Illinois House Floor Debate — May 27, 2016

"The House will be in order. We shall be led in prayer today by Pastor Tom Goodell who is with First United Methodist Church in Pontiac. Pastor Goodell is the guest of Representative Brady. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting laptops, turn off cell phones, and rise for the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor Goodell."

"Be led in the Pledge by Representative Nekritz." Nekritz – et al: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

"Roll Call for Attendance. Leader Currie." 09900138.docx 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record show that Representatives Monique Davis, Evans, Jones, Reeves-Harris, and Riley are excused today."

"Mr. Brown."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you. I missed to mention that Representative Acevedo as being excused today, as well."

"Thank you, Leader. We have 100… Mr. Clerk, take the record. We have 110 Members answering the Roll, we have a quorum. Chair recognizes the Clerk. Mr. Batinick is recognized."

"Now, that's not in replace of the red noses, right? It looks like about the same size. Mr. Harris is recognized." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, Sir." Harris, D.: "Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, I have a very special guest… actually, two special guests here today which, hopefully, you will recognize. My son, who is a West Point graduate and a veteran of both the Iraqi Freedom, as well Enduring Freedom deployments. He and his bride are up in the gallery to the left here. And I'd like you to give them a warm Springfield welcome." 09900138.docx 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

Speaker Lang: "Welcome. Nice of you to join us today. Representative Bellock."

"Please proceed."

"Thank you, Representative. Representative Hurley is recognized."

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

"You may proceed."

"I would like to welcome a special Page for the day too. This is Matt Walsh. He is from St. John Fisher. He’s a sixth grader and he's a Falcon. And then, his parents Suzie and Brian are up in the audience there, if we could give them a welcome." 09900138.docx 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Welcome to the House chamber. Thank you for being here with us. Mr. Zalewski, who has returned."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like… point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, Sir."

"I wanted to introduce, and the camera's not quite catching him, but… there he is. This is Henry, my son. He's here for the day in Springfield. And I just wanted to wish him a hello and he's being… and enjoy his day."

"Hello, Henry. Glad you're here with us. Keep an eye on dad. Page 2 of the Calendar, House Bills-Second Reading, House Bill 1016. Representative Willis. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Willis."

"Do not want to present Floor Amendment 1. I only want to present Floor Amendments 6, please."

"Do you want to withdraw Amendment #1?"

"Yes, please."

"Mr. Clerk, please withdraw Amendment 1. And Mr. Clerk… And you want 5 withdrawn, as well, Representative?"

"Please withdraw Floor Amendment 5."

“Please withdraw #5, Mr. Clerk.”

"Representative Willis on Amendment 6."

"Amendment 6 is a rewrite taking in the constructive criticism from the committee. And I would prefer to discuss it on the actual vote on Third Reading, please."

"Mr. Smiddy is recognized. Are you here to… are you talking on this Amendment, Sir?"

"It is. I'd like… I'll yield my time to Representative Phelps."

"Mr. Phelps on the Amendment."

"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Will the Sponsor yield?"

"Sponsor yields."

"Hey, Representative Willis, did you make a commitment, if you don't mind, just 'cause I know we're still talking but, did you make a commitment to bring this to committee, and if so…"

"If the…"

"…could you please take it out of the record so we can go through the committee process?"

"It… it did go through the committee process yesterday and it passed from committee yesterday. We had a robust discussion in committee yesterday afternoon."

"And I don't think it's your fault, but how many Amendments are we up to now? 'Cause I know I had that drone task force and I think there was like 97 thousand Amendments. I think you're getting there right? So, what's going on? Can you explain how many Amendments… what's going on?"

"This is Amendment #6. And we have done total rewrites to make it very… much more easier to figure out instead of going 09900138.docx 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 line by line. We did not adopt any other Amendments. We started with Amendment 1, which because we started out as a shell Bill and then went into this. This has all of the changes that were asked throughout the entire thing. We… difference between Amendment 5 and Amendment 6 was Amendment 5 accidently went straight to the floor and did not go through the committee process, which is why we decided to go and put in Amendment 6, so that we could go through the committee process and give it due time."

"Well, I know Representative Reis is over there, Representative Brown. We're all waiting to see how many more Amendments are coming. Do you think there'll be any more Amendments come to this?"

"I do not anticipate at this point. Certainly, no complete rewrite Amendments. There is some discussion on a small technical change due to the manufacturers, but I think we're pretty damn close with it right now."

"So, if you do this Amendment today, you're probably going to run the Bill, probably what? Sunday, Monday or Tuesday? And I got to say something. Kalyn, you done a great job. I just wish you would quit doing Amendments for this because I really am worried, Representative Willis, in all due respect, I'm really worried this puts our little mom and pop gun dealers out of business. And that's the only reason why I'm up here today."

"I would be happy, when we get into a full discussion on Third Reading, to address that. We tried very hard… and that's why we did the complete rewrite… to protect those small mom and pop shops." 09900138.docx 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Okay. Thank you."

"Mr. Kay."

"Sponsor yields."

"There is no Amendment #7 at this point."

"Mr. Sullivan."

Speaker Lang: "Your request on both are acknowledged. Representative Willis to close on the Amendment."

"This Amendment put in a lot of work. The reason it is #6 is because we made sure that we took everybody's considerations into language. I'd be happy to go over, briefly, what those changes were, if you'll bear with me a second while I pull that up. Okay. So… we took in… making sure we added additional exemptions, we put in the manufacturers of firearms are exempt, and that is, in fact, one of the reasons we had so many making sure that we listen to their language and put their language in there directly. We also put exemptions in here for those that were selling off parts or all of their collections. We also put exemptions for collectable firearms that were defined by Federal Laws; curios or relics. We made sure that we put in additions for those that were selling firearms, but they're not considered firearm dealers. We added… we made sure that we went from 8 09900138.docx 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 to 10 on this. We put in the exemption for retiring law enforcement officers that oftentimes buy their firearms from their employer when they retire. That does not make their employer a firearms dealer. We took into consideration businesses that only a small portion of their business may be for firearm sales. Those businesses that sell less than 20 percent in firearm sales are exempt from this. We looked at the various… we looked at the various areas where we… we originally… in the original Bill had a number of different levels of licensing for the firearms dealers, and we looked at that and took a lot of constructive criticism regarding that. And we removed the requirement that employees of gun dealers must obtain a license. Instead, we streamlined the process. We allowed them to go and make sure, as long those employees have a valid FOID card, or a CCL, and the employer kept adequate records on that, that is what we allowed to be as part of their background checks. We felt very strong that that was what we were going for. We didn't need to have that. We removed from the Bill the requirement to have a written exam requirement to make sure that you… in order to do that. We extended the period in which the dealers may reapply for their license before it's expired. We changed that from 30 days to 90 days. And along that route, we also made sure that there were not going to be any problems when… if there was a delay not due to the dealer or the applicants fault. We clarified that a dealer could stay open during this time, and also open during the time if there was any hearing for any… any type of appeal required while they were going through either the licensing or the relicensing process, or if there 09900138.docx 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 was any issues or problems when we were going through, if it posed a threat to public safety. That would be the only time we would require them to be closed. One of the sticking points in the original Amendment was surveillance. We removed that requirement to require a video surveillance from the dealership. We also specifically removed the requirement, which was… in the original Bill, to require videotaping of the actual sale itself. We also went through and looked at the implementation process and we put in a delay, not starting this until January 1 of 2018. And we would… that originally was at January 1 of 2017. We changed that. Took into consideration, the concerns of the IDFPR, which will be the licensing… body and we clarified what they would be expected to do. Their main concern was to how long it would take to have this happen. That was why we extended that. We also gave them an additional amount of time to make sure that current licensees would have time to go and look at this and work through. We changed that time from originally it was going to be that you could go and apply for a license only 30 days prior… your renewal only 30 days prior. We now changed that to 90 days prior. We also make sure that if you were in any… if there was any type of delay by any means at all, we would make sure that that would not cause you to stop your business. We grandfathered in many, many of these requests so that current gun dealers, and this really goes to my Representative friend from the south, those that are in business now, we do not want them to have to close down. We want to make sure that they can continue to run their businesses the way that they are. We made sure we listened to all of that. There was 09900138.docx 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 a lot of changes and a lot of discussion regarding who would be making up the IDFPR4 board. We do have a board of five in there and we made sure that they would be not having… could not go in and do inspections without any type of a request for more than one a year unless there is due cause. There was a lot of discussion on what makes up a quorum of the board and who can actually make the voting. Well, obviously, we decided you had to have a quorum of the board, but we made sure that the vote actually had to be a quorum of the board not a quorum of the quorum. That was one of the major concerns that we had on there. We also made sure that the board would not be able to be overdrawn the way it is, so we're just going through that. Also, we put some clarification in on the placement of gun dealers. We do, obviously… there was in there originally saying it had to be 1000 feet away from a school. We lowered that to 500 feet by the requests of members of the committee. We also made sure that we went through and we made sure that we grandfathered those existing businesses, so nobody would have to move their business at all the way it is. We also put in a final clarification regarding the secretary… I'm sorry… regarding the sheriff's office. There had been in there a request for the sheriff's office to make confirmation, we put that in. But it had to be confirmation and… with due cause, would be the only reason that we can go with it the way it is. We made sure, also, and this is the big thing between 4 and 5, is making sure that we follow the federal definition of what a… I'm sorry… what a gun manufacturer is. And that was one of the most important things that we did. One of the other major issues on this was 09900138.docx 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 clarifying where the gun manufacturers and gunsmiths were on this. I do feel that we're… we took into a lot of consideration trying to make… take constructive criticism the way it was, working through it to the best, listening for the concerns that we had. We had made sure that our main issue on this is not to put anybody out of business, to work to the best that we can on it, making sure that we have everybody covered. We… as I stated, this is not a Bill to put people out. I would truly appreciate that we could go to a robust debate on Third and have this Amendment go through. I know it's been changed a lot. I know there's a lot of Amendments that come through, but I really think that we've listened to everybody's concerns, tried to address them as best as we could without having anybody have to be out of business, making sure that we would do what could be done to listen to what they're at. We're okay? Okay, granted. Making sure that we got everything… I was looking where you were at. We wanted to make sure that we did not affect our southern friends on this, our small businesses. As I said, we took a lot of consideration in on this as we redid it, making sure that we did not have to have anybody change their location, change where they are. I do hope that you will accept this Amendment and allow us to do complete debate on Third. I would move for the adoption of this as we are. Thank you so much."

"Mr. Beiser, for what reason do you rise? The Lady has closed on her Amendment."

"I was going to yield my time to Representative Phelps."

"It's going to be a little too late to do that. Those in favor… there has been a Roll Call… there has been a 09900138.docx 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Roll Call and a verification requested. Members will vote their own switches. Those in favor of the Lady's Amendment 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 43 voting 'yes', 55 voting 'no'. And the Amendment fails. You wish to… Out of the record? Mr. Clerk, out of the record. Page 5 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 2300, Representative Gabel. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Gabel."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2300 makes just some small changes to the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. It requires correction of lead-based… lead-based paint hazards before renting of a housing unit to a new tenant. So, this is in units that where a child has been identified as being lead poisoned. This new requirement just says that the lead has to be removed before the apartment is rented again. We worked… I appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Thapedi."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative Gabel, I know that the realtors were initially in opposition to your Bill. I don't quite understand why, especially after we vetted it through and we talked about the… the harsh affects that lead poisoning can have on 09900138.docx 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 infants. Have you resolved their concerns? Not that that's really relevant to me 'cause I'm going to vote for it regardless. But have you at least resolved their concerns, whatever they may have been, as credible or as uncredible as they may have been?"

"Yes, we have. They just wanted some clarification on new lease versus old… versus continuing lease. Those are resolved."

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

"Thank you."

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

"Sponsor yields." Harris, D.: "Representative, yesterday I received a… an e-mail from the Illinois Renter… Rental Property Owners Association. You may be familiar with them."

"Yes." Harris, D.: "They had a question about the definition on renewal of the leases and when this requirement kicks in on the renewal of the leases. Do you know, has… has their opposition been addressed, or is it still there?"

"Yeah. Their opposition came very late in the game and it was already passed when we could put in Amendments to this Bill. So, I told them we would look at it as a trailer Bill to see what we could clean up. But basically, they were concerned about automatic renewal leases…" Harris, D.: "Right."

"…and how that… how that notification would go. As I said, this is really for… this is specifically for apartments where 09900138.docx 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 a lead poison child has been identified. So, notification… I mean, obviously, the people know that their kid's been lead poisoned. But I told them, and I will commit to looking at this and seeing what we can do as a trailer Bill." Harris, D.: "Well, I wish you would do that because I think their observation is valid. As an example, if the lease is renewed, conceivably, on a monthly basis, then it would be next to impossible to give the kind of notice that you're giving. So, I think their opposition is valid. If you would look at it…"

"I will." Harris, D.: "…and try to address it, that would be appropriate. Thank you."

"I will. I think they wanted a 30-day period, and that's fine." Harris, D.: "Thank you very much."

"Mr. Breen."

"Sponsor yields."

"I… I think that it was… it's mainly for new leases." 09900138.docx 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Correct."

"I… I…"

"I… I think so."

"I know that's not as solid as you would like for the record, but…"

"I mean, I…"

"No. I'm… No. No."

"You're welcome."

"Mr. Batinick. The Gentleman does not wish to speak. Representative Gabel to close."

"I'd just appreciate an 'aye' vote. Thank you." 09900138.docx 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 88 voting 'yes', 20 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Wehrli is recognized. For what reason do you rise, Sir?"

"Please proceed."

"Welcome to all of you. Senate Bill 2357, Mr. Sullivan. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2550… excuse me, 2567, Mr. D'Amico. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. D'Amico."

"Those is 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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there 09900138.docx 16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 are 107 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2585, Representative Fine. Please read the Bill. Representative, I understand you have an Amendment. You wish the Bill moved back to Second Reading?"

"Yes, please."

"Mr. Clerk, read the Bill… on Second Reading."

"Representative Fine."

"The Amendment simply changes the due date of the report to November."

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

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Bill amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget report and says the fiscal report must include economic and fiscal intentions for four years instead of two years. And it must include any assumptions about tax rates and fees used to determine revenue and expenditures for future fiscal years. And if there is a 09900138.docx 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 difference between revenues and fees, we need to know what that difference is and how we can make that up."

"Mr…"

"I know of no… the legislation."

Speaker Lang: "Mr. Franks. Sorry to interrupt you, Representative."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, do we ever use these projections? I mean, have we seen any of these reports in the past?"

"They're all online."

"Apparently, we're not using them very much, though."

"Well, and what we're do… hoping with this legislation is the report will be more specific and give us more details so we can look more into the future."

"Okay. Because I’ve just seen the… what the budgeting that we've done; I mean, even the Governor's introduced budget was three and a half billion dollars unbalanced. I'm just wondering the utility of even having numbers or, for that matter, even having Appropriation Committees anymore. So…"

"So, what this would do… Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt."

"Yeah, it's okay."

"Is if it is unbalanced, there would have to be a way to show us how to balance that."

"So, they would have to show either cuts or revenue, and would it have to be specific on what… on what the recommendations would be?"

"Correct. How they would make up that shortfall."

"So, that would change what we have now?" 09900138.docx 18  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Correct."

"Well, that… and that's… we need to change what we have now. So, hopefully, this will work."

"I'm hoping so."

"All right. Thank…"

"Move this forward."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Kay."

"Sponsor yields."

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear the question. I'm sorry, I didn't hear the question."

"That's what the intention would be."

"Well…"

"I'm not quite sure what you're referring to when it says common practices. Right now, we already have this online…" 09900138.docx 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Oh, accounting practices. It would… I'm… from the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. So, what they are doing right now is they have this fiscal year planned and this puts more details into that plan and also projects out more. So, my assumption would be they would be using common accounting practices."

"I would have to look more into detail into the legislation, but when I talked to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, they felt comfortable…"

"…doing it this particular way."

"Right. And I would hope that we keep the books tighter and more clearer as a result of this legislation."

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

"Sponsor yields." Wheeler, K.: "Representative, I'd just, you know, for a year's time, I've been asking you for just one simple number and I 09900138.docx 20  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 think this might be part of this so I'm just going to ask you this. Is the revenue estimate hidden somewhere inside this Bill?"

"It would be written in this report, whatever the revenue estimate might be." Wheeler, K.: "So…"

"And if there is a shortfall in the budget, we would have to find out, through this report, how would we make up for that shortfall." Wheeler, K.: "Okay. I appreciate that. I actually appreciate you bringing this forward, and maybe someday, someday, this Body will actually take advantage of this report and adopt."

"I think we're closer than you think." Wheeler, K.: "Ah. I tell you what…"

"You've got to be optimistic." Wheeler, K.: "There's a light at the tunnel. Anyway, thank you so much."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, to the Bill, if I may, just very briefly to address some of the comments by the previous two speakers on my side of the aisle. The Bill had a full hearing in the Revenue Committee and fully discussed regarding the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles that the previous speaker referenced. There are Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for different types of entities and there is a GAAP, or Generally Accepted Accounting Principle for states, which the government… excuse me, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget follows. So, in that respect, the Bill 09900138.docx 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 would do that. And the other one, the projection that is put out by the government… excuse me, by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget indeed does give a both revenue estimate as well as… as well as expenditures. The problem is this House has not adopted a revenue estimate, which we, indeed, should do. But this Bill doesn't… doesn’t force us to do that. It does require the Governor to stretch… or Governor's Office of Management and Budget to stretch out that projection more than two years out to four years under the accounting principles which were in place for states. It's a good Bill. And I would hope you would give it a 'yes' vote."

"Mr. Hays."

"Sponsor yields."

"I voted for it. And I have to say that we would need to sit down with the Governor's office based on this legislation, as well, and figure out what our revenues, what our expenses, and where can we come to a common ground in that. And this legislation would help us perform that."

"Well, if you look at what the working groups are doing, this could be accomplished."

"Like I said, this would put us in the right direction and enable us to enact the proper reforms that’ll get us to our goal."

"Representative Fine, time to close."

"I think this is a good Bill. And I ask for your 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Hammond is recognized." 09900138.docx 23  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"The record will reflect your intention. Thank you, Representative. Senate Bill 2820, Representative Nekritz. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Nekritz."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This legislation does two things for the Chicago Fire Pension Fund. First is it allows them to maintain their records digitally and electronically, rather than on microfiche. And the second part of it is identical to a Bill that Representative Tabares carried earlier this year that passed over to the Senate with regard to allowing the Chicago Fire Pension System to do what, I believe, almost all the other pension systems in the State of Illinois already has statutory authorization to do, which is to lend out the equities that they have to third parties and get a fee back for that. Ask for your support."

"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? Please take the record. Mr. Clerk, there are 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2825, Representative Mayfield. Representative Mayfield. Representative Mayfield. Representative Mayfield. Out of the record. Thank you. Senate Bill 2833, Mr. Martwick. Mr. Martwick. Please read the Bill." 09900138.docx 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Mr. Martwick."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 2833 amends the County Code. And what it does is it allows counties to recoup additional fees associated with collecting a debt. It provides that judgement relating to a County Code violation is a debt due to the county and that the findings, decisions and order of the hearing officer may be enforced as the same manner as a judgement entered into by the court. This is already something that municipalities have. It's an enforcement tool. We are seeking to apply this to the County Code. This applies only to… give me a second here. It only applies to Cook and collar counties. In Cook County, there are currently 750 cases pending, and under this, that would be affected by this. I'll be happy to answer any questions. I ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Sure."

"So, it's… it's still part… it's part of the enforcement."

"What it does is it removes a step in the process that we did for municipalities where currently under the law, the fees and costs associated with the enforcement of a judgement, the county can pursue those but they have to go… once they've gotten a judgement, and now they have fees associated with the collection, they would then have to go back to court to get an order to collect those fees and fines associated."

"That's what the law is now."

"It removes that step. It just allows them to collect that as part of the enforcement."

"That is correct. It can still be appealed. Right."

"That's correct."

"Yes. That is right."

"It's administrative, so it'd go to a Circuit Court."

"Right. They would review the findings of the administrative review."

"Then they have the Appellate and the Supreme if…"

"It is. Cook County, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will."

"Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 77 voting 'yes', 32 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Dunkin is recognized."

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

"Proceed, Sir."

"Yeah. I'd like to introduce my oldest child, Sacha Dunkin, who's joining us today. Stand up."

"Welcome to the House chamber. Glad to have you with us. Senate Bill 2835, Representative Scherer. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Scherer." 09900138.docx 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, I'm presenting Senate Bill 2835. This Bill clarifies when you have to stop behind a school bus. There are no changes to the rule of… rules of the road. It's basically just a clarification. It passed the Senate Floor in committee unanimously and I know of no opponents. I request an 'aye' vote, please."

"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? Tabares. Please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2839, Representative Fine. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill amends the preventing violence in Higher Education Act. It says sanctions for a violation of an institution's policy may include, but are not limited to, suspension, expulsion, or removal of the student if that student is found to be in violation. The current law does not prohibit this. This just clarifies that it can be done."

"Those is 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? Gabel. Please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional 09900138.docx 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2840, Mr. Franks. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Franks."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill will waive fees for homeless children who will need to take the GED test. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Gentleman's Bill will vote 'yes'… Sorry. I was a little too quick for Mr. Sandack. Mr. Sandack is recognized."

"Yes, Sir\."

"Mr. Clerk, are there Amendments pending?"

"It's in the Rules Committee? Mr. Franks, you're not moving your Amendment. Does that answer your question, Sir?"

"Sponsor yields."

"I was… someone had wanted to make an Amendment on there to make it subject to appropriation on some of these fees. I'm like, well, if we make it subject to appropriation, 09900138.docx 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 nothing would happen. So, what this Bill will do is simply take off the $13 fee that the Regional Office of Education imposes on homeless individuals to take the equivalency test. Unfortunately, we're unable to… and I didn't want to change it this way, we would have… there's a fee that the under… the company would provide… that charges to take these tests, we couldn’t waive that part…"

"…and I didn't want to make that subject to appropriation. But the part that we could have control over, that $13, that's all this will do is waive it for the individuals who wish to take a GED."

"It waives it outright. It's $13 per. There's not that many individuals who are involved but, figuring folks who are homeless, who are trying to better themselves…"

"Exactly."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Pritchard."

"Sponsor yields."

"I don’t think so. I think it's just for a high school equivalency certificate."

"I think that's the one, and that's the one we couldn't waive, Mr. Pritchard. I was trying to do that…"

"That's not the intent. What I'm trying to do is waive the portion that the Regional Office of Education will be charging. I don't think that we would have the ability to require a private company not to be able to get their fees and that's why…"

"…I didn't want to change the law that way."

"I don't think so but we could check that out if it needs a trailer. I don't think we're doing that."

"Mr. Moffitt."

"Sponsor will yield."

"Correct."

"Yes, Sir. There's an equivalency certificate, which is presently $10, and a transcript which is 3. So, cumulatively, it's $13. I wish we could do more, but I know with the financial straits that the state is in, I didn't want to add another mandate that would be unfunded that would require us to pay for the underlying test. But this is something that we're simply just waiving a fee that our own Regional Office of Education is collecting."

"Yes, Sir."

"I think it's in… it's in the hundreds, if…"

"…it's a… Yeah, it's a small amount. I wish it was more. And yes, it's a small amount. I think we're going to help a small group of people who are trying to help themselves and, frankly, I wish we could do more. This will just help a little bit."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Franks to close." 09900138.docx 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"As… I got this from Senator Silverstein and he called it the rachmones Bill. I would ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Are you going to explain that to people, Sir?"

"Later."

"I know what it means."

"Later. I did it for you, Mr. Speaker."

"Thank you very much. Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2861 Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Harris." Harris, D.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this Bill deals with the Illinois National Guard. It establishes a Uniform Code of Military Justice for the Illinois National Guard. Many provisions of the Illinois Code dealing with justice or dealing with military justice goes back, actually, to the early 1900s. This Bill is similar to the Uniform Code of Military Justice at the federal level. Many people assume that anyone in uniform is subject to the UCMJ, and that's not the case. Guard personnel are under a different statute than active duty personnel. Recognizing this a number of years ago, a model State Code of Military Justice was drafted by the National Guard staff judge advocates, subsequently endorsed by the American Bar 09900138.docx 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Association. And Illinois is one of only three states that has not adopted as least part of the model that was recommended by the American Bar Association. I'd be happy to answer any questions, and would encourage your 'yes' 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? Tryon. Please take the record. There are 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Turner in the Chair."

"Senate Bill 2870, Representative Sims. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 2870 allows a Circuit Court to establish a program for electronic monitoring using a vendor. It expands the meaning of electronic monitoring device to include monitoring of alcohol and drug consumption. This was an issue we had… we had an issue with the Bill earlier. I had a House version of this Bill and we agreed to work out the differences. And the Senate version of language you have before you is the result of that work. And I know of no opposition and ask for a favorable Roll Call."

"On that, we have Representative Sandack."

"He indicates that he will." 09900138.docx 34  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"The current… there was an issue with whether or not this program would allow for the privatization of these services. And we addressed this issue to make sure that this would not allow for the privatization of those services, and there was… some of the individuals who are working in this area had some concerns. We addressed them and this is the product of that agreement."

"It is."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Representative Sims to close."

"I ask for a favorable Roll Call."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2870 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all oppose vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 88 voting 'yes', 20 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2870, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2842, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, this Bill amends the Trust and Trustees Act both dealing with revocable living trust. Based on a court ruling, Senator Silverstein prepared this Bill that would require that when there's a transfer of real property to a trust, legal title must be evidenced by a written instrument and acceptance by the trustee. There was no opposition in committee."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2842 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 108 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2842, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2845, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Mr. Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2845 is a series of changes of the Civil Practice Act, all technical, dealing at the revival of judgement, the order in which attachment proceedings take place, the charging of electronic filing fees, the dealing with vacation of judgement and eliminating the levy on corporate stock as a method of judgment enforcement. There was no opposition in committee to any of these provisions." 09900138.docx 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2845 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2845, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Brown. Senate Bill 2872, Representative Sims. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2875, Representative Sandack. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Sandack."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2875 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 110 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2875, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. 09900138.docx 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Senate Bill 2885, Representative Sims. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Let my computer catch up with me. Senate Bill 2885 amends the Code of Civil Procedure to provide that a upon a reversal of conviction by finding of actual innocence, and after the judge determines what the costs are to be refunded to the defendant, the clerk of a court will then finance as a refund which he and she determines the requisite funds are available. This is an initiative of the Illinois Association of Court Clerks, and it's a trailer Bill to a piece of legislation we passed several years ago. And it's a cleanup from last Session. I know of no opposition and ask for a favorable Roll Call."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2885 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 106 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2885, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2906, Representative Wallace. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Wallace." 09900138.docx 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a Bill that would allow individuals who receive TANF benefits to complete their GED as part of their Core requirement. As of now, there's been some uncertainty. We've actually had individuals denied access to the hours necessary to complete the GED because it was not considered Core to their employment plan. We're just saying that this should be an option. I encourage an 'aye' vote."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2906 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2906, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Batinick, for what reason do you seek recognition? Representative Mitchell, for what reason do you rise?" Mitchell, B.: "Yeah, thank… Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Please proceed, Sir." Mitchell, B.: "In the gallery behind me, directly behind me, is Madison Cripe. Madison’s 15 years old. She’s from Monticello, Illinois and she’s a member of the Monticello Marching Sages. So, it's… there she is. I hope she's up there. Give a big welcome."

"Welcome to your Capitol. Senate Bill 2929, Representative Rita. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill." 09900138.docx 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Representative Rita."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hold on here a second. This is an agreed Bill. We worked this out. And it basically, between the long-term care facilities and the department, that we solved a… looking at solving a problem with the people being released into nursing homes. We're going to collect some data and come back to try to fix this problem."

"Seeing no debate, the question is… We have Mr. DeLuca with a late light. Go ahead."

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

"He indicates that he will."

"Representative Rita, it was brought to my attention in committee yesterday that something that was on my desk, you know, we found that it was missing. I'm just wondering if you would have any idea where it might be."

"Does the camera have that?"

"What was that?"

"Can you see on the desk here?"

"Well, I think I see something over there, but I can't tell for sure."

"What brand is it?"

"Okay. All right. Thank you, Sir."

"A Titleist 3?"

"Thank you, Sir."

"Representative Franks."

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

"He indicates that he will." 09900138.docx 40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Representative, I apologize. I'm not sure I understand what your Bill does. Can… can you help me understand? I know it's on discharge."

"It does three things."

"Okay."

"First, it requires case coordinator units to notify the Department of Aging if they're unable to comply with the hospital's request for an assessment prior to discharge to a nursing home."

"Let… let me stop you there. I'm not… When would that occur? When would they be unable to comply with the hospital request?"

"Well, what's happened is we see a number of cases that people are being discharged without having this assessment done, and we don't want to point the finger at is it the hospitals is that the CCU unit people note of doing it and/or the nursing homes. So, what we want to do is… we put in some checks and balances to if they can't be done that they would… the Department of Aging would then track this status so that we could come back to see is it the hospital not being, you know, do they need more time to do it. Right now, they need 24 hours prior to a discharge to do it or are… is the paperwork getting lost or are they not doing the assessments at all. So… so, we're trying to figure out where the problem is…"

"Okay."

"…in this. Secondly, it… going in it secondly… so first, it requires the Department of Aging to work with the CCU units to notify Aging. Secondly, it requires Case Coordinator Units 09900138.docx 41  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 to send a… the documents directly to the nursing homes prior, you know, when completion of that."

"So, it's really more oversight, trying to figure out why some of these discharge documentation’s not being done prior to discharge?"

"Exactly. It would… So, right now, we don't know if it's the hospitals not doing it. We don't know if it's the coordinator's case unit not doing the assessments, or the paperwork just getting lost in the process. So, we… we looked at the three areas that it possibly could. It'll all be… the data would all get collected through the Department of Aging. And then at that point, it may even just be with the assessments getting sent directly to the nursing home. That might be the issue, directly, right there."

"Well, thank you for explaining that. And I apologize I didn't understand it. Sounds like it makes sense."

"Leader Bellock is recognized."

"Representative Leitch."

"He indicates that he will."

"So… so, we amended the Bill. That was on the underlying Bill. When we amended it, it just does the three points that I explained to Representative Franks: of notifying the Department of Aging, on certain instances; the Case Coordinator Units sending it directly to the nursing homes; and then the nursing homes notifying the Department of Aging if they received a… someone… you know, someone ends up at the front door of a nursing home that doesn't have the paperwork. So, that… your analysis was from the underlying Bill, that was all taken out."

"So, in the underlying Bill, they had language to work on… to do exactly what you're talking about. It's my understanding 09900138.docx 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 that all the parties are going to work within the rule-making process of how to address that issue that they've agreed to that. And we've taken that out of, you know, when we amended it, we took that out of the underlying Bill. There… that was originally part of it, but they've agreed to try to work through the rule process to address that issue."

"Yes."

"This…"

"Well, and it is an issue. It's a big issue. And it was agreed upon, all the parties, to take the route that they're taking in taking it out of the legislation so they… we could move forward with trying to figure out… there was a number of parts that they were trying to address, and my understanding is that it was all the parties that wanted to… interested parties in this trying to figure that part out, what you described. And it is an issue."

"So…"

"Again, it is an issue. There was a number of issues from the underlying Bill. And working with all the parties in it, this is what… the Bill that they put together that they wanted to move forward that everybody would be in agreeance. I'm not saying that it's not an issue. It's something that we're going to continue to work on to try to figure that out. I was going at the direction of the…"

"No. No, it doesn't."

"In going forward, that would have brought up some… that would have brought opposition to it that we… couldn't agree on that. And what they wanted to do was to go forward with… with the data and notifications in sending the assessments to try to figure out the problem in terms of people ending up at nursing homes without having the assessments whether they 09900138.docx 45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 were done, whether they were lost, whether they weren't done, whether…"

"In moving forward, this is what they… all the interested parties have come up, the Department of Aging, the HFS… all the departments are… went in agreeance on the Amendment, which then became the Bill. And I do understand what you're…"

"There is an issue. I do understand that."

"Representative Rita to close."

"I'd like to thank Representative DeLuca. I'd ask for a favorable vote on this one."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 2929 pass?' All in favor vote ‘aye’; all opposed vote “nay.” The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 108 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 2929, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Brown. Representative Brown."

“Representative Sandack.”

"Thank you and welcome to your Capitol. Representative Brown.

"The Republicans will caucus in Room 118, and the House will reconvene at 10:50."

"The House will be in order. Page 7 of the Calendar, Senate Bills-Third Reading. Senate Bill 2956, Representative Williams. Read the Bill."

"Representative Williams."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Bill amends the Environmental Barriers Act passed in 18… 1985 to incorporate recent changes made at the federal level with the ADA. And if you're familiar with the Environmental Barriers Act, you know that it is the state version of the ADA and allows enforcement of ADA and accessibility provisions on the state level. Happy to answer any questions."

"Representative Fine."

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

"Sponsor yields."

"Representative, will the revisions to the Environmental Barriers Act apply to existing buildings?"

"The updated version of the EBA and the Illinois Accessibility Code will apply only to new construction alterations that begin after the enactment of the updates to 09900138.docx 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 the law and the Code. Since the EBA was enacted in 1985, the law has required buildings to comply with the Code in place at the time of construction. Buildings built prior to 1988, or between May 1, 1988 and May 1, 1989, when the first version of the ISC was released, must comply with the prior version of the Illinois Accessibility law, the Facilities for the Handicap Act and its implementing regulations, the Illinois Accessibility's standards illustrated. They must almost comply with their obligations under the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act. If construction commences within 12 months of the enactment of a new Code, buildings can comply with either the prior version or the new version."

"Thank you. Will the existing buildings have to make alterations to comply with the new standards in the Illinois Accessibility Code?"

"Existing buildings will only have to comply with the new standards if they make an alteration. The elements being altered shall comply with the existing Code. In cases where the alteration effects the primary function area, the alteration may not diminish accessibility. It must comply with the alteration provisions from the Illinois Accessibility Code, which will now be aligned with the federal standard."

"How do the revisions to the Environmental Barriers Act effect buildings that were constructed between May 1, 1988 and May 1, 1989, specifically regarding the exemption if the planning for the building was contracted for prior to May 1, 1988 and the construction began by May 1, 1989 since in the 09900138.docx 48  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 current Act, these buildings would be exempt from compliance with the Illinois Accessibility Code?"

"Representative, that's an excellent question. The intent is that these buildings will still be exempt unless alterations to these buildings were made after the original construction. Then those alterations would be required to be compliant with the IAC."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Sure."

"I encourage an 'aye' vote."

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

"Sponsor yields." Burke, K.: "Representative, I see there is new language prohibiting waivers of the Illinois Accessibility Code. What is a waiver?"

"Well, Representative, a waiver is an exemption from a provision of the IAC that applies to a particular building. In other words, a waiver is a statement from a Code official or other governing body that a building owner or architect does not have to meet certain requirements even though the Code may say it does." Burke, K.: "Does that include interpretations or determinations about applicability of certain exemptions within the Code?"

"It does not. If a government official reviews architectural plans and makes a determination that the plans meet a certain exemption spelled out in the Code, they are not providing a waiver. They are, instead, providing guidance about how the Code applies to a particular property. For 09900138.docx 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 example, a determination by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency that an alteration would impact a historic property and therefore, is not required on the Code, is not a waiver but rather an implication of an existing provision of the Code." Burke, K.: "Thank you for that explanation. Is this a change from existing law?"

"Representative, it is not a change from existing law. Currently, no party has the authority to issue a waiver. Existing authority to provide interpretations to review plans under the permitting process or to provide guidance about applicability remains unchanged. We believe it was important to include this provision so that architects and building owners understand that the guidance they receive from local Code officials and state agencies does not excuse them from complying with the law for new construction and alterations." Burke, K.: "I notice in your Bill that the definition of owner includes a tenant. How is it determined who is responsible for compliance with the Code?"

"Responsibility will be determined by looking at any leases or contracts that designate authority to make a structural change to a facility. Does that answer your question?" Burke, K.: "It does. Thank you very much. I urge an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Sponsor yields."

"Darn it."

"Absolutely."

"This Bill… you may be familiar with the Illinois Environmental Barriers Act, and what this does is provide for state level enforcement, basically, of the ADA provisions on Federal Law. So, it allows the AG to go in and enforce these provisions. So, of course, it needs to be updated as the ADA gets updated and this Bill, basically, provides for those updates. It deals with some definition, updates definition, clarifies which version of the Code applies. Right now, architects and builders are having to refer to several documents. This, hopefully, is a one stop shop for them."

"I'm unaware of any opponents."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Phillips."

"Sponsor yields."

"Well, it shouldn't make much of a difference to your… any current projects. You have to comply with the ADA now and you’ll have to comply with the EBA as well once it's updated. So, it's really not going to make a difference as a practical matter because if you’re in compliant with ADA, you'll be compliant with the Environmental Barriers Act. The issue… the reason we're doing it on the state level is to provide for enforcement on the state level by the Attorney General. And of course, that enforcement happens through the Accessibility Code which is the rules and regulations. I'm guessing if you've been a builder for any length of time, you're already compliant and aware of all the provisions."

"I know that the Illinois Attorney General, who is advocating for this proposal, has interacted with them. As of my last interaction at committee, there was no negative… there was no opposition to the Bill. And they… oh, apparently have no position now officially. And no, I've personally have not heard from them and I've been carrying the Bill for some time. So, I think we are good from their perspective."

"Well, let me read… I read in the legislative intent portion, but I'll reiterate for you. The updated version of the EBA and the Illinois Accessibility Code, which of course 09900138.docx 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 is the rules and regs, will apply only to new construction, alteration that begin after the enactment of the updates, if that clarifies it at all. So, depends on where you are at in the process. But since the law has… but since… in 1985, the law has required buildings comply with the Code that's in place at the time. So, this is no change to that. Once we update the Code, the Illinois Attorney General can pursue people that violate the Code, but that's no different than it's always been."

"Sure."

"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? Feigenholtz, Soto. Please take the record. There are 102 voting 'yes', 6 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Leader Durkin."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Proceed, Sir." 09900138.docx 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"All right. Here's what we're not going… here's what we're not going to do while I’m in the Chair. We're not going to do what's happening now. Mr. Sandack will finish his comments…"

"…and we'll move on to the next speaker."

"Mr. Wehrli." 09900138.docx 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Proceed, Sir."

"Representative Soto."

"Yes. Thank you, Speaker. I'd like to address our Leader Durkin. My question is, I know that we've been working back and forth in collaboration, but do… are we guaranteed that we're going to get a 'yes' vote as we work together to craft a legislation that will work for the State of Illinois?"

"So… we're not doing this. We're not going to address each other back and forth."

"Oh, I… Okay."

"The Chair recognizes Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. So, I respect the Leader on the other side of the aisle, but I just think his statements were not well thought out and here's why. Here's why. I'm staying all weekend. I 09900138.docx 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 just left a meeting… a 10:00 meeting. We're going to have another one at 2 on worker's compensation. We're meeting tomorrow morning at 10:00 on the issue of collective bargaining. I anticipate we'll meet on the issue of worker's compensation tomorrow, also, and Sunday, and Monday, and Tuesday. And I'm doing that at the request of the Speaker. Okay? I'm doing that at the request of the Speaker, and because I believe that we should be working to try and come to an agreement. I'm staying here. I'm not leaving. I'm not going anywhere. And the people who have been assigned from our caucus to these working groups aren't going anywhere. We'll be here. We'll be here to work with you. I promise you that."

"Mr. Brady."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Representative Bryant."

"Well, you didn't need to do that, but… Leader Durkin is recognized."

"Mr. Mitchell." Mitchell, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"You may go ahead, Sir." Mitchell, B.: "We've all… every one of us, 118 Members, for the last 12 months have witnessed chaos. The people of Illinois are just tired of chaos. Why are we going home on Saturday? We shouldn't. We should be here and do the work of the people. 09900138.docx 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 In the gallery, behind me, I have my 9-1-1 coordinator from Piatt County. He's worried about his appropriation line. Got an e-mail from the school superintendent in Bement, Illinois. She said, how's the education budget coming along? Everyone in this chamber is getting those kind of messages and we can't answer them. We can't answer them because we say, oh, we're going home on Saturday. We have time. We have four and half days to get something done. Let's work and get it done for the people of Illinois."

"Mr. Tryon."

"Representative Bellock."

"Representative Hammond."

"Mr. Franks."

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

"You may proceed."

"I'm listening to my friends on the other side of the aisle and I agree with much of what you say. I do think we should stay here. I don't like secret meetings though. I… I hear what these groups are. I think if we're going to do this, let's do it on the open… out in the open because, frankly, I don't agree with a $5.4 billion tax increase which you're asking us to do. So, if we're going to be discussing that, let's stay, let's talk about it. There's a way to get that done. The Governor, as soon as we… as soon as we adjourn, I 09900138.docx 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 presume that's going to be happening soon, can call a Special Session. Immediately they can commence after we adjourn and he can keep us here tomorrow. And I'd invite the Governor to come down to the well and let's talk about what his ideas are, his revenue ideas are, and what we'd like to do. And so, let's have an open discussion. Let's have it on the House Floor. We'll invite our Senate colleagues to join us. And let's take this out of the shadows, out of the darkness, and let's hear what the Governor has to say and how we can work together. So, I agree with you. We should stay. We have time. I'll ask… I'll make a call to the Governor now and ask him to keep us in. I hope you would support that. And I'd ask him to address the General Assembly here on the floor, starting as soon as we adjourn, five minutes afterwards. So, I hope you'll agree with that and I'm going to make that call now."

"Mr. Pritchard."

“Go right ahead, Sir.”

"Mr. Phillips."

"Representative Flowers."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the previous speaker, I'm not afraid. I am not afraid to talk about revenue. I want to talk about revenue. As a matter of fact, every day almost, on this floor, I do talk about revenue. I ask you every day to help me bring forth more money to this state. Now, if your idea of negotiating is taxing the poor, no, I'm not going to talk about that. If your idea of negotiating is closing day care centers on babies, no, I'm not going to negotiate nor agree with you on that. If your idea is making it more difficult for the working people that have to work three or four part-time jobs so you can protect your friends, no, I'm 09900138.docx 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 not here to satisfy you and your friends. If you really want to negotiate, I voted on some budgets. I have a plan put on the table. But some of you want to feel like some of your friends, and neighbors, and corporations, and business are untouchable. Well, the same way you feel about them, that's the same way I feel about my constituents. That's the same way I feel about the schools, the educational system, and the lack of jobs that we are creating here because you are trying to protect your friends. So, anytime that you want to talk about raising more money, I said it last week, come to my office, I'll come to yours, and we can talk about raising more moneys. There's a group of people that do not pay any taxes on their transactions. They do not pay any taxes on their transactions. The children that goes to school… the college students pay more in college loans than they pay. They pay… the people on Wall Street… or LaSalle Street pay zero transactions on their… on their purchases. But in order for these kids to purchase a good education, they have to pay high premiums. That is unacceptable. When a mother go buy food for her child, she has to pay a transaction tax. When we want to buy anything, a car, clothes, food, whatever it is we want to purchase, we have to pay a financial transaction tax. Tell the guys on LaSalle Street to pay their fair share of transaction taxes. So, anytime you want to talk to me about that, that will bring $10 billion… $10 billion to this state that could help us deal with the infrastructure. We don’t have to worry about cutting people's pay. We don't have to worry about age, blind and disabled people going without the services that they need. So, anytime you want to do so, I'm 09900138.docx 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 staying here this weekend, and I'm not on your working group. I have my own. Anytime you want to join me, please feel free to do so. Thank you."

"Mr. Hays."

"Go right ahead, Sir."

"Mr. Reis."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Representative Chapa LaVia."

"Point of personal privilege, Speaker. And you… you look amazing today, by the way. What I… I'd like to start off with, and I haven't spoken much this year, is I want you to stay standing if you want to do a revenue increase. Stay standing. Okay? Stay standing. Okay? I also want… it's important that, you know, the Leadership wants to talk about this $5.4 billion… this grand bargain. And we don't have… and I adore you guys, you know. I'm not picking sides, okay, right now. I'm just talking. I'd really like our Governor to come down to the House Floor. I want to agree with Jack on a lot of things because this is what we're missing. We're missing someone in the center that's going to try to bring us together in the aisle. We need to know exactly, for the $5.4 billion that we're going to come up with that's this grand bargain, is what are the new taxes going to be? What are the services? Our founding fathers of this country were pretty amazing 09900138.docx 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 people and there were a lot of amazing women behind those men. These seats aren't ours forever, everybody. We have to take some tough, tough votes sometimes to… to feed into the next generation, and that's on both sides. Because I've been here about 13 years, going on my 14th year, and I've had to take some really bad votes of tax increases that sunsetted. But that was like a 3 point whatever billion dollar hole, we blew into it. Right? So, we're trying to deal with what we have now and we really came to grips with reality. These seats are not ours forever. And we're going to have to take a vote that our citizens don't understand to come to a compromise and that's why I asked. If we're going to talk about real solutions, it's got to include revenue. Leadership needs to be here. The Governor needs to be here to pull this stuff together. And I agree. I want to work with you guys on something. I have my heart and soul into this. I'll stay, I have no problem. But to make us look silly on TV is not going to get us any closer to working together. Okay? We want to work with you. Us sitting down, Dave, doesn't mean that we're not for staying here and come up with a solution. Okay? So… so, I'm here to work with you, but it's got to be a give and take. And also, we need… Governor Rauner, if you could please come down and talk to us on what your solution is and we'd love to work with you. I haven't seen a budget from the Republicans showing how they're going to pay for what they need to pay for. We've put something on the table… and, Governor, you're a great business guy, but you have to learn how to work with us on social issues because we can't turn people away. It's not like a business where we can just say, 09900138.docx 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 you can't afford us. You can't come to us. Our job is to take care of the neediest of the needy. And that's on both sides. We don't own those issues just like we don't own whether we're Christians or not. Okay? We're all here for the… for a reason to move our country and our state forward. So, I would hope, Governor Rauner, with all due respect, we could just… come and address us, all of us, the whole entire General Assembly and find out where we're going. Our citizens really need us right now. So, I agree and we just really need to know where the taxes are going to come from so we can get to a compromise. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Winger."

"Mr. Ford."

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

"You may go ahead, Sir."

"Thank you. I think that I'm excited that you opened up the dialogue so that we all could come together and speak about how we're feeling. But first, I want to make sure I say thank you to Representative Mary Flowers also for her passion because she stands for something and that's very important. But to say that we should stay, I think everyone in this chamber would stay for the right reasons, but to stay for show is ridiculous. We've had so much time to put together a budget, and you recommend that we just stay away from our families just to be here to act as if we're doing something. Why would we do that? That cost taxpayers money. So, why don't 09900138.docx 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 we go home, enjoy our families, recharge our engines, come back and be serious about something instead of just constantly playing games and sending an illusion to people that we're all delirious. So, I think that we should go home. And I think that the Governor should come up with a plan; and I think that we all should work together to do the right thing for the people. And if you read the paper today, Illinois is now the state with the highest unemployment; and our non-profits are not being paid; our universities are not being paid, and they're almost very high in employing people in this state. And so, for us to continue to hold non-profits hostage, universities hostage, we're all contributing to the unemployment rate in Illinois. And I know everyone here believes that they know how to create jobs… well, how do we turn our backs on all the jobs that's being lost to the unemployment… to the universities and to the non-profits. So, if you really want to create jobs, if you really care about Illinois's economy, then you would think that the budget that we… or the spending plan that we passed was not really all the alpha and the omega, but it was a start, and it was part one. Where is part two? Where is part three? Let's finish it. And so, let's work together as Democrats and Republicans for the people and let's reemploy the people from the non-profits, from the universities and protect our state and stop playing games. Thank you and happy Memorial Day."

"Representative McDermed."

"Proceed, please." 09900138.docx 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Mr. Andrade."

"Thank you, Speaker. Point of information."

"Go right ahead, Sir."

"Has the… has the Governor called a Special Session yet? Has…"

"Your question is, has the Governor called a Special Session?"

"I'm just… I'm just wondering if he already called a… a Special Session."

"No. I remember 27 under Rod Blagojevich…"

"Thank you."

"…but none now."

"So, point of personal privilege."

"Proceed, Sir."

"Franks, did… did the Governor call… answer? So… you guys already got your Facebook picture. It's already up, but I'm asking… I didn't vote for him, but he is my Governor. So I'm asking my Governor to call out a Special Session. That's what I'm saying. I haven't checked out of my hotel, so if he 09900138.docx 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 wants to call a Special Session, so be it. He's your Leader. He's our Governor. Let him call a Special Session if he wants us to be here. I have not checked out, but you know… So, I'm willing to wait until he calls a Special Session. Maybe I'll join Dunkin on… with a… using a sleeping bag in front of the Governor's Office, and let's see. Thank you."

"Mr. Martwick."

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

"Please proceed."

"Thank you. So, I'd like to address my remarks right to all of the media sitting here in the front row and all the people up in the gallery, because I can only assume that the only reason that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle held a… a caucus meeting was that they could go in and figure out exactly how to come out and make a political show on the floor. Okay? They didn't actually do anything substantive. They said let's talk about the order of speakers. Let's figure out exactly how we're going to do this to make a show. See, there's… there's a misconception here, right? And this gets put out all the time. So, I want to address this to you ’cause I think this… this is important. Passing a budget is not carrying a couch up a flight of stairs. Get the job done. Put your shoulder into it. Passing a budget is coming to an agreement. And so, there are these working groups, which is interesting. I hear about all the great progress of these working groups. I hear about it. Well, from you guys, not from anybody else. I hear about it, actually… I heard, actually, all the terms of an agreement from a lobbyist. Real secret guys. Good job. Now, we… I've heard some great comments 09900138.docx 75  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 here and I just want to address something ’cause I thought some of them are great. 'Cause you know what? I keep hearing… we're not lecturing to you, but do what's right. Stop the madness. Speak truth to power. Speak truth to power. You know, I know that from the media… I'm sure up in the gallery you can see this, but here in the media, you probably can't see over to our desks here. We actually have three voting buttons here. We have green; that's 'yes'. We have a red; that's 'no'. And then, very curiously, there's this other button that you get to press and it's yellow. And I don't think that's by mistake. That's called 'present'. You know, living up to your responsibility as elected official, coming down here and making decisions. 'Yes', or 'no', or I don't want to make a decision. I'm going to vote 'present'. That means I'm not for it, I'm not against it because, you know, that would be politically bad for us to do that so we'll just vote yellow just so everyone knows our lack of courage. Speak truth to power. I keep hearing that we have 71 votes, Democrats. You get it done. You've got 71 votes. Couldn't pass a millionaire's tax. Couldn't even get a vote on a progressive income tax because, apparently, there are Members on our side of the aisle who don't do what the Speaker tells them to do. You think any of the people on the other side of the aisle were going to support any of those measures? Even if it… if they come from a poorer community where it would actually benefit their community, would actually raise the taxes, we could actually properly fund education? That would actually give, not a property tax freeze, but maybe actually property tax relief. Imagine that. The biggest issue in the state. 09900138.docx 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Would anybody vote for that? No. Why? 'Cause the Governor said don't vote for it. So, let's speak truth to power. Let's pass real structural reforms that will help all of us. See, here's the thing. This is democracy. And I know we forget what that is, but in a democracy in a government, the government has two responsibilities, two. Everything that we do, thousands and thousands of things, can be boiled down into two responsibilities. The first, secure the present day operation of the government so it can operate and meet the needs of its citizens. The second, is propose policy initiatives that you think will make the government run better in the future. That's it. That's all we do. It's pretty simple. So, which policy initiatives will make the government run better in the future? And you know what the answer is? I don't know. You don't know. And they certainly don't know. Why? Because it's the future. Would it be a great thing for our state if we strip away all the power of the unions to operate? I don't know. I don't think so. I don't believe so. I would've vote against that measure. They think it would. In a democracy, what we do is we vote on those issues. But you don't hold up the operation of the government to make one side do something that goes directly against the people who elected them to serve in office. My constituents do not want me to vote for measures that would hurt unions. Why? Because they are either union members; they are friends, family, neighbors of union members, or they are democratic voters who believe in the union movement. So, is it a fair compromise to say, Martwick, before I will even fix the government, before I'll even talk about passing the revenue necessary to balance 09900138.docx 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 a budget that I admittedly need, you have to vote against your constituents. That's not democracy. That's extortion. So, here we put on this big show. We're ready to solve the problem, why aren't you. I'm ready to solve the problem. I just don't agree with the way that they're doing it. That doesn't mean I'm not doing my job. I'm standing up for my constituents. I'm proposing ideas that I think would make the government run better in the future. And what I'm willing to do right now, and I've been willing to do for the last 11 months, is vote on revenue that is necessary, admitted by everyone in this chamber. And I dare you, media in the front row, to ask anybody in this chamber if this budget can be balanced without a tax increase. And not a single person, if they're honest, will say yes 'cause we all know it's impossible. It is a mathematical impossibility. So, why don't we just fix the problem? Democracy says fix the budget, propose future initiatives. If your future initiatives don't pass, that's okay. Democracy says there are elections for that. Run somebody against Martwick. Tell 'em… tell 'em he's no good because he supports the unions. And if you win that election, you have your votes and you have your policy agenda. That's the way democracy is supposed to work, but apparently, no Democrats, you don't get to do that. You don't get to participate in democracy. You have to do it under our terms. I'm willing to work. Every Member of this Body is willing to work. We don't need to stand up like a bunch of monkeys to tell you we're ready to work. And you know what? To all of my friends, this is a political show. It's nothing better and it's shameful." 09900138.docx 78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Representative Jimenez."

"Please proceed."

"Mr. Demmer."

"You may proceed."

"Representative Ammons."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to colleagues on the other side of the aisle who have waged a wonderful protest. Wonderful protest. But this protest didn't happen a few months ago when we were trying to pass a budget for Human Services. It didn't happen when the Governor cut, to 50 percent, child care services in the State of Illinois. Never happened before. No protest from the other side. This protest did not happen when Chicago State was on the brink of closing a week before spring break. No protest from the other side. The other side continued to hold the position that in order to get a budget, we needed to give the Governor what the Governor started with in his turnaround agenda and he has to have that in order to get this budget. And here we are down to the eleventh hour and we're going to do a demonstration. 09900138.docx 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 We're going to demonstrate because the Speaker is going to adjourn this meeting, and I'm with you. I'm willing to stay. I live down an hour and a half away; I'm willing to stay here as long as it takes. Don't matter to me. But let's not protest just for the public's sensational headlines or the next episode of House of Cards. Let's seriously talk about what's really on the table here. What is the Governor asking us for? What is this big disagreement truly about? It's really about term limits. It's about the billionaire class being able to control the outcomes of the green seats. It's really, truly, truly about what we saw in the Primary and a flooding of money unchecked in election law. That's truly what this is really about. This is really, really about cutting out needed social services to balance the budget on the backs of the poor. That's what this is really about. This is what it's been about from my entire time in the General Assembly and almost two years. That's what we have experienced. So, this stance today could've taken place 10 months ago. We could've all been on one accord and said to the Governor, there are certain things we will not do to the people of Illinois. We will not bring down the wages of the working class. We aren't going to do that. We're not going to deny working mothers, children, graduate students. We're not going to deny them access to child care. Certain things we will not do in this state. And as a matter of fact, some of these things could've been rectified long ago. On May… what was that? Back in the spring, February, we sent over spending plan that you guys disagreed with and I understand that. And the Governor had the authority at that time to bring that into agreement with you, as well 09900138.docx 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 as with his administration. He chose not to do that, spiraling us into this abyss that we're in today. So, when the media actually reports this, let's not report it as the Republicans took a stance today on the floor. The Republicans are 11 months late in taking this stance because we’ve lost those jobs. People have left the state. Not because business taxes are too high. They've actually left because they can't get a job. And many people can't afford to go to school because there's no child care. Remember, there's thousands of people that still don't qualify for child care in the State of Illinois, 40 thousand to be exact. So, if we're going to stand for something, let's actually stand for something. Now, the Governor might be right in calling a Special Session today, and I agree with my colleague next to me that he should call and make the Special Session happen. Because according to us, we… some of us may not want to stay. I'm one that is willing to stay and if you all make the phone call, we are going to stay at the request of our Governor. At this point, it is important to look at the full picture of how we got here and tell the actual story to higher ed as to how we actually got here. That is what we're talking about because the original cut to higher ed was 33 percent. And we back-door cut them unimaginably in the stopgap measure. So, there's so much more to the story than just standing for the next couple of days. We really need to stand for what has happened truly over the 11 months of my short experience in the General Assembly. So, I'm standing with you. Let's call on the Governor to come down here and let's actually have a real Session with the 09900138.docx 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Governor, publicly, about what he wants to do at this point in this General Assembly. Thank you."

"Representative Barbara Wheeler." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Point of personal privilege."

"Go right ahead." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you. There's been many of our colleagues who had said if the Governor would call a Special Session, that's how we can get this done. But I want to remind everyone and make sure the record is clear. We were supposed to be in tomorrow. We had a Session day scheduled. We all made arrangements with our family and our plans back home to be here tomorrow. It was regular Session. It was your Leader, our Speaker, who canceled that Session. We stand here today saying we have a Session day tomorrow, we're prepared to stay. We don't need a Special Session. We just need to be in Session when we're scheduled to be in Session. And I have to say, we're ready to compromise, but it sure does make it difficult to work with the other side when we're called a bunch of monkeys. I just want to point that out. Thank you."

"Mr. Sullivan."

"Please proceed."

"Mr. Butler."

"Go right ahead, Sir." 09900138.docx 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Representative Kifowit."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since the theater is in order, I figured I'd participate, as well. What I have to say is a couple things. We have been voting on portions of the Governor's plan. I think we all get in agreement that property taxes are too high, and I think that that's something that we can find common ground on, that's not a core belief of any Party. It's a matter of fact. But I do have to question this theater, this sham, for lack of a better word, because we've already heard from Members on our side of the aisle that are in working groups. The working groups are scheduled all weekend long. So… and there are Members of us that will work all weekend long. We… we have things called the Internet, e- mail, and phone. What we are doing by adjourning is saving the taxpayers about $13 thousand. So, what we're getting is 09900138.docx 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 actually good work for less money, which is what I agree on. I think that we have working groups scheduled. We have individuals that will be in town. We have individuals that have obligations out of town, but we are still unequivocally connected and saving taxpayers $13 thousand. Now, if our colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to hand the taxpayers of Illinois a bill for $13 thousand for work we're already going to be doing, I think that's really quite… I'm speechless at that because we have a budget crisis and we should save all the money we can. What we've done right now is waste an hour of time that started with our Republican counterparts so that they could get a picture for their blogs, their Facebook page and be grandstanding on something that they know, fundamentally, that we are working, our counterparts in the working groups are working, and we are all committed to trying to find a solution. Some methods are… are different, I guess to say for a better word, and some methods might not be as well received on one side of the aisle as the other side. But I think that, unequivocally, just to stand for a picture similar to a picture that was on Facebook not so long ago, does not and will not ever create an era of trust, collaboration, or to be quite honest, get us where we have to go. I rise today because I believe we have work to do today and I do believe, for the record, there will be work done over the weekend. And I just want to reiterate that we have taken votes on the Governor's agenda. And I want to reiterate that a day this week, I sat and watched 14 Republican Bills be called for a vote and be voted on. And if we want to rewind all the way back in history, when there was 09900138.docx 89  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 a Republican Speaker, and a Republican in the Senate, and a Republican Governor, there's a time when zero Democrat votes, Bills, were ever called in the House. So, to imply that there isn't any kind of working, there are votes. There are important Bills to districts on the Republican side, important Bills on the Democrat side that have been taking for a vote. So, I am in favor of saving the taxpayers $13 thousand. And I would appreciate the working groups for all their work that they do. I am not a part of them and I also appreciate the Representative behind me in that we need to start bringing these negotiations for full transparency and full openness to the Body as a whole. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker."

"Representative Bryant."

"Please proceed."

"Representative Ives."

"Please proceed."

"Senate Bill 2241, page 9 of the Calendar, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 3149, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill." 09900138.docx 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Third Reading. Senate Bills-Third Reading, page 5, Senate Bill 2216, Mr. Hoffman. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2882, Mr. Hoffman. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Hoffman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, this Bill is the adoption of language that was amendatorily vetoed last year. It would increase the amount of coverage for hit and run and… for uninsured vehicles in a contract carrier transportation of employee situation where they're transporting railroad employees back and forth from the end of the line from $250 thousand per passenger to $500 thousand per passenger. This would reflect the Governor's Amendatory Veto of last year. I know of no opposition."

"Mr. Sandack."

"Gentleman yields."

"Yes. We took the Governor's language and put it into a Bill."

"I didn't… I don't know… my analysis doesn't show any opponents."

"The only opponent that would be potentially against it would be the Railroad Association and it's my understanding, they're okay with the Bill."

"I didn't know that they were an opponent."

"No. They have not."

"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? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 106 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 2972, Mr. Davis. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Davis." Davis, W.: "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen, Senate Bill 2972 would allow Members who receive a pension of less than $100 per month choose to take a refund of their member contributions in lieu of taking the actual pension. Be more than happy to answer any questions." 09900138.docx 94  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Mr. Sandack."

"Gentleman yields."

"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? Cabello. Please 09900138.docx 95  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 take the record. There are 108 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 3007, Representative Hernandez. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Hernandez."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This legislation will make Illinois a leader in the fight to end human trafficking. Senate Bill 3007, it provides survivors of human trafficking with the support they need at the time of maximum vulnerability. And during this time of vulnerability, they are cooperating with law enforcement to go after the perpetrators of the crimes against them. The Bill provides food and cash assistance and medical coverage until the covered person has authorization to work and qualifies for federally funded benefits. The Bill is narrowly tailored to provide protection to those in dire need. The Bill also was amended in the Senate to address all the administration’s concerns and DHS and HFS are neutral on the Bill. The Bill has strong bipartisan support and I am grateful there are colleagues from across the aisle cosponsoring this Bill. Please support this legislation and help Illinois lead the fight against human trafficking."

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

"The Sponsor yields." Wheeler, B.: "Representative, thank you for the work that you've done. And you've alluded to many of the items on the Bill, 09900138.docx 96  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 but there are some concerns that this is a back-door opportunity for undocumented people to obtain state aid and fast-track their pathway to citizenship. Can you tell me who this Bill is intended to help and how we can ensure that the program isn't expanded?"

"Thank you for the question, Representative. The program is intended to help victims of human trafficking. These victims are people who have been brought to the country or lured here under false pretenses by force, by fraud, or coercion for the purpose of being sold for sex and forced labor. Victims must present credible evidence that they are victims of trafficking or other serious crimes. For the population that this Bill covers, the risks and consequences of falsely claiming victim status are severe and serve as a real deterrent. Committing fraud to obtain benefits could permanently bar a person from obtaining any immigration status that would allow them to legally reside here in the United States. Once a person begins that process to file a U visa or a T… what they call a T visa, they are interacting with the Department of Homeland Security and required to work with law enforcement. For someone who is undocumented, the risk of deportation or detention and imprisonment is extremely high." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you for that. While our state struggles financially but we recognize the moral obligation to take care of the poor, how do we answer those who ask, where is the public aid money for un… for the undocumented?"

"So, our state is struggling financially, but we have, I feel, a moral obligation here. The persons covered by this 09900138.docx 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Bill are in a very precarious and vulnerable position who are cooperating with law enforcement in the prosecution of their traffickers. And we are all on their way… they’re all on their way to obtaining legal status anyhow. If we want to take those meaningful steps to end trafficking in our state, this is necessary as part of the overall strategy. There is no cost to FY17 because the Bill does… doesn't take in effect until January of 2018." Wheeler, B.: "Did you say January 2018?"

"That's correct." Wheeler, B.: "Thank you. To the Bill. I want to congratulate this General Assembly in their collective work against human trafficking. It's been bipartisan and bicameral, an aggressive attack on all forms of trafficking. This Bill provides health and aid assistance to victims tortured in the profitable industry of trafficking. Most importantly, it provides hope to victims of modern day slavery. Lisa, thank you for continuing your work on this issue, and I'm so proud to support your Bill."

"Thank you, Representative."

"Mr. Kay."

"Sponsor yields."

"Yes, I did."

"That's correct."

"Thank you."

"Representative McDermed."

"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 take the record. There are 107 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 3018, Mr. Unes. Please read the Bill." 09900138.docx 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Mr. Unes."

"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? Please take the record. There are 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 3063, Mr. Kay. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Kay."

"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? Nekritz. Please take the record. 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional 09900138.docx 100  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Brady is recognized."

"Please proceed, Sir."

"Welcome, Philip. Thanks for joining us today. We appreciate it. Senate Bill 3071, Mr. Zalewski. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Zalewski."

"One second, Mr. Speaker. We've got a little bit of multitasking going on today. Mr. Speaker, the Bill changes the custodial requirements of the Illinois State Board of Investment as it relates to the duties of the Illinois State Treasurer. I'd ask for an 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"My understanding, Mr. Speaker… Representative, is that the… there's needed clean-up language in the statute to remove the State Treasurer as a custodian when it comes to Illinois State Board of Investment. They wouldn't lose the bonding 09900138.docx 101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 authority, the need for a surety bond, it would just require that the Treasurer be removed as a custodian."

"Yeah. It's the Treasurer's language, Ron."

"Say that again, Ron."

"Well, we've been doing this for the Treasurer for other times when they've served as a custodian. And it seems to me we would want parity in the statutes and we would just… it would make sense if they're serving no role other than ex officio to remove them as a custodian."

"Yeah. It’s nothing to do with bonding. The surety bond remains in place. I'm sorry if I was inarticulate on that."

"Yeah. That… with respect to fiduciary duties, Ron, there's no change in those either." 09900138.docx 102  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Has all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take the record. 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. The Chair recognizes Representative Franks for a point of personal privilege."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My switch malfunctioned on House Bill… I'm sorry, Senate Bill 3007. I meant to vote 'aye', but it did not take my vote."

"The record will reflect your intention. Mr. Kay is recognized."

"And the record will reflect your intentions, Sir. Thank you. Senate Bill 3079, Mr. Sims. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 3079 is an initiative of the Illinois Manufactured Housing Association who worked in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Public Health on drafting this Bill. And according to the National Manufacturing Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development will implement a manufactured home installation program in each state that does not have such a program. Senate Bill 3079 09900138.docx 103  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 will permit Illinois to have its own state installation program. I know of no opposition and ask for a favorable Roll Call."

"Those… Mr. Sandack."

"Gentleman yields."

"There are… Yes, there is a fee increase included in the Bill. However, what the department has established is… what the department has worked in conjunction with establishing this program, the fees are actually less than if the Federal Government sets the fees."

"Thank you."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On this question, there are 64 voting 'yes', 43 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Turner in the Chair."

"Senate Bill 3080, Representative Greg Harris. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Harris." Harris, G.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. This is legislation that hopefully will address one of 09900138.docx 104  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 the more common problems that we've seen coming to us recently in our district offices. This would be the situation where folks have been moved into managed care organizations, who are in the Medicaid program and had thought they'd done their due diligence. They found a doctor and a provider and a hospital that they believe accepts their plan based on information displayed on that plan's website, only to later find out that that information was not accurate. And then it becomes a problem, you know, who's liable for payment for that care. So, this is an agreement between the Hospital Association, the other providers, the Medicaid health plans and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services that create standards for updating information for people to make informed judgements, to create a set of rules for the payment of disputed charges within an agreed framework and to collect data and metrics so that we can understand how planned payments and claims are being processed in the future. I'd be happy to answer any questions."

"The Chair recognizes Leader Bellock."

"Representative Harris to close." Harris, G.: "I'd like to thank Leader Bellock for all of her cooperation and her kind words. And I would request an 'aye' vote."

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3080 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 107 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 3080, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 3095, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is an agreed Bill. It codifies a long-standing Illinois Liquor Control Commission interpretation, thereby prohibiting a non- resident dealer from holding a distributor importing distributor's license while simultaneously prohibiting a distributor importing distributor from holding a non-resident dealer license. The purpose of the legislation is to prevent large conglomerate distributorships or the primary United States importer from shipping product into Illinois from other states. This Bill protects the state's three tier regulatory system, keeps distributors on a level playing 09900138.docx 106  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 field, and keeps the importation of alcoholic liquor into Illinois transparent and accountable to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. It's supported by the Beer Distributors of Illinois, Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Coors, Diageo. And I know of no opponents to the Bill."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3095 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 107 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 3095, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 3166, Leader Lang. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Leader Lang."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is really a very technical Bill. It just simply replaces the word… the term ‘landlord’ with ‘plaintiff’ in the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act. We need to do this because not every plaintiff is actually a landlord."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3166 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 107 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no', 1 voting 'present', Senate Bill 3166, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. 09900138.docx 107  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 Senate Bill 3106, Representative Sims. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Sims."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Senate Bill 3106 expands an existing hearsay exception to include previous testimony of statements made by an unavailable victim of sexual assault who has an intellectual disability, a cognitive impairment, or developmental disability. It also defines these impairments. Currently, hearsay is an admissible unless it falls under one… within one of the exceptions… or exemptions provided under Federal Illinois Laws of Rules of Evidence. I know of no opposition. And ask for a favorable Roll Call."

"Seeing no debate, the question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3106 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 107 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no', 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 3106, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 3162, Representative Cassidy. Mr. Clerk, please read the Bill."

"Representative Cassidy."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. Senate Bill 3162 is an initiative of the Administrative Office of 09900138.docx 108  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 the Illinois Courts. It is an effort to continue the Supreme Court's effort to get e-filing brought into play around the state to modernize our court system. It creates a fee on civil cases only. I want to make sure people hear that, that this is for civil cases only. And given that there was some concern from the court fees task force, we worked very closely with them to ensure that there was a commensurate offset in other fees to ensure that there's no net increase in civil filing fees with this. And I would be happy to take your questions."

"On that, we have Representative Andersson."

"Representative Sandack is recognized."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Absolutely. Thank you for that because I do understand how important it is to recognize that math matters. There was…"

"I've heard that. The… I think as it was originally filed in the Senate, it was $7. And through some back and forth, it became 9."

"Is offset $9."

"Absolutely."

"Absolutely, yes. So, the Supreme Court has been working towards this for some time, finding ways to make it possible for… for our counties to get to the place of e-filing. And this is just the next step. They've been at this for quite some time."

"Thank you."

"Representative Moffitt is recognized."

"She indicates that she will." 09900138.docx 110  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Yes, it is."

"Not at all. The funds that are offset are very court specific and they are not the emergency vehicle funds. They're… they have nothing to do with criminal cases as well, which is…"

"…you talked about some traffic cases that fund those emergency vehicles."

"Absolutely. Thank you."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Ives."

"The Sponsor will yield."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"That one was tabled."

"The only Amendment that was adopted was 3."

"The task… I think the questions you're asking are more specific to the task force that's going to do larger work around all of the fees. And if I could yield some time to Representative Andersson, he could update on that specific issue, if you'd like."

"Well, there is no fee… there's no fee increase at all. This creates a fund that allows courts to get to an… a place of e-filing. The task force, the larger work of the task force, is to bring about those larger savings to address all the fees that have been in place for a long time and whether… and to look at whether or not they are still pertinent. I think that might be the best way to put it, part of the work you're doing. Correct, Representative Andersson?"

"Would that be an…"

"Thank you."

"Representative Nekritz is recognized."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I apologize, I was out of the chamber when this Bill was called and then I… I'm sure Representative Andersson spoke to the work of the Statutory Court Fees Task Force, but I would just like to make a couple of things clear. One is, this is only on civil filings but the… And so… and this is an effort for the first time to try to make sure that we are not continually piling on for both… for civil litigants, that we recognize that we have increased these fees to a point where they do impact access to justice. And we have to find ways to either reduce the overall filing fee or at least find an offset, if we think that there's a worthy new fee that should go on. And so we're not… so we're not reducing impacted access to justice and making it impossible for people to do something as straightforward as getting a divorce. The work of the task force has been really excellent and I… and it's going to be… it's going to be a big 09900138.docx 113  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 lift, ultimately, when we bring some legislation forward. And I'm looking forward to working with Representative Andersson on that because we have impacted our citizens in a way that does diminish their ability to go to court. And if they're a criminal defendant, it's worse yet in what we have done to them. And we've piled on a $1 here, $2 there, $3 here and it's very easy for us to say, oh look, it's only a $1 and it's someone who committed a crime. I'm not going to worry about that. Well, the criminal justice reform work that we're doing around here should also transfer over to these fees and fines because they are… they have become over-burdensome and unaffordable and we have to do something about it. So, just warning the Body that it's going to be a difficult lift when it comes, but it will be worth the effort along the lines of all the good criminal justice reform work that we're doing around here. Thank you, Representative Cassidy, for bringing this legislation."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Ammons."

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

"The Sponsor indicates that she will yield."

"Thank you. I read this as a transition fee in order to establish electronic filing systems. Is that right?"

"Yes, absolutely. The efforts up to this point by the Supreme Court to get it done have been challenging because not everybody has the resources to get there. And electronic filing will make access to justice so much better for folks who don't have to travel long distances or deal with, perhaps, hours of offices that are challenging to go get a carbon copy of something." 09900138.docx 114  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"So, does the… does the $9 or a $7, fee reduce the cost of traditional filing, what I would normally have to file in paper? Does that take away that cost?"

"I'm not sure I follow."

"What's in the current system? How does the current system work? Is it a traditional…"

"Well, the current system is a paper system where you…"

"Right."

"…have to, in some cases, travel hundreds of miles…"

"Okay."

"…to file. Or you might have to take a day off work to go get a copy of your court case. And e-filing will modernize the system in such a way that that's no longer required."

"And once the system is in place, does this… I think the question was asked, does this fee sunset in some way once you have a system or this is an ongoing fee?"

"This fee does not have a sunset on it, but I… but as the task force works through this… through all of the fees as Representative Nekritz referenced, there will be a larger package that addresses all of the… all the fees whether they're still valid. And this one I would imagine would be… would remain in a portion of their conversation."

"So, I'm concerned… one other question about this… because counties have… the Legislature has given authority to counties to raise court fines and fees up to a certain amount in different categories. So, even if this fee is offsetting some portion of what the civil filing is currently, how do we prevent counties from actually adding additional cost in other areas that still raises the cost of the civil filing?" 09900138.docx 115  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"And think that is… you've gotten to the heart of the work of the task force and the follow-up work that will come."

"I appreciate it. At this time, I won't support this. I don't like court fines and fees."

"Okay."

"I think the counties who taxes already should create systems through the tax base in order to upgrade their systems. So, I'll stay off of this until the task force comes back with their report."

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

"The Chair recognizes Representative Brady."

"The Sponsor indicates that she will yield."

"That sounds accurate."

"I'm going to take your word for it. I don't have that number."

"You're correct. Yes."

"I think that's a very good question. I think another piece of this though is there has to be a centralized system for the electronic filing manager. That's a portion of this as well, for the state to have that centralized system so that those systems can interact with each other. So, that's a portion of it as well. I don't have an exact answer to that. I believe that the work of the court around making sure counties have what they need would address that, though."

"As of right now, but as I addressed earlier and the ongoing work of the task force, I believe that you're probably all correct. There is some upfront cost related, but there will be ongoing cost. And I think that it could be adjusted as we got to a place of stasis."

"So, it's the work of the Supreme Court to administer the fund. As we all know, with all of our technology, it has a lifespan. So, perhaps some of those counties that got a jump on us might actually need to be upgraded at this point. Counties that… that are just getting started will then need upgrades moving forward. The statewide system will need upgrades moving forward. Technology is not a static thing, and I do believe that there will be ongoing costs in that way. I believe those early counties are probably already in a position of needing to upgrade."

"Yes."

"Thank you."

"Representative Andersson, you're name was used in debate."

"Representative Cassidy to close."

"Thank you, everyone, for your questions, and to Representatives Nekritz and Andersson for their assistance in getting this done. As we know with a lot of the taskforces we work on, sometimes some things have already been in play… in motion prior to the creation of a task force and that's one of these situations. So, I'm grateful to both of them for recognizing that this can help advance the work of the task force. This was a relatively new experience for me, working on an issue like this. I'm looking forward to getting engaged with the task force and to help with that follow-up, because as Representative Ammons said, that there are some real issues in our criminal justice system around fines and fees that I've had a great deal of interest in. And I think we have an opportunity here to work together to advance justice throughout the system. So, I ask for an 'aye' vote." 09900138.docx 119  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"The question is, 'Shall Senate Bill 3162 pass?' All in favor vote 'aye'; all opposed vote 'nay'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Clerk, please take the record. On a count of 84 voting 'yes', 22 voting 'no', and 0 voting 'present', Senate Bill 3162, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Leader Lang in the Chair."

"Representative Bellock."

"Please proceed."

"Welcome to the House chamber. Thank you for being with us. Senate Bill 3163, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."

"Leader Currie."

"Thank you, Speaker and Members of the House. This were to prohibit employers of low-wage workers from requiring them 09900138.docx 120  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 to sign non-compete agreements before hiring. There is no known opposition to the Bill. I'm happy to answer your questions. And I'd appreciate your 'aye' vote."

"Mr. Sandack."

"The Lady yields."

"Not… my understanding is that it is not. There apparently was in the… in the district of the Senate Sponsor, there was a sandwich shop which was requiring the low-wage workers to sign non-compete agreements. I believe it went to court. There were no damages because the employer had not actually invoked the contract. But there was an issue in court and I think the Senator thought it was important to codify that this is not an acceptable practice."

"Thank you."

"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? Wheeler. Please take the record. 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Representative Hernandez is recognized." 09900138.docx 121  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Point of personal privilege, please."

"Proceed, please."

"Speaker, my button seems to be sticking. I meant to vote 'yes' for Senate Bill 3162."

"The record will reflect your intention. Senate Bill 3354, Mr. Turner. Please read the Bill."

"Mr. Turner."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. Senate Bill 3354 will allow the City of Chicago to move their criminal registration section away from the CPD headquarters. This… currently, the registration is put directly across the street from a school and within a block of a second school and a public library. The number of registrants streaming past these locations is significant. In 2015, CPD completed 16,319 individual registrations and in all, there were 18,895 total contacts in 2015, including turn-aways. The Bill doesn't impose any additional restrictions on registrants. And CPD is committed to ensuring that registrants have sufficient notice prior to the move. I'd appreciate an 'aye' vote."

"Those in favor of the Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please record yourselves. Please take the record. There are 108 voting 'yes', 1 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Senate Bill 3335, Representative Mussman. Please read the Bill." 09900138.docx 122  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016

"Representative Mussman."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House. Senate Bill 3335 will allow EMS personnel to carry and administer epinephrine from a glass vial, an auto-injector, an ampule or a prefilled syringe. Allowing these options will result in cost savings, as most of them cost less than an Epi pen. I'm happy to answer any questions."

"Those in favor of the Lady's Bill will vote 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Harris. Please take the record. There are 109 voting 'yes', 0 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 9 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 321, Representative Chapa LaVia. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Please read the Bill. Out of the record, Mr. Clerk. Senate Bill 1120, Mr. Franks. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Page 10 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 2787, Mr. Davidsmeyer. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2813, Mr. Bradley. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2896, Mr. Andrade. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2920, Representative Tabares. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 3047, Mr. Breen. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 2932, Leader Currie. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 3112, Mr. Walsh. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Senate Bill 3284, Mr. Mitchell. Please read the Bill."

"Third Reading. Page 6 of the Calendar, Senate Bill 2533, Representative Kelly Burke. Kelly Burke. Please read the Bill."

"Representative Burke." Burke, K.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill 2533 would allow the director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to appoint an administrative services officer. So, we'd take 09900138.docx 125  STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 138th Legislative Day 5/27/2016 this one position out of civil service and allow the director to appoint it and the director would supervise the employee and the board would set the salary. It would allow the director to have some flexibility in hiring that person who's best fitted for the position. I know of…"

"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? Chapa LaVia. Please take the record. There are 106 voting 'yes', 2 voting 'no'. And this Bill, having received the Constitutional Majority, is hereby declared passed. Mr. Clerk, Agreed Resolutions."

"Leader Currie moves for the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The ‘ayes’ have it. And the Agreed Resolutions are adopted. And now, Mr. Clerk, leaving perfunctory time for the Clerk, Leader Currie moves that the House stands adjourned ’til Sunday, May 29 at the hour of 3 p.m. Those in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned." 09900138.docx 126