Illinois House Floor Debate — April 10, 2013

"Members are asked to be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Reverend Noel Mirelez who is with Faith United Pentecostal Church in Joliet, Illinois. The Reverend is the guest of Representative Manley. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones and rise for in the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance."

"We shall be led in the Pledge of Allegiance today by Representative Farnham." Farnham – et al: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Speaker Turner: "Roll Call for Attendance. Representative Currie." 09800037.doc 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Flower… Flowers and Gordon-Booth are excused today."

"Representative Bost."

"Thank you. Clerk, please take the roll. On a count of 113 being present, a quorum is established. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Martwick, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege."

"Please state your point."

"Thank you. Mr. Speaker, today, up in the gallery above us, here if they would wave to us, I have representatives from the Northwest Side Housing Center, which is a community-based nonprofit organization that engages, educates, and empowers the community to improve housing for all. They accomplish their mission through housing counseling, financial education, community organizing outreach, advocacy and supportive services. I have spent… sent constituents to them for help and they're a really fantastic organization helping everyone in the… in the current economic crisis with housing issues. So, I would ask the whole gallery to give them a warm welcome to Springfield. Welcome to your State Capitol."

"Welcome to your Capitol. Mr. Clerk, House Resolution 216. All Members are asked to be in their seats and all staff is asked to retire to the rear of the 09800037.doc 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 gallery… of… of the chamber. Mr. Clerk, House Resolution 216."

"Representative Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege and I want to first mention that House Resolution 216 was filed yesterday in conjunction with Representative Patti Bellock who grew up in River Forest, the home of Anne Smedinghoff and her family. I also want to recognize in the Speaker's Gallery here this morning, seventh and eighth 09800037.doc 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 graders from Anne Smedinghoff's grade school, The St. Luke School in River Forest. And I'd like to ask us all to give these folks a round of applause for being here this morning. I also ask, Mr. Speaker, that all Members of Illinois House of Representatives sign on as a cosponsor as we mourn the passing of Anne Smedinghoff, recognize the sacrifice that she made for her country, our great state, and extend our sincere condolence to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her. And I ask that we pause for a moment of silence in the memory of Anne Smedinghoff. Thank you."

"The Gentleman moves that all Members be added as Sponsors of the Resolution. Seeing no objection, all Sponsors will be added. Representative Welch moves for the adoption of House Resolution 216. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the adopt… the Resolution is adopted. Representative Meier."

"Please state your point."

"Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Speaker. I'd like to rise on a point of personal privilege. I have one of my school districts here that being Niantic-Harristown. They're standing up… back here and it's Sangamon Valley School District. So, the sweet fourth graders from Sangamon Valley. Can we have a round of applause, please." 09800037.doc 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

Speaker Turner: "Welcome to your Capitol. Representative Mayfield."

"I rise on a point of personal privilege."

"Please state your point."

"I'd just like to remind everyone that today at 4 p.m. that we will have a Coach bus, a luxury Coach bus that will be traveling to Peoria, Illinois, to fellowship with Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth. For anyone that is interested, it is open to everyone. So, please if you are interested, you can let either myself, Representative Golar, or either of our secretaries know or you can just join us on the bus at 4 p.m. We will be meeting on the south end of the Stratton Building. Thank you."

Speaker Turner: "Thank you, Representative. Representative Gabel."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege."

"Please state your point."

"I would like to recognize my Page for a day today, Brendan Gloyd and his mother, Jeannie Bishop and Stephen Gloyd, his little brother, are in the gallery. They're from Winnetka, Illinois. Please give them a round of applause."

Speaker Turner: "Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Members, we will start on the Order of Second Readings beginning with Representative Manley. House Bill 2856, Representative Manley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 438, Representative Bradley. Out of the record. House Bill 494, Representative Chapa LaVia. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

Speaker Turner: "Out of the record, please. Representative Berrios."

"Point of personal privilege."

"Please state your point."

"I would like the House to help me recognize JoAnna Petinsky, who's one of my staff and is here observing the General Assembly today and a friend of hers, Dara Ballman, who are both in the gallery and Dara is a UIS grad student. Please help me welcome them here to the General Assembly today."

"Welcome to your Capitol. House Bill 3359, Representative Bellock."

"Representative Bellock."

"The Lady moves for the adoption of Amendment #2 to House Bill 3359. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2812. Representative Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2881, Representative Monique Davis. Out of the record. House Bill 3267, Representative Will Davis. Out of the record. Mr. Clerk."

"House Bill 2787, Representative Bellock. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Bellock." 09800037.doc 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

Speaker Turner: "The Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2787. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2953, Representative Drury. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1539, Representative Dunkin. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09800037.doc 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Dunkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. I would ask that we adopt this Amendment. This Bill simply allows the individuals who are having major parades to have a trained crossing guard. And I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Amendment #2 to House Bill 1539. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 630, Representative Farnham. Out of the record. House Bill 3230, Representative Farnham. Out of the record. House Bill 1817, Representative Cabello. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Cabello."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of House Amendment #1 to House Bill 1817. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2809, Representative Feigenholtz. Out of the record. House Bill 2330, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1047, Representative Durkin. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3010, Leader Cross. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 140, Representative Franks. Out of the record. House Bill 84, Representative Franks. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2992, Representative Harms. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Harms."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Amendment #1 to House Bill 2992. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2262, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2591, Representative Golar. Representative Golar. Out of the record. House Bill 2780, Representative Hoffman. Out of the record. House Bill 3043, Representative David Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2691, Representative Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Representative Ford, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise for a point of personal privilege."

"Please state your point, Sir."

"Mr. Speaker, I'm very happy to welcome some friends of mine from London, some real British people joining us right here in the House chamber. I ask that you welcome two good friends, Sally and Carl. They're in the chamber. If 09800037.doc 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 everyone could recognize them. Please stand Carl and Sally. They're all the way from London to share the House with us. Thank you for being here with us. They're educators, as well. And the Secretary of State has offered his office so that we could share tea with them, tea and cookies, because we know that that's special for the London. Thank you."

Speaker Turner: "Welcome to your Capitol. House Bill 275, Representative Hernandez. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

Speaker Turner: "Out of the record. House Bill 3023, Representative Hurley. Out of the record. House Bill 2210, Representative Kosel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Kosel."

Speaker Turner: "The Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2210. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 922, Representative Hurley. Out of the record. House Bill 3092, Representative Jakobsson. Out of the record. House Bill 3357, Representative Meier. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3041, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3267, Representative Will Davis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Will Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Floor Amendment #3 becomes the Bill. Again, this is an effort to try to help small and minority business who particularly do business with the Department of Transportation to give them additional ways to participate on projects. If anyone has any questions, I'll be more than happy to try to answer them." 09800037.doc 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 3267. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1571, Representative Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3272, Representative Moffitt. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2893, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Martwick."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is an Amendment that was done in conjunction with… hold on a second… was conjunction with the State Police. It changes the Bill from the Blue Alert System to the Crimes Against Police Officer 09800037.doc 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 Advisory, which is a dissemination of information to aid and assist in the apprehension of… of persons who have committed crimes against police officers. I ask for the adoption of the Amendment."

Speaker Turner: "The Gentlemen moves for the adoption of Amendment #1… Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2893. All those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2647, Representative McAsey. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative McAsey."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Floor Amendment #1, I move for its adoption. It's essentially a technical Amendment to be sure that with regard to multiple images, identical images, that those would not be charged as separate offenses."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 2647. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3186, Representative Moffitt. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3111, Representative McAsey. Out of the record. House Bill 3081, Representative Mell. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2996, Representative Mell. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1604, Representative Sullivan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Out of the record. House Bill 1296, Representative Christian Mitchell. Out of the record. House Bill 1443, Representative Moylan. Out of the record. House Bill 827, Representative Moylan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Moylan." 09800037.doc 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Yes. I request the adoption of this Amendment, Sir."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 827. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3255, Representative Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 631, Representative Riley. Out of the record. House Bill 801, Representative Scherer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Scherer."

"I would like to move this to Third Reading. Move the Amen… just the Amendment to Third Reading."

Speaker Turner: "The Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 801. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Floor Amendment #1 is adopted to House Bill 08… 801. Mr. Clerk." 09800037.doc 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Scherer."

"Okay. I'd like to move the Amendment to Third and debate it on Third."

"The Lady has moved for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 801. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3139, Representative Smith. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Smith."

"It was Amendment to the… that the Law Enforcement Agenc… Courts and Agencies Courts shall be immume from the liability resulting from the damage of the present mobile electronic device. Also, it adds the language to ensure that the electronic insurance card must satisfy all required of current law regarding forms… of contents of the insurance card. Right now, there's no known opposition to the Bill."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3139. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the 09800037.doc 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2536, Representative Sims. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1816, Representative Reboletti. Out of the record. Mr. Clerk… Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. House Bill 1816. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3270, Representative Soto. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3379, Representative Tabares. Out of the record. House Bill 1871, Representative Sandack. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Sandack."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 1871. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 493, Representative Walsh. Representative Walsh. Out of the record. House Bill 1139, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

Speaker Turner: "Third Reading. House 1335, Representative Sandack. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3038, Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2780, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, this basically is just a technical Amendment that indicates that the Secretary of State's Office will be responsible for administering the task force. It's agreed to."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2780. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Hoffman."

"Okay. I think this… this is actually the one that we wanted to adopt. This cleans up… this cleans up the Bill. This then becomes… puts the Bill in final form. Allows the Secretary of State to be the administrator of the task force."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #4 to House Bill 2780. All those in favor say 09800037.doc 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 631, Representative Riley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Riley."

"Thank you very much. House Amendment #1 basically becomes the Bill. It allows Chicago State University to serve or sell alcohol in buildings that it controls, but only in public events that are not student-related activities. And this Bill mimics a previous Bill that allowed the same activities that the University of Illinois, Northern Illinois, and Illinois State University."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 631. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2616, Representative Tracy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09800037.doc 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Third Reading. House Bill 3058, Representative Willis. Out of the record. House Bill 1822, Representative Unes. Out of the record. House Bill 2520, Representative Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

Speaker Turner: "Third Reading. House 2947, Representative Drury. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Drury."

"Thank you, Chairman… Speaker. Floor Amendment #2 simply clarifies some language from the original Bill. And I ask that… for it to be adopted."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2947. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1868, Representative Unes. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09800037.doc 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Unes."

"The Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 1867 (sic-1868). All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3346, Representative Wheeler. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be moving Bills on the Order of Third Reading. Please be prepared to present. Beginning with House Bill 2401, Representative Cassidy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. House Bill 2401 would simply make a change to a… an 09800037.doc 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 existing… my apologies… would make a change to an existing program that allows counties to create programs by which they can reduce the impact of juveniles into DJJ. This would allow Cook County to further subdivide their participation so that the entire county would… would not have to participate, and it could be done a on a smaller population to maximize the benefit and maximize the ability to move chi… move juvenile offenders out of… out of DJJ and into alternative and community-based programs. In my previous life in the Cook County State's Attorneys Office, I administered many of the funds that provide for alternative to incarceration for juveniles. And those funds have been reduced dramatically over the years. This is simply another way to make those funds useful and available in ways that will be beneficial to the county. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2401 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Members, please record yourself. Representative Beiser, Durkin, Ford, David Harris, Phelps. Representative Durkin. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. Representative Cassidy."

"Can I put the Bill on Postpone Consideration, please?"

"Mr. Clerk, please move the Bill to the Order of Postpone Consideration. House Bill 2428, Representative Conroy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09800037.doc 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Conroy."

"House Bill… Thank you, Speaker. House Bill 2428 amends the School Code, provides that State Board of Education shall establish a Task Force on Civic Education. Set forth provisions concerning the members of the task force, provides that the task force shall analyze the current state of civic education in the state, analyze current civic education laws in other jurisdictions, both mandated and permissive, identify best practices in civic education in other jurisdictions, make recommendations to the State Assembly focused on substantially increasing civic literacy and the capacity of youth to obtain the requisite knowledge, skills and practices to be civically informed members of the public and make funding recommendations if the task force recommend… task force's recommendations to the General Assembly would require a fiscal commitment. Provides this information no later than May 31, 2014. The task force shall summarize its findings and recommendations in a report to the General Assembly."

"Representative Pihos."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Bost."

"Sponsor yields."

"No, there's not."

"By May of '14."

"Within one year, so May of… 2014."

"For gas expenses, other than that, no. No reimbursement."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"That would be the cost."

"Very minimal cost."

"No, I do not."

"Representative, there are several groups that are working on this effort. But there is no comprehensive place that you can go to find all of this information."

"No, they do not." 09800037.doc 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"The only reason they opposed it was because they do not want to staff the task force."

"The only reason they opposed it was because they do not want to… did not want to staff the task force."

"This doesn't make the Bill only less necessary."

"Excuse me. Excuse me. Members, can we lower the volume in the chamber? We're having trouble hearing the speaker. Thank you very much."

"This does not lessen the need for the task force."

"Representative Reis."

"She indicates that she will."

"The goal is that it finishes by May of 2014."

"2014, May, it will… it will end."

"That's when we expect the findings, yes." 09800037.doc 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Yes."

"The session is… is resolved then and done."

"The task force ends on May 31 of 2014."

"The recommendation is 2014; it's repealed in 2015."

"It's great that you're giving us one right now."

"I believe that you're giving us a civic education, right now, as we're going through the process. I have spoken to many, many folks in my district including the Regional Superintendent, Darlene Rossetti, who supports this. In that, folks do not realize that we do not formally teach civic education in schools. I feel this is very important so that our… our children, as they become adults, understand the process of government, current events, why 09800037.doc 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 they should be involved in their communities and become highly productive citizens."

"Are you aware of how…"

"Representative Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, I rise in strong support of the Lady's Bill. Much of what I've heard from those who oppose the Bill makes no sense to me at all. When my parents went to school, they learned about civics, and they and their generation have a whole different outlook on the political structure of America. They have a lot more knowledge about what goes on. They don't call us Congressman. They know the difference between a State Representative and a Congressman. They know the difference between a mayor and a city councilman. They vote. We just had a… municipal elections all over the state yesterday, where we had a abysmal turnout. Nobody went out to vote. Why? Because they don't know why they need to vote. The whole purpose of this Bill is to try to figure out a way to infuse into public education some knowledge about what the heck it is we do here. What the difference is between the Federal Government and the State Government, the difference between township government and city government, the difference between county government and a mosquito abatement district. People don't know and they don't know because we haven't encouraged schools to help teach these things to our kids so that someday they will know what they're doing when they sit in these chairs, and they are not left behind not knowing. If we want people to vote, if we want people to care about the political system, if we want to have informed voters and informed people, 13 09800037.doc 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 million people living in our state, we need to do a better job teaching children when we can teach them about the system in which we work here. And so, the Lady has a good Bill. Someone on the other side of the aisle talked about cost. There's no cost; it's a task force. Minimal cost, minimal meetings, it's a task force. Somebody said that they're going to make recommendations as to what we should spend to fix this problem, so they'll make recommendations. We're not bound by those recommendations. So, Ladies and Gentlemen, Representative Conroy wrote a very good Bill, and for the future of our political system, we ought to vote for it."

"Representative Sullivan."

"Representative yields."

"Yes, I do."

"And that would be wonderful if every one of our students in the State of Illinois went there, but they don't."

"This… this…"

"Representative…"

"…this has nothing to do with this Bill."

"I said…"

"…we're not formally teaching it in our schools."

"Representative…"

"…if you don't feel your children need to learn civic education, you're free to vote 'no'."

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

"Sponsor yields." Davis, W.: "Just for clarification, Representative, is the task force a mandate?"

"No." Davis, W.: "Okay. So, this isn't forcing us to do anything…"

"No, it's not." Davis, W.: "…as it relates to putting something in the schools, correct?"

"No, it's not." Davis, W.: "Okay. To the Bill. And I appreciate the previous speaker who mentioned my name in debate, even though I was going to speak anyway, and he's absolutely right. I participated in a civics education group that went to D.C., that participated as well as doing things here in the State of Illinois. And he mentioned one of his own Members who, in my opinion, was probably the strongest advocate for civics education in the classroom, and that was Representative Suzie Bassi, from their side of the aisle. She and I participated in that group together. Now, Suzie, who would always cringe when we talked about mandates, and she would read a list of mandates out to us every time 09800037.doc 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 there was a mandate, but believe me, and this is a conversation that she and I had, if there was ever a mandate that she was in favor of, it was a mandate to put civics education in the classroom. And I can say that because she and I had that conversation. Now again, while she was against mandates, if there was ever one thing she did want in the classroom, it was civics education for all of the positive reasons that were stated. In terms of encouraging our young people to learn and to understand what it is to be engaged in your community, to vote when there are opportunities to vote. She represented that, and I think if she were here today, I would like to think that she would stand in favor of this task force to study this issue and to figure out what could be best practices in terms of putting it in the classroom, which may include some of the online education that they're talking about. But there's nothing wrong with having a task force to talk about it. So, again, we're going to hear other task force opportunities and they're going to come from that side of the aisle as well. So, do we take the same position or do we recognize that a task force is merely an opportunity to bring a collection of people together, so that they can study an issue, and possibly offer recommendations how… of how we can move forward, whatever that task force is charged with studying. I currently chair a task force called a School Success Task Force; again, with the primary objective of trying to figure out ways in which we can reduce the number of suspensions, and expulsions and truancies that are taking place in schools. We're studying 09800037.doc 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 that issue, hoping to come up with some recommendations. Now, again, I don't have a problem with mandates, but I understand the challenge that many in this chamber, on both sides of the aisle, do have with mandates. But there's nothing wrong with establishing a task force in order to study the issue that could come up with positive and substantive recommendations on how we can increase, in this case, the level of civics of ed… civics education that our young people learn. So, I, again, I encourage everyone to support the Bill because it's helping our next generation, from kids on both sides of the aisle, to learn and to better understand what we do down here. Now, if you have no interest in children learning more about what we do, I'm sor… you know, I'm sorry about that and I think that's the wrong position to take, but I would strongly encourage everyone in the chamber to support the Lady's Bill. Thank you very much."

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

"She indicates that she will." Davis, M: "Representative Conroy, can you tell us if you have any idea of what that voter turnout was yesterday?"

"Incredibly low." Davis, M.: "That… it was incredibly low. Can you tell us what it takes to maintain a democracy?"

"I believe a strong democracy is built through strong civics education and involvement in your community." Davis, M.: "Thank you, Representative. To the Bill, Mr. Speaker. Civics education is as much needed as the ability 09800037.doc 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 to read or compute. And the reason is we live in a country that requires people to vote to keep government functioning. Annually the number of voters is decreasing and declining. Many times because they feel they don't know what they're voting for. Why should I vote for a State Representative? What do the people in the Water Reclamation Districts do? What do city council members do? How many are there in my district? Is my district a village? Do we have a president? What does a mayor do in different areas? All of these things are crucially important, if you want voters with knowledge. When people have knowledge, they usually act accordingly. As we continue in the State of Illinois, we're being remiss, remiss, in not mandating civics education. We're getting exactly what our behavior calls for. If we're saying, oh civics is not important, the voter is saying going to the polls for us is not important, because you have not convinced me, no one has actually taught me what you do, why is it so important. To maintain a democracy you need an informed electorate. Part of that information comes through civics lessons. And I'm sure this task force will give this Body an honest picture of where we are in teaching civics, where we are or where we should be perhaps how we relate to other states, and I think, as we increase our numbers on each side of the aisle, we'll be glad we taught civics in school. And I urge everyone to vote 'aye'. There should be an unanimous vote for the children, for a democracy, and for America. Thank you."

"Representative Sacia." 09800037.doc 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Williams."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I, too, stand in strong support of this Bill. I think both… on both sides of the aisle we can certainly agree that there's an incredible amount of voter apathy out there, and a lack of 09800037.doc 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 engagement in the process. I think this is a very good opportunity to increase the participation. I was looking up yesterday's election, and one town with contested races had a 9 percent voter turnout. The average, I think, was something like 17, which is shocking, and we should all be embarrassed about that. When's the last time any of us have heard talk about a strong or robust voter turnout? It doesn't happen here. I walked precincts on Sunday for a friend of mine who's the mayor of a town that in 2008 was called… was on the list of Forbes Fastest-Dying Towns in America. Through a combination of factors, that town has really turned around, but I was shocked. Every other door that I knocked on wasn't aware there was an election in place despite the fact there were signs everywhere in the town. It was really shocking to me. These are new homeowners, people that had just moved there. Don't… aren’t they concerned about their property values? Do they understand how relevant their local elected officials are? Just among the races that are up for… that were up for election on Tuesday, they were responsible for spending of $1 billion in taxpayer' money. I think that's shocking. We've all been there. I mean, how many of us have stood at the train platform or on the L and watched the vast majority of people walk by ignoring any information we want to provide or the opportunity to meet us and say hello. The same people that, the very next day, would be voting on issues that impact their life. How many of us look forward to going to senior homes because the seniors are engaged and interested and appreciate the value of voting. How many 09800037.doc 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 of us have been called Congressman and asked about how things are in Washington? I think we need to educate people. The more we do to increase turnout, to increase voter engagement, cannot be a bad thing. I think that's part of our responsibility. I'll be voting 'yes'."

"Representative Fine."

"Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"To the Bill. My perspective on this is a little bit different. For the past 14 years I've been teaching the political process in the college classroom. It is boggling how little our younger generations know about the process. It goes on, things happen to impact them, and they don't feel they own it, and they don't feel that they are a part of it. If we teach them from an early age to participate, to own it, they are the ones that are going to make a difference in the future. I know from my personal experiences. I had students who came into my classroom who knew nothing, who didn't feel it was important, and they left there and 10 years later they continued to contact me after an election to tell me how they felt because they could participate. And I just feel teaching them this at an older… a younger age will protect us and our political system as we grow into the future. Thank you."

"Representative Reboletti."

"Representative Wheeler. Representative Conroy to close."

"To the Representative's comment, I would like to say I'm also very familiar with St. Isidore's. It's a great school, but it's a private school. They are doing wonderful things there in terms of civics, not all our children can afford that type of an education. If you believe civics education is important, like I do, I would encourage a 'yes' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2428 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Conroy, Hatcher, Franks, Sacia. Hatcher. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a vote of 67 voting 'yes', 44 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2428, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3009, Representative Durkin. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

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"Representative Dunkin."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, I'm just curious, how did… how did this Bill come to be, coming to being introduced in this regard?"

"Do you type it yourself? No, I'm curious for a reason."

"Follow my…"

"Sure. And none of us here would disagree with you. But my question is, how do we… how do we determine who is doing the recruitment? Is that sort of a subjective, prosecutorial approach towards determining how that is…"

"…occurring."

"Okay. So… so, this is basically a pen… penalty enhancement, if I'm reading this correct."

"You're going from a Class IV…"

"Okay. I'm just trying to get some clarification. I'm not… I don't have a particular…"

"…disposition either way. I mean, I grew up in a very similar environment, in public housing myself. I'm keenly aware of some of those dynamics. It's just… I'm just trying to wrap my head around understanding who gets to make that determination, who makes the decision as of, you know, there's a gang recruitment based on a socialization, for example."

"Okay. Thanks for that clarification. On this Bill you have… you do have not one City of Chicago cosponsoring the legislation."

"You have Jim Sacia…"

"Patti Bellock…"

"…Jack Franks…"

"Rich Brauer…"

"…Pam Roth. My goodness."

"Now, you don't have…"

"…you know, you don't even have…"

"…a soul brother on this Bill."

"Can you put… can you put at least one soul brother on… on your legislation?"

"Absolutely. We… we travel together…"

"…you know, we go to the Caribbean together."

"You put Renée Kosel on the Bill, Kay Hatcher. Did I mention Jack Franks?"

"Thank you, Representative. Thank you."

"Representative Durkin to close."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3009 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Will Davis, Gabel, Jefferson, Lang. Representative Lang. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 97 voting 'yes', 8 voting 'no', 6 voting 'present', House Bill 3009, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3218, Representative Crespo. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Out of the record. House Bill 2498, Representative Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This is an initiative of the Department of Revenue. They want to be able to provide paper checks to people who are owed refunds of under $5. There are currently about 60 thousand people, on an annual basis, who have refunds coming at about that level. Some of them don't have bank accounts and today, the only times when the State Comptroller will send paper checks is at the direction of the State Treasurer when we're dealing with the Unclaimed Property Act and when it's the Legislature itself. So, in order for the department not to have to say no to people who have no bank account, I'd appreciate your support for House Bill 2498." 09800037.doc 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2498 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Dunkin. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2498, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bost."

"The record will reflect your request. Thank you. House Bill 2624, Representative Fortner. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Fortner."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2624 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Wheeler. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', House Bill 2624, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3021, Representative D’Amico. Mr. Clerk, 09800037.doc 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please return the Bill to the Order of Second Reading."

"Representative D’Amico."

"Thank you, Speaker. I just recommend we adopt the Amendment that becomes the Bill."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3021. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2961, Representative Drury. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Drury."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2961 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, which deals with the post- conviction… deals with post-conviction petitions. It allows a person to begin a post-conviction proceeding if the person was convicted or an adjudicated delinquent of an offense and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment or another form of detention. In this post-conviction proceeding, the person can assert that his constitutional 09800037.doc 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 rights were substantially denied or that there was newly discovered evidence that establishes a substantial basis to believe that the defendant is actually innocent by clear and convincing evidence. The Amendment also… the Bill also codifies that a court can allow a successive post- conviction petition where the petitioner demonstrates that there's been a fundamental miscarriage of justice, which requires that he adequately plead, again, that there's newly discovered evidence that establishes a substantial basis to believe that the petitioner is actually innocent. And finally, at the request of Justice Thomas of the Illinois Supreme Court, the Bill puts in place a procedure for when a court could grant leave for a subsequent post- conviction petition. Members of the House, we pass a lot of Bills here that constantly are putting people in prison and there's long debates on this. Unfortunately, there's a lot of times in Illinois where we put people in prison that don’t belong there and this Bill provides for justice when there is a wrongful conviction. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2961 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Bellock, Brown, Hatcher, Bill Mitchell, Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 75 voting 'yes', 34 voting 'no', 0 voting present, House Bill 2961, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2641, Representative Kosel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. 09800037.doc 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Kosel."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2641 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Hatcher. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 109 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 0 voting present, House Bill 2641, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2919, Representative Fine. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Fine. Mr. Clerk, please take this Bill out of the record. House Bill 310, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Ford." 09800037.doc 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Thank you… thank you, Mr. Speaker. You're doing a fine job. I enjoy seeing you up there. I would like to present House Bill 310. I'd like to start out by saying that there was a great quote by a man named John Holmes that said, 'There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.' So, House Bill 310 establishes a scratch-off game for the funding of School Choice for school kids in the grades K-8. The number of scholarships would be determined by the amount of revenue generated by the scratch-offs. Students who live in one zip code that generates the most the most revenue from the ticket sales will qualify. So, the top 20 zip codes qualify. Scholarships would be issued by the State Board of Education directly to the guardian of the qualifying student. I ask for the passage of 310 because this is not an unprecedented measure. Currently, we have specialty tickets in Illinois. We have specialty tickets for veterans and it's been in existence since 2006. Veterans Cash and contributions have been over $10 million for veteran organizations in Illinois. We also have the Red Ribbon cash since 2008. The Red Ribbon cash has contributed over $4 million to fight HIV and AIDS in Illinois. We also have the Tickets for the Cure of the Carol (sic-Carolyn) Adams Tickets for the Cure has donated over 1… over 7.6 million for breast cancer research in grants since the inception in 2006. And the final one, we have the MS Project since 2008. MS Project has contributed over $4.9 million to the multiple sclerosis in Illinois. I move for the passage of 310 to include in the specialty tickets a scratch-off for 09800037.doc 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 students in Illinois. I ask for the passage of 310. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And I'm open for questions."

"Representative Reis."

"The Sponsor yields."

"Correct. You know, after advice and listening to the Members of this Body and the chairperson, Linda Chapa LaVia, you know, the initial purpose and my initial goal was to take $6 million from the Common School Fund coming from the lottery to provide scholarships for students. This one doesn’t do that. This Bill simply says if the scratch- off tickets are successful then scholarships would be available. So, we will not do that."

"So, that simply says that during the time… each year, whichever zip codes are the top 20 revenue-generating zip codes for the Illinois Lottery, regardless to what the sales are, those communities, those zip codes will qualify for the scholarships in those areas." 09800037.doc 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Counties. I think 102."

"I'm not sure. That's a good question."

"I'll tell you why… I'll tell you exactly why…"

"I'll tell you why. The top 20 zip codes right now and your zip code could one day be one of the top 20."

"Well, it shouldn’t be. And that's why it’s not funny because the problem is in certain zip codes… 60619 spends almost $30 million dollars in lottery revenue, so that means that zip code…"

"That's south… south side of Chicago."

"And for the record, this… this does… only… there's only one zip code maybe that represents my district and that’s 60651. And it’s $21 million dollars that's contributed in revenues to the state…"

"…Common School Fund."

"I appreciate that, but one thing that we have to keep in mind… this is a choice. This is a choice. People have a choice to buy the tickets. They have a choice. They don’t have to buy these tickets. And the only money that will be used for the scholarship fund will be the money that's chosen from those tickets. So, if people from your zip code decide not to buy those tickets, then the money won't be used."

"Representative Pihos."

"The Sponsor yields."

"Let me make one thing clear. It does not take money out of the Common School Fund. So, that's not true. Secondly, the only funds that will be used for this will be revenues generated from the specialty ticket. So, the $750 million that the lottery generates and adds to the Common School Fund will remain intact. So, we're not robbing the Common School Fund. The previous Bill that I proposed would rob the Common School Fund of $6 million. This says that any community that buys the most of the specialty tickets will be included in the ability to have a choice for their students in grades K-8. And as far as whether or not if a community remains in the mix for getting scholarships, ISBE and myself, we've been working on making sure that we create the best implementation of this Bill. This is a real commonsense Bill regardless of what people may feel about this. It does not rob the Common School Fund. I made a very 09800037.doc 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 simple Bill where we have a special scratch-off ticket where the only way it's successful is if people purchase the ticket. There's no money taken from the Common School Fund at all. There's no jeopardy of robbing the Common School Fund. The only way this Bill and this ticket is successful is if people participate in purchasing the ticket."

"Representative Reboletti."

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"You know, I think…"

"I think that the reason why it was chosen is because, the Illinois Lottery, they measure by zip codes. But what I'm willing to do is to do a Bill that many of you might feel to be fair and we'll just open it up to the entire state. We could amend that in the Senate, pass it out of here and pass it over to the Senate. We'll take out zip codes and it'll be a scratch-off for education period. If I could get the support of this Body."

"You know, I'm glad you asked that question. I wanted to ask you why are they not doing more about this… the levels of our young people's learning… recently, the Sun-Times did a report and it said that fourth graders in Illinois, white fourth graders, are only reading at a proficient level of 45 percent, black fourth graders at 12 percent, Hispanics at 18 percent. And I'll go down to eighth-grade math and science. Let's go to science. Only 39 percent of white eighth graders are able to do science at a proficient level. Only 4 percent of blacks will be able to do science at a proficient level and 11 percent of Hispanics. So, if we're going to let all of those teacher unions tell us how to vote on quality education and improve in education, then 09800037.doc 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 I understand that vote. But I'm telling you that they have job to do and they're failing our kids and I want to do everything that we can to make it competitive and ask them to join us."

"And I will remove zip codes to make it… if you feel that that would make it a more fair Bill, let’s remove zip codes."

"You know…"

"All right."

"Who are they? Unions, right?"

"Unions."

"All right. I'll answer your question. It's their philosophy to oppose choice."

"Representative Kay."

"The Sponsor yields."

"You know, I'm one-track-minded. I'm thinking about education right now. And I know that we're hurting in Illinois and we're behind in the country. And so, when we talk about fracking, our students, they wouldn't even understand fracking because they're so behind."

"Well, I mean, I just made a commitment that zip codes doesn’t have to be an option. I don’t understand why zip code continues to be an issue here when I've already said that if people in this Body believe that zip codes is an unfair way to do this, then I’ll take zip codes out. I don’t want to talk about zip codes anymore not unless we 09800037.doc 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 have people that want me to run it with zip codes. I want an opportunity for students to have a choice in Illinois and zip codes are off the table, if this passes out of here and goes into the Senate."

"Yeah. You know, ISBE would then be able to set the qualified criteria for each… for receiving a scholarship."

"I don’t understand why you're still speaking zip codes."

"I said I want to take zip codes out of it…"

"…if that's you're only problem."

"I said… will you get the support of you if I… if I take zip codes out?"

"I don’t understand what…"

"Well, you're talking about fracking and I'm… and I'm personally…"

"…for a moratorium. I'm talking about a moratorium on fracking."

"Representative Deb Mell has a great Bill to do a moratorium on fracking and I'm a Sponsor of that."

"You… would you support it if it didn’t have zip codes?"

"I don't… I think that this is a philosophical situation because you keep saying it's not fair because you got zip codes in it."

"And I keep telling you I'm taking zip codes out…"

"…so I don’t understand where the fairness is."

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

"The Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, you and I talked a little bit about this when this Bill came through the Revenue Committee. And I applaud your initiative here. We want to get some dollars, I think… get some funds to fund scholarships like this for individuals who… youngsters who might be qualified… what we call qualified pupils to go to these nonpublic schools. Let me ask you this though. If this were a scratch game that was not designated for this particular source, where would the money go?"

"A specialty?" Harris, D.: "No…"

"Any special…" Harris, D.: "If we… if we came up with a new scratch ticket, just a regular scratch ticket that was sold as our other scratch tickets, where would the proceeds from those sales go?"

"If it’s a specialty ticket, it'll go to the specialty cause." Harris, D.: "Well, if it's… Okay. If it's a specialty ticket, so we're making this a specialty ticket. But my… I guess my question here… my line of questioning is along this: I find it difficult to say that it’s not going to take moneys away 09800037.doc 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 from the Common School Fund. Now, we know that the lotteries now go to both the Common School Fund as well as capital projects, but let's just talk about the Common School Fund. I believe that it's going to take moneys away from the Common School Fund simply because the funds… the proceeds are being sold or the tickets are being sold and those proceeds are not going to the Common School Fund. You… you key in on 20 zip codes. And we talked a little bit about the zip codes before. Do you know where these zip codes are specifically?"

"I have them." Harris, D.: "I'm sorry."

"Oh, once we get the sales then we'll know exactly where they are." Harris, D.: "Well, but…"

"This is… The analysis is based on the previous Bill." Harris, D.: "Right, and of the analysis here, the 20 that are listed here, do we know where they are?"

"Do we know the geographical area?" Harris, D.: "Yes."

"I mean, are you asking me if I know what community they're at?" Harris, D.: "Well, let me help you. Let me help you. Seventeen of them… 17 of them are in the City of Chicago, one is in Springfield, one is in Waukegan and the other, I think, is in Oak Park, if I'm not mistaken. So, 17 out of the 20 are in Chicago. Now, if next year… let's say we start with these 20 and the scholarship funds go to the… to the eligible people in these 20 zip codes. If, next year, 09800037.doc 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 there's a different list of 20, do the individuals in the current list of 20 lose those scholarship funds?"

"Well, you know, the issue with zip codes has resonated with me. If your issue, like the previous speaker's issue, continues to be zip codes, I've already made a commitment to remove zip codes and make this a statewide ticket for education." Harris, D.: "Okay. Well, that's fair. I think the zip code… the zip codes are not my key concern. But I think it's an issue that's out there and I think needs to be addressed and based on the Bill, as written, those 20 zip codes, I think, have a meaningful impact. But to the Bill, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, again, I applaud what the Gentleman from Cook is trying to do. I think we should try to fund these scholarships somehow. His procedure here in trying to do this though, I think, is misguided. We talked about the zip codes. That's misguided, I think, but the other reason is keep in mind that we now have a private management company running the lottery. And they're the ones who are supposed to decide what games we have, when those games come out and it’s not done just spur of the moment. It’s done on, guess what, a businesslike basis because if they increase the proceeds of the lottery the way they're supposed to, they're going to make a lot of money. And we're going to make a lot of money. So, my point here is the Legislature… the Legislature should not be in the lottery business. The business of the lottery is now being run by a private contractor. Illinois was innovated. We were the first state to move in the direction of 09800037.doc 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 allowing our lottery to be run by a private contractor. If we now, in this Body, start saying, well, we want to come up with a game for this. We want to come up with a game for that, it interferes with a business plan that has been set out by the private contractor and the private management company that is running the lottery. Our overall goal with the lottery, which quite frankly, in my mind, is the goose that lays the golden egg year in and year out. The lottery produces revenue whether the economy is up or down and it's steady revenue. We don’t want to be interfering with that. We have a management company that has laid out a business plan. Let's not interfere with that business plan. The objective that the Gentleman has for getting some dollars to these scholarships is a good one; unfortunately, I think the path that he is taking is the wrong one. And because of that, I'd urge a 'no' vote."

"Representative Ives."

"The Sponsor yields."

"Representative Bost."

"A verification has been requested. Members, please vote your own switch."

"Representative Pihos."

"It depends on what similar is."

"Yeah… yes."

"Yes." 09800037.doc 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"I did not call it for a vote. Your question was, was there support and there was support."

"We will never know."

"Yeah. I think that you're wrong. I think that I didn’t call it for a vote because I wanted to work with this Body to make it the best Bill possible."

"I did."

"Exactly. It became a revenue issue as a scratch-off, so it was directed to the Revenue Committee."

"Once again. Please repeat that, Representative."

"Well, I guess…"

"It was… see the prob… what happened when it was in Education we had an issue with the Common School Fund. And so, this becomes a revenue issue because it becomes a scratch-off ticket. If it stayed in the form that it was in 09800037.doc 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 when it was in the Education Committee, it would have had an issue with the Common School Fund. And so, we took away that concern and we made it a specialty ticket and we made it an option for the people of Illinois to purchase or not purchase by making a specialty ticket scratch-off."

"All right. You know what, I would say that I'd see a issue with every organization that opposes it too."

"Representative Dunkin. Representative Ford to close."

"I would expect that people wouldn't feel as passionate about a Bill to provide choice because most people… most Representatives in this Body are not suffering from poor quality education in the districts that they represent like Representative Ford on the west side, like Representative Smith, like Turner, like Lilly and all of the people that are suffering right now with 50 foreclosures of schools that the state continues to send $1.6 billion of taxpayers' dollars to the Chicago Public Schools to educate the kids, but once again I've made a commitment that I would pull the Bill to take out the zip codes and make it an issue for the entire state. But I don’t think that people's philosophy would allow them to vote for it even if I did that, so I'm going to call this for a vote and I think that everyone could vote their conscience on this and we'll continue to fight for the kids that need a better and a more quality 09800037.doc 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 education in the State of Illinois. And we'll keep them on hold until you guys change your philosophy or until I can come up with a better Bill to present to this Body for the kids of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I would ask that you run the vote for me."

"Members, a verification has been requested, so all Members are to be at their seat and vote their own switches. The question is, 'Shall House Bill 310 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Farnham, Lilly, Riley, Sandack. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 13 voting 'yes', 92 voting 'no', 3 voting 'present'. Does the Gentleman persist in his verification? This Bill, having failed to receive a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared lost. Representative Berrios, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Point of personal privilege."

"Please state your point."

"Thank you. I would like to ask the Body to help me acknowledge Northeastern Illinois University, which is up in the gallery today. We have… they're being led by President Sharon Hahs. They have students, staff, alumni and trustees, including our friend Bob Biggins is up there too. Please help me welcome them to the Capitol today."

"Welcome to your Capitol. Leader Riley in the Chair."

Speaker Riley: "Thank you very much. Mr. Dunkin, for what purpose do you rise?" 09800037.doc 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is this your first time in the Chair?"

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

"For a point of personal inquiry of the Chair, Mr. Speaker."

"Your point."

"So, this is your first time in the Speaker's Chair, correct? In the well."

"Not my first time in the well. I've been in the well many times over the years. First time in the Speaker's Chair."

"Oh, first time in the Speaker's Chair. So, is there any idea of what we can expect to hear from, you know, sort of the methodisms of how you're going to run this place as a Speaker right now?"

"Cogency and brevity."

"Cogency and who?"

"Brevity."

"Now, can you… can you do us… do me a favor because, you know, all of us aren’t as sharp as you are. Can you not use these three and five syllable words, so I can at least follow you and understand you? We have… you know, you're our resident Fortner. So, we're looking forward to hearing from you. I'm glad to see you up there, my friend."

"Thank you. We'll proceed with House Bills on Third Reading. Representative Dunkin, House Bill 3006. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09800037.doc 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Dunkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3006 simply allows off-duty police officers to be able to serve summons even if they're retired. I would ask for a favorable vote."

"We have Representative Franks."

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

"He indicates he will."

"Representative, who's allowed to serve process right now in… in the City of Chicago?"

"Police officers…"

"Only?"

"…county sheriffs."

"Only?"

"To my knowledge. Yes, Sir."

"Why are they limited only to police officers? In most other jurisdictions you can hire private process servers. If we're worried about getting more… it seems the aim of your Bill is to increase the successful rate of service, correct?"

"Correct?"

"And also, you wish to free up active duty police officers, so they can return to crime fighting and prevention duties in their communities."

"Absolutely correct."

"So, for them to be serving process is probably not the best use of their time. Would you agree?"

"Yes, Sir." 09800037.doc 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"So, why are we limiting it to police officers? And why don’t we increase it like other jurisdictions do and to allow bonded, licensed process servers to be able to do that? And maybe we can get more police on the streets in Chicago."

"That's a very good question. You know what, I'm going to check to see if private personnel or private investigators can do it, but I'm not sure."

"I think they… I know they do. I know…"

"In Chicago?"

"No. That's probably the worst service in the entire State of Illinois. And that's a big problem. Perhaps… I don’t know if you would consider pulling it out of the record and we can discuss it 'cause I'd like to see an Amendment perhaps because if the stated goal really is to put more police on the street so they can crime fight we ought to let other people serve process instead of just police officers like they do everywhere else."

"Understood. But currently, only active duty sheriffs and police officers have that authority so…"

"Right. And I don’t know why that… do you know why, historically, Cook County and Chicago only allows active police officers to serve process?"

"That's a… I'm just not… I don’t know the history of that."

"I know. But… but let me tell you, in other jurisdictions you're able to hire a private process server. They're licensed, they're bonded and they serve the process in civil actions, but we can’t do that in Chicago. So, as a 09800037.doc 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 result, it’s very time consuming, it’s very expensive and most importantly, police officers who ought to be walking the beat are not. And I think this is a public safety issue. So, I believe that we ought to expand this much greater than what your Bill does. And I'd ask you to take it out of the record, move it to Second and let's do that Amendment. We'd be… we'd be accomplishing the goal."

"What I'd like to do is to ask… the City of Chicago asked me to carry this Bill because our mayor and…"

"Could you call him and maybe take it out of the record momentarily?"

"Sure. That's fine. I'm comfortable with that."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Speaker. Can… Mr. Speaker, can you take it out of the record to… for a minute?"

"Mr. Clerk, take House Bill 3006 out of the record. Next we have House Bill 2376. House Bill 2376, Representative Reboletti. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Reboletti."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Whether or not House Bill 2376 should pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Beiser, Bellock, Dunkin. Please vote your switch. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On a vote of 80 voting 'yea', 30 voting 'nay' and 0 voting 'present', then House Bill… House Bill 2376, having received the Constitutional amount of votes, has passed. Next, we have House Bill 310. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. Next, we have House Bill 1538. Mr. Clerk, bring this Bill back to Second to adopt House Bill… House Amendment #3."

Speaker Riley: "Representative Golar. Representative Golar? Please proceed."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #3, request for adoption."

"Thank you. The Lady moves that Floor Amendment #3 be considered for adoption. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment's adopted. Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Riley: "Third Reading. Next, we have for your consideration, House Bill 1710, Representative Roth. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill"

"Representative Roth."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 1710 pass?' All in favor state by saying 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please vote your switches. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On a vote of 109 voting 'aye', 1 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present', and this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative David Harris, for what reason do you rise?" Harris, D.: "On a point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."

"Make your point." Harris, D.: "I was off the House Floor for a few moments and walked back in and I noticed that there was a change in the Chair. And I just wanted to let you know that I was delighted to see you up there."

"Thank you very much. The next Bill is House Bill 1538, Representative Golar. Representative Golar, 09800037.doc 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 would you like us to read your Bill? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Riley: "Representative Golar. Out of the record, Representative Golar. House Bill 3029, Representative Jakobsson. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Jakobsson."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 3029 requires that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice, upon release of a felony offender, to e- mail local government law enforcement agencies, state's attorneys, public housing agency of the town, city or county where the offender committed the felony or is paroled or released. And notification by e-mail is only required when those agencies provide the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice with an accurate and up-to-date e-mail address to receive such e- mail notifications."

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

"She indicates she will."

"Whoever currently gets the snail mail… the notification by mail, U.S. mail, would get it by e-mail if they provide those departments with their e-mail addresses."

"Correct."

"Representative Jakobsson to close."

"Thank you very much. I urge an 'aye' vote on House Bill 3029."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3021 pass?' All in favor vote… I'm sorry… 3029 pass?' All in favor state by saying 'aye'; all opposed 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 111 'yeas', 0 'nays', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2664, 2664, Representative Schmitz. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Schmitz."

"There being no inquiries on this Bill, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2664 pass?' All in favor state by saying 'aye'; all opposed 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please vote your switches. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 110 'ayes', 1 'nay', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2767, Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Kifowit."

"Thank you. This Bill is pertaining to boards and commissions within the State of Illinois. Currently, right now, boards and commissions get paid a stipend and that stipend is currently pensionable. This will eliminate the pensionability of the stipends that the boards and commissions receive. It's estimated to save the state… the salaries combined of the boards on the fiscal impact is about $1.8 million and it will have a positive impact on the pension system to save us money."

"There being no inquiries, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2767 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all 09800037.doc 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 111 'ayes', 0 'nays', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3172. House Bill 3172, Representative Tracy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Tracy."

"There being no further inquiries, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 3172 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please vote your switches. Harris, Ives, Mell, Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 83 'yeas', 27 'nays', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 1?"

"Move this Bill back on the Order of Second Reading for an Amendment, please. Are there any Motions pending?"

"Representative Lang, Floor Amendment #5."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is simply a technical error… a technical Amendment to correct a drafting error. It is not substantive. Move adoption."

"The Gentleman wants to consider House… House Amendment #5. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Motion is approved. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1345. House Bill 1345, Representative Manley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Manley."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. Today, I am presenting House Bill 1345 as amended. It will reenact the fatal accident memor… memorial marker program that was passed by a previous General Assembly. The goal of 09800037.doc 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 this legislation is to provide families with a formal and safe venue for honoring their loved ones, while raising awareness about the dangers of distracted and reckless driving. I'd like to tell you a story… Take it out of the record."

"Out of the record. Representative Gabel, what… for what purpose do you rise?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want the record to reflect that I meant to vote 'yes' on House Bill 3172."

"And the record will reflect such. House Bill 197. House Bill 197 Representative Mayfield. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Mayfield."

"Thank you very much. What this Bill is… this is a Bill that would allow school districts to receive an increase upon the base of moneys within a tax district. This is a very, very good Bill. I did try to work with all those entities that were originally opposed to the Bill. We did come up with modified language. I brought in experts in the field of TIF to testify before that committee. And this Amendment is the agreed upon Bill that we got out of that meeting. And even after we had the meeting, an individual said, well, we're sure that we could probably work with it. We still had the City of Chicago who did say that they would still be opposed no matter what we came up with, even though they were a party to that Bill. So, I just wanted to be very open and honest with that, as far as who the 09800037.doc 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 opposition was on this Bill. But all other opposition has left. This Bill would actually put money into the school districts. We are looking at a time where our school districts are starting to suffer. And everybody knows that school districts are the base bone of any community. If you want to be prosperous, you need to have a thriving school district. A school district that has resources, that has sciences labs that are up to date and accurate, that is providing textbooks. This would actually do that and it does it in a way to where it does not affect the property tax caps at all, so we're not talking property tax increases or anything along those lines. It just works within the scope of what's currently out there. This is actually a very good Bill. I took this lang… the underlying Bill, which you had the most opposition, was based upon Wisconsin law, which would've totally exempted school districts. We got a lot of opposition to that, which is why we did the Amendment. The Amendment is based upon Minnesota law and has proven to work and to be effective in providing much needed funds to our school districts. So, I'm open for questions."

"Representative Sullivan, what reason do you rise?"

"She indicates she will."

"Okay. This is kind of… I'm not a expert on tax law. So, let me read through how this exactly goes."

"Right. It says that portion of the tax is levied upon each tractable block, tract or parcel of real property, which is attributable to annual inflationary increases. What this will allow them to do is to increase their base… it will allow them to increase their base… the base of the properties based upon inflation. So, they will be able to obtain moneys through that aspect of it."

"The percentage will…"

"It would be determined by CPI."

"Yes."

"This is prospective going forward and is only through an intergovernmental agreement with the participating municipalities." 09800037.doc 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Yes."

"Right. Well, this right here determines how it can be done based upon the inflationary in… based upon the CPI index, as opposed to just a blanket up to the cap. So, it has to deal with how it's done."

"Absolutely. That is my intent."

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

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

"She indicates she will."

"The previous speaker asked many of the questions that I had, so I appreciate that. Representative, I… I think this is an intriguing idea. I like what you’re doing here. Most of our property tax bills goes to our schools and when TIFs are created, they're short-changed. So, this doesn't mandate that they automatically get the money, but it will make the process easier?" 09800037.doc 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Absolutely. The underlying Bill mandated. We had problems with that, which is why we came upon this language which is more palatable to municipalities."

"Okay. I… I think you've hit on a very important issue here because I think the TIF definition has gotten far afield from what we initially started within the General Assembly. It was supposed to have been for blighted areas and for areas to be redeveloped. But what we found is many of the TIF districts are not that at all. And as a result, our… our local schools are harmed and consequently, the state. So, I strong… I stand in strong support of the Bill and I appreciate you bringing this very important issue forward."

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

"She indicates she will."

"That's determined by the municipality. There are all different types of TIFs that…"

"Well… I know that we've come back here and we've extended TIFs that have been 15… 10, 15, or 20 years and we've asked for extensions. So, even though that we might have a statute that says it's 15 years in… I do not know what that limitation is…"

"…offhand. But we have extended them in the past."

"It is my understanding that the municipality keeps them. This Bill does not address that, Sir."

"My understanding is the municipalities, which is part of the problem, because our school districts are being short-changed and I want to make sure that provisions are provided for our school districts. Now, what you're alluding to could possibly be another Bill, and I'd be more than willing to work with you on it."

"Statewide."

"Only on future, if and when."

"Nothing current."

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

"She indicates she will."

"Yes and no. Normally the base is frozen in a TIF. This, right here, does not actually affect the redevelopment. It affects everything around it. And that's why the Amendment is more palatable to municipalities. You know, we're not stopping progress here. We're all about economic development. This, right here, was just a more 09800037.doc 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 palatable Amendment that… for municipalities, something that they were willing to work within."

"Let me try to answer it this way. The annual inflationary growth in assessed values is unrelated to the redevelopment and will prevent the degradation of schools' base EAV over time. All right."

"Funds that are allocated through the intergovernmental agreement with the municipality may not be considered part of the base and therefore, not subject to PTELL. Does that address your question?"

"I am… to be… I'm not sure I can answer that question. And it would be… my understanding that it would be the new development and not the old. But that would be my…"

"Right. And it still would not be. I… I think I'm starting to understand what you're asking, but this is only for new, the going forward. So, let's say there's a TIF that's developed now and there's property there. It would not apply to that."

"No, it would not because both parcels would've been initially listed in that TIF document. So, if… when a TIF area's established, it normally contains several tracts of land. So, those lands… that's why you have intergovernmental agreement, because it would exclude those. So, you know, when you do business development, you're not just developing one business, you're developing several businesses. You know, that is the whole purpose of it. You want to develop a tract of land, not just one piece." 09800037.doc 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Excuse me… excuse me, Representative Fortner. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, can we keep the noise level down? We have a spirited debate here. Let's be respectful. Thank you."

"Okay."

"Okay. The whole purpose of them having the intergovernmental agreement is to hash out those types of things. I didn’t feel that we should specifically state what that intergovernmental agreement should say or what it should look like, just that there should be one. And that 09800037.doc 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 would be for that municipality. Again, when you're doing TIF development, you’re looking to develop huge tracts of land. So, I'm pretty sure that that municipality is going to have that foresight to say, you know what, we're not going to include these three tracts, or in your case, these two tracts within that EAV calculation. So, they will have the right to remove… to exclude those out of that. And that's why you have the intergovernmental agreement. I don’t feel that I or anyone should be saying specifically what should go in an intergovernmental agreement between two entities."

"Okay."

"Okay."

"Okay. Then what I'd be willing to do, 'cause I would like to move this and bring it over to the Senate, I would be willing to work with you to tweak that language to make it very clear and have it presented to the Senate and then brought back here for Concurrence."

"Okay. I'll agree with that."

"Okay. I'll pull the vote… the Bill from the record."

"Mr. Clerk, pull House Bill 197 from the record. House Bill 1441. House Bill 1441, Representative Mussman. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Mussman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. House Bill 1441 is the annual pay reduction that we have been taking for the last few years. It is identical to the cuts that we have taken in the 97th General Assembly. It consists of 12 furlough days. It denies the cost-of-living increase and continues the reduced per diem and mileage reimbursement. I know this reduction is hard. I do not think this a reflection on the value of your service, but I do think it is important that we show our citizens that we share in the struggle they are going through in the private sector, that we understand their frustration as they wait in anticipation for crucial decisions to be made about their finances, their pension changes, through our continued lack of budget stability, that we accept cuts to our own salaries as we make cuts and changes to programs our communities rely on. I request your support and I am happy to answer any questions." 09800037.doc 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Should House Bill 1441 pass?' All in favor state by saying 'aye'; all opposed 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please, Members. Sacia, Smiddy, Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 108 'ayes', 1 'nay', and 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having receive a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2762. House Bill 2762, Representative Scherer. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Out of the record. Bill 2527. House Bill 2527, Representative Sims. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Can we have some order, please? Order on the floor. Representative Sims. Shhh."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2527 amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. It requires that non for profit corporation… cooperative housing corporations that have members entitled to vote on dissolution, before… prior to dissolution, they hold an opening meeting of the board and a vote of the eligible members. The Bill is in response to a concern raised by one of my constituents. And I ask for its passage."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 27… 2527 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all 09800037.doc 100  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Golar, Zalewski, Jackson. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, 111 'ayes', 0 'nays', 0 voting 'present'. And on this question… on this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2540. House Bill 2540, Representative Smiddy. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Smiddy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This proposal amends the Section 9 of the Prevailing Wage Act. It is to remove redu… requirements for filing prevailing wage rates with the Secretary of State. Currently, they file with both the Secretary of State's Office and the Department of Labor. This is an initiative by the Secretary of State's Office. I'll take any questions."

Speaker Riley: "There being no further debate, then the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2540 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk… Sacia, Pritchard, Jones. Take the record. On this question, there are 112 'yeas', 0 'nays', 0 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 2969, Representative Smiddy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Out of the record. House Bill 2584. 2584, Representative Turner. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." 09800037.doc 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Representative Turner."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 2584, as amended, will statutorily adjust the cost of collision damage waiver that is available to consumers who rent vehicles from rental car companies. The Bill was approved unanimous… unanimously in committee. No one has filed in opposition and no one has expressed opposition to me. I ask for approval of this piece of legislation. Thank you."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2584 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Sacia, Smith, Sommer, Unes, Welch, Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On vote of 63 'yea', 48 'nay', 0 voting 'present', this Bill, having the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3262. House Bill 3262, Representative Verschoore. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Riley: "Representative Verschoore. Rec… House Bill 2468, Representative Verschoore. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, 2488, move that Bill to Second Reading for the purposes of an Amendment. Out of the record. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 3262?"

Speaker Riley: "Move that Bill back to Second Reading for purposes of an Amendment. Any Motion? House Bill 2488. 2488, Verschoore. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. Out of the record. House Bill 1391. House Bill 1391, Representative Yingling. Out of the record. Representative Verschoore, for what reason do you rise? Representative Williams, for what reason do you rise?"

"I'd like to state a point of personal privilege."

"State your point."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I just want to introduce some guests sitting in the gallery today. We have members of the DePaul Student Government Association, if you could stand up and say hello to the Members."

"Thank you very much for coming to your State Capitol. Enjoy the rest of your day."

"These present and future leaders are here to advocate for full funding of the MAP grant program, which, as we all know, is critical to providing access to higher education for all Illinoisans. Thank you for coming."

"Continuing under the Order of House Bills-Third Reading, we have House Bill 2471. 2471, Representative Cassidy. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. House Bill 2471 is a joint initiative of the Cook County State's Attorneys Office as well as advocates for victims of sexual assault and human trafficking. This will provide an 09800037.doc 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 opportunity at an earlier point in a case for a victim's private identifying information to be protected from public dissemination and allow the prosecutors to create a charging instrument with… without the victim's full name on it. Of course, in discovery all of it… all the information is available to the… to the defendant, so the defendant's rights are protected. I am happy to answer any questions. And I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Should House Bill 2471 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Williams, Sacia, Arroyo, D'Amico. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On a qu… on a vote of 112 'aye', 0 'nay', 0 voting 'present', and this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 27… 2786. House Bill 2786, Representative Osmond. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Osmond. Out of the record. Back in the record. House Bill 2786, Representative Osmond."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 27… should House Bill 2786 pass?' All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all opposed 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mitchell. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On a vote of 112 'yea', 0 'nay', 0 voting 'present', this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3088. House Bill 3088, Representative Evans. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Evans. Out of the record. House Bill 1288. House Bill 1288, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, put House Bill 1288 on the Order of Second Reading for the purposes of an Amendment."

"Representative Gabel." 09800037.doc 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Amendment is a response to some issues that were raised by the management school. What… I would like to adopt this Amendment and discuss the Bill on Third Reading."

"The Representative Gabel wishes her Amendment be adopted. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the adopt… the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 2488?"

"Mr. Clerk, move 2488 to Third Reading and read the Bill for a third time."

"Representative Verschoore."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sorry for the confusion on this Bill. But what this Bill does is the current statute does not allow for local governments to be able to electronically use technology in the same manner as other government agencies. What this Bill would do would allow the other… this agency to electronically transfer these bids or these architectural drawings and everything just electronically. It's all it does."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2488 pass?' All in favor state by saying 09800037.doc 106  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 'aye'; all opposed 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please vote your switches. Pihos, Reboletti, Welch, Demmer, Bost, Fortner, Osmond. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, with 70 voting 'aye', 42 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present', and this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are going to return to the Order of Second Reading, Order of Second Reading. And please be attentive to your Bill being called. House Bill 2649. House Bill 2649, Representative Arroyo. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2695, David Harris. Read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Representative Harris, read your Amendment." Harris, D.: "Say again Mr… say again, Mr. Speaker. I'm sorry."

"Do you have an Amendment on this Bill?" Harris, D.: "Yes. I thought you… you were so kind, I thought you already moved it for me." 09800037.doc 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"No, you…" Harris, D.: "You're so… you're so efficient in the Chair."

"I am, but you don't get away with that one. Explain your Amendment, Sir." Harris, D.: "I do. The underlying Bill authorizes charging stations at rest stops and the toll highway authority. And the Amendment allows that the use of those charging stations, you could… a fee could be charged for the use of the charging stations. And I would ask that the Amendment be adopted."

"Gentleman asks for his Amendment to be adopted. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3388, Kelly Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 3363, Costello. Out of the record. House Bill 3227, Crespo. Read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2499, Leader Currie. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Currie." 09800037.doc 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. This is a technical correction. The underlying Bill would clarify what counts as an international flight for purposes of sales tax exemptions on jet fuel."

"The Leader moves for adoption of the Bill. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Sandack, for what reason do you rise?"

"State your point."

"Thank you very much and congratulations to you. House Bill 2423. 2423, Representative Davis. Out of the record. House Bill 1532, Representative DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Out of… out of the record. House Bill 33… House Bill 3383, Representative Costello. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Riley: "Representative Costello. I'm sorry. Third Reading. House Bill 3388, Kelly Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 3367, Representative Fine. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Riley: "Third Reading. House Bill 3047, Hernandez. Would you like us to read your Bill? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

Speaker Riley: "Third Reading. House Bill 2341, Jakobsson. Would like us to read your Bill? Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2585, Representative Manley. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1460, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3052, McAsey. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative McAsey."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Floor Amendment #1 is technical in nature. The underlying legislation is the crib bumper ban. This allows for an exception for mesh liners. This was at the request of one of the opponents and removes their opposition. I move for adoption of the Amendment."

"Representative Mayfield, what reason do you rise? Representative McAsey moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1. All those in favor state by saying "aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Riley: "Third Reading. Representative Mayfield, for what reason do you rise? Okay. House Bill 3243, Representative Mell. Read the Bill, Mr. Clerk." 09800037.doc 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013

"Third Reading. House Bill 1572, Representative Smith. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1532, Representative DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative DeLuca."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, Floor Amendment #2 further clarifies some of the concerns that were brought up in committee. I ask that the Amendment be adopted."

Speaker Riley: "Representative DeLuca requests adoption of Floor Amendment #2. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed vote 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 756, Representative Monique Davis. Out of the record. House Bill 2477, Representative Reboletti. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Reboletti."

Speaker Riley: "Representative Reboletti requests Floor Amendment #2 be adopted. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is hereby adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. On the Order of Supplemental Calendar #1, we have Senate Bill 1894. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 2856?"

"Mr. Clerk, move that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading for the purposes of an Amendment. Mr. Clerk, what’s the status of House Bill 2401?"

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Coming back once again with the juvenile redeploy program. There was some confusion, I've spoken to others, that this would have additional costs associated with it. It does not. It is also a permissive Bill. It doesn't mandate any programming on the county. It merely makes a technical change to an existing program that will allow more juveniles to receive intervention and maintain services for those who truly need them. So, I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"There being no further debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 2401 pass?' All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Vote your switch… vote your switches, Mem… Crespo, Harris, Moffitt, Sosnowski, Sullivan. Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, 64 voted 'yea', 46 voted 'nay', 0 voted 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Will Davis, for what reason do you rise?" Davis, W.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."

"State your point." 09800037.doc 114  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 Davis, W.: "Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I know that many Members or several Members are traveling to Peoria to be with our colleague Jehan Gordon, but for any of you who plan to stay in the Springfield area this evening, on behalf of the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce, we'd like to invite you out to their reception, their networking event, that's taking place at the Springfield Hilton, 700 East Adams Street from 5:30 to 8 this evening. Hope you can join us. Thank you."

"Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 116?"

"Representative Ives. Out of the record. Mr. Clerk, the status of House Bill 2506."

"Representative Soto."

"Yes. Amendment #2, I stand for… and move to adopt the Amendment #2."

"Representative Soto moves to adopt Amendment #2. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those 09800037.doc 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Motion… the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 3202?"

"Representative Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is just a technical Amendment and like to move for adoption."

"Representative Welch moves for the adopton… adoption of Amendment #2. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Representative Bost, for what reason do you rise?"

Speaker Riley: "Representative Bost, I think it was the admonitions about the noise level from the Chair. Well, 09800037.doc 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 that sounded good at least. House Bill 2668. House Bill 2668, Representative Dunkin. Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Riley: "Out of the record. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

Speaker Riley: "Leader Currie moves to adopt the Agreed Resolutions. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Representative Gabel, for what reason do you rise?"

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"State your point."

"I am pleased to welcome 29 eighth graders from St. Francis Xavier school from Wilmette, Illinois. I also want to welcome their parent chaperones: Susan Hayes Gordon, Tom Gordon, Susie and Bob McNamara, Christine Elliot, Lee Kelly, Shannon Valente and Sarah Reardon. St. Francis is the proud recipient of the 2012 National Blue Ribbon Award, which is awarded in recognition of academic excellence, one 09800037.doc 117  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 of only 50 private schools in the nation to receive this award. Please welcome them to the Capitol."

"Thank you very much. Enjoy your day at your State Capitol. Mr. Clerk, what's the status of House Bill 1395? 1345, excuse me."

"Move that Bill back to First Reading and read the Bill."

"Move the Bill to Second Reading. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements."

"Members, I just want to remind you again that substantive Amendments must be filed by 3 p.m. on Friday. Again, substantive Amendments must be filed by 3 p.m. on Friday. I know there is a lot of work going on and I just 09800037.doc 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 37th Legislative Day 4/10/2013 wanted to make you mindful of that time and date. Again, substantive Amendments must be filed by 3 p.m. on Friday. Representative Mayfield."

"I'd just like to remind everyone that we do have the bus leaving at 4 p.m. on the south end of the Stratton Building for those of you that are interested in traveling with us to fellowship with Representative Jehan Gordon- Booth. Oh, I'm sorry. And there is funeral information that was handed out. Visitation is Friday, April 12 from 2-6 p.m. at the Brookins Funeral Home. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm reading the wrong one. I'm reading for Mary Flowers. I don’t have the information for Jehan. Her… the funeral is Thursday morning, and I apologize. So, if you'd like to attend with us this evening, please do, 4 p.m. south end of the Stratton Building. Thank you."

"Thank you. And now, allowing for perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House of Representatives stand in adjournment until Thursday, April 11 at 10 a.m. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House of Representatives is adjourned."