Illinois House Floor Debate — May 29, 2015

"The House will be in order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Michael Stark who is with First Baptist Church in Roxana. Pastor Stark is the guest of Representative Beiser. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off cell phones, and rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor Stark."

"Will be led in the Pledge by Mr. Cabello."

"Roll Call for Attendance. Mr. Brown."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record reflect the excused absences of Representatives Ammons, Monique Davis, and Mautino."

"Mr. Clerk, please take the record. We have 112 Members present. We do have a quorum. The Chair recognizes Representative Wehrli."

"Go right ahead, Sir."

"Thank you, Sir. Page 10 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Third Reading, Senate Bill 1834, Mr. D'Amico. Please read the Bill." a

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"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 1834 seeks to establish basic protections for railroad workers required to be transported in a contract carrier vehicle. I'll answer any questions."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Basically, what it is, it's a video camera that's in these vehicles that will record the accident. If the driver has not been driving well, the... it will record the accident to protect of... the workers inside."

"I guess... I... I think we need a law to allow this camera in the vehicle."

"Representative Bellock.”

"We'll get right back to you, Representative. Those in favor of the Bill will... those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Sommer. Please take the record. There are 112 voting 'yes', none voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the 09900058.docx 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Clerk is recognized."

"Representative Bellock on a point of personal privilege."

"Welcome. Happy to have you here with us today, guys. Representative Hammond on a point of personal privilege."

"Glad you're joining us today. Thank you very much. Mr. Phillips on a point of personal privilege."

"Excellent. Welcome. Thanks for being with us. Mr. Ford on a point of personal privilege."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like for the Body to welcome Pages for the day. They're from Representative Welch's, Lilly's, and my district. We have Paxton, Jordan, and Henry on the Democratic side. If you could please stand and be welcomed in the House. Thank you for coming."

"Morning, guys."

"Thank you. And... and..."

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

"...a warm welcome also. Thank you."

"Thank you, Mr. Ford. Mr. Meier is recognized on a point of personal privilege."

"Thanks for joining us. Enjoy our deliberations today. Thank you, Mr. Meier. Mr. Butler is recognized on a point of personal privilege."

"Welcome, Matthew. Thanks for joining us. Senate Bill 1846, Representative Manley. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Manley."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. Senate Bill 1846 is an initiative of the Alzheimer's Association Illinois Chapter Network. The Bill amends several Acts to provide for the creation of Silver Search Task Force. This task force, in coordination with the Department of the State Police, is charged with creating and coordinating a statewide awareness program and a tool kit to be called Silver Search that would be used when a person who is 21 years or older is believed to have Alzheimer's or other related dementia, goes missing. There are 210 people in Illinois living with Alzheimer's. Twenty-two states have already implemented this program. One in three people have been diagnosed... will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's, will wander. I want to thank the 80-plus cosponsors on this Bill and the many people that are relying on that. And I want to also thank Sgt. John Thompson of the Illinois State Police for their willingness to work with us on this Bill. It's been in the making for about five years. And I'll take any questions."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Franks. Please take the record. There are 112 voting 'yes', none voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the 09900058.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Mr. Brown for an announcement."

"The Republicans will caucus in Room 118 immediately. The Democrats, I'm sure, will be bought breakfast by Mr. Moylan. And we'll stand in recess 'til the call of the Chair. The House will be in order. Page 12 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading, there appears Senate Bill 248, Leader Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie on the Amendment."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This Amendment incorporates many suggestions from the county clerks with respect to places where we made errors in previous Bills. There's nothing particularly substantive in the Amendment except for the provision that means that when it comes to Special Elections, we'll be in compliance with Department of Justice rules with respect to how long elections must be set in order to make sure that our military personnel are able to have access to a ballot. So, I'd be happy to answer your questions."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Do you want to do this on Third Reading?" 09900058.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Leader Currie."

"I'm... Let... let me just have a quick look. I don't see a second Amendment on my LIS."

"Amendment 2 appears to still be in the Rules Committee, Representative."

"Okay. Then why don't we take this out of the record."

"Unless you don't need that Amendment."

"I think I might."

"All right. Let's take the Bill out of the record. Leader Currie, I'm returning to Senate Bill 248. Do you have new information for us?"

"I have. My information is that I plan to withdraw Amendment 2."

"And proceed on Amendment 1?"

"Oh, okay. So, no, I don't want to adopt Amendment 1 either. So, I'm withdrawing Amendment 1 and Amendment 2."

"Mr. Clerk, please read Senate Bill 248."

"And Representative Currie withdraws Amendment 1."

"Yes, indeed."

"Mr. Clerk." 09900058.docx 9  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. This Bill is exactly as it came to us from the Senate. It is an effort by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform to see to it that independent expenditures are promptly reported during an election season. So it takes from five days to two days the amount of time that somebody making an independent political expenditure would have to report within the 60 days before the election. We're trying to make for conformity and while others like our own political committees or political action committees have to report in a timely fashion, the Campaign for Political Reform noticed that the independent expenditure committees didn't have to file as quickly disclosures about their spending practices. I know of no opposition. And I'd be grateful for your support for passage of the Bill."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Leader yields."

"This has oh... this is exactly the Bill as it came to us from the Senate. In committee, I did talk about some other more technical Amendments, but we're not doing those today." 09900058.docx 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015

"They have to file reports of their expenditures within 48 hours, 2 days, within the 60 days preceding the election. And as I understand it, the rest of us make those... those kinds of disclosures as well. And the Campaign for Political Reform discovered that... that the independent expenditure committee had five days while the rest of us had two and that's the loophole that this language is intended to address or even close, if you prefer."

"I withdrew Amendment 1, which had been considered by committee. I withdrew Amendment 2 and that means the Bill that is before us is the Bill that came to us from the Senate and it does one thing and one thing only. It says that in campaign season the political... the independent political expenditure committee would have to disclose within two days, not five."

"Surely."

"Go right ahead."

"And I think... I think it would cover BIs and that is a 60- day period before the election. So we're trying to bring the 09900058.docx 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day independent campaign committee into line with... with that disclosure."

"That's right."

"Well, you know, this is a Bill that came to us from the Senate."

"It was drafted, I believe, by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. That is the group that noticed that the independent political expenditure committees had five days to report whereas all the rest of us had two. So, we were taking their language and I think it makes a lot of sense."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer. Gentleman wishes not to speak. Leader Currie to close."

"This is a very good Bill. It's political reform. It means that independent expenditure committees have to let us know what they're spending and upon whom. Please vote 'yes'."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have... have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please 09900058.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day towing industry in the State of Illinois. It would have specifics with regards to rotations, with regards to towing vehicles with towing solicitation and it is basically to create transparency and to make the system more fair, more equitable for all the people of the State of Illinois. I would like to compliment and thank Representative Beiser for all of his efforts with regards to this. If not for his work on many of these issues, this would not have been possible. And I want to thank the stakeholders that participated in this. I know of no opposition. I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes, as it was last year."

"That was one... that was one area where we had trouble getting an agreement between the City of Chicago and the insurance industry with regards to what might be characterized as rogue towers. That's an issue that may have to be revisited and I hope will be revisited at some point. But we didn't want to let all these other good government transparency, equitable reforms get stalled forever while we tried to work that out."

"This is a significant step and I would ask for your support."

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes, it is."

"Actually, Representative Pritchard, I believe this was your initiative. So if you would like to present that portion of it, I would be glad for you to do that, Sir."

"Mr. Mautino."

"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Bradley, I did have a few phone calls from some smaller towing companies that wanted to know how the tow lists would work. One of their concerns is, if a normal customer had called them and they weren't on a designated tow list, would they still be able to go pick up those cars and ply their trade?"

"Yeah. We're going to give... it's my understanding that the tow list is going to be handled at the local level. And our analysis, with regards to the conditions of the tow list, we give a lot of deference to the local authorities, but a driver that wants to call someone if they got their car towed, can still do that."

"There was a little bit of concern from some smaller guys on that. The other thing is, if the local municipal police force or the State Police chose to not include your business on their tow list, is there a recourse for that small company?"

"Yeah. There would be a recourse. It would be handled locally." 09900058.docx 16  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Golar. Please take the record. On this question, there are 110 voting 'yes', 4 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Jesiel is recognized."

"The record will reflect your intention. Moving to page 13 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 1466, Mr. Yingling. Mr. Yingling. Out of the record. Mr. Zalewski is recognized."

"Point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker."

"Please proceed."

"I needed some help pushing these buttons, my fingers were tired, so I brought my daughter Reese with me today. So she's in charge of the green buttons on this side of the aisle. I expect us to get a lot of work done today, Mr. Speaker."

"Welcome aboard. Mr. Clerk, on page 14 of the Calendar, there appears Senate Bill 1728, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie is recognized for a Motion." 09900058.docx 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Yeah. Thank you, Speaker. A state mandates Act note? This has nothing to do with local governments. I would therefore rule that the note request is inapplicable."

"Mr. Sandack on the Motion."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Motion will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Franks, Gordon-Booth. Please take the record. On this question, there are 68 voting 'yes', 46 voting 'no'. The Lady's Motion carries and the note is held inapplicable. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. We've discussed this issue on the House Floor in, I believe, a previous General Assembly. What the measure does is two things. It creates, as a separate agency, the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, changing the membership of the board, giving the Governor the authority to appoint new board members and to appoint the executive director. As well, it creates, as a separate entity, a freestanding entity, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. That entity will have an 11-member board confirmed by the Senate and they will choose their own executive director. And in the... in the process, we're transferring from the Department of Natural 09900058.docx 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Resources the Dickson Mound State Memorial, Illinois State Museum including several galleries, they will go to IHPA rather than staying with the Department of Natural Resources, but all the employees and whatever terms of employment they are currently operating will be transferred with this change to the appropriate agency. I'd be happy to take your questions. I think this is a reasonable response to the tensions and difficulties we have seen between the agency and the library."

"Mr. Butler."

"Sponsor yields."

"Well, I believe that part of the discussion was with people in the Springfield area who were concerned about how the Historic Preservation Agency would work. What's also different is the Bill that came out of Executive some weeks ago did include some changes in the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and that is no longer a part of this Bill."

"We have been trying to work with the Governor's Office, yes."

"It's hard for me to tell. I know they would be very unhappy that the DCEO language... the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity language is not included in this Bill, but we've had discussions with them and could not agree on exactly how that would operate. There's every opportunity to do that in another piece of legislation."

"They haven't... they didn't tell me."

"You'd have to ask the Governor. It was the Governor's language that we incorporated in this version."

"No, but we were trying to work in our usual bipartisan collaborative way with the second floor and this was their proposal that came from that direction."

"No."

"Well, as you know, when I appeared in front of your committee with the measure that included references to the State Historic Preservation Agency, the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, that came from the Governor and apparently, he would prefer to have done those statutorily rather than by Executive Order."

"But we've tried to."

"Every member that the 11-member board will have been subject to consent by the Senate. So, we thought, and I don't know of anybody who was dissenting, that that might be adequate in terms of Senate confirmation. And my understanding is that our good friends acrosS the rotunda were comfortable with that approach."

"I don't know of any, but I would also say this. Most of the people on the boards that are making big decisions are not subject to Senate confirmation."

"Most are advisory in nature and this is one that actually will have real authority."

"I'm sorry. Say the question again, please?"

"Well, there has been..."

"...there's been terrible tension between the Historical Preservation Agency and the Library practically from day one. The Library actually has a bigger budget, a bigger operating budget than does the Historic Preservation Agency. Steve Beckett, who is a U of I faculty member and chairs the advisory board of the Museum, has testified several times before House Committees about how very much this whole arrangement needs to change. He came and told us that there should be a separation. The two agencies should not be housed under one roof. There ought not to be reports from the Museum to the director of this agency. Whether this is the right answer, I don't know, but as I say, our negotiations with the Governor's Office broke down over an issue that is not in this Bill rather than the decision to separate the Historic 09900058.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Preservation Agency from the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum..."

"...and remember that under this Bill..."

"...the new... there will be a new executive director appointed by the Governor of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. So, whatever complaints people may have had in the past, there'll be a whole new opportunity for new blood for a different approach in that agency. Today there is no board; there's an advisory board. This measure creates a real board that will have some authority."

"It's hard for us on the outside to know, but I want to remind you that Steve Beckett, the chair of the advisory committee to the Library and Museum, has testified before us several times that the agencies need to be separate. They need to be reporting in different ways to their own directors."

"And again, if there are complaints about management, I can only say that there will be new direction in that agency and presumably new in the Historic Preservation Agency, as well, or at least that is an option." 09900058.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Sponsor yields."

"But I believe my Bill came out of the Executive Committee. So I don't know that I was privy to the testimony in the State Government Administration Committee."

"But what I can tell you is that it... the Governor's Office was working closely with us on the separation between the agency and the Library and Museum and what broke down did not 09900058.docx 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day have to do with our proposed changes that is in 1728 before you, it had to do with a different issue and that was the issue of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the... the effort to create a public-private partnership and... and the thought that perhaps there should be a sunset because we want to find out how that works. So, the dispute with... you know, there are 15 different ways to run a railroad and I would not argue that this is the only way for us to deal with how you put together a Historic Preservation Agency and how you put together an Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. There are many different ways to do it. But we know that what we had was dysfunction and this is a reasonable approach and Mr. Beckett, the chair of the advisory committee to the Library and Museum, said that he thought this might well work. Something has to change. We were open to other ways of doing business, but the Governor's Office was, as I say, perfectly comfortable with this approach until things broke down over an ancillary issue and it seems to me there's every reason to think this might... this certainly will end the dysfunctionality between those two agencies. And while there could be other ideas out there, those were not ideas that I saw."

"That was the amount that we put into the budget Bill that we adopted... the... the statutory language we adopted yesterday, yes."

"And that's what we're currently doing."

"Well, in fact, my understanding is the foundation supports this Bill."

"So, yeah. I'm sorry. My staff says that she's not sure that's totally accurate, but they are... they are... they're... they've seen the language and they are comfortable with it. So, their relationship won't change between the foundation and the Library and Museum."

"I completely agree."

"And the foundation will continue to raise money privately to support the work of the Library and Museum." 09900058.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"I... I think the rationale behind... First of all, let me just correct the record. I have just been told that the foundation does support this Bill. But secondly, in response to your specific question, we think that the historian belongs where the materials are and the materials are in the Library and in the Museum."

"Of course. And I'm sure that the State Historian will work closely with the Historic Preservation Agency. And some of the things that have been transferred to the agency, some of the historic sites, I think will mean that there's a good... good reason for cooperation."

"Well, he was engaged in another part of the Bill that's no longer in the Bill."

"Thank you."

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"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to follow up with the previous speaker because we had I... at least two meetings for the State Government Administration Committee and we spent hours and hours on this and I personally spent hours and hours on this. And some of the previous speakers have talked about the dysfunction of what's going on at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. And that's exactly correct. And there is a huge problem there and I want to thank the Speaker for bringing this to our attention last year because, quite frankly, we voted on this about a year ago and I didn't know enough about it and I had voted 'no'. And to his credit, he allowed us to have some hearings to... so we could get more information. So, I'd like to ask the Sponsor a couple of questions on this as well. As it's... as this is put together, your idea is to have a board of 7 members which would be appointed by the Governor."

"That would be the Historic Preservation Agency."

"Okay."

"And the Abraham Lincoln board, which would be a real board, not just an advisory board, it's an 11-member board, again, appointed by the Governor but confirmed by the Senate. And then they would choose an executive director."

"Okay. So, there'd be two... you'd be separating the Historical Agency..."

"Yes."

"...from the Abraham Lincoln?"

"Right."

"Okay. Now, is there anything in the Bill that would deal with the foundation?" 09900058.docx 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"There's nothing specific in the Bill, but the foundation would have the same relationship tomorrow as it does today with the Library and Museum. And as I just noted, the foundation supports this Bill."

"Well, some of the things the foundation had been doing was running the restaurant and the gift shop, but I think in this legislation that would go to the Library and take it away from the foundation. Is that correct?"

"That is correct, but they are in support of that..."

"Oh, I'm sure they would be. It's less work for them."

"Well, right. On the other hand, it frees them up to raise more money."

"Right."

"We like that."

"Right, absolutely. So, I think, going to their cor... their core issue, certainly there's been issues with the foundation as well. There's been politics played there. So, hopefully, this will... will be a wakeup call there as well. But one of the questions I have is, one of our appropriation Bills indicated that we allocated around $10 million for the Library. Was it..."

"That's right. That was in the 'bimp' Bill... in the... the budget implementation Bill. And I believe it matches an appropriation. That's exactly what we gave the Lincoln Library and Museum in last year's budget."

"The fiscal note that I saw attached to this Bill though says that the cost will be over $20 million..."

"And that was the silliest fiscal note I have ever seen. I've been here a long time, but I've never seen anything that 09900058.docx 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day is as misleading as that fiscal note. Because what the fiscal note says the money that is coming from all these other sources from the State Museum, for example, which gives out grants to museums across the state, it's as if that's new money. But in fact, all it is, is sent from this place to that. So that figure is just, on its face, ridiculous."

"So they counted it twice."

"They counted it... oh, three times I think."

"Okay."

"And it wasn't just that money, it was money from every place else. So treating everything as if it's new money even though it's old money that was in a different compartment."

"Okay. Now, let me ask, right now, what is your plan with the executive director? Would the executive director stay at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the one that's current? Because when she came to the committee on State Government Administration she stated on the record that she would no longer be the executive director and I want to know if that's the plan."

"The board will make the determination and I have heard that also. I assume that meant that she was planning to retire. But in any case, it won't be her decision, it will be the decision of the board."

"Okay."

"But I did hear that testimony in your committee and I think that... that the... yes, the board will be choosing its own person."

"Now, when they separate these from... from the Historical Preservation Agency and create this new agency, which 09900058.docx 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 employees would move over from the Historical side to the side of the Museum?"

"Only those that were doing work, operations work, within the Museum. And the same thing is true of the DNR people. Remember, we're moving the Dickson Mounds and several other things to the... the Historic Preservation Agency and the employees will move over to perform the same functions that they had done."

"And what about the backroom functions, 'cause some of the things I heard about cost savings is that HPA was doing some of the backroom functions for the Library..."

"And then, I assume they would move over as well."

"But I think they were shared."

"Yeah."

"I think they..."

"Well, there's no reason that agencies can't share activities like that..."

"Is that..."

"...if they choose to."

"Okay. That makes sense. Now, let me ask you about those that do move over. I'm reading in our... in our analysis. It said after... staff hired after the transfer shall not be subject to any applicable collective bargaining agreement."

"That was language that we took from the Governor and maybe we shouldn't have. But that's where it came from."

"So..."

"I mean, it basically in the future will look like a new agency." 09900058.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"So, it'll look like a new agency. But those that are subject to collective bargaining now should..."

"They still would be. They still..."

"They still would be protected."

"Their... their collective bargaining rights are as it were grandfathered in."

"Okay. That... that was my question. There won't... We certainly need to do something because what we're doing now doesn't work. And my concern with the agency... or with the Museum is that I want it to be as relevant 50 years from now as it was... as it is today and as it was 10 years ago when we started. I want to make sure that it keeps going. I do have some concerns on how this is set up. I want to... I want to hear more of the debate, but I do appreciate the opportunity to bring this forward. And there may be more opportunities to work with the Governor's Office on some of their ideas as well, I presume, should this be going to the Senate."

"Thank you..."

"Thank you."

"...Representative."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Mr. Unes."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yeah. I think that was an agreement between Members of the Senate and the Governor's Office. I think the theory here is that Dickson Mounds State Park has more value as a historical resource than part of the natural resources, which is what the Department of Natural Resources is all about."

"Well, I believe it was supported by the Governor and I think, in some ways, it came from him. And again, the reason for including it in this Bill is that there was a sense that this is part of our historic, cultural mission history and that it belonged more appropriately within the agency devoted to that historic ma... mission rather than the hiking and boating and fishing that tends to be the purview of the Department of Natural Resources."

"I did not, but I'm sure the Governor did. At least, I would certainly assume that he did."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Mr. Speaker, thank you. A question of the Sponsor?"

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, I noticed that the... the new board of the Museum would be appointed by the Governor?"

"Yes." Harris, D.: "And confirmed by the Senate?"

"There would be an 11-member board, as you say, appointed by the Governor, confirmed by the Senate." Harris, D.: "But the executive director is simply confirm... appointed by the Governor without Senate confirmation."

"No. In the... and for the Library and Museum, the executive director would be appointed by the members of the board, board members having already been confirmed by the Senate." 09900058.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Harris, D.: "Yes. Excuse me."

"And appointed by the Governor." Harris, D.: "I... I misread. I saw that it is a board appointment and for a four-year term does not require Senate confirmation. I'm sure it's probably not contained in this Bill, but let me ask. Is there any requirement in this Bill that the executive director have certain qualifications?"

"Board members have to meet certain qualifications, but it is not specific as to the qualifications of the executive director." Harris, D.: "Right. And... and if I may, and just briefly to the Bill. One of the problems in my estimation, and the previous... one of the previous speakers made reference to this, is that there, I think, is a serious issue about leadership at the... at the Museum. It would be... it would be great if the executive director was accredited and had a degree in library science. This is a jewel, a gem in the City of Springfield and in the... in the State of Illinois that we need to make sure there's somebody at the top who knows how to run an institution of such greatness. I'm not sure that that's there now and I'd like to see the fact that the executive director meet certain criteria, at least have certain credentials which are not spelled out in the Bill. But I'd like to put that into the record that I think that would be an appropriate thing for the Governor to... to look at when they makes... if the Bill becomes law, if he makes that appointment. Thank you very much."

"Mr. Leitch."

"Mr. Butler."

"Lady yields." a

"Immediate."

"Because..."

"...because... because things have festered between those two agencies practically ever since the... the Library and Museum was created. And I don't think we can stand anymore dysfunctionality with respect either to the Historic Preservation Agency or to the operations of the Library and Museum."

"Yeah."

"The employees will be in place. I'm not quite sure what you're looking for in terms of transition. There will be a time when the... the new members... the board members at the Historic Preservation Agency and the board members of the Library and Museum will be appointed and confirmed by the Senate. But that shouldn't take forever. I mean, I, you know..." 09900058.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015

"Okay."

"Well, I would say, let's look at it. Perhaps we overlooked the opportunity to switch from one agency to another at New Salem, but we certainly have the opportunity. We're a continuing Body. We have the opportunity to add or subtract whatever we've already done."

"And they were. And they were. I will say again, that the Governor, we were in constant communication with the Governor's Office. The Governor's Office was very comfortable with the language about the Museum and Library, very comfortable with the approach with the Historic Preservation Agency. Conversations broke down because we thought a sunset would be a good idea given that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is moving forward with untried... untested, private-public partnerships and the Governor's Office wouldn't agree." 09900058.docx 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"So, that's why that's not in this Bill, but in terms of the conversations we had with the Governor's Office, I do not remember any dispute over the treatment of the Historic Preservation Agency nor of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum."

"Representative Hammond."

"Sponsor yields."

"No, I'm not. You mean that DNR is not in support of this Bill?"

"Oops. Well, maybe they're not because the Governor has decided to withdraw his support over an issue that is not in the Bill."

"So I would not be surprised if the instruction from the Governor's Office to all the agencies was to say oppose."

"Leader Currie to close."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. We had extensive conversations with the Governor's Office. What is in this Bill was clearly approved by the Governor. What he didn't approve was the disappearance from this measure of an ancillary issue. I know there are many different ways to run a railroad, but I do know the way that the operation of today's State Historic Prot... Agency and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum does not work. This is a proposal that has been suggested by various people including the chairman of the advisory committee to the... the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. I think it's a reasonable way to go. And I would very much appreciate your 'aye' votes."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all 09900058.docx 41  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Ammons. Please take the record. On this question, there are 69 voting 'yes', 47 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 2037. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is the appropriation Bill for the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Aging, and the Department of Public Health. And in these budgets, as we said in our other... my other presentation the other day, we have given reductions in the personnel lines, in the grant lines, and the... there are a couple major changes which I want to point out. In the Department of Aging, there is no longer any change to the determination of needs score or income eligibility for adults... senior citizens in the Community Care Program. In DCFS, this program restores funding for services and programs for wards of the state who are 18 to 21 years old. In the Department of Public Health, there is a slight increase over the Governor's introduced budget in the HIV/AIDS and the breast and cervical cancer program. The tobacco Quitline is restored as is the sickle cell anemia 09900058.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day program. And an important thing that came up in our committee is the local Health Department distributive grants are held flat. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Bellock."

"Sponsor yields."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all 09900058.docx 46  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Sente. Please take the record. There are 66 voting 'yes', 50 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2036, Mr. Harris. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This Bill is the final appropriations Bill from our committee. It has six... six departments. We could discuss them all separately for Representative Sandack. They are the smallest agencies including the Guardianship and Advocy... Advocacy Commission, the Human Rights Department, the Human Rights Commission. These agencies received some reduction, but we also gave them lump sum spending authority so that the department heads could manage most effectively with reduced resources. I would be happy to answer any questions."

"Mr. Sandack. Sponsor yields."

"To the Bill."

"Representative Bellock."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Cloonen, Costello, Sente, Walsh. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 65 voting 'yes', 51 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby 09900058.docx 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day declared passed. Senate Bill 2035, Mr. Crespo. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 2035, this is the fourth of five appropriation Bills for General Services. It includes OMB, Court of Claims, Elections, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission, the State Employee Retirement Services for operations only, the General Assembly Retirement System, as well as the Judicial Retirement System. Under this, Senate Bill 2035, OMB increases by $3.1 million from other state funds for the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, moneys that will be reimbursed back to the state through federal funds. The Court of Claims is coming in at the Governor's introduced which is the cut of $2 million from fiscal year '15. State Board of Elections, same as fiscal year '15. Supreme Court, same as fiscal year '15. Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission, same as fiscal year '15. The State Employee Retirement System, same as fiscal year '15, again, for operations only. And the General Assembly Retirement System and the Judiciary Retirement System are 09900058.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day being funded at the certified amount. Happy to answer any questions."

"Those in favor of the Bill will... Sorry. Mr. Morrison with a late light. We'll recognize Mr. Morrison."

"Sponsor yields."

"Give me one second, Representative. Representative, I know it's the same that we appropriated last year. Let me get that for you. Do you have second question so we can get set up and get back to you on this?"

"Okay. My understanding is we gave them a lump sum appropriation so the Supreme Court can decide how much they're going to spend on probations. I know the intent was to fund them the same we did last year for probations and they're so short, according to their account, by 20 million, 30 million dollars for probations."

"Beg your pardon?"

"Well, they've always... they've always been short. Actually, last year was perhaps when we hit the high water mark for the last four years. Prior to that, they were getting close to 40, 50 million dollars less than what they needed. 09900058.docx 50  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 We were able to increase that close to 20, 30 million dollars last year, which is basically what we did this year as well."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"The only appropriation Bills that I know of are these two that came from the Senate."

"Oh, no. I don't know. I can't answer that."

"That's been the intention all along, as far as I'm concerned."

"I think this is part of the process, Representative. I'm a little bit disappointed. A couple days ago when we were talking about the House Bills, I think you made a statement that you were going to file the budget Bill and..." 09900058.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"No, I thought you said you were going to file it? There's two day... two days left and I... according to my staff, we've run out of time. So, I'm disappointed that we won't have that second option to debate."

"You mean, the budget as proposed? I know it's short 3 or 4 billion dollars. And I know we've met with his staff, close to two or three weeks. Again, I'm disappointed that with two days left we haven't seen anything yet..."

"...to follow the process as we normally would."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Harris, Hoffman, Jones. Please take the record. On this question, there are 65 voting 'yes', 51 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2034, Mr. Crespo. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker. Senate Bill 2034 is the last of the appropriation Bills for General Services. Senate Bill 2034 includes the Department of Revenue, the Executive Ethics Commission, the Inspector General, Procurement Policy Board, PTAB or Property Tax Appeal Board, and Racing. For Revenue on the GRF side, it's the same as fiscal year '15. The Executive Ethics Commission, it's at a smaller GRF decrease, which is offset by other state funds. The Inspector General is at the Governor's introduced, which is a cut of $459,300 from fiscal year '15. The Procurement Policy Board is at the Governor's request for an increase of 10,700 for operations. PTAB has also come in at the Governor's introduced amount. The Racing Board is the same as the Governor's introduced. And Revenue 09900058.docx 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 is at the fiscal year '15 level. Happy to answer any questions."

"Mr. Morrison."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes."

"Give me one second. We do have... yes, we do have an in... You're right."

"No, it's a... it's a combination of things. We have the Housing Development Authority. There's an $8 million increase. We have the foreclosure prevention line item there's a $6 million increase. I think the biggest increase was $38 million for the Use Tax Refund. There was a couple other items that make up the difference."

"Mr. Unes."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields." 09900058.docx 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"No, I'm not."

"I'm the small guy on the totem pole here..."

"...Representative. I'm not in Leadership like you so."

"Mr. Crespo to close."

"Thank you, Speaker. A couple things based on previous speakers. No, this is not a game. It is scary though and that... that I do admit. But what's scary is that the Governor and his administration proposed a budget Bill, which is also short by at least $3 billion. We admit on this side that this one is short as well and we need to continue having this conversation, but to attack our side and say that our budget is short and not talk about the Governor's proposed budget, it doesn't make any sense to me and people are getting scared. 09900058.docx 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day I get it... they're getting scared 'cause they don't know what their future holds, but they're even more scared when they look at the Governor's proposed. And as I mentioned earlier, I'm a little bit disappointed because a couple of days ago a statement was made that a Bill was going to be filed with the Governor's proposed budget and with only two days left... well, counting today it's three... I checked with staff, we haven't seen anything yet. And we talk about the process, this is part of the process. We know we're not done yet; we admit that on our side. Hope we will continue working together and reconcile what we need to reconcile here. So, with that, I ask for a 'yes' vote and thank you for your time."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Hays. Please take the record. 66 voting 'yes', 50 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Mr. Batinick."

"Any time is a fine time, Sir."

"Welcome to Springfield. Senate Bill 2033, Mr. Arroyo. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Arroyo."

"Mr. Speaker, Senate Bill 2033 is an appropriations Bill for the Department of Transportation, Workmen's Compensation, and Employment Retirement System. Illinois IDOT budget is the Governor's introduced level with the following exceptions. The OFF Downstate Trans... Transit Line were also in... increased by the current required 10 percent increase by FY15. The RTA reduced fares is funded at the FY16 appropriations levels at 17 million, 3... 3,800,000 Road Fund for the total of $8 million. The state match for the RTA sales tax funded at FY15 appropriations levels. Amtrak operations assistance funds also appropriations at the level at $42 million. The Latino Family Commission is also funded at the postsupplemental level at 733 thousand. And the... the Grade Crossing Protection Fund is also appropriated at... at the FY15 level. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"This is supposed to be a flat budget. We're considering it as a flat budget."

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"Well, I... I think the Governor's been unpredictable. I couldn't say what he's going to do."

"So, I would hope. I would hope he would sign them."

"Yeah."

"Ron, we talked about this... we talked about this in the last..."

"...Bills that we passed. And we talked about we would like to sit down and hope that we could..."

"...come to agreement and try to work together."

"I believe some of your Members is trying to have me to say that. I'm not at liberty to talk about that. I want to sit down with you and work something out..."

"...to look for a revenue enhancement or revenue stream so we can pay for this."

"You're cor..."

"You're correct. You're correct. But what we're trying to do is pass a budget line... a budget Bill to get out of the House. Once we get it out of the House, we could come back and negotiate probably a financial stream to pay for this at a later date."

"Mr. Kay."

"Sponsor yields."

"No."

"I don't recall."

"I think it was I don't recall."

"Is that a question?"

"I think that we always consider a liability when we're drafting a budget and a program."

"We... we took a hard look at what the Governor proposed and that's what we're considering. So, we had talked about... yesterday we talked about bipartisan. So, we look forward to working what... the same way we did on that Bill yesterday that we brought back and we reconsidered and brought it back. We've got to sit down and negotiate and try to come to an agreement to pass this Bills."

"We are going to be..."

"We are going to be sitting down with both sides to figure out a revenue source, may it be gaming or any other way to be able to find money to pay for it. We have to sit down and talk about it. We have to sit down and talk about it with the Leaders and the Governor and hope that you could be in that meeting..."

"...to... to come up with some ideas on how to pay for this..."

"...and find a new revenue."

"I didn't... I didn't hear that correct, Dwight. Can you repeat that, please?"

"Well, Representative, I don't remember that, but we've always had, in the last three years, we've always had a surplus. So, I don't remember that conversation about the..."

"In the last three years, we've always had a surplus. But as far as that conversation that you said that we were going to bring a revenue source to the floor, I don't remember that conversation. That wasn't from me." 09900058.docx 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015

"You sound like you work for Wendy's."

"I would be happy to answer that, Dwight, but I'm really not sure. But we're looking forward to sitting down..."

"Right. Where the revenue..."

"...stream is coming from, but we're going to sit down and try to work it out."

"Who told you that?"

"Dwight, who told you that there was going to be a revenue..."

"It wasn't me. But when the beef comes, I'll... I'll make sure you know where the beef is at."

"Mr. Cabello."

"Sponsor yields."

"A statutory mandate at 10 percent increase."

"I believe..."

"I think that's staying flat."

"I think the Amtrak is staying flat as I... FY15."

"I am not aware that it was... would have no impact in the multiyear plan." 09900058.docx 65  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Representative Ammons."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Chairman, just one quick question for you. I understand that this is the plan that your committee has put together. During the planning process to come up with this number, did all Members have access to participate in this process and offer numbers contrary to what you have?"

"No. We haven't gotten no contrary numbers to what we have."

"And so, there were no Members of the other side of the aisle who said, we want to reduce a certain line item or here's my suggestion for this particular committee. Did that happen at all in this committee?"

"No."

"Thank you so much."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Hays. Please take the record. On this question, there are 65 voting 'yes', 49 voting 'no', and 2 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Leader Currie for a Motion."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. I move to suspend the posting requirements so that HJR82 can be heard in Appropriations-Public Safety, HR527 in Community College Access, HJR80 in House Economic Development, Senate Bill 1717 in Executive, House Resolution 526 in Human Services, Senate 09900058.docx 66  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 Bill 1281 in Labor, House Resolutions 531 and 536 in Revenue, HJR78, 79, and 81 in Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges, Senate Joint Resolution 11 in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety, and House Resolution 521 in the Veterans Committee."

"You heard the Lady's Motion. Is there leave? There being no objection, leave is granted. The Lady's Motion carries and the posting requirements are waived. The Chair recognizes Leader Durkin."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 2032, Mr. Arroyo. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill." 09900058.docx 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015

"Mr. Arroyo."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Senate Bill is another appropriation Bill, 2032. Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, which doesn't have no GRF. Metropolitan Pier Expansion Authority, Military Affairs, the Illinois Power Agency, Prisoner Review Board, Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, Sports Facility, State Police, State Police Merit Board. The Metropolitan Expansion Authority funded at the Governor's recommended level. Exceptions are as follows: an $8 million line that was eliminated in the Governor's level restored to FY15. The line of Choose... for Choose Chicago that was paid by for that trans... Tourism Fund was eliminated. DCEO budget, the Governor's proposed appear... appears that it is budgeted at the FY14 level at $2.6 million. The Department of Military Affairs is funded at the Governor's recommended level. Except... exceptions of the grant for the Veterans' Assistance Commission of Cook County which at FY15 supplemental levels draft. GRF transfers into the Illinois Military Relief Fund is also not presented at this draft because the agency says that the demand has declined which is result in that fund has a healthy balance that the transfer is not necessarily the result. The Prisoner Review Board is funded at FY proposed supplemental levels that is also operated lump sum of $1.2 million and is part of the Governor's request in order to comply with the outstanding consent decree. The Southwestern Illinois Department (sic- Development) Authority is funded at Illinois Governor's 09900058.docx 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day proposed level of 1.3 million. Debt Services, the State Police, GRF operation line are lump... lumped at a level of 1.9 million more than FY15 operation level. Illinois State Police overall G... GRF 4... 4 million less than the Governor's proposed... all other lines of the Governor's recommended levels with the following exceptions. Seventy-five million is provided for the Illinois State Police anticipates January 1 take... time... time won't... takeover the distribution of 9... 9/11... 911 surcharge to 911 systems outside the City of Chicago. I'll ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Cabello."

"Sponsor's proud to yield."

"I got... I got a cold. I can't hardly... I got the Frank flu."

"I got the... I got the Frank flu and I can't speak too much so."

"You want me to go over it again. I'd be happy to do that, John."

"The Metropolitan Pier Expansion Authority is funded at the Governor's recommended level and excepted... exception of the following: an 8 million... 8 million 90... $8.9 million line that was eliminated and the Governor's level restored at FY15 level. At this draft, the line of Choose Chicago that was paid from local trans... Tourism Fund was eliminated from DCEO 09900058.docx 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day budget until the Governor's proposed appears in the budget at the FY14 appropriations level at $2.6 million. The Department of Military Affairs is funded at the Governor's recommended level with exceptions from the grant at the Veterans' Assistance Commission in Cook County, which is a FY15 postsupplemental level draft. GRF transit into mili... Illinois Military Family Relief Fund is also not presented in this draft because the agency says that demand has declined which has resulted in the fund having healthy balance. The transit is not necessary for the result. The Prisoner Review Board is funded at FY15 postsupplemental levels. This is also operational lump sum of $1.4 million and part of the Governor's request complies with the outstanding consent decree. The Southwestern Illinois Department (sic- Development) Authority is funded at the Governor's proposed $1.3 million debt services. The State Police GRF operational line in a lump sum at the level of $1.9 million more than the original recommendation level. The State Police GRF appropriations is at 1... $4.4 million less than the Governor's proposed. I ask for an 'aye' vote. Did you hear that, John?"

"Look, John, it's in the Bill. So, if... I could come over to you and show it to you, if you want. But I think it's my voice goes in and out."

"No, no. It's... we put it... I think that the State Merit Board wanted this cadet class because they wanted to put it in that 166 Fund."

"That's at the Governor's introduced level; we put it in."

"Right."

"To Sandack."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. There are 65 voting 'yes', 50 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

"Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 2031, Mr. Arroyo. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Arroyo."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is another appropriation Bill, Senate Bill 2031. State Fire Marshal is at the Governor's proposed level. The Juvenile Justice Inquiry Board is funded at FY15 postsupplemental levels. The Department of Juvenile Justice operations are a lump sum of 135 million. The total GRF appropriations for the agency is 1.4 million less than the Governor's proposed level, which is about one percent lower. The Department of Labor is funded at the Governor's proposed level and is presented that to reduce appropriation level of FY15 supplemental funding levels. The department feels... feels it is equipped to handle the reduced level funding. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Cloonen. Please take the record. There are 66 09900058.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day voting 'yes', 50 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2030, Mr. Dunkin. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Dunkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 2030 simply is an appropriations Bill for operations and grant lines to the State University Civil Service System and the State University Retirement System as well as the Community College Health Insurance Program. And I would ask for a favorable vote."

"Mr. Batinick."

"Sponsor yields."

"No."

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"No."

"No."

"Mr. Cavaletto."

"Sponsor yields."

"Those were in the previous Bill a few days ago. They're in an upcoming Bill in 2029. And we..."

"Senate Bill 2029."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Cavaletto, Williams. Please take the record. There are 65 voting 'yes', 51 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Sandack is recognized."

"Sir, that's her Motion to make, not yours."

"Did you say the last days of April?"

"We'll get back to you on that Motion, Sir."

"Senate Bill 2029, Mr. Dunkin. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900058.docx 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Dunkin."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 2029 simply provides FY16 operations and grant line appropriations to Chicago State University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and the Illinois Community College Board. And I would ask for a favorable vote."

"Mr. Cavaletto."

"Sponsor yields."

"The... Clarify your question. How do the funds work?"

"Well, 19 community colleges across the state."

"About 19."

"There's a formula, Sir."

"Let me give you those specifics. The formula's based off of the... it's a break... I have a breakout of those colleges that receive tuition and it is based off those veterans who apply."

"Representative, we barely..."

"...have enough money to fund this particular line item for them."

"Representative, over 50 percent of these schools that are funded for the vet... Illinois Veterans' Grants are in Republican districts."

"Representative, I agree wholeheartedly with you. Unfortunately, we simply do not have enough money to fund all of the schools and we're... actually, this list is from last year. And..."

"So, are you for us increasing the line, Representative?"

"I don't have a... I don't have a..."

"I don't have a problem with that."

"I do not have a problem with that. So, if we do that..."

"...that means you're going to... 'cause every year you voted against the budget."

"So, we... so, if we... if we add..."

"So, you're saying if we add your college, your three colleges, you'll vote for this budget? “Cause you..."

"...you've never voted for the veterans..."

"...and their school."

"If we change..."

"Representative..."

"Fifty, roughly."

"If we... if we change the formula or these schools, would you support this Bill?"

"We have... absolutely. I have family members..."

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"I have..."

"I did not..."

"I did not. I have a brother who is a Marine. I have another brother who is in the Air Force, active duty."

"I have an uncle who was killed in the military."

"The staffer, Mark Jarmer, is a veteran. We are pro- veterans here. Now, I did not accumulate this list. The Illinois Community College Board accumulated this list. Now, you have never, not one time, raised an issue and during committee time on all of the schools receiving these dollars. You wait until we get on the floor and you're trying to making it seem... seem as if I'm or this committee is against veterans?"

"You think?"

"You think?"

"You think?"

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"Are you going to vote for the Bill if we put your schools in? Is that what you're saying?"

"Representative, I try to accommodate as many Members as we possibly can."

"And I would have loved..."

"I have..."

"I don't have a problem with that. I do not have a problem with that, Representative."

"You're welcome."

"Mr. Ford."

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

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"Representative Dunkin, you know, the previous speaker's onto something. He said we should be fair in every neighborhood."

"Yes, he did."

"I agree with him because my community needs fairness too and so do yours."

"Absolutely."

"And this budget and every budget should change to be fair to the people on the west side, the south side of Chicago, and rural Illinois, everywhere. So, I agree with him, but I really want to impact on the west side. Thank you."

"Thank you."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Chairman Dunkin, how do the schools supply the veterans with their needs when there isn't a specific line item for them for veteran grants?"

"Representative, there is not... I want the Body to hear this. There is not one, not one... let me say it a third time... not one Illinois veteran who is dismissed or discounted or that does not receive an Illinois grant. There are multiple grants in the State of Illinois. Every veteran in this state who applies for a grant, whether they're in this 1.2 line... this is just a little 'ol 1.2 line out of almost $2 billion budget. They receive federal grant dollars. We have several other grant programs that they receive. This is just a formula of which certain community colleges receive reimbursement. 09900058.docx 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Every single veteran in the State of Illinois receives veteran grants of some level, not just with this one particular line."

"Okay. Thank you, Sponsor. To the Bill. Also, just so everybody knows, some of our community colleges provide veterans with those amenities and take it on the chin. So, there's not one community college that would turn a veteran away. Okay? And in the mix of things, when you look at the appropriations for higher ed, you got to look at all their different silos in which they contain money and get money. And I agree with one of my counterparts over there about doing a little bit more budgeting for the dollars they do receive, but to my knowledge, and being in the General Assembly now 13 years and being appropriation chair for Elementary & Secondary Ed and being Veterans vice... Minority chair or vice chair with McAuliffe and now being the chair, I have never heard of one university or community college that turns away a veteran on dollars to help support them in their postsecondary degrees. And... and I stand with the chairman on this Bill. Thank you."

"Mr. Hays."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Burke, Crespo, Flowers, Thapedi. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 65 voting 'yes', 50 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Mr. Sandack."

"Your Motion has not been forgotten, Sir. The parliamentarian is reading through it and reading through the Rules."

"Thank you, Sir. And... and it will not be ignored. Representative Mayfield."

"I stand on a point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, please."

"Last year, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 450 which acknowledged the Tulsa, Oklahoma race riots which lasted from May 31 through June 1 of 1921. Today in the chamber, in the back of the chamber, I'm going to draw your attention to five individuals who are going to be the delegates from Illinois that are going to go down to Oklahoma in reference to those race riots to represent us. In the gallery, we have Jeffrey Dawkins, who is the President of the Black Wall Street South Suburban Branch, Reven Fellows, Gregory Jones, who is the... who is with the South Suburban 09900058.docx 84  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 Black Wall Street representing Chicago, we have Cherry Montgomery, who's the chairman of the United Peoples Action Council, and Andrea Paxton, President of the Harvey Chamber of Commerce. Can we all give them a Springfield welcome?"

"Mr. Sandack, Sir, would you restate your Motion?"

"Members, the Motion is, 'Shall we move to vote on the Motion to reconsider?' Those in favor vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. Voting is open. Hold... hold that, Mr. Clerk. I'll restate the Motion. We're voting on Mr. Sandack's Motion to require a vote on Representative Currie's Motion to reconsider. Those in favor of Mr. Sandack's Motion will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 46 voting 'yes', 70 voting 'no'. And the Motion fails. Members, we are moving to page 17 of the Calendar under the Order of Concurrence. On House Bill 417, Mr. Walsh has made a Motion to Nonconcur on Senate Amendments 1 and 2. Is there leave? Leave is granted. And the House does nonconcur with Senate Amendments 1 and 2 to House Bill 417. On page 18 of the Calendar, House Bill 2483. Representative Chapa LaVia has moved that the House nonconcur with Senate Amendment 1. Is there leave? Leave is granted. And the House nonconcurs with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 2483. On page 19 of the Calendar, Representative Pritchard moves that 09900058.docx 85  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 the House nonconcur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3143. Is there... is there leave? Leave is granted. And the House nonconcurs with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3143. Mr. Turner in the Chair."

"Members, on page 10 of the Calendar we have Senate Bills on Third Reading. Senate Bill 1847, Representative Gabel. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Gabel."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 1847 presides... provides that access to SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly called food stamps, benefits for working families. The goal of the SNAP program is to alleviate hunger and malnutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of eligible households. So, what this Bill does is it raises the... it keeps the net income the same, but raises the gross income. So, more families can apply. The net income level is the same as the federal... as the federal requirement. We think that by doing this there will be another 40 thousand additional households will be eligible for SNAP and these households would be receiving a monthly benefit on average of $125. Over 90 percent of these benefits would go to households who work and 82 percent of the households would have children. This would bring in... this program is completely a hundred percent federally funded and it would bring in about $60 million to the Illinois economy. And according... according to USDA, every dollar increase in SNAP benefits generates $1.80 in local economic activity. I urge an 'aye' vote." 09900058.docx 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015

"Chair recognizes Representative Demmer."

"The Lady indicates that she will."

"Well, there was a change in the distribution of SNAP benefits a couple years ago when the Department of Human Services went into a new computer system. There have been groups meeting about this. Recently, there was an agreement reached about how to make sure that the SNAP benefits are relegated throughout the month. With the new director at DHS, these new discu... these discussions are just beginning. And I think everybody who's involved with this Bill is committed to make that happen."

"There are... there are a number of estimates. There's nothing solid yet. I think... I think that that would still have to be looked at. There may be some impact on the... the GSA, but that budget is so huge that serving another four thousand children would not have that much of an impact across the state when... if you average it out across the state."

"I think it's really important for children to have enough food to eat so they can go to school and do their work. So, I, you know, I... I can't... I don't have any estimate on what kind of impact that would have."

"No, that's not true. Some of those programs are capped. And as they're capped, this would have no impact on them.”

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"No. No, I... I disagree. The vast majority of these programs are capped and I don't think it would have much of an impact on them at all."

"WIC is capped. Child care subsidies are capped. LIHEAP is capped."

"Chair recognizes Representative Ammons. Chair recognizes Representative Ammons."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I apologize. I rise in support of the Lady's Bill. And I took a little bit of time to put it into perspective. We are talking about increasing the federal poverty threshold for a family of three from $25,727 to $32,653. I want to say that again because I know the people who are watching and listening via Internet want to really know what this means in dollars and cents. We do know that this is federally funded and we are trying to help the most vulnerable in our state. I want to say again that this change request that is before us in this Bill, 1847, changes the income threshold from $25,727 for a family of three to $32,653 for that same family of three. Many of us know that we cannot live a lavish lifestyle on $32,653. I even went further 'cause I wanted to see what this would do specifically for the 103rd District of the Illinois General Assembly. In my district, there are 16,193 people in my district, which is the 103rd, who receive SNAP benefits. The child food and security rate in Champaign County is 21.8 percent, almost 22 percent. That means over 8,500 children in Champaign County are food insecure, lacking reliable accesS to adequate nutritious food. This Bill is dealing with access to food. The food banks in my district, for which I volunteer for, for many, many years, those food banks in my district are seeing a lot of families come through the doors in need of help. Parents are working low wage jobs and are finding that their meager 09900058.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day paychecks don't go far enough to meet their basic needs. Once families pay rent and utilities, and we know we're dealing with increases all the time, if they need medication, transportation, or even school supplies, they don't often have enough out of that current rate to also purchase food. So, the benefits that they receive from the Federal Government just simply help those families get by. Senate Bill 1847 is a way for us to ensure that working families in my district, in your district, and districts across this entire state have access to SNAP and to get the support that they need to put food on their tables so that their children are adequately fed. I encourage a strong 'aye' vote. And we will look at what other needs are necessary as a result of this, but today we're asking for a nonpartisan, all of us come together, let's support families in Illinois to ensure that they can do something as basic as feed their families. I encourage an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I rise in full support of Senate Bill 1847. It'll put $60 million into the hands of consumers to spend in local food retailers. SNAP benefits are a hundred percent federally funded. Although, Representative Demmer brings up excellent points in regard to the impact it has on the state... state budget, especially with education. I recommend to the Sponsor that they do a thorough review of what the cost this program, as expanded, is to the state. Thank you very much. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Chair recognizes Representative Bellock." 09900058.docx 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"She indicates that she will."

"Okay."

"Okay. So, Representative, that was not my understanding from either IRMA or the advocates. They had both said that they came to an agreement and the only holdup was working with the department... with the new department head. The new department head, as you know, came up with a solution which did not seem reasonable to anybody and that was to have IRMA pay for the computer fix, which I don't agree with either. So, those discussions will continue. I've given my word. Sargent Shriver Center's given their word and Irma. We've all talked about continuing to work on this and to come up with 09900058.docx 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day a solution as soon as possible. But let me all say... also say that this new group, this group between 25 thousand and 32 thousand, is a group that does not totally depend on... on the SNAP benefits. They have other income. This will just be money that is added to their food budget. They will not be the people who will go in on the first of the month, spend all their money, and then eat the food for the rest of the month. These are people that will use this money throughout the month. I don't think that this is the Bill to hold up for the changes that IRMA wants. I think that this is a Bill for working families and I... I think that this is a bipartisan issue and that people need to support the working families in their districts."

"Okay. Let me... let me..."

"Chair recognizes Representative Ives."

"Chair recognizes Repres... Representative Flowers."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For those of you who do not understand or know what it's like to be poor, I could understand you wanting to vote against this Bill. But for those of you who do understand that we have been in a downward economy and the poor is only getting poorer and the rich is getting richer, if you understand that, you would be in support of this Bill. This Bill is making sure that working 09900058.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day poor people do not have to go to bed with their children hungry. This Bill merely makes sure that working poor people do not have to go to bed hungry and still able to maintain a roof over their heads. Now, if they were not able to maintain that roof over their head and they become homeless, guess whose door they're going to stop at? Yours and mine. And if we do not pass this Bill and we do not help them to feed their family, guess whose door they're going to stop at because we're going to lock them up because they were stealing from the stores and they were stealing food to feed their family. So, this one is for the working poor of the State of Illinois, Ladies and Gentlemen. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Representative Demmer, your name was used in debate."

"Chair recognizes Representative Jones."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. You know, the previous speaker talked about the costs and I would just challenge anybody, if you're thinking about costs and with this Bill, look in the eyes of a child who's hungry. Look in the eyes of a child who when you go to a school and they go to school hungry. I live in Thorn Township and we operate the largest food pantry in the State of Illinois and I'm sure there are others that do a good job. We see families that come into our community that come into the food pantry they're hungry. We see families that come in that they can't survive on the benefits that they get because they're working and they're working under poor. So, when you think about them, you talk about the costs, think about how this affects families and people who can't actually afford and the children who are going to school hungry. And I... Mr... Mr. Speaker, I just encourage an 'aye' vote. And I rise in support of the Sponsor's Bill. I commend the Sponsor for bringing this 09900058.docx 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day legislation to the floor because it's time. So, let's think about the costs of the children who are going to school hungry. And I urge an 'aye' vote on this Bill."

"Representative Gabel to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, I... I just want to state a few more facts about this... this Bill. First of all, there are 26 other states have already exercised this same option as Illinois would under this Bill. These states are neighboring states like Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Also, in building a better Illinois, the Governor's transition team recommended that Illinois increase its participation in SNAP and there boy... thereby reach its potential to gain access to substantial amounts of federal funding now being left on the table in Washington. So, this truly is a bipartisan issue. It has bipartisan support. I think that... to one of the previous speakers, there... the resolution that was worked out between IRMA and the advocates was done just a few days ago. It was not worked out in... weeks ago, but it was just worked out a few days ago. I think that because this Bill does not take effect 'til January, we have time to work out this distribution with IRMA and I have full confidence that we will do that. So, I would really just like to urge an 'aye' vote. We all have working people in our communities who could benefit greatly from this Bill. Thank you very much."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1847 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 81 voting 'yes', 35 voting 'no', 0 voting 09900058.docx 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 'present', Senate Bill 1847, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1854, Representative Mayfield. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Mayfield."

"Thank you so much. This Bill... there's... it does a couple things. It is an initiative of the North Shore Sanitary District. And it allows them to set fees... let's see... impose civil fines, liens, and declare nuisance property and... I'm sorry... and declare a nuisance regarding unlawful discharge of waste in the sewer systems. It also adds Lake County to the Upper Illinois River Development Authority for the purpose of bonding, but it has no effect on taxpayers. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Chair recognizes Representative Jesiel."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Yes."

"This Amendment was added so that it would just very... basically clarify that the bonding authority is the sole responsible party for any bonds that are taken out. They don't need to respond to the Illinois General Assembly or to the Governor should they go in default because we have nothing to 09900058.docx 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 do with that. If they lend the money, they are the borrower and they are solely responsible for that money."

"Right, right."

"Oh, #2?"

"Okay. Number 2 just adds Lake County to the Upper River Development Authority. And it provides one seat to Lake County on that board."

"That's what Amendment #2 does."

"Right. It is for the purpose of a development project that we are trying to do in North Chicago, Illinois. It is a housing development project. North Chicago is a... we're not financially rich as... as some of our counterparts are in the area. And this will allow us to take out bonds at a very reduced interest rate to save the taxpayer money. We can get a low interest rate if we do it through this authority as opposed to just going out to a bank and borrowing the money. So, it actually will be a benefit to the taxpayers."

"Let's see. The Benoit Group are... are the individuals that are going to be actually performing the work. Okay. The Benoit Group is a Georgia-based minority-owned commercial company. They recently finished developing an affordable housing facility in Champaign, Illinois. We're using the Eastern Illinois Economic Development Authority to issue a $20 million bond to finance the project. It would do the same thing for the project we're looking for in North Chicago. The Lake County Housing Authority, which is in our district, is demolishing the existing multifamily and senior housing project and is seeking financing for redevelopment, will include a 50 senior and 170 multiunit including a community room, kitchen, exercise, playground, and a library. So, it'll be a very nice addition to the community. The current development project that was torn down was rife with gangs and drugs and violence. So, it is really going to be something that's going to help improve the area and improve our economic status as well."

"I believe the project has already been bid out and this is the company that was actually selected and they were the ones who brought to our attention the fact that we could do this by adding ourselves to the Housing Authority... Development Authority, I'm sorry... to save the money because we really did not have a lot of money for the project."

"The borrower, the Benoit Group."

"Yes." 5/29/2015

"Absolutely not, no."

"Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Franks."

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

"Sponsor will yield."

"Representative, can you tell me about the North Shore Sanitary District to the North Shore Water Reclamation District?"

"That's a name change."

"Okay. So, it'd be the North Shore Water Reclamation District, now?"

"Yes."

"How many members are in this... on this commission?"

"Good question. I want to say seven, but let me be sure."

"Our analysis indicates there's five, but I'm not sure that's correct."

"I'm going to go with the analysis. I think it was... it says... oh, I'm sorry... there are five. There are five trustees."

"Okay."

"There are five."

"Do you know how often they meet?"

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"Okay. 'Cause one of the things that troubles me with the Bill is we're going to allow them to increase the salary of the President and the other members. If they..."

"Right. By a supermajority vote and it has to be a supermajority vote. And I can tell you that in the current climate that if my trustee were to vote 'yes', we'd vote her out."

"I... I get it. Why are we even given that option at this point?"

"It is what was requested by the Sanitary District."

"Okay. That was my concern 'cause at a time when if you look at the budgets, one is $3 billion out of whack and one's $4 billion out of whack. Take your choice. Then we... we're looking at allowing people to raise their salaries. I just don't think that's proper public policy. I think I could feel better about this Bill if that wasn't in there. Okay.”

"Right. And I do understand your concern. I just want to let you know that it would only apply... that increase would not even apply to those that are currently seated, it would apply to those after an election."

"I get it."

"So, they could possibly... if they vote for it, they could possibly vote it out and be giving a raise to their predecessor."

“Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Sandack."

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"This particular development company is. They are out of state. They're Georgia-based is what I'm told. But the Development Authority is actually in Ottawa, Illinois. And they have an office down here in Springfield as well."

"And they've done several throughout the state. They've done projects in Marseilles, Hennepin, Ottawa, Channahon, Morris, Seneca, Mendota, Toluca, McHenry, Lake in the Hills, Yorkville, Streator, Peru, Huntley, Richmond."

"Thank you."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Batinick."

"Chair recognizes Representative Jesiel."

"Representative Mayfield to close." 09900058.docx 104  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"This initiative would really make a significant impact with the add... devel... adding of the Upper Relat... River Development Authority particularly in our district. It would save the taxpayer literally millions of dollars by it... allowing us to use this particular entity for the purchasing of our bonds. And the underlying Bill these are initiative is from the North Shore Sanitary District. You know, it includes the name change and it talks about how they can increase their penalties and their fees and just puts some penalties out there for people that are unlawfully dumping wastewater. So, I urge an 'aye' vote, please. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1854 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 64 voting 'yes', 50 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1854, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1859. Oh, excuse me, Mr. Clerk. Representative Fine, for what reason do you seek recognition?"

"Point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed, Representative."

"Up in the gallery behind me, right now, are my two awesome interns for the summer, Ruby Goren and Kristen Daly, and Kristen's mom Lisa, who did us the kind job of driving them down here today so they can experience from this side what takes place in Springfield. So, if we could give them a warm Springfield welcome." 09900058.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Thank you. And welcome to your Capitol. Mr. Clerk, Senate Bill 1859, Representative Soto. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Soto."

"Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. Senate Bill 1859 amends the Private Employment Agency Act in order to provide better enforcement mechanisms to protect workers and consumers. It makes the following changes. Replaces criminal penalties with civil penalties for violations of the Act. Requires the Illinois Department of Labor to publish a list of licensed employment agencies on its website. It streamlines provisions regarding application... application fees, renewal licenses, investigations, definitions, and disciplinary actions. Also, heightens recordkeeping requirements, prohibits employment agencies from violating the Illinois Minimum Wage Law and the Wage Payment and Collection Act. Prohibits employers from accepting employees' referrals from an unlicensed employment agency. Prohibits employment agencies from retaliating against employees and provides that money collected from violations of the Act shall be deposited in a labor... in a Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund. There is no opposition to this Bill."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1859 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 Harris, Jones. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count 09900058.docx 106  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day of 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1859, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1861, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is an initiative of the Illinois Bankers Association. It came out of the Senate and committee unanimously. This would allow banks to reorganize their capital accounts SO they can appropriately issue dividends. It also clarifies that banks are not required to file paperwork for approval with the Federal Office of the Comptroller or a supervisor of another state just simply to exercise the general corporate powers they already have under the Illinois Banking Act."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1861 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 113 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1868, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. 1861, excuse me, Mr. Clerk, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1866, Representative Christian Mitch... Mitchell. Mr. Clerk... Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Mitchell." 09900058.docx 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Mitchell, C.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill is an initiative of the Attorney General's Office. Effectively, what we're trying to avoid here is people being retraumatized after a crime. What can often happen if someone's endured an assault, an attempted murder, something like that, they can have bills related to those damages for which they can seek compensation actually from the office. This Bill would make sure that they were not going through debt collection while that process was going on. Those folks who might attempt to seek the debt would probably want to be notified. So, this Bill makes sure that within 10 days the victim is provided a written notice which they can then send to their collectors. This is a good Bill to prevent retraumatization. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote and I welcome questions."

"Chair recognizes Representative Franks."

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

"He indicates that he will."

"Representative, could... can you tell us how this would work? I... I understand the intent of the Bill. I'm just not sure... can you walk me through a scenario on how this... how this might work?" Mitchell, C.: "Yeah. Give me just one moment, Jack."

"Sure." Mitchell, C.: "All right. So, effectively, and then I'll ask staff if there's an additional question, but what happens is, you know, I've suffered from some sort of crime and I am seeking the ability to collect some of that debt from the public service offered by this office that helps victims with these sorts of crimes. So, I would reach out to the Attorney 09900058.docx 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day General's Office. I would put in my application. Once that application were received, I would receive a written notice that... or basically, almost a ticket that would say this is currently in... in our process. And I could then take that letter and notify someone who might otherwise be trying to collect that debt of what's happening. So, effectively, it avoids me being harassed while I'm going through this process."

"Now, would it only be for the debt that could be incurred as a victim? For instance, let's assume you were battered or assaulted and as a result you received some medical treatment..." Mitchell, C.: "A hospital bill, for example."

"...and so then the hospital or the medical provider would be prohibited from asking you for money during the time where you're trying to get money through the Attorney General's Office, correct?" Mitchell, C.: "That... that's correct."

"Okay. But let's assume you had been battered and you were in a hospital, but you owed somebody a debt for a bad check that you had written before." Mitchell, C.: "Not applicable. So, thank you for the clarifying question. So, it is only for debts incurred as a direct result of the assault, for example."

"Okay. That makes sense. Now, is there a time frame? Because I don't know how long it will take the Attorney General to work through the system." 09900058.docx 109  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Mitchell, C.: "Yeah. So, it can  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Representative McAsey."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. Senate Bill 1877 is an initiative of the Illinois Bankers Association. It's supported by the Illinois Fiduciaries Association, the Attorney General, as well as the Illinois State Bar Association. I know of no opposition. It passed the Senate as well as committee unanimously. And what the legislation does is amend the Trust and Trustees Act to allow for a trustee to present a certification of trust document to a third party, for example, a bank, instead of a copy of the entire trust instrument. That certification of trust is a condensed version of the trust instrument. It omits certain private information. This is an attempt to standardize practices and is modeled on provisions of the Uniform Code. The Bill includes a statutory short form as well as a list of the required items. I am happy to address any specific questions, but urge the support of the Body."

"Chair recognizes Representative Thapedi."

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

"She indicates that she will."

"Representative, this seems like a really good idea. Could you give me a hypothetical of how this would work? For an example, the trustee passes away, the successor trustee wants to go in and access bank accounts or safety deposit boxes. How would that work? And this really seems like a good idea."

"So... so, essentially, really what this is about and the reasons that the Bankers Association, for example, is 09900058.docx 111  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day supporting it is that, you know, as fiduciaries they have a responsibility to make sure that an individual who is presenting themselves, and you know, saying that they have the ability to exercise certain rights or powers related to the trust. This is a way for that third party to be able to act in good faith reliance on whatever that representation is, but without sometimes a trust or a trustee, for whatever reason, there have been instances where they've been very reluctant because of wanting to protect privacy..."

"Yeah, yeah."

"...to provide the entire trust document."

"Right, right."

"So, we think that this is a nice balance in terms of protecting the privacy of individual trusts, but at the same time allowing for a uniform practice so that parties that have to act in reliance on these representations also have an ability to... to move forward and act in good faith reliance."

"What... what is the law now? Because I think that you bring up a very important point especially with respect to certain privacy aspects that might be contained within the trust that the trustee may not necessarily want to disclose all that information to a lender, for an example, or a bank or whatever just to access those accounts. So, what is the process now prior to enacting this legislation?"

"So... so, right now, kind of as I understand it, there's really sort of a patchwork of practice across the banking industry, for example.”

“Okay.” 09900058.docx 112  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

“So, what this Bill is doing is working... it's modeled on a Uniform Code. And... and really, I think that Illinois law is kind of silent with regard to... well, is silent with regard to the ability to use a certification of trust. And so, this patchwork means that, you know, certain financial institutions might have their own internal form that include, but... some, but maybe not all of the information that we're going to require under this certification of trust. Some financial institutions may require that a trustee present the entire trust document. Under this Bill, there actually isn't a prohibition on a financial institution, you know, making that sort of demand."

“That there is or is not a prohibition?”

“There is not.”

“Okay.”

“The moving forward, you know, a third party can act in reliance upon the certification of trust, but if there is some reason, you know, that... that they just don't feel comfortable in that reliance, they still do have the ability to ask for an entire trust document, you know, if the situation warrants that. But... but they are able to standardize practice and act in good faith reliance on a certification of trust whether an internally created form that includes the items that are enumerated in the Bill or whether using the statutory short form."

"Thank you very much. I urge an 'aye' votes on this."

"Thank you."

"Representative McAsey to close."

"I urge your 'aye' vote. Thank you." 09900058.docx 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1877 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 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1877, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1882, Representative Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill amends the Currency Exchange Act to update certain definitions and also expand permissible services that the exchanges may offer. And some technical issues that were brought up by IDFPR. IDFPR is a supporter of this Bill. I know of no opponents."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1882 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 Wheeler, Jackson. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 114 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1882, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1893, Representative Wehrli. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Wehrli."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1893 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 114 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1893, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Continuing down the Order of Wehrli, we have Senate Bill 1894. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Wehrli."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1894 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 Riley, Currie, Wheeler. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1894, having received the Constitutional Majority, is 09900058.docx 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1898, Representative Davis. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Will Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. This is an initiative of the Secretary of State's Office. It seeks to do three things related to the expiration of driver's licenses and identification cards. With also with regard to expetited... expedited driver's licenses and ID cards as well as limits on duplicate IDs. I'll be more than happy to answer any of Mr. Sandack's questions. None?"

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1898 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 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1898, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 1899, Representative Costello. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 1942, Representative Evans. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Evans."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and the great Members of this Assembly. Senate Bill 1942 makes changes to the High Risk Loan Act to conform to federal regulations at that the... the current 20 thousand threshold, an amount they're determining 09900058.docx 116  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day when the total points and fees payable in connection with the mortgage constitutes a high risk loan, are subject to change. Purs... pursuant to federal regulations, permits a lender to recoup condition to waive third party fees from borrower who pays on a closed-ended credit transaction or open-ended credit transaction plan within three years. I passed this Bill out, 3101. This is the Senate version. I ask for your support."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1942 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Representative Acevedo, Mitchell. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 113 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1942, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Members, on page 11 of the Calendar, under Senate Bills on Second Reading, we have Senate Bill 96, Representative Phelps. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Phelps."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I'm going to yield my time to Representative Bradley. He did a lot of work on the 9-1-1, what this is. And then, I was going to ask for its adoption and debate this on Third... Third Reading. And I don't..." 09900058.docx 117  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 96. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Phelps."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I'd like to yield my time to Representative Bradley."

"Representative Bradley on Amendment #4."

"Thank you. This is technical. It addresses issues and concerns that came up pre... predominantly with the ITAC in committee yesterday."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #4 to Senate Bill 96. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

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

"Representative Brown."

"Your request is withdrawn. Members, can we please bring the noise level down? We're going to continue down the Order of Second Readings. On page 12 of the Calendar, we have 09900058.docx 118  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Senate Bill 508, Representative Crespo. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Crespo."

"Thank you, Speaker. The Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 508 is a gut and replace Amendment that becomes the Bill. It is nearly identical to the underlying Bill. It does five things. It adds a sunset to the grant program. It authorizes or adds a municipal amateur sports facility to the Bill. It decreases the amount of square footage to be eligible for the grant. And it sets a... the fact that a report must be submitted by DCEO after the grant is completed. And I ask for its adoption."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 508. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 637, Representative Currie. Out of the record. Senate Bill 655, Representative Rita. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Rita." 09900058.docx 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. The Floor Amendment #2 was that we amended a Bill and we took out the original language. It deals with video poker machines. I ask for its adoption."

"Gentleman moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 655. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 663, Representative Brady. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Leader Riley in the Chair."

"Thank you. Senate Bill 1229, Representative Smiddy. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Smiddy on Floor Amendment #2."

"Yes. Mr. Speaker, this was adopted in committee last night."

"Can you explain a little bit about what the Amendment does?" 09900058.docx 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Yeah. This Amendment will replace the underlying Bill and will take away the right to strike for state workers under the Governor's control."

"Thank you. Representative Smiddy moves do adopt Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 1229. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. The Floor Amendment #2 is hereby adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Clerk, hold this Bill on Second Reading. Senate Bill 1334, Representative Turner. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Turner on Floor Amendment #3."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Members of the House. Floor Amendment #3 has some changes that dealt with the community colleges. It does a number of things. Delays the community college reporting for two years. Allows community colleges to submit an abbreviated report. I'd like to discuss the Bill on Third Reading if possible."

"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 1334. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #3 is hereby adopted. Mr. Clerk." 09900058.docx 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Leader Turner on Floor Amendment #4."

"Floor Amendment #4... Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #4 deals with the cure period. It takes it down from 30 days to 10 days. Ask for its adoption."

"Chair recognizes Representative Sullivan. Do you wish to speak on the Amendment or?"

"Proceed."

"Amendment #4 specifically deals with the cure period. The underlying Bill... well, one of the Amendments we had adopted before Amendment #4, I believe it was Amendment #2, I put a cure period back in for 30 days. And we reduced that cure period in Amendment #4 from 30..."

"...to 10 days."

"Yes, Sir."

"No further questions. Representative moves do adopt Floor Amendment #4 to Senate Bill 1334. All in favor state... say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #4 is hereby adopted. Mr. Clerk." 09900058.docx 122  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Leader Turner on Floor Amendment #5."

"And I apologize for any confusion throughout this process. There were a number of Amendments that came down. Amendment #5 dealt specifically with the community colleges again. And this is where we put the cumulative language in there which allows them to aspire to a collective goal of 20 percent across the contract and categories. I ask that it be adopted."

"Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #5 to Senate Bill 1334. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #5 to Senate Bill 1334 is hereby declared adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1381, Representative Verschoore. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. You wish to move it back to Second? Mr. Clerk, move this Bill back on Second Reading, please. Senate Bill 1455, Representative Golar. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Golar on Floor Amendment #3."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. Floor Amendment #3 basically is an Amendment that... hold on just one second... that states that for col... college and career readiness determination that shall be accepted that this state's public institutions of higher education as defined in the Board of Higher Education Act for the purpose of student application or admissions consideration. I move for its adoption."

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

"She indicates she will." Wheeler, B.: "Representative, there were a couple of Amendments, I think Amendment 3 and Amen... Amendment 5. Does this Amendment address the ACT and... in regard to being one of the assessments?"

"This... this Amendment does, Representative, addresses the ACT. The Amendment 4, we decided not to go with that one and Amendment 5, of course, I'm going to ask to be tabled also."

"That will be the Bill."

"No. PARCC is not... actually, prefaced in it. It does just state that it's already in current law."

"You're welcome."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Hays."

"She indicates she will."

"Beg your pardon?"

"Yes, it is."

"I'm tabling 5 and 4."

"Thank you."

"Chair recognizes Representative Pritchard."

"She indicates she will."

"Could you repeat that, Representative?"

"I don't think it has. I think... that's... that was the reason for 4 and 5. Actually, in 5, I think it addressed it 09900058.docx 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day completely. But there was some opposition to that and from the Senate Sponsor I went back with Amendment #3."

"Yes, they have."

"They're saying that based on the language presently, it would be impossible for them to implement it."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Sullivan."

"She indicates she will."

"Actually, there... the latest Amendment was Amendment #235, which was actually the last one that I did... that I did with the universities, and this particular Amendment actually was satisfactory to the Secretary of Education, ISBE, and of course, the Governor's Office." 09900058.docx 126  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"No. I have tabled both 4 and 5, Representative."

"Well, I think, in the beginning, the language that was put on the Bill, it was prefaced more to ACT and SAT. And of course, there was some opposition by ISBE saying that in the language of Amendment #3 it wasn't clear to them and they wanted... they felt that they could not implement it in its present language. And then I began to work on trying to work on Amendment 4 and 5 to, of course, actually get the approval of the Governor's Office and the Secretary of Education."

"Everyone is."

"I would... most of the colleges are SAT and ACT."

"Yes."

"Also, I can actually name here in this great state: Illinois State University, Western, Southern, Eastern, 09900058.docx 127  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day University of Illinois-Champaign, and Chicago, Governor's State University, and Northeastern Illinois University."

"That I do not know. But I can tell you, Representative, on April 25 of this year, I actually am the chair for Education in Elementary & Secondary Education Curriculum and Policy..."

"...we had a four hour debate on PARCC."

"And based on..."

"No. Not that I know of."

"Maybe the community colleges, but not the regular universities."

"They do."

"Thank you."

"Representative Golar moves do adopt Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 1455. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 15... 1455 is hereby adopted. Mr. Clerk." 09900058.docx 128  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Representative Golar on Floor Amendment #5."

"I'm tabling Floor Amendment #5, Mr. Chairman."

"Representative Golar moves to table Floor Amendment #5. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #5 is hereby tabled. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 1470, Representative Sosnowski. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 763. Senate Bill 763, Representative Zalewski. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Representative Zalewski on Floor Amendment #1."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Floor Amendment #1 is the Bill dealing... it deals with the Bedford Park Fire Department. We're trying to make these two... the... the Fire Fund and the peop... Police Fund copacetic. I'd... I'd ask for its adoption."

"Representative Zalewski moves for adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 763. All in favor say 'aye'; 09900058.docx 129  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 763 is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Zalewski on Floor Amendment #2."

"Floor Amendment #2 simply replaces the word 'and' with the word 'or'."

"Representative Zalewski moves adoption of Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 763. All in favor say 'aye'; all opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 763 is hereby adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Clerk, hold this Bill on the Order of Second Reading. Senate Bill 1236, Leader Currie. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Currie on Senate Bill 1236."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This represents several things... agreements between the county of Cook and our Department of Revenue. For some time, our department has been collecting taxes due on private car sales, used car sales. This would extend that agreement, in fact, would codify and make it statutory. In addition, the measure provides that the Department of Revenue can, for a small administrative fee, not only make this kind of collection for Cook County, but... but make agreements with other units of 09900058.docx 130  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 government, local units of government, including counties, as they already do with municipalities, to provide tax collection services. I know of no opposition. I'd be happy to answer your questions."

"Seeing no debate, then the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 1236 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, take the record. On this question, with 115 voting 'yea', 0 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 1236, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Leader Brown."

"The Republicans will caucus in Room 118 for one hour. The House will be at recesS until the call of the Chair."

"The House will be in order. Page 11 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Third Reading, Senate Bill 1747, Representative Manley. Please read the Bill. Oh. Senate Bill 1947, Mr. Clerk."

"Representative Manley."

"Thank you, Speaker. Members of the House, Senate Bill 1947 expands the definition of 'sexual abuse' under the Department of Human Services Act to prohibit an employee of 09900058.docx 131  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 the Department of Human Services from sending, showing, or posting sexually explicit images of or to an individual who is receiving services due to mental illness, developmental disability, or both from the department. This Bill is effective immediately. I'll take any questions."

"Well, you're not going to get any. Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Durkin, Wheeler. Please take the record. On this question, there are 115 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Brown is recognized."

"Thank you, Sir. Senate Bills-Third Reading, on page 7 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 507, Mr. DeLuca. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. DeLuca."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. Senate Bill 507 is virtually identical to legislation I sponsored last year that passed both the House and Senate unanimously as Senate Bill 3397. In Governor Quinn's last day in office, he issued an Amendatory Veto on that Bill. And not to get into the details, but the Veto had zero substantive relationship to the Bill. So, we're back here again. Under current law, a retailer that administers its own credit to consumers is 09900058.docx 132  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 entitled to take a credit or tax deduction for the sales tax paid by the retailer when the consumer defaults on the payment for the merchandise. Senate Bill 507 will clarify existing law by allowing a retailer that offers a store credit card, also known as a private label credit card, to consumers that is administered by a third party to obtain a credit or refund for the sales tax paid to the state after the consumer defaults on the payment of the merchandise. Senate Bill 507 will clarify that the retailer must have already written off the underlying outstanding balance as bad debt on the retailer's federal tax return before applying to the Illinois Department of Revenue for the sales tax deduction. Senate Bill 507 has no opposition and is an initiative of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and General Electric. IRMA has engaged in lengthy negotiations with the Illinois Department of Revenue to make this legislation possible. Be happy to answer any questions and ask for a 'yes' vote."

"Mr. Hays."

"Sponsor yields."

"Sure. This... Senate Bill 507, it clarifies that the bad debt before that... it can be applied for, the refund can be applied for, has to be listed as bad debt on the retailer's federal tax return. Is that the part you're referring to?"

"Mr. Guzzardi."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sponsor yield?" 09900058.docx 133  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Deluca, will you just walk... walk me through sort of a concrete example of how this might work? So, a consumer gets one of these private cards from a retailer, right, and they default on the card. Then so, what are... what are the subsequent steps according to this legislation?"

"Right. They make a purchase."

"Mmm mmm."

"They don't... they don't pay. The sales tax is then paid to the state. This would give the opportunity for that money that the sales tax portion that's paid to the state to be refunded to the retailer."

"Okay. And so, what... what's the impetus behind this change? Why is that a better way than the way it's done now?"

"Because the retailer has paid the money to the state and it's actually not the state's money."

"How do you mean?"

"The sales tax portion."

"Mmm mmm. Explain..."

"Because they defaulted the..."

"Sorry."

"...the purchaser defaulted on the payment. Did not pay the bill..."

"Right."

"...for the purchase."

"Okay. So, the point of this is the purchaser didn't pay for the item."

"That's correct." 09900058.docx 134  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"The store didn't get the value of the item and therefore, it shouldn't be passing along a percentage..."

"That's correct."

"...of that to the state in sales tax. Okay."

"Yes."

"Thank you. I appreciate it."

"You're welcome."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Nekritz, Reis. Please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', and 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. McAuliffe is recognized."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Mr. Arroyo is recognized on a point of personal privilege."

"I wish not to speak right now."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representative Mautino is excused for the remainder of the day." 09900058.docx 135  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Thank you, Representative. Moving to page 8 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 691, Mr. Dunkin. Mr. Dunkin. Out of the record. Senate Bill 805, Representative Mayfield. Out of the record. Senate Bill 838, Mr. Rita. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1076, Mr. Morrison. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Morrison."

"I can't promise you that, Sir. But we'll get back to it eventually."

"Senate Bill 1102, Mr. Anthony. Please read the Bill. You have a Floor Amendment, Sir? Please move the Bill back to the Order of Second Reading, Mr. Clerk, and read the Bill."

"Mr. Anthony on Amendment 2."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Anthony."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Breen, Sente. Take the record. There are 113 voting 'yes', none voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk."

"On page 13 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Second Reading, there appears Senate Bill 1229, Mr. Smiddy. Please read the Bill."

"Chair recognizes Mr. Smiddy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I ask that the fiscal note be held inapplicable."

"Gentleman moves that the notes be held inapplicable. Those in favor of the Gentleman's Motion vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Please take the record. There are 68 voting... 67 voting 'yes', 42 voting 'no'. And the notes are held inapplicable. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Smiddy." a

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this Amend... this Amendment will amend the Illinois Public Relations Act and it will bring about a change in how contracts in Illinois will be negotiated. Instead of allowing labor to strike or the administration to lock out employees, it would allow for mediation and if needed, due an impasse, 09900058.docx 138  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 interest arbitration. In a normal situation, a strike is a useful tool in negotiations; however, at this point in time, I think we're in a very unique situation. I will take any questions. Thank you."

"Mr. Tryon."

"Gentleman yields."

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

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, K.: "Representative, we talked about this a little bit yesterday in committee. And I've got some concerns I just want to make sure that I'm clear on. Number 1, in your opening remarks, I thought you mentioned this would remove the ability for the strike option for the local. Is that accurate?"

"It would remove both the strike and the lockout option once mediation is asked for." Wheeler, K.: "Okay. At what point in time in the calendar would be the earliest that that could occur?"

"As far as mediation?" 09900058.docx 140  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Wheeler, K.: "Yes, Sir."

"Whenever the legislation would go into effect." Wheeler, K.: "Okay. So, if we backed up a little bit. If the election... if the legislation were to go into effect, let's say, what, July 1? At some point in time after that depending on when the Governor would sign it or we'd override that... a Veto that could come with that. It'd be some point after that, that... at that point in time, they could no longer strike. Is that right?"

"They would have to go to mediation first and then that's when they would start giving up the right for a strike..." Wheeler, K.: "Right."

"...or a lockout." Wheeler, K.: "So, right. But so either parties could then still have that ability up until the mediation..."

"That is correct." Wheeler, K.: "...were to begin?"

"That is correct." Wheeler, K.: "But... and then, the media... we talk about yesterday that the mediators would be selected under what process?"

"It goes State Board of Labor. They have a list and they would actually go down str... each side would be able to strike individuals from that list until they can agree upon an arbitrator." Wheeler, K.: "Okay. And that would take a period of time of what would you es... estimate?"

"I... I'm sorry. Could you repeat the question? Sorry." Wheeler, K.: "Can you give me an idea of what time frame you would estimate that that could actually take? So once the mediation 09900058.docx 141  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day process was... is selected, there would still be an opportunity to strike up until the mediation process actually begins. Is that my understanding? Is that right?"

"Yes." Wheeler, K.: "So, my question then, Representative, would be how soon would you think that would take place?"

"Mediation is only 30 days." Wheeler, K.: "So, if you had a 30-day period of time where, even after mediation's been requested, that a strike could still take place or a lockout?"

"Yes." Wheeler, K.: "I'm sorry?"

"Your answer was yes, Sir." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you. And Representative, is that arbitration or mediation we're talking about there?"

"You asked about mediation..." Wheeler, K.: "Okay."

"...and that's 30 days." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you. The arbitration process would be how different? As far as the time frame is concerned, where did... I'm trying to understand very clearly what... at what point in time..."

"There..." Wheeler, K.: "...both the union would be able to lose their strike ability and the... and the administration would lose the lockout ability?"

"There... there's no time with the arbitration." Wheeler, K.: "Okay."

"No set time." 09900058.docx 142  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Wheeler, K.: "No set time? So, after 30 days arbitration would begin at that point in time?"

"Only if the... either side is unable to come to an agreement and there's an impasse declared by either side." Wheeler, K.: "All right. We... we talked about yesterday in... in our committee that... and this is just... I'm... I'm trying to get this very clear, Mike, so I appreciate your patience with me. The option would be that with this legislation in place that either side could raise an impasse and go straight to this process. Is that accurate?"

"After mediation." Wheeler, K.: "Okay. So, at some point... All right. There... there's a... so, ultimately, what I'm trying to get at, Mike, is that there's a... a process by which the union could effectively raise an impasse and get to a binding arbitration that would then have no recourse at any elected official. In other words, the administration's not going to be part of that negotiation where it's going to be... the arbitrator's going to be the... the ones whose set the final situation."

"I... yeah. I believe that is correct." Wheeler, K.: "So, in effect, are we creating a process for a local union unit to be able to... to get through the whole process without having... go ahead..."

"No, we're not. And we're just making... we're wanting to make sure that State Government continues to run during this negotiation process." Wheeler, K.: "But that's already happening. Is that not right?"

"Well, currently we have a contract." 09900058.docx 143  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Wheeler, K.: "Correct. And in... in years past we've been and we haven't got a contract agreement in place before the end of the contract. We've continued on and the last time it was on a 10-month process."

"Yeah. We... we have agreed in the past for that to happen. We have no indication that that is going to happen this time, so we just want to ensure that our state agencies under the Governor will continue to stay open." Wheeler, K.: "I understand that process. I just remembered specifically asking the gentleman from AFSCME yesterday if they intend to... to go forward through the entire process in good faith with the administration collectively bargaining until we get to some kind of an agreement. And I thought the answer from both parties was yes. Do you recall that same thing?"

"I believe that... that was what the gentleman said. We are trying to be..." Wheeler, K.: "So, help me understand one other part of this, Mike. Why is it that this legislation would expire in 2019 and  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Mr. Wheeler, can you bring your remarks to a close, Sir?" Wheeler, K.: "I'll work on that. Thank you. Mike, I appreciate you answering the questions and I may have more shortly. To the Bill. This is, in my opinion, setting an unusual precedent that allows, in this case, our good friends from AFSCME to... to bypass the product... the process we have in place now which would have an elected official elected by the entire state, our Governor, be at the bargaining table. And with this Bill, and in a situation where we go past the initial process, the... the union could just raise an impasse and go straight to... to binding arbitration which, again, excludes the negotiation with the elected official, in this case our Governor, whose been held there by the people to... to negotiate on their behalf. With that said, I strongly urge a 'no' vote. Thank you."

"Representative Ives."

"Sponsor yields."

"I don't know the details of the contract negotiations. What I'm doing here is trying to ensure that the cate... the 09900058.docx 145  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 state keeps running, as far as the Governor's departments, until such time they have an agreement in place."

"I believe it is this Body's responsibility to make sure the citizens of Illinois are protected and ensure that state agencies stay open during what, from listening to the individuals yesterday, could be a long drawn-out negotiation."

"We want to make sure that the government stays open past the May 30 deadline, if they still continue to negotiate."

"No." 09900058.docx 146  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Because..."

"Well, I can... I can give you a quote from our current Governor that says I might have to shut down the government. That is a possibility and I will do it proudly. So, I want to be proactive here to ensure that we keep state services going during these negotiations. So, we have... we can tell our citizens that we are going to still function and we're not going to let negotiations dictate what happens."

"Not into the collective bargaining process. But I'm..."

"No, it's not."

"I think I just did with what the Governor had... has spoken to."

"Mr. Kay."

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to ask me, Sir?"

"We don't know how long the strike will last. Mediation can last up to 30 days." 09900058.docx 148  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"You have mediation and if there's an impasse by one or the other side, they can ask for arbitration. And you can't strike during arbitration."

"And that's what I said."

"You have to wait until you decide if there's an impasse. Then you need to decide to strike or then... or look for arbitration."

"When either sides declare it."

"After mediation."

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"Yes."

"I don't believe they clarified that they were happy. They were satisfied."

"Regarding..."

"...my legislation?"

"Yes."

"If the arbitrator comes to an agreement, it's presented to both sides and if both sides do not agree to them, they can continue with arbitration."

"So, the Governor will have a say."

"They don't have the ability for the police and fire, SO I would say no to your question."

"But that's the process we're using, Sir."

"If the Governor agrees to it and the labor organization agrees to it, yes."

"Excuse me?"

"Then they continue to arbitrate, Sir."

"Mr. Kay, can you bring your remarks to a close?"

"I'm bearing."

"I don't agree with that. No, Sir."

"As I had stated before, at the end arbitration when there is an agreement, both sides have to agree with the arbitrator on what they say. So, the taxpayers are still in."

"It's an arbitration process and Governor has the same right, Sir."

"We still have nine speakers wishing to speak on this legislation. Representative Wallace is recognized."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you, Representative Smiddy. And my que... I have a few questions. My first question is, when does the current AFSCME contract end?"

"June 30."

"Okay. And then you mentioned in your remarks that the Governor stated he had no problem with shutting down government. Am I... Did I hear that correctly?"

"And he would do it proudly."

"So, the Governor says that he would do such a thing proudly. So, individuals who man and staff our Department of Corrections are AFSCME workers, correct?"

"I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you, Ma'am."

"Lots of people wishing to debate this Bill. We'll get through this better if the Members calm down. Shhh."

"Thank you."

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"I mean, he's right behind me and he can't hear me. Okay. I stated that workers for the Illinois Department of Corrections are by and large members of AFSCME, correct?"

"Yes."

"Okay. I'm going to just speak to the Bill. I do appreciate you answering the question. To the Bill. I think that we are going to allow ourselves to step into a very dangerous situation should we allow for someone to proudly shut our government down. A strike of IDOC workers will pose a number of threats in terms of safety, also as well as human rights violations. If we're looking at the overcrowding that could take place in our county jails because individuals won't be... because individuals will not be able to go to IDOC. I understand that everyone's really excited, but you can't even hear yourself think in this chamber. But hopefully someone is listening and recognizes that if we have overcrowding in our county jails, that is not going to be a great situation. We also put ourselves at risk of shutting down state facilities for mental health. So, we have individuals who will go untreated. And then, as I often do on a personal note, I work in the Zeke Giorgi Center in Rockford, Illinois, which holds all of the state offices in Winnebago County. Should a strike occur, not only would the DCFS office in that building shut down, there's the state investigative unit, the lottery office, Central Manament... Management Services in that particular building, the Department of Revenue is in that building, and then, of course, my offices, the offices of Senaors... Senator Syverson and Senator Stadelman are all in that particular building. We would pose... we would face not 09900058.docx 155  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 being able to provide services to our constituents, the 108 thousand people that I represent, and the tens... hundreds of thousands of people within the county who depend on state services. As such, I would ask that this Body will definitely consider how we do our negotiations and how we will not allow for one particular person to impact so many people throughout our state negatively. I encourage an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. To the Bill. You know, we've all seen in... at the federal level in recent years how government shutdowns negatively impact communities and operations of government across our country. And I don't think we want to have a government shutdown happen here in the State of Illinois. While one of the previous speakers said, well, law enforcement and prisons will continue to operate, there's a lot more to the well-being of the people of Illinois than just law enforcement and prisons. A government shutdown, particularly one that was extended, could have, you know, immediate and lasting impact on health care delivery in our state, the delivery of child care services, the care for people with disabilities, the care for senior citizens, the processing and determination and claiming of Medicaid for hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics. Now, all of these are going to have an immediate negative impact on our communities, on the state's finances, on our economy and community life. I think making sure that as these labor negotiations go on in a very appropriate and measured way with an arbitrator that vital 09900058.docx 156  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day services are delivered to our state is a very good thing. I would strongly suggest an 'aye' vote on this legislation."

"Mr. Mitchell." Mitchell, C.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I rise in support of this measure. This is an issue, which under different circumstances, might not be necessary. I've had my own disagreements with the union representing the majority of our state's workers and I believe that our Governor both deserves the chance to and in fact should negotiate an agreement that is fair to workers but also one the state can honestly afford. But this is an administration that's made it clear that in its view, whether it be on why we lack the necessary revenue to pay for services or why we don't have the ability to build new schools that the problem is organized labor and they must be ground into dust. Now, there's been talk about proudly wanting to mimic the strike of the Reagan era. That's not something that's been said in this chamber, but certainly by the incoming administration during the campaign. Now, there may be things that President Reagan did well. I don't think that the strike was one of them. If that's the goal and if that's the endgame, then we've already given up on organizing and... sorry... on even the premise of working on this contract with any sort of good will. So, let's set aside for a moment that the real reason why we have government that's so cash-strapped is the tax system where the middle class pays twice as much of the share of their income compared to the top one percent. It's not immaterial, but we'll put it aside. Be... what folks should understand is that strikes aren't a good thing. They're difficult. And these 09900058.docx 157  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day are real people with families, with mortgage payments, with tuition, with car note payments to be made and on the other side, we have the end uses of government that Representative Harris just talked about. Those who rely on a little bit of aid they receive from food stamps, or unemployment insurance, or child protection investigators, or those folks who process people in and out of IDOC. Something that, if suspended, could actually lead to civil rights violations. And we're talking about workers and people from all parts of the state. People who look like me and live in my district, but also people who look like everyone in this chamber, white and black, urban and rural, from all around the state. And all this Bill does, as Representative Smiddy so ably explained, is create another tool, another incentive for both parties to come to an agreement. And if they don't, an independent arbiter will help reach a fair agreement and achieve peace. This is after mediation, during which time both sides can on the one hand either strike or... or lock folks out. This is not a perfect solution, but given the current circumstances, it makes a lot of sense. It deserves an 'aye' vote. It's not extreme. Everyone vote 'aye'."

"Mr. Costello."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Smiddy, for the purpose of legislative intent, is this legislation designed to cover all state bargaining units, subject to the Governor, to include the School for the Deaf, the School for the Visually Impaired, and others?"

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"Thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. In my opinion, the goal of this legislation is to keep government functioning for the people of the State of Illinois. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Breen."

"Sponsor yields."

"I believe so."

"Yes. And that will give them enough time, hopefully, to come to an agreement where we won't have to worry about this."

"In theory, yes."

"That is correct."

"That is incorrect."

"I'm sorry, Sir."

"Under the statute, the abil... it will take into account fiscal ability of the government unit."

"If you would like to introduce that Bill, absolutely."

"They are negotiated."

"It would be under negotiations."

"We do not determine. We only set the parameters by appropriating. It's the Governor who would be negotiating."

"It's not in our hands no matter what."

"Which is the Governor."

"I'm not in the negotiations, Sir. So, I do not feel comfortable in answering that."

"I believe the whole state has a lot of interest in this, Sir."

"I'm not sure why that's germane to this."

"As of today."

"Mr... Mr. Clerk, Rules Report."

"Mr. Bradley."

"Representative Smiddy, you... you had this Bill in committee yesterday, correct?"

"Yes." 09900058.docx 162  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"And at that time, the Governor's representative, his negotiator on this contract was there, was he not, correct?"

"That is correct."

"And he was representing the Rauner administration, the administration on behalf of the Governor with regards to his testimony there yesterday, right?"

"That is correct."

"And he recognized the anti-union position or rhetoric that had come out of the office of the administration regarding, in particular, state workers, did he not?"

"Yes."

"And he recognized or accepted the anti-collective bargaining statements or policy agenda that has come out of the Governor's Office, correct?"

"Yes."

"And he recognized the anti-worker benefit activities that had taken place with regards to the administration that he represented, specifically with workers' comp, did he not?"

"Yes."

"And he indicated their belief that there should be the elimination of prevailing wage and many other policies that went and flew in the face of workers... working men and women's rights in the State of Illinois, did he not?"

"That is correct."

"And yet, despite all of those policy positions and despite the efforts of the administration to eliminate collective bargaining rights, he indicated that the unions' willingness to give up one of their rights, specifically the right to strike, was something they opposed." 09900058.docx 163  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015

"Yes."

"He indicated that the administration that was for the elimination of collective bargaining that had been for the elimination of many benefits to workers was against the workers voluntarily giving up one of their rights, did he not?"

"That is correct."

"And he indicated that he was against binding arbitration in case the talks broke down. He indicated he was against binding arbitration only if the talks broke down, did he not?"

"That is correct."

"Binding arbitration only takes place in the event that the strikes or that the negotiations break down, does it not?"

"That is correct."

"And they were against the union giving up its right to strike."

"Correct."

"Is there any other way to interpret those actions, those answers, that conduct other than to believe that the administration wanted a strike?"

"No."

"And so, to the Bill. Representative Smiddy is trying to keep State Government open. He is trying to keep things going in the event. This is a significant concession by the working men and women of the State of Illinois. This puts a process in place to allow government to continue to allow a third party independently to settle something in the god forbidden event it can't be settled... settled and I don't understand why each and every one of us, as citizens of the State of 09900058.docx 164  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Illinois, regardless of Party, regardless of whether or not when the Legislature or the administration, wouldn't support this attempt to keep government open. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Scherer."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. I'll keep my comments very brief. It is imperative that we keep our State Government open and running. Key services need to be provided to the people most in need. I can't imagine anyone being opposed to such a thing. I encourage an 'aye' vote."

"Representative Verschoore."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the previous speaker, I'm not going to speak long. But I've been a fifth-year member of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters union. I've been the President of the union for 11 years, a business agent for 7, and business manager financial secretary for 16. And I've negotiated a fair amount of contract... contracts in that time either as a part of the negotiating team or as who actually negotiated the contract. And our contractors actually came to us... we had the right to strike... actually, came to us and asked us for binding arbitration. So, it definitely works both ways. Some of the previous speakers says it takes the su... and lack of a better term, the hammer away from the state. Well, it doesn't. And it's no secret that our Governor is anti-public union workers. His heroes are Mitch Daniel from Indiana and Scott Walker from Wisconsin. And it just amazes me when the... the presenter of this Bill has... had the foresight to keep this government open if and when there is a impasse. And when they have an impasse, it goes to the arb... arbitrator. There's 09900058.docx 165  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day usually seven arbitrators that they present to negotiate and each side has a chance to pick and choose one that they do not want to use. When it comes down to the seventh, then it's down to the one they're going to use. And these... these arbitrators are fair. They work. They work trying to get the best contract and do the best they can for both sides tried to be cooperative effort. The endgame here, as I see it, and the Governor has not been bashful about saying it, he wants right to work. And in Illinois, it's not going to happen, in this day and age, anyhow. In future years, I can't predict that, but it's not going to happen. So, I applaud the Sponsor for bringing this Bill forward. And I urge an 'aye' vote. Thank you."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As many of the prior speakers have said, this is quite simply the responsible thing to do. And if you haven't yet, take a minute and think about what a lockout or a strike would look like in our state. Our facilities in... in DJJ and IDOC, our parole officers, skeleton crews there would mean no education, no programming, youth and inmates on permanent lockdown, long-term indefinite lockdown. As someone who represents Cook County and what we have referred to in the Cook County jail as the largest mental health facility in the state, would add significant additional concerns. Prisoner transport would stop. Prisoners would los... lose access to their attorneys because they couldn't be brought back to Cook County to meet with their attorneys. They would miss court dates. It would cripple the court system. Victims and witnesses would not have access to 09900058.docx 166  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day justice. Chicago Reader Madden would stop taking mentally ill prisoners, adding further to the burden in the Cook County jail that is already struggling to provide adequate treatment for mentally ill detainees and exceedingly and really outrageously long waits for treatment beds. The implications of a shutdown are very real, very troubling, and should have each and every one of us looking at this responsible solution as the right thing to do. Please vote 'aye'."

"Mr. Welch."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of this Bill. And as I've sat here and listened to the debate, I've thought about the 18 years that I've practiced law. For 18 years, I have represented the management side in collective bargaining matters. I've sat acrosS the table and rep... represented school districts and negotiated contracts against unions like the IEA and the IFT. I've sat across the table in municipalities and negotiated contracts against unions like AFSCME. We win some, we lose some. This is right for Illinois. We have to stop choosing sides. We have to do the right thing. This is not a Democrat issue; this is not a Republican issue. We're not trying to stick it to the Governor. We're trying to do the right thing. That's what this Bill is all about. Who wants to close down State Government? Who wants to close down essential services? This is about doing the right thing, not sticking it to your Governor. If you push the green button in support of this Bill, you are supporting State Government. You are supporting state workers. You are doing the right thing. I ask you to vote 'yes'."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"I... I wanted to ask a question about your Bill, Representative Smiddy. Why are you proposing this unprecedented legislation?"

"I want to be proactive and ensure that both sides stay at the bargaining table and allow our State Government to remain open until there is closure to the negotiations."

"And one final question for you. If this does not happen, what is the impact of them walking away from the table on child welfare services for our state? What... what do you think the impact is for that?"

"It's absolutely devastating and I'm not sure what implications it... there... there might have."

"Thank you. To the Bill. Under normal circumstances, I would not stand in support of such an idea. As a fundamental right, I believe it is the right for unions to make the decision when it is necessary for them to strike. Under these circumstances though, I don't believe that I can stand on... in opposition to Representative Smiddy's Bill under that premise because I understand that child welfare services, services at our state universities and public institutions, all of these things are critical to communities throughout the state. What would happen to child welfare services under an idea that they would walk away from the table and not negotiate? Investigations would not happen in child abuse and neglect cases. Complaints won't be addressed in foster or group homes, child care centers across the state. Supervisory relationships with wards of the state and their custodial 09900058.docx 168  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day parents may not happen. The state is in a really difficult situation. And I just want to say for the record that I completely understand why our colleagues on the other side of the aisle would be concerned about this legislation. I really, really do understand because I believe that, unfortunately, the Governor has put you in a situation that makes you have to stand with decisions that don't meet the needs or the interests of the state and that is a very difficult situation to be in. As a Legislator, we are sent to represent our district, not the other unit of government, and that's what this really boils down to. I encourage an 'aye' vote across both sides of this aisle for this reason that we must have vital services continue in our state and force the discussions to continue until they come to an agreeable contract. That is our responsibility. Our responsibility is to make sure that children and our schools and our services and the Department of Corrections are still functioning at the end of the day. That is our responsibility. And so, I encourage you. Unfortunately, Representative Smiddy is in a position to have to carry a Bill like this, but we believe, he believes that this is the right thing to do at the... this moment in time that we are experiencing because we do not want to experience what the Federal Government experienced with a shutdown of the State of Illinois. We are already in a position that is quite difficult for us to dig out of and this does nothing more than to hurt us if they walk away from the table. With that, I will encourage every Member to have an 'aye' vote along with myself. Light the board green on this issue."

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"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I just wanted to address the previous speaker's comments. And he couldn't be... it couldn't be further from the truth what he's talking about. This... these provisions have been in law for correction's officers, for juvenile officers, for State Police, for sheriff's officers, for members of police departments. It is... this is... these provisions are law for our safety workers. And why is it... why is this the law of the land currently? Because we don't want them striking. We don't want to put the... the people at risk. We want to make sure that our correction's officers are doing their job. We want to make sure that the State Police are doing their job. This isn't new. This isn't new. We have it in place in Illinois today. We're just saying that we're not going to let state workers... we're not going to let the administration use state workers as a pawn in order to move forward his agenda. We're not going to allow that to happen. I... I urge an 'aye' vote."

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"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today it isn't about being on the side of organized labor and it's not about being on the side of the administration. It's about being on the side of the citizens of Illinois. We must keep both sides at the bargaining table to ensure that vital services here in Illinois keep going until we are able to come to an agreement. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves, Members. Have all voted who wish? One more time. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 67 voting 'yes', 25 voting 'no', 3 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 11 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 96. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Mr. Phelps."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, if I could have your attention. That... this Bill in front of you is the Telecom rewrite. And we all know the way people communicate today has changed. Today, people are using modern... more modern technologies like voice calls, voice Internet protocol, and wireless, but our communications law just hasn't kept pace. So, this Bill represents one more step forward in our efforts to modernize the Illinois Telecommunications Act. The existing local only calling packages will end beginning July 1 of 2017. Until then, 09900058.docx 172  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day existing customers are grandfathered in and new customers can meet... must meet low-income eligibility standards. In addition, we're also making it a change, video authorization is extended by five years to ensure competition is available to millions and millions of Illinoisans. Finally, this Act will sunset July 1, 2017. At that time, the General Assembly will have but one final issue to address before we transition from the old switch network to the more modern Internet network. This Bill is necessary for that transition. I'm going to urge an 'aye' vote. But... but before that, I'm going to yield my time to Representative Bradley to let him explain to you the changes he's done and the hard work he's done on 9- 1-1. Representative."

"Mr. Bradley."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. About a year ago, myself and Representative Moffitt, on behalf of the Republican Caucus, were selected to be part of a 9-1-1 services advisory board. Along with Senator John Sullivan and... excuse me... Senator Darrin LaHood, we set forth for hundreds of hours of work with Chief Brad Bloom of the Illinois Chiefs of Police, Ralph Caldwell with Illinois AP CO, Larry Deetjen... Can we have some order please, Mr. Speaker? Mr. Speaker, could we have some... could you... along with the 9-1-1 advisory board, Brad Bloom, the Chiefs of Police, Ralph Caldwell, Illinois AP CO, Larry Deetjen, Illinois NENA, Marci Elliott with the ICC, Jana Fear for the small counties, Patrick Fucik for the large wireless carriers, Glenna Johnson for the counties between 50 and 250, Deno Perdiou, incumbent local exchange carriers, Deborah Prather, nonincumbent local exchange carriers, Colonel Kelly 09900058.docx 173  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 Walter, the State Police, Colleen Wright, small wireless carriers, Sheriff Clague on the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, Linda Zerwin for the large counties, Colleen Wright for the small wireless carriers, Karen Boswell with the industry, and then my own 9-1-1 coordinator from southern Illinois participated in this open meeting process, Ken Smith. These were all open meetings that took place over the course of the last year and essentially, when we passed the Bill last year, we had a one-year sunset of 9-1-1 in Illinois. As of July 1 of this year, if no action is taken, the 9-1-1 system in the State of Illinois will collapse. There will be no dial tone in many areas of the state. Unfortunately, there is no dial tone in some areas of the state currently because we have nine counties in Illinois that have no 9-1-1 service. Did you hear what I said? We have nine counties in Illinois currently with no 9-1-1 service. So, we also have a patchwork of fees. We have a patchwork of charges. And depending on where you live and whether or not your phone is plugged into the wall, there's a whole different assortment of what you might pay for 9-1-1 service. In addition, we have tens if not hundreds of systems on the verge of dis... dissolution, on the verge of not being able to continue. So, we've gone to a uniform rate in this package. We've put forth a consolidation plan to allow the locals to make decisions but to ensure a more efficient, a more connected, a more redundant system throughout the State of Illinois to ensure that there is 9- 1-1 in all of those nine counties that are not currently covered. We expect that this is going to move a lot of areas in the direction that we would all like to see go. We have a 09900058.docx 174  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day adjusted... we have adjusted the wireless rate in this Bill as well. We have called for the eventual elimination of the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund. And we have put in process a plan which would get the State of Illinois to next- gen within five years. The advisory board that has worked so well will continue to exist and the 9-1-1 system administrator within the State Police and they will make recommendations that will then be presented to the 9-1-1 administrator for a final decision. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, ladies and gentlemen of the State of Illinois, this is, I think, a groundbreaking piece of legislation with regards to 9-1-1. We put a Band-Aid on the system last year. We got to this point. We gave ourselves time. We worked together in a bipartisan manner and we've come up with a long-term solution for going forward with 9-1-1 in the State of Illinois for greater efficiency, for consistency, for certainty that when you make a 9-1-1 call regardless of where you're at and regardless of what your need, that it's going to go through and it's going to be delivered. I want to compliment the folks that participated in this process. I want to compliment all of you that have asked me questions concerning it. I do expect at some point in the future as we have issues that come up and some that have already come up, like, for instance, with the City of Aurora, where there will be trailer language at some point to deal with issues as they come along. But we're going to have a sunset of two years. We're going to evaluate this and continually evaluate this and we're going to let the experts work through these issues as we move forward. I would ask for an 'aye' vote to save 9-1-1 in Illinois." 09900058.docx 175  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Mr. Ford."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, I have a few questions and I want to congratulate you on getting to this point. My question is simply about the 9-1-1. Does that require an increase in cell phone rates?"

"Mr. Bradley will answer your 9-1-1 questions."

"I failed to mention that the City of Chicago's rates will remain the same."

"They will remain the same."

"Yes."

"Does it extend the possibility that... I think we passed a Bill two years ago or last year to allow Chicago to control their own rates. Will this extend that possibility?"

"It will keep the rates at where they are now at 390."

"It would keep it at 390?"

"Yeah, it's status quo."

"If we pass this, it keeps it at 390?"

"Set... It's set by Chicago and that's the rate it contemplated. That's where the rate would remain."

"And what's the purpose of 9-1-1?"

"To deal with emergency situations and make sure that people get help when they need it."

"So, 9-1-1 is for people, when they are in need, to be able to call the police. Is that right?"

"Well, or fire, or ambulance, et cetera."

"All right. To the Bill. I just want to read something, a few notes right here. The ACLU filed a motion for discovery 09900058.docx 176  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day in late March and what they revealed is that predominately minority communities in Chicago on the south and west side of Chicago continue to face an inequitable police service. And so, I'm going to read some things from an alderman in the City of Chicago. South side alderman, Alderman Roderick Sawyer, whose ward is in the 6th Ward of Chicago which serves Calumet, Grand Crossing, Gresham, and Englewood's police district said he has heard concerns from local police commanders about delays in the time it takes 9-1-1 calls to get passed from the old EMC to the impact districts. He goes on to say, taking to my commanders... talking to my commanders, they say that there is actually a communication problem between the time that the call comes in and the call getting dispatched to our affected districts, the alderman told a reporter. This seems to be a big lag in time to the speaker. And then it goes on to say in another report, it gives examples. It says, in July, residents in Grand Crossing, a minority neighborhood, waited an average of 11 minutes for an officer to be dispatched in response to a priority call, number 1, in contrast to a different area without naming... I won't name it... but that area was a predominately white community and the average wait time was 2.5 minutes. So, I talked to the Chicago lobbyist and the Representatives from Chicago and I told them that I would not vote against it because that would be taking away money from the possibility of keeping the system in place. Now, I'll just read into the record some commitments that they have given me that they will be doing to make things better in Chicago to serve the people in minority communities, especially the Austin 09900058.docx 177  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day community where I live. So, it says that they will provide and ensure that they will be working with elected officials, myself included, to make sure that we improve response times in the Austin community and all other areas where the response time is low. They encourage me to work with them to bring the superintendent to the Austin community and other parts of the west side to improve response times on the west side so that people feel confident about police services on the west side of Chicago. I'll close by saying that I want to thank the police that's doing a good job on the west side of Chicago, but studies also show that they have a tough job, just like a teacher with a full classroom, not enough help, they're going to have a difficult time. Just like doctors and nurses having a lot of work to do and not enough support, they're going to have a difficult time. So, I'm going to urge the Chicago Police, the mayor of the City of Chicago, and the superintendent to do everything that they can to hire more police for the City of Chicago so that they can get better response time. I'm going to vote 'yes' for this Bill, but I want the City of Chicago and everyone to know that the police response time on the west side of Chicago is unacceptable and I expect better as I was promised by the City of Chicago today to vote 'aye' for this Bill. Thank you."

"Mr. Sullivan."

"Representative Ammons."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. First, I want to acknowledge and thank the METCAD 9-1-1 director from Champaign County, Ralph Caldwell. Ralph came and worked as heroically as all of the other members of this committee to... to negotiate, in essence, this Bill. I come from the City Council in the City of Urbana prior to here and this was one of the major issues for us in the City of Urbana because our 9-1-1 services were certainly growing by leaps and bounds in ways that we could not accommodate and we weren't able to realize much revenue from cell phone service charges. And so, I know this is not the Bill ultimately that will help the City of Urbana maintain its 9-1-1 services, which is already consolidated throughout Champaign County, but it has gotten us a little further down the road. And I just want to acknowledge to Representative Bradley who's worked and negotiated and fought and heard all of these arguments over the last several months to even get us to this point that clearly he does a great job trying to bring folks together. But I just wanted to point out a couple more things that I understood as a former county board member as well that downstate we have nine counties without 9-1-1 services and many of us really don't understand what that means. But to have no service at all and have to depend on communities much further away, certainly we have a long way to go to at least eliminate some of those disparities downstate. I'm also happy that this Bill sunsets in two years. It is critical that we 09900058.docx 180  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day talk again in two years to see if what we put in place right now really brings equity to the system across the state. And so, I encourage Representative Bradley and all of the Members who served on this community... on this particular task force that came up with this Bill, I encourage them to stay at it, of course, and continue to work to evaluate what we did today and look at what we need to do tomorrow to build a better more concise 9-1-1 system for the state. And I encourage an 'aye' vote for this matter. Thank you."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you, Speaker. I'll be voting 'yes' on this and I really appreciate the hard work that both Re... Leader Bradley and Leader Phelps put into it. And I appreciate the continuing effort to accommodate a un... unique situation with the City of Aurora. Aurora, with more than 200 thousand residents, is also located in four counties and has the largest portion of Aurora in Kane County. Aurora is part of the Kane County ETSB, but Aurora would like the opportunity, Leader, to determine its own fate when it comes to starting its own ETSB, if the ch... the city chooses to take that opportunity. I know we can work together. I know in the... your opening remarks you mentioned Aurora, so I greatly appreciate that. And I will be a strong support. I hope that everybody can support this amazing piece of legislation as well. Thank you."

"Mr. Moffitt."

"Mr. Hays."

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just have a quick question of Representative Bradley."

"Mr. Bradley will yield." 09900058.docx 183  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Representative, I just discussed with you... first of all, congratulations, I'm totally in support of your Bill. But I was contacted by Charter Communications, which found some technical problems with the Bill. Would you be willing to work on a trailer Bill that takes care of some technical difficulties that were..."

"You know..."

"...were announced?"

"...the request of Charter came in very late in the process. And we're very happy to look at that and work with them to see if additional remedies need to be made."

"Thank you."

"Representative Ives."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer." 09900058.docx 185  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day

"Representative Lilly."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. This effort today... and thank you, Representative Bradley... 9-1-1 are critical services in our communities and throughout our state. Police and fire really maintains the essence of our communities. When you put forth this type of proactive legislation to reform services that need to be improved, it makes our community safe and brings us comfort. I believe this... this legislation has an opportunity to improve our 9-1-1 services and to expand our 9-1-1 services for the citizens of Illinois. And to propose to do this within two years, by 2017, that presents efficiency and effectiveness. I commend the effort. I applaud the... the movement and the proactive to make sure that all citizens get improved 9-1... 9-1-1 services to make sure that our children, our families are safe. I say vote 'yes'." 09900058.docx 186  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015

"Mr. Bradley."

"Mr. Speaker, there's two people that I want to point out here at the end that I think deserve special recognition. The first one is Chairman Dan Cronin of DuPage. And Chairman Cronin has been instrumental. As a former Member of the Legislature, he has been instrumental in making this happen. The other person I want to compliment is a guy I grew up with, Brandon Phelps. And we grew up seven miles from each other. And we were rivals in high school. And now, we have the opportunity to serve together in the Legislature. He is the chairman of the Public Utilities Committee. He is a bipartisan worker. He gave me the ability to go out and work on this issue and he supported each and every thing that we did and continues to do so. And so, on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois, not just the 9-1-1 piece, but the entire telecommunications, everyone owes Brandon Phelps a round of applause and a great debt of respect for what's happened here tonight. Thank you, Brandon, thank you."

"Mr. Phelps to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to... I don't want to forget somebody. He's right here... where's he at? Justin Cox, thank you for all your hard work you've done and putting up with us on this. Representative Sullivan and also, Representative Bradley, right back at you, but Ladies and Gentlemen, just let me tell you one thing. Eighty-two percent of the people we represent are leaving the old network. It's time to move Illinois into the modern times. Help me. Vote 'yes'. Thanks."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all 09900058.docx 187  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Kifowit, Manley, Phillips. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 94 voting 'yes', 15 voting 'no', and 2 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On Supplemental Calendar #2, under the Order of Concurrence, there appears House Bill 3763, Mr. Davis. Mr. Clerk, put it up on the board and we're here on Mr. Davis's Motion." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would like to move to concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3763."

"Maybe you should tell us a little bit what... about what's in the Amendment, Sir." Davis, W.: "I thought we'd adopt the Concurrence Motion first, but Ladies and Gentlemen, this Concurrence Amendment or Concurrence Motion houses the remainder of the K-12 education budget that we've all been anxiously awaiting to receive from the Senate. It provides all of the resources from the State Board of Education to schools across the State of Illinois. Some of the highlights is that it maintains a 92 percent proration of General State Aid based on full funding. It also provides a $85 million lump sum that will be used to provide what we will call a lost cap to all districts across the State of Illinois which will ensure that... that the loss based on proration will be minimized to a certain amount of money. It also provides full funding for our Maintenance of Effort obligations, so we're not in danger of losing any additional federal funding. It adds $25 million to early childhood education, which is something that the Governor requested. It also provides additional resources for transportation and 09900058.docx 188  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day again, Ladies and Gentlemen, while transportation is always a challenge, particularly for some of our larger downstate districts, we're not fully funding transportation, but we are maintaining flat funding of transportation reimbursement from the previous year. Oh, well, there we go. How about that?"

"Those in... Representative Bellock."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Brown."

"Thank you, Sir. Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Sponsor yields."

"Mr. Davis to close." 09900058.docx 195  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the questions. Despite some of his comments, I do want to thank Representative Pritchard for all of his work toward coming up and helping to develop priorities. While he talked about this particular budget being... not being done in what he will call a bipartisan fashion, the reality is that a lot of this budget is the same budget that we had last year. And that did... that budget was done in a bipartisan fashion. So, it's not like we're changing drastically any of what we're funding this year from what we did last year. We're fortunate enough to have some increases, which is going to help a lot of districts, particularly those that rely heavily on General State Aid for their funding sources. But even those that didn't rely heavily on State Aid are going to acknowledge or... a... a smaller cut from General State Aid. So, again, as Representative Pritchard mentioned about prioritizing education, again, I hope that we get to the point where we do prioritize education and we take it in a direction where we are not only recognizing the challenges that exist, but also recognizing that one of the challenges that we have is the fact that we need more resources as well as a different way of distributing those resources. So, therefore, that being said, thank all of you for all of your questions, your comments, your concerns, and certainly, even though this will probably be a partisan vote, you know, just recognize that your school districts are indeed going to benefit from the work that we're doing. They are going to benefit from the work that we're doing. There's a lot of correlation to be made between downstate districts and suburban districts. So, 09900058.docx 196  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day in the same way I'm proud of the help that suburban districts will receive, I hope those of you in downstate districts will be proud of the help that your districts are going to receive as well. So, again, here we are at this point. We hope that you will consider voting for this Bill because this is the right thing to do at this time, recognize that we are providing resources to districts throughout the entire State of Illinois. And why wouldn't we support that effort? Why wouldn't we do that? Let's not let this get too bogged down in the broad politics that exist. This is a good budget for K-12 education. And I certainly hope that everybody votes for it. Please vote 'aye'."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Anthony, Franks. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 66 voting 'yes', 45 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, Sir." Harris, D.: "Thank you. Mr. Speaker, if I may, and to the Members of the House, we just passed the last of the spending Bills that make up the appropriations that have been put together for FY16. There is no one in this House, no one in this House or on the other side of the aisle... or excuse me, the other side of the rotunda, who will disagree that the spending that 09900058.docx 197  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 we have just authorized is three to four billion dollars out of whack. Let's use the conservative side, $3 billion out of whack. We passed spending Bills that we have $3 billion less money in the bank to pay for. Now, I listened yesterday or the day before to a harangue from the Majority Leader about values. That... about values. Oh, the Republicans vote 'no'. The Republicans vote 'no' because we don't care about autism, because we don't care about cervical and breast cancer, because we don't care about Amtrak service throughout the State of Illinois and nothing could be farther from the truth. You know, it's kind of like a family that says, gosh, wouldn't it be nice to go out and buy a new car or buy a new refrigerator or take a vacation, but you know, we don't have the money to do that. We'll just put it on the credit card and pay for it sometime later. The Republicans voted 'no' because we are acting like adults. The adults in the room who sit there and say when they're sitting around the kitchen table, if we don't have the money, we can't spend it. And I'm not suggesting that we shouldn't look at additional revenues at a time to fund what we want to do, but as I said in my initial remarks, there's 71 votes on that side of the aisle. You could do additional revenue right now without passing spending Bills that don't have the revenue to back them up. We know we're going to be back. We know this is a bargaining chip. But really, $3 billion out of whack. It's not the right way to do business. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. The Gentleman that just spoke talked about acting like adults and I can 09900058.docx 198  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day appreciate that. Acting like adults mean that we would've all voted 'yes' on the K-12 budget because it was the right thing to do. Now, we've gone back and forth about spending and revenue. I would argue that the conversation is not over yet, at least not on this side of the aisle. Maybe on your side it is over with. But there is plenty of work that we need to do and it shouldn't be just about having a 71-vote Majority. Let's recognize that the best thing for us to do is provide resources for the State of Illinois. And again, I have introduced revenue Bills, as have many on this side of the aisle. Maybe even some on your side of the aisle have actually introduced revenue Bills and that's a good thing. And hopefully, very soon, we'll get to that conversation and when we do, we hope that you'll support us there. Or will it just be another 'no' because you want to play partisan politics? 'Cause that's what this is really coming down to, partisan politics. Now, I can't speak for the second floor, ultimately whatever we pass here is going to go down there and he's going to make a decision. But if we're talking about partisan politics, then let's not be scared to do the right thing, put revenue on the table, vote for revenue so we can meet our spending obligations. Again, we know that this is spending and we still have yet to deal with revenue. But if we're going to act like adults, then we should be talking about supporting the revenue along with the spending because the spending that we're doing is taking care of human services, it's taking care of the least vulnerable... the most vulnerable people here in the State of Illinois, it's taking care of children. Why is that such a bad thing? Please help me out. Doing all the 09900058.docx 199  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day great things that we've done in these budgets, why is that such a bad thing? Now, the funny thing about it is that your displays... and you talk about doing YouTube and I see the young man... you guys got a guy down there that's taking video. I see him, he's uploading those right to YouTube on your behalf. But you talk about doing the right thing, then the right thing is to support what we're doing. Let's provide resources for the State of Illinois, so we can fund all of the great things that we're doing. But again, the irony is that we have these displays, but when we have quiet conversations with you, you go, yeah, I'd like to support revenue, I'd like to do that. Well, let's take these conversations public. Let's stand together and support the revenue necessary to fund everything that we passed that you want to pass but since you didn't vote for it, that's okay. We'll bring you along with us, if you're willing to support what we're trying to do. So, hopefully... hopefully, as this conversation moves forward, we'll all get there together. Not this just... not just this side, but both sides working together to support all of the great things in the budgets that we pass. Let's get there together, Ladies and Gentlemen."

"Mr. Turner."

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

"Proceed."

"On a lighter note, last week some of you may remember, or a week or two ago, we had a... the Walgreen's Red Nose Day. It's a national event of comic relief where the proceeds go from the sale of the red noses to help lift children out of poverty. As of May 21, 17 million had been raised in donations 09900058.docx 200  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 58th Legislative Day 5/29/2015 around the program. It's a great event. And the funds distributed go to different charity partners including Boys and Girls Club of America and the Save the Children. There were many people who participated here on the House Floor  58th Legislative Day STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 Illinois State Chamber, and the Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group."

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

"Third Reading. On page 5 of the Calendar, under the Order of House Bills-Second Reading, there appears House Bill 1288, Representative Hernandez. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Hernandez on a Motion."

"I move to hold the fiscal note inapplicable."

"You heard the Lady's Motion. Those in favor... On the Motion, Mr. Sullivan."

"There will be... well, there will be no fiscal impact on the Department of Labor."

"That's correct."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Motion vote 'yes'; opposed vote 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Ammons, Bellock, Franks. Please take the record. On this question, there are 69 voting 'yes', 43 voting 'no'. The Lady's Motion prevails and the note is held inapplicable. Mr... Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Hernandez."

"Thank you, Speaker. House Bill 1288 creates the Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights. Domestic workers are critical to the Illinois economy. They help families meet many of the most basic physical, emotional, and social needs of the young and the old. They hate... help to raise those who are learning to be fully contributing members of our society. They provide care and company for those who... whose working days are done and who deserve ease and comfort in their older years. While their contributions may go unnoticed and uncalculated by measures of productivity, domestic workers free the time and attention of millions of other workers allowing them to engage in the widest range of social pro... productive pursuits with undistracted focus and commitment. 09900058.docx 203  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day The lives of these workers would be infinitely more complex and burdened absent the labor of the mil... domestic workers who enter their home... homes each day. Household labor, paid and unpaid, is indeed the work that makes all other work possible. This legislation amends four State Laws that currently exclude domestic workers: the Minimum Wage Law, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the One Day Rest in Seven Act, the Wages of Women and Minors Act. The passage of this Bill means that domestic workers will now be included in these State Laws, the most basic protections available. I ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sullivan."

"Sponsor yields."

"On the contrary, Representative, it would include domestic workers into the Human Rights Act."

"That's correct."

"I... I'm hoping, quickly."

"We could..."

"Okay. Okay."

"Yes. Yes."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves, Members. Bryant, Cabello, Hammond, Stewart, Sullivan, Unes. Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, there are 75 voting 'yes', 31 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this 09900058.docx 205  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. Mr. Clerk, committee announcements. Members, please pay attention to the committee announcements."

"And now, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House stand adjourned 'til Saturday, May 30 at the hour of 10 a.m. Those in favor say 09900058.docx 206  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 5/29/2015 58th Legislative Day 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the House does stand adjourned 'til Saturday, May 30 at the hour of 10 a.m."