Illinois House Floor Debate — November 19, 2014

"Members are asked to be at their seats. Members are asked to be at their seats. Welcome back. We shall be led in prayer today by Lee Crawford, the Pastor of Cathedral Praise Christian Center in Springfield. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones, and rise for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance."

"We shall be led in the Pledge of Allegiance today by Representative Dunkin."

"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Beiser is excused today."

"Representative Reis."

"Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 112 present, a quorum is established. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports."

"Members, can we bring the noise down in the chamber just a bit? Members, can we bring the noise down just a bit? We'd like to conduct some business. Representative Currie on a Motion."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. I move to suspend the posting requirements so that the following Bills can be heard in committee: House Bill 6291, 6304, Senate Bill 2711, and Senate Bills 2905, and 2979, and Senate Joint Resolution 76. My understanding is that there will be unanimous consent for the Motion."

"Seeing no objection, the Lady's Motion carries. Members… Members are asked to be in their seats. On page 5 of the Calendar, under the Order of Resolutions, we have House Joint Resolution 108. Mr. Clerk."

"Leader Durkin." 09800146.docx 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Congratulations and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Tracy."

"Is it on this matter, Representative?"

"Let us adopt this Resolution really quick."

"Representative Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker. This'll only take a moment. As a Loyola grad from the class of like 1898, it is really an honor for me to welcome these young men. You have put not only our 09800146.docx 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 university on the map, but the State of Illinois, as well. We're really proud for them. So, I want to thank you very much. I'm very proud of Loyola University, not only did I get my degree there, but I got myself a wife. And my daughter's class was 2011. I'm also proud to say that Loyola University has… we're ranked second in terms of the most Legislators in the State of Illinois. I'm also proud to say that all four Leaders in the General Assembly have roots at Loyola University: Speaker Madigan, we have Christine Radogno in the Senate, and John Cullerton. I'm also proud to say that our Minority Leader, Jim Durkin, also attended Loyola University. So, it's a great day for us. Guys, thank you very much, and hopefully you repeat this again next year or this year. Thank you, folks. Thank you, Speaker."

"Again, congratulations and welcome to your Capitol. Leader Durkin moves that the House adopt House Joint Resolution 108? All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Thank you, gentlemen. Representative Currie."

"Thank you very much, Speaker and Members of the House. It's my great honor to introduce to all of us a brand new State Representative Litesa Wallace from the 67th Representative District in the Rockford area joins us, replacing Representative Chuck Jefferson. I think she's at least as pretty as he was. So, please join me in welcoming her."

"Representative Currie." 09800146.docx 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"I also want to introduce a brand new Democrat. And I'm just making sure I properly say the child's name. Jianna Booth is the daughter of our favorite State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth and her excellent husband. And that baby isn’t a new baby. She's on her way. Look at that mop of hair. So, I anticipate she'll be joining us in another, maybe, 23 or 24 years. Congratulations to Jehan Gordon-Booth and to her husband, Mr. Booth. Congratulations and welcome to the new baby."

"Congratulations, Representative. Representative Wallace, would you like to say a few words?"

"I simply wanted to say thank you for the welcome. I appreciate it."

"Thank you and welcome to the General Assembly. Representative Tracy."

"Thank you and welcome. Representative Jesiel, would you like to say a few words."

"Thank you, Representative and welcome to the General Assembly. Representative Kosel." 09800146.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Let's give them a warm round of applause. Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Williams, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"A point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed."

"I wanted to let everybody know that there is an event this evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Old State Capitol. You may recall during the marriage equality discussion, I referenced a book that was written, a memoir about a relationship between a reporter and the late Penny Severns. Well, that book is now published. And the author, Terry Mutchler, will be having a book signing and reading this evening, 6 to 8 p.m., and reception at the Old State Capitol. All are welcome. Please stop by."

"Thank you, Representative. Members, if we could bring the noise level in the chamber down just a bit. We only have a couple, few… few orders of business to take care of. Representative Demmer, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please proceed."

Speaker Turner: "Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Franks."

"A point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."

"Please proceed, Representative."

"I'd like to remind everyone of an important function tonight in Secretary of State Jesse White's office from 5 to 7. It's the Joint Legislative Task Force on Turkish Illinois Relations and the Niagara Foundation and the Turkish American Federation of the Midwest. There's a reception with the Secretary's Office tonight and Secretary White's on the second floor. Wonderful food. Hope you all can be there from 5 to 7."

Speaker Turner: "Thank you, Representative. Mr. Clerk, the Adjournment Resolution."

"Leader Currie moves that the House adopt the Adjournment Resolution. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. On page 4 of the Calendar, 09800146.docx 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 under the Order of Concurrence, we have House Bill 3672. Representative Riley."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members of the House, I concur with Senate Bill… Senate Amendment #1 on House Bill 3672."

"On that, we have Representative Sandack."

"Sponsor will yield."

"I'm sorry. I can't hear you, Ron."

"…you, Representative. Members, can we please bring the noise down in the chamber? We're on page 4 of the Calendar, under the Order of Concurrence and there's a debate going on. Can we please bring the noise level down? Thank you very much. Representative Riley."

"I'm sorry, Ron. I didn't hear you."

"Oh, I am sorry. This Bill 3672 was one of the many transparency Bills that we had passed earlier. This had to do with the RTA and all of the Service Boards streaming all of their meetings and then putting a file, an audio file, of all of their meetings on their websites, such that, anyone that could not attend the meetings would know what these important boards are doing. It passed unanimously here and then the other Body, what happened was, it came over the last day of Session and we didn't get a chance to concur with it."

"Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall the House concur with House Bill… Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3672?' This is a final action. All those in favor signify by voting 'aye'; all opposed signify by voting 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present'. The House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3672. On page 2 of the Calendar, under the Order of House Bills on Second Reading, we have House Bill 3817. Representative Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 2 is a gut and replace that clarifies a conflict between the school Election Code and the main Election Code that resulted in just an oversight when we changed the legis…changed the statues last year in order to allow school board members to file their petitions with County Clerks."

"Seeing no debate, the que… The Lady moves that the House adopt Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3817. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, we have House Bill 3817. Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Bill does exactly what I described in the Amendment. I'd ask for your support."

"On that, we have Representative Franks."

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

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative, I'm just trying to clarify exactly what this does and I'm not sure I understand it, 'cause it's the first time I've seen it."

"So, the first time, the… the schools last year had some complaints about their ability to… do the requirement that they stay open on holidays, and Christmas Eve and so forth, when… in order to be able to accept the petitions from school board members. So, we changed the law so that the County Clerks would accept the petitions instead of the school boards. This… and… under current law for the County Clerks, they're under no obligation to check the thoroughness of the petitions, knowing whether there's enough signatures or whatever. The school boards were required to do that. This just clarifies that conflict. So, the school board… so that now the Clerks just accept the petition. They're not required to review to see whether there's enough signatures and all the necessary paperwork is there. It's exactly the way they do for us when we… when we file our petitions."

"So, the Clerk is just a depository not an adjudicatory." 09800146.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Again, which is exactly what they do when… when we file our petitions."

"And there'll still be checks and balances with the school board, having to check to make sure it's correct."

"So someone can file an objection. None of that changes."

"Okay. That makes sense. Thank you."

"Okay."

Speaker Turner: "Representative Kelly Burke. Representative Nekritz to close."

"I ask for your support."

"The question is 'Shall House Bill 3817 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? Members please record yourself. Have all voted who wish? Representative Cabello, Wallace. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3817, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Kelly Burke for what reason do you seek recognition?" Burke, K.: "Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."

"Please proceed." Burke, K.: "It is… our colleague, Representative Kelly Cassidy's birthday today. She's not on the floor at the moment, but will be. So, please make sure you wish her a happy birthday. And to celebrate her turning 39 again, the Boat Drink Caucus will be entertaining at the Globe at about 9:00 in her honor. So, please feel free to come by." 09800146.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Thank you, Representative, and happy birthday Representative Cassidy. Representative Ives, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please proceed."

"Members, Members, please. Can we bring the noise level down? Thank you."

"Representative Ives."

"Representative David Harris, for what reason do you seek recognition?" Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If I may address the Lady's comments."

"Please proceed." Harris, D.: "Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, the Lady has indeed identified a problem, and it's a problem which we could solve with legislation and hopefully… hopefully we will do that in the new Session of the General Assembly. It… unlike the income tax refund fund, where we put money into the refund fund for income… for individuals who are owed income tax refunds, we have no such fund for sales taxes. It would be appropriate to start a sales tax refund fund so that problems such as what the Lady has addressed could be resolved and our constituents would get the money back that they are entitled to. So hopefully, we can join together in a bipartisan manner 09800146.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 and establish such a fund in the new General Assembly. Thank you."

"Thank you, Representative. Representative Bost."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Members, on page 4 of the Calendar, under the Order of Total Vetoes, we have House Bill 3796. Representative Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. I move to override the Governor's Veto of this Bill. This measure came to us from local municipalities across Illinois. The problem they face is that sometimes people abuse the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Sometimes people, for reasons of spite or just to harass, ask for so much material that a village really doesn’t have the resources to respond. So under this Bill we define the people who are asking for such voluminous records in… in a single sitting that the municipality cannot within the time frame permitted under law respond. We also permit the public body to charge for electronic delivery of some of these requests. I have from one village, I'm not sure which one, a writer that requests 23 separate documents ranging from an ordinance that was adopted at 2002-0092, 2003-0007. These people want all of these ordinances, all of these information texts, e-mails, letters back and forth, all kinds of documents that it would take the village lawyers a long time to see it through before they can respond. So we think it's a tightly… a tightly organized Bill and we think it's 09800146.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 important to provide relief to local governments when there is clearly harassment going on. I'd be happy to answer your questions. And I'd appreciate the same Roll Call we had in the spring."

"Representative Kay."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Have to FOIA information?"

"No."

"Well, I've never… I've never felt a need to send a FOIA myself."

"I do."

"Representative Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to speak to the Bill. I… I appreciate what the Sponsor is trying to do, but I rise in opposition, and I would ask you to do the same. Please read the Governor's Veto Message. The Governor is exactly right on why he vetoed this Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, understand that this is now, if we pass this law, that we would be creating a FOIA tax. Make no mistake, that's what this Bill will do. If you look at the way the Bill is drafted, first of all, I think it's confusing, I think it's flawed, 09800146.docx 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 but the way they have determined the cost… Let me give you an example. I'm going to hold this up as an exhibit, if you're paying attention. There are four pages here, four pages. One is a graph on violent crime per one hundred thousand dol… hundred thousand residents in Chicago. The next is a map of the City of Chicago, another map of the City of Chicago, and the fourth is some numbers. Under this Bill… under this Bill, Ladies and Gentlemen, this would cost someone $100, $100 for four pages based on the megabyte requirements in this Bill. What this will do will have a chilling effect on citizens to be able to get the information that they request. Now, the Sponsor's going to argue that a lot of the things that we're asking for are already online and she'd be right. But many things are not online that people have specific questions for, and they will not be able to get them if they are asking for documents that have photographic evidence, or are done in graph form unless they are willing to spend hundreds of dollars. This is not how government should be done. We should not require people to pay a FOIA tax to get information that is rightfully theirs. This does not strike a balance on the issues that the Sponsor is trying to solve. The Sponsor has… there are real concerns and there have been real abuses, but the way this Bill is drafted it's overly broad, it's burdensome, it does not help most people seeking information under FOIA. It does not promote transparency. It does not increase posting information. It would not facilitate public bodies' compliance with large FOIAs requests, and it does not provide any useful tools to responses to large FOIA requests. I understand the issue; I understand the problem. 09800146.docx 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 Unfortunately, this solution is worse than the problem it is seeking to address. Understand, Ladies and Gentlemen, that this… if this passes, people will not be able to get the information they are entitled to without paying vast sums of money. There is a problem that needs to be addressed. This Bill does not do it. This Bill would harm our constituents. I'd ask for a 'no' vote."

"Thank you, Members. We have a few people seeking recognition on this Bill. Would you just bring the noise level down so everyone can hear the debate; it'd be greatly appreciated. Representative Sandack."

"Sponsor will yield."

"I'd be happy to, Representative. First of all, if you ask for documents of fewer than 50, you pay nothing. If you ask for paper that is greater than that, you pay today. There's already a FOIA tax in place. All this does, and it's much cheaper levels, is say if you're asking for something in electronic format, which the village may not even have an electronic format, the village can ask you to pay something for that. Let me just give you a hint of what the differences are. If you're looking for two megabytes of a document, it would cost $69 if it were in paper form; if you ask for it in a PDF under this Bill, you'd get charged 20. So it's a lot cheaper to get anything electronic than it is that people are 09800146.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 getting today in paper. So, I don’t understand the remarks of the previous speaker. I think he's barking up the wrong tree."

"I think it absolutely does. I think the village, the municipality, now will have the opportunity to say to the requester, look, I think you're over… overreacting and here is what happens unless you want to revise your request so that it is of reasonable proportion, of reasonable size. So, I think rather than adding to the inefficiency, it only encourages efficiency and transparency."

"Representative Dunkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, I, too, rise in support of this legislation. It is responsible, it is the right thing to do, and it's a really good commonsense approach. For those of us who may not be familiar with the legislation, voluminous request simply does not include a request made by a news media, a not-for-profit, 09800146.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 scientific, or academic organization if the principal purpose of the request is, number 1) to access and disseminate information concerning news in current or passing events; for articles or opinions or futures… features of interest to the public; or number 3) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public research or education. This Bill is responsible. It really puts in context legislation or requests for information, not just at the state level but for all levels of government in a reasonable, very straightforward approach that costs very little. So, you get up to 50 pieces of documents absolutely for free, and a… a small nominal cost for 50 copies or more. It's responsible. It is a corrective action. And I applaud the Sponsor for introducing this legislation given the fact that we're trying to be as efficient and specific when it comes to Freedom of Information Act. I would encourage an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Leader Currie to close."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. There sometimes are spiteful, harassing requests. This legislation will make it possible for the village, the municipality, to respond in an efficient and timely manner. Nothing in this Bill would say that an individual does not have a right to the information. It may take a few days longer under this Bill, if the requester doesn't become specific, after being alerted by the municipality that this is considered voluminous, overly voluminous, overly burdensome. So it need add no time whatsoever to the time it takes for a village to respond to a Freedom of Information request, but it does make for greater accountability, greater transparency, and it 09800146.docx 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 gives the village some tools to use when they face requests that are way over the top. I urge your 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3796 pass, nonwithstanding the Governor's specific recommendations for change?' This Motion requires 71 votes. This is final action. All those in favor signify by voting 'aye'; all opposed signify by voting 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. This Motion, having… on a count of 76 voting 'yes', 36 voting 'no' and 0 voting 'present', this Motion, having received the required Three- fifths Majority, the Motion to override prevails and House Bill 3796 is declared passed, nonwithstanding the Governor's recommendations for change. Members, on page 3 of the Calendar, under the Order of Senate Bills on Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 726. Representative Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 726. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This deals with two establishments that want to sell alcohol; each is within a hundred feet of a church. One we have done before 09800146.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 twice, but there has been inconsistencies in the language so we are required to do it yet one more time. The other is new. The one that's old was in my district and it is an event center. We have letters on file from the pastors of the nearby churches as well as the aldermen. The other is in the district of… State Representative Feigenholtz. It is called wineHouse and they want to sell packaged liquor. Again, we have a letter from the pastor of the nearby Episcopal Church, and also from the aldermen. There is no opposition at the local level to this measure. We've done this a lot of times in this chamber and I hope I will have your support to do it again today. I urge your 'yes' votes on Senate Bill 726."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 726 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. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 68 voting 'yes', 40… Leader Currie."

"I'm… I'm just checking that we may need… I may need Postponed Consideration. Unless people want to quickly turn over their vote."

"Or you can move this Bill to the Order of Postponed Consideration."

"Okay."

"Clerk, please move this Bill to the Order of Postponed Consideration. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 1680, Representative Currie. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Currie."

"Do we just want to go to Amendment 3, or are we withdrawing Amendment 2? Amendment 3 becomes the Bill."

"Mr. Clerk, please remove Floor Amendment #2 from Senate Bill 1680."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. There are several home equity assurance funds operating in the state, I think four, and at least one of them has the opportunity because of its fiscal balance and because of a referendum approval to offer low interest home repair loans. All this measure does is to say that those loans can be given for those who are repairing flood damage. We do have flood problems in some parts of the state from time to time, and this would just ensure it's a clarification that fixing your basement that got flooded out the last time we had heavy rains could be a purpose for the low interest loan under the home equity program. I'd appreciate your 'aye' vote."

"Representative Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Majority Leader yield?"

"She indicates that she will."

"Not to him."

"You know, Representative, this actually makes sense, I think." 09800146.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Yes."

"It does."

"Yes."

"It does. One for three isn't bad. You'd be in the hall of fame in a lot of places, but I have a question here. Why do we need to have specifics here? I mean, can't you do a home equity loan right now? Why do you have to add the repairs for sewer and water pipes and damages?"

"Because we… I think it's just clarification. The people who are in the business of making these loans want to be sure that they're within the purposes that have been approved. So, it's really a clarification issue."

"Okay. I was wondering because I would try to make it as expansive as possible."

"Yeah. Well, it's certainly for the homeowner too, that the loan isn't suddenly going to be questioned."

"Right. I agree. Okay. So, I'm sorry we have to do this, but I'm glad you're fixing the legislation, if it's necessary. So, I stand in support."

"Thank you."

"The Lady moves that we adopt Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 1680. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 1680. Representative Currie."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. Just what I described and my colleague from McHenry County says that this is a sensible Bill. And I urge all of you to join him and me in voting 'yes'."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1680 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 Cabello, Jakobsson. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1680, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2758, Representative Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Clerk, please take this Bill out of the record. Clerk, Senate Bill 2809. Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment 3 is a gut and replace that allows the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enjoin the payment of pension benefits when someone is convicted of a felony related to or arising out of their employment."

"The Lady moves that we adopt Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 2809. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 2809. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you. I… I explained the Bill on the Amendment. It's a sensible Bill. I ask for your support."

"Representative Sandack."

"Sponsor will yield."

"So, Representative, there's been… we've had some experience in the state where the… right now the process in… 09800146.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 on this kind of a thing is when… when someone is convicted of a felony and they're sentenced, then that… the pension systems contact the Attorney General to make a determination as to whether or not the conduct that resulted in the conviction is in the course of their employment. And if the Attorney General says yes, the pension board then votes on whether or not to suspend the pension and by law they are supposed to vote yes. There has been an instance where a pension board failed to do that and instead said we don't care what the Attorney General said we're going to allow that pension. In this case… it was Jon Burge which I think was pretty clear that his… his conviction arose out of the course of his employment, but the pension board ignored it. So, I think it makes sense… it is sensible actually to give the Attorney General the ability to intercede in that and go to court and get a ruling that that did arise out of the course of his employment and that pension should not be awarded."

"I… I'm sorry. Say it again, Representative. "Cause I think that's what exactly what this Bill does."

"Well…"

"I… I believe that…"

"I believe… I believe that's what existing law does and that didn’t… and they just ignored it."

"So, Representative, it was our original intent that the… that the pension boards should follow that and must follow that… I… and it's my understanding that when the… the particular pension board failed to do that, the court said that, you know, the General Assembly needs to come back and clarify that. So, I think that’s what we’re doing in order to give the Attorney General that… that ability."

"I've not heard from them."

"Representative David Harris." Harris, D.: "Question of the Sponsor, please."

"The Sponsor will yield." Harris, D.: "Representative, I think I understand what you are trying to do here. Help me make sure that I'm clear on the issue at hand. As I understand it right now, does the Attorney General, upon sentencing, take a civil action to prevent the payment of benefits?"

"I… I'm sorry, Representative, I just didn’t hear you. Say you… you can say it…" Harris, D.: "In order to forg… in order to lose benefits under the Code an individual who is convicted of a felony doesn’t lose those benefits until sentencing currently. Is that correct?"

"Sentencing and a determination by the Attorney General that it was in the course of their employment." Harris, D.: "That leads me to my next question, but it's sentencing versus conviction."

"Correct. That… that's my understanding, correct." Harris, D.: "So there could be quite a gap in the period of time from conviction to sentencing?"

"Yes." 09800146.docx 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 Harris, D.: "Okay. So would this potentially shorten the gap?"

"No." Harris, D.: "It would not?"

"No." Harris, D.: "All right. Well, then maybe you're not addressing the point that I was looking at. Let's go back, then, for the second point though that you brought up. The… the felony has to be related to or rising out of a connection with that person's service as an employee. When is that determination made currently?"

"That determination is made after sentencing. And it's my understanding that the process is that the sys… the pension system and the pension board send a request to the Attorney General who reviews the matter and then makes that decision and it goes back to the pension board to… to actually take the vote to reject the pension, or in the case of the Burge matter, they accepted the pen… they continued to accept the pension." Harris, D.: "So currently the determination of whether or not the offense was made related to one's duties is made at time of sentencing?"

"Yes and upon a request by the pension board." Harris, D.: "If we're giving the Attorney General power to act prior to sentencing… We're not?"

"No, no. This… this would be if… if after the Attorney General makes that decision, sends it back to the pension board and the pension board says, you know what, I don’t care what that Attorney General said. I'm going to award this 09800146.docx 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 pension anyway. This gives the Attorney General the ability then to go to court to uphold her action." Harris, D.: "So, this is only if the… only if the pension board said… says we don't care what you, the Attorney General say, we are going to permit the annuitant to continue to receive benefits, notwithstanding the fact that the crime was related to the service in office."

"That's correct." Harris, D.: "Okay. That's a clear explanation. I appreciate it. It… it does make sense. It does not have anything to do though with that gap between sentence… between conviction and sentencing."

"No, no, no and… and I…" Harris, D.: "Okay."

"…think it's pretty clear that… that the courts have told us that anything between the conviction and sentencing would be unconstitutional." Harris, D.: "Okay. Thank you for your help. The explanation I think, Ladies and Gentlemen, certainly was helpful to me. I'm inclined to vote 'yes' on the Bill. And I think the Lady has a good idea here."

"Representative Leitch."

"Representative Dunkin."

"Ladies and Gentlemen… Will the Sponsor yield?"

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Representative, can you give us the scenario of what led to this piece of legislation? Why it's before us."

"So, Representative, the onl… we're only aware of one example, but it is in fact the Jon Burge example, which is a pretty egregious example of a guy who in the course of his employment, multiple times, tortured prisoners and arrestees and under his control and then was convic… ultimately convicted of some… you know, not that, but something years later. And when the… when the Attorney General made a decision that that was, in fact, in the course of his employment, which I don't think there's any question that that was in the course of his employment, the pension board overseeing the Chicago police pension fund said, you know, we don’t care. We're going to continue to award that pension anyway. So John Burge as of this moment is continuing to collect his pension."

"So, are you telling me that Jon Burge, who for years tortured well over 100 black men in his custody who were not convicted of anything, they were just arrested and held in his custody. He was found guilty. He recently left the… the Butner Correctional Facility. He lives in Florida. Has a boat by the name of Vigilante and he is… and we are the citizens of the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois, we are still paying his pension?" 09800146.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"As outrageous as that sounds, Representative, the answer is yes."

"And so the Attorney General is trying to do what now, exactly?"

"So the Attorney General is trying to make… we're trying to give the Attorney General as a mechanism to assure that if the pension board abuses their powers, that we've granted them under statute, if they abuse those powers that… that here is some oversight and some check and balance on that."

"So, about how much is this annual pension?"

"I have no idea."

"Someone just informed me that it's about $60 thousand with cost-of-living adjustments. He's already collected over $700 thousand in pension."

"All right. Okay. Yeah, I… I…"

"Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. Excuse me, Mr. Speaker, can you… Ladies and Gentlemen, this Senate Bill 2809 is that of real significance here in our state. There is… has been a major travesty of injustice forced upon innocent… or at least individuals who were arrested, merely in the custody of the police, and it went on for well over a decade. A decade and a half by a police commander in the City of Chicago that had his way with torturing well over 100 men. Most of these men… excuse me, every single one of these men were black men. Some didn't do anything. Some may have had some prior run- ins with police, but Jon Burge has been classified as one of the criminals of all time given some of the tragic things that he did on these men who were merely in his custody, trying to extract a conviction out of them by putting electric 09800146.docx 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 rods up to their testicles, beating them in the head with telephone books, torturing them by putting shockers on their nipples, sticking ob… inan… you know, objects in-between their legs. These were… this was the police commander. A police commander in the City of Chicago. Some of the… the victims that he tortured ended up going to prison and had to be released 20, 25 years later. Those same individuals, who were not convicted of anything, ended up suing the City of Chicago and I believe the State of Illinois in some context. All because of wrongful conviction, of forced convictions, forth… forced confessions by this brutal heathen that we have been paying all of this money, well over $700 thousand, so he can live in his boat in Florida, the Vigilante boat, and go on with his life. Whereas, he scarred the lives and the aspirations of many a men here in this state and all the Attorney General wants to do simply is to have the authority, the ability, to connect… to remove his pension. This guy, for example, should not live in glory as he tortured and wrongfully convicted all of these men, unjust. Und… He treated us as if this was some 19th… 18th century medieval City of Chicago or State of Illinois. Let's give the Attorney General the ability to do her job, especially if they committed such a heinous atrocity while they were serving… so-called serving the public, or on the public payroll. Here's an opportunity for us to give the Attorney General the opportunity to do the right thing and to rid us with this embarrassment, this gross and inhumane embarrassment, of this torturer who did his job completely ass backwards by violating the rights of innocent citizens here in this state that eventually ended up costing 09800146.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 us a tremendous amounts of… millions upon millions of doctors… dollars with a wrongful conviction. I would strongly urge, if you have a conscious, an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Representative Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. While I agree with what the previous speaker said in respect to the actions of a former Chicago police commander, everybody on this floor should know that nothing in this Bill will change one penny's worth of money that goes to that person in terms of his pension benefit. What it does do is clarify existing State Law which, as I read it, already gives the Attorney General the opportunity to intervene in pension cases. In fact the language of current statute says, civil enforcement: a civil action may be brought by the Attorney General or by others for various kinds of relief under the Pension Code. The Supreme Court didn't read this Section when it held that only administrative remedies are appropriate in a pension felony case. The reality is when someone commits a felony in the course of his or her public employment, we need to make sure that the Attorney General has the tools we already gave the occupant of that office to go to court and say this person does not… is no longer eligible for the pension because of a felony. So this has nothing to do with an individual. It has only to do with clarifying existing statute so that in the future, if some convicted felon is being given a pension by a pension board inappropriately, we have some recourse. We have some defense against that. If you're for pension reform, if you're for making sure that felons are not feeding at the public trough when the felony they committed was in the course 09800146.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 of their public employment, the only appropriate vote on this Bill is a 'yes' vote."

"Representative Tracy."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Representative, I… I really disagree with that assessment because it says that they… they can file a civil action to enjoin the payment of benefits under this Code to any person who's convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of a connection with their employment. That’s the law today. The… the pension board that awarded this violated the law, and there's no way for the Attorney General or anyone else to have oversight over that. So this is exactly… all we're saying is someone needs to be able to change that when the pension board ignores the law."

"Well, Representative, I can only tell you that that authority does not exist today. It's not… it's that… the law is, if you commit a felony in the course of your employment, you do not receive your pension benefits. I'm sorry for your children, I'm sorry for your wife, but it… you don't get that. And we're not changing that and we've… that’s a policy decision this… this Body has already made."

"Well, these decisions are made upon sentencing, so I don't think that there's anything about incarceration that would change any of that."

"No. The pension board makes these decisions."

"Representative Sosnowski."

"Representative David Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I know I've already spoken on this Bill, but I think there's confusion here and I'd like to… I'd like to clarify it a bit. To give you an example, and I sit on the General 09800146.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 Assembly… a member of the General Assembly Retirement System Board. Let us say that one of our Members commits a felony in pursuit of or while… while pursuing their official duties. That person is convicted of a felony, that person is sentenced. When they are sentenced, the Attorney General says… the board sends the notice to the Attorney General, I don't know the exact way it's done, but the board sends the notice to the Attorney General. The Attorney General says yes, this person convicted… is convicted… or was convicted of a felony and sentenced and it was in pursuit of their official duties and therefore, that person should lose his or her pension benefits. That comes back to the board. The board is supposed to then vote to deny any future payment of pension benefits. Okay? But what if the board says, you know what, that person was a pretty good friend of mine, while that person was in the General Assembly, and I don't really want to deny that person their pension benefits. They deserve… well, I think, they ought to have them. Is that right? I think most of us, all of us, would say no. If the pension board does not take action to stop that payment, what happens? Right now, nothing can be done. There is no standing for the Attorney General to go to court to stop those pension benefits from flowing to that individual who committed a felony while pursuing official duties simply because the pension board said, no, we're not going to stop the payments. That's what this Bill does. It now gives the Attorney General the ability to take civil action to stop those payments. It seems reasonable to me; it seems to be the right thing to do. I urge a 'yes' vote." 09800146.docx 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Representative Reboletti."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Well, Representative, I think… we think we're clarifying because we thought what we wrote in the original statute was clear, but the Supreme Court disagreed with us. So, they have asked us… we find it necessary to clarify on the basis of a… a Supreme Court decision."

"I… it's… It blows my mind."

"I… Representative, I hesitate to get into the minds of the pension boards. To my mind, they did not follow the law. Maybe they… maybe they thought it was judge… was judgmental on their part. I don't… I don’t think that's correct."

"We don't control that."

"Well, Representative, I think it's a much cleaner and simpler solution to give the Attorney General the ability to enforce the law."

"Yeah. Yes, so it's my understanding in this particular instance it went to the Chancery Court."

"Well, Representative, I think that as you said but I'm not sure that we can go back on the Burge case. This is…"

"…this is prospective."

"Right."

"Okay."

"Correct. Correct."

"Representative Nekritz to close."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I appreciate the debate on this. I think that the… this is fairly straightforward in terms what this Bill is seeking to do. This is a simple check and 09800146.docx 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 balance over a pension board that fails to follow the law. And currently, there's no recourse for anyone to… anyone, including the Attorney General or the General Assembly, to say that's not the law, that pension does not belong to that felon. And this is sim… a very simple straightforward mechanism to give the Attorney General the ability to make sure that the laws and the policies that this General Assembly has established are followed and that felons do not receive pensions."

"Then the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2909 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 Rita. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 99 voting 'yes', 14 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2809, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, on the Order of Postponed Consideration, we have Senate Bill 726. Representative Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. We talked about this earlier. Two establishments; one at 3164A North Broadway in Chicago, one at 2419 East 75th Street, both have support from the churches nearby, both of these institutions, to sell alcoholic beverages. They have support from the aldermen. The communities are for these commercial enterprises. It's an entrepreneurial spirit. I'd appreciate your 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 726 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 09800146.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take… Mr. Clerk, take the record. On a count of 72 voting 'yes', 41 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 726, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Bost, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Thank you, Representative. Representative David Harris, for what reason do you seek recognition?" Harris, D.: "Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, that voice you just heard, was none other than our newest Congressman in Illinois for the… for the United States Congress, Representative Bost. Mr…"

"Congratulations, Representative Bost." Harris, D.: "Now… Now, Mr. Speaker, I… I'm thrilled that one of our Members is going to Congress to straighten out this country. And I'm sure he's going to do a great job. I just have one question that I would like him to ask, or answer for me. And that is, if I disagree with a ruling of the Chair and I rant, and I rave and I throw my papers up in the air, does that get me elected to Congress? I want to know that."

"Representative Bost, you got anything for that?"

"There you go. Representative Moffitt, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Congratulations, Representative Demmer. Mr. Clerk, we have House Bill 4899, Representative Brauer. Will you please read the Bill?"

"Representative Brauer."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 4899. All in flavor say 'aye'; all 09800146.docx 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, we have House Bill 4899. Can you please read the Bill?"

"Representative Brauer."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 4899 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 who voted wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4899, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, we have Senate Bill 2887. Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz." 09800146.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In the last General Assembly, we passed some legislation to curb return to work abuses in the State University Retirement System. That set up a penalty system so that if a high paid worker came back… retired and then came back to work at a higher salary, there was some impact to the university so that we could deter that kind of behavior. What has ended up happening is that some of the very lowly paid adjunct professors, primarily at community colleges are being negatively impact by that even though that, you know, they are simply adjunct. They're very part-time and I think, in fact, the very kind of people that we want to encourage teaching at our community colleges are people with life experience and… and an ability to convey something more than academics to our students. So, this legislation exempts those lowest annuitants, those receiving under $10 thousand a year from the return to work provisions of the Bill we passed in the 98th GA. I ask for your support."

"Representative Sandack."

"Sponsor will yield."

"It really has almost no impact whatsoever. These are such small annuities that we're talking about that they're annuities of under $10 thousand a year, and it's a very limited pool of folks that… that are receiving that. So, I 09800146.docx 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 think that the impact to the pension systems itself would be… would be nominal."

"I… I'm thinking it's less than 400."

"I don't have any… I don't have any data from the universities or the community colleges themselves on that."

"I'm sorry. What, Representative?"

"It's… Representative, to your previous question. I understand it's 417 members of the State University Retirement System."

"And I… this Bill has been out since last spring and came over to the House, and I sponsored it and I never heard a word from any of the universities or community colleges."

"The universities will not… the universities and community colleges will not be penalized. They're the ones that actually pay the penalty and right now, what they're saying is there's just a blanket layoff of all the adjunct 09800146.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 professors. And these are folks, again, who are, you know, teaching one class and probably have a lot of expertise in that class and it’s the kind of people, I think, we want to keep in the classroom."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Leader Nekritz to close."

"I ask for your support."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2887 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, please take the record. On a count of 102 voting 'yes', 9 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2887, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 2933, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read Senate Bill 2933 for a third time."

"Leader Nekritz."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker, I wasn't prepared for the order of Nekritz, right now. Oh. So, this legislation allows… right now, what's happening is that there are members of the C… 09800146.docx 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 employees of the CTA who are paying in as… while they're working, they're paying into the… a fund for their health care retiree benefits. If they don't stay a full 20 years, they simply walk away from those benefits and lose everything that they paid into the system. This allows them… this sets up a mechanism by which they can… when they go to the doctor, submit a bill to the CTA health care fund and get that reimbursed until all of the funds that they put into that system are used up. So, this is, I think, a… it's a really important Bill for… for members who don't work a full 20 years with the CTA but have paid in for health care benefits and then see no… just their money goes into pay somebody else's health care not their own. I've… according to the actuaries, it's my understanding that this again has a very nominal, if no ben… if not any impact on the health care fund itself."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2933 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, please take the record. On a count of 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2933, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, the status of Senate Bill 3171?"

"Please read that Bill. Oh…"

"Representative Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. As I mentioned in committee yesterday, Floor Amendment #2, there was a typo regarding a percentage in the Amendment #1. So, this Floor Amendment #2 corrects that typo. I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 3171. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 3265, Representative Bradley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Bradley."

"This Bill is a courtesy to Adams County. There was a drafting area… sorry, drafting error in the 9-1-1 Bill and we need to do this in order for Adams County to get their surcharge. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #5 to Senate Bill 3265. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk." 09800146.docx 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Third Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, on page 5 of the Calendar, under the Order of Resolutions, we have House Joint Resolution 107. Representative Chapa LaVia. Mr. Clerk, please take this Resolution out of the record. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 6303. Representative Sims. Please read the Bill. I'm sorry, Mr. Clerk. Under the Order of the Supplemental Calendar #1, we have House Bill 6303, Representative Sims."

"Third Reading. On the Supplemental Calendar #1, under the Order of Senate Bills on Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 1653. Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2799, Representative… Speaker Madigan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Mr. Clerk, please take this Bill out of the record. Senate Bill 3397, Representative DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09800146.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 3509, Representative D’Amico. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, the status of Senate Bill 1653?"

"Please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading. Mr. Clerk, under the Order of Resolutions, on the Supplemental Calendar #1, we have House Joint Resolution 109. Speaker Madigan. Mr. Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Resolution would name the building that has the Illinois State Museum, the building would now be called the 'Alan J. Dixon Building'. The words 'Alan J. Dixon Building' will be added to the existing sign outside of the Illinois State Museum and the fiscal impact is approximately $950. Thanks for asking how much it cost. And this would be in honor of the late United States Senator Alan Dixon. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of House Joint Resolution 109. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes;' have it. And the 09800146.docx 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 Resolution is adopted. My apologies. This… this Resolution requires a recorded voted. 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, please take the record. On a count of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', House Joint Resolution 109 is adopted. Representative Bellock, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

Speaker Turner: "The Journal will reflect your request, Representative. Mr. Clerk, on page 2 of the Calendar, under House Bills on Second Reading, we have House Bill 4042. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 1740. Please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, the status of Senate Bill 1740?"

"Please move that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 1740. Representative…"

"Representative Bradley."

"I'd move to adopt House Floor Amendment #4 and debate, if necessary, on Third."

"Gentleman moves we adopt Floor Amendment #4 to Senate Bill 1740. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 09800146.docx 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 146th Legislative Day 11/19/2014 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2915, Representative Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Bradley."

"I ask for the adoption of House Floor Amendment #1 and again, would ask to debate it on Third."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 2915. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Leader Currie moves that the House adopt the Agreed Resolutions. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolutions are adopted. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements."

"Members, we have a Death Resolution. You are asked to be at your seats. Mr. Clerk, House Resolution 1046, offered by Representative Brady."

"Leader Durkin."

"Representative Brady."

"The Body will take a moment of silence. Thank you. Leader Durkin has requested that all Members be added to the Resolution and seeing no objection, all Members will be added to House Resolution 1046. Leader Durkin moves that we adopt House Resolution 1046. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, the House will adjourn Session to Thursday, November 20 at 9 a.m. Leader Currie moves that the House adjourn Session to Thursday, November 20th at 9 a.m. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. The House is adjourned."