Illinois House Floor Debate — March 26, 2014

"If you would bow with me in prayer. Father in heaven, Psalm 118:24 says this is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. Thank You for creating this day, for giving life and for blessing all of our lives. It's easy to focus on all that You haven't given instead of all that You have and You've given so much, not sparing even Your own Son. It's easy to focus on all the problems of our state, to blame our lawmakers, to demand more for ourselves. Instead of seeing all that Illinois isn't, let me pause to praise You for all that it is. We can be so thankless at times. Father, I'd pray that You'd comfort our elected officials as they spend long hours away from home, use the trials they face to draw them to You. May they not lord their position over others, but desire to serve, being considerate of their staff, concerned about constituents, kind to one another. Bless them as they meet today. In Jesus' name, Amen."

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, 09800110.docx 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

"Committee Reports. Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson from the Committee on Rules reports the following committee action taken on March 26, 2014: recommends be adopted, referred to the floor is Floor Amendment #6 to House Bill 2846, Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 4591, Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 4769, Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 5938. Representative Verschoore, Chairperson from the Committee on Agriculture & Conservation reports the following committee action taken on March 25, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 5869; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4505, House Bill 5610, House Bill 5903. Representative Monique Davis, Chairperson from the Committee on Insurance reports the following committee action taken on March 25, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 5313, House Bill 5653; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4725. Representative Beiser, Chairperson from the Committee on Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges reports the following committee action taken on March 09800110.docx 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 25, 2014: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 2367; recommends be adopted is House Joint Resolution #86. Representative Hernandez, Chairperson from the Committee on Consumer Protection reports the following committee action taken on March 25, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 5348; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill is 4225. Representative McAsey, Chairperson from the Committee on Environment reports the following committee action taken on March 25, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4687, House Bill 5401; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4382; recommends be adopted is House Resolution 886 and House Resolution 899. Representative Berrios, Chairperson from the Committee on Financial Institutions reports the following committee action taken on March 25, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 7; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4677, House Bill 5685. Representative Phelps, Chairperson from the Committee on Public Utilities reports the following committee action taken on March 25, 2014: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 5633. Representative DeLuca, Chairperson from the Committee on Cities & Villages reports the following committee action taken on March 25, 2014: do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 5454, House Bill 5593. Representative Chapa LaVia, Chairperson from the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education reports the following committee action taken on March 26, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 2513, House Bill 5716, House Bill 5838; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 3933, House Bill 4424, House Bill 4775, House Bill 5892. Representative Gabel, Chairperson from the 09800110.docx 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 Committee on Human Services reports the following committee action taken on March 26, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 1105, House Bill 4579, House Bill 4600, House Bill 4751, House Bill 5852; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4036, House Bill 5569, House Bill 5703; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 5697, House Resolution 868. Representative Zalewski, Chairperson from the Committee on Health Care Licenses reports the following committee action taken on March 26, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4486, House Bill 5548; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4525, House Bill 4593, House Bill 5828. Representative Feigenholtz, Chairperson from the Committee on Adoption Reform reports the following committee action taken on March 26, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bill 4736, House Bill 5949; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 4636, House Bill 5598. Representative Daniel Burke, Chairperson from the Committee on Executive reports the following committee action taken on March 26, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bills 4796 thru 8463… 4860… correction on the last one… House Bills 4796 thru 4864, 4866 thru 5016, 5018 thru 5203, 5205 thru 5269, 5271 thru 5277, 3786 thru 3797, 3799 thru 3818, 3821 thru 3826, 3828 thru 3897, 3900 thru 3908, 3910 thru 3923, 3925 thru 3932, 3935, 3936, 3938 thru 3943, 3945, 3946, 3948 thru 4034, 4037 thru 4074, 4076 thru 4088, 4092, 4094 thru 4182, House Bills 5567, House Bill 5732; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 3827, 5491, 5584, 5755; recommends be adopted is Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3768, and House Resolution 841. Introduction of Rules. House Resolution 952, offered by Representative 09800110.docx 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 Jakobsson and House Resolution 956, offered by Representative Lilly, are referred to the Rules Committee."

Clerk Hollman: "Committee Reports. Representative Nekritz, Chairperson from the Committee on Judiciary reports the following committee action taken on March 26, 2014: do pass Short Debate is House Bills 1452, 4580, 5686, 5710, 5815, 09800110.docx 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 5862, 5950; do pass as amended Short Debate is House Bill 5572, 5894 and House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #1."

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

"Up in the gallery, from the Village of Morton Grove, I want to introduce Mayor Dan DiMaria, and the Trustees: Billy Grear, Janine Witco, and Terry Liston. Give them a big… a big hand. Thank you."

"Agreed Resolutions. House Resolution 950, offered by Representative Durkin. House Resolution 951, offered by Representative Reis. House Resolution 953, offered by Representative Brauer. House Resolution 954, offered by Representative Franks. And House Resolution 955, offered by Representative Cassidy."

Doorkeeper Crawford: "Mr. Speaker, the Honorable President Cullerton and Members of the Senate are at the door and seek admission to the chamber."

"A quorum of the House is present."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A quorum of the Senate is present." 09800110.docx 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014

"Joint Session Resolution #4. Be it RESOLVED, That a committee of ten be appointed, five from the House, by the Speaker of the House, and five from the Senate, by the President of the Senate, to wait upon his Excellency Governor Patrick J. Quinn, and invite him to address the Joint Assembly."

"The appointments from the Senate are Senator Emil Jones III, Senator Dan Kotowski, Senator Heather Steans, Senator Michael Connelly and Senator Chapin Rose."

"Mr. Speaker, the Honorable Governor of the State of Illinois, Patrick J. Quinn, and his party wish to be admitted to this chamber."

"Well, thank you. President Cullerton and Speaker Madigan, Leader Radogno and Leader Durkin, Lieutenant Governor Simon, Attorney General Madigan, Secretary White, Comptroller Topinka, Treasurer Rutherford, Members of the General Assembly, distinguished guests and fellow citizens of Illinois, good afternoon. I’m here today to propose not only a budget for the next fiscal year, but also a five-year blueprint that will secure Illinois’ long-term financial future. I will be forthright and specific with you. Illinois is in stronger financial position now than we were five years ago. Because of the hard choices that we've made, today we're 09800110.docx 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 in a position to balance the budget in a way that protects the middle class by providing significant tax relief. We’re also in a position to invest in our schools because the future of our economy depends on the quality of our education. Five years ago, when I took the oath of office, Illinois was headed over a steep financial cliff. We were facing the worst pension crisis in America. Our economy was trapped in the worst recession since the Great Depression. The backlog of bills was on its way to $9.9 billion. And for too many years, our state was overspending, our revenues did not match our expenditures. Together, we began the long, hard journey to rebuild Illinois. And over the last several years, we’ve addressed the cost-drivers of the financial crisis that I inherited. First, we had to cut state spending by more than $5.7 billion. We slashed wasteful spending. We renegotiated numerous contracts with our state vendors. We reduced our office space by 2.4 million square feet. We cut the use of paper, pagers, landlines and cell phones, saving millions for the taxpayers. We also did the hard things to drive down the cost of operating State Government. We closed and consolidated more than 50 state facilities. We overhauled our Medicaid program, rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. We made hard choices to reduce Medicaid spending. We reformed our workers' compensation system. And we made Illinois government more sustainable. We adopted clean technologies and we moved away… or moved towards energy-efficient vehicles. Today, we're using far less fuel than we did five years ago. We made our government buildings more efficient to save taxpayers' money. Illinois now leads the nation in LEED certified energy- 09800110.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 efficient buildings. Today, the cost of running State Government is below 2008 levels. We’ve cut more than $5.7 billion from our budget since I took office. Illinois is now one of the states with the lowest ratio of government employees per capita. We also took on the pension crisis. Unlike the past, I made the pension payment every single year since I became Governor. In 2010, we took the first step of pension reform, passing pension reform for future public employees. And last year, we passed urgently-needed, comprehensive pension reform that will preserve the hard- earned pensions of our workers while eliminating the pension debt over the next 30 years. This was the most significant fiscal reform in the history of Illinois, a reform that credit agencies are saying could be one of the most meaningful reform packages in the nation. Together, we got the job done. And last year, we secured a historic contract agreement with our public employee unions. After 15 hard months at the bargaining table, we reached a landmark three-year agreement that is saving Illinois taxpayers more than $900 million in health care costs over the life of the contract. That is unprecedented. No Governor in the last four decades has been able to achieve that kind of savings for our taxpayers. And as a result of our hard work to restore fiscal stability, from spending reductions, to pension reform, to contract savings, Illinois is in much stronger financial position than it was five years ago. We’ve paid down $5 billion in bills and we’re well on our way to a timely 30-day payment cycle. The rating agencies are sending positive signals for the first time in recent memory. More people are working in Illinois 09800110.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 today than five years ago. Since January of 2010, when the national recovery began, Illinois has added more than 257 thousand private sector jobs. Our state was recently named the third best in the nation when it comes to corporate expansions. As a matter of fact, Illinois acquired more than 18 thousand new business establishments since 2009, a number that was third in the country. We’ve turned the corner. We’re on the road to recovery, but too many families don't feel that recovery yet and we have much more work to do. The truth is, while we've taken some difficult steps to balance the budget, the issue of expiring revenue this year is a real challenge that will require another hard choice. If action is not taken to stabilize our Revenue Code, extreme and radical cuts will be imposed on education and critical public services. Cuts that will starve our schools and result in mass teacher layoffs, larger class sizes and higher property taxes. Cuts that mean 13 thousand teachers laid off, 21 thousand fewer seniors receiving the help they need from in- home caretakers. Thirty thousand people… fewer people with mental illness will receive the assistance they need, 41 thousand fewer children will receive day care, 30 thousand fewer students will receive MAP scholarships to go to college, 11 thousand victims of domestic abuse will not receive the shelter and assistance they need, 3,700 victims of rape left without proper care. Thousands of senior citizens in nursing homes will be left vulnerable, with severe cuts to our nursing home inspectors and hundreds of our veterans would be evicted from our Veterans Homes. We cannot stand by and allow savage cuts to our education and to these critical services to 09800110.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 unravel the progress that we have made over the last five years. And as we work together to forge a solution, let me be clear about what I won’t do. I won’t institute any new, unfair taxes on everyday services that working people rely on. It hurts working families the most to tax basic services like going to the Laundromat or like taking your child to day care or like visiting the barbershop or taking your dog to the vet. We should not create any new and unfair tax burdens on everyday families and the small businesses that serve them. I also won't tax retirement income. I will not tax the Social Security checks that our seniors on fixed income rely on. We shouldn’t balance our budget on the backs of senior citizens. Finally, I will not underfund our schools and shift more of the property tax burden… we cannot underfund our schools and shift more of the property tax burden on to homeowners in local school districts. That is exactly what slashing state funding for our schools will do. Cutting state education funding not only shortchanges our children, it increases the burden on school districts whose funding is dependent on local property taxes. Make no mistake, cuts to state funding for education will dramatically increase local property taxes on families and businesses. The path forward lies in bold and honest action. Now that we've addressed the roots of Illinois’ financial crisis, it’s time to take bold steps to secure our long-term financial future for economic growth and for fairness. Therefore, I propose today a solution that protects our children, protects our working families, and protects our seniors by preventing radical cuts to education and critical services. A solution that provides significant tax relief to 09800110.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 homeowners and working families, while investing like never before in education and early childhood education. My comprehensive tax reform plan starts with providing every homeowner in Illinois with a guaranteed $500 property tax refund every year. In Illinois, more is collected in property taxes every year than in the state income tax and state sales tax combined. In fact, Illinois has one of the highest property tax burdens on homeowners in the nation, more than 20 percent above the national average. The property tax is not based on ability to pay. The property tax is a complicated, unfair tax, hitting middle-class families the hardest. Homeownership and home-buying are essential to growing our economy. And thanks to the fiscal reform progress we’ve made over the last five years, today we can provide Illinois families with significant new property tax relief. An annual property tax refund that is fair, substantial, and permanent. For too long, Illinois has underfunded its schools and overburdened its property taxpayers. Now, Governor Jim Edgar and I, we don’t always agree, but he was right in 1997 when he advocated a plan to use the income tax to invest more in education while cutting property taxes for the middle class. This fundamental principle was right then and it’s right now. It’s time for Illinois to confront the fact that we rely too much on a 19th century property tax system to fund the most important mission of the 21st century: educating our children. It’s time to do something about this and that’s why my plan calls for the most significant property tax relief in state history. In addition, my plan also calls for doubling the value of the Earned Income Tax Credit over the next five 09800110.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 years. President Reagan once said that this credit was the best anti-poverty, the best pro-family, the best job-creation measure we could ever devise. More tax relief for working families raising children will strengthen our economic recovery. My plan also provides for tax cuts for businesses for job training. Employers know that highly-skilled workers are the key to their success in this competitive economy. By lowering the cost to business of training workers, this tax cut makes it easier for them to create new jobs and it ensures our workers have the skills to drive a 21st century economy. Finally, this comprehensive tax reform plan would maintain current income tax rates, allowing us to balance the budget, properly invest in education, and provide every Illinois homeowner with a guaranteed $500 property tax refund every year. By taking this comprehensive approach to tax reform, we can stabilize the budget for the long-term in a way that provides targeted tax relief where it’s needed the most: to homeowners and to working families raising kids. It’s time to move away from the era of annual budget emergencies and temporary solutions. As long as I'm Governor, we are not going to accept a future of higher and higher property taxes. There's a better way. My plan secures Illinois’ long-term financial future in a way that protects middle-class families. And it’s a far cry from the fundamentally dishonest plan that says we can do nothing at all and somehow emerge without extreme budget cuts and the property tax increases resulting from them. In addition, our plan includes responsible measures to make sure Illinois lives within its means for years to come. We need to establish solid spending 09800110.docx 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 caps to enforce fiscal discipline, to ensure Illinois never again defers its obligations. We also need to build our reserves to protect taxpayers in the event of an economic downturn or an emergency down the road. This will allow for better budget stability, so we can build our reserves in the good times and draw upon them in the hard times. Together, spending caps and a Rainy Day Fund will provide for the strongest fiscal controls over state spending that have ever been implemented. This will ensure that state leaders never again spend money they don't have. In the last five years, we've worked to get our financial house in order by cutting spending, enacting pension reform, and securing a better deal for taxpayers with the new collective bargaining agreement. In the next five years, through our plan, we can secure long- term stability while providing targeted tax relief to working families raising children, and to homeowners, who will receive a guaranteed $500 property tax refund every year. Over the coming weeks, I stand ready to work with each of you to negotiate and pass a budget that provides property tax relief to the middle class and better funds our schools. On this path, we can achieve a state budget that properly funds education, properly funds public safety, and properly funds critical human services. The budget I propose to you today is a five-year blueprint for growth that will secure Illinois’ long-term financial future. It's a plan which invests in our people to strengthen our economic recovery. My plan recognizes that we must continue to repair and invest in our infrastructure. Five years ago, when I took office, you worked with me in good faith to pass the largest construction program 09800110.docx 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 in Illinois history to update our roads, our bridges and our schools. That program, Illinois Jobs Now, has supported more than 400 thousand jobs. We’ve built and repaired 7,731 miles of road, 1,330 bridges and 1,048 schools, but there’s much more work to do. We must continue to invest in building a world-class transportation system in order to compete in the 21st century. That’s why today I am proposing a bipartisan working group to develop a new capital plan for the next five years. In addition, over the next five years, my plan calls for the biggest education investment in state history. Every child should have an excellent school. In my State of the State address, I announced a bold Birth to Five initiative that will drive our economic growth for the next generation. At-risk children who don’t receive a high-quality early childhood education are 25 percent more likely to drop out of school, 40 percent more likely to become a teen parent, 50 percent more likely to be placed in special education, 60 percent more likely to never attend college and 70 percent more likely to be arrested for a violent crime. We will never close the achievement gap without our Birth to Five initiative. That's why my blueprint invests one and a half billion dollars in Birth to Five. It's a game-changing investment in our economic future. We also need to better fund our elementary and our high schools… our elementary schools and our high schools. In 2011, we worked together to enact landmark education reform that was the model for the nation. Parents are now empowered with a report card on their children’s education and school. Teacher evaluations have strong benchmarks, performance is prioritized over tenure. 09800110.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 And I want to thank Senator Kim Lightford, Representative Linda Chapa LaVia and all of you for your work on this important legislation. We believe in public education. And with these historic reforms in place, now is the time to increase our investment in the classroom to its highest point ever. Over the next five years, we will increase our investments in the classroom by more than $6 billion. In addition, we're moving to modernize our classrooms all across the state. Every classroom in Illinois should be a classroom of the future. The great equalizer in our democracy is public education. All students, no matter where they live, deserve to go to a first-rate school. My plan… my plan will also increase our investment in our community colleges and our four-year public universities. We need to expand opportunities for students to attend college. That’s why we will double our investment in the MAP college scholarships for students in need. We also need… we also need to increase access to higher education through dual enrollment and early college programs. Finally, our financial blueprint will protect state funding to local governments over the next five years. Local governments… local governments are critical partners and they have also been hard hit by the recession. By providing them with the stability they need to fund critical local services like police officers and firefighters, we’ll make sure our local governments share in the growth and recovery of Illinois. I was elected in 2010 to be straight with the people of Illinois and to be straight with you. The truth is, those who are telling you that Illinois can tax less and spend less and still expect to fund 09800110.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 education are simply not telling you the truth. The truth is, Illinois is spending less, billions less, even as demands have grown. The truth is, our structural budget reforms that we fought for in the past five years are critical to recovery, but alone they are not enough. We cannot cut our way to prosperity. Today, I propose that we take the path that is honest and responsible. The path that protects everyday families and invests in their future. The honest path that includes some additional hard steps, but leads us out of the era of budget emergencies and into the era of long-term financial security and a booming economy. Our plan is specific. It's concrete and it's responsible. It balances the budget and it doesn't shirk our responsibility to our veterans, to our children, to our working families, and to our most vulnerable citizens. I ask each of you to consider the merits of this proposal. And I stand ready to work with you to pass a budget and do the right thing for our children. As President John F. Kennedy once said, our deep spiritual confidence that we will survive the perils of today compels us to invest in the future to consider and meet our obligations to our children and to the numberless generations that will follow. President Kennedy was right. We are custodians of our children’s future. Together we have taken many hard steps in the right direction. We have acted with political courage and we can continue to do that. Let’s keep Illinois moving forward and make the will of the people the law of the land. Thank you very much." 09800110.docx 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move that the Joint Session do now arise."

"House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #1, offered by Representative Lang as amended. RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 8.1 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution as follows: ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS SECTION 8.1. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS. (a) Crime victims, as defined by law, shall have the following rights: 09800110.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 (1) The right to be treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and privacy and to be free from harassment, intimidation, and abuse throughout the criminal justice process. (2) The right to notice and to a hearing before a court ruling on a request for access to any of the victim's records, information, or communications which are privileged or confidential by law. (3) The right to timely notification of all court proceedings. (4) The right to communicate with the prosecution. (5) The right to be heard at any post-arraignment court proceeding in which a right of the victim is at issue and any court proceeding involving a post-arraignment release decision, plea, or sentencing. (6) The right to be notified of the conviction, the sentence, the imprisonment, and the release of the accused. (7) The right to timely disposition of the case following the arrest of the accused. (8) The right to be reasonably protected from the accused throughout the criminal justice process. (9) The right to have the safety of the victim and the victim's family considered in denying or fixing the amount of bail, determining whether to release the defendant, and setting conditions of release after arrest and conviction. (10) The right to be present at the trial and all other court proceedings on the same basis as the accused, unless the victim is to testify and the court determines that the victim's testimony would be materially affected if the victim hears other testimony at the trial. 09800110.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 (11) The right to have present at all court proceedings, subject to the rules of evidence, an advocate and other support person of the victim's choice. (12) The right to restitution. (b) The victim has standing to assert the rights enumerated in subsection (a) in any court exercising jurisdiction over the case. The court shall promptly rule on a victim's request. The victim does not have party status. The accused does not have standing to assert the rights of a victim. The court shall not appoint an attorney for the victim under this Section. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to alter the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the prosecuting attorney. (c) The General Assembly may provide for an assessment against convicted defendants to pay for crime victims' rights. (d) Nothing in this Section or any law enacted under this Section creates a cause of action in equity or at law for compensation, attorney's fees, or damages against the State, a political subdivision of the State, an officer, employee, or agent of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, or an officer or employee of the court. (e) Nothing in this Section or any law enacted under this Section shall be construed as creating (1) a basis for vacating a conviction or (2) a ground for any relief requested by the defendant. SCHEDULE This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. This was the First Reading in 09800110.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 110th Legislative Day 3/26/2014 full of House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #… Amendment #1 as amended."

"The following committees will be meeting this afternoon. Meeting at 1:00 this afternoon is Business & Occupational Licenses in Room 115, Labor & Commerce in Room 413, State Government Administration in Room 118, Transportation: Vehicles & Safety in D-1 and the recessed Insurance Committee will meet in Room 114. Meeting at 2:30 this afternoon is Appropriations-General Services in D-1, Higher Education in Room 413, Health Care Licenses in Room 114. Meeting at 3 p.m. is the recessed Human Services Committee in Room 115, recessed Judiciary in Room C-1 and Consumer Protection in Room 4… 114."

"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of House Bills. House Bill 6018, offered by Representative Seng… offered by Representative Durkin, a Bill for an Act concerning appropriations. House Bill 6019, offered by Representative Rita, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. These are referred to the Rules Committee. Introduction of Resolutions. Senate Joint Resolution #50, offered by Representative Lang, is referred to the Rules Committee. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned." 09800110.docx 26