Illinois House Floor Debate — December 2, 2015

"The House will be in order. Members will be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Barry Robinson, who is an assistant Pastor from Mt. Olive Community Church in Peoria. Pastor Robinson is the guest of Representative Gordon-Booth. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off cell phones, and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor Robinson."

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

"Roll Call for Attendance. Mr. Brown."

"Mr. Clerk, please take the record. We have 110 Members, and we do have quorum. Chair recognizes Mr. Martwick."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of personal privilege."

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"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, would you please join me in welcoming my two Pages for the day. I have two exchange students here with me. They're exchange students currently studying at Northeastern Illinois University. I have with me Andreas Rau from Germany and Joanna Nowacka from Poland. Please give them a warm welcome."

"Welcome, welcome to the House of Representatives. Thank you for being here. Representative Willis."

"Point of personal privilege, please."

"Please proceed."

"I would like to have the entire Body congratulate our seatmate Mr… Representative Yingling. This past Friday he went and jumped the broom and got married to his life-partner Lowell Jaffe. So, congratulations, to…"

"Congratulations, Representative. You don't look any different. Mr. Butler."

"Please proceed."

"Representative, congratulations. Welcome aboard and we'd like to hear from you. Representative Jimenez."

"Thank you and congratulations, Representative. Representative Cloonen"

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

"Please proceed."

"Today, I have with me my Page, Mr. Jimmy K. Riley from Gardner, Illinois. Please give him a round of applause and welcome."

"Welcome. Happy to have you with us. Mr. Demmer."

"Go right ahead."

"Welcome. Thank you for being here. Mr. Mitchell." Mitchell, B.: "Thank you… thank you Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege." 09900088.docx 4  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Please proceed." Mitchell, B.: "Standing right next to me is Dalton Cox from Oakley, Illinois, and he's job shadowing me today. So, give a big welcome to Dalton."

"Happy to have you here with us. Thank you. Representative Hammond."

"Go right ahead."

"Thank you, congratulations and welcome aboard. May we have some order in the chamber, please? Chair recognizes Representative Andersson. Could we have order in the chamber please for Representative Andersson?"

"Please proceed."

"Body will take a moment of silence. Thank you, Mr. Andersson. Members, you may be seated. Page 5 of the Calendar, House Bills-Second Reading appears, House Bill 687. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Mr. Bradley on the Amendment."

"I wasn't going to call this, but this was a centerpiece of the Governor's remarks yesterday. So, as long as, we're going to talk about it, we are going to continue to try to pass it. The property tax Bill."

"Mr. Sandack"

"Please proceed, Sir."

"I don't know."

"It's possible."

"Correct."

"It was a centerpiece of his remarks. So, as long as he's going to talk about it, vote for it."

"So, either vote for it, or quit talking about it."

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"Okay."

"Representative, my experience in this is when we did the… for historical perspective, and I can't remember if you were in the Senate at that time or you were in the House, but I called a tax reform Bill, and it had objectionable pieces. And my recollection is that the first vote on that Bill with all the pieces together got like 8 votes. So then, I broke it into pieces, so that a voting block that could support one part of it would have the opportunity to vote for that part, a voting block that could support another part of it would have an opportunity to vote for that part. I'm actually giving an opportunity here by putting it in pieces to allow for the adoption of both of these Amendments. Were the folks that voted for these or inclined to support these Amendments willing to vote for them?"

"Mr. Bradley to close."

"I object to the term disingenuous. And let me say, there was a statement made that this vote had gotten 60 votes. This has never gotten 60 votes. This has never gotten 60 votes. So, either quit talking about it or get release to vote for it. Vote 'aye' on this Amendment."

"Those in favor of the Amendment 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 47 voting 'yes', 22 voting 'no', 25 voting 'present'. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Bradley."

"This is the prevailing wage collective bargaining portion of the Governor's proposal. I do not support it." 09900088.docx 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Those in favor of the Amendment 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 2 voting 'yes', 78 voting 'no', 11 voting 'present'. And the Amendment fails. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. Chair recognizes Representative Gordon- Booth."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. May I have a moment of personal privilege?"

"Please proceed."

"Thank you. If I could have the attention of the Body for one moment. In the gallery with us today we have Lynn Pearson, Lynn Pearson please rise. Lynn Pearson is a county board member in Peoria County. Lynn Pearson has served the county board for almost 20 years. She is chair of the Democratic Women's Organization, excuse me, a former chair of the Democratic Women's Organization, former UAW Local 974 member, served in many capacities within that Union. And personally, Lynn Pearson, along with many of the other women in the gallery, Helen King, Pat Kenney, Rachel Parker, Camilla Kellerstrass, who is my Chief of Staff, have been a part of what I call my kitchen cabinet. We all know there's a group of individuals who we all bounce things off of, rely on for support, and they are that group for me. Today with us we have Lynn Pearson's family, Jay Pearson and Genice Pearson, and I wanted to take the time to recognize Lynn for all of the work that she has done on behalf of people that she knows and folks that don't know she's been working on their behalf. So, I wanted to take this moment and ask the Body to please 09900088.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 give Lynn Pearson a resounding round of applause for all of the valiant work that she's done in our community for the last 30 years."

"Congratulations for your work, and thank you very much for being here with us today. Mr. Rita."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the previous Bill, Senate Bill 687, Amendment #2, I'd like the record to reflect that I am voting 'no'."

"The record will reflect your intentions, Sir. Mr. Leitch."

"Thank you, Representative. The Chair recognizes Representative Will Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed, Sir." Davis, W.: "Ladies and Gentlemen of the chamber, can I have your attention for just a very brief moment. Earlier this year we were pleased to celebrate the retirement of a long-standing employee of the House in the Enrolling and Engrossing office, which is the office behind the Speaker's chamber there. And today I'd like for us to… to do the same for another employee that's graduating from the Enrolling and Engrossing office, Ms. Joyce Musselman. Wave, Joyce. Joyce Musselman will be retiring December 31. She has spent 40 years working in the Enrolling and Engrossing office and I'm told that she's the 09900088.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 best boss ever. She is most known for all… for all… most known… most known of all for her contagious attitude and her laugh, which can be heard all down the hall most days from the elevator as she makes her way to the office in the morning. Her husband Rick who has been giving her a countdown each day as to how many days she has left, and her daughters Kelsey and Audrey are looking forward to her retirement. She plans to travel to Colorado to visit her daughter Kelsey. She is the queen of Irish and celebrates St. Patrick's Day all year long. This year… this year she will be getting her green on in New Orleans while visiting with family. She is an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, so instead of hanging out with us during Spring Session, you will find her hanging out with Cardinals team in Florida during spring training camp. She will be truly missed not only for… not only by the ones who work with her on the 4th floor, but many that work in this building and the surrounding buildings as well. So, please let's give Joyce congratulations for 40 years of outstanding service in the Enrolling and Engrossing office. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Congratulations, Joyce. Thank you for your service to Illinois. Page 16 of the Calendar, under the Order of Concurrence, appears House Bill 1285. Mr. Hoffman. Please proceed, Sir."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 1285 is the unemployment insurance agreed Bill. This is an agreement that was reached between the department, the organized labor as well as business. As you know, this was the agreed Bill process. It worked. I think we 09900088.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 should be doing it for other items such as worker's compensation because this shows that we can come together in order to reach an agreement. What this would do, it would do basically two very important things. It would eliminate the Social Security offset. We are one of only two states that has a Social Security offset that reduces an unemployed worker's weekly benefit by 50 percent of their Social Security retirement payments. That was agreed to by business and that was agreed to by labor. In addition, this would expand the misconduct definition to limit the number of employees who are eligible for… to receive UI benefits. And that was agreed to by business as well as labor. It would also eliminate what we call a speed bump for 2016. When speed bumps are done… or put in place so that labor and business have to come to the table in order to reach an agreement on unemployment and ensure that the trust fund is solvent. This would eliminate that speed bump, a speed bump that would have greatly increased taxes on the employee… employers and reduce benefits on employees. So, this would get rid of that speed bump because of this agreed Bill. In addition, it would indicate that there would be a moratorium on UI legislation through 2017, unless the legislation is agreed to by business and by labor, the department, the Governor's Office, and the Legislative Leaders. It would also develop a mutually agreed method for evaluating the benefit each side will receive from this Bill. They're still working on that, and it is my intent that it is an agreement that they will continue work to verify the benefits to the employers. This is, once again, an agreed Bill and I ask for your favorable Roll Call." 09900088.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Mr. Sandack."

"Of course, Sir."

"Yes, in consultation with the Senate Sponsor, Senator Link, your understanding is correct."

"Mr. Kay."

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Very quickly, I just want to thank everyone who participated in the task force and in the agreed Bill process. As someone who has carried the Bill to repeal the Social Security offset for seniors who receive unemployment and… and were the only people in the country here in Illinois who found their benefits cut as a result of being on Social Security. I want to thank everyone who… who participated, who heard the unfairness of that policy, who signed on to cosponsor our Bill, and who heard from my constituent who was a one woman army, who brought this issue to the forefront. Many of you have met with her, heard from her. And this is a great day because this is proof that one person can, in fact, make a difference. The unemployment… the agreed Bill process was never inclusive of seniors. They weren't at the table and until my constituent, Nancy Solomon, started speaking up and getting her friends to call you guys, 09900088.docx 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 it wasn't an issue. So, I want to thank you all for getting us to this place and for proving that one woman, like Nancy, can in fact make a difference. Thank you."

"The Chair recognizes the Clerk."

"Mr. Wheeler." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. This is a tremendous effort in the right direction. I want to say thank you to Representative Hoffman, Representative Kay, to the Governor's staff who worked on this, all the interested parties who met. Today, with this Bill, we are finally telling the business community in Illinois that the General Assembly will take steps to improve the business climate here in this state. I have heard from a number of small businesses throughout our state who have been negatively affected by the unemployment system as it exists today, the abuses they've been through, the costs that they've incurred. This Bill shows we can make progress. We've got a lot more to do, but we really can do it. So, thank you, and urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. And just a brief comment to the Sponsors and everyone who worked on this Bill. My congratulations to everyone who was involved in this, a hat's off to you. You really did an absolutely fine job, and 09900088.docx 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 I think we ought to use it as an example, that if there's a willingness on the part of the Legislature and the second floor to get to 'yes', to come to an agreement, here's a case where we can do it. Let us use that as an example of what we can do on the budget and on other issues that are… that are tying us up in other areas. So, congratulations, great job."

"Mr. Hoffman to close."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. And I agree with the previous speaker, and I thank Representative Kay also for his comments and the work that he did on this. We, in the past on issues of unemployment insurance as well as worker's compensation, have had an agreed Bill process. I would suggest and I would submit that if we truly want to reform the worker's compensation system that agreed Bill process should be in place and that's what we should be working towards is working together to come up with a consensus. I move that we concur in Senate Amendment #2. This is, once again, an agreed Bill. And I would also like to thank Representative Cassidy for all her work and her advocacy on getting rid of the Social Security offset. I would also like to thank Rob Carr who led the business effort, Tim Drea who led the AFL-CIO effort and labors effort in this matter coming up with a great Bill. I asked for your favorable Roll call."

"Gentleman moves for the Concurrence with Senate Amendment #2 to House Bill 1285. Those in favor of the Gentleman'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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. 09900088.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 On this question, there are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And the House concurs with Senate Amendment #2 to House Bill 1285. And this Bill, having received a Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 500, Mr. Zalewski. Please proceed, Sir."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd move to concur in Senate Amendments #2 and 5 to House Bill 500. This is a Bill that extends the Dental Practice Act for 10 years. It also contains several aspects of… or several provisions dealing with access to care. Namely, allowing hygienists to participate in an underserved community to do cleanings, allowing dental assistants to do scaling with… with substantive training, and other issues. I know this Bill is the subject of a lot of debate amongst… in our district offices from hygienists. This Bill is not rabid anti-dentide it's not anti-hygienists. It's straight down the middle of a fair compromise to offer access to care for dental patients in Illinois. I would urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Sure."

"Sure, Mr. Speaker, I heard that question but I have a feeling it's going to get harder to hear. Thank you. First of all, Ron, this is a 10-year extension of the Act. So it's important to remember, and were this Bill not to get the votes, beginning January 1 we would have unlicensed dentistry in Illinois, and I… that doesn't do anyone any favors as far as policy. The issue that we've grappled with in this committee has always been the pursuit of access to care, allowing hygienists to participate in underserved areas by doing cleanings and those roll… those acts that hygienists always do. Over the course of several months of negotiation, there were several entities involved: the Illinois Public Health Association, PEW, the dentists, the hygienists. There came about a policy proposal where, in addition to giving the hygienists a step toward access to care by allowing them to participate in these areas where there's underserved communities, dental assistants would be allowed to do scaling which is cleanings in a controlled environment of children under 12 years of age. There's a belief among the hygienists, that that's unfair, that it's an encroachment upon their territory. I have to say, I don't view it that way, I view it as a fair compromise. If we're going to talk about access to care, it means cleanings by hygienists, it means scaling's by dental assistants. I think it's fair. If it's concerning training, we're a continuing Body; we can always come back and revisit those issues." 09900088.docx 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"No, no."

"I… I would urge anyone who's concerned about that to listen to the transcript of the committee hearing we had the last time we were down here, I think it was the 10th. We went through that, we went through this specific issue long and… for a long, time and what I came away hearing from the hygienists was that they were uncomfortable with the arrangement of a thousand hours of practical care followed by 16 hours of training. And I specifically asked them, is your fundamental concern that assistants are going to do this or is your fundamental concern training? And the answer I got was training. And if that's the case, then my answer back to them is, we're here. We're not… regrettably to the citizens of the State of Illinois, we're not going anywhere. So, let's 09900088.docx 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 come back next year, let's continue to have a constructive dialogue, and we are always available to… to amend the Act to address concerns about training."

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

"Sponsor yields." Davis, W.: "Representative, can you say unequivocally that the hygienists are neutral on this?"

"I don't think the hygienists are neutral, Will." Davis, W.: "They're not still neutral on this. So, when you just said a minute ago about access to care, when I was trying to address this issue this was about hygienists being able to go out in the communities and provide care that dentists weren't doing at any given time. Maybe some dentists were, but a wide array of dentists weren't going out into communities, they weren't going into underserved neighborhoods to provide this care. So, is the idea that the assistants are now a part of this, are they going to go out into the community and provide the care?"

"Mr. Zalewski, before you answer. Ladies and Gentlemen, it is very noisy in the chamber. Ladies and 09900088.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Gentlemen. Please move your conversations to the rear of the chamber. Mr. Zalewski."

"Will, I think what my understanding of the Bill is that in… in areas where dentists are choosing to perform their services in underserved communities, they feel it would be an asset to have their assistants be able to perform this scaling act. So to the question of access to care and what dentists… what, value dental assistants provide when we want our dentists to go out into these communities and do the… the… serve these communities. They feel it's important to their profession, if we're going to shift the focus to access to care to allow the dental assistants to do the scaling." Davis, W.: "Okay. But my question, because when I had… when I was doing… was trying to address this issue and talking to hygienists, they wanted to go into communities where dentists weren't serving and provide care. So, I'm trying to understand because the assistants are now a part of this…"

"Yeah." Davis, W.: "…are the assistants now going to be in the communities providing the care or are they going to still be in the offices? And if so, then how is this increasing access to care if they're not willing to go where the hygienists at least said they wanted to go?"

"Because the hygienists are going to go where… I don't want to speak for you, but the core mission of what the hygienists have always wanted is to be able to go into the communities without having to be under… in the orbit of a dentist. So, we've always said, we want hygienists to go in underserved communities, and we don't necessarily want them 09900088.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 to have to be tethered to the dentist. Under this Bill, which is what we… what PEW has said, and what the health associations have said this is a step in that direction. Hygienists are going to be able to do the… do the cleanings and apply their craft in underserved communities. As a corollary to that, as a sidecar to that, in instances where dentists are serving underserved communities, they're going to be allowed to supervise dental assistants that… when they do the scaling." Davis, W.: "Okay. Well, I guess if it's a matter of going back and evaluating at some point in the future, I guess we have the opportunity to do that."

"Yes." Davis, W.: "I'm still concerned that we're… that access to care is not necessarily increasing as a result of this and that the dentists decided to put the hygienists in this as pawns in this conversation 'cause if the… if they don't like what the hygienists wanted to do, then let's add the assistants in there. Now I can appreciate the idea of adding more training for the assistants to give them the ability to provide a service. But my question as I've talked to Representatives, lobbyists about this, who's going to be out in the community because if the assistants aren't going out of the offices, who's going to be out in the community driving, I guess, that business to the… to the dentist."

"The flip side of that, I think, Will, is. I think if we made the dentists' assistants along… if we align them with the hygienists, then I think the hygienists would even feel more threatened by the assistants doing the scaling." 09900088.docx 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Davis, W.: "Okay."

"Like, so the… the concern by the hygienists is you're doing… you're allowing dental assistants to do this thing that we don't think they're qualified for. If… if we do that, if we… if we were to say, well, we want to more aggressively put dental assistants in underserved communities, I don't necessarily agree that the hygienists will be okay with that. So, I don't know. I want to work continue to work on access to care. I know this isn't a perfect solution, but I really truly believe it's a step toward what we've all been trying to push in dental care for underserved communities." Davis, W.: "Okay. Thank you very much for your work on this, Representative."

"Thank you, Will."

"Representative McDermed."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yeah, but to be fair, Margo, I don't think that this had the intricacy of the assistant and the hygienist thing when we sent it over. It was a simple extension of the Practice Act. To your point though, we do strive for agreement in health care licenses; we don't always get it, but we strive 09900088.docx 26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 for it. And we strive for good compromise and that I think we've taken a step toward here."

"We had agreement on which aspect?"

"Correct."

"Representative Hernandez."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, would you say that overall would this Bill give more ability for hygienists and now dental assistants in the dental field?"

"More ability to treat more patients?"

"Correct. So, I'm getting at the accessibility portion. So, would you say this affects in a positive way more accessibility for oral health to the communities?"

"I would."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Zalewski to close."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the debate. I note there was a concern from colleagues about payment of dental assistants if they were to undergo this treatment. Our understanding from the Dental Association is they find that 09900088.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 they compensate dental assistants who've gotten the treatment… gotten the training more than they… than they do otherwise if they hadn't gotten the training. I can't say those two words together. So, but we're happy to also always have a dialogue about that. I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Gentleman moves to concur with Senate Amendments 2 and 5 to House Bill 500. Those in favor of the Gentleman'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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 105 voting 'yes', 4 voting 'no', 2 voting 'present', and the House does concur with Senate Amendments 2 and 5 to House Bill 500. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, House Bill 1365. Mr. Zalewski, please proceed."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is… I move to concur in Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 1365. This is a one-year extension of the Medical Practice Act. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"There being no debate, those in favor of the Gentleman'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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', and the House concurs with Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 1365. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 13 of the Calendar, under the Order of Senate Bills-Third Reading, there appears Senate Bill 1751, Leader Currie. Mr. Clerk, please read the 09900088.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Bill. I understand that there's an Amendment on this Bill. Mr. Clerk, please place the Bill on the Order of Second- Reading and read the Bill."

"Thank you, Speaker."

"Mr. Clerk, out of the record. Chair recognizes Mr. Wheeler." Wheeler, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege?"

"Go right ahead, Sir." Wheeler, K.: "I'd like to inform the chamber today that we have with us as a Page, Kylie Bohman from Yorkville. She is a senior at Yorkville High School along with my niece. She is very interested in politics and is taking an active role by being here with us today. Her grandmother is an Aurora alderman and that's how she got to know Representative Linda Chapa LaVia, who actually brought her down here today. I want to say that she's we're very glad that's she's here and give a warm Springfield welcome to Kylie Bohman."

"Welcome, glad you're with us today. Page 6 of the Calendar, House Bills-Second Reading, House Bill 1260, Representative Williams. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Williams."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill you may recall deals with data security. It's an initiative of the Attorney General's Bill. This is one of two Amendments we'll be adopting. This basically incorporates the language in the Governor's Amendatory Veto."

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

"Representative Williams."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This second Amendment is to accommodate the concerns of the community bankers and the financial institutions and the credit unions. And this would provide a more of a parity and balance between the notification requirements of groups that own data and those that maintain data."

"Mr. Phelps on the Amendment."

"Will… will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"I just want to clarify. I heard Representative Williams say something about the second Amendment so I get a little nervous sometimes, I just want to see if she could clarify that."

"I think that's a different… different second Amendment." 09900088.docx 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"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."

"Representative Williams."

"Good. As you guys recall from this discussion we had earlier this year, this deals with data security and increasing the categories of information that is protected. So, what we've done here is adopt the language in the Governor's AV, but we're ending up with is a very strong Bill that adds to personal information things like medical information, health insurance information, username, email, and password. And this is very, very timely, unfortunately, data breaches are all too common. Just recently there was a breach of a company called Vtech, and it's a child's programmable tablet company that has educational programming. And they had a breach which resulted in the loss of children's names, addresses, gender and even photos also usernames and passwords to access the account. So, some of those items would be addressed in this Bill if it's passed into law. So I would, again, appreciate your support and ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields." 09900088.docx 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Yes. It's my understanding we're a… everyone's on board with this version."

"Sure."

"Thank you for your support."

"Mr. Franks."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"I was having trouble hearing the previous question. I just… I… Ann was this a… you said an agreed Bill now?"

"Yes. We've accommodated all those remaining concerns with this version. So there is no opponents at this time that I know of."

"Okay. I appreciate it 'cause I know I had concerns for it before and I didn't support the underlying Bill. And the… can you tell us what the differences are with the original Bill that passed with 63 votes and this one?"

"Oh, sure. Okay. Well, we're going two Bills back now. And the original Bill provided for expanded categories. The… the Amendatory Veto version still provides for additional 09900088.docx 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 categories but limits some of the information we sought to cover, things like geolocation information, consumer… consumer marketing information, et cetera. Ideally, those would have been in the Bill, but we had to work with what we had, and the… the advocates that we're working with supported the version without those items in it. So we moved forward in that way. What remains in the Bill in that category are medical information, health insurance info, some biometric data, and username and email and password, which of course are very critical if you have a breach. Additionally, reasonable data security requirements are now provided for. And that category is one that would be particularly helpful in the breach that I just referenced, of the company Vtech. So, basically, it's just requiring companies to provide for reasonable means to take care of your own personal data. And right now, there's nothing in the law that requires that. So finally, it provides that you can notify a local media in the event of a breach instead of if you're having a breach, say, in downstate Vienna perhaps, nod to my friend in the back row, you don't have to call the Tribune and report that in. So that's just a small change as well."

"So the… the requirements have been changed for the requirements to notify and you actually have to have a breach instead of an event. Would that be a fair way of stating it?"

"That's not my… I didn't use those… that language, but we didn't change what was a breach. We basically modeled it after the underlying Personal Information Protection Act. So we didn’t change how the breaches are… how notification happens or… we just changed the categories of what constitutes 09900088.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 private personal data, sensitive data. So the underlying Bill, what we've done for the past 10 years, remains the same."

"Thank you for your work."

"Representative Williams to close."

"I'll just appreciate your support on this very important data security legislation."

"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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Brown is recognized. Representative Sandack is recognized."

"The Republicans will caucus immediately in Room 118. The Democrats will caucus immediately in Room 114. And Members should be notified that when the caucuses are completed, we'll be returning to the floor to vote on some items including appropriations. So please return to the floor immediately after caucuses. The House will be in recess 'til the call of the Chair. The House will be in order. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Leader Turner 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 Report."

"Representative Ives is recognized."

"Please proceed." 09900088.docx 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Thank you, Representative. Page 14 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Third Reading, there appears Senate Bill 2039. Mr. Clerk, please read Bill. And please move this to the Order of Second Reading and please read the Bill."

"Mr. Mitchell. Amendment 2 is withdrawn. Mr. Clerk."

"Leader Currie on Amendment 4. Can we move this to Third, Representative?"

"I would be delighted, if we could." 09900088.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. Some portions of this Bill are familiar to everyone in this chamber. We had a Bill earlier this season sponsored by Representative Moylan that spent quite a lot of the money that we collect for local governments, giving that money back so that road projects and other activities that are important to local governments could be funded, not GRF funded, but funded through these special funds that we control. Since that time, the Governor has approached us asking for help, making sure that the bureaucracy that is State Government can continue to operate. As you know, under court orders we are already paying our workers, but some activities through State Government cannot happen unless we authorize additional spending. That's what these measures would do. Without GRF money, without general funds, it would become special funds. And then finally, there's another Section of the Bill that many people in this chamber have been concerned about since we didn't adopt a budget that began July 1. Programs like low-income energy assistance, programs like domestic violence shelters. We've had hearings on this House Floor. We know how struggling these agencies and these programs have been. The 09900088.docx 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 winter heating season is now upon us and it is critical for our low-income neighbors that they get some help to pay the energy bill. We do not want them with frozen pipes; we do not want small children, unable to stay warm in their very own homes. So this measure will fund some other activities making sure our domestic violence shelters can keep their doors open and making sure that at least the state portion of the low- income energy assistance program is funded. Again, this is primarily not using general funds these are using other funds. And I would be happy to take your questions and I would be delighted if you would join me in supporting passage of Senate Bill 2039."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Lady yields."

"Representative Moylan, yes."

"And we did approve that measure, but it is not yet been approved by the Senate. So, this Bill incorporates all of what was in that Bill. That's the first thing it does. And again, this is not general revenue money. These are things like the local distributive money, the gas tax money, that we collect for the local governments. So, much of the money in that portion of the Bill goes back to local governments. There 09900088.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 were also lottery scratch off programs that this funds and were also funded in 4305."

Speaker Lang: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an important Appropriations Bill. Could we lower the volume in the chamber or leave the chamber?"

"That's correct."

"Representative, I think we should confine our discussion to Senate Bill 2039 which is on the board before you. If you have questions about this Bill, I'll be happy to answer them."

"Yeah. But Representative, you may remember that during discussion on Senate… on the 4305 there were many items that were not in that Bill…"

"…that you thought were really important to include."

"Today is your opportunity Representative, we listened to you."

"And look what we've got now. We've got Senate Bill 2039 with many of the items you wanted included in the earlier Bill. Now is your chance."

"I believe that the total would be about 20… 28 million. And that's divided between keeping the domestic violence shelters open, and some moneys that the Secretary of State needs in order to be able to do his work."

"Eighteen million approximately for the domestic violence, and 10 million approximately for the Secretary of State."

"Their… yeah. Their regular operations. Much of the Secretary of State's budget is funded out of general revenues that is much more so than is true of the other constitutional officers."

"Yes. And there also are Secretary of State Moneys that I think come from the other kinds of funds as well. And this measure appropriates to the other constitutional officers, Comptroller and the rest, from, again, special funds that are not part of the general revenue picture."

"Well, general…"

"General revenue continues to come into the state, and as you know, the Comptroller does her best to write checks to see to it that we pay our debts, that we keep up with our obligations. I should suggest that we are spending at a rate that exceeds the revenues that ultimately will be available to us during the current fiscal year, but in the meantime money is being spent, General Revenue Funds are coming in, General Revenue Funds are going out. State workers are by and in large paid out of general revenues. Much of the operations of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Medicaid budget, that all comes from general revenues and under… under court orders and requests that money is continuing to flow. So, this additional general revenue spending is a drop in the bucket compared to the general revenue dollars that are already on their way out the door." 09900088.docx 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

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

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, so we say there's $28 million of general revenue funding here so, we're appropriating 20…"

"Yes. And I did not mean to say that's a drop in the bucket as a general proposition…" Harris, D.: "Absolutely, absolutely."

"…but only by comparison…" Harris, D.: "Absolutely.' 09900088.docx 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"…with general revenue obligations that we are currently required to make." Harris, D.: "Absolutely. I couldn't agree more. Twenty-eight million dollars is a drop in the bucket, but it is general revenue. So we can appropriate general revenue. My point being that we have this budget problem that we can't resolve, but oh, we can spend $28 million in general revenue. So it seems as though we can come to an agreement at least on $28 million. But let me look at the other, and I will compliment you by the way, let me look at the other and ask you a question about the other parts of the Bill. And I compliment you. Representative, 4305, Representative Moylan's Bill was a good Bill; it passed out of here with 114 votes. There was a difficulty with the Bill, and that is, it was de novo it was generated in the House, the earliest it could have been acted on in the Senate presuming they didn't come back would have been January, right?"

"Yeah." Harris, D.: "So 4305 really, the intention of 4305 was good but it couldn't have been acted on the way it was because of parliamentary requirements until January. So what you have done is you've taken 4305 as well as some other things and put into this Bill as an Amendment to a Senate Bill so it can go back to the Senate for Concurrence. So all you need is Concurrence in the Senate and the moneys can start to flow as soon as the Governor signs the Bill, right?"

"Well, we believe the Governor will sign the Bill. In fact…" Harris, D.: "Right…" 09900088.docx 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Currie: "…if you remembered my opening remarks, much of what is in this Bill was requested by the Governor himself." Harris, D.: "Right."

"and as well my understanding is the the Senate will be in Session next week and I have every reason to believe that if we succeed in a 'yes' vote on this Bill today, in this House, the Senate is very like to concur early next week." Harris, D.: "Right. So, that's a good thing meaning that the dollars will be able to, presuming that the Governor has agreed and we understand he probably is, the dollars and the moneys will be able to flow to these entities fairly quickly rather than having to wait until January, correct?"

"Yes." Harris, D.: "Okay. That's good. That's good. Let me ask you though, why just these other state funds? How many… how many funds are there in the State Treasury?"

"There are quite large number, as you very well know." Harris, D.: "In excess of… 900 in excess of are there not?"

"Well, and again, this was a negotiated settlement. The Governor decided it was time to govern and so he has asked for… for items that will make it possible for his agencies to operate the way they should. He was very resistant earlier in the Session and I believe he still is, to using moneys in all the special funds. I don't know if he has designs on them, if he wants to borrow from those funds for other purposes. But as I say, this was a negotiation and there certainly were other things we would've liked to have seen in this Bill, that we did not get support from the Governor's Office to proceed with." 09900088.docx 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Harris, D.: "Well, the Governor's… the Governor's intention…"

"I mean there are many items that are not yet funded. State universities, student assistance money, the MAP grants, those things haven’t been funded at all. Many other agencies that help people in our communities who are rape crisis centers, sexual assault programs, they're not funded in this Bill. I myself would have wished that they were." Harris, D.: "Would they be funded if we funded all other state funds?"

"Some of those might be, yeah, But some of them…" Harris, D.: "So…so, the Gov…"

"…some of them come, some funding for some programs comes from general revenue." Harris, D.: "So, the Governor's intention aside. We are the Legislature and I agree, quite frankly, with the Speaker of this House who says we are an equal branch of government. I buy that. It is our responsibility to pass an Appropriation Bill. So my question is this, why don't we appropriate all other state funds?"

"So, why don't we need…" Harris, D.: "We can pass an appropriation to do that."

"We… actually we did in May. We did exactly that. And I don't think you were part of that particular solution, that particular important piece of the puzzle, but the people on this side of the aisle did pass a budget. We passed a budget that included all the items that are in Senate Bill 2039 and a good many that are not. Now, the Governor complained they were out of balance and yet he went ahead and signed the education budget, which was no less out of whack than anything 09900088.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 else that we put on his desk. The Governor had a chance to fashion the budget through reduction, a line-item reductions and through line-item Vetoes he chose not to take the chance I think now his agencies are telling him that it is time to govern. And I think that's why we're looking at the provisions in Senate Bill 2039 that will help the bureaucracy do its job." Harris, D.: "The budget that was passed in the spring was clearly out of balance, everyone admitted that. We know that, okay. The issue in the budget that was passed was general revenue not other state funds. The other state funds, the dollars are in these funds. The dollars in the Lottery Fund to pay the prizes. The reason that the Comptroller can't write the check is because we have not passed an Appropriation Bill to give the Comptroller the appropriation authority to write the check. So…"

"And we are, in this Bill…" Harris, D.: "In this Bill, that's correct. But my point…"

"…we would do just that. If we have your support to do so." Harris, D.: "I'm not… Representative, I'm not arguing against the Bill. What I'm saying is, why just these funds? Why not… why not all the other state funds. And oh, by the way, is this not true. If we passed an appropriation to appropriate all those other state funds, all that is appropriation authority, correct?"

"That's correct." Harris, D.: "It does not have to be spent, correct?" 09900088.docx 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Well, in fact, of course it can't be spent if we don't have enough money in those funds for the Comptroller to be able to cut the checks." Harris, D.: "Well, in the other state funds, though, there generally is sufficient dollars to pay the… to pay them. But the point is, the Executive has that authority because we… what we did in February to grant 1.5 billion where we swept all those funds, it's because the Executive had not spent the money in all of those funds. So the dollars were there to sweep, correct?"

"I will only just reiterate, the Governor did not agree to a Bill that would have spent the money in all the special funds. I don't know if he plans a sweep, I don't know if that's what he has in mind, it might be." Harris, D.: "Okay."

"But I guess I would encourage you to go have a chat with the second floor to see if you can't free up more of the special fund dollars so they can be used for their original purposes." Harris, D.: "As a matter…"

"Early in the Session, if you recall, the Governor's people were very strenuously opposed to the idea that we should appropriate the low-income energy money, even though that was a special fund, not… had anything to do with general revenue. They didn't want to do that and it was always my guess that they wanted to be able to sweep it if things got tight in other portions of the state budget." Harris, D.: "Well, as a matter of fact, I did have a chat with the second floor on this very issue, just earlier today, so 09900088.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 I know where they're coming from. But Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I stand in support of the Bill. There's a lot of good things in this Bill. There are however, the issue is real. The issue is, why just these funds? Why not all the other state funds? And oh, by the way, I had a conversation with a fairly high level individual within the Governor's Office and I asked him, well, why when Representative Moylan's Bill 4305 was being considered, why don't we do something to help here and take some action on these other state funds? And the answer that I got was this. Well, we don't want to do anything piecemeal. What are we doing? This is known as piecemeal. So next month we're going to come back, of course it'll only take 60 votes next month, but we're doing things piecemeal. We can pass these things, we need to come to an agreement, get a full budget. But why not… why are we concentrating on just these funds when we have so many other… other state funds that need to be funded. So I stand in support of the Bill. I just don't think this is the right way to run a railroad. Thank you."

"Greg Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And to the Bill. I just want to point out that in July, Ladies and Gentlemen, we had a Committee of the Whole where the topic of domestic violence and domestic violence shelters in the State of Illinois was discussed, which was the middle of the summer. Now, here we are at the beginning of winter. In that time, you know, there are 52 domestic violence shelters in the State of Illinois. One of them has already closed in Centralia, and it's had to reopen on a very limited basis. Others are about to close. 09900088.docx 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 They have exhausted their lines of credit, they have reduced staff, they have reduced hours, they're putting women at risk in a season of the year where we don't want people you know, to be put out at risk and be put outside. We have a chance here to make that right. So, you know, I thank everyone who's involved. I commend the Speaker; I commend the Sponsor; I commend, yeah, everyone who is involved in this negotiation. There are a lot of things we probably would like to see in this Bill. But taking care of, you know, women who are victims of domestic violence in every corner of our state, providing money for breast cancer treatment and detection is important, providing money for HIV detection and prevention is important. So, I would urge everyone to vote 'yes' for this piece of legislation."

"Mr. Moffitt."

"Sponsor yields."

"Sure."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"Correct."

"This will be a Concurrence Motion in the Senate, if the Motion is adopted in the House, so they would only have to concur. They don't have to be there for three days, it's not a new Bill."

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Of course, Sir."

"Well, that was covered in the education budget that we sent, without your help, to the Governor in the spring, and 09900088.docx 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 the Governor, in fact, did sign it. Even though he had suggested he would not ahead of time."

"Are you talking about continuing edu…"

"So, if you are talking about the Adult Education Program, the federal funding for adult education operated through the community college board is included in this measure."

"Well, to the extent that the other agencies are operating under contract with the community college, they will be covered. But remember, these are only the federal funds part of the traditional moneys we have spent on continuing adult education."

"Mr. Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to build on what my friend Mr. Pritchard just said about the process. And I do 09900088.docx 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 want to thank the Governor for his evolution here because just a few short months ago he implored this Body not to enter into a piecemeal budget. Mr. Harris pointed out quite succinctly how this is a piecemeal budget and unfortunately that's what we're doing here. This Bill is based on Marty Moylan's Bill, and what's interesting about that is the Governor, until shortly before the vote, was opposed to that Bill saying it was a piecemeal budget. And to paraphrase, I think he also said it was a bit of a budget buster because it was too big, but now that we've added more money to it, the Governor is now for it. Again, I appreciate the evolution, because I think it's the right Bill. And I want to thank Barbara Flynn Currie because if you would not have put a hold on the previous Bill, 4305, we would not be here today getting this done, which is a better Bill that will get done quicker now because it will be a Concurrence on a Senate Bill and you were able to negotiate what needed to be done. So I want to shout out to my Majority Leader. It's because of her efforts, that's why we are here today. So nonetheless, we are in great peril. And I think it's time that we need to stop playing political games. The Comptroller skipped, Ladies and Gentlemen understand, the Comptroller skipped… last month's pension payment. Think about that. We passed a budgeting for results law a few years ago that required… required that the pension be paid first before anything else. And the Comptroller did not make that payment because we didn't have the money. Our unpaid bills are on course to exceed 8 and a half billion dollars 8 and a half billion dollars. That's more than 20 percent more than our anticipated revenues, the 09900088.docx 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 shortfall. Our current credit rating is not only the worst in the country, it's one of the worst in the world. So let's not pretend that we're solving our problems today. We're simply delaying the hard choices. It's quite possible that Governor Rauner will give next year's budget address without a budget for this year. So let's not break our arms patting ourselves on the back. What we ought to be doing is passing Bills to tighten our Tax Code, to encourage job growth, and to level the playing field. We still need structural reforms. So I would ask the Governor to keep the General Assembly in continuous Session until we reach a budget agreement no other business should be conducted. And instead of lending money… and I can't tell you how insidious I think this is… instead of lending money to our locals, we ought just to do our job and to pass a budget. So Governor, if you're listening, please keep us here. Let's negotiate a real, full budget agreement and let's build off of the success today because that's what we ought to be doing and that's what we need to be doing, and that's what our constituents expect us to be doing. So I think the time for politics has passed; the time for action is now. I encourage everyone to vote 'yes', but with your 'yes' vote go back to our Leaders, go back to the Governor and say enough is enough. Let's get this done right."

"Mr. Kay."

"Lady yields"

"That does what?"

"I believe the Comptroller would have that information."

"I have the spending that is included in the provisions of Senate Bill 2039, the vast bulk of which come from special funds, not from general revenue. If your point is that we are building our debt, the answer is we are. I said that earlier. I don't have the numbers, but I do know that when the Governor agreed to pay the workers when we entered a consent decree with respect to Medicaid and with children and family services, I know we are spending at a rate that is well beyond what the revenue projections that we will bring in, that we will exceed those projections."

"No."

"Yeah. I'm telling you we are spending at a rate that exceeds our revenue projections. We are spending on the workforce; we are spending Medicaid money, not at the rate 09900088.docx 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 that we agreed to in May, a cut rate, but to the rates that were in effect before we reached agreement on a fix for the last fiscal year."

"I'm telling you that at some point we are going to be in deep trouble because the revenues will not sustain spending. And that's true, but then you get…"

"Before you get to Senate Bill 2039."

"Again, most of this money comes from special funds, not the General Revenue Fund."

"I brought this Bill 'cause the Governor asked me to."

"Because local mayors and managers asked us to give them back their money."

"And because people are very concerned about the domestic violence shelters that are about to close their doors and the low-income families that can't heat their homes as winter approaches. That's why I brought this Bill. I hope I will have your 'yes' vote to ensure its passage." 09900088.docx 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Representative Ammons."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Bill. First and foremost, I want to thank Leader Currie and Representative Marty Moylan for bringing this Bill forward. Something that my colleague just said a few minutes ago that really strikes close to my heart, we could've moved forward months ago. Actually, we could've moved forward months ago because back in May we submitted a Bill that would have funded all of these things with a couple changes, if the Governor had simply did a line item Veto we actually wouldn't be here, talking about this Bill. Over the last several months the public has witnessed us attempting to fund the needed services that are now represented, some of them in this Bill. The thing that is really striking me about this and I support every one of these items, as I drove 72 this morning and the snow was coming down, my thought went immediately to how we're going to have enough salt for the roads to make sure that the public is safe as we travel the highways this holiday season. And the salt was one of the most important things I thought of this morning, Leader, as I drove 72 because it's a very dangerous stretch of road. And so this Bill includes things that are important to us that may not be as… in the forefront of some people's minds, but as I think about the 9-1-1 services in my community I think about the City of Urbana that's been suffering trying to figure out in this budget how to pay for 9-1-1 services, working with our METCAD system as well as the City of Champaign. And so we have been struggling for the 09900088.docx 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 last several months to get our colleagues on the other side of this aisle to support something that is in the best interest of the state, and this is the negotiation that we've come forward with this morning. And so I'm thankful to the Leader for really carrying this ball; it is not easy to do. Because we know we are short revenue because the discussion hasn't gotten to that point. But I’m hoping that this afternoon our Leaders will begin the talk… conversation about adding this topic of revenue to their discussion. But finally, I want to say as I traveled over this morning I received a call from our domestic violence shelter and that shelter is, as Representative Harris pointed out, one of those shelters that may end up having to close its door to the families in Champaign County and throughout the area because it is the only shelter that provides that type of service. And so I'm hoping that as soon as you all vote 'yes' on the other side and join us with this that that shelter will have a little bit of courage and support to continue to hold on until the Comptroller can at least release funds to save this shelter. And then finally I'll just say, yes, I agree that the state is in grave peril, but it is not in grave peril just because of one side of the aisle. We have not done what I believe is necessary for the long haul for the state, which is to look at how we tax in this state. Flat taxes do no provide revenue for ongoing generations and we know that that's a fact. So I hope that the discussions include a way for us to look at our Tax Code, to really address the long-term problems that the state will face even after all of us are gone. I am thankful for you, Leader Currie and for our Leadership on this side of 09900088.docx 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 the aisle, for continuing to fight for the needed revenue, for LIHEAP services in the State of Illinois for domestic shelters and believe it or not, people who are struggling daily have lost their jobs and child care and all of the work that we've tried to do to stand in the gap. Thank you and I look forward to every person, regardless to their verbiage, to vote 'yes' on this Bill."

"Mr. Sullivan."

"Sponsor yields."

"Well, I would, first of all 18 million of it is intended to keep open the doors of our domestic violence shelters."

"I know that mattered deeply, a lot, greatly to many Members of my caucus and I would be appalled if you were to tell me that it didn't matter at all to yours."

"Well, that was one of our requests certainly, but I would have thought that you supported it." 09900088.docx 59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"If not, than I anticipate your voting 'no'."

"The other 10 million…"

"…is money the Secretary of State needs in order to be able to fund the operations of that agency. Most of the money that funds the Secretary of State's Office comes from general revenues, and if he's not able to keep handing out driver's licenses and making sure that people know how to obey the rules of the road, then we're all in very deep trouble."

"Yeah. But that isn't the GRF that the Governor had requested in terms of paying workers, in terms of the Medicaid lawsuit, in terms of the Department of Children and Family Services. That is real General Revenue Fund money of much greater proportion than anything that is in Senate Bill 2039."

"Mr. Davidsmeyer."

"Sponsor yields."

"I believe the Speaker scheduled today's Session."

"The Speaker. As you know, we've been operating since Session was supposed to end, under a rule that says that we are, we will convene at the call of the Speaker and that's what's been happening." 09900088.docx 60  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"The Governor…"

"The Governor can call the Legislature into Session, yes. The Speaker…"

"That's true."

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

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, K.: "Leader Currie, Happy Holidays."

"And to you." Wheeler, K.: "As usual I'm going to ask you a quick question regarding General Revenue Funds spending because it's my understanding based on the Illinois State Constitution and the COGFA Act that we are supposed to have a revenue estimate adopted before we spend these GRF funds. I'll just ask you kindly, do you have a schedule when we may be adopting that revenue estimate?"

"No. And that we've been asking for the Governor to tell us how he's going to organize a budget request from us that 09900088.docx 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 he made early in this current Session, and that did not match the reality of revenues that would be available."

"No, but if you want to put a request in writing, I'll make sure it goes to the appropriate authorities." Wheeler, K.: "I may do that. I appreciate that. Thank you, Leader."

"Leader Currie to close."

"Thank you, Speaker, Members of the House. I, too, would like other than a piecemeal approach. We tried it in May; it was a very good effort and it was one unfortunately that we were not able to sustain. But I would say that a piecemeal approach is better than no approach at all. It is important to fund Illinois State Government and even doing it in a partial way is better than not trying at all. I want to provide low-income families with help paying the energy bill; I want to keep our domestic violence shelters open; I want tourism to happen across the State of Illinois and I certainly want our roads salted, our police and fire training to continue on. So I would appreciate your 'aye' vote for this admittedly piecemeal approach, but maybe it's the start of a full out approach that will help us fund State Government for the remainder of the fiscal year. I urge your 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? 09900088.docx 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 107 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', and 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 13 of the Calendar, under the Order of Senate Bills-Third Reading, there appears Senate Bill 1380, Representative Gordon-Booth. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill. No running, Representative."

"Representative Gordon-Booth."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 1380, it's a really… it's a fairly simple piece of legislation. It simply extends the deadline and the repeal date for the Commission on Police Professionalism. If you all remember, the Commission on Police Professionalism was created by Senate Bill 1304, which was carried by our illustrious Chairman… Chairman Elgie Sims, as a part of the officer warn Body Camera and Police and Community Relations Improvement Bill. The commission was created to review the current training and certification process for law enforcement officers. The duties of the various types of law enforcement officers, including auxiliary officers standards for the issuance of badges and shields and to examine whether law enforcement officers should be licensed. This has come under a great deal of scrutiny because of a lack of funding, but obviously with the legislation that we just passed along with passing this piece of… other pertinent piece of legislation it will allow many of the law enforcement communities in our, excuse me, 09900088.docx 63  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 many of the law enforcement entities within our communities to have the necessary, clearly, the necessary training that they need in order to protect and serve. I ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Dunkin, are you rising on this Bill?"

"No, Mr. Speaker. I'm rising…"

"We'll get back to you then. 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? Evans, Guzzardi. Please take the record. On this question, there are 111 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Mr. Dunkin."

"Mr. Speaker, on House Bill 2039 my switch should have been voted 'yes'. Now there are a number of Members meeting in the back, and my Bill… my… my… button was the only button somehow that was stepped over or not hit as a 'yes'. There are other Members who were not at their seat, but my button was not hit. Now we know how things work here in this chamber, with staff and other Members looking out for each other. So, my vote should have been a 'yes' on House Bill 2039. So I ask you to change the record, or take off all of those Members who were not at their seats, but put mine on and keep other Members. If you're going to keep other Members on, put my Bill… put my vote on 'yes', as are the other Members here on the Democratic side."

"The record will reflect your intention, Sir. Senate Bill 1262, on the Order of Senate Bills Second Reading, Representative Mayfield. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900088.docx 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Representative Mayfield."

"Thank you. This Bill here, you've seen this previously on Senate Bill 1854. That initial Bill was vetoed by the Governor and we were not able to bring it back here to the House. So what I did is I took the language from that Bill that the Governor's Amendatory veto had, he was fine with this portion of the language, so that's the only portion that I brought back for a vote, there is no opposition. This Bill would simply add Lake County to the Upper River Management Development Authority for bonding purposes to save Lake County millions of dollars."

"Mr. Sandack on the Amendment."

"Proceed."

"It's okay."

"We voted on the Bill. It went to… it passed the House; it passed the Senate; it went to the Governor. The Governor did an Amendatory Veto on the underlying Bill, 1854. The Senate chose rather than to accept the Governor's AV to move forward on the Bill. Okay? We did not want that. I am…" 09900088.docx 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"And they did."

"They did. But I… you know, we were not accepting that. We wanted to… or at least I wanted to go with the amendatory language; I was fine with that. So I took this portion off of the Bill and I just put it on a separate Bill by itself, as a standalone."

"No."

"There were two parts to the original Bill. The part to add Lake County to the Upper River Management and the other part of the Governor's Amendatory Veto would have been for North Shore Sanitary district. But they had wanted a raise for themselves in there; the Governor didn't want that. So, I just totally took out all of their language."

"We're not moving that."

"We're moving this one."

"No, none." 09900088.docx 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"This Bill will actually save Lake County millions of dollars."

"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."

Speaker Lang: "Representative Mayfield, have you already explained the Bill?"

"Yes. I just ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sullivan."

"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. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 75 voting 'yes', 35 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. On page 13 of the Calendar, under the Order of House Bills-Third Reading, there appears House Bill 4156. Representative Kelley Burke. Mr. Clerk, can we please read the Bill. I understand there's an Amendment on this, 09900088.docx 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Representative. Please move the Bill back to the Order of Second Reading and please read the Bill."

"Representative Burke." Burke, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Amendment 2 to House Bill 4156 is an appropriation for Monetary Award Program only at $397 million and change. It is the same amount that was in the Higher Ed Bill that was passed this spring. Again, I'll echo the comments that I made in trying to pass the Higher Education funding Bill last week. Our MAP recipients, 125 thousand of them, have not received their funds. Our schools are suffering, both our state universities as well as our community colleges, and our private universities. This is something that needs to be done. It affects all… areas of the state. It affects all, constituents in every single district. And I urge that you… in light of the fact that we don't have an omnibus Bill, let's help out our students, let's help out our universities and community colleges. And please vote 'yes'."

"We'll be at ease for one moment. This Bill will be taken from the record for the moment. Page 12 of the Calendar, House Bill 4104, House Bills-Third Reading, Mr. Smiddy. Please read the Bill."

"Out of the record. Mr. Smiddy has returned. We'll return to his Bill, House Bill 4104. Mr. Clerk."

"Mr. Smiddy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill will mandate that the conservation police have a mandatory minimum for staffing. And I would ask for an 'aye', vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Certainly, Representative. What this Bill will do it will actually give the Department of Revenue Conservation Police Officers a minimum staffing for their department through the State of Illinois. And it will say that there should be 175 sworn officers at a minimum, but it will be ramped up over a period of time. So it's not all at once to cause more funding against the State of Illinois during these times of budget uncertainties."

"Not currently, no." 09900088.docx 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"We worked with the Conservation Police Officer's Lodge regarding this… this number. And they have been actually more than that in the past. And what we have tried to do is if it would fall under 165, that's when it would trigger the 175 officers to be brought back up to force. So it wouldn't be if there's a 175, one retires, we wouldn't have to then automatically hire somebody. It would be for after 10 officers would retire or leave, that's when it would trigger to then hire those individuals. We have a very… the big problem right now with having officers able to cover the 102 counties in the State of Illinois and do the job that they are needed to do. And that's why we brought the Bill forward."

"Not to my knowledge."

"Yes. The Department of Corrections could be different because they have to have a minimum number of staff at the 09900088.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 facility on all three shifts, first, second, and third, to be able to run the operations. So that would be where this would be different."

"Yes, it is. We have done similar things to this under the fire department as well for a mandatory minimum of staffing for the fire districts."

"We don't know the cost right now depending…"

"I said…"

"I don't know the total exactly, but the estimated cost would be about three and half million dollars to get up to 09900088.docx 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 the 175 officers. But again, that's over, I believe, a three- year period. It's not all at once again. And when you look at the cost of the officers compared to the cost of what they actually bring in in revenue, with what they do, it can be compensated by that."

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

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, so this would be precedent setting… this would be precedent setting? We are dictating to the 09900088.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Department of Natural Resources that the department will maintain at least 175 conservation officers. We don't do that with any other department, do we?"

"No. And what I did say, though, is with Corrections, depending on the shift, there is a mandatory minimum of staffing that has to be there for the facility." Harris, D.: "Right. But we don't say to the Department of Corrections, you must maintain a certain number, an X number of Corrections officers on the pay roll. We don't say that, do we?"

"Not for an overall, but facility… facility to… facility." Harris, D.: "Right."

"…We mandate that they have to have a certain amount, yes." Harris, D.: "Right. And we don't say to the Department of Human Services that they have to maintain a certain number of employees in the Department of Human Services, do we? No."

"No, sorry." Harris, D.: "Okay. I really do believe this is precedent setting and I think we ought to pay attention to this. You mentioned that the conservation officers bring in revenue. That this 3.5, or 3.7 million dollar mandate would be covered potentially by the revenue that the conservation officers bring in. How much revenue do the conservation officers generate in a year, do you know?"

"I don't have that number now, but I know it was considerably higher. The other thing that we have to look at, too, is when the conservation officers are patrolling the rivers, in the State of Illinois, they are then reimbursed by 09900088.docx 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 the Federal Government. So that also takes away from some of the costs that would be for these… these folks." Harris, D.: "And I understand the logic of the Bill, I will tell you it looks to me to be a job protection kind of Bill. How many officers are… how many conservation officers does the department have now?"

"Eight-two." Harris, D.: "Eighty-two?"

"Yes." Harris, D.: "And we're saying they have to have… It says if it drops below 165… Am I reading it correct? It requires the Department of Natural Resources to maintain a force of 175 Conservation Police Officers."

"Yes." Harris, D.: "And they only have 82?"

"Yeah. Due to retirements that they had about 109, but due to the retirements by the end of this month, they'll be down to 82. Frontline staff." Harris, D.: "So they have to add 90 officers?"

"Over a period of three years, not all at once, because we know that that would be stressful to the budget. But we need to… We have 102 counties and we have conservation police officers that we do not have in any of these, in some of these counties."

"Ladies and Gentlemen…" Harris, D.: "Okay. Ladies and Gent…"

"Excuse me, Sir. Ladies and Gentlemen, I know we all want to go home sometime today. But I'm going to wait until I can hear these people speaking." 09900088.docx 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Bill. The Bill mandates that the Department of Conservation have a force of 175 conservation officers and you just heard the Sponsor say that right now they have 82. So basically, they have to hire 90 conservation officers. Believe me, I support the Department of Natural Resources. As a matter of fact, Representative Mautino and I were the cosponsors of a Bill that added $2 to the license plates so that the Department of Conservation, which was woefully short of financial resources a number of years ago, would have the adequate resources to run the department. But we're saying here that they have to have a minimum of 165 officers. We don't even mandate that for the Department of State Police. And oh, by the way, we should have a Department of State Police Trooper school to add more State Police, quite frankly, I believe and we… than before we add conservation officers. Let me throw out a number to you, by way of what this impact is going to mean. The Department of Natural Resources, a short 10 years ago, had a budget excess of $100 million. You know what the Department of Natural Resources budget was as proposed by the Governor for this year, 38 or 39 million dollars? They are struggling… they are struggling to fund themselves. They don't have enough money, in my opinion, to run the Department of Natural Resources. Starved Rock State Park gets 2 million visitors a year and we're starving the Department of Resources. Yet now, we're going to add a three and a half million dollar unfunded mandate on to the department. Absolutely the wrong direction to go. The only right vote here, as much as I want to support the department 09900088.docx 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 and the conservation officers, the only right vote is a 'no' vote."

"Mr. Kay."

"Sponsor yields."

"I don't have an exact number, but going from memory, but please don't quote me, it's around 33 million.'

"I believe is the number."

"That would be correct. But the min… the mandatory minimum staffing of 175, we would have to be at that number by July of 2020. So we have time to get that up and that we took into account the budget issues that we were having. So we didn't have to hire the 90 officers right… right now."

"Yeah, we would have to maintain 175 officers."

"We would have to maintain that amount of officers."

"Mr. Smiddy to close." 09900088.docx 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"I believe that this Bill is a good first step in ensuring that our Conservation Police Officers are able to take care of those needed counties that currently have… that do not have an officer. And I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"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? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there 58 voting 'yes', 42 voting 'no' and 4 voting 'present'. And Chair recognizes Mr. Smiddy."

"Postponed Consideration, please, Sir."

"Bill will be placed on the Order of Postponed Consideration. House Bill 4264, on the Order of House Bills- Second Reading, Representative Hurley. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Hurley."

"Do I have to adopt the Floor Amendment? Okay. So I'd like to adopt Floor Amendment #3 to House Bill 4264."

"Can you explain the Amendment?"

"Floor Amendment 3 becomes the Bill. It adds one hour of continuing education into the domestic violence awareness training for cosmetologists, hair-braiders, estheticians, and nail technicians."

"Representative Ammons, is it all right with you if we move the Bill to Third Reading and you can debate it on 09900088.docx 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Third? 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."

"Representative Hurley."

"House Bill 4264 will include one hour of domestic violence awareness training and sexual assault awareness training to the continuing ed component for cosmetologists, estheticians, hair-braiders, and nail technicians. No liability for an act or a fail to act. And I'm here for any questions."

"There being no debate, 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. Chapa LaVia. Mr. Franks. Please take the record. On this question, there are 97 voting, 'yes', 12 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Representative Ammons."

"Mr. Speaker, I'm sorry. On the Bill prior, I asked to speak to the Bill before it was passed. I'll postpone my comments at this point, but it was a real concern about that Bill that we just passed for cosmetologists."

"Thank you, Representative. Page 17 of the Calendar, under the Order of Concurrence, there appears House Bill 3213. Mr. Mautino. We might want to listen to Mr. Mautino on what 09900088.docx 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 might be his last Bill. And be formal, Sir, put your jacket on."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. House Bill 3213, yes, it is my last Bill. It's also a very important Bill for the people of Streator, Illinois. You have voted on this legislation a few weeks ago. And this would allow for St. Mary's Hospital in Streator to become a standalone emergency center. There are five others within the State of Illinois. And with this Bill, St. Mary's would become the sixth and it would allow the 18 thousand people in Streator and the surrounding area to retain their health care. The Bill has been negotiated and has been agreed to by Blue Cross Blue Shield, the insurance companies, the hospitals. And I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack on the Concurrence Motion."

"I'm sure he'll have an answer to your question."

"That's the best debate you've ever made on the floor, Sir. Representative Reaves-Harris."

"Thank you. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"This is to the Bill, Representative Mautino. As I spoke on your… the Bill the last time it was here, I support this effort. It's your attempt to bring quality health care to your community and I support that initiative. I wished my language was able to be added to this Bill because I'm just 09900088.docx 79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 as concerned that my community has the same access to the quality health care that you're attempting to bring to your community. But I do understand your need is imperative and I would not hold up your Bill in any way because, again, I support your efforts to bring that health care, again, that quality health care to the community. But I just want to make it be known to this… to the Members of chamber, that I intend to Sponsor a similar Bill next year, one which I believe will also bring much needed quality health care to my community. I believe that I, as well as a member of my community, are in the best position to make determinations as to what is needed in our community. And I would ask every Member that is supporting you and your initiative to keep an open mind when it comes to a Bill that, a very similar Bill, that I will be sponsoring next year. And keep an open mind and take into consideration that this is something that has been vetted by other elected officials in my community, by the people, the stakeholders in my community and this is something that they want. And so good luck to you in your new endeavor. I support your initiative. And I'm just asking the Members that when it's my turn to sponsor a similar Bill that you keep an open mind and keep in mind that we are making the determination that we… this is something… this freestanding ER is something that we believe is vital to our community as well. Thank you, Speaker."

"Thank you."

"Leader Durkin."

"Sponsor yields." 09900088.docx 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Thank you, Leader Durkin. Leader Franks."

"I appreciate Leader Durkin's comments because I was going to say the same thing."

"Then you could be finished?"

"I could be, theoretically, theoretically, but I wanted to give… I wanted to get Representative Mautino 'cause this is… this is his last Bill. So, I wanted to ask him a couple questions. Frank, do you remember your first Bill and what was it?"

"Actually, let's see, it was October 22, 1991; it was House Bill 295. The Bill was called Jordan's Revenge. It was 09900088.docx 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 a retaliatory tax placed on out-of-state sports and performers when their states place a retaliatory tax on our athletes."

"Wow. What was your favorite Bill that you passed?"

"The Stabilization Act for the Department of Natural Resources, which everyone in this chamber took part in."

"Well, I just want to tell you that you've been terrific here and I've looked up to you for a long time. And on my first day here you helped me you gave me a lot of… a lot of good advice and you've been really a rock. And we're going to miss you a lot. I know you're going to be terrific in your new job and I look forward to working with you closely. And as a parting gift, I'm not going to vote on this Bill. So, that way you won't have one minus."

"I was going to mention if you remembered you're the only 'no' vote I had the last time."

"Exactly. So, I'm going to give you that gift. So thank you, and I look forward to working with you in your new capacity, and really you brought, you bring a lot of class to this joint. And we need more like you, you're going to be impossible to replace."

"Leader Bellock."

"Sponsor yields."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. I believe that I was probably… I'm probably one of a few that are left of us that actually served with Frank's father. When I first got elected in 1990, Frank's father was here in the Illinois General Assembly. He, like Frank, was a true Gentleman, a leader in the community, a leader in the Ottawa area. Unfortunately, he had an untimely death and then came Frank. Frank, our hair was darker, our weight was less, but I could tell you, even from the beginning you were a very dear friend. I'm going to miss ya. I'm better for having known you, I'm better for having worked with you and I'm certainly better for being able to call you my friend. God bless you and good luck."

"Representative McAsey."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to take the occasion to rise and congratulate my seatmate these years on the occasion of presenting his last Bill. I have really been privileged to be able to sit next to Frank, to learn so much from him over these last couple Sessions. And one of the lessons that Frank taught me over the years was always to be 09900088.docx 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 very, very wary of Bills that were on the board, that were Mautino-only Bills, only Frank's name as Sponsor. So today, luckily it appears that Frank does have a cosponsor and so I will very, very gladly be supporting your legislation today. I wish you well in your new position and want you to know how very much you will be missed. Thank you."

"Mr. Phelps."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Frank, I just got a phone call from my Uncle David and he said, as just as the rest of us, I know he got to serve with your Dad, he got to serve with you. I had the luxury and the honor of knowing your Dad when I was really young, growing up here. And I got to serve with you. I just want to tell you as a downstater, your Leadership to us, I don't know if it can be replaced. And I mean that with the bottom of my heart. You're a dear friend, I love ya, I love your family. It's Illinois's loss that we're losing ya, though I know you're not going to be that far away. Frank, we love ya."

"Mr. Leitch."

"Mr. Bradley." 09900088.docx 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"I'm going to miss ya. We're all going to miss ya. The people of the State of Illinois are going to miss you. We wish you the best, we know that you're going to be do great in your next role. And on behalf of my family to yours, congratulations, my friend. God bless, we love you."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. It's been my pleasure to serve with Frank as I did serve with his father. Frank is also an officemate and I certainly will miss him in 300. But like his father, Frank has always had a strong streak of independence. He's also been able to use his laser- like brain to get to the bottom of spending decisions in various state agencies and departments. He also, this summer, faced very serious challenges, personal challenges, and he did so with grace under pressure, grace and a plum. Frank, you have been a good friend and we know that we'll keep running into you as you serve as our Auditor General. I've been proud to know you, proud to work with you and I wish you and your family Godspeed."

"Frank, speaking from the Chair, we're going to be sorry to see you go. You have been one of the great leaders in Illinois and you'll go down as a legend for your hard work, for your ability to work on both sides of the aisle. Mr. Mautino to close."

"And that is how you pass a Bill for the Streator St. Mary's Hospital. Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker, Leader Currie, Speaker Madigan, Leader Durkin and all great friends. It's been an honor and privilege to serve with you and yes, Jay, you're right our hair was brown and our ass were narrow. 09900088.docx 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Didn't happen anymore, you're the last of the downstate caucus in that picture that you just showed. But this place has been amazing, serving with all of you and I've served with hundreds of people throughout the years here. Everyone here for the right reason. It's… it has been 25 years; God, what a long time. And in that time I've come to respect all of you and this chamber, as you all should, you have the ability to do some tremendous things. And always keep the independence of the Legislature, and always utilize your… your district offices and those staff, cherish them, they're the ones that keep you strong in your district. I look forward to becoming the Auditor General and having all of your confidence. As far as the people over there that I've met in this last month, they are amazing and they work hard for all of you. So I'm not really going to be all the far away, and my heart is always here."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman'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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And the House does concur with Senate Amendment #1 to House Bill 3213. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Batinick."

"Please proceed."

"You need better seatmates. Representative Winger."

"The record will reflect your intention. House Bill 740, Mr. Hoffman, House Bills-Second Reading. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This language is identical to a portion of Senate Bill 374 that passed to the Governor. It concerns the Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act, gives them additional authority. There was no opposition to this portion of that original Bill. The Governor did veto the Bill based on some portions of the Township Code, had nothing to do with this portion. So we're just taking the part that he did not object to and we're trying to pass it as a Bill. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Gentleman yields."

"Yeah. It's specifically only for the Kaskaskia Regional Port Authority, which is a port authority on the Kaskaskia River, down by us. It moves its headquarters from Chester to Red Bud. It allows them to build and mortgage real estate, providing that the port authority pays the money back within 20 years rather than only 3 years currently. And then it… the power to accept or purchase property rights 'cause they want to build some trails."

"Yeah. They would mortgage a portion of their property in order to make improvements and they could pay that over 20 years. And if they don't make the payments, obviously, the bank would take the property."

"No, and the Governor vetoed a portion of the Township Code that was part of this Bill. Now, he indicated that he was fine with this part."

"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." 09900088.docx 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Mr. Hoffman, have you already explained the Bill?"

"Yes. I just ask for a favorable Roll Call."

"There being no debate, 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. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 83 voting 'yes', 23 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Riley in the Chair."

Speaker Riley: "Members, refer to the page 19, Order of Resolutions. We have for you House Resolution 709, Representative Ford."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. I move for the adoption of House Resolution 709. It simply extends the reporting date for the Commission to Reform Childcare in Illinois to September 1, 2016."

"There being no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Resolution 709 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those 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 111 voting 'yea', 0 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present'. House Resolution 709 is hereby adopted. House Resolution 838, Representative Batinick."

"The question is, 'Shall House Resolution 838 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those 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 111 voting, 'yea', 0 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present." House Resolution 838 is hereby declared passed. Senate Joint Resolution 19. Senate Joint Resolution 19, Representative Butler."

"There being no debate, the question is, 'Shall House Joint Resolution 19 pass?' All in… 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 111 voting 'yea', 0 voting 'nay' 0 voting 'present'. Senate Joint Resolution 19 is hereby declared passed. Senate Joint Resolution 21, Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you, Speaker. Senate Joint Resolution 21 extends the reporting deadline for Teacher's Recruitment and 09900088.docx 90  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 Retention Task Force to September 1, 2015, so we can get the proper information out to the General Assembly. I ask for its passage."

"There being no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Joint Resolution 21 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 110 voting 'yea', 0 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present'. Senate Joint Resolution 21 is hereby declared passed. House Resolution 805, Represent… Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker. The Resolution names October 19, 2015, as Career Accelerator Day… STEM Career Accelerator Day and commends students who participated in a special STEM program at PepsiCo's facility in Chicago."

"Lady moves adoption of House Resolution 805. All those in favor state by saying 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And House Resolution 805 is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 163. Senate Bill 163, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. This Bill deals with citation to discover assets. We passed a law last year that was effective January 1, regarding citations that were too expansive and appeared to authorize any party to litigate a civil action under the guise of a citation proceeding. Additionally, the law that we passed went too far 09900088.docx 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 because it would be inconsistent with citation precedent and practices in Illinois. This Bill reverses that. I know of no opposition by anyone and passed the Senate, I believe, unanimously."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Sandack."

"He indicates he will."

"That's correct, Sir."

"That's also correct. Both the judges and the practitioners in citation court believe this gave folks an opportunity to re litigate and start new proceedings within a citation proceeding. And as an attorney yourself, you know that's not going to work."

"It would be my Senator… Senator Silverstein, I believe."

"Presumably that's the case. If he were here now, I would have him come over and talk to you." 09900088.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Thank you, Sir."

"Leader Lang to close."

"Please vote 'aye'."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 163 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, take the record. On this question, with 110 voting 'yea', 0 voting 'nay', 1 voting 'present'. Senate Bill 163 is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3687, Representative Wallace. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill. Mr. Clerk, bring House Bill 3687 back to Second Reading for an Amendment."

"Representative Wallace."

"Thank you. This is a Bill that will help to increase the job readiness of our adult learners. We're just extending the high school dropout age programs for two years, from 21 to 23. I encour…" 09900088.docx 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Representative Wallace moves for adoption of Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3687. All those in favor say 'aye'; all those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And Floor Amendment #1 to House Bill 3687 is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk."

"Third Reading. Read this Bill for a third time."

"House Bill 3687, Representative Wallace."

"I just strongly encourage an 'aye' vote. This Bill has previously passed unanimously out of this chamber. And I'm asking that everyone here supports it this time."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Bellock."

"She indicates she will."

"We have discussed that issue. In any public school setting, they can't be there after 21 anyway, so yes."

"They're not allowed in a public school setting under this statute and under the previous statutes."

"No, they are not. Not in a public school setting." 09900088.docx 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Yes."

"Yes."

"This extends the high school diploma…"

"It extends the enrollment to the age of 23 into these particular programs."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Hays."

"She indicates she will."

"No, they won't."

"The Bill clearly states that in a public school setting that will not be the case." 09900088.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Correct."

"First, this will be a very small number of students who would qualify. And secondly, by extending this age it makes us more aligned with some of the federal education grant programs for adult learning. And we'll be able to bring those dollars back to our state."

"Representative Wallace to close."

"Okay. Well, I would like to address the particular issues that have just come up. This is not going to do any of the things that were just stated. It adds two additional years. Any adults will not be in a public school setting. I repeat, they will not be in a public school setting. It will be very similar to what we do now. I do encourage an 'aye' vote. It does allow us to bring back federal dollars to our state for adult ed programs. Thank you."

"The question is, 'Shall House Bill 3687 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye'; all those 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 70 voting 'yea', 38 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present.' House Bill 3687, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. House Joint Resolution 77, Representative Smiddy. Out of the record. House Joint Resolution 93, Representative Moffitt."

"Members, please stand."

"Representative Verschoore."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As Don said, that used to be my district until the remap. And Corporal Luxmore died way too young. And like Don said, I don't think there was dry eye in the place when his son went up to that casket. They held it in the gym at Sherrard High School and there every seat in the place was filled and there was people standing around. When they went to the cemetery, there was a line of cars, probably a mile long. So I'm proud to be a hyphenated Sponsor on this Resolution and I thank Representative Moffitt for bringing this forward. Thank you." 09900088.docx 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015

"Thank you. The Sponsor requested a moment of silence, please have a moment of silence. Thank you, Members. The question is, 'Shall House Joint Resolution 93 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. With 107 voting 'yea', 0 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present', House Joint Resolution is hereby declared passed. Chair recognizes Representative Brady."

"Moment of silence, please. Thank you. Members, please remain standing for these next two Resolutions. Next, we have House Joint Resolution 96, Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Thank you… thank you, Speaker. We all have heroes in our districts and our neighborhoods that have served this country with temen… tremendous bravery, and today we have the opportunity to honor a true American hero. If you look to the gallery, you'll see Mary and Bob Patterson, both Navy veterans and their son, Marine Carl Patterson. He's a Marine. Th… they are the parents of Army Specialist Christopher A. Patterson. Specialist Patterson graduated from West Aurora High School in 2009 and was attending Valparaiso University when he enlisted in the Indiana National Guard, serving as a 12-B combat engineer with the 713 Engineering Company. Although Specialist Peterson received an exemption to complete his studies, because of his bravery and commitment to duty, he volunteered to join his unit overseas when they were deployed. On January 6, 2012, Specialist Patterson along with three of his fellow Indiana National Guardsmen were killed in action in Ang… Afghanistan. The Resolution before you names a stretch of Illinois Route 31, as it passes through North Aurora, the Specialist Christopher A. Patterson Memorial Highway. I ask for your support for this Resolution. And I want to thank his loved ones, both here today and at home, for their sacrifices that they have made in their family. And to remind all who travel on that highway of the hero that we have lost, but we will never forget. I'd also like to ask Representative Fortner to say a couple words from the mayor at the appropriate time, 09900088.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 and Representative Kifowit, if she'd like to, at the appropriate time, I ask for a moment of silence as well."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Fortner."

"Thank you. Representative Kifowit."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is an honor, a privilege to be on this Resolution with Representative Chapa LaVia and Representative Fortner. To honor, we… we just got out of Veteran's Day, and while we thank our veterans that are here today, a formal thank you and a double thank you to the Marine, Semper Fi, then. But we also… also realize as… as was mentioned previously that our great country, the great state that we are in, cannot and… and should not ever compromise 09900088.docx 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 our freedom, principles, especially the ones that have been given to us by those that have given the ultimate sacrifice. And so, I am… I am so proud to have served, and I am so proud of those that we now memorialize for their ultimate service so that we can live every day in freedom, and I ask that every day we do not take advantage of those freedoms that are given to us every single day, by all sorts of heroes those that are with us and… and those that have gone beyond. So, with that, I… I always and forever will pray for peace and comfort every day because I know losing someone who is loved, especially someone so loved, is very difficult. And I also thank you for your service and your eternal gift that all us veterans give of the freedom of this great country. So, thank you very much."

"Thank you. Now, a moment of silence for Specialist Patterson. Thank you. The question is, 'Shall House Joint Resolution 96 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 107 voting 'yea', and 0 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present', House Joint Resolution 96 is hereby adopted. Representative… Leader Gordon-Booth."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A moment of personal privilege, please?"

"State your point."

"I, too, would like to ask for a moment of silence. This moment of silence is being asked for due to all of the… the peaceful protestors that, right now, either are in Chicago or ascended on Chicago, on last Friday to protest clear 09900088.docx 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 injustices that are happening in our communities. I think that it… it is incredibly important to recognize that we have individuals who are practicing their First Amendment right that is being… that is fought for so gallantly by our veterans. But that First Amendment right is being exercised because of the gross injustices that are happening, not just in the City of Chicago, but they're happening all over the state. And I think that we have to be mindful that we have a lot of work to do, not just in this Body, but in our communities if we want to live up to life, liberty, and justice for all. I think that most of us in here, if not all of us, believe that injustices need… those in… injustices and wrongs need to be righted. And I think that those protestors, whether they're 7 or 70 years old, they deserve to be recognized by this Body with a moment of silence because of what they are doing to bring justice to the City of Chicago."

"Request for a moment of silence, please. Thank you, Members. House Joint Resolution 99, Leader Hays."

"Moment of silence, Members. Thank you. The question is, 'Shall House Joint… House Joint Resolution 99 pass?' All those in favor vote 'aye; all those 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 105 voting 'yea', 0 voting 'nay', 0 voting 'present', House Joint Resolution 99 is hereby adopted. And now, House Resolution 637, Representative Butler. Would you like to speak to it, Representative Butler?"

"Representative Butler moves for the adoption of House Resolution 637. All those in favor state by saying 09900088.docx 105  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 88th Legislative Day 12/2/2015 'aye'; all those opposed 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayes' have it. And House Resolution 637 is hereby adopted. And now, Le… Not yet. Chair recognizes Representative Welch."

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

"State your point."

"Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to take a moment before we adjourn for the holidays to congratulate and recog…"

"Members. Members, please. Go ahead."

"I wanted to take a moment before we adjourn for the holiday break to congratulate and recognize the Nazareth Academy Roadrunners for winning their second consecutive state football championship. Nazareth Academy is from LaGrange Park in the 7th District. And I ask this Body to give them a round of applause."

Speaker Riley: "Thank you for your accomplishments. Chair recognizes Leader Brady."

"Members, you… you can vote… you can clap for whoever you wish in the spirit of bipartisanship on the field. The Chair recognizes Representative Moylan."

"Yeah. I know this is the moment we've been waiting for. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all. Safe ride home."

"And now, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk, pursuant to House Joint Resolution 85, the House will adjourn until Wednesday, January 13 at the hour of 12 noon; Wednesday, January 13 at the hour 12 noon. Happy holidays, Members."