Illinois House Floor Debate — April 21, 2015

"The House will be in order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by the Reverend Lori M. Lowe, who is the Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in McHenry. Reverend Lowe is the guest of Representative Franks. Members are asked to ge… to as… to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off cell phones and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Reverend Lowe.” 09900035.docx 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"We'll be led in the Pledge today by Representative Phillips."

"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Jones and Manley are excused today." 09900035.docx 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Mr. Brown."

"Mr. Clerk, please take the record. There are 115 Members of the House in attendance, we do have a quorum. The Chair recognizes Mr. Sommer."

"Welcome to Springfield. Thank you for…"

"Congratulations on your season. Mr. Tryon who seems to be wearing his garden is recognized."

"Mr. Davis, I heard your name used in debate." Davis, W.: "Absolutely, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight is a fantastic event. I do want to, again, thank Representative Tryon for all of his hard work on behalf of 09900035.docx 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 the Diabetes Caucus. Please, Ladies and Gentlemen, let's give him a great round of applause."

"Thank you." Davis, W.: "So, yes, the gauntlet has been thrown down. When I looked at Representative Tryon, and I'm… I'm trying to really understand his shirt. I thought well, you know, I almost feel like I've been, you know, having some medical marijuana. You know, or something. With that…"

"Come see me up here, Sir." Davis, W.: "Come see you up there? But… but please come out and support the event. If you have a team, great, we're looking forward to a great competition. But again, thank you very much Mike for all your hard work."

"And don’t just show up, Ladies and Gentlemen, bring a check. Right, Sir? Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Proceed, please."

"Welcome. Thanks for being here with us. Leader Bellock."

"Thanks for being here with us. The Chair would like to acknowledge the return of Representative Crespo. Welcome back, Sir. Representative Winger."

"Please proceed."

"Welcome, Alderman. Thank you. See they made you sit in the back row over there. Mr. D'Amico."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Thank you, Sir. Representative Hammond."

"Thank you, Representative. Mr. Davis, a return engagement." Davis, W.: "Well, just very quickly. If anybody wants to know where the bowling event is, I have flyers here that have the address on it. And again, if anybody wants to contribute to the cause, I also have an invoice which has all the pertinent information on it and where you can write your… who you can write your check to, and mail it in or whatever the case may be. So, please stop by the desk and pick up a form."

"Thank you, Sir. Representative Hurley."

"Point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, please."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Along the same lines of athletics, we have members of the Special Children’s Charities and Special Olympic Chicago in the gallery today. We have Dr. Casey Hogan, who's the President. Jim ‘Skinny’ Sheahan, Mike Sheahan, Sheila O'Callaghan, Colleen Rock Mueller; who is the daughter of Senate President Phil J. Rock, and Pam Munizzi, a former State Senator and State Rep. We also have some athletes… hold your applause… we also have some athletes attending today: William Tang, who’s representing McGuane Park; John White, who's representing 09900035.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 Kosciuszko Park, and Jacob Ruis who’s resep… representing Loyola Park. So give a hand for our atheletes and they do have a reception tonight. There's a reception tonight at the Abraham Lincoln, 5-7 and they're going to honor Illinois Supreme Court Justice Ann M. Burke. So, thank you."

"Thank you, Representative and welcome aboard everyone in the gallery. Mr. Clerk, House Resolution 338, Mr. Cabello. Please read a portion of the Resolution."

"Mr. Cabello."

"Congratulations. Those in favor of the Gentleman's Resolution will say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Resolution is adopted. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now returning to priority Bills. But before we do that, Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports."

"Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Mr. Sandack is recognized."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Thank you for being with us. We are ready to begin calling Bills, Representatives. Beginning with House Bill 3323 on the Order of Second Reading, Mr. Acevedo. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Hoffman. Is Mr. Hoffman in the chamber? Mr. Acevedo, what's your pleasure? Out of the record?"

"I'd like to move it."

"Bear with me. Mr. Acevedo."

"Origin… Hoffman was the original Sponsor, but the sponsorship was turned over to me. Maybe that's the confusion?"

"Are you… are you interested in Mr. Hoffman's Amendment?"

"Yes. The… the Amend… Yes."

"Do you want to proceed on the Amendment? With leave of the Body, please proceed, Sir."

"Okay. The Amendment was just… changed some language for the EPA and there's been an agreement and we have decided that it'll… they'll continue to working on the Amendment which they will add in the Senate."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1376, Mr. Arroyo. Mr. Arroyo. Luis Arroyo. Out of the record. House Bill 2690, Mr. Breen. Out of the record. House Bill 1485, Mr. Brown. Out of the record. House Bill 218, Representative Cassidy. Representative Cassidy. Out of the record. House Bill 3704, Mr. Crespo. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 811, Mr. Drury. Mr. Drury. Out of the record. House Bill 2555, Representative Reaves-Harris. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Harris. Out of the record. House Bill 306. Representative Guzzardi. Out of the record. House Bill 173, Mr. McSweeney. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1455. Representative McAsey. Out of the record. House Bill 821. Representative Mussman. Please read the Bill." 09900035.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Representative Mussman."

"So, this will become the Campus Sexual Assault Bill. I'd like to move it from Second to Third, but debate it on Third."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes'… All right. We'll let… we'll back off on that and let Mr. Sandack ask his question. Mr. Sandack."

"So, the Amendment is basically the… the meat of the Bill and what we're doing right now is we are aggregating changes to federal rule and statute all in one place so that the universities all across our state will be following the same protocols for victims of sexual abuse, of stalking, domestic violence. Okay."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3303, Representative Reaves-Harris. Please read the Bill." 09900035.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Representative Reaves-Harris on the Amendment. No running, Representative."

"I apologize, Mr. Speaker. House… House Bill 303 amends the Freedom of Information Act, and allow records that's used for juveniles while or… through in course of a… an investigation to be maintained permanently or exempt from FOIAable. Or to…"

"Those…"

"I'm sorry. Yes."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3840, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims. Out of the record. House Bill 1646, Mr. Sosnowski. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sosnowski on the Amendment."

"Just a brief description, Sir." 09900035.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3973, Mr. Phillips. Mr. Phillips. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Phillips."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1052, Mr. Yingling. Out of the record. House Bill 3764, Representative Scherer. Representative Scherer. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Scherer on Amendment 3." 09900035.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"I think I have to hold it."

"Lady takes the Bill from the record. House Bill 3122, Mr. Pritchard. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

Speaker Lang: "Third Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, we're beginning to roll Bills now on Third Reading. The first Bill is House Bill 2932, Mr. Sommer. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sommer."

"Mr. Butler."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you, Speaker. And will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, I really want to thank you as being the Chairwoman of Veterans’ Affairs and every one of our Members in the Veterans’ Affairs Committee who is now a hyphenated Sponsor. Thank you so much for your dedication to the military family. To the family, just like my last colleague said, we will and we always, especially our Marines, Semper Fi. It's so important, and that's why I get so passionate on this House Floor, whether it's a veteran that's get… receiving assistance for posttraumatic stress or whether it's a veteran's family who is now eligible for tuition waivers so your sons can go to school on behalf of our state because of the dedication you've given us. Know that in this time we're talking, your son's life meant tons to the future of the State of Illinois and I want to thank you for your dedication. It's not just your son, it's you and your family and your sons and your grandchildren. So, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and I'm sure I could speak for the rest of my committee. And they can speak also, but I want to thank you for the dedication and commitment to this country. Thank you very much, Speaker."

"Mr. Costello."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you, Representative Sommer. This Bill is truly a fitting honor and it's very 09900035.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 important for all of us in this Body and across this country to realize that men and women in our military, both abroad and here at home, put their lives on the line in training and in service to this country every day. As we're sitting here, members of our military are training to protect our Constitution, our country, our state. Thank you very much, Mr. Sommer, again. And to the family, thank you so much for the service of your son."

"Mr. Sommer to close."

"Body will take a brief moment of silence. Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mitchell. Please take the record. On this question, there are 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Tryon is recognized."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Glad you're here with us today. Thank you. Mr. Bennett."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Welcome. Thank you. Thank you for the introdu… introduction, Sir. House Bill 4025, Representative Conroy. Out of the record. House Bill 4011, Representative Feigenholtz. Please read the Bill."

"I understand there are Amendments, Representative. So, we'll move the Bill back to the Order of Second Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Feigenholtz on Amendment 2." 09900035.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4011 is a Bill that follows in a long established practice to align… oh."

"On the Amendment, Representative."

"This is cleanup and clarification of some concerns that the Governor's Office, the pension boards had. I'd appreciate adoption."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Feigenholtz."

"Thank you. As I was saying earlier. Illinois has a long history of aligning our state policy…"

"On Amendment 3, Representative."

"This is a… this is a procurement language cleanup and we need to move it."

"Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 4112, Representative Gordon-Booth. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Gordon-Booth."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4112 is an initiative of the Illinois Law Enforcement containing a Standards and Training Board. This Bill will… it states the 09900035.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 board must conduct crisis… with a crisis intervention team program where officers are trained to identify symptoms of mental illness, de-escalate situations involving those peoples, and get individuals help. Officers who successfully complete this program are given a certificate. The law center… the Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board has been working with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, for many years working to train officers. This particular piece of legislation is supported by law enforcement throughout the State of Illinois as well as many mental health institutions across the state. This passed committee with no 'no' votes. I am open for any questions."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Lady yields."

"I've never known them to be neutral as… from everything that I've known, the communication has been that they're actually proponents of this legislation."

"No problem."

"Excellent question. Actually, the reason why we need this is because they aren't… they have been doing this 09900035.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 on their own, but they're… unfortunately because of many of the instances that have been going on across our country, there have been some rather shady outfits that have been sort of creating their own mental health training without any standards attached to them. So, what we're trying to do is standardize those trainings so that everyone is receiving the same high quality… the high quality trainings across the state."

"Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Brown, Cavaletto, Harris, Mitchell, Pritchard. Please take the record, Mr. Clerk. On this question, there are 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3273, Representative David Harris. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is… this is exactly the type of Bill that all of us talk about and support when we talk about doing away with units of local government. This Bill dissolves a sanitary district which is no longer needed in the City of Prospect Heights. All of the land under the authority of the sanitary district has now been incorporated into municipal boundaries. 09900035.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 And this would dissolve that sanitary district which has no employees, no equipment. And I ask for your favorable vote."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves, Members. Pritchard. Please take the record. On this question, there are 84 voting 'yes', 30 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3464, Representative Hernandez. Representative Hernandez. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Hernandez."

"Thank you, Speaker. House Bill (sic-3464) 3463 is an initiative of the Department of Human Rights. The genesis of the Bill stems from several administrative law judges that are not sustaining charges of discrimination and real estate transactions based on oral discriminatory statements because they are interpreting the Human Rights Acts to prohibit only those that are printed, circulated, posted, mailed or published. The Bill clarifies the intent of the law by being more explicit in forbidding making any oral statements. I am… I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields." 09900035.docx 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"There is a concern on the preference. We are working that out. The Real Estate Association is as well, working and just kind of flushing it out. They talked to me about this. And so, they're looking to remedy that in the Senate side, but we…"

"We're pretty much ironing that out."

"Yes."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Bennett, Bradley, Brown, Hays, Pritchard, Tryon. Mr. Bradley. Please take the record. On this question, there are 108 voting 'yes', 6 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1493, Representative Lilly. Representative Lilly. Out of the record. House Bill 3761, Representative McAsey. Please read the Bill."

"Representative McAsey."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. House Bill 3761 bans the sale of padded crib bumper pads in the State of 09900035.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 Illinois. It is substantially similar to House Bill 5348 which passed this chamber last year. While stopping the sale of padded crib bumper pads, this Bill allows for the sale of mesh crib liners. The exception for the sale of mesh crib liners is the result of a compromise with the industry. Several companies currently produce and market mesh liners. I am not aware of any manufacturers of crib bumper pads in the State of Illinois. Padded bumpers are manufactured overseas. This Bill has an effective date of January 1, 2018, which is also the result of a compromise with industry that allows manufacturers additional time to adjust their product lines to be in compliance with the law. This Bill would include sales in retail settings as well as online. I believe that banning the sale of crib bumper pads is an important step for our state to take. The American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines tell parents not to use bumper pads because of the risk of suffocation, strangulation, and falls. Research has shown a link between crib bumper pads and dozens of deaths in numerous other industries. Specifically, research conducted by Bradley Thach, an M.D. and a Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis, reviewed data and concluded that 27 deaths were reported by medical examiners or coroners as attributed to crib bumper pads. Twenty-five nonfatal injuries were also reported. Additionally, NJ Scheers, Project Manager of the Infant Suffocation Project, reviewed an additional 76 deaths and in reviewing the medical examiner's findings, concluded that 48 of those deaths were causally related to or associated with crib bumpers. As recently as 2010, babies Adin and Preston suffocated against 09900035.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 bumper pads. There is no dispute that crib bumper pads are inherently dangerous and have been linked to infant deaths. This ban is a necessary step to prevent additional unnecessary deaths. Previously, we have taken steps in this Body to decrease the incidents of sudden infant deaths by requiring education of new parents and continuing education for child care providers. Our state already bans the use of crib bumper pads in licensed child care settings. And while certainly those education efforts are critical, alone they're not enough. Through those education efforts, the incidents of sudden unexplained infant death has decreased, but so long as crib bumper pads, a soft bedding with only a decorative purpose remain available for sale, that message that ‘bare is best’ is confused. Care givers, family members mistakenly believe they're purchasing a safety product and… without understanding the lethal dangers. This is an important step to protect against additional preventable deaths. Because of the dangers that they pose, the State of Maryland and the City of Chicago already have bans. The use of crib bumper pads is banned not only in child care in Illinois, but in many other states. An important next step to ensure the safety is the ban of… sale of crib bumper pads. There's a broad coalition of supporters that include the Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, the Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Kids in Danger, SIDS of Illinois, Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the Ounce of Prevention Fund, Illinois Action for Children, Ever Thrive Illinois, and numerous others. There is no reason 09900035.docx 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 to delay taking action. Because of the dangers of crib bumper pads, I ask for your support of House Bill 3761. Please help our state to take this important next step to prevent unnecessary infant deaths. Thank you. And I will answer any questions."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Representative Mayfield."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Okay. Representative, what is the impact of this Bill to the state?"

"I… I'm sorry. I could not hear your question?"

"Ladies and Gentlemen, can we allow these two to hear each other? Could we hold down the noise. Ladies and Gentlemen. Please proceed."

"My question is, what is the impact of your Bill on the State of Illinois?"

"The impact on the State of Illinois would be that we would make an important step forward to protect children, to prevent un…" 09900035.docx 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Let me correct that. What is the financial impact on the State of Illinois?"

"Give me one moment. There was a fiscal note filed and that returned that there would be minimal fiscal impact."

"Oh. Can you define ‘minimal’?"

"I can tell you what information is in the fiscal note that was filed. It states that there would be minimal fiscal impact. I did previously state that, to the best of my knowledge, there are no manufacturers of padded crib bumper products in the State of Illinois. These products are manufactured overseas and are sold…"

"I'd have to disagree with you, Representative. Per my information from the manufacturers, there are actually 19 businesses in the State of Illinois that manufacture all or part of a bumper pad. Nineteen businesses in the State of Illinois that we are basically saying, you are what… we don't want your business here. We do not want you to continue to hire our employees here in the State of Illinois. We don't want the tax dollars that you are paying to the State of Illinois. You are more than welcome to go to Indiana or Wisconsin. 19 businesses that you are saying, you are not welcome here. Now, let's talk about the employees of those 19 businesses. We're talking a couple hundred families that you are looking to impact. Families that you are looking to unemploy, Representative. And for those of you in the chamber that are considering voting 'yes' on this, some of these businesses may be in your district. We have 2 in Chicago, 2 in Oakbrook, 2 in Exton. There's 1 in Wheaton, 1 in Barrington, 1 in Arlington Heights, 1 in Libertyville, 1 in 09900035.docx 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 McHenry. Let’s see, Franklin Park, Northbrook… I think that pretty much covers it. So… and now, my understanding, Representative, is that you were also given this list of 19 businesses. So, can you answer that?"

"I am not aware of any companies that manufacture padded crib bumper pads…"

"Okay. Well, I’m telling there are…"

"…in the State of Illinois."

"…19."

"There may be and likely you have a list of companies in Illinois that produce and sell products that are for children, what percentage of those companies… businesses, what… what sort of a footprint they have in the State of Illinois. That I don't know. I have asked those questions and have not been provided information. Is it merely that one of those companies is represented by legal counsel here? I don't know that they have any sort of a manufacturing presence."

"Okay. To the Bill. We're looking to close businesses with this Bill. We're looking to send a message that we don't want business, we don't want products. We're starting with the bumper pads, which as we already know in a very good Bill that passed last week where we can apply safety standards to bumper pads, safety standards that have been applied to 13 thousand other juvenile and infant products. We know that the juvenile products industry, the scientific arm of the juvenile industry, has stated that they can make a very safe product and put it out there on the market. There is absolutely no need to ban the bumper pads. The juvenile products industry also let in… the Representative and the… 09900035.docx 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 the advocates know that they are willing to develop a hybrid. They're willing to continue to work with them, but were told no, absolutely not. We don't want to work with you. We're not interested in protecting business. We're not interested in protecting jobs. We're okay with you closing companies and laying off people in the State of Illinois. We have a problem with this Bill here. And as I stated last week, there is not one direct death that can be attributed to a bumper pad. Now if the Representative wants to start reading off names… I have the list here as well, but I'm willing to give her the full information of those cases and not just the selective information that has been shared with the chamber. I am asking everyone in here, it is not too late. I know that this Bill has been heavily worked. There's a lot of advocates out there that have called you and told you that you need to vote 'yes' on this Bill. I'm saying that a 'yes' vote on this Bill is sending the wrong message. We need to vote 'no' or 'present'. Think about those companies. Think about those families that you are affecting. It is okay to vote 'present' on this Bill. But don't send a message… let's send a message that we already passed something good. That we want a product on the market. We don't want people at home making their own bumper pads. We don't want businesses going to Indiana or Wisconsin. We don't want to lay off one person. We don't want to negatively affect one family. Vote 'no' or ‘present’ on this Bill. Thank you."

"Representative Ives."

"Proceed." 09900035.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"That doesn't appear to be on my agenda at the moment, Representative."

"Representative Gabel."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"So… you read a pretty impressive list of organizations that support this legislation. It's my understanding that there… these are organizations that have worked to improve and children's lives and keep children alive for many, many years. These are not organizations that take this kind of issue lightly. It includes the Attorney General's Office and a number of other organizations that you've stated. I… I have a ques… a number of questions for you. First, these manufacturers that may be manufacturing bumpers, do you think it's possible that they're manufacturing the safer kinds of bumpers?"

"I am aware that there are numerous companies that do manufacture and market the mesh liner, which would be allowed under this legislation. Because I don't know specifically who those companies are or what exactly their products are, it is quite possible that those companies are already manufacturing a mesh liner. Certainly, it seems that the children's product industry is moving toward manufacturing mesh liners. One of the components of this legislation is a very long effective date. It's not effective until January 1 of 2018. That represents a compromise with the manufacturing industry so 09900035.docx 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 that, if those manufacturers choose, they can develop a new product line, develop a mesh liner that they could still sell in the State of Illinois or adjust their supply chains accordingly."

"Thank you. Are there… can you purchase these kinds of more dangerous bumpers, the bumpers that actually have caused chil… infants to die in their cribs, can you purchase those in Chicago?"

"You cannot purchase those in the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago has had a ban of the sale of crib bumper pads that went into effect in 2012. In fact, that ban in the City of Chicago is even stricter than this legislation. In the City of Chicago you may not purchase the padded bumpers or the mesh liners. This legislation represents a compromise allowing for the sale of the mesh liners. The State of Maryland also bans the sale of crib bumper pads. That ban went into effect in June of 2013 and was the result of a very lengthy study within the State of Maryland looking at both the benefits and potential benefits and risks of using this product. They concluded that it was inherently dangerous and confused the message of safety experts including the American Academy of Pediatrics and so many others and chose to ban the sale in the State of Maryland. Another important note with regard to the ban is that in child care in the State of Illinois, we already ban the use of bumper pads in licensed child care facilities because of the dangers and the risks and the numerous suffocation deaths."

"Is it true that the Illinois Retail Merchants Association is neutral on your Bill now?" 09900035.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"That is correct. The Illinois Retail Merchants Association has no position on the legislation."

"To the Bill. I strongly encourage people to vote 'yes' on this legislation. This has… bumpers have been shown to be a very dangerous product… consumer product and I think it is our responsibility to protect the infants of this state. As you can see, there are so many supporters of this legislation. Already a quarter of the people in this state cannot use this. They're not used at day care centers. I think it's our responsibility to protect the rest of the children. So, I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Ford."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I bump… I mean, yield my time to Rita Mayfield?"

"Representative Mayfield."

"Thank you, Speaker. Just… I want to just want to recap again that this Bill is a no-brainer. This Bill is a vote 'no', vote 'present', walk away, go take a break, but do not vote 'yes' on this Bill. This is a bad Bill. It really is. There are no instances that can be directly attributed to the bumper pad. We know we can put a very safe product on the market. We don't want businesses closing and going to other states. We don't want people losing their job. And Speaker, I want a verification on the vote."

Speaker Lang: "Your request is acknowledged. Representative Davidsmeyer."

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"It would not, unfortunately.”

“It would… this only impacts sales in the State of Illinois, whether in a retail setting or online."

"That's correct."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen, we make these kinds of decisions all the time. We are faced with choices between balancing public safety and looking at data and determining whether or not we need to tip a balance in terms of public safety and I think when we're talking about infants, we're talking about newborns, we're talking about young families, that is the balance that we have to strike and make a decision that protects those individuals. This is not a choice between jobs and… and… or no jobs. This is a choice, a very difficult balance, but a balance none the less that I think we need to strike and choose public safety, choose data and choose… and base our decision on evidence. And so, I would… this is the kind of thing I think that we definitely need to vote 'yes' and support families and protect infants in our state. Thank you."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, you read off a long list of proponents. I'm wondering if Lurie Children's Hospital has weighed in officially?"

"Yes. Lurie Children's Hospital has officially taken a stance as a proponent as a supporter of this legislation."

"Okay. And on the prior legislation, did they weigh in?"

"On the prior legislation, meaning a different…"

"The different… I'm sorry."

"The Bill that was considered…"

"Last week's Bill."

"…that was considered on this floor? The Lurie Children's Hospital as well as the other members of the safety and medical community that support this legislation, were in opposition to other legislation that had been previously considered on this floor."

"Thank you. To the Bill. I get the concern for Illinois jobs and Illinois business. That's been a focus of many of our efforts this Session, but I don't think this Bill is about that. First of all, there's some conflict… conflicting information as to whether Illinois manufacturers do make this product. I've heard from another source just now that that's actually not the case. So, that's still up in the air I think. But in terms of, if you want… you really want to make the right decision on an issue like this, you really need to look to the experts. And interestingly, I have a constituent who weighed in on this topic and her name is Dr. Karen Sheehan. 09900035.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 She is the… she's a resident of my district and she directs Lurie Children's in… Inner jury Prevention and Research Center. Let me say that again. Lurie Children's Hospital Injury Prevention and Research Center. I think it's fair to say she's an expert. She weighed in just yesterday and said she'd like to urge my support of the Bill to ban padded bumper pads being sold in Illinois. Now, if she's not an expert, I don't know who's an expert. She says it provides no safety benefit and has been linked to suffocation deaths. You know, say you don't maybe agree with the good doctor, say you've heard other information that may conflict. Just on the off chance that they might be right and you might be wrong, isn't it better than instead of worrying about economic impacts, we worry about children's lives. I would urge an 'aye' vote. Listen to the experts and vote 'yes'."

"Mr. Zalewski."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, can you tell me… can you describe for me the definition of a ‘crib bumper pad’ in this Bill?"

"If you'll give me one moment, I'm just trying to scroll to it because I want to make sure that I read the… give you the precise definition. So, ‘crib bumper pad’ is defined in this legislation to mean any padding material including, but not limited to, a roll of stuffed fabric that is designed for the placement within a crib to cushion one or more of the crib's inner sides adjacent to the crib mattress. 'Crib bumper pad' does not include mesh liners." 09900035.docx 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"And what's the definition… what's the difference in definitions between a ‘commercial dealer’ and a ‘manufacturer’?"

"You're… you're getting to the difference in the definition between a ‘commercial dealer’ and a ‘manufacturer’?"

"Correct."

"Well, the… the manufacturer would… Well, with regard to the penalty, the penalty would apply to a commercial dealer, importer, distributor, wholesaler or retailer, but does not apply to the manufacturer. Is that…"

"Yeah."

"…your question?"

"Can you… I guess the question is what is the… under your current Bill who would bear the brunt of the new found regulation? Who would be most im…"

"Oh, with regard to compliance?"

"Correct."

"So, I think that in terms of compliance, it would be the retailer who is placing the item really into this stream of commerce and offering that item for sale that really would bear the burden of compliance."

"And then, I… I know you've been working on this Bill quite a bit, Representative. I just… if you could just gently describe for me the differences as you see them between the Bill we did today and the Bill we did last week."

"Okay. So this legislation, I believe really takes a step to protect children and families from an inherently dangerous product. The legislation that was previously debated on this 09900035.docx 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 floor which considered a standard commonly known as the ASTM standard, is a standard that is promulgated by a committee, that committee includes members of the manufacturing industry. There are 38 members of the manufacturing community and 2 members of the safety and advocacy community that are members of that committee making a total of 40 members. So, essentially, this is an industry-driven committee that writes an industry-driven standard. Something that is, you know, pro… pro their industry. It's not at all a safety standard in my opinion as well as in the opinion of safety and medical experts. Under that particular standard, the ASTM standard, the… the standard would allow for bumpers that are up to 2 inches in thickness. It would essentially say that bumpers that are up to 2 inches in thickness are safe. I think that that standard actually is a step backward, because I think that in… essentially endorsing a standard like that as a state, we are telling parents that a product that complies with this false safety standard is safe. And that's in fact not the case whatsoever."

"Okay. I… to the Bill. I… I think I agree what one of the speakers said. I… you know, it's certainly delicate whenever you talk about issues like this because you always want to be respectful of the business interests and the interests at hand and you have to balance that against what's best for, obviously, new parents and parents of young children. And in… in this limited instance, I think we're faced with a choice of acknowledging that maybe all not all manufacturer here is… is willing to embrace this particular piece of legislation, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's 09900035.docx 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 bad legislation. My expectation is I take the Sponsor at her… at her word when she sees good faith differences in what was passed last week and what was passed this week. I think it's a good Bill. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Mr. Hays."

"That's all you have, Sir? Representative McAsey to close."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to all of the Members of the Body for your thoughtful and thorough debate on this measure. I ask for your support of House Bill 3761, which would ban the sale of padded crib bumpers in Illinois to protect our infants. This is a Bill about saving children's lives. Padded crib bumpers are inherently dangerous. They've been linked to dozens of infant deaths. Now is the time to take the important step to ban padded bumper pads and protect our infant's lives. I will conclude my remarks today with excerpts from a letter sent to me by Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic of the Illinois Consumer Product Safety Commission also an Illinois… he calls Illinois home. I think that he eloquently captured the reason that this legislation is so necessary. He writes, Padded crib bumpers present an array of serious risks. Virtually all of them latent hazards that parents might not instinctively appreciate. Moreover, they contribute to a misperception that 09900035.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 a soft padded crib environment is a safe crib environment. Professional safety experts all recognize that an uncluttered crib is the safest environment for a baby's sleep. Seeing padded bumpers on the shelves contradict the message the safety community needs care givers to remember, bare is best. He continues, Parents may not realize that a product they purchase to make the crib safer is actually making it less safe. Our job to help parents keep their children safe by ensuring that products sold for use in cribs cannot increase the chances a family will have to endure the unimaginable tragedy of a child's death. We need to do all we can to protect the precious blessings that are sleeping, growing, and blossoming in cribs across Illinois. I ask for your 'yes' vote. Thank you."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Lady has moved for the passage of her Bill. Representative Mayfield has asked for a verification. Members will be in their seats and vote their own switches. Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Batinick, Jesiel, Pritchard, Sims. Mr. Sims. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 63 voting 'yes', 48 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present'. And Representative Mayfield has asked for a verification. Do you persist, Representative? She does. Mr. Clerk, before you read the affirmative, will staff retire to the rear of the chamber, will all Members be in their chairs. Mr. Clerk, please read the affirmative vote."

"Representative Mayfield." 09900035.docx 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"I withdraw."

"Representative Mayfield withdraws her verification request. On this question, there are 63 voting 'yes', 42 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Franks is recognized on a point of personal privilege."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to welcome back to our Body your former seatmate… former Senator, former Representative, very good friend of mine. He made the mistake the Godfather of his child which is always questionable. But Ladies and Gentlemen, please have warm Springfield welcome for our former colleague and the Sheriff of Cook County, Thomas Dart."

"Welcome, Mr. Sheriff. Things haven’t changed much since you left, Sir. Mr. Turner in the Chair."

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

"Ladies and Gentlemen, can we please have your attention. Representative Sandack."

"Thank you, Representative. And welcome to your Capitol. Representative Demmer, for what reason do you seek recognition?” Demmer: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Thank you, welcome to your Capitol. Continuing down the Order of Third Readings, we have House Bill 3592, Representative Morrison. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Morrison."

"On that, we have Representative Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to just take a look at the notes. I know we had asked for some notes and I wanted to make sure that we have received all those. ‘Cause I… when I saw the Bill, I wasn’t sure I understood it all. So, representative, we received all the notes that we had requested?"

"I thought we had filed them before. My… my analysis indicates that there was notes that have been filed. I have not received those. Do you know when they were filed?"

"Representative, the Clerk has advised me that the notes were filed after the Bill was already on Third Reading."

"Oh. Okay. Well, then perhaps the Gentleman can answer some of the questions because I'm not sure; that’s why I filed them. I wanted to know whether there was a fiscal impact to the state, and also whether there was a pension impact to the state."

"Is that in this Bill?"

"So, what does this Bill do? That's why I was trying to see the real numbers and that’s why I’d asked for those… that information. What exactly does this Bill do?"

"Mr. Clerk, please remove this Bill from the record. House Bill 1453, Representative Walsh. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill.”

"Representative Walsh."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 1453 was brought to me by a local traffic attorney. Basically what this Bill does… it allows the court or a judge to allow one supervision… one court supervision for the first offense for a violation of speeding 26 miles over the speed limit. Currently, right now, that is a charge that cannot receive supervision; therefore, it stays on the person’s record forever, unless they go through the expungement process. But this is just on highways and then the Amendment that we put on there is excluding construction and school zones. I'd be happy to answer any question. And requestfully ask for an 'aye' vote."

"I have Representative Hays."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Yes, it would."

"Representative Walsh to close."

"I request an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 1453 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 yourselves. Representative Davidsmeyer. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 78 voting 'yes', 33 voting 'no' and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1453, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1051, Representative Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill.”

"Representative Zalewski."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the rideshare trailer Bill. It does three things. Adjust… it makes perfectly clear the preemptory nature of the Bill. It adds some language for the banking industry to ensure their rights are protected in the lien situation. And it adds a five-year sunset. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"On that, we have Representative Hays."

"My understanding is the City of Chicago, Chad, is… is generally opposed to Bills where we adjust preemption language. But other than that, they haven't slipped."

“You’re welcome.”

"Representative Zalewski to close." 09900035.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Vote 'aye'."

"Question is, 'Shall House Bill 1051 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all vote who wish? Have all vote who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no' and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1051, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 1666, Representative Unes. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Unes."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 1666 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 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no' and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 1666, having received 09900035.docx 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, the status of House Bill 3765."

"Please move that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'm presenting House Bill 3765. This is Amendment #1. I'd like to adopt the Amendment on the floor and move it to Third for a discussion. The Amendment addresses the concerns of Members of the committee."

"The Representative moves that the House adopt Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3765. Excuse me. Representative Butler, do you have a question on the Amendment?"

"For a question on the Amendment?"

"We're going to debate the Bill on Third Reading Representative."

"Lady moves that the House adopt Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3765. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'aye' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk." 09900035.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Please hold that Bill on the Order of Second Reading. House Bill 2636, Representative Sandack. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Sandack." Sandack: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 2636 amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. And it makes certain changes throughout the Act, providing that nothing shall be construed as requiring of financial institution to provide a product or service in this state that the financial institution does not otherwise provide. It makes a similar change in the Public Funds Investment Act. I know of no opposition.”

"On that, we have a question from Representative Monique Davis." Davis, M.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Indicates that he will." Davis, M.: "Representative Sandack, what problem are you choosing to solve or create?"

"Representative Batinick."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Zalewski."

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

"Sponsor will yield."

"Ron, I… as much… I can appreciate the last speaker's questions and the previous one before that, but I do have some questions as well. Our analysis says, it's unclear why this change is necessary. Can you explain that?"

"And our analysis also says that the Attorney General is opposed?"

"Okay. Thank you, Representative."

"Representative Evans."

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

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"Representative, it's my understanding that House Bill 2636 is not intended to restrict or in any way hinder the State Treasurer or local county or city Treasurer's consideration of a financial institution's community lending and reinvestment activity in deciding whether to deposit public funds or obtain financial services from a bank or credit union. Is this correct?"

"Just wanted clarity. Thank you."

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

"Sponsor will yield." Davis, W.: "If you've answered this already I apologize, Representative. But what impact will the legislation have on efforts to encourage more investment in less affluent neighborhoods and communities of color?"

"Representative Andrade."

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"The speaker will yield."

"Thank you, Chairman. Would… would you say that some small banks are owned by minorities?”

"Now…"

"…would… would these small banks probably provide every service?"

"Right. But some… so, maybe your Bill might helpfully help smaller banks that are owned by minorities actually…"

"…have the opportunity to respond to this Bill."

"Because they might not be able to compete with the Wells Fargo or Chase, or one of these banks. So, one of the side effects could be that… that it’s opening and opening up to more banks."

"So and hopefully there's some minority banks that can actually apply now for this service."

"Now, this legislation does not require the… them to accept the bank that does not provide one of these services, but it does allow the bank to now apply for the service, correct?"

"All right. Thank you."

"Representative Sandack to close." 09900035.docx 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2636 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 Drury, Evans, Harris. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 106 voting 'yes', 4 voting 'no' and 3 voting 'present', House Bill 2636, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 1320 was on Postponed Consideration. Can we please move that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill?"

"Representative Wehrli."

"Representative Zalewski, do you have a question on the Amendment?"

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"Please proceed."

"Grant, why only 6 thousand?"

"Well, I'm wondering if you’d consider hearing some of your suburban colleagues and go up to 30 thousand because I think that would cast a bigger net on the ability, if you could call some more votes on this measure."

"Thank you, Sir. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 1320. 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, House Bill 1320, please read the Bill."

"Representative Wehrli."

"Seeing no debate, the question is… With a late light, we have Representative Frese.”

"The Sponsor will yield."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 1320 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 yourselves. Representative Acevedo, Anthony, Arroyo, Bryant. Walsh. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On account of 88 voting 'yes', 20 voting 'no', and 2 voting 'present', House Bill 1320, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3983, Representative McDermed. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 3983. Can you please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and please read the Bill."

"Representative McDermed." 09900035.docx 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3983. 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, House Bill 3764. Can you please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill?"

"Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'm presenting House Bill 3764. This is House Floor Amendment #3. The Bill is a result of much work with CMS and IDOT. I've just been talking about the Amendment now. It requires that CMS sell or move to another agency any car driven less than 7 thousand miles."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 3764. 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. House Bill 1485, Representative Brown. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Members, we're going to move some Bills from Second Reading to Third Reading. Please be in your seat and prepared. House Bill 3510, Representative Ammons. Out of the record. House Bill 3573, Representative Ammons. Out of the record. House Bill 3404, Representative Chapa LaVia. Out of the record. Out of the record. House Bill 4029, Representative Conroy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2658, Representative Davidsmeyer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Davidsmeyer."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2658. All in favor say 'aye'; all 09900035.docx 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 235, Representative Fine. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3670, Representative Davidsmeyer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Davidsmeyer."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3670. 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. Representative Batinick, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. House Bill 573, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Moeller."

"House Amendment 1 specifies a land transfer from the Department of Human Services to the City of Elgin."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 573. 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. House Bill 3529, Representative Demmer. Out of the record. House Bill 3620, Representative Soto. Out of the record. House Bill 3788, Representative Fortner. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Fortner." 09900035.docx 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3788. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment it adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 2555, Representative Reaves-Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Reaves-Harris."

"House Amendment #2 to House Bill 2555 removes the absolute liability for purposes of driving, with any amount of cannabis in their system, under the influence… I'm sorry… with any amount of cannabis in the system as a DUI offense as well as allow a law enforcement to test other bodily fluids, i.e., salvia for the purposes of testing for the purpose… for the presence of alcohol or drugs for the offense of driving and… or operating the vehicle under the influence. Provides that a driver's… that a driver's impairment must be the approximate cause of death or injury resulting from an accident in order for the relevant penalty enhancement to apply." 09900035.docx 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2555. 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." Clerk Bolin: "No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."

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

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. House Bill 745, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #2 is just a technical Amendment that adds an exemption for FOIA. I ask for approval."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 745. 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." 09900035.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please take that Amendment out of the record. Please take Floor Amendment #3 out of the record? Withdraw… withdraw Floor Amendment #3. My apologies."

"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 806. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Golar. Representative Golar, would you like to present the Amendment?"

"Yes."

"Go ahead. We're just adopting the Amendment, Representative. Would you just like to speak on Amendment #2?"

"Thank you for your patience, Speaker and Members of the House. House Floor Amendment #1 becomes the Bill. Is the intent…"

"Excuse me, Representative. We're… we're on House Floor Amendment #2. Would you like to withdraw Amendment #2?”

"We're tabling number… #1 and we are actually addressing House Floor Amendment 2."

"So, let's address… #2 so we can adopt that." 09900035.docx 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Okay. Currently a teacher holding a professional educator’s license must be either be endorsed for grades 1 to 6 or grades 5 to 8 to teach those respective grades at the elementary school level. All PEL licenses must have endorsements in a content area. This is basically teaching… having dual enrollment or young people between the ages of seventh and eighth grade to take high school courses."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 806. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Amendment #2 is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 3341, Representative Tryon. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Tryon."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #… Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 3341. 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." 09900035.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Third Reading. House Bill 341, Representative Barb Wheeler. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Wheeler," Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Amendment expands immunity for… officers who are in corrections facilities… work in correction facilities, jails, municipal lockup facilities, who work with paroles or mandatory supervised release. And I ask for… to adopt this Amendment."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 3341 (sic-341). 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."

"Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Number 4 incorporates Amendments 2, 3… 2 and 3. So, again, it expands the immunity for the correction officers and officers for parole."

"On that, we have… on the Amendment, we have a question from Representative Ammons.”

"Thank you." 09900035.docx 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"On Amendment #4? Okay. Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #4 to House Bill 341. 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. Representative Ammons, for what reason do you rise?"

"For point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed, Representative."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I made a mistake on House Bill 1320. I intended to vote 'yes' and voted 'no' for that. If I can make a correction in the record."

"The Journal will reflect your request."

"Thank you so much."

"Thank you, Representative. House Bill 3311, Representative Kay. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Kay."

"Mr. Clerk, please take this Bill out of the record. Members, we will be moving to Bills on the Order of Third Reading. Please be prepared and ready to present. First 09900035.docx 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 up, we have House Bill 1531, Representative Kelly Burke. Out of the record. House Bill 2580, Representative Costello. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Costello."

"Yes, Mr. Speaker. House Amendment, what it does is creates a system of checks and balance for reduction in weights on roads. I'd like to adopt that Amendment, please."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 2580. 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. House Bill 3444, Representative DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please move that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative DeLuca."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt Floor Amendment #1 which clarifies the language of what the process will be 09900035.docx 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 when an elected municipal official owes money to the municipality. Thank you."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3444. 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. House Bill 2462, Representative Greg Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Bill is an initiative of Attorney General Lisa Madigan. And it was brought to her as she talked to some families who had patients who had cause for concern about an elderly loved one in a nursing home. And what this Bill would do would be to allow… allow technology for recording or streaming of video voluntarily at the patient and the family's own expense, so that folks can observe and have a record of how… the care of their loved one in a nursing home. I am very appreciative to the Health Care Council of Illinois, the Health Care Association of Illinois, and the leading age groups who are the representatives of the nursing home industry for having suggested many changes to this Bill, which we've implemented. There's still a couple that have left to be done. There are negotiations ongoing. And the Attorney General has asked if we could move this Bill and continue the negotiations in the Senate. And this was a product of meetings 09900035.docx 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 with the industry yesterday. So, I would appreciate your support."

"On that, we have Representative Sandack."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Ives."

"Sponsor will yield."

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

"Sponsor will yield." Harris, D.: "Representative, I know we had talked about this previously. Are you now saying… initially this Bill only covered private paid nursing homes. Is that correct?" Harris, G.: "It covers nursing homes and it covers larger ICFDDs." Harris, D.: "I'm sorry. Say that again." Harris, G.: "It covers nursing homes and it covers larger ICFDDs." Harris, D.: "Okay. So, if an individual was in a nursing home on Medicaid and they request… and their… they or their… their custodian requests surveillance, it's now going to be paid for by the state?" Harris, G.: "No. If… the primary responsibility would be on the person or their family. Now, if they were to be able to show… and I… I just misspoke to Representative Ives, so I will apologize to her. IDPH is the agency that would administer a scholarship program. So, there would be a certain amount money provided from the fund for a scholarship program. And up to that amount of funds each year, if a person was unable pay, there would be an opportunity for this scholarship to be used 09900035.docx 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 for the camera. That way, you know, low-income people would not be excluded from the program." Harris, D.: "Well, I… I know that we don't necessarily want to disadvantage low-income people and we want to treat individuals fairly. And to the Bill. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, as you can see I'm a cosponsor to the Bill. I think the idea has genuine merit. I would be concerned that if we're… if now the state is expected to cover this for Medicaid patients, I would think every Medicaid patient would… would say, hey, let's… let’s have coverage. I would like video surveillance for myself. Nonetheless, you… I know you're going to… you're going to amend it in the Senate. I would… I would recommend a 'yes' vote with the recognition that there are… are going to be Amendments in the Senate. I think it's a positive initiative. You have worked extremely hard to try to accommodate everyone's concerns about the Bill and those individuals who want to see changes. And I can recommend a 'yes' vote with the expectation that there will be further changes in the Senate."

"Representative Bellock."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Fortner."

"Sponsor will yield." 09900035.docx 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Representative Lilly."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I, too, put forth legislation to address electronic monitoring. I agree, support, and believe that this Bill is the right action for families and the industry. We all have loved ones who need this type of care. I lost my loved one last month. She received quality care but electronic monitoring gave us and can give us a comfort. I truly believe this Legislation will give families peace of mind as they leave their family members 09900035.docx 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 with others. I join Representative Harris to move this Bill forward which support the nursing home industries desires to give the best care possible and give families the comfort they need on beh… on behalf of their extended family, those who live in the residencies of the nursing home. I urge an 'aye' vote as Representative Harris moves this Bill forward to the Senate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Tryon."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Barbara Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Representative… the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor will yield." Wheeler, B.: "Representative, there’s been a lot of talk about privacy and modern technology, I thought you answered those questions very well. But one of the questions that wasn't brought up or maybe it was brought up earlier in debate, was the cost of the program. It’s my understanding that all costs 09900035.docx 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 would be paid for by the family that… by the family that wanted the video. Is that correct?" Harris, G.: "Yes. Yes, you're correct. This is… there is no mandate. There's no cost that's required of the government. This is an individual choice. And just as if you were to install video surveillance equipment in your own home, it would be your expense." Wheeler, B.: "Okay. I guess I have two questions. One, in our analysis… and I know it's not fair because you don't have it… but in our analysis it says IDPH is opposed because of the high cost of the program. That it… the estimated cost is $6.2 million in personnel and enforcement. Are you… have any thoughts or comments? Are you aware of this $6.2 million costs?" Harris, G.: "I… you know, the concern I've heard from IDPH is what if abuse occurred. What if abuse occurred to a patient and they would have to sit down and watch the tapes through to verify, you know, who was at fault or what happened. They're saying there could be a cost. I… I think that… you know, that's… that’s specious at best. They've never come to me and said we have this cost. They've never come to my committee and said it, so I don't know what's on your analysis, but…" Wheeler, B.: "Okay. So, that would explains where that may come from. What is the $50 thousand… $50 thousand lottery program? I don't… could you tell me about this?" Harris, G.: "Yeah. This was in response to Representative David Harris’s question. For those persons, you know, who cannot afford or their family cannot afford it, to be sure that they 09900035.docx 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 didn't lose out on the right, you know, there was a fund from the Attorney General's Office that would be used to create a scholarship for low-income families, to be sure that somebody who is low income would have the ability to have the same protection as somebody of greater means." Wheeler, B.: "Is there a revenue stream?" Harris, G.: "My understanding is it's a fund that is within the Attorney General's Office…" Wheeler, B.: "Okay." Harris, G.: "…that is not a GRF." Wheeler, B.: "One more, Representative. It said that your House Bill also may be in conflict with Federal Laws and rules. Do you know of any? Again, this from our analysis and I know you're at a disadvantage." Harris, G.: "Yeah, with the one that I think we have room for concern was with… was HIPAA. And we've gone through with the industry and with the departments and I think that, you know, since it is the person who… whose care is being given, who’s doing the consenting, the lawyer seem to feel that we've… are in compliance with HIPAA." Wheeler, B.: "Okay. So no real concerns there?" Harris, G.: "Not that I've heard, no." Wheeler, B.: "Okay. Thank you. To the Bill. For the safety of our residents in nursing homes and our senior citizens, I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

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

"Sponsor will yield." 09900035.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 Davis, M.: "Representative Harris, I believe your objective is to… and you can stop me if that's not correct… I believe your objective is to protect the senior citizens who are in nursing homes. Is that correct?" Harris, G.: "Yes, it is." Davis, M.: "So senior citizens often are what… abused, not treated fairly by staff?" Harris, G.: "In most facilities that's never a problem. But sadly, Representative, in this last year there were 106 cases of abuse and neglect that were prosecuted in Illinois. And this is just one more tool in the toolbox to prevent that." Davis, M.: "So in other words, if the needs of one of those patients is not being met and services are not being provided on a timely basis, someone would have the accuracy of a camera's picture." Harris, G.: "Yes." Davis, M.: "What about people stealing from the residents?" Harris, G.: "If something like that happened, it could potentially have been caught on this recording also. And then the thief would be identified. And this would, you know, protect not only the patient but the facility, who I'm sure would want… if they had a bad employee, to be sure that they were caught and prosecuted and removed from service before they could harm another patient." Davis, M.: "Representative, this may be a little out of your league, but what other legislation have we passed to protect senior citizens in the 99th General Assembly?" 09900035.docx 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 Harris, G.: "I had a real good one in the last General Assembly that protected persons with disabilities, the Adult Protective Services Statute." Davis, M.: "But in this General Assembly, I don’t think we've done very much for our seniors. I've been asked… I've been asked by some groups what have you guys done for us. What have you done to protect senior citizens in this particular General Assembly? So the only thing I could come up with at the time was this Legislation that you were attempting to pass to protect senior citizens who find themselves very vulnerable at this time in their lives. And that this Bill that you have would give them a small amount of protection, because if people know their behavior is being captured, they're more likely to do the right thing. So, I do believe that those of us who care about our senior citizens, those of us who believe in the protection of our senior citizens, those of us who believe they are worthy, the lives they’ve led to get us where we are, they deserve protection. They deserve the same kind of protection that a person half their age would get. And I urge you to keep fighting for this Bill. Please add my name as a cosponsor. Thank you." Harris, G.: "Thank you."

"Representative Demmer."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative Greg Harris to close." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for the very good comments. And thank you for the debate. But at the end of the day, this is about allowing families to make their own choices and to protect nurse… nursing home residents and persons with disabilities. It requires nothing of anybody. It is totally permissive. It allows people to make choices in their own lives and allows them to add an extra layer of protection for themselves or for a loved one who may be vulnerable. It's smart. It's good public policy. It's modern technology in action, increasing safety for all of us and our families. I would ask you for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 2462 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 Sims. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 85 voting 'yes', 24 09900035.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 voting 'no', 3 voting 'present', House Bill 2462, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Williams, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Hi. For a point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I wanted to ask you to join me in welcoming the St. Andrews School Bulldogs who are in the gallery today and enjoying all the sights and sounds that Springfield had to offer. Welcome, guys."

"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 3497, Representative Currie. Please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 3497. Please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This is a measure that would allow CDB to go into additional single prime contracts. The Amendment makes it a program that lasts for five years, so it's not a permanent program. I'd appreciate your 'aye' vote."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3497. 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. House Bill 3895, Representative Hammond. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, the status of House Bill 3895?"

"Please move that Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Hammond."

"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3895. 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. House Bill 3528, Representative Hernandez. Out of the record. House Bill 3299, Representative Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is a Bill that I've thoroughly discussed with almost all of you. As you know, two years ago we passed a four-year pilot 09900035.docx 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 program to try medical marijuana in the State of Illinois. It was the most highly regulated law ever passed in America. And the purpose was to help some very sick people improve their quality of life. A year ago many of you joined me in a Bill that expanded that law to add epilepsy or children with epilepsy. That was a welcomed change. But now, as you know, during the interim almost two years will have passed between the time the law became effective and the actual beginning of the pilot program… the actual beginning where patients can go to a dispensary and purchase the product they need to alleviate their pain. This is unfair to them and it's wrong. It's also unfair and wrong to the entrepreneurs that have put hundreds of thousands of dollars into opening these businesses and hiring a lot of employees. Because of the delay and because we have a sunset coming up in two and a half years, you have a situation where these business owners… these licensees, who have put so much money into this… these businesses, will have to inflate their prices, so that they can make their money back. That's certainly unfair to patients. And if the prices are too high, patients will simply go back out on to the street to buy the product and it will hurt the program badly. So all this Bill does is keep a four- year pilot program, but it starts that four-year pilot from the time the first dispensary is ready to open. This will give us time to assess the program, to figure out what's right about it, what's wrong about it, and to make sure prices stay at a reasonable level for patients. The only other thing this Bill does is to say to patients who already have their licenses to be able to purchase, your one year that you spent 09900035.docx 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 a hundred dollars for won't start 'til the first dispensary opens. I've talked to many of you about it. Answered as many questions as I could. I think this is an important public policy measure for the State of Illinois to protect the most vulnerable and those with the greatest sicknesses in Illinois who we passed the Bill to help. For their quality of life and to protect these business owners, I would urge your 'aye' votes."

"Representative Sullivan."

"Sponsor will yield."

"That is absolutely correct, Sir."

"The original Bill from two years ago set up mechanisms within different state agencies whereby they could follow this program, study it, find out what was working, what wasn't working, and of course there's very sophisticated software and some very sophisticated training of employees to follow the progress of this law. And because there will only be two 09900035.docx 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 years left, Representative, they won't have all the necessary tools at their disposal to study this the way we would like."

"That, and additionally, the higher cost for patients if we don't do this."

"I could not have said it better, Representative."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Zalewski will be excused the remainder of the afternoon."

"Thank you. Leader Lang to close."

"I appreciate Mr. Sullivan…"

"Excuse me, Representative. I… I apologize. Representative David Harris had his light on." Harris, D.: "Thank… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, when we passed House Bill 1 in the 98th General Assembly we said there was going to be four years of a pilot program. To date, not a single cultivation center, not a single dispensary, not a single patient has received this product. We passed the toughest medical marijuana Bill in the United States, without doubt. We should be proud of what we did with House Bill 1, when it comes to medical marijuana. Yet not a single patient has benefitted from that… from what we did in this General Assembly, because of bureaucratic haggling and delays and just bureaucracy taking so long to get this… this Bill enacted. The Gentleman has a reasonable approach. The four-year clock should start at the time that that first dispensary opens and that first patient has the advantage to take… to do what we asked them to do which is 09900035.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 to… to regulate the marijuana under medicinal purposes. So a positive Bill. We should… we should pass this out overwhelmingly. I applaud the Gentleman for putting this Bill forward. Let's vote ‘yes’."

"Representative Lang to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Gentlemen on the other side for their kind comments. This is about… this is a rare opportunity to help patients and businesses flourish at the same time. I ask for your 'aye' votes."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3299 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 81 voting 'yes', 28 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present', House Bill 3299, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4007, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I know of no… no known oppositions to this Bill. This would allow dust suppressants to be considered non-waste for beneficial use determination by the Environmental Protection Agency. This would add them as beneficial use. The agency would still have to make a determination that this would not be hazardous to the environment. This would keep these 09900035.docx 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 materials out of landfills and allow for their beneficial use. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Bill 4007 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Cassidy, Fine, Franks, Frese. Batinick. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 96 voting 'yes', 13 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 4007, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Tryon, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

Speaker Turner: "The Journal will reflect your request, Representative. House Bill 4120, Representative Brady. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, please move House Bill 4120 back to the Order of Second Reading and read the Bill."

"Representative Brady."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to House Bill 4120. 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. House Bill 3512, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Martwick."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. House Bill 3512 is an initiative of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. And it's an update to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. The Uni… Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or UIFSA provides universal and uniform rules for the enforcement of family support orders. This is the… the Act that allows child support orders to be enforced across state lines and even internationally. There was a recent Conference on Commissioners on Uniform State Laws… National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 09900035.docx 104  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 and these were the recommended adoptions. So this makes technical and substantive changes throughout the Act in accordance with the best practices and recommendations from that conference. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"On that, we have Representative Ammons."

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

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Thank you. I just wanted to ask a… one question about the process. How would verification of what is outstanding or old happen state-to-state or even country-to-country?"

"I'm… I'm sorry… I'm having… I was unable to hear? Could you…"

"Members, can we please bring the noise level down in the chamber…"

"That might help."

"…so we can hear the debate. Representative Ammons."

"Thank you. I… I just want to get an idea of how verification from state-to-state will happen or country-to- country? Verifying what is outstanding or old."

"What is outstanding or what is old? Well, I… the… I'm not really sure I understand. What do you mean how is the verification done? I'm not really sure I understand your question."

"So, if I understand, the purpose of this Bill is to create a uniform inter… interstate, right?"

"No. This is… so the Uniform Interstate Family and Support Act is something that’s been in existence for years and years and years. And it is the framework of laws…" 09900035.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Okay."

"…that is adopted by all of the states that are a part of this compact…"

"Okay."

"…to enforce child support orders across state lines."

"Okay."

"…and even internationally. And so, there was recently a National Conference on… let me say this right here… a National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws."

"Okay."

"These were recommended adoptions. And so, of course, all of the several states were then asked to adopt these…"

"Oh, the same…"

"…provisions."

"Thank you so much."

"Yes. Thank you."

"Representative Martwick to close."

"I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3512 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Gordon-Booth, Mussman. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', House Bill 3512, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Lang in the Chair."

"I'll say it again. It's good to be loved. House Bill 2503, Representative Mayfield. Please read the Bill." 09900035.docx 106  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Representative Mayfield."

"Hi, everyone. And thank you. This Bill is an initiative of the Secretary of State's Office and it is basically… the goal of this Bill is to reduce the number of fraudulent title… fraudulent titles and odometer fraud. It is intended to provide… I'm sorry… it's intended to address title fraud by providing electronic means to verify and exchange title, brand, theft or other data among states, ensures law enforcement, and purchases of vehicles. I'll answer any questions. And I recommend an 'aye' vote."

"Lady moves for the passage of the Bill. Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Jesiel, Turner. Please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3352, Mr. Moffitt. Mr. Moffitt. Please read… Out of the record. Returning to House Bill 3311, Mr. Kay, on the Order of Second Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Kay on the Amendment."

"Mr. Brady, do you wish to speak on the Amendment? Mr… No. Those in favor of the Amendment say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. House Bill 1610 on the Order of Third Reading, Mr. Pritchard. Out of the record. House Bill 3933, Representative McAsey, on the Order of Third Reading. Out of the record. House Bill 1445, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As technology has moved ahead, the ability of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to clean up waste and to utilize the… the products that come from that has improved, as well. And we've passed legislation in the past to allow them to take advantage of the… the ability to sell those waste products into… into the private market. This is another one of those Bills that allows them to… to keep these… get these biosolids out of their… out of 09900035.docx 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 the waste stream and use them as additives to soils and other types of products."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Gordon-Booth. Please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3217, Mr. Phelps. Mr. Phelps. Out of the record. House Bill 3810, Mr. Riley. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Riley."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. House Bill 3810 essentially lowers the age to use a crossbow during hunting season to 55 years old with very few exceptions. This is a Bill that I carried 118 to 0, during the 98th General Assembly. It stalled in the House. So, it's the same Bill that allows people to use a crossbow, with very few exceptions, removing… diminishing the age from 62 to 55."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Cassidy, Currie, Golar, Pritchard. Please record yourselves. Mr. Pritchard. Mr. Pritchard. Please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3333, Mr. Rita. Mr. Rita. Please read the Bill." 09900035.docx 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Mr. Rita."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. We got House Bill 3333 what basically clarifies and fixes an unintended consequence on a Bill we passed late last year for appraisals and opinions for property values. And basically clears it up. It's agreed legislation between the relators and the appraisers ‘cause it had unintended consequence that people that had both designations couldn't actually do the opinion or appraisal. So, I ask for a favorable vote."

"Mr. Franks."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm not sure… First of all, I really like the number. I don't know how you got that number, but I'm impressed. I think it's a nice one. It should be a phone number. But why do we need this Bill?"

"Unless it was 7777."

"That's mine. You got that. But go right ahead."

"My understanding in… they needed to clarify opinion of a broker and opinion of… and not an actual appraiser. So they had to clarify the language when we passed it a Bill… what was it… Senate Bill… I don't have the Bill. Senate Bill 3044 last year. So we had to clarify the definitions in what they can and cannot do for appraisals and opinions based on… Someone could be a broker and still give an opinion of value, but it's not set at an appraisal. An appraiser would give an appraisal value based on his appraisal." 09900035.docx 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Correct."

"Does that make sense?"

"Right. And no one ever says the broker price opinion is an appraisal. But it's pretty similar."

"Yes."

"But what I want to make sure is that broker price opinions can still be utilized by courts. ‘Cause right now, they are utilized by courts, instead of appraisals, when they're seeking deficiencies for instance in a foreclosure judgment. So, I want to make it very clear with the legislative intent that this will not affect the judges using a broker's price opinion?"

"I believe so."

"Okay."

"And so, when they're given the opinion, there wouldn't be given opinion. It would be given the opinion on the appraisal as… as a broker. And it would clarify in which states. I don't… I don’t believe that it would cause a consequence on what you're asking."

"Right. Because I think what… individuals are trying to save some money. Oftentimes they use a broker price opinion because they're significantly cheaper than a certified appraisal and they usually come about the same number. I know that courts rely on these. And I want to make sure that there's nothing in this Bill that would disallow a court from relying on brokers price opinions…"

"No."

"…and not requiring an appraisal?" 09900035.docx 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"My understanding it… it doesn't not cause that. What it… what it… and it doesn’t give the broker opinion where they could actually… You still… if you're looking for an appraisal for… to be certified as an appraisal, it would have to be done by an appraiser, but not in the instance what you're saying. That would… it just designates the two different… So… so that a broker would not do appraisals. You still have… If an appraisal would be required, you still have to have a certified appraiser do an appraisal."

"That makes sense. I just wanted to have… just for legislative intent, I wanted to be very clear that the broker price opinions can still be used."

"Ken… Ken's head was in the way there. I couldn't see you."

"That's a… that's a problem."

"It's a big head."

"He's got a lot of makeup on, today, as well. But that's okay. We can… we can… we have some makeup remover. So, I just wanted to be clear for legislative intent that brokers price opinions can still be utilized by… by the court?"

"Yes."

"Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Gordon-Booth, Hays. Please take the record. There are 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Returning to House Bill 3352, Mr. Moffitt. Please read the Bill." 09900035.docx 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Mr. Moffitt."

"Mr. Franks."

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

"Sponsor yields." 09900035.docx 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Representative, I understand what you're trying to do, but I'm always reticent about allowing county boards to raise fees because I've never seen them not. And even though we say it's permissive, they always do. They always do. I… when I go to court, I hear the people always complaining about the court cost fees. And always the judge will say, well, talk to your State Legislator because they're the ones who set the fee. And then we look and say, no, really judge, we allow the counties to do it, but they always go to the max. So what this Bill would do would be to increase the maximum, how much counties can charge for the security fee. Is that correct?"

"But I'm not sure what the cost study means. Because, you know, right now we have the Governor saying, well, I'm… I'm going to cut 31 percent of the higher education budget unless they cut administrative costs. There's nothing here that would require any cost to be cut. Actually they could hire more folks and increase their costs to justify the increase if they wanted to."

“I’m not…”

"…I'm not sure we're reducing the revenue from other sources. How much would it cost under your Bill now, if this should pass, for someone who gets a… I don’t know… a ticket for speeding 12 miles over the limit and wanted to go contest that in court? What are the fees going to be, before any fine’s imposed, if they go and plead for supervision?"

"It's in the hund… it's in the hundreds of dollars."

"All right. And that's… and… and I understand what the Gentleman’s trying to do. To the Bill, Mr. Speaker. We have a real problem with access to the courts in our… in our communities. If you're poor… if you're making minimum wage, and you get a park… if you get a traffic ticket, it's almost impossible for you to afford to fight that ticket. It's almost impossible for you to go and ask for court supervision, simply because of the fees. Even if you're only granted a fine of $50, by the time you walk out of there, it's going to cost you $250 because of all the extra fees that our counties place on those tickets. If you are a small business and someone sends you a bad check or doesn’t pay you, and you want to go try to collect that money, now it's going to cost even more. It makes it cost prohibitive. Understand that every time that we vote to increase the fees, what we're saying is we're limiting access to the court to the people who need it the most. I understand the Gentleman's argument, but there's got to be a better way than to continue to jack up the fees and costs on people who don't want to be in court in the first 09900035.docx 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 place, who don't want to go at all, but have to go because if they get a speeding ticket or if someone didn't pay them or whatever it might be. But to continuously look to increase these fees has an unintended consequence of limiting access to our courts, which is… which is an anathema to what we're trying to do here. With a… it’s a… it's a third part of our… of our government and it’s equal… it’s a coequal branch, but it really isn't if people can’t use it. So I'd encourage everyone to vote 'no' and we should continue to discuss this. But let's stop jacking up the fees so poor people cannot use the courthouse."

"Representative Davis." Davis, M.: "Well, you know, I just… Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I certainly agree with Representative Franks. You know, when we talk about increasing fees on most of the poor people who… who are the ones you find in the court system, and exactly what will those fees be used for?"

"The Sponsor yields?" Davis, M.: "Thank you. Where ever he is."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Of course."

"Gentleman takes the Bill from the record. House Bill 3428, Representative Sente. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Sente."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. House Bill 3428 was brought to me by my local high school students at Stevenson High School. It is a college affordability measure. It guarantees when a high school student takes an Advanced Placement exam and receives a grade of 3 or higher, that he or she will receive either general education credit, if there's a corresponding course at the Illinois public university or community college, and if not, an elective credit which will count towards their degree. To specifically outline how many credits and which course is appropriate, the Bill will assign this process to the IEA. That is the Illinois Articulation Initiative. That is a panel of university professors that currently review community college courses and some of the 36 AP tests. Now they will be asked to review all of them. Fourteen states already guarantee a credit… guarantee credit for an AP grade of 3 or higher. I do want to offer some special thanks to Representative Batinick for his support in counsel on this initiative. And also, Representative Fortner who helped draft House Floor Amendment 1 to create a better Bill, I believe, and as a professor who serves on that panel 09900035.docx 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 to explain to all of us how the IAI process works. I'm happy to take questions."

"Mr. Fortner."

"Representative Ives."

"Sponsor yields.”

"Yes."

"No. I'll explain it. Not exactly. So what the Amendment does is two key things. It’s… it says that if you get a thr… a grade of a 3 or higher, that you will get… one of two possibilities will occur. You will get credit either in general education, as a general education credit, if there's an applicable course at the university or community college that you're going to. If there isn't an applicable course, then you will get elective credit. Either of those two scenarios will count towards your degree. It cannot go, with a 3, towards your major or a prerequisite to a major. The second thing the Amendment does is create this whole process for transparency and it invites the IEA which Representative Fortner is one of those college professors that serves on. And it identifies the specific course you would get credit for and the amount of credits for each of the 36 AP tests."

"Correct."

"Mr. Dunkin."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, first off, let me applaud you for bringing this Bill. Did you communicate with the universities here in our state?"

"Absolutely, I did. I notified them when I first filed the Bill. I've been talking to them throughout the process. And House… the Amendment specifically addresses many of their con… oh, was my attempt at addressing their concerns. But they are still not entirely satisfied."

"Okay. And could you explain what the Illinois Articulation Initiative is?"

"Probably not as good as Representative Fortner could, but I will do my best. The Illinois Articulation Initiative is a panel of university professors that review currently the community college courses for their applicability when someone is entering into the university and determine how much credit and how much… and what specific course they will 09900035.docx 123  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 receive. And they do… have reviewed some of the AP tests. Now we're asking them to use that same process, university professors from our Illinois colleges, to do this for the AP tests."

"So, they approved this overwhelmingly?"

"Who?"

"The Illinois Articulation."

"I did not poll them all."

"No. Excuse me. No, I said, the Illinois Articulation Initiative. They… they're in support of this as well?"

"I don't know if they've slipped in favor of it, but as I said, a 15-year member of that panel is the one who helped me write this Amendment so."

"Okay. Good deal. So…"

"And I did… Go ahead."

"And they did what now?"

"We're just goin… I don't know how the group as an entirety if… what their… each professor’s position is. I can't respond to that."

"Sure. So, are they doing this in other states?"

"Absolutely, they're doing it in other states. And I'm glad you brought that up. Fourteen other states have this policy, where they're guaranteed credit for a grade of 3 or higher. And frankly, they're sending letters of solicitation to our students to come to their excellent schools. And frankly, I'm tired of it because this is one of the criteria that students use when they pick what school to go to. It speaks to college affordability. We've been discussing this problem in the state. I… I disagree it lowers the standards; 09900035.docx 124  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 100 percent disagree with that. And when… like my alma mater, like Indiana University thinks it's okay for them and Ohio and… and Wisconsin and the State of Florida and et cetera, think this is okay. We need to keep our students in Illinois."

"Absolutely. Now, some of the universities, the University of Illinois in particular, they already accept students who get 4s or 5s. Am I correct?"

"Yes. And they do accept some 3s. The problem is there is not consistency. And the students are not sure what… they do… they can go to their website, but they're not guaranteed to get credit for a 3…"

"Okay."

"…today."

"So, this gives us a sense of uniformity and clarity as it relates to Advanced Placement classes who score above a 3 and above, correct?"

"Correct."

"So, this is… Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. As a chair of Appropriations for Higher Education, I, along with my Committee Members, we do a number of special inquiry as it relates to what schools are doing, how current and progressive they are with relation to students of all sectors, in particularly, students who are taking advanced courses. And what this Bill simply does is it comes up with a sense of clarity, uniformity, and it really helps to attract and incentivize students to really look at a lot of our state institutions and to take these advanced classes that are in our respective high schools. Because the reason students not only take the advanced classes because they want their special 09900035.docx 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 academic gratification, but they also are centi… are incentivized to make sure that the… their credits are transferable, in this case, especially if they’re doing exceptionally well. And it gives them an advantage when they go to some of our state institutions and it also incentivizes them to go further with their education because they're that much more advanced. This is a good Bill. It is about time that our state is coming up with a uniform system that we can our… have all of our youth stay excited about school and stay in the advanced sector of achievement academically. I would encourage an 'aye' vote."

"We still have five speakers on this Bill. Mr. Batinick is recognized."

"Sponsor yields."

"I don't know the exact number, but I know you do. Can you tell me what that is?"

"No, I don't."

"Mr. Fortner."

"Mr. Harris." 09900035.docx 127  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 Harris, G.: "I assume it's me ‘cause my light's on. To the Bill. I… I join with my colleague, the chairman of the Higher Ed Committee in commending the Lady for bringing this Bill forward. You know, for, you know, people who've come to my office, you know, trying to figure the complexities of how to enroll their students or make choices across colleges, this is a very common sense way to simply those choices, to make it easier for families to make decisions, and to allow people to get credit for Advanced Placement work. I would urge an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Sente to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In closing, I'd like to state, the students who're taking AP classes and tests, they're highly motivated and bright individuals. We want to encourage them. They are generally dual majoring, going on to take advanced degrees. And we want those bright minds in our state. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Sommer. Please take the record, Mr. Clerk. On this question, there are 90 voting 'yes', 22 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 133, Mr. Thapedi. Mr. Thapedi. Out of the record. House Bill 3785, Representative Williams. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Williams." 09900035.docx 128  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is an initiative of Sheriff Tom Dart. And basically all it does is provide that when people commit infractions and they are not in a middle of a sentence, rather they are pending trial or sentencing but they are detained in a jail, the jail is able to revoke their good behavior allowance days for infractions. And this is opposed to charging them with a new crime which would already burden the system and just create more time and more expense for the institution. So, I’d be happy to answer any questions."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Burke, Tryon, Wallace. Representative Wallace. Please take the record. On this question, there are 112 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Representative Bellock."

Speaker Lang: "The record will reflect your intentions, Representative. House Bill 242, Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Willis."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. This Bill just adds an addition to our current stalking Bill. And what it does is it adds telephones as part of the surveillance 09900035.docx 129  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 equipment that is… can be used and adds the use of a telephone to incorporate that in and increases what stalking can be called under with the telephone use. I'm willing to take any questions. I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Yes, Mr. Speaker. Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields." Davis, W.: "Representative, I kept… I kept hearing you say telephone. Aren't those obsolete?"

"I'm sorry…" Davis, W.: "Are you referring to a cell phone?"

"…cell phones. Yes, I'm referring to cell phones." Davis, W.: "Oh… Thank you very much."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes, it is."

"Well, and… and similar technology that goes along with that, but basically it is addressing the cell phone use. So that someone can ping you off of your cell phone. Most other things are already in there, but we found that the cell phone use was not as part of that."

"No, there are not."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Franks, Cabello. Mr. Cabello. Please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3689, Representative Cloonen. Representative Cloonen. Out of the record. The Chair is in receipt of a Motion from Representative McAsey. Pursuant to Rule 65, having voted on the prevailing side, she moves to reconsider the vote by which House Bill 3761 has passed. The Chair recognizes Representative McAsey."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to Table the Motion to reconsider the vote."

"Lady moves to table. Those… those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Lady's Motion is tabled. Page 29 of the Calendar, under Motions in Writing, House Bill 397, Mr. Welch moves, pursuant to Rule 65, having voted on the prevailing side. He moves to reconsider the vote by which House Bill 397 passed. The Chair is in receipt of a request by Mr. Sims to table that Motion. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Motion is tabled. Chair recognizes Mr. Costello."

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

"Please proceed, Sir."

"I'd like to remind the Body that the Sportsmen's Caucus we're having our annual event tonight at the Inn at 835. 09900035.docx 131  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 35th Legislative Day 4/21/2015 Cocktails are from 5:30 to 6:30. The event will start at 6:30. The Inn at 835 on Second Street. Look forward to seeing you there. Thank you."

"Thank you, Sir. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Those in favor of the Agreed Resol… Excuse me. Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. The Chair recognizes Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Just want to let the Members of the Appropriations Committee for Elementary & Secondary Education that the work group will still meet this afternoon. I promise you it won't be very long, but the work group will still meet this afternoon after Session. Thank you."

"Thank you, Sir. Mr. Hoffman is recognized."

"Yes, Mr. Speaker. For Members of the Labor & Commerce Committee, the one Bill that has been posted will not be called today; therefore, we will not be meeting."

"Thank you, Sir. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements. Pay attention, Members, please."

"And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House stand adjourned ‘til Wednesday, April 22 at the hour of 10 a.m. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed say 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the House does stand adjourned ‘til Wednesday, April 22 at the hour of 10 a.m. Don’t' forget to bring pretty shirts to the bowling outing."