we would take the land and then certainly the property owner has a right to go to court and say if they didn't get a… what they believe was a fair price for their land. Would… would the homeowner have to pay the court cost in order to fight whatever it is that IDOT believed was a fair cost for their land?"

"Yes. They would be responsible for their court costs."

"So, an eminent…"

"And other fees."

"…domain, where they have a chance… where the parties go to court, the state takes the property owner to court and they then make a decision what a fair price is and it's decided by the court, in this case, we would just tell them what they would get and then if they wanted to fight us, they would have to pay for the court costs in order to fight us, and that's a concern to me. I understand what you're trying to do. I also want the property… the project to move as quickly as possible, but as I spoke to you, Representative, I believe the eminent domain powers that the state has is sufficient to… to deal fairly with the people and I believe it can move just as quickly if the 09700141.doc 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 state is being fair with their values that they're planning on giving the property owner. So, for that reason, I will be voting 'no' on this… on this Bill. Thank you very much."

Speaker Lyons: "The final speaker will be Beiser and then DeLuca to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. This Bill was before my committee and when the previous speaker asked the reason that that language is omitted, there was testimony to that effect that it was too heavy of a lift for that Bill to pass with that language in it. I just want to make sure everybody hears that because it is a matter of record what was testified in it and to say otherwise I think would be not proper."

"Representative DeLuca to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. The concerns that have been expressed, I understand; I have concerns as well. I did have concerns about the whole concept of quick-take that is why I have been working very closely with IDOT. I have been working very closely with the Farm Bureau. As many of you know, it's difficult to find a stronger supporter than I on the Farm Bureau issues; and that's part of the reason why I wanted this issue and continue to move forward with it is because I want to make sure that we hold IDOT accountable to the commitments that they have made to those residents, that they have made to the Farm Bureau about treating them fairly, having the least amount of impact on residents as possible as the final route is determined. A quick-take is one of those necessary evils. It's difficult to say that, you know a 09700141.doc 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 quick-take is a great thing and we like government or IDOT having the authority and the ability to do that, but a vote of 'no' on this is essentially a 'no' vote on the Illiana Expressway and could potentially kill the project. So, as difficult as it is and then the concerns that you may have, join me… join me in working with IDOT and the Farm Bureau to make sure that this process goes as smoothly as it possibly can. And I ask for your 'yes' vote. Thank you."

"Representative DeLuca moves for the passage of Senate Bill 3318. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Sullivan, Yarbrough. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 61 Members voting 'yes', 57… 57 Members voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, it is now time to present the Fallen Service Members Ceremony. So, I'll ask all Members to please be at their desks, staff please retire to the rear of the chamber or leave the floor temporarily. All Members please be at their desks. Assistant Doorkeeper Padget, are we ready to proceed? Okay. This is my eight and final chance to preside at this wonderful ceremony where we respect our fallen members of the Armed Forces. And I know all of us in our heart of hearts hope there is a day coming down the road when we have no names to read but until then I would ask the Members and guests in the gallery to please stand for the Presentation of Colors by the 114th Illinois Volunteer 09700141.doc 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 Infantry, Reactivated. Mr. Clerk, read Resolution… House Resolution 1071."

Speaker Lyons: "Leader Barbara Flynn Currie moves for the adoption of House Resolution 1071. All those in favor signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And House Resolution 1071 is unanimously adopted. Major General Dennis Celletti. All Members and guests are asked to please 09700141.doc 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 remain standing for the reading of the names of our fallen heroes. Leader Renee Kosel."

"Leader Tim Schmitz."

"Representative John Bradley."

"Sergeant Benjamin 'Ben' Thomas, United States Army, Marion, died June 23, 2011."

"Representative Norine Hammond."

"Leader Jim Watson."

"Representative David Reis."

"Representative Don Moffitt."

"Leader Frank Mautino."

"Captain Thomas Heitmann, United States Marines, Mendota, Illinois, died September 19, 2011."

"Representative Rich Morthland." 09700141.doc 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Representative Mike Tryon."

"Representative Mike Unes."

"Leader JoAnn Osmond."

"Representative Saviano."

"Representative Rich Morthland."

"Representative Kay Hatcher."

"Representative Mike Tryon."

"Representative Brandon Phelps."

"Captain Joshua C. Pairsh, United States Marines, Equality, Illinois, died January 22, 2012."

"Representative Cunningham." 09700141.doc 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Corporal Conner T. Lowry, United States Marines, Chicago, killed in action March 1, 2012."

"Representative Farnham."

"Corporal Alex Martinez, United States Marines, Elgin, killed in action April 5, 2012."

"Representative Unes."

"Representative Jim Watson."

"Representative Jim Sacia."

Speaker Lyons: "Ladies and Gentlemen, that concludes our ceremony. We'll take a moment and think of the families of all those beautiful faces that we saw here: somebody's son, somebody's dad, somebody's relative. So, let's take a final moment. May they rest in peace. May God hold them all in the palm of His hand. Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Chair would like to take this opportunity to give a welcome to one of our former Members who we never had a chance to formally say hello or goodbye to, Ron Stephens in the gallery. Ron, welcome home. Representative Dan Brady on a Resolution on a… on a death memorial."

"House Resolution 983, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Brady."

Speaker Lyons: "So ordered and we'll take one moment of silence. Representative Brady now moves for the adoption of House Resolution 983. All those in favor signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And House Resolution 983 is unanimously adopted. Lloyd Watkins, rest in peace. Back to the Order of Third Readings, on page 6 of the Calendar, Leader Dan Burke, you have Senate Bill 2526, Dan, 2526. I'll be running down page 6 of the Calendar on Senate Bills-Third Readings, Members, so if you do have something there, we'll try to get to you. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Leader Dan… Dan Burke." Burke, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 2526 would simply require regulated gas and electric utilities with at least 10 thousand… 100 thousand customers to submit to the Illinois Commerce Commission an annual report on the utilities procurement goals and actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises. Both the procurement goals and the actual spending will be reported as a percentage of the total work performed by the utility. These reports would be posted on the ICC's website and each 09700141.doc 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 annual report will be maintained for at least five years. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation on Senate Bill 2526. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the passage of Senate Bill 2526 signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Will Davis, Bob Pritchard. Representative Smith, Turner, Dave Winters, would you like to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 117 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Elaine Nekritz, on page 6 of the Calendar, Elaine, you have Senate Bill 3287. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Lyons: "The Lady from Cook, Representative Elaine Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 3287 creates the Illinois Service Member's Civil Relief Act which is rather timely on the heels of the memorial service we just had. The Federal Law protects service members called up by the president from having their utilities shut off. It offers an ability for them to end their cell phone service if they so like, and it also prevents foreclosure actions and having a rental… a home rental terminated and a myriad of other protections while they're on active duty, but there's some gaps in that. While Illinois Law has a number of these 09700141.doc 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 provis… protections scattered throughout the code for active duty members called up by the Governor, we wanted to put those all in one place and add a few more protections. These are very important protections for the men and women of the State of Illinois who are serving overseas or called up in the event of a disaster. There have been a report of cases, one in early 2011 under the Federal Service Member Civil Relief Act where over 4 thousand refunds were issued to service members who were overcharged for mortgages or against whom foreclosure proceedings were commenced improperly. We need to make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen to our Illinois' service members. And I would ask for your support."

"You've heard the Lady's explanation, is there any discussion? The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Jackson, Leader Mike Bost."

"Sponsor yields."

"The… the very last Amendment just simply added some requirements for those that are serviced by a… an electric co-op to make sure that they had provided the same documentation to the co-op as was required to be given to another utility before… in order to demonstrate that they were actually called up." 09700141.doc 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Oh… the… Amendment #1 was… Committee Amendment #1 was a complete gut and replace…

"…and then Amendment #2 was a Floor Amendment. So, yes, it will need to go back to the Senate."

"It varies throughout the Bill. I would say for the most part it's 30 days but there some that are 90 days but it really…"

"…it's very specific to every kind of protection that's in the Bill."

"No, no, no. It's a matter of… it's a… it's only a matter of a few months."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Thank you." 09700141.doc 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Representative Nekritz to close."

"I'd ask for your support."

"Representative Nekritz moves for the passage of Senate Bill 3287. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Smith, Sullivan, Tryon. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 117 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Mike Zalewski on Senate Bill 3314. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Cook, Representative Mike Zalewski."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 3314, we did this Bill last year and couldn't quite close the deal in the Senate, so we brought it back this year. What it simply does is ensure that on ballot language dealing with the referendum that the multiplier's included on the ballot language to ensure that the voter knows exactly what they're voting on when it comes to a property tax levy increase. Again, this is a transparency measure designed to educate the voters more clearly than what's been done in the past. We had an issue in the Riverside Brookfield School Board referendum last year. This Bill clarifies that and makes it abundantly clear what the legislative intent is here. So, I'd ask for an 'aye' vote." 09700141.doc 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. The Chair recognizes Representative Jack Franks."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, I appreciate what you're trying to do. I thought we had already passed a Bill like this a few years ago, Representative Tryon and I."

"We… we tried, Rep… I… I don't know about Representative Tryon, Representative. I tried to do a Bill like this last year and it didn't get… make it out of the Senate but again, whatever the current language states there's a belief, and it's incorrect, but there's a belief that… that the local doesn't… isn't compelled to put on equalization factor on the ballot language. There's been litigation and we just want to be perfectly clear of what we're trying to do."

"I believe that Representative Tryon and myself had passed a Bill a few years ago when there was… whenever there'd be a referendum that you would have to say how much it would cost a homeowner in $100 thousand increments. And I'm not sure how this is different than that."

"This… this includes the… the multiplier, the three point… the assessed values, it has a multiplier in it. So, again, there was an issue where that multiplier wasn't included in the language and voters were under a mistaken impression about what they were voting for and what the referendum result would do to their property tax bill. This makes it abundantly clear what would happen if they were to approve the levy." 09700141.doc 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Okay."

"I agree, Representative, I acknowledge that we, you know… we thought we covered this a couple years ago but again, in Riv… in my district we have an issue where the ballot language was not clear and there was confusion and rightfully so. So, we're trying to address that."

"All right, thank you."

"Representative Rosemary Mulligan."

"Sponsor yields."

"Well, what this does…"

"Well, what this does is include the equalization factor, Representative. So, most times that’s one, but it… it can vary in Cook. So, what we're doing is we're making it abundantly clear that when that varies, that equalizer, we have to include that on the ballot so people understand that it's not $100 thousand… say, on a value of $100 thousand home, it's not just multiplied by one. It could… that… that equalization factor could vary, fluctuate."

"Well, it applies to… we're amending PTELL, Representative, so my guess… my belief is yes."

"But I… I'm not entirely sure about that. I'll… I can…"

"Rep… Rep… let's be clear, Representative. This… this Bill will only come into effect, if under PTELL you go to a referendum that you want to go above CPI or whatever the 5 percent is late… later or the two… the least of the two. So, we're not talking about a yearly instance here, you know, we shouldn't be at least. We're talking about instances when the board goes to the voters and says, we need… we need more than what the… what PTELL allows. And in that instance, you go… you to the voters with a ballot, we as the previous speaker from McHenry stated that we've done… we thought we completed the Bill where… which listed all the information but it was… there was some lack of clarity." 09700141.doc 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Under PTELL? You're asking me if under PTELL when you go to a referendum."

"No, no, no."

"This Bill… this Bill does not allow you to go to referendum. This Bill clarifies the language that's placed on the ballot should a local taxing body choose to go to referendum."

"Yes."

"No, Ma'am."

"Representative Ed Sullivan."

"Representative Mike Tryon."

"The Gentleman awaits your question."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Correct, Representative."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Representative David Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Question of the Sponsor."

"He awaits your questions." Harris, D.: "I'll… Representative, I'll be brief because the previous speakers really did do a good job of explaining it, but just real quickly… and we had a full discussion in committee. What was the equalization factor in Cook County last year? Do you remember?"

"I… I don't know, Representative." Harris, D.: "I think it was around 3 or 3.1 if I'm not mistaken."

"Okay. I'll take your word for it, Representative." Harris, D.: "Meaning… meaning that the assessed valuation, get the assessed valuation, but then guess what, the state comes in and says here's your equalization factor so it jacks it up…"

"Goes up." Harris, D.: "…by three, right?" 09700141.doc 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Right." Harris, D.: "But, the taxing body when they say, well, it's only going to cost you, if we go to referendum, it's only going to cost you $30 per hundred or per thousand, or $20 per thousand. They may not include that equalization factor, right?"

"Correct. They didn't in this specific instance." Harris, D.: "Right. So, they… that… so, what it cost you per thousand could be, in Cook County, two or three times higher than what the taxing bottom… body might say, right?"

"Correct, correct, Representative." Harris, D.: "So, what you're doing is saying, lets be honest with the taxpayers and tell them what it's really going to cost if we go to referendum."

"Correct. We're making it abundantly clear what we're doing here." Harris, D.: "What a great idea."

"Thank you, Representative." Harris, D.: "Let's send it out of here with 100 votes."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Representative Zalewski to close."

"Couldn't have said it better myself, Representative. Mr. Speaker, I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Zalewski moves for the passage of Senate Bill 3314. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Turner, would you like to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 09700141.doc 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 118 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Deb Mell, on the bottom of page 6, Deb, you have Senate Bill 3337. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Lady from Cook, Representative Deb Bel… Mell."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 3337 repeals a provision requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to monitor and evaluate a two-year family support center demonstration project and to submit a status report to the General Assembly. This is… this is basically just a cleanup Bill as a result of an audit. Thank you very much for your support."

"You've heard the Lady's explanation on Senate Bill 3337. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of its passage signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Monique Davis, Rosemary Mulligan. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 118 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Chris Nybo, on page 6 of the Calendar, you have Senate Bill 3336. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Chris Nybo."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of 09700141.doc 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 the passage of Senate Bill 3336 signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Jack Franks, Rosemary Mulligan, would you like to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 101 Members voting 'yes', 16 Members voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, we're going to be doing some Second Readings now on page 10 of the Calendar. If you have a Bill on page 10 or 11, we'll be starting. We certainly will be skipping around a little bit for reasons that most of you know, but we will start with Senate Bill 281. Representative Michelle Mussman, is she on the floor? Representative Mike Unes. Representative Mike Unes, you have Senate 548. What's the status on that Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Representative Carol Sente, you have Senate Bill 555. Representative Carol Sente, you have Senate Bill 555. Would you like to move that Bill? Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Representative Dan Burke, on the Order of Second Readings, Dan, on page 10 of the Calendar, you have Senate Bill 968. Want to move that Bill to Third? Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Greg Harris, on page 10 of the Calendar, on the bottom, you have Senate Bill 1351. Out of the record. Continuing Members on page 11 of the Calendar, Representative Sullivan, you have Senate Bill 1900. Representative Sullivan, Senate Bill 1900 on the Order of Second Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Sullivan on Floor Amendment #2."

You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of 09700141.doc 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Representative Golar, Esther, you have on the Order of Second Readings, Senate Bill 1531. Out of the record. Representative Jackson, Ed you have Senate Bill 2761 on the Order of Second Reading. You want to move that Bill to Third? Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. Representative Jackson, the Clerk has informed me there are still notes pending on that Bill, there are notes pending on that Bill. So, we'll hold that Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Dave Winters, Senate Bill 2867 on the Order of Second Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Dave Winters on Floor Amendment #2."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, continuing with Hou… Senate Bills-Second Readings, on page 13 of the Calendar, on the top of that list, Representative Linda Chapa LaVia, you have Senate Bill 3259. Representative Chapa LaVia, Senate Bills-Second Reading, 3259. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Kelly Cassidy, you have Senate Bill 3261, Kelly. Out of the record. Representative Thaddeus Jones, on the Order of Second Reading, you have Senate Bill 3277. What's the… Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

Speaker Lyons: "Continuing with Second Readings of Senate Bills, Representative Jackson, you have Senate Bill 3373, Ed. What's the status on that Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Jackson, is it our understanding that you wish to withdraw Floor Amendment #2?"

"Yes, Mr. Speaker. I wish to withdraw Floor Amendment #2."

"Mr. Clerk, withdraw Floor Amendment #2. Is there anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

Speaker Lyons: "Third Reading. Representative Ken Dunkin, Representative Dunkin, on the Order of Second Readings, you have Senate Bill 3397. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Cassidy, do you wish to move Senate Bill 3433? Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk." 09700141.doc 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Third Reading. Continuing with Senate Bills- Second Readings, on page 14 of the Calendar, Representative Mike Tryon, you have Senate Bill 3442. Mike, do you want to… out of the record. Mr. Clerk, what's the status on Senate Bill 3442? Put it back on the record."

"Representative Tryon on Floor Amendment #1."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation on Floor Amendment #1. Is there any discussion? The Chair recognizes Representative Al Riley."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Tryon, first of all, thank you for Amendment #1 because I do think it, you know, clarified a few things that maybe got people in agreement on some issues, but can you tell me some… I mean, there's still a lot of opposition. So, who has basically joined the brotherhood of proponents for this Bill?"

"Since before…"

"Okay. Thank you."

"I would like to remind this is just adopting the Amendment, we're adopting Amendment #1. We will put it on full debate when it's on Third Reading. Leader Lang, you have a question on the Amendment? The Gentleman does not seek recognition. So, we will bring this back on Third Reading and have full discussion. So, all those in favor of the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

Speaker Lyons: "Third Reading. Representative Zalewski on Senate Bill 3514, Mike. Out of the record. Representative Connie Howard, on page 15 of the Calendar, Connie, you've got Senate Bill 3823 on the Order of Second Reading. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk." 09700141.doc 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Third Reading. Representative Elaine Nekritz, going back on Senate Bills-Second Readings, Elaine, you have Senate Bill 3216. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, on page 11 of the Calendar on Senate Bills-Second Readings, Barb, you have Senate Bill 2194. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Clerk, we'll leave that Bill on the Order of Second Reading on the request of the Sponsor. Members, we're going to start doing additional Third Reading-Senate Bills. So, we'll be starting on page 7 of the Calendar. So, if you have your Calendar ready please follow, we'll being doing most of the Bills on this… on this page. On the top of page 7, Representative du Buclet, Senate Bill 3349. Out of the record. Representative Sandy Pihos on Senate Bill 3367. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk." 09700141.doc 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

Speaker Lyons: "The Lady from DuPage, Representative Sandy Pihos."

"You've heard the Lady's explanation. Is there any discussion? The Chair recognizes the Lady from Cook, Representative Monique Davis. Whenever you're ready Monique the floor is yours. Monique." Davis, M.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was talking to the little Bradley children here. Mr. Speaker, I have one question for the Sponsor of the Bill. Is this a mandate?"

Speaker Lyons: "Representative Pihos… Representative Jerry Mitchell." Mitchell, J.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a good Bill. It's been worked on very, very hard by Representative Pihos and in the Senate. It's one that's going to assist school districts, if they have problems in special… in driver's education. They will be able to farm this out, do it privately. Some of the privates did not understand the Bill, but it is in their own best interest. And I recommend an 'aye' vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Pihos to close."

"Representative Pihos moves for the passage of Senate Bill 3367. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Will Davis, May, Tryon, like to be 09700141.doc 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 76 Members voting 'yes', 39 voting 'no', 1 Member voting 'present'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Jerry Mitchell, you have Senate Bill 3374 on page 7 of the Calendar. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Whiteside, Representative Jerry Mitchell." Mitchell, J.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this is an excellent Bill. This is a commission to redo the physical education guidelines according to the new state goals. If something is needed for phys ed, hopefully, when this is all done, we will make a whole lot more sense out of physical education and have it in all of our schools. I recommend an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? The Chair recognizes Leader Mike Bost."

"Sponsor yields."

"Jerry to close." Mitchell, J.: "Just ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker." 09700141.doc 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"The Gentleman asks for the passage of Senate Bill 3374. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Coladipietro, Will Davis, David Leitch. David, like to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 117 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Sid Mathias, you have, on the Order of Senate Bills-Third Readings, Senate Bill 3386. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Sid Mathias."

"The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from DuPage, Representative Dennis Reboletti." 09700141.doc 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Sponsor yields."

"Leader Jim Durkin."

"Sponsor yields." 09700141.doc 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Representative Jack Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A parliamentary inquiry."

"State your inquiry, Sir."

"Has House Committee Amendment #1 been adopted?"

"Mr. Clerk."

"Thank you. Then I'd like to ask the Sponsor some questions."

"Sponsor awaits your questions."

"Representative, on House Amendment #1, according to our analysis, it deleted the provision that would allow the Cook County Board of Review to dispose of complaints four years after the filing date opposed to the current five years, correct?"

"So, what does that mean? I'm not sure I understand what the difference is in the date."

"Yes, but I don't know which way and I don't know if it's… and I don't know if it's a shorter statute of 09700141.doc 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 limitations or what that actually means. I'm not trying to trip you up, but I'm…"

"Perhaps we could take it out of the record and come back to it in a minute, but I just… I'm not sure what it means, Representative."

"I'm not sure the Amendment does that because the Amendment it looks like… oh I'm sorry. The original Bill was four years and this puts it back to five. Okay. So, this is an extra year for…"

"It's the same. Is this something that the Board of Review wanted? Is this something to deal with their cycle?"

"Yes. Well, I… I just want to make sure that we're not extending the time because some of the complaints we hear down here it just takes so long. I mean, obviously, we cut their budget 50 percent and it's a big problem that we had foisted on them, but by the same token, we've had other 09700141.doc 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 issues as a result because of the delay in getting the answer from the Board of Review that if there has to be a refund or something then it makes it very difficult. So, I just want to make sure that the taxpayers are not being adversely affected by maintaining a five-year cycle."

"Okay. Thank you."

"Representative Mathias to close."

"Representative Mathias moves for the passage of Senate Bill 3386. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 117 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 1 Member voting 'present'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Lou Lang, you have Senate Bill 3399. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen. This Bill is an initiative of the beer distributors who seek to 09700141.doc 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 deal with some unfair cancellations of contracts. And all the Bill does is lower the threshold of… that would require arbitration without cause from 15 percent of the distributor's volume to 10 percent of the distributor's gross receipts. And I know of no opposition to the Bill as drafted."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the passage of Senate Bill 3399 vote 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk. Leader Currie. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 118 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Chapin Rose, on the Order of Senate Bills-Third Readings, Chapin, you have Senate Bill 3406. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Champaign, Representative Chapin Rose."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? The Chair recognizes Representative Dennis Reboletti."

"Sponsor yields."

Speaker Lyons: "Representative Chapin Rose moves for the passage of Senate Bill 3406. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Leader Acevedo, would you like to be recorded? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 116 Members voting 'yes', 1 Member voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Lisa Dugan, on page 7 of the Calendar, under Senate Bills-Third Readings, you have Senate Bill 3441. Representative Dugan, 3441. Out of the record. Representative Ed Sullivan, you have Senate Bill 3450 on the Order of Third Readings. Representative Sullivan. Out of the record. Representative Dan Biss, on page 7 of the Calendar, you have Senate Bill 3499. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Dan Biss."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the chamber. This Bill simply makes a fairly technical change to some of the assessments and fees we have in the Nursing Home Act. There's an opportunity in that Act for nursing homes to 09700141.doc 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 when assessed a fee, immediately pay down a portion of it to end the inquiry and that clause of the law has two different formulas they can use. One of them is extremely confusing. And it appears, at least, to create a sort of unreasonable loophole that they could go through and it's created a lot of confusion. And so, this Amendment simply does away with that opportunity and makes the fee the preexisting flat fee that it was before. Happy to take any questions and I'd appreciate your support."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the passage of Senate Bill 3499 signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Kelly Burke, Will Davis, David Leitch, Jack Franks. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 72 Members voting 'yes', 45 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Pat Verschoore, on the bottom of page 7 of the Calendar, you have Senate Bill 3507. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"The Gentleman from Rock Island, Representative Pat Verschoore."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. A constituent brought this to me. In Iowa now they tax your unemployment benefits and also Illinois taxes your unemployment benefits. What this Bill would do would 09700141.doc 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 be able… give the person that has to pay their taxes in Iowa a credit in Illinois so there wouldn't be a double taxation. I'd be glad to answer any questions."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the passage of Senate Bill 3507 signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Connelly, David Leitch, Deb Mell. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there's 65 Members voting 'yes', 52 voting 'no'. This Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 3 of the Calendar, Mr. Clerk, is House Bill 4278. What's the status on that Bill, Mr. Clerk, House Bill 4278?"

"Representative Jehan Gordon on Floor Amendment #1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 1 provides that the penalty fees paid to the State Board of Education for reinstatement of a lapsed certificate shall be paid to the Teacher Certification Revolving Fund administered by ISBE. There's no opposition to this piece of legislation and I'm open for any questions."

"You've heard the Lady's explanation. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of the 09700141.doc 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 adoption of Floor Amendment #1 signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, on page 3 of the Calendar is House Bill 4320. What’s the status on that Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you. Don't get too excited folks this isn't the Gaming Bill. This is just a small Bill that… that has been dubbed the Chuck E. Cheese Bill and all this Amendment says is that games that are at… amusement games like at a Chuck E. Cheese like skeeball or other games that have been turned into video type games are not video games under the Video Gaming Act. I would ask your support of the Amendment."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. Leader Bost on the Amendment."

"Sponsor yields."

"As little as possible, Sir."

"Yes."

"Leader Lang moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, on page 15 of the Calendar under Considered… Postponed Consideration, Leader Lou Lang has Senate Bill 1849. What's the status… Leader Lou Lang on Senate Bill 1849. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a rather serious issue. I'd ask everybody to please take their seats, bring the noise level down. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk. All right, Leader Lang, you're off. You're ready. Go get them, Lou."

"That may be the funniest thing Mr. Dunkin ever said; I just thought I'd mention that. And yes, I used your name in debate, Sir. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1849 has been dubbed the gaming Bill. This is an important Bill for the State of Illinois because… well, for a number of reasons. First, as I think we all know, we have some problems in our state today with economic development. We have some problems in our state today creating jobs and keeping jobs. We have some problems in the agribusiness industry where we are leaking jobs on a daily basis from people in the 30 to 40 thousand jobs that 09700141.doc 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 are in the horseracing industry. This Bill will do much about several of those items. We've had a long history of gaming in the State of Illinois, a long history of gaming Bills in the State of Illinois. As you recall, sometime ago we passed a Bill called Senate Bill 744 out of this chamber. We also passed it in the Senate, but that Bill was never sent to the Governor. And the reason it was never sent to the Governor is, after it passed, the Sponsors felt they could do better. We felt that 744, while it passed both chambers, was not our best product. And so we worked to do it better. And while we were working to do it better, the Governor held a press conference on gaming and when he held that press conference on gaming he outlined about 12 things that he thought were a good framework for a gaming Bill. Subsequent to that we drafted Senate Bill 1849 which encompasses something like 8 of those 12 changes, 8 of the 12 changes. And I would say to you first that remember, Ladies and Gentlemen, no one ever gets everything they want around here. We all negotiate Bills; we don't always get everything we want in those negotiations. So, the Governor got 8 of the 12 changes that he wanted. And then we voted on 1849 some months ago and it only failed because a few Members who were planning to vote 'yes' were missing that day or it would have passed that day. But today is a new day. What does this Bill do? Let me just give you the bare bones, although I'm sure you've heard enough about gaming and most of you know what's in this Bill. It would create five new casinos: one for Chicago, one for Park City which is in Lake County, one for Danville, one for Rockford, and 09700141.doc 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 one in the south suburbs, yet to be named, to be chosen by the Gaming Board. The reason we left that alone is because there are many cities in the south suburbs that would like to be in on this, and they will compete and the Gaming Board will pick the best one. And that particular casino is important because every day, Ladies and Gentlemen, hundreds of people drive right through the south suburbs of the City of Chicago to spend money they earned in Illinois in the State of Indiana. The people that are most concerned about this legislation are the elected officials in the State of Indiana because we know that it's going to bring Illinois citizens back, it's going to improve tourism all over the state particularly in the City of Chicago, bring back conventions and tradeshows, which is why the Chamber of Commerce, the Restaurant Association and all those types of folks are for this Bill. The Bill will also provide limited numbers of slot machines at our racetracks. They're already gambling at racetracks; I should remind all of you. And so, it's not a huge stretch to let people do what they're already doing at racetracks, which is to gamble. But those slot machines at those racetracks will save the horse racing industry and save the thousands and thousands of agribusiness jobs we are losing now. The Bill will provide that all of the upfront licensing fees, all of the upfront licensing fees, $1.2 million dol… billion, $1.2 billion will go to the unpaid bills of the State of Illinois. Of course, if we use that as matchable dollars, the number is much, much higher. It provides many different distributions for funds, many of them for agribusiness, soil and water 09700141.doc 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 conservation districts, et cetera. It provides money which could be as much as 30 million or more dollars a year for a Distressed Communities Fund, which would help create jobs in the inner cities across the State of Illinois through grant and loan programs where we could convince people and urge people and support people who want to start new businesses and hire their out-of-work neighbors. In the process of drafting this Bill, some of the changes we made at the request of the Governor included much more ethics and oversight, including a new Inspector General for gaming. It provides for less gaming than the original Bill we passed out of this chamber, 25 percent less gaming in this Bill than in the Bill we recently passed, Senate Bill 744. It takes out gambling at the airports, it takes out gambling at the Springfield fairgrounds, and it provides substantial new funding for the Illinois Gaming Board to do the work it must do to license, and to vet, and to fingerprint, and to make sure that gaming is as open and honest and transparent as it has always been. And despite my well publicized disagreements with the Illinois Gaming Board on a number of issues, I applaud the Illinois Gaming Board for its success over a very long period of time in keeping corruption out of Illinois gaming. And the additional dollars this Bill will provide for them will make it even easier and better for them to do the job they do. This Bill will create substantial numbers of jobs; bring back people that have fled to other states, to open businesses here. This is a good deal for the taxpayers and is the only Bill of this magnitude that will bring new 09700141.doc 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 dollars into our state and to create this many jobs. It's the only Bill on our Calendar or the Senate Calendar that can do this. For these reasons, I urge your 'aye' votes."

Speaker Lyons: "The Chair recognizes the Gentleman from Jackson, Leader Mike Bost."

"Sponsor yields."

"The answer is yes."

"Some of the money, of course, comes back to the State of Illinois."

"As you I'm sure know, Representative, when other states put slot machines in at their racetracks, they stole a lot of business from the State of Illinois. And why did they do that? They did that because horses that were racing for $2 or 3 thousand dollars a race in purses in Illinois could go to Delaware or Louisiana and race for five to ten times that amount of money. So, if you were a trainer, you were a 09700141.doc 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 horse owner, you are an agribusiness person that just simply grew feed or… or… or were a farmhand, you would want to go where the money is and that's what they've done. And this Bill will make us the number one horseracing state in America again."

"Depending on who you talk to you get a lot of different numbers."

"I've seen numbers as low as $300 million a year. I've seen numbers higher than a billion dollars a year. I think the economy has a lot to do with this. I think if we ever do anything with the smoking ban it may affect this. And by the way, there's nothing about the smoking ban in this Bill at all. And I think how well the racetracks, and new casinos, and current casinos who will get more positioned under this Bill market themselves, I think will have a tremendous impact on the results."

"I… I… I'm not sure if more people will participate in gaming, but I know less people will go to Indiana and Wisconsin and Iowa and Missouri. This is a business as you know, Representative, like any other. If we were talking about the widget industry, we wouldn't… this Bill would've passed 118 to nothing years ago. The word gambling is problematic for some people but this…" 09700141.doc 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Gentlemen, I've implemented the timer but I'll certainly give you an extension, Mike, so please continue."

"Thank you. This is, as you know, a legal business in the State of Illinois right now like thousands of other businesses and all this Bill purports to do is to let a business that helps the State of Illinois grow and prosper and create jobs."

"Representative Dave Winters."

"Representative Chad Hays." 09700141.doc 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Representative Hays, we'll give you another minute."

"Representative Will Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." Davis, W.: "Representative, in your opening statements you talked about the possibility of capturing new license fees, I think the dollar amount you used was $1.2 billion, is that something that we may be able to see as early as this fall or would it be next year?"

"It is conceivable that if the Gaming Board moves quickly enough to get some folks license fees in during this fiscal year that we could probably have maybe 400 or 500 million dollars in licensing fees in during this fiscal year; and if we do get them in, we can decide how to handle those funds later." 09700141.doc 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 Davis, W.: "So, it is possible that those dollars could be positively impactful to our budgetary process that we're going through right now, correct?"

"Well, the answer to that is yes but with a caveat, just to be honest. I don't think we should count these revenues in in the current budget process we're undertaking because we do not know if we will have these revenues in before the end of the fiscal year or whether it will be the following fiscal year. But I would submit to you that if we work quickly enough and the Gaming Board works quickly enough, we could get some sizeable checks in and maybe in May of next year we'll be talking about supplementals or paying old bills with these dollars because the Bill requires that all licensing fees go to old bills." Davis, W.: "Okay. So, maybe not in this current fiscal year so we're going to obviously pass some appropriations Bills, but we could come back in the fall having realized possibly some extra dollars, provide supplemental appropriations where we might be able to, assuming it’s the will of the Body, to put these dollars back into the significant cuts that we made in education. Particularly in general state aid. Is that a possibility?"

"If… if things move quickly enough, the answer to that would be yes." Davis, W.: "Great. Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. I decided to take the conversation in a completely new direction for that purpose. Many of us have been languishing, anguishing, and really toiling over exactly our appropriations process this year. Obviously, based on House Resolution 706, we had 09700141.doc 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 to endure significant cuts that are impacting us all across the state, in K through 12 education, as my committee Members would attest to, we've had to make significant cuts to general state aid, we've had to make cuts to early childhood, we've had to make cuts to even transportation reimbursement. Things that all of us hold near and dear. But certainly if education is indeed a priority, at least it is for me as well as a few others, and even if you look at the other appropriation committees where everyone has their own priorities or things that they would like to see hold or… or left in, facilities, whatever the case may be, the I… the simple idea is that we need new revenue, Ladies and Gentlemen. Unfortunately, we…"

"Will, we'll give you another minute. Please proceed" Davis, W.: "Thank you. Unfortunately, we couldn't have that conversation before we voted on House Resolution 706, but nevertheless, here is an opportunity for us to have the conversation now about bringing new revenue and making restorations to some of the drastic and terrible cuts that we've had to make across the State of Illinois regardless of which appropriations committee that you're on. So, Ladies and Gentlemen, here is an opportunity for us to do the right thing: bring new revenue into the state, help education, help human services, help public safety, general services, whatever the case may be, higher education. So, Ladies and Gentlemen, I urge you to support the Gaming Bill. Let's work very hard for its passage and to make sure that these new licenses are up and running as quickly as 09700141.doc 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 possible so that we can bring new revenue into our conversation whether it's to pay old bills, that's fine because that relieves pressure off the general revenue fund and gives us an opportunity to do a little bit more than what we've been forced to in our appropriations process currently. So, again, I urge you to support this Bill. Thank you very much."

"Representative Jim Sacia."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Sacia, there's a couple of reasons. First, at the beginning of this process I would've preferred to leave that in but going through the effort to try to negotiate with the Governor, to try to pay heed to some of his comments, it was his desire that we not have slot machines 09700141.doc 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 at the airports. Additionally, I have learned that there's some Federal Law, don't ask me to quote it…"

"…that would say that if you have gaming at an airport, the money must stay at the airport for airport use, perhaps for capital development at the airport. And I do not believe the City of Chicago wished to make that decision."

"Additionally, it would de… those were not additional machines, those were not additional positions and they would've had to have been subtracted from the allotment for the City of Chicago. They would've preferred them in one location of their choice."

"The answer is yes."

"I… I believe the Illinois Chamber is for this Bill but I cannot swear to that."

"But I can tell you the Chicagoland Chamber is for this Bill…"

"…the Restaurant Association, the Hotel Association, all the hospitality and tourism groups because they know how much it's going to improve tourism, convention shows, trade shows in our state."

"Thank you, Sir."

"Representative Ed Sullivan."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes, Sir, as soon as I find my script for that."

"Give me one moment. Thank you, my trusty staff person, Mr. Hays, has brought the document over to me. For purposes of legislative intent I would like to make clear the definition of electronic gaming in the Illinois Gambling Act. The definition indicates that electronic gaming includes, 'slot machine gambling, video game of chance gambling, or gambling with electronic gambling games as defined in the Illinois Gambling Act or defined by the board that is conducted at a racetrack pursuant to an electronic gaming license'. It is the intent of this legislation that electronic gambling games means those gambling games as defined as gambling games in the Act and are played using electronic devices. It is not the intent of this legislation for the meaning of electronic gambling 09700141.doc 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 games to include any type of game with a live gaming apparatus conducted by persons employed by an electronic gaming facility. Is that the answer you're looking for, Sir?"

"Representative Dennis Reboletti."

"He awaits your questions, Sir."

"The… that is not correct. And so, the… in Senate Bill 744 that we passed out of this chamber it allowed gam… casino licensees to have 2 thousand positions: this Bill reduces that to 1600." 09700141.doc 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"It was the… it… while it would be my preference to have no limit at all because we don't tell Starbucks how many to build, we don't tell Burger King and McDonalds how many to build, I think… I think the free market ought to decide. There's a school of thought out there that says we have to have some control over this and so those negotiating the Bill felt strongly that we should at least give some credence to that and so we reduced the number not down to 1200 but to 1600. I would add though that some of the current licensees won't increase even to 16 hundred. They wouldn't go to 1600 or 2000. The Bill however, has a provision that we call use them or lose them. So, if… if under… if this Bill were to pass, if one of licensees did not want 1600, one of the other licensees could snap them up and use them and so we'll at least make sure that all of the positions are in use."

"There is a per position fee whether you're a riverboat, a casino, or a racetrack, there is a per position fee for everyone position you add. Now, if an enterprising like entrepreneur wanted to go to the Gaming Board and offer more, I'm sure the Gaming Board would take that into account when they determine who should get the new licenses." 09700141.doc 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"The 1.2 billion comes partly from that and partly from what we call a reconciliation fee. And so over the next period of years, they're going to each casino and each racetrack is going to have to pay 75 percent to the state of their highest year of the first four. And so, there'll be a lot of money coming in, the estimate is 1.2 billion over that period of time."

"Representative Reboletti, your time expired, but I'll certainly give you another minute or so."

"So, Mr. Reboletti, if you go on to your next question we'll get you an answer to that question."

"Fifty million dollars."

"As you know, through this entire time we've been talking about a gaming Bill, the Illinois Gaming Board has been saying they don't have enough resources to do the work they're doing now. They've said this is too big; we can't handle this, et cetera. And so, we picked a very large number and said you can have up to 50 million additional dollars to hire investigators and finger printers and 09700141.doc 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 police and whatever you need to do your job to get this act implemented."

"Well, some of the construction will take place very rapidly because the first thing that will happen is that the current licensees, both racetracks and casinos, will move for their new positions. So, if you're a casino, maybe you have room for these 400 extra machines or table games or whatever you're putting in and maybe you don't have to do a build out and you can put them right in. If you're a racetrack, you may have to build a new area. Some may build a new building which is accessible to the current racetrack; some want to attach it's some do not, but they have to be accessible. And so, and then you've got the new licensees, the five new, they will be allowed to put positions once the Gaming Board determines who will get that license, they will be allowed to put new positions in temporary facilities pending the construction and approval of the new facilities. So, conceivably within this first fiscal year we could have some gaming revenues, but I think more like 18 months to 2 years before most of it begins to come in."

Speaker Lyons: "Representative Reboletti, I have six more speakers. So, if you could bring it to a close." 09700141.doc 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Thank you, Sir. David Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker and a question to the Sponsor."

"The Gentleman awaits your questions." Harris, D.: "Thank you. Representative, what is the Governor's position on the Bill? Do you know?"

"The Governor has indicated more than once that he supports the casinos in the Bill and he and I have had a dispute over whether there should be slot machines at racetracks." Harris, D.: "So…"

"There are maybe other things, but the Governor, I think, would acknowledge that of the 12 points he brought up at his press conference in the spring, he received 8 of them in this Bill; I think a pretty good batting average." Harris, D.: "Right. Although he has been pretty clear on where he stands on slot machines at the racetracks: he said he would veto that. I think that is the reason why we did not send him the previous Bill. So, we have to assume… assume that he would probably veto this one although he could certainly change his mind. Concerning the… the revenues that you predict coming in, what has happened… do you know what has happened with the casino revenues with our casinos that are in place now with the tenth license having come online?" 09700141.doc 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Yes, Sir. Some of our casinos have their numbers reduced, but the adding of the tenth license in Des Plaines has more than made up for that and our casino revenues are up year over year and month over month and our responsibility, of course, is to improve the bottom line for the taxpayers, not for any individual stockholders of any individual riverboat." Harris, D.: "Right. Our revenues are indeed up month over month, year over year but only by about 3 percent, if I recall the last numbers. Let me ask you, why does the City of Chicago get its own Gaming Board and Danville doesn't or Rockville… Rockford doesn't. Why do they get their own gaming…"

"The City of Chicago does not have its own Gaming Board. The City of Chicago has… has a casino authority to make recommendations to the City Council about who might be the casino operator, who might get this contract or that contract but…" Harris, D.: "All right. The…"

"And… and…" Harris, D.: "But the other… the other municipalities don't have that."

"Well, but the other… first of all, they didn't ask for it and second of all, the City of Chicago needs it because for transparency purposes I don't think anyone on this floor wants a Chicago City Council to be making those decisions without some sort of advice from some other body. Now, let… I just want to add this, Representative. In the original version that we passed, Senate Bill 744, it was 09700141.doc 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 very clear to me that the Illinois Gaming Board was still supreme over all and that the Chicago casino authority could not make any decisions on its own, but the Governor and some other people felt that needed to be clearer. So, Senate Bill 1849 makes it crystal clear that the Illinois Gaming Board is the supreme regulatory body for gaming in the State of Illinois." Harris, D.: "All right. Well, thank you very much. And Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill, if I may."

"Representative Harris, your three minutes are up. I'll certainly give you another minute to finish your remarks." Harris, D.: "I'll try to wrap it up in a minute. As you know, I represent Arlington Heights, but I do not represent the racetrack. Again, due to creative cartography, that's in another district. I've looked at this Bill very closely and I voted for the last Bill, but let me tell you what I looked at by way of revenues. Rivers came online, they're generating 34, 37 annual… excuse me, adjusted gross income… adjusted gross revenue every month. But, look at the other casinos and they have indeed decreased, in other words they have been cannibalized by… by the Rivers Casino. And if we're talking about getting money to cut… to prevent the cuts that we have to make this year, it's not going to happen. COGFA put out a study November 9 of 2011, just 5 months ago, that said the total revenues that are going to come in from this Bill would be $1.4 billion, a one-time revenue. Most of that comes from the reconciliation fees… over $1 billion come from reconciliation fees which the 09700141.doc 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 Sponsor admitted don't kick in for another 4 years. So, yes, we're going to get some money, but it is not a windfall so don't go spending the money because it's not coming in. Clearly, there will be dollars coming into the state, but it's not anywhere near what we think it's going to be. Thank you."

"Representative Mautino in the Chair. Further discussion? Representative Kay."

"He indicates that he will."

"As the Bill is written, Representative, all, all of the upfront fees and reconciliation fees go to old bills. If you use it for matchable bills, it could be over $2 billion. If you don't use it for matchable bills, maybe $1.2 billion."

"Well, Representative, the decisions on keeping those facilities open are today's decisions, current decisions. I… I would not be the person who would stand on the floor and promise you that if this Bill passes it will have any 09700141.doc 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 impact on our decisions that we have to make in the next 8 days relative to those facilities."

"No, Sir."

"I… I don't agree with that, Sir. The facts are very clear that when the Rivers Casino opened the numbers in Indiana went down. Those are Illinois citizens that have come back to spend their money in Illinois and it doesn't matter whether it's a casino or a shopping mall. If you go to an Indiana casino, or I dare say a Missouri casino not to far from where you live, Sir, you see a whole heck of a lot of Illinois license plates."

"Grant the Gentleman another minute."

"I think the Bill is pretty transparent on the issues of ethics. I think the Bill is pretty transparent on where the money goes and there's no money here going to political insiders, Sir."

"If you own a racetrack, I suppose you could be considered a political insider, but I don't think that's my definition. And so, people who own racetracks, people who own casinos are legitimate business people and just because they're involved in the gaming industry does not confer any… should not confer any special negativity to them as business owners in the State of Illinois."

"And they're entitled to the… the full protection of the State of Illinois. As long as they're paying their taxes they should be allowed to advance their businesses and hire Illinois citizens."

"If the Gentleman would answer, your time has expired. Lou, you may answer the question."

"Mr… Mr. Kay, I saw some of that program but not all of it but let me just simply say this, there are something like 40 states in this country that have some form of gaming and the Illinois Gaming Board over the last 20-plus years has been the best regulatory body in America at keeping corruption out of Illinois gaming. If they thought these games were rigged, you'd have heard about it, they'd have done something about it. In fact, some have said that this Illinois Gaming Board is actually anti-gaming. And if that is true, they certainly would have stopped any corruption in its tracks. And because there… there has been no corruption, it's because the Illinois Gaming Board has made sure of that and there's no evidence that what you have proffered here today is a problem here in the State of Illinois."

Speaker Mautino: "Further discussion? The… Representative Moffitt."

"He indicates that he will."

"And probably rightly so, continue."

"I'd be happy to. This Bill provides for $31 million annually to support agriculture and natural resource programs: 12.5 million to soil and water conservation districts, $6 million grants to county fairs and the two state fairs, 5 million to cooperative extensions, 3 million for state historic sights, 3 million for state parks, 1.5 million for CREP forestry assistance program, $250 thousand for quarter horse programs, and $150 thousand for botanical garden maintenance."

"According to the Bill, Sir, that's 31.4 million, an annual appropriation off the top."

"There's no specific line item for that, Sir. However, as you know, when we fund this $31.4 million it should free up other money to accomplish that goal." 09700141.doc 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Mr. Moffitt, when I negotiated this portion of the Bill and this was negotiated with Mr. Rose on your side of the aisle, along with Leader Mautino, there… this was not on their list. So, I am happy to work with you if this is an important issue to you, happy to work with you on a trailer Bill to talk about supplementing those dollars. If those dollars are going to be cut or have otherwise disappeared in the state budget, I'm happy to work with you. I'm a very big supporter of the program."

"Represent…"

"Well, Sir, I'll certainly… I give you 100 percent odds that I'll be happy to work with you on this. I should add however, that even though that is not here and again never asked for before this minute, this is $31 million for agriculture interest that there's no other way to get to these programs. This is the only, excuse the expression game, in town to get this $31 million to these programs." 09700141.doc 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Rep…"

"Thank you, Sir."

Speaker Mautino: "Further discussion? The Gentleman from DeKalb, Representative Pritchard."

"He indicates that he will."

"We had 10 casinos in the law, for a very long time we only had nine."

"I'm not sure I understand your question, Sir."

"I… I don't have those numbers. I'm certain the Illinois Gaming Board would. I suppose we could get them for you, but it's… it's a significant number of people, sure… Sir."

"Well, I don't know that. My goal here is not to create gamblers. My goal here is to promote economic development and the creation of jobs and to stop the leakage of jobs, some of which are coming right out of your district, as 09700141.doc 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 horse farms close, as owners and trainers move out of the State of Illinois. I know this, I know that the State of Indiana, and the State of Missouri, and the State of Wisconsin, and the State of Iowa are watching us very carefully today because they're very concerned that Illinois citizens who are going off to their states to spend their money may stay here and spend their money."

"Well, I think that program has had some success and we have self-exclusion programs which could be strengthened and should be strengthened but I'd like to add that for the first time in history there's a line item in this Bill that will take $10 million off the top of all gaming revenue and provide it for those kind of gaming addiction programs, 10 million annually."

"Well, these dollars take the form of grants to organizations all over the state, perhaps they're gamblers anonymous or other such organizations and they do pretty good work."

"Without going into specifics, I can tell you that none of the 10 communities that now… actually there's nine because Joliet has two riverboats, so the nine communities today that have gaming, none of them would give it back, none of them would want to do away with it, none of them would want to say…"

Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman's time has expired. Please grant him one more minute to bring your remarks to a close."

"…none of them would say take this burden away from us. People have built hotels, they've built restaurants, they've built shopping malls, they've improved their water systems, their police force, their fire departments. And one other thing, Sir, if you'll take a look at Mr. Hays' community in Danville, Mr. Winters' community in Rockford, they are on the borders of Illinois where people leave their communities every day to spend money in other states, not necessarily to gamble. People leave Rockford every day to go to shopping malls in Wisconsin. And if this was not about gaming, people would say we've got to stop people leaving Rockford where they have an 18 percent unemployment rate and we've got to keep people in Rockford. And today there's an Indian tribe prepared to build a mega million, maybe a hundred million dollar complex in Beloit, just north of the City of Rockford where they're going to have hotels and restaurants, et cetera and it's going to suck people right out of the northern tier of Illinois, costing us jobs, costing us the ability to…" 09700141.doc 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"You may finish your answer. We have seven Members seeking…"

"…to…"

"…recognition."

"…sorry… to improve our economics in the State of Illinois. I think there's a lot to say about economic development and the proof is in the nine cities that already have this."

Speaker Mautino: "Further discussion? The Lady from Cook, Representative Nekritz."

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

"He indicates that he will."

"Thank you. Leader Lang, I just have one question for you. Can you tell me why there is no ban on contributions from the gaming industry in this Bill?"

"Are you referring to the fact that there are some people that have asked for that?"

"I believe there were…"

"Right."

"…but is there… there was I guess…"

"So…"

"…I should ask was there a conscious decision about that?"

"Well, first of all, this Bill was drafted before anybody made that request."

"Okay."

"So, this Bill, as you know, has been on Postponed Consideration for some time."

"Yes." 09700141.doc 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"This is a topic, the one you raised, that is a fairly recently promoted topic."

"Okay."

"And it was the considered opinion, first, that bringing it back to Second Reading at a time that we're doing Medicaid and pensions and budget might make it problematic, but more than that, while it might be a good idea for us to talk about banning campaign contributions from all regulated industry, it's my considered opinion and you're an attorney, that to ban contributions from one and only one industry may not be appropriate constitutionally. I told people who advanced this issue that if they wanted to advance a Bill that provided for a banning of political contributions from all regulated industry: doctors, lawyers, insurance brokers, real estate brokers, and gaming interests, that I would consider that. But that's not what was proposed. And so, when you propose it just as a ban of contributions from the gaming industry, what you're really saying publically is, well, we don't care much about those other regulated industries but somehow people in the gaming industry are automatically crooked, or they're bad people, or their money is tainted and I don't believe any of that. These are honest businessmen and the Illinois Gaming Board has kept them to be honest good businessmen."

"Thank you. I appreciate that explanation."

"Thank you."

"Further discussion, Representative Poe."

"He indicates that he will." 09700141.doc 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Yes, Sir. When we were negotiating the original gaming Bill, you came to me to discuss the issue of improving the Springfield… the track at the Springfield Fairgrounds or the entire Fairgrounds by putting slot machines at the Springfield racetrack at the Fairgrounds during those couple of weeks a year where we have the fair open and so we could use those dollars to fix up, on a regular basis, the capital needs of the Fairgrounds. And I agreed to put 09700141.doc 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 that in the Bill. Unfortunately, the Governor does not believe that's a good thing to do and so we took that out of the Bill, but in exchange for that, we gave you $10 million to fix up the fair, grounds; it's the right thing to do. The Governor and other… and certainly others in the state have talked about how important the State Fair is as they've talked about how important the county fairs are; and there's a lot of important needs at the Springfield Fairgrounds where we hold our very important State Fair and I'm proud to join you in providing the dollars to help fix that up."

"That's in the Bill, Sir."

"Further discussion, the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Dunkin."

"Mr. Speaker, will the Sponsor yield?"

"He indicates that he will."

"Representative, can you elaborate a little bit on the Chicago casino and sort of the dynamics around that boat or excuse me, casino?"

"So, the City of Chicago would own the casino. They would be treated like another owner. The state would get its share. They would create a Chicago casino authority whose job would be to vet vendors, to vet people who would want 09700141.doc 100  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 the contract to run the casino 'cause we're not going to let the City of Chicago run the casino. The Bill says they have to go hire a casino operator to run the casino. And they will do that. But they make no final decisions. Under this Bill, the Illinois Gaming Board must approve all decisions that go on at the city just like they would have to approve Danville, Rockford, and all the other old and new licensees."

"Okay. Do we have any indication that they'll be a theater or restaurants in the casino at all?"

"Well, I haven't seen any plans because I don't even think the city knows where… what site they would select; that's one of the things the authority will do and they'll make a recommendation to the City Council. But surely you can imagine that they won't just build a building and have gambling in it; they'll have restaurants, they'll have hotels, they'll have shopping; they'll improve the infrastructure of everything around that site wherever it is because they'll want to attract people to it."

"Sure, understood. I'm just curious to see how this would impact tourism given that we have a very vibrant theater district, entertainment, great restaurants already in the City of Chicago and… and what the potential impact was going to be."

"Sir, all of those things are true but the fact is that while we have one of the great cities in the world…"

"Yes."

"…in the State of Illinois… that attracts quite a few people, the truth is that over the last series of years, 09700141.doc 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 other cities have started to creep up on us and they've stolen some of our tourists. They've stolen some of our trade shows and conventions. Some that used to come to Chicago every year now come every other year. They still love Chicago, but they're going other places."

"Sure."

"And if Disney wanted to put Epcot Center downtown no one would say no; we'd find a place for them to squeeze that in. This is no different. It certainly isn't like Epcot Center, but it's a business, it's an attraction, it's an opportunity, and a new way to bring people back to the City of Chicago."

"Sure. And some… and I… first of all, I sincerely appreciate your hard work. I mean, you've worked on this for… since I've been here. I've been here 10 years and I would say that you were working on it even further… even before then. I'm… did you get a sense of… from the tourism industry… that people actually come to the City of Chicago because we don't have casinos to distract the conferences?"

"The Gentleman's time has expired. Would you grant him another minute to make closing comments?"

"There's no evidence anywhere that people don't come to Chicago because there isn't gambling; there's no real evidence that… other than where major cities have put in major attractions… there's a bump in tourism, there's a bump in action, there's a bump in interests and it's not just for casinos. It'll fill up restaurants, it'll fill up hotels, it'll have more velocity of revenue around the 09700141.doc 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 city, the County of Cook, and accordingly, the State of Illinois."

"Thank you for your clarification."

"Further discussion, Representative Bradley."

"Request a verification."

"The Gentleman has requested a verification. That has been acknowledged. There's a request, everyone. At the time of voting, vote your own switches. Further discussion? Representative Mulligan the Lady from Cook."

"He indicates that he will."

"The Bill does not allow for a casino at the airport. Actually, the original Bill didn't allow for a casino at the airport. The Bill allowed for some slot machines to be at the airport, but not this Bill."

"The answer is yes."

"That is correct."

"So, Representative, there are a number of funds created but that's to make sure the money goes where it's supposed to go. So, when… the money that comes out of the horseracing industry, a lot of that will stay in the horse racing industry. So, there's one fund. We have all those agriculture interests that I mentioned. We have the distressed communities fund: we have the fund for compulsive gaming which I know you agree that we should do something about. And of course, most of the money ends up in education bills or capital. That's where most of the money goes."

"I don't believe that was a correct statement, Representative."

"I do… I do not believe it does."

"The answer is no."

"The provision in the Video Gaming Act that requires communities to opt out if they want to not have video gaming will still be the law when this Bill passes."

"I don't believe that was their report. I believe COGFA thinks this Bill might bring in less money than some do, but there's no evidence that it's… it's moving the same money around. The evidence is quite to the cont…"

Speaker Lyons: "Representative Lyons back in the Chair. Rosemary, one more minute, please."

"There was a recent study done by a group headed by Bill Black, who you may remember, that was very clear that this will be a huge dollar amount for the state and create many jobs."

"Can you clarify your question? I don't know what you mean, Representative."

"Representative, this is the current process. If… if somebody is turned down by a state agency, any state agency, they can appeal to a court."

"No. These judges are not appointed by the Governor."

Speaker Lyons: "Time has expired. Chair recognizes Representative Tom Morrison."

"Representative Kay. Representative Kay three minutes."

"No, I think he's ready for you, Dwight."

"Well, Sir, as I said earlier, we expect the gaming revenue from this to be somewhere between 300 million and over a billion dollars a year. But that does not take into account sales taxes, and all the other things that people buy, and all the other things that people do when they're…" 09700141.doc 106  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"…when they're here doing whatever…"

"…they do relative to this activity."

"Yes, Sir."

"Yes. Mr. Bradley had a Bill to end casino gambling in the State of Illinois. Is that the Bill you're referring to?"

"Sir, I assume if a person wanted to end gambling his purpose was to end gambling."

"Well, Sir, you know, we have a…"

"Shhh…"

"…fundamental disagreement. I believe that this Bill will create jobs. I don't believe that doing away with the casino industry in the State of Illinois will increase jobs. I believe quite the opposite."

"Representative, I'll give you a half a minute to finish. Please, con… Dwight."

"There's four speakers left and that'll be the end. Riley, Cole, Ramey, and Jefferson, and then Lang to close. Representative Riley, three minutes."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I congratulate Representative… Leader Lang for sticking with this for so long. But you know, out in the south suburbs, you know we've been at this a long time too. Matter of fact, there's about four communities that are looking forward to this Bill who actually applied for the tenth license. And there's nothing but agreement amongst all of the elected officials and many of our community-based organizations like the local Chamber of Commerce, the Southland CVB, the South Suburban Mayors and Managers, you know, who are just waiting for this Bill because it's going to be, again, another part of regional economic development in the Southland. The other thing folks have to remember, now, from my district office to Dyer, Indiana is about 15 minutes, 15 minutes and when we talk about whether we're recycling, gamblers that already exist, or looking for new folks, I just want to get the people coming back from Indiana. The last time this Bill game up, we were all in the Northwest Indiana Times, matter of fact, a quote of mine about setting up imaginal line that can't be flanked to keep our residents in the state was mentioned in this 09700141.doc 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 article. The next time I want to see my name in the Northwest Indiana Times is based on us passing this Bill. We're really looking forward to it; we're in agreement in the south suburbs. We're really looking forward to this proposal passing. So, I hope you will join me in really helping south suburban economic development by passing this Bill. Thank you."

"Representative Sandy Cole, three minutes."

Speaker Lyons: "Representative Rosemary Mulligan, three minutes."

"This Bill does not have provision for minority ownership, but there are goals for ownership and for minority contracting."

"Amendments 2 and 3 are on the Bill."

"The State Police, Representative, work for the Gaming Board, so they're the people the Gaming Board contracts to do this work."

"The City of Chicago is for this Bill the way it's written."

"The gaming…"

"Sorry to interrupt, Representative. The Gaming Board would by rule determine how that would happen."

"Shhh…"

"Once this Bill would pass, the Gaming Board would put a procedure together. Once this Bill were passed and signed or otherwise became law, the Gaming Board would put into place a procedure for people to get the extra 400 positions that are available to them, if they want them and then if there are unused positions, those licensees who wanted to 09700141.doc 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 avail themselves to those additional unused licenses would follow the dictates of the Gaming Board."

"Well, Representative, I indicated a wide range of 300 million to over a billion dollars a year. I… if you don't think the higher end is reasonable surely the lower end is reasonable based on any reasonable projection of current gaming revenue and the amount of people from Illinois that go to Indiana…"

"Time has expired. Representative Lang, do you want to finish your response? Representative Randy Ramey, three minutes."

"Sponsor yields."

"I think the number is about approximately $1.2 billion over…"

"Well, Sir, if we take all of this money that’s going to old bills and we pay only Medicaid with it or only bills that are matchable by the Federal Government, we can double our money." 09700141.doc 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"So to speak."

"Yes, Sir."

"That's correct."

"It's an amount just to cover the cost of the license. They don't… they don't pay for those positions over and over and over again."

"It's… it's… oh, substantially less."

"But it's much more than it is today. Today, I think it's $5 thousand. I think the Bill says $100 thousand."

"It goes to the administration of the Gaming Board."

"Yes, it's for annual money for capital and the promotion of the fair; something that we haven't been able to afford to do, so we can bring many more people to Mr. Poe and Mr. Brauer's city." 09700141.doc 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Correct, Sir."

"That's correct, Sir."

"It's… it's been a moving target and as you know, our numbers are a little down now because of the economy."

"But roughly 400 or 500 million dollars."

"I… I would hope that happens."

"The it… it's designated in the Bill for education and capital."

"Representative Ramey, your time's expired. I'll give you one minute, please, to finish your question."

"Capital and education, Sir."

"Yes, Sir." 09700141.doc 114  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Yes, Sir."

"Our final speaker will be Representative Chuck Jefferson and then Leader Lang to close. Leader Jefferson."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the General Assembly. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Sponsor of this Bill, Leader Lang, for all the hard work that he's put into this. This Bill is very important to me; it's very important to the community that I represent. As a matter of fact, I just drove back in from Rockford because I went home to support a groundbreaking ceremony that's going to create 300 jobs in Rockford. We do what we need to do to represent the areas that we come from. Oftentimes, I have voted for your legislation to make sure your communities are what they should be, what they need to be. I've talked to several of you on the House Floor that said that you will support this legislation. This is very important. It's very important to us in Rockford because we're one of the highest unemployment rate… unemployment states in the city… unemployment cities in the State of Illinois. We also have the opportunity to stop people from going to Wisconsin. We're the gatekeepers to the north. If we can bridge that escape route, we can keep those dollars in Illinois. People escaping to Wisconsin, Indiana, surrounding areas, this would help to keep those dollars in Illinois, help keep those dollars in Rockford. So, I applaud the Speaker; I applaud the Sponsor for this Bill. I think it's a great Bill. It's going to generate revenue 09700141.doc 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 that we don't have. However much that revenue is, it's more than we've got coming in today. I encourage each of you to support this legislation because it's important to me, it's important to Rockford, but more importantly it's important to the State of Illinois. We don't have a lot of revenue enhancements on the table. This is one that we know is going to generate dollars for the State of Illinois. So, we can't turn our backs on legislation that's going to produce revenue that we need so desperately to continue to operate this state. So, I would ask you to give it careful consideration and I would ask for your support on this Bill and hopefully we can pass this and get on to bigger and brighter futures in here in Illinois. Thank you very much and I would ask all of you to support this legislation. It's a good piece of legislation. Thank you, Leader Lang."

"Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could we… could I get just a little quiet in here, Sir?"

"Absolutely. Ladies and Gentlemen, for the final closing comments we'd appreciate a little quiet on the floor. Shhh… thank you."

"Sir, before… before I close I… if Mr. Reboletti would ask his question again we'll try to provide an answer to him."

"Representative Reboletti."

"The… the reason for that delay is to give those who would reach those levels, presumably that is for the City of Chicago, to give them a chance because the taxpayers of the City of Chicago are going to own that operation, to give them a chance to recoup their investment."

"Thank you. Now I'm ready to close, Sir. I thank… I thank you all for the comments, the spirited debate, the good questions. It is an important Bill. As I've said many times for me, Ladies and Gentlemen, I've worked on this many, many years but it's not about gaming to me, it's about economic development. It's about the creation of jobs. That's what we said to our constituents we would be for when we got elected. We've got a country and a state that is in economic turmoil. Yes, it's getting better, but as we go through the budget process we see that we're not doing well enough. We haven't created enough jobs; we don't have enough revenue. Is this a panacea for all of our ills, of course not. Can it be a step to build… to build a better economy? Absolutely, it can. And so, all I say to you today is, this is a step forward to improve the State of Illinois. It'll bring people back from other states; it'll cause not only casinos but restaurants and hotels and infrastructure to be built, improving communities all over the State of Illinois due to revenue sharing agreements that all of the communities that may get a license have gone… have planned to enter into. Again, I mentioned the City of Rockford with almost 20 percent unemployment about to have a huge mega complex built less than 20 miles from 09700141.doc 117  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 them that will take money right out of northern Illinois. We can do better than this. Before I close, two more items. First, I'd like to thank many of you who have been helpful in this process. First, Leader Cross and thank you for lending me Ed Sullivan. I appreciate your help, Mr. Sullivan in the process of this Bill. And across the way, Senator Link, the Senate Sponsor, along with Senator Murphy. We've had people involved in this Bill from… on all four caucuses and I appreciate all of your involvement. One final comment, many of you have told me that you're going to watch the board like we do sometimes. We're you're not going to vote; we're going to watch the board. I would urge you not to do that, especially those of you who committed to me to vote green. Those of you who committed to vote green, put those green votes up there. And if you leave those green votes up there, there's going to be quite a good Roll Call for those who believe in economic development, the creation of jobs, and improving the State of Illinois. Please vote 'aye'. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we've had a very thorough discussion on this. Representative Bradley has asked for verification, so, Members, you must hit your own switch. That having been said, Representative Lang moves for the passage of Senate Bill 1849. All those in favor signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Bill, there are 69 Members voting 'yes', 47 Members voting 'no', 2 voting 'present'. This 09700141.doc 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 Bill having received the Con… that's right. Mr… Representative Bradley has indicated he does not want to pursue his verification. Therefore, this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader David Leitch, for what purpose to you seek recognition, David?"

Speaker Lyons: "The Journal will reflect your wishes, Representative. Leader Barbara Flynn Currie." Currie: Thank you, Speaker. Could the record please reflect that Representative Kelly Burke will be excused for the rest of the day?"

"The Clerk and the record will so note, Leader. Thank you. Leader Currie, on the Order of Resolutions, on page 22 of the Calendar, Barbara, you have Senate Joint Resolution 70. Mr. Clerk, Senate Joint Resolution 70."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. The National Conference of State Legislatures has chosen Chicago to be the host city for the annual meeting in early August of this year. Talk about economic development; we'll have thousands of our colleagues from states across the country visiting Illinois and legislative aids and lobbyists, and all the rest will be here too. A great opportunity to showcase Chicago. Senate Joint Resolution creates the host committee. There will be three 09700141.doc 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 appointments each by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leaders in both chambers, and ex officio Members will include the mayor of the City of Chicago, the Governor of the State of Illinois, and the head of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. The Resolution does not count on any direct state appropriation but it would permit the host committee to collect funds, to ask for contributions from one and all. I'd appreciate your support for adoption of the Resolution."

Speaker Lyons: "Leader Barbara Flynn Currie moves for the adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 70. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of its adoption signify by voting 'yes'; those opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Brady, Dunkin, Franks, Norine Hammond, Lou Lang. Would you like to be recorded, Leader Lang? Jack Franks? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this Resolution, there's 115 Members voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And Senate Res… Joint Resolution 70 is adopted. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'll be moving a few Bills on Second Reading, House Bills-Second Reading, we'll be… some… some of the Amendments are ready. So, if you've got a Bill on page 3 of the Calendar I'd appreciate you following with me. Representative Berrios, for what purpose do you seek recognition?"

"A point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed, Toni." 09700141.doc 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"Could wait a little bit. I'm just reminding everyone about the Black Caucus/Latino Caucus end of Session party that will be tonight starting at 6:00. There will be soul food and Mexican food available, so come on down and celebrate with us on Edwards and College, caddy-corner from Boone's. Thank you."

"Thank you, Representative. Representative John Bradley, Representative Bradley, on page 3 of the Calendar, House Bills-Second Reading, you have House Bill 4204. What's the status on that Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative John Bradley on the Amendment… Floor Amendment 1."

"I move for the adoption of House Floor Amendment #1, move it to Third, and hold it on Third."

"You've heard the Gentleman's explanation on the Amendment. Is there any discussion? All those in favor of the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Bradley on Floor Amendment #2."

"I also move for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2." 09700141.doc 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Third Reading. Representative Mike Zalewski, on the Order of House Bills-Second Reading, Michael you have House Bill 4239. What's the status of that Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Zalewski, Floor Amendment #1."

"Mr. Speaker, I wish to adopt Floor Amendment #1. It addresses some concerns that were made by the Township Assessors and the… and it's language we think we can work out with the landlords. So, I move for its adoption."

Speaker Lyons: "Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. Representative Zalewski."

"Mr. Speaker, inquiry of the Chair. What… what's the… inquiry of the Chair. What's the status of Amendment #4?"

"Mr. Clerl… Clerk."

"I believe, Representative, you have 1, 3, and 4. Would you like to withdraw Amendment 1?" 09700141.doc 122  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012

"So, Mr. Speaker, I ask to withdraw my previous request and only adopt Floor Amendment #4. Withdraw 1 and adopt Floor Amendment…"

"You wish to withdraw… the Gentleman moves to withdraw Floor Amendment #1. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative, do you wish to withdraw Floor Amendment #3?"

"Correct, Mr. Speaker."

"The Gentleman moves to withdraw Floor Amendment #3. Anything further, Mr. Clerk?"

Speaker Lyons: "I think this is the one you want, Representative, Floor Amendment #4."

"Mr. Speaker, I wish to adopt Floor Amendment #4. It's the… I gave the…"

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #4. Is there any discussion? Seeing none… Representative Dennis Reboletti on the Amendment."

"Sponsor yields."

"So, Representative, what I know to be true about the current status of who's opposed and who's again… for this Bill is that, with the adoption of the language in Floor Amendment #4 the landlords are… are in favor of the Bill. I 09700141.doc 123  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 cannot speak to the Township Assessors or Metro Counties but we continue to work with them and we're simply we're running… I'm running out of Calendar here. So, I… I wish to keep the process moving."

"I… I think so, Representative. I think if anything we can get this resolved in the Senate and bring it back but I think we're there on agreement. I just got to qui… make sure the… that the Township Assessors and the Metro Counties are aware of what I'm trying to accomplish. We had a meeting today, I think I made a pretty good case. So, we'll see what happens."

"Representative Tracy on the Amendment… on the Bill? We'll get there right back to you, Jil. Representative, we're going to take that Bill out of the record. Representative Jil Tracy, personal privilege."

"Congratulations, Paul. Paul, good blessings for another 25. Representative Dan Burke, on the Order of House Bills-Second Readings, you have, on page 3 of the Calendar, 09700141.doc 124  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 House Bill 4277. What's the status on that Bill, Mr. Clerk?"

"Representative Burke on Floor Amendment #1." Burke, D.: "Actually, Mr. Speaker, I just want to do Floor Amendment #2."

"Representative, we've been advised that both Amendments need to be adopted. Leader Burke, we've been advised that both Amendments need to be adopted. Out of the record. Representative Reboletti… Representative Reboletti. We have on page 5 of the Calendar, under Senate Bills-Third Readings, Senate Bill 180. Out of the record. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

Speaker Lyons: "Leader Barbara Flynn Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All those in favor signify by saying 'yes'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Mr. Clerk, would you please advise 09700141.doc 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012 the chamber on the House Committee schedule. There's a purple sheet of paper, but we'll have the Clerk read through the committees which will be immediately after Session adjourns."

"And now, seeing no further business to come before the Illinois House of Representatives, Leader Barbara Flynn Currie moves that the House stand adjourned to the hour of 11 a.m. But please note, Members, the hour of 11 a.m. tomorrow could change like it did today. So, staff, secretaries, please make a note, the hour is set for 11:00 now, call the office first thing in the morning in case that changes a little later. So, Leader Currie moves that the House stand adjourned to the hour of 11 a.m., tentatively, on Thursday, May 24. All those in favor of adjournment signifor… by saying… signify by saying 'aye'; those opposed say 'no'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And allowing Perfunctory time for the Clerk, the House stands adjourned to Thursday, May 24, tentatively, at the hour of 11 a.m. Have a great evening, everyone." 09700141.doc 126  STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 141st Legislative Day 5/23/2012