"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills. Senate Bill 226, offered by Representative Welch, a Bill for an Act concerning education. First Reading of this Senate Bill. Committee Reports. Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson from the Committee on Rules reports the following committee action taken on May 18, 2015: recommends be adopted, referred to the floor is Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 13, Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 973, Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 1252, Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1547, Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 1684, Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1793, Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1824."
"(sic-The House will be in order.) Members shall be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Reverend Bob Vanden Bosch who is with Concerned Christian Americans in Chatham, Illinois. Reverend Vanden Bosch is the guest of Representative Poe. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones, and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance."
"Let's pray. Father, we thank You for the opportunity that we have today to be able to come to You and we thank You for the opportunity that we have to live in this land that You've given us as well. We thank You for the freedoms that we have, for the liberties that we have, and we pray that You help us in preserving them. We ask, Lord, for each of the Legislators today that You would give them the wisdom that they need in accomplishing Your work here. For… Lord, I just pray too for… for Frank Mautino who's undergoing radiation. And Lord, we are… we just ask that You'd be with 09900049.docx 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 him and give him the continued strength that he needs. We thank You for Representative Poe and for the recovery that he has. And Lord, we just pray that You would continue to give him the strength that he needs as well for a complete recovery. Give the doctors wisdom with Frank as well and Lord, be with their families. Be with the families of each of the Legislators as they go through this trying time at the end of the Session. And Lord, we know that in ourselves we don't have the wisdom to be able to come up with the answers. But we also understand that corporately You can give us the wisdom to be able to find answers and solutions to the problems that the State of Illinois is facing. And so we ask that You would lead us and guide us, guide the Legislators, give them wisdom that comes from You to be able to come up with a solution for the people of the State of Illinois. Bless them today, in Jesus' name we pray, Amen."
"We shall be led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Representative Walsh."
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Currie."
"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Andrade, Arroyo, Cloonen, Evans, Mautino, Reaves-Harris, Riley, Thapedi, Willis, and Zalewski are accused today… excused, not accused."
"Representative Brown." 09900049.docx 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Davidsmeyer, Durkin, Morrison, Phillips, and Wehrli are excused today."
"103 Members present, a quorum is established. Representative Beiser, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"If I could have the Body's attention. Something very significant that was brought to my attention by one of the principals in my local high schools. And to my left is Joshua Rudd and his parents Charles and Sherri and then Principal Tom Roth. The thing that's really great about Josh is all the way from Kindergarten through this senior year in high school he has not missed a day of attendance. So I would like to congratulate him and give him a Spr… long Springfield welcome."
"Thank you, Representative. And welcome to your Capitol. Representative Sandack, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"Thank you. Today, I have a Page for the day, Lucas, would you stand up, please? Lucas, stand up. There you go. Lucas Pitonak is from Burr Ridge. He is a student at Our Lady of Peace School in Darien. He plays football and basketball at the school. Likes track, computer science, and social studies. And his father Igor is right up there. Let's give them a nice Springfield welcome, please." 09900049.docx 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Thank you, Representative. And welcome to your Capitol, Lucas. Representative Chapa LaVia, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"A point of personal privilege. If I could have the Members attention, if they could stand up. East Aurora mourns the loss of a 2010 graduate. It was Corporal… Marine Corporal, Sara Abigail Medina. She was involved in a peace mission, a relief mission in Nepal last week. The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Sunday that Medina was one of 8 people killed when the helicopter they were riding in crashed in the mountains north… northeast of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The helicopter was reported missing on Tuesday, May the 12. The helicopter was delivering rice and tarps to areas that were hardest hit by the earthquake. This… this Marine lived life, all of them lived life… all 9 of them lived life under the mission of what every Marine in the United States branch serves for; honor, courage, and commitment. It's often that we hear of deaths during war times, but America also leads the world in peace missions and relief missions. And if we could just have a moment of silence, not just for Sara, one of Illinois's finest, but all of her 8 comrades that perished in that helicopter crash as well, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you."
"The Body will take a moment of silence. Thank you, Representative. Representative Meier, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir." 09900049.docx 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Today, I'm very happy to have a set of triplets here as my Pages. We have Mikayla Clark, Danielle Clark, and Chandler Clark up in the front and we have their grandparents up in the balcony, Pat and Merle Minor, very dear friends of mine. Representative Batinick says I stole these Pages from him. They do come from his district, but our family connection goes far back. Thank…"
"Thank you, Representative. And welcome to your Capitol. Leader Bellock, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed."
"I just wanted to say thank you and let everybody on the floor know that Representative Marty Moylan stopped by the side of the road, my car died on the side of the road today. And he was… he said, I want to help you. And I said, I'll be fine, I'll call AAA, you know, I don't think they'll let me leave the car. He said, no, I don't want to leave you by the side of the road. So I got in the car, put all the stuff in. Two other young women from Voices for Illinois Children stopped to help us also. One hour further down, they're by the side of the road on the other side with a blowout. Marty and I stopped and Marty helped them change their tire. So I want to say thank you to Marty for everybody and everybody… It's what Reverend Bob said, we're a family and thank you very much for helping."
Speaker Turner: "Thank you, Representative. Representative Wheeler, for what reason do you seek recognition?" 09900049.docx 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 Wheeler, K.: "A point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are proud today in the House to have a constituent of mine who I'm very glad to call a constituent and also, my county board member, Matthew Prochaska. If you'd stand, Matthew. Let's give him a big Springfield welcome. Thank you."
"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Members, we’re going to begin on page 8 of the Calendar, Senate Bills on Second Reading. Senate Bill 42, Representative Lilly. Mr. Clerk, please read the… Out of the record. Senate Bill 43, Representative Lilly. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 43, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 44, Representative Phelps. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 44, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #8 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed."
"Representative Phelps."
"Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I think I have two Floor Amendments that I need adopted before I move it to Third."
"Representative, those Amendments aren't ready. We're going to hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading."
"Okey dokey." 09900049.docx 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Senate Bill 46, Representative Kelly Burke. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 46, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 57, Representative Kelly Burke. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 57, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 159, Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 159, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 344, Representative Lilly. Representative Lilly, would you like to move your Bill? Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 344, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 369, Representative Fortner. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 369, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 376, Representative Acevedo. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 376, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 378, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 378, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 418. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 418, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 543, Representative Costello. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 543, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 564, Representative Jackson. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 564, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 625. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 625, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 681, Representative Phelps. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 681, a Bill for an Act concerning conservation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 740, Representative Pritchard. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 740, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 731, Representative Guzzardi. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 731, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #2, offered by Representative Guzzardi, has been approved for consideration."
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Excuse me. Senate Bill 731, Representative Guzzardi for Floor Amendment #2."
"The Floor Amendment is a technical Amendment that removes all opposition to the Bill." 09900049.docx 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 731. 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."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 750, Representative Fine. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 750, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 7… 781, Representative Pritchard. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 781, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 791, Representative Sullivan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 791, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment 1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 792, Representative Scherer. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 792, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 793, Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 793, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 800, Representative Poe. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 800, a Bill for an Act concerning sweet corn. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 810, Representative Batinick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 810, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 816, Representative Sandack. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 816, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Senate Bill 836. Excuse me. On Senate Bill 816, please move that Bill to the Order of Third Reading. Senate Bill 836, Representative Phelps. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 836, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 844, Representative Golar. Mr. Clerk, plea… Out of the record. Senate Bill 845, Representative McAsey. Out of the record. Senate Bill 903, Representative Sandack. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 903, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 986, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 986, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1252, Representative Pritchard. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1252, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #3, offered by Representative Pritchard, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Pritchard."
"So, Ladies and Gentlemen, this Bill just deals with one township, that's what Amendment 3 does. It allows them to transfer an excess that they build up in their general assistance fund for a one time transfer to other general township funds. I’d ask for the support of the Body."
"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 1252. All in favor say 'aye'; all 09900049.docx 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1253, Representative Soto. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1253, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk… Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1265, Representative Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1265, a Bill for an Act concerning elections. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1312, Representative Kelly Burke. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1335, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1335, a Bill for an Act concerning children. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1344, Representative Beiser. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1377, Representative Phelps. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1377, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1378, Representative Phelps. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1378, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1381, Representative Verschoore. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1383, Representative Kelly Burke. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1383, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1344, Representative Beiser. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1344, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1388, Representative Fortner. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1388, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1408, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1408, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was 09900049.docx 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1410, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1410, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1422, Representative Sullivan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1422, a Bill for an Act concerning wildlife. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1444, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1444, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1445, Representative Chapa LaVia. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1445, a Bill for an Act concerning utilities. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1446, Representative McDermed. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900049.docx 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Senate Bill 1446, a Bill for an Act concerning utilities. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1448, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1448, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1455, Representative Golar. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1457, Representative Chapa LaVia. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1457, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1482, Representative D’Amico. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1482, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1516, Representative Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1516, a Bill for an Act concerning liquor. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1518, Representative Moeller. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900049.docx 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Senate Bill 1518, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1523. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1523, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1547, Representative DeLuca. Out of the record. Senate Bill 100, Representative Will Davis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 100, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1560, Representative Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1560, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1564, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1564, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. Multiple note requests have been requested but not filed at this time." 09900049.docx 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1590, Representative Tryon. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1590, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1591, Representative Martwick. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1591, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative McAuliffe, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"Up in the gallery we have… with Senator Mulroe we have some students and teachers from St. Juliana's. That's a great school that's the same parish I was married and where Senator Mulroe's wife works at. Could we have a big round of applause to all of the students and teachers from there?"
"Thank you and welcome… welcome to your Capitol, students. Representative… Senate Bill 1595, Representative McAuliffe. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1595, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1596, Representative Welch. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900049.docx 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Senate Bill 1596, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1608, Leader Currie. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1612, Representative Franks. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1612, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1547, Representative DeLuca. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1547, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment… Floor Amendment #1 has been approved for consideration and is refer… is offered by Representative DeLuca."
"Representative DeLuca."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt House Floor Amendment #1. It was a technical change and the Amendment removes the opposition. I ask for its adoption."
"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1547. 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."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1657, Representative Cabello. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900049.docx 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Senate Bill 1657, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1680, Representative Reis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1680, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1683, Representative Breen. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1683, a Bill for an Act concerning employment. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1665, Leader Durkin. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1665, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1684, Representative Conroy. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1704, Representative Hammond. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1704, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1714, Representative Brown. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1714, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No 09900049.docx 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1735, Representative Franks. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1735, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1741, Leader Currie. Representative Currie. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1741, Leader Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1741, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1764, Representative Lilly. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1764, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1775, Representative Flowers. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1775, a Bill for an Act concerning children. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1793, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1793, a Bill for an Act concerning education. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Kifowit, has been approved for consideration." 09900049.docx 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Representative Kifowit."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning. Amendment 1 is a Floor Amendment that simply inserts organizations representing school boards and school personnel. In addition, it inserts, on page 2 line 21, to review and update current suicide awareness policy to be consistent with the subsection. I ask for its adoption."
"Lady moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1793. 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."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1800, Representative Feigenholtz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1800, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1833, Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1833, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1834, Representative D’Amico. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1834, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No 09900049.docx 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1859, Representative Soto. Representative Soto. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1859, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1861, Representative Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1861, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1866, Representative Mitchell. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1866, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1882, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1882, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1885, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1885, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1899, Representative Costello. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1899, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1921, Representative Sente. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1921, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed."
"Mr. Clerk, please hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1947, Representative Manley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1947, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 9, Representative Kifowit. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 9, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 125, Representative Feigenholtz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 125, a Bill for an Act concerning agriculture. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 374, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 374, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 509, Representative Cabello. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 509, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1129, Representative Cassidy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1129, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Members, we're going to move to page 7 of the Calendar with Senate Bills on Third Reading. First up we have Senate Bill 621, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 621, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Leader Lang."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, this would allow in the City of Chicago vehicles that are occasionally used as rescue vehicles to use lights and sirens. Today, there are volunteers who pick up people for medical emergencies. This would allow the vehicles to have appropriate lights to get people to hospitals or wherever they're taking them." 09900049.docx 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 621 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 Ammons. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 101 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 621, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 636, Representative Moylan. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 636, a Bill for an Act concerning transportation. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Moylan."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 636 includes… increases the number of runways that can be operated… operational at O'Hare Airport before a certificate of approval is required from 8 to 10 and amends the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act by replacing the current aircraft noise monitoring metric with a new metric that more speci… specifically takes into account aircraft noise generated from 7 to 10 p.m. And I respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Sandack."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"In your capacity as mayor, I… this is an important thing to your area. Can you just walk through a little bit some of the concerns your constituents have with the way I guess noise is occurring right now with O'Hare?"
"Right. Thank you, Mr. Leader. What happened was, there was a new runway that opened up so more homes are being 09900049.docx 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 impacted by the noise. So we're asking that the contour, that's the way that the airplane flies now, that the contour increases to make more homes eligible for sound proofing. The FAA pays for this. Also, we're asking that the airport increases the number of runways from 8 to 10 so that they have an option of flying on different runways to help decrease the noise."
"All reasonable. One more… one last question, Representative. With respect to go… this… your legislation works on the go forward. It wouldn't do anything about the here and now, is that right?"
"Correct. That's…"
"Okay. Very good. Thank you."
"Thank you."
"Representative McAuliffe."
"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"Representative, how many homes do you think on the northwest side of the City of Chicago and suburbs do you think this will impact?"
"We're hoping that… well, as you know, people in Park Ridge, Chicago, numerous other cities are being affected by the increase of their bloi… noise. We're hoping that it could be up to a few thousand."
"Okay. To the Bill. I live right next to the neighborhood of O'Hare, my district's just east of there. There's… I've heard many, many complaints for the last couple of years, especially since that new run way opened, that they're not eligible for the sound proofing. I think this is 09900049.docx 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 right. This is fair. This is something that the FAA needs to do. The last time when they did the sound proofing that was many years ago and there's a lot of people that have to live with their doors closed and they should… it shouldn't be that way, especially with the weather getting better. And I think this is a great Bill and I ask all my colleagues to vote 'aye'. Thank you."
"Representative Martwick."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I want to commend Representative Moylan for putting together this legislation. For those of you who don't live in the immediate O'Hare vicinity, most of the noise proofing was done based under old runway configurations. So many of the areas where the flights have been diminished drastically have all ben sound proofed and homes in… under areas where there is a huge increase in traffic have no sound proofing whatsoever and it's become a big burden to them. This at least begins to address that problem. The other half of that Bill allows the… the… the airport to open up the new runways without decommissioning the old runways. That would potentially allow for a more equitable distribution of these flights, perhaps relieving some of the noise that has been concentrated over one area. So I urge everyone in the Assembly to vote for this. It's a good first step. It's a long way from solving the problem. We need the FAA to come to the table and talk with the parties concerned. But this is a good first step and I urge an 'aye' vote."
"Representative D’Amico." 09900049.docx 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"To the Bill, Mr. Speaker. I want… I, too, want to thank Representative Moylan for bringing this Bill forward. I know he worked hard on this Bill. This is something I strongly support and urge all my colleagues to support because a lot of the people that are affected by the airport right now, these people did not move next to the airport, the airport basically moved next to them. When they changed the configurations, a lot of these homes are being affected that were not affected previously by the airport. So I encourage an 'aye' vote. I think it's going to bring some relief to some of the people right now, but like Representative Martwick said, we want to continue and op… have an open door policy and work with the FAA, bring the FAA to the table and have open discussions with all the people that are being affected by this. So I strongly encourage an 'aye' vote. Thank you."
"Representative Lang."
"Thank you. I appreciate the hard work by Mr. Moylan on this Bill. And Mr. D'Amico has it exactly right. Some of us complain that there are people who make… make a lot about airport noise who moved into a house by the airport. This is a completely different situation. In this situation, runway configurations changed so that flight patterns are going over thousands of homes that never had to deal with airport noise before. So this Bill is well timed. This Bill needs to pass. And I would encourage your 'aye' vote."
"Representative Moylan to close. Representative Winger."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I would like to mention that… to thank the work of the Sponsors on this Bill. 09900049.docx 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 It is very important for the area. I was disappointed that Senate Bill 637 was not in the Second Reading, that is an important aspect as well to preserve the diagonal runways. However, I do plan to support this Bill. It does improve the sound monitoring and it does bring us a step forward. Thank you."
"Representative Moylan to close."
"Thank you, Mr… thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would especially like to spank… to thank Representative Martwick, McAuliffe, D'Amico, Guzzardi, Senate Bill Sponsor Mulroe for the great work they do. It takes a team to make a good Bill. I respectfully ask for an 'aye' vote. Thank you."
"The questions is, 'Shall Senate Bill 636 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 Ives, Meier, Tryon Unes. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 99 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 636, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Sandack for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I ask the chamber to be quiet just for a second? A moment of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of our colleagues isn't here today. Representative Grant Wehrli is not with us because yesterday his dad passed away. Don Wehrli was a well-known leader in Naperville for years. Don was a former city council member and the Wehrli family is a venerable name in 09900049.docx 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 Naperville, one of the original families in Naperville. He's been sick for a while, but it did catch the family a little bit off guard. And maybe a moment of silence for our colleague's family would be appropriate."
"The Body will take a moment of silence. Thank you, Representative. Thank you, Members. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 650, Representative Hoffman. Please read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, can you please move Senate Bill 650 back to the Order of Second Reading and please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 650, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. This Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative Hoffman, has been approved for consideration."
"Representative Hoffman."
"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Amendment is similar to what was contained in House Bill 3207 which got out of Cities & Villages, but I couldn't make it one of the top five priorities. So we're amending this which would allow volunteer fire… volunteer municipal fire departments to… to… if they answer a call, to be reimbursed for non… by nonresidents. I know of no opposition. The Association of Fire Protection Districts, Fire Chiefs Association are all in favor."
"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 650. 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."
"No further Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 679, Representative Williams. Out of the record. Senate Bill 764, Representative Burke. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 764, a Bill for an Act concerning health. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Burke." Burke, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. A very simple Bill would provide that automatic external defibrillators be placed in all police stations throughout our state. There is an exemption although for those municipalities who have a personnel under 100 in each police station. So I'd ask for your favorable consideration. Be happy to answer any questions."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 764 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 764, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 804, Representative Moffitt. Mr. Clerk… Out of the record. Senate Bill 1222, Representative Hoffman. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1222, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Second… Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Hoffman."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This would simply exten… extend the TIF in Granite City. I know of no opposition." 09900049.docx 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate… Shall Senate Bill 1222 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 Ford, Golar, Barb Wheeler. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1222, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1688, Representative McDermed. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1688, a Bill for an Act concerning vital records. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative McDermed."
"Thank you. This Bill amends the Vital Records Act of the State of Illinois and includes the state’s attorney as a person who can, upon written request, ask for a vital record. Right now, that's not clear in the law and the state’s attorneys would like to be one of the parties permitted to request these from the county clerks and the state officials. This was an action of the State’s Attorneys Association and there is no opposition. I ask for your 'aye' vote."
"On that, we have Representative Drury."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor will yield."
"Has there been an issue with the state’s attorneys being able to get birth certificates?"
"In certain counties, yes."
"And what's been the issue?" 09900049.docx 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"The clerks wouldn’t issue it because they weren’t a listed proper person to request records under the Vital Records Act."
"But how was the request being made? Was it just someone going there and saying, can I get the birth certificate?"
"That I cannot say."
"Did they go to the court to get a subpoena to… to get the birth certificate?"
"Well, I believe that's what they had to do, but they prefer not to have to get a subpoena but just to send a written request."
"So this is just a convenience for the state’s attorneys not to go to the court to get people's vital records?"
"They have to get them from the clerk. They just have… instead of using a subpoena they have to send a letter."
"Does any other state do this?"
"Can't answer that."
"Okay. I think that this Bill needs a lot more debate. Right now, state’s attorneys have the capability of getting these records, they just have to go through a court to get them. It's unclear to me why we're changing that and what the issue has been. So I'd ask for a 'no' vote."
"Representative Franks."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"She indicates that she will."
"Representative, I was listening to my friend Mr. Drury speak and I was reading this and I tend to agree with him. Right now, if you need these documents, you have to issue a subpoena and go through the court, correct?" 09900049.docx 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Correct."
"Why would we want to take a judicial review out of this process and allow someone simply because of the fact that they happen to be a state’s attorney the ability to get documents without judicial review?"
"Speed the prosecution. There's a number of reasons why the state’s attorney might want to know…"
"I understand…"
"…the age of someone officially…"
"…but…"
"…and it might be so that they were…"
"Oh, I know why they…"
"…not automatically transferred and to be prosecuted as an adult."
"I know why they would want it, but my question is specific. Why would you take out judicial review of this process? What happens if the state’s attorney is wrong and shouldn't be requesting this? What you're basically giving this person, the state’s attorney, you're giving her carte blanche to get documents that she may not be entitled to."
"They are an officer of the law performing a proper function which they…"
"I'm an officer of the court as well."
"…were elected by the citizens of that county to perform."
"But…"
"They don't have time to be messing around asking for things that they don't particularly need." 09900049.docx 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"What… I'm an officer of the court. I have to get judicial review when I need a document. Why should this person…"
"Why should one off… elected official…"
"Let me finish my question."
"…show so much disrespect to another elected official?"
"It's not a question of being elected. We have separate branch…"
"You brought up elected."
"…we… no… we have separate branches of government 'cause we have checks and balances. What you're taking away here is a check and balance. You are giving unfettered access to a state’s attorney without any judicial review and I don’t understand why."
"This is a situation where we are trying to protect the victims. I know that you are one of the utmost protectors of victim's rights in this Assembly, so I'm not exactly sure why you're standing here and saying that… asking for this record in order to protect a victim from being cross examined and abused on the stand is an inappropriate…"
"No. No."
"…thing for us to be doing here."
"No. I app… I appreciate that. And I'm not…"
"Then you should be in a 'yes' vote."
"No, I don't think so for this reason. Because if it is a legitimate request, the court will grant it and will give the subpoena. But what you're saying here is you are substituting one individual's determination without any judicial oversight in a criminal matter." 09900049.docx 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"The whole criminal matter is under the jurisdiction of the criminal court judge in a criminal court. I'm not exactly sure why we need any more supervision than we've already got here."
"Here's what you're doing though. What this Bill would do is take away that supervision."
"No. The matter is being prosecuted as a criminal matter in a criminal court of one of our counties."
"I get that. But you're asking for the court not to be involved in a request for specific documents when in every other instance the court would be involved. So right now it works. Right now, if you're a state’s…"
"No, right now it doesn’t work or we… the State’s Attorneys Association wouldn't be asking for the Bill."
"Can… can you give us specific examples where it hasn’t worked?"
"Yes."
"Okay, please."
"There was a specific example…"
"Please."
"…where it didn’t work when the state’s attorney wanted the records, someone's official birthdate with respect to the age of the victim which was a factor in deciding how to move the case forward. The clerk wouldn’t do it. This is a result… this Bill is a result of that."
"I get that. So the cl…"
"Many clerks do that, but this one wouldn’t."
"Right. So, this one wouldn’t. Did that… did that state’s attorney, he or she, then petition the court for a subpoena 09900049.docx 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 of those records and then was the… was there… were those records not turned over?"
"Why should they have to go through all that?"
"Because every other lawyer has to."
"A nice written request would… should be sufficient."
"Well, because other officers of the court has to… have to go through the same procedural safeguards. If I wish to get those documents, I would have to ask the court for a subpoena because that way the court can then determine whether it was necessary. My only concern here, and I know what you're trying to do, is that we would take away any… any judicial oversight. I mean, you could have someone asking for these things inappropriately. That's all I'm saying. And I always prefer checks and balances."
"I feel like there's plenty of judicial oversight. It is a criminal prosecution, after all."
"Except this would take away that oversight. Thank you."
"Representative Sandack."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. Two previous speakers have inquired about the propriety of the request. Let's make sure there's some context with respect to this Bill. It's entirely… the entiretive… the entirety of the text reads as follows: upon the specific written request for a… for a certification or certified copy by a state’s attorney for the purpose of a criminal prosecution. So this isn’t a willy-nilly fishing expedition. This isn't something done out of spite or reckless. Rather, it's in furtherance of a criminal prosecution. That's important. State’s attorneys have taken an oath to under… not under… undertake the law but 09900049.docx 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 to do so in a judicious and circumspect manner. The instance upon which this legislation was brought forward was because a state’s attorney tried to get a birth certificate of a victim so that they could prove the age of the victim without putting the victim on the stand and in order to protect the victim. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a good Bill. This gives a state’s attorney the ability to obtain a public document through a written request without the issuance of a subpoena. This is not going to impinge upon anyone's rights. This isn't going to unduly burden anyone. This is a good Bill and I would ask that you support it. Thank you."
"Representative Breen."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"Representative, just to be clear, the… the two document types that are being allowed to be released to the state’s attorney are a birth certificate and a death certificate. Is that right?"
"Yes."
"So only the information that would be on a birth certificate or a death certificate, which is… is not much, that… that's all that's being asked for here?"
"Yes."
"Okay. I… I just… then to the Bill. I… I think we've kind of maybe gotten a little ahead of our skis here that, I mean, this is data that the state’s attorney can get otherwise through other records requests. The thing is he can get a certified copy using this Bill instead of having to go to the court and get a court order for this. This is a very minor 09900049.docx 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 change to the law and one that, at least to my estimation, is a pretty sensible one and we're finding instances where it's necessary. I could even imagine where the state’s attorney didn't want to let the defense know that they were getting this document. Again, but I mean certification of birth only has the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth and your name, age, and birthplace of your parents. I mean, it's not a whole heck of a lot on there. So, again, I would urge an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. We are not breaking new ground here. The birth certificate is already required to be released not only to family members or someone who might be a legal representative of the person whose age is in dispute, but the Federal Government, municipal corporations, and all Illinois agencies are already entitled to get this without a subpoena. I don't think this is a dramatic change. I think this is really a cleanup. There's no question but what the state’s attorney will… can get this information if they get a subpoena. So, all we're doing is I think is streamlining the judicial process and making this a more straightforward process. I think an 'aye' vote is appropriate here."
"Representative Monique Davis." Davis, M.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I rise to agree with Representative Jack Franks. What we have today is working. Too often we take one little thing that didn’t work properly and we want to change the law for everybody. Now I agree with Representative Franks that this person could have 09900049.docx 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 gotten a judge to subpoena the information, but to all of the sudden change all of the… this process for one case is just not making much sense in the State of Illinois. I agree that Jack Franks says to… what did you call it, Jack? Taking away a process that has checks and balances. So once again we're going to remove the check and balance that exists. Then the next thing you know there are a lot of errors in the court and you want to know how they happen. They happened… and there's greater incarceration… they happened because we changed a Bill instead of making them do what currently exists we want to change it and make it easier. Go to the judge and get a subpoena. We should vote 'no' on this legislation. Vote 'no'."
"Representative Drury, your name was used in debate."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor will yield."
"Have… I'm sorry. So there was debate with the Gentleman from McHenry. Can you explain to me the specific situation that happened that gave rise to this legislation?"
"My understanding is that the victim… we need… that the state’s attorney needed to prove the age of the victim without putting the victim on the stand."
"And why didn’t the state’s attorney have that information before that point in time?"
"Because the clerk refused to provide it."
"No, but in the judicial process before there's a prosecution there's an investigation. And normally in the investigation you find out all the information you need and 09900049.docx 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 then you go to trial. Did something go wrong in the investigation? Is there some fact that made this case different from the norm?"
"I… I don't know the answer to that."
"Okay. Because that… that is the issue that I'm having is that this… this legislation kind of came out of nowhere. It's asking for a power grab for the State’s Attorneys Association which is going to upset the status quo. And if we're going to upset the status quo and give more power to law enforcement, I think we need to have a really good foundation for doing that. And this isn't an attack. I'm just trying to understand 'cause I've nev… I never heard of this Bill 'til you presented it…"
"It passed out of committee…"
"…and the facts aren't making sense."
"…nine to nothing. It passed the Senate unanimously."
"That… that…"
"This is just adding one more name to the group of people that can properly request this document other than the owner, you know, the person whose certificate it is."
"But is it…"
"It's not a radical crazy change."
"But it… it kind of is because for… for probably hundreds of years we've required state’s attorneys to get a subpoena to get this information which has very personal information to people. We have one potential case where we don't even know why it happened. We don’t know if… if it was a snafu from the judge, if there was an issue at trial. We have no idea why this is coming about, yet we want to change the 09900049.docx 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 balance of power in favor of government over a criminal defendant. And someone is innocent until proven guilty and we're trying to somewhat offset that balance here. And it's not an attack on victims. The statement that somehow we're against victims is… it's kind of offensive as someone who's protected victims most of his life it's offensive to say that this is a Bill if you vote against it you're against victims. It's actually… equally you could say, well, we're going against the Constitution by upsetting the balance of you're innocent until proven guilty by giving state’s attorneys more power than they currently have. My request would be this is that we… we take this out of the record, we talk with Matt Jones or whoever it is and so we can find out what's really going on behind the scenes. I don't want to kill a good Bill, but this Bill without any explanation is… it just seems like horrible, horrible policy and we're setting a precedent that we don't want to set to just give power where power may not be needed. And so I ask, as your colleague, that we talk about this off record and try to figure out what's going on here. Because it… from… from a law enforcement standpoint it doesn't make any sense without more information."
"Number one, we're not only talking about the records of defendants. It's any record that the state’s attorney wants. Number two, there has never been any opposition to this Bill in the Senate or in committee. If you…"
"But there's opposition now."
"…would like to hold it then… and there's opposition now, then that's fine, we will. Unlike some requests that 09900049.docx 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 we've made to the other side earlier, I will withdraw it and hold it. Thank you."
"I appreciate that. Thank you."
"Mr. Clerk, please take this Bill out of the record. Senate Bill 1707, Representative Nekritz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1707, a Bill for an Act concerning safety. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is identical to House Bill 4122 that passed the House unanimously. It is a… the Bill gives the Illinois EPA the authority to do projects under the Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund that are authorized under Federal Law. Last fall, I made some snarky remark about… in my earlier discussion on this about how Congress had actually taken some action. I know it's shocking, but they did and this is to bring us into line with Federal Law."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1707 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 Batinick, Wheeler, Yingling. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 99 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1707, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1728, Leader Currie. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1734, Representative Franks. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1734, a Bill for an Act concerning local government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill." 09900049.docx 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Representative Franks."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This comes from the McHenry County State’s Attorney. Right now, sheriffs can charge process serving costs to a defendant. So we're trying to do to allow a technical fix that would expand the tools available to law enforcement to ensure defendants are served documents according to established standards. I'd be happy to answer any questions."
"Representative Sandack."
"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield for a few questions?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"Representative, we just had a, what I thought was an over lengthy debate over something very small and minor. Your Bill, not ironically, seeks to do something on behalf of the McHenry County State’s Attorney. And so what I'd like you to do is walk me through why this is a good use of additional power and/or information for the state’s attorney when my colleague's previous Bill seemed to set off a nerve on a few."
"Well, this has nothing to do with separation of powers or taking away checks and balances. What it… what it provides the special investigators may be awarded the same fee that the sheriff or deputy sheriff would receive except when the fee is increased by a county ordinance. And right now, it's just to allow the state’s attorneys to be able to do this service that they're doing with their special folks just like what the sheriffs do."
"Well, okay…"
"So, it's not taking away any checks or balances." 09900049.docx 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Well, it's adding something, isn't it? Because we're utilizing personnel outside the sworn law enforcement environment to do…"
"Well, that's not how it works. As you know now any… most anyone who's over 18 and is not a… and is not a party to a suit can serve."
"Right."
"This is just trying to be more efficient because they're… this is for the state’s attorneys to do it."
"Okay. So your Bill seems to give the state’s attorney another avenue and another option in order to undertake their services as best they can?"
"Right."
"Okay. I like that policy. I think it's a good policy. Thank you."
"Thank you."
"Representative Nekritz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"Representative, do you know how many fees we tack on to defendants when they are convicted of something?"
"Yeah, this isn't an additional fee, 'cause right now when you're…"
"I'm just asking do you know how many fees we…"
"Oh, I think it's terrible. I hate it."
"So…"
"And that's why I think the… I think the General Assembly ought to be out of the business of saying what the fees are 09900049.docx 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 because when I'm in court and someone goes in… and say they get a $75 traffic ticket, in my county it's over 300 bucks."
"But you're now…"
"It's obscene."
"…you're… yeah and I won't argue that this is not adding a new fee, but it is adding a fee on to some… on to some defendants that are served by a special investigator versus having been served by the sheriff. So we are…"
"Well, there's…"
"…adding… adding a little bit of a fee."
"Well, the sheriff could serve them and they'd have to pay that fee."
"I understand. I understand."
"So it wouldn't be a new fee…"
"I…"
"…and it wouldn’t be any extra money."
"…I acknowledge that it is not a new fee."
"Right."
"But it is expanding the use of that… it's expanding the number of defendants that are… on which that fee is to be imposed."
"No, I would disagree. It's the same amount of just defendants. It's just whether the state’s attorney serves them or the sheriff serves them. Just so it's more… it's just streamlining it for the… for the state’s attorney."
"All right. No. This… well…"
"I don't believe anybody extra is added." 09900049.docx 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Well, then… then if… then… then what is your legislation doing if it’s not expanding the number of defendants that are going to be paying this fee?"
"It's the same defendants. It's just whether who serves them. Whether it's the sheriff…"
"Right. But if they got a… if they got a serve…"
"…or someone from the State’s Attorneys Office."
"…if they didn't and if they got… Right now, if they get served by this special investigator, they don’t pay the fee, otherwise, why is the legislation necessary?"
"I'm not sure they are being served. I think they want to be… they want to be able to allow them to do this service."
"So, they're just… they're just voluntarily coming to court as defendants? They're not being served?"
"No, no. I'm not saying… I don't think the special… they're not doing it now. They want to have that ability to be… so they could be more efficient, that's all. It's not an additional fee…"
"So, we're going to be… so we're going to be… we're going to be…"
"…it's not any… it's not on anybody extra."
"…we're going to be serving the defendants…"
"It's just allowing different serving."
"…we're going to be serving defendants more… more efficiently and more effectively?"
"Yeah. Exactly."
"Just like if we could get birth certificates more efficiently effectively it might be a better idea. Thank you."
"Representative Moffitt." 09900049.docx 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor will yield."
"Representative, this legislation, if it became law, would require a study. Is that correct?"
"I'm not sure."
"Does this require a cost study to be done before the fee is raised?"
"There's no fee increase and there's no study. I'm not sure if you're reading the right analysis."
"It's… it's the analysis for Senate Bill 1734. And maybe you have an Amendment that changed it, but it… the initial language that I have is that it would… there'd have to be a study, cost study."
"I… I don't think so."
"So yours does not require any kind of study?"
"No, Sir. What… what… the Bill is pretty simple. Right now, sheriffs are able to serve defendants in certain criminal cases. We're asking that the state’s attorney special investigator be able to do the same thing just to be more efficient. Because oftentimes the sheriffs don't… just don't have the resources."
"And it's decided by the county board to implement this if it passes? Does this gen…"
"No."
"…increase any revenue for the county?"
"No, I don't believe so. It's just a question of efficiency. 'Cause right now the same defendants are being served, they're just being served by the sheriff. This is just allowing a special investigator from the state’s 09900049.docx 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 attorney to do the same job so they can be more efficient. There's no additional costs. There's no additional defendants. It's just trying to help our state’s attorney to be able to move their cases quicker."
"Okay. But it is a county board decision?"
"No, Sir. If we pass this law then the state’s attorneys would have that ability."
"They would have that authority."
"Yes, Sir."
"No further action?"
"Correct."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Representative Martwick."
"So, Representative… I'm sorry. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Representative, I'm trying to sort through this in my head. You said this is just a matter of efficiency, right?"
"Correct."
"Okay. So if the county was to sue someone, they would then serve a subpoena on that person. Is that correct?"
"Not necessarily a subpoena."
"A summons."
"A summons, right."
"Excuse me, a summons, right?"
"Right."
"And so that summons would be served by a sheriff and if a sheriff couldn’t be found then by a special process server. Is that right?" 09900049.docx 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Correct."
"And there would be fees associated with that?"
"Correct."
"Okay. But is… is there any conflict of interest here? Because isn’t the special investigator an employee of the state’s attorney? So, the state’s attorney is bringing suit against someone and now they're asking to be reimbursed for serving process. Isn't that a conflict of interest?"
"Well, I don't think so. I mean, they're paying it anyway. I mean, right now the… I think they're just trying to be more efficient."
"Well, I'm not saying that the fee is not just. I'm just saying is… isn't that a conflict of interest? Doesn't that potentially make… I mean, we're… we're… in other words, instead of… I mean, it's someone inside the office where the suit is being brought now serving process. Isn't that… shouldn't there be a firewall there?"
"I hadn't thought about… I…"
"Shouldn’t there be some sort of separation?"
"You know, Rob, I hadn’t thought of that. But I think like right now when a… if someone's arrested by the police, then they're still served by the same sher… if they're arrested by the sheriff, they're served by the sheriff."
"I don’t know. I… I have some concerns about this."
"I… I hear what you're saying. I hadn’t thought of that, but I'm not sure how it's materially different than someone being arrested by the sheriff and also served by the sheriff's department." 09900049.docx 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Okay. I don’t know. Maybe we should have a little bit more information on this Bill, Representative. It seems like there's some unanswered questions. Thank you."
"Representative Franks to close."
"I appreciate the questions. I think this is just… as I said, it's not an additional fee, it's no further cost, and it's no further defendants. It's just allowing our state’s attorneys to be more efficient with our… with their resources. And I'd request an 'aye' vote."
"The questions is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1734 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Cabello, Moylan, Wallace, Yingling. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 52 voting 'yes', 47 voting 'no', and 2 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1734, having failed to receive the Constitutional Majority, has failed. Representative Hays, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Point of personal privilege."
"Please proceed, Representative."
"Would everybody join me in welcoming back to this body our friend and colleague Representative Mike Tryon. Welcome back, Mike."
"Thank you. And welcome back, Representative. Representative Batinick, for what reason do you seek recognition?"
"Mr. Speaker, I just want to clarify on Senate Bill 1707 I intended to be a 'yes' vote." 09900049.docx 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Thank you, Representative. The Journal will reflect your request. Senate Bill 1739, Representative Franks. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1739, a Bill for an Act concerning State Government. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Franks."
"Senate Bill 1739 is an initiative of the IEMA that will simply eliminate an unused state program."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1739 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 Chapa LaVia. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1739, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1761, Representative Feigenholtz. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1761, a Bill for an Act concerning finance. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Feigenholtz."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 1761 is a Bill that provides a streamline process for the state-funded pension systems and creates the Illinois Investment Policy Board which will review a list of restricted companies from the state-funded pension program. This is a Bill that follows a long-established practice to align our state's policies with the foreign policy of the Federal Government and we have done this with South Africa, Iran, and Sudan. And I am glad to answer any questions." 09900049.docx 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"On that, we have a question from Representative Monique Davis." Davis, M.: "State Representative Monique Davis. Representative Feigenholtz, can you ask… answer a question?"
"Of course." Davis, M.: "Okay. So, the… the managers will have to do what besides look for the best deals for our pension investments?"
"Well, currently, in some of the divestments that we do there are some levels that put the… put the decision makers in a position where it may not be in the best interest of our investments. This board will consolidate Iran and Sudan. It adds Israel and it gives the board, which would meet quarterly, an opportunity to do the research it needs to do and make more efficient decisions." Davis, M.: "So this will assist us in making more valuable pension decisions in our investments?"
"Yes. It… yes." Davis, M.: "But they can't invest with certain people?"
"Correct. That is currently what happens with Sudan and Iran and we are adding Israel in… or anyone who boycotts Israel into this same category." Davis, M.: "Well, there was an interesting article in the ‘Chicago Tribune’ today and they talk about the fact that the $100 billion pension debt that we face today will give these managers an additional task of… what should I say… being really concerned with who they invest with. Is that correct?"
"This is not the… no, actually the systems have said not only will this not adversely affect them, it will help in 09900049.docx 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 their decision-making so that we make more money in smarter investment decisions." Davis, M.: "Oh, it will help them to make sure they're investing better and making more money?"
"Correct." Davis, M.: "Okay. I thank you very much for your answers. And I think we should support this legislation. Thank you, Representative."
"Thank you, Representative Davis."
"State Representative David McSweeney."
"Mr. Speaker, let me first applaud the great efforts of Representative Feigenholtz. She's worked on this Bill for a long time in the House. She's led the efforts and this is a Bill that makes common sense. We need to support our friends. This will expand the opportunities for the investment funds in our state so that we're making investments that make sense. I strongly urge an 'aye' vote. And again, thank Representative Feigenholtz for her great work on this Bill."
"Representative David Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Very briefly to the Bill. You know, those folks who support the Palestinian States say, well, you should boycott Israel. You shouldn't… you shouldn't support Israel because they don't support us as having a state. You know what, what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander and this Bill makes sense. Those… those entities which are enemies of Israel who have called for the destruction, the elimination of Israel, we should not support them as a policy and we should not encourage investment in 09900049.docx 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 their industries. Good Bill, makes sense. I think it deserves a 'yes' vote. Thank you."
"Representative McDermed."
"Thank you. To the Bill. I was not always a State Representative. Before I came here I was a lawyer for Amoco and BP and one of my jobs was literally to travel around the world training employees how to comply with the U.S. Anti- Boycott Law. I was a big supporter of that law for 30 years and I will be a very enthusiastic supporter of your Bill today."
"Representative Feigenholtz to close."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I would be remiss if I didn't thank the office of the Governor, Rich Goldberg in particular who is one of my constituents who's very committed to this Bill and what an honor it's been to move this forward. The economic relationship between Illinois and Israel is extraordinary. We spend a great deal of time exchanging ideas and information to benefit both the State of Israel and Illinois. It should be a strong relationship that only grows and gets better. And I would appreciate an 'aye' vote."
"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1761 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 Tabares. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 102 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1761, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared 09900049.docx 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 passed. Senate Bill 1938, Representative Stewart. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1938, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Stewart."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 1938 seeks to amend the Criminal Code by simply saying that if a defendant's found unfit to stand trial that the copy of that report by provided to DHS. It's a DHS initiative and certainly available for any questions and ask for your support."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1938 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 103 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1938, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1688, Representative McDermed. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1688, a Bill for an Act concerning vital records. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative McDermed."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some time having passed and allowing some of my colleagues the opportunity to speak with the State’s Attorneys Association, I now bring this Bill forward again. This amends the Vital Records Act allowing state’s attorneys to, with a written request, obtain vital records from the clerk or the state. This is a perfectly proper and appropriate request. Many other agencies, state 09900049.docx 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 and local, are in a position to do this. State’s attorneys need to be in a position to do it as well. And I ask for your 'aye' vote."
"Representative Andersson."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor will yield."
"Thank you. To the Bill. I want you to understand the nature of who can ask for this right now. Right now, the Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, certainly has the ability to make this request, but so do I. I am the local prosecutor for several local communities and I have the ability to make the request without going through the court process. The only entity that doesn't have the ability is the local county state’s attorney. It's an omission; it's not new ground and it's appropriate. I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."
"Representative Drury."
"To the Bill. I spoke with the State’s Attorneys Association just to find out the facts behind why we're… we're entering into this major shift in policy. What happened was there was a trial and at the trial the state’s attorney did not have this information and the defense decided that they weren't going to stipulate to it. So, there… the state’s attorney had a few options. They could have called the witness to the stand. They could have asked for a delay in the trial to get the subpoena to get the information, or I guess they could've given up on the trial. But they had a remedy and the remedy was just to go get the information. The other remedy they had was to have been prepared in the first instance with the information. So, I… I see this Bill as… as a very large 09900049.docx 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 solution to a one in a billion chance problem and I talked about it with the State’s Attorneys Association is this problem doesn't happen very often, if at all. It's totally avoidable by being completely prepared before the trial with this information. But even if not, you could ask for a delay from the judge, get the information, and continue with the trial. So, it… it's not a victim's rights Bill. It is a change in policy due to no reason that is explainable to me. A prosecutor should be prepared with all of their evidence before they go to trial and should assume, unless you have a signed stipulation, that the defense may always not stipulate. That happens all the time. So I think, again, with all due respect to my colleague, this Bill is a major shift. We should be thinking about when we want to give more power to the state’s attorneys than they already have. And you know, I… we didn’t have any further discussion; I didn't know we were going to run this again. But if the Bill's going to stay in the record, I would ask everybody that we vote 'no' on this until we know why we're having such a major shift in policy for a basically nonexistent problem."
"Representative Flowers."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor will yield."
"Representative. Representative…"
"Yes."
"…how are you?"
"I had a wonderful weekend and…"
"Well, that's good. You know…"
"…the week is off to a wonderful start. How about you?" 09900049.docx 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Well, I… you know what, I had a wonderful weekend as well. And I was so looking forward to coming back just to be with you so."
"I know it."
"Representative, with all due respect, I just… I'm trying to understand what this Bill… why we need to pass legislation. If a child has been violated, would not the parents have the birth certificate? And if the parents did not have the birth certificate, would not the guardian be responsible? All the prosecutor's offices have to do is ask for the birth certificate. Is… would that not be suffice? Why would we have to pass a law to… in the future to have various prosecuting officers to just at will get people's birth certificate?"
"Number one, it's not at will. It's with a… with respect to a criminal prosecution. Number two, this is the proper way to get a certified copy of these records."
"But first of all, as one of the previous speakers spoke and said, the person has not been found guilty. So this birth certificate is supposed to be for the victim, the victim. Am I correct?"
"The law doesn't… in this case, that's exactly what the situation was."
"Oh, so what does your Bill say? Who… what does your Bill say exactly as to who we're getting this birth certificate for? Is it for the victim or the defendant?"
"It's a vital record with respect to a criminal prosecution, not necessarily even a birth certificate. It could be a death certificate as well." 09900049.docx 60 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"My question to you is, who is this bir… the birth certificate? Is if for the victim or is it for the defendant?"
"Yes."
"Yes?"
"It's a vital record with respect to a criminal prosecution, not further specified."
"But if it's a… if it's for a prosecution… if it's for an ongoing case and the person has not been found guilty, what right does someone have to my personal information?"
"As a prosecutor, I think that's a record that they may need in the course of the prosecution. Sometimes people's age is of impact to the case."
"Well, let's… let's talk about the age. Okay? Because some people… the nurse or the midwife may have written some misinformation on the birth certificate. So what does the birth certificate… what are you saying the birth certificate is telling you? Because it, too, could be in error. So now…"
"I think there's a process…"
"…what purpose does it serve?"
"…I think there's a process to correct your birth certificate if it's in error."
"Pardon me."
"Isn't there a process to correct a birth certificate that is in error?"
"Well, you have to know it's in error and so I'm asking you, how will the prosecutor know that it's in error? But my point to you… I still don't understand."
"I think we're straying." 09900049.docx 61 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"I want to do the right thing and I am just trying to understand the significance of you or the prosecutor being able to have access to my birth certificate when it has no bearings on the trial."
"It needs to be…"
"And I have not been…"
"…it needs to have bearing on the trial."
"And I have not been…"
"In many cases, it's not necessary."
"I have not been found guilty and there's other means, if it was for the defendant, there's other means in which you can get it. So, why are we passing this law? I… do you not think… do you not think because of the fraud and the abuse with ID that this could lead to more fraud and abuse? What will happen once the case is over with? Once I've been found not guilty, then what? You have my birth certificate, why? And then what?"
"It's part of the court records. It's not like it's floating…"
"But court record for what?"
"…around out in space somewhere."
"The court records for what? And again, my question to you is it possible, because it is a part of the court record, that someone else could have access…"
"No."
"…to that public information and can abuse it. Is it possible?"
"You're going to have to speak to the circuit clerks about that." 09900049.docx 62 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Is it possible? Is it possible?"
"My understanding is you can't just walk into the clerk's office and start pulling files."
"No, I'm not saying that I could just walk in or anyone else, but someone can abuse the system. Representative, with all due respect, I don't understand the purpose of this legislation other than the fact that somebody wants to have someone's information without going through the due process and this is making it easier, but it's causing a hardship for other people and it's causing a violation of other people's privacy and their rights. And I would respectfully request everyone to vote 'no'. Thank you very much."
"Representative Sullivan."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I want to talk about that one in a million case by which this Bill has come up. The victim of this crime was a 10-or 11-year-old young girl and they were trying to verify her age but didn't want to bring her into a court by which then she would've had to testify and been cross examined by defense council. That's what brought this before us. That one in a million case that the Representative from Lake County talked about. Now, I don't know what you guys think about this case, but I think that's worthy of a one in a million case if that's what it is. We don't know why this information didn't come ahead of time. We don't know whether there was a stipulation that was pulled at the last minute by defense council. We're not purvey to that information. But what we do know is we don't want young girls at that age have to be tormented by being cross examina… cross 09900049.docx 63 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 examined by defense council. And so that's why this Bill's here. Ladies and Gentlemen, please vote 'aye'."
"Representative Monique Davis." Davis, M.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor will yield." Davis, M.: "Representative, I understand the victim is a minor. And I… I would… I would think the defendant's… I'm sorry… the minor's parent would gladly give that birth certificate to the prosecutor. Why would the parent not give the birth certificate to the prosecutor? Why? We… we use these kind of cases to change the law in our state. I've been here a long time; we do it a lot. And what it actually does, it creates a net for innocent people. I don’t want the Cook County prosecutor in my county to be able to go and get someone's birth certificate that she would have no right or entitlement to. We give up so many of our freedoms and our personal information. We have cameras every place. You know, so this… this is one little thing we still have. You have to apply for your birth certificate or the municipality can apply for it. But there's an underlying reason that you want to do this and I don’t believe it has anything to do with the prosecution or for the victim of a child that something happened to. What mother would not give that… that birth certificate to the prosecutor? What mother wouldn't do it?"
"This mother. The… the point is pros…" Davis, M.: "Well, if the mother of the child who is the victim won't give the birth certificate to the prosecutor, there must be a valid reason. And I don't think it would be right for this Body who do… who we do not have all the facts of 09900049.docx 64 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 this case, to decide that the mother is incorrect. What happens to the assistants that work in the prosecutor's office? Can they, too, go and get our information? You know, can we do that? This… this is opening up a can of worms that it just doesn't have to happen. I've seen it happen here. We have one case and we change the law. And it becomes a wide net and many times it hurts innocent people. The City of Chicago is paying over half a billion dollars. A half a billion dollars to victims for wrongful prosecution. Let's not let this go any further. Vote 'no'."
"Representative Sims."
"I yield my time to Representative Drury."
"Representative Drury."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. You know, I… I just want to make sure that everyone understands the facts, because what I hate is when we sit in this chamber and we start talking about what mail pieces may look like and he was against a child victim and this and that. Yes, this was a child sex case. It's a horrible case. Many in the chamber who are prosecutors have prosecuted these cases. But the fact is, is that this case would not have resulted in the victim having to go on the stand. I talked to the State’s Attorneys Association and the option was they could have asked for a continuance in the case, walked down the hall, got a subpoena, brought it to the clerk of the court, brought it up to the judge, and had this information admitted into evidence as a certified record. So, people shouldn't think that this solution was a solution to somehow protect child victims. That is a way to try to scare people into voting for this. 09900049.docx 65 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 This is a big change in policy to give the state’s attorneys more power than they have because they don't want to issue a piece of paper to somebody to get a document that they're not entitled to without it. So, I just ask everyone to strongly consider that. This is a big change in the balance of power as we see it because we're now giving state’s attorneys the power to do things that right now a judge has to authorize and there has been no reason given for us needing to do that. And before this chamber embarks on… on that path, I think it needs to have a lot of discussion. We certainly haven't had it. And so again, I urge a 'no' vote. Thank you."
"Representative Sandack."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. We’ve had a lot of dialogue and discussion about this Bill, probably more than it’s deserved. But the idea that we should vote 'no' because a Member here says he hasn't had the chance to vet the Bill, we'd never get anything done. We've actually debated this Bill twice now. And let's make sure we're talking… we know what we're talking about. This simply gives the state’s attorneys of the various counties in the state the ability to make a written authorization to obtain a birth certificate or death certificate. And we know these are not documents with sensitive information on it. There are no state secrets on it. This isn't a situation where big brother's getting something they shouldn't get. This is permitting the state’s attorney of our counties the ability to prosecute criminal cases in a matter that we've given them the discretion to do so. There is no fear of overgoverning big government or unauthorized or untoward use of personal information. It's 09900049.docx 66 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 just not the case. This is a simple good Bill. It’s sought to do… to actually cut some time off a prosecution, permit people that shouldn't have to testify from doing so. This is a request of every state’s attorney in this building. A good vote is a 'yes' vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."
"Representative McDermed to close."
"Thank you. What Senate Bill 1688 does is make it possible for state’s attorneys, along with the Illinois Attorney General and local prosecutors, to request certified copies of vital records from the record-keepers. Many of the Bills that we have passed here have to do with the age of the victim, the perpetrator, or some other aspect of the case. They can't request these records in a frivolous manner. It has to be with respect to a criminal prosecution which takes place in a criminal courtroom under the supervision of a duly- elected criminal court judge. This is a really good housekeeping Bill. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you, everyone."
"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1688 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 85 voting 'yes', 14 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1688, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 1612. Can you please move this Bill back to the Order of Second Reading? Senate Bill 1360, Representative Sims. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900049.docx 67 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Senate Bill 1360, a Bill for an Act concerning business. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Sims."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1360 provides that filings under the Assumed Business Name Act must be made in the manner prescribed by the county clerk. This Bill applies only to Cook County and it allows for the… for the county to make sure that as a business… as a per… a person, make sure that they… as a person’s ready to renew the certificate before the renewal date will result in cancelation of the bus… of the assumed business name held in a county clerk's office. I know of no opposition and I ask for its favorable passage."
"On that, we have Representative Sandack."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"Sponsor will yield."
"Elgie, I'm trying to find the actual text language, but in the mean time before I do, my analysis says that this establishes a fee of $25 for each renewal. Is that correct?"
"That's correct."
"Is that a new fee?"
"It's in addition… the fee that's currently set, it only expands it over the five years. So, it's the same fee just spli… spread out… spread out over the five years."
"All right. So, the fee right now, if someone is essentially filing an assumed name certificate, the fee to the clerk of the cir… I'm sorry… the clerk of the county court… clerk of the county… is $25."
"Say that fast three times." 09900049.docx 68 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Yeah, right. It's $25."
"Yes."
"And to extend it would now be a new $25 fee?"
"No. So it's on… it's the $5… it’s that… for… to renew it for five… for five years, it's $25 for the five-year extension. It's not an additional 5… not an additional $25, no."
"All right, then… All right, I… can… I'm sorry… Help me through that one more time. Because I'm looking at the language, it says the county clerk shall collect a fee of $25…"
"That's right."
"…at the time of each renewal. So, the renewal fee is now the same as the application fee."
"No, the renewal fee happens every five years. So the $25 gives you $5 per year for the five year period. So, it's a renewal fee happens at the fi… at the end of five years."
"All right. So, if the stu… the current state of the law is you renew it annually for $5?"
"Correct."
"And so this is simply bundling it for a five-year period?"
"For a five year-period."
"Thank you, Sir."
"So as opposed to having you do it for… and Ron, that's a great question. As opposed to having to do it annually, you get to… you renew it for five-year periods so that the clerk's office staff does not have to go in and do it year after year. They do it for one five-year period and they extend it on." 09900049.docx 69 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Thank you."
"Representative Sims to close."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I ask for a favorable Roll Call."
"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1360 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 Sullivan, Chapa LaVia. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 67 voting 'yes', 36 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1360, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Currie for the purposes of a Motion."
"Thank you, Speaker. This is a Motion to suspend posting requirements so that Senate Bill 1847 can be heard in House Appropriations-Human Services. In the House Cities Committee, Senate Bill 1380. House Counties, Senate Bill 379 and Senate Bill 1745. Elementary & Secondary: School Curriculum, Senate Bills 36, 224, and 226. In the Executive Committee, Senate Bills 29, 49, 51, 96, 220, 626, 842, 843, 1229, 1262, 1466, 1488, 1506, and 1673. In Higher Education, Senate Bill 806. In Judiciary-Civil, Senate Bills 23, 45, and 1102. In Judiciary-Criminal, Senate Bill 202. In La… House Labor, Senate Bills 47 and 993. In Personnel and Pensions, Senate Bill 763 and 777. And in the Revenue Committee, Senate Bills 508 and 1919. And in Transportation: Vehicles, Senate Bill 805. I know of no objections to the Motion."
"You all heard the Lady's Motion. And seeing no objection, the Motion carries and the posting is suspended. 09900049.docx 70 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 Thank you. Senate Bill 1588, Representative Sims. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1588, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Sims."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1588 creates a mitigating fact… or an affirmative offense for an individual who's been forced into involuntary servitude by way of prostitution. For Members of the House Judiciary-Criminal Law Committee, we had the ability and the opportunity to hear of the powerful story of a young lady who came before us to talk about the devastating affects of… of individuals who are not allowed to get out of this way of life. It was a very emotionally-charged discussion. And what we're trying to do is make sure that for individuals who have been forced into this way of life and are trying to and attempting to get themselves out of this way of life and improve their condition that we allow for this as a… as a condition to understand what… what they've been forced into. So I ask for your favorable support. And as you look up on the board and you see the number of, you know, bipartisan supporters of this… of this piece of legislation, you'll understand that what we're trying to do is we're trying to address this scourge in our communities. So I ask for your favorable… favorable consideration."
"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1588 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 09900049.docx 71 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 Dunkin. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 103 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1588, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 655, Representative Rita. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1421, Representative Gordon- Booth. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1421, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 661, Representative McAuliffe. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 661, a Bill for an Act concerning public health. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. A fiscal note has been requested and has not been filed."
"Please hold that Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1702, Representative Rita. Out of the record. Senate Bill 201, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 201, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 66, Representative Ford. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 66, a Bill for an Act concerning regulation. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #2 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed." 09900049.docx 72 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Third Reading. Members, on page 7 under the Ca… of the Calendar, under Senate Bills on Third Reading, we have Senate Bill 784, Representative Bradley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 784, a Bill for an Act concerning land. Third Reading of this Senate Bill."
"Representative Bradley."
"This is a land conveyance for a public transit district. I know of no objection. The required paperwork is in. I believe we passed this out of here… the House Bill earlier this year. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."
"Representative Sandack."
"Thank you… thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield?"
"The Sponsor will yield."
"John, could you just walk us through a little bit about what the Bill does, 'cause I don't recall… it may have come through for… a time before? I just don’t remember."
"I… I think it came through. It's a piece of state-owned land out by the interstate and it's being conveyed to the Rides Mass Transit District which is a public transportation district. I know of no objection to it. It's… don't expect that the land would be used for anything else."
"All right. So, it's a state parcel requiring our authorization…"
"Correct."
"…in order to convey it?"
"Correct."
"Thank you much." 09900049.docx 73 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"Thank you."
"Senate Bill… Gentleman moves that the House pass Senate Bill 784. 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 Hammond. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 103 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 784, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On Second Reading we have Senate Bill 1548, Representative Bradley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1548, a Bill for an Act concerning revenue. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1308, Representative Gordon-Booth. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."
"Senate Bill 1308, a Bill for an Act concerning civil law. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."
"Agreed Resolutions. House Resolution 486, offered by Representative Demmer. House Resolution 488, offered by Representative Meier. And House Resolution 489, offered by Representative Ford."
"Leader Lang moves that the House adopt the Agreed Resolutions. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Resolutions are adopted. Mr. Clerk, on Second Reading we have House Bill 4210. Can you please read the Bill?" 09900049.docx 74 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015
"House Bill 4210, a Bill for an Act concerning appropriations. Second Reading of this House Bill. No Committee Amendments. No Floor Amendments. No Motions are filed."
"Third Reading. Representative Franks."
"For purposes of an announcement."
"Please proceed, Sir."
"We… tomorrow's State Government Administration Committee will be canceled."
"Thank you, Representative. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements."
"The following committees will be meeting at 4:00: Cities & Villages is meeting in Room 122, Judiciary-Criminal is meeting in D-1, Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies is meeting in Room 114. Meeting at 4:30 is Environment in C-1, Health Care Licenses in Room 115, Special Needs in Room 118, and Counties & Townships in 413."
"Members, thank you for being so patient. And now, allowing perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House adjourn until Tuesday, May 19 at 12:30 p.m. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the House is adjourned."
"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of House Bills. House Bill 4216, offered by Representative Ford, a Bill for an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 4217, offered by Representative Ford, a Bill for an Act concerning children. First Reading of these House Bills. Introduction of 09900049.docx 75 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 49th Legislative Day 5/18/2015 Resolutions. House Resolution 487, offered by Representative Bill Mitchell. This is referred to the Rules Committee. There being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned." 09900049.docx 76