PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) The regular Session of the 100th General Assembly will please come to order. Will the Members please be at their desks? Will our guests in the galleries please rise? The invocation today will be given by Rabbi Mendy Turen from Chabad Jewish Center in Springfield. Rabbi.
(Prayer by Rabbi Mendy Turen)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Rabbi. Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Cunningham, would you please lead us?
(Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Cunningham)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Blueroomstream.com requests permission to videotape the proceedings today. Seeing no objection, permission is granted. Mr. Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
Senate Journal of Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Hunter.
Mr. President, I move to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal just read by the Secretary, pending arrival of the printed transcript.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Hunter moves to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal, pending arrival of the printed transcripts. There being no objection, so ordered. Mr. Secretary, Resolutions. 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
Senate Resolution 1785, offered by Senator Link and all Members. It is a death resolution, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Resolutions Consent Calendar. Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Sims, (Vice) Chairperson of the Committee on Judiciary, reports House Bill 3142 Do Pass; and House Bill 2723 Do Pass, as Amended.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, we're going to be turning shortly to the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading. We will thereafter turn to House Bills 3rd Reading and perhaps one last run through House Bills 2nd Reading. If all Members could be at their desks, we will soon be turning to substantive action, Senate Bills 3rd Reading. Will all Members of the Committee of -- on Assignments please report to the President's Anteroom? Will all Members of the Committee on Assignments please report to the President's Anteroom immediately? Senator Haine in the Chair. Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Agriculture Committee - Motion to Concur with House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2298, Motion to Concur with House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate Bill 2380; refer to Education Committee - Motion to Concur with House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 2428; refer to Environment and Conservation Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Resolution 1746; refer to Executive Committee - Floor Amendment 3 to House Bill 4897; refer to Higher Education Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 5020; refer to Judiciary Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to House Bill 5231 and Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 2411; refer to Local Government Committee - Committee Amendment 4 to House Bill 5197, Motion to Concur with House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2368; refer to State Government Committee - Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 2365; refer to Transportation Committee - House Bill 5749, Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 513; Be Approved for Consideration - Floor Amendment 2 to House Bill 4237, Senate Bills 203, 452, and 3071, and Floor Amendment 3 to House Bill 1595. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b- 1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments: Committee Amendment 3 to House Bill 5197. Signed, Senator James Clayborne, Chairman. Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Executive Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 203. Signed, Senator James Clayborne, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Cullerton, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. I -- I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 5-7-4-9 and House Joint Resolution 110 can be heard today in the Senate Transportation Committee. And I also move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that… 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Let's -- let's take them one at a time.
One at a time?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you.
Well, I'm trying to be efficient here for you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) You are the picture of efficiency, Senator Cullerton. Senator Tom Cullerton moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 5-7-4-9 and House Joint Resolution 110 can be heard today in the Senate Transportation Committee. All those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and all notice and posting requirements have been waived. Senator Tom Cullerton, on another motion.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 5231 can be heard tomorrow in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Cullerton moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 5231 may be heard tomorrow in the Senate Judiciary Committee. All those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and all notice and posting requirements have been waived. Senator Cunningham, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. I move to waive all notice and 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 posting requirements so that House Bill 5197 can be heard today in the Senate Local Government Committee.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Cunningham moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 5197 may be heard today in the Senate Local Government Committee. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and all notice and posting requirements have been waived. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I'd like to call your attention to additional committee meetings that have been scheduled for this afternoon and for tomorrow morning. The Committee on Local Government will meet today at 3 p.m. in Room 409. The Senate Transportation Committee will meet today at 4 p.m. in Room 212. The Senate Executive Committee will meet today at 4:30 p.m. in Room 212. The Committee on State Government will meet today at 4:30 p.m. in Room 409. And tomorrow morning, the Committee on Higher Education will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 212. And the Committee on Judiciary will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. in Room 400. Check your Calendars. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, we will soon be turning to final action, Senate Bills on 3rd Reading. As we wait for Members to assemble, we're going to turn to the Calendar of House Bills 2nd Reading. Senator Connelly, for what purpose do you rise?
For purposes of -- of an introduction, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Please state your introduction.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to introduce my Page for today, Matteo Caulfield. He is a junior at Benet Academy. He's 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 a Redwing. He's an Eagle Scout, National Merit Scholar candidate, wants to study law and political science. He is accompanied today by his brother-in-law, who's about to take the bar exam. Good luck with that. It's a lot of fun. How about a warm welcome for my Page, Matteo Caulfield, and his brother-in-law, Jay Mitchell.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Welcome to the Illinois State Senate. On the top of page 15 of your printed Calendars, the beginning of the Order of House Bills 2nd Reading, House Bill 3479. House Bill 4146. House Bill 4191. Senator Connelly. House Bill 4208. Senator Lightford. House Bill 4309. Senator Bush. Mr. -- oh! Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4309. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4310. Senator Cullerton. House Bill 4331. Senator Bertino-Tarrant. House Bill 4364. Senator Tracy. Senator Tracy. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4364. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4433. House Bill 4685. Senator Tom Cullerton. House Bill 4932. Senator Holmes. House Bill 5201. 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 5447. Senator Haine. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5447. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. House Bill -- I'm -- 5477. Senator Holmes. Top of page 16 of your printed Calendar. On the top of page 16 of your printed Calendars - if page 16 and 17 are missing from your Calendars, please request a new one - House -- or Senate Bill -- I'm sorry, House Bill 5490. Senator Bivins. House Bill 5553. Senator Hutchinson. And House Bill 5784. Senator Tom Cullerton. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5784. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Tom Cullerton.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Cullerton, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to adopt the amendment and I'll explain it on 3rd. 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Cullerton moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 5784. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Senator Bush, for what purpose do you rise?
Point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Please state your point.
Thank you. It's not every day that you get an amazing young woman to be your Page. It's really not every day when you get two amazing young women to be a Page here at the State Senate. I'd like to introduce them to you. Savannah -- Savannah Sleevar. She's fifteen. She's from Bloomington, Illinois. She's a freshman. Her grandfather is Stan Tylman. Many of you may know Stan; he has done a lot of work on the prescription drug monitoring database. And she has certainly learned how to negotiate from him. Truly just an incredible young woman. We are -- we are on a really good track if these young women decide to run for office. And the -- and Ellen -- Ellen Stojak. She's seventeen. She's a junior in Grayslake. She actually lives in the same town that I do and abuts a forest preserve that I worked really hard to help create years ago. She wants to be a judge, and judging from these -- this brief time that I've had with her, she's someone who makes 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 some pretty good decisions. But, anyway, I'm really just -- her -- her mom, Margaret, is up -- if you'd like to stand up, Margaret. If we can all give Margaret a warm Senate welcome. And if we can welcome these amazing young women here as Pages today, I'd appreciate it.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Welcome to the Illinois State Senate. Senator Rose, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Please state your point.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm here today with a friend of mine, Stephanie Wierman. She's a great community leader in Moultrie and Douglas counties that I'm privileged to represent. She's the heart and soul of the MoDo County Fair, the Atwood Apple Dumpling Festival, and might I add this - Ladies and Gentlemen, this is going to be really neat - on June 30th, she just told me, on June 30th in Arthur, Illinois, the Abraham Lincoln funeral hearse will make its -- only its fourth visit anywhere, to Arthur, Illinois, on June 30th. And if anybody wants to come view that, we would be honored to have you and it's a great town. Come down and visit the Amish, and they also have the best fireworks display anywhere in the State of Illinois. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Welcome to the Illinois State Senate. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, we're going to turn now to the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading. With leave of the Body, we're 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 going to select bills on the Calendar that are ready for final action. So we'll begin with the Senate Bill 200. Senator Muñoz, are you ready to proceed? Senator Muñoz seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 200 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 200. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Muñoz.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Muñoz, on your amendment. SENATOR MUÑOZ: I just ask for its adoption and I'll explain it on 3rd Reading.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Muñoz moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 200. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading, Senate Bill 200. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 200. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Senator Muñoz. SENATOR MUÑOZ: Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. The bill -- currently, employees -- employers must allow employees who work for at least seven and a half continuous hours to take a twenty-minute break for meals no later than five hours into the start of their work shift. It also exempts private company employees licensed under the Emergency Medical Services Act who are required to be on call during an eight-hour work period and are not local government employees from this break requirement. These individuals shall be allowed to eat a meal during their work period while on call. I know of no opposition to the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall Senate Bill 200 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. Senate Bill 200, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll turn towards the bottom of page 5 of your printed Calendar. Senate Bill 3190. Senator Bertino-Tarrant, are you ready to proceed? With… With leave of the Body, let's turn back to the beginning of the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading. At the top of the Order is Senate Bill 20. Senator Steans, are you ready to proceed? Senator Steans seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 20 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 20. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Steans.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Steans, on your amendment.
The -- the amendment becomes the bill. I will discuss it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Steans moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 20. All in favor, say Aye. Senator Curran, are you seeking recognition on the amendment? Senator -- Senator Steans has moved for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 20. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, Senate Bill 20. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 20. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Steans.
Yes, thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 has been a bill that's been negotiated over the course of -- of an entire year with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the ACLU, and a University of Chicago employment labor group, and the Governor's Office. And you may recall, the Governor's Office had suggested, to address the backlog of bills at the Illinois Human Rights Commission -- or their caseload, that they would get rid of it. And this backlog really creates problems for both employers and the litigants who are bringing a case against an employer and needs to be solved. So we negotiated a number of years to do the following items to improve the issues with the Human Rights Commission: And -- it restructures the Commission itself to reduce the size and make them full-time commissioners; it -- it addresses administrative closures of charges; it increases the statute of limitations under which you can bring a charge; it requires some different Department notices; provides an opt-out provision for complainants who want to go and sue in court, not go through the administrative process with the Department of Human Rights and the Human Rights Commission; and it also, you know, makes some changes to the public requirements for Commission findings in publications and whatnot. So, complex bill. A lot of people were involved, but I really want to thank them for helping us get to the place that we are to -- are -- are today on this bill, including Senator Curran. And I do look forward to his view on this.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator -- Curran, for what purpose do you rise?
To the bill, Mr. Speaker.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 To the bill.
Or Mr. President. I -- I want to compliment, Senator -- Senator, on your -- your work on this, bringing these -- all -- all these factions together. I do think, as someone that's practiced in -- previously practiced in this area, you know, the backlog at the Commission, nothing gets better from the employer perspective or from the grievant's perspective as cases linger. So, the fact that we're going to move to a full-time Commission model, which is going to be more modeled like it -- it would be in -- in any other adjudicative body, is going to, I think, bring better outcomes and it's also going to bring a more expeditious process at the Commission level, which is going to be beneficial to all. So I'd -- I want thank you for your -- your work on this and I would encourage an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, Senator Steans, to close? The question is, shall Senate Bill 20 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 47 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. Senate Bill 20, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, let's turn to page 7 of your printed Calendar, the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading, beginning where we left off yesterday. We'll start with House Bill 4237. Senator Morrison, do you wish to proceed? Senator Morrison seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4237 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 is granted. Now on 2nd Reading, House Bill 4237. Mr. Secretary, have there been any amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Morrison.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Morrison, on your amendment.
Mr. President, I'd like to adopt the amendment and discuss on 3rd, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Morrison moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 to House Bill 4237. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 4237. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4237. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Morrison.
Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the Senate, this bill came to us from the House with the intent of providing property tax relief. However, as many bills do often, they need some work 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 and some assistance. Before I even begin the contents of the bill, I want to thank everybody who participated, several meetings, especially Senator Althoff, who was at the helm throughout all the discussions. So I would like to thank her. This bill, as amended, implements the New Jersey model of charitable contributions in lieu of taxes. It allows counties to authorize, by referendum, the ability for local schools, municipalities, and county governments to create charitable funds to accept contributions and allows ninety percent property tax credits. It also creates an Illinois Education Excellence Fund for the State to deposit receipts and requires the funds to be spent only on public education purposes, subject to appropriations from the General Assembly. This bill stems from the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which limited state and local tax, or SALT, deductions at ten thousand dollars. Happy to discuss this bill. This is -- this is a bill that benefits all property tax -- excuse me, it's a bill that will do a lot to help property tax relief in the State of Illinois. I would be happy to answer questions and have a discussion.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator Syverson. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4237 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, 1 voting No, 1 voting Present. And House Bill 4237, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Oberweis, are you seeking recognition? House Bill 4295. Senator Brady. 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 4324. Senator Lightford. House Bill 4332. Senator Cullerton. Senator Tom Cullerton. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4332. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Mr. Secretary, we are on House Bill 4332. If we can get that on the board. Thank you very much. Is that the bill you read, Mr. Secretary? Senator Tom Cullerton.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4332 allows an identification card issued under the federal Veterans Identification Card Act of 2015 to be an acceptable form of proof required to verify an applicant for a veteran's designation on his or her ID card or license with the State of Illinois. I know of no opposition.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4332 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. And House Bill 4332, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. WCIA Television requests permission to video record the proceedings today. Seeing no objection, permission is granted. Let's continue on the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading. House Bill 4409. Senator 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Lightford. House Bill 4412. Senator Sims. Top of page 10 of your printed -- beg your pardon, top of page 8… Let's go back to the bottom of page 7. Senator Sims -- Mr. Secretary, please read House Bill 4412. Senator Sims seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4412 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading, House Bill 4412. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Sims.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims, on the amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to adopt the amendment and debate the bill on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 4412. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Mr. -- House Bill 4412. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4412. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4412, as amended, will require that each retirement system, pension fund, or investment board make its best efforts to ensure that the racial and ethnic makeup of its -- of the system's senior administrative staff represents the racial and ethnic makeup of the system's membership. Instead of it focusing just on SURS, which the original bill did, we have -- the -- after -- the bill, as we -- we amended, applies now to all systems. I know of no opposition and ask for its favorable adoption.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4412 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Aye, 1 voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4412, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Let's turn to the pop -- top of page 8 of your Calendars, House Bills 3rd Reading. With leave of the Body, we'll return to House Bill 4415. House Bill 4420. House Bill 4440. Senator Mulroe. House Bill 4432. Senator -- I'm sorry, House Bill 4442. Senator Lightford. House Bill 4507. House Bill 4573. House Bill 4650. Senator Morrison. Senator Morrison. House Bill 4650? Senator Morrison seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4650 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on 2nd Reading, House Bill 4650. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Morrison.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Morrison, on your amendment.
Mr. President, could we please adopt the amendment and discuss on 3rd?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Morrison moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 4650. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 4650. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4650. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Morrison.
Mr. President, Members of the Senate, this bill expands access to the Prescription Monitoring Program to pharmacists in Medicaid managed care organizations for clinical review purposes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4650 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4650, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4657. Senator Sims. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4657. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims.
Thank you, Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4657 creates the Emotional Intelligence (and Social and Emotional Learning) Task Force to develop curriculum and assessment guidelines on emotional intelligence. What the Task Force will be charged with doing is making sure that we are preparing are young people to develop the soft skills that will - - will prepare them for a life -- or a -- a productive life, whether that be in corporate America -- just as citizens of the State of Illinois. I know of no opposition and ask for its favorable passage.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4657 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4657, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Continuing on the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading, let's turn to House Bill 4706. Senator Manar. House Bill 4742. Senator Link. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4742. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Link.
Thank you, Mr. President. This is the House version of a bill that I had that passed out of here with fifty votes at -- at the end of April. It's the substitute teachers -- implementing a program to allow recruitment for substitute teachers. I know -- I'm more than happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4742 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, 1 voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4742, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4746. Senator Rose. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. Senator Rose seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4746 to the Order 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on 2nd Reading, House Bill 4746. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Rose.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Rose, on your amendment.
Thank you. This amendment offers a couple tweaks to the legislation that passed unanimously early this Session. Like to adopt it here and be happy to answer any questions on 3rd. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Rose moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 4746. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 4746. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4746. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Rose, on your bill.
23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Thank you, Mr. President. This bill is the culmination of some additional tweaks to the -- the bill related to the leak at the Mahomet Aquifer earlier this year. I want to thank my Senate cosponsor, Senator Bennett, whose been a -- a great help throughout on this legislation and be happy to answer any questions about the tweaks, but we want to make sure that were -- have stricter regulations than what the federal government would provide for, making sure that our -- our water is safe and what happened in Champaign County does not happen again. And with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator Cunningham, for what purpose do you rise? Oh! Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4746 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4746, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4751. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4751. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Cunningham.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4751 amends the State Treasurer Act. It contains various changes designed to align 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Illinois law with some recent changes made to the federal tax code. I know of no opposition. Would be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator Rezin, for what purpose… Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4751 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4751, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Rezin, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to be -- I would like the record to reflect, on House Bill 4742, as a Yes vote, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) The record will reflect your intention to have voted Aye. Senator Tracy, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Point of personal privilege, if I may.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Please state your point.
Today I'm joined by Emma Hildebrand of Adams County, Mendon, Illinois. And Emma is going to be a junior at Monmouth College. She's studying political science and history. She served in 2016 as Miss Adams County Fair. She would like to pursue going to law school after she completes her undergraduate degree. I'm happy to announce that she's going to be serving as my intern for the summer 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 and then, also, she's interning -- interning two days a week with the Governor's Office, and she also lifeguards on the weekend. So she has three jobs and I think that's commendable. And so, if you'll join me in welcoming Emma Hildebrand, from Adams County, Illinois, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Emma, welcome to the Illinois State Senate. Senator Althoff, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Please state your point.
Thank you. I too have two guests today with me. I have the Mayor of Fox Lake, home of the very famous Mineola Marina, which was built in 1920 by a group of individuals from Chicago. It's kind of the heart of the Fox Waterway. So he's visiting us today. And I also have a very dear friend, a young man by the name of Anthony Freeland. Anthony goes to Johnsburg High School, home of the Skyhawks, and was very interested in seeing again the working of the Illinois Senate, so he's here's today to have a first -- first up-front view. So can we welcome them both to Springfield, please?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Welcome to the Illinois State Senate. Back to the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading. At the bottom of page 8, we'll find House Bill 4757. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4757. 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Bennett.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4757 is identical to a Senate bill that we passed unanimously two weeks ago that was, shall we say, repurposed in the House. But, essentially what it does is, it -- it takes the money that comes in from the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax and, instead of ending up with administration here in Springfield, it puts it where it needs to be, which are local tourism offices. I know of no opposition. I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4757 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4757, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. On the top of page 9 of your Calendar is House Bill 4765. House Bill 4768. Senator Holmes. Mr. Secretary -- Senator Holmes seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4768 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on 2nd Reading, House Bill 4768. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 3, offered by Senator Holmes. 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Holmes, on your amendment.
The amendment's just a technical amendment that removed a piece of repetitive language.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Holmes moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 3 to House Bill 4768. All those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 4768. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4768. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Holmes.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. Currently, all school board members need to take an oath of office, and House Bill 4768 simply adds six new statements to the oath of office that these school board members in the State of Illinois must take. I'd ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 the question is, shall House Bill 4768 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4768, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4771. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, Senator Mulroe seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4771 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading, House Bill 4771. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Mulroe.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Mulroe, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. I'd ask -- I'd move for its adoption and I'd be happy to explain it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Mulroe moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 to House Bill 4771. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 4771. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 4771. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Mulroe.
Thank you again, Mr. President. Before I get to the details of the bill, I want to just have -- just give credit to other Members of the Senate that have been part of this process - Senator Syverson, Senator Tracy. We've been working for months now to improve the process of applying for Medicaid, currently in the form of two other bills that are pending right now in -- in the other -- at the -- in the other Chamber, Senate Bill 2913 and -- and Senate Bill 2385. What this bill does is address pending applications in Medicaid right now. We have about twelve thousand people that are pending. There's a process under the federal law that requires that application to be done within forty-five days. We're struggling to do it. I also want to compliment the Departments, HD -- HFS, DHS, and Department of {sic} (on) Aging, all collectively in collaborating to try to deal with this. It's a real problem. What this bill does, it -- it attempts to eliminate the pending backlog and establishes guideline for payment of services provided with the -- while the application is pending. It also provides for retroactive payment back to the date the application was submitted. I'm happy to answer any questions. I'd ask for your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator Syverson, for what purpose do you seek recognition? 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill, Senator.
Thank you. Senator, I want to thank you again for your help on this. And as -- as the Senator mentioned, this is the one piece of -- of months of work that will help address what has been ten years of struggling, dealing with this backlog of long term care applications. And this -- this step, this provisional step, which -- really a temporary fix, 'cause once the other fixes are in place that we'll discuss when that bill comes back from the House, once those are in place, this won't be as necessary, but on the short term, this will help address fixing the backlog and help our long term care organizations. There isn't going to be a -- there isn't a cost to implementing this provisional program. There are some concerns with the provisional application with -- which will delay the approval -- or delay getting funds from the federal government, but -- but outside of that, I think this is the right thing to do on a temporary basis. And, again, I appreciate the great work that all the partners put together, with DHS, HFS, all the long term care associations, Senator Mulroe and myself, and -- and others. So, I would encourage a -- a Yes vote on our side as well. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, Senator Mulroe, do you wish to close? Question is, shall House Bill 4771 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4771, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4781. Senator McGuire. House Bill 4790. Senator Koehler. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4790. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4790 states that any State agency that undertakes a landscaping project which requires the use of new or offsite soil that is located within ten miles of an IEPA-permitted compost facility must request a base bid with an alternative for compost-amended soil. Thereafter, the State agency must consider whether the compost-amended soil should be used for that project based upon its costs. The agency must then incorporate the compost-amended soil into a landscaping project if the cost is equal or less than the cost of using new or other offsite soil. The IEPA is required then to maintain a list of all locations of permitted compost facilities in the State and post the list on its website. This bill passed out of the House 107 to 0. It's a good bipartisan bill and I'd ask for your Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 4790 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4790, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4799. Senator Hunter. Senator Hunter seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4799 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on 2nd Reading, House Bill 4799. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Hunter.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Hunter, on your amendment.
Mr. President, I wish to -- I move for the adoption and then I'll explain it on 3.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Hunter moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 4799. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 4799. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 4799. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Hunter.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate {sic} Bill 4799 requires a school district that maintains any grades K through 8 to adopt a policy on educating students on the effective methods of preventing and avoiding traffic injuries related to walking and bicycling, which must be made available to students, grades K through eight. I know of no opposition. I believe the amendment was related to a request from the School Management Alliance to remove language regarding the update policy every two years and that's gone, so I know of no opposition and I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4799 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Aye, 3 voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4799, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4808. Senator Link. House Bill 4811. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4811. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Mulroe.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4811 is a trailer bill to Public Act 100-02 -- 0023. It addresses cleanup for reciprocity issues, timing/mechanic issues, reinsertion of necessary provisions, and elimination of redundancies in law. I ask for your support. I know of no opposition.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator Rose, are you seeking recognition on this bill or… Okay. Thank you. Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 4811 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4811, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4821. Senator Morrison. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4821. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Morrison.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill prohibits insurers from imposing step therapy upon drugs when treating stage 4 cancers 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 unless the use of step therapy is consistent with best practices and supported by peer-reviewed medical literature. I know of no opposition to this bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4821 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, none voting No, 1 voting Present. House Bill 4821, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4822. Senator Rose. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4822. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Rose.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4822 creates the Local Government Electronic Notification Act to allow local governments to establish a process to permit residents to select electronic notification of notices as an alternative to conventional U.S. mail, thus saving our local units of government some money in the process. It's optional for residents. It'd be opt in/opt out system. Be happy to answer any questions. And I believe that there is a question from the esteemed Senator Connelly.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Is there any discussion? Senator Connelly, for what purpose 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. A question of the sponsor for purposes of legislative intent.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) The sponsor indicates that he will yield. Senator Connelly.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Senator Rose, good to see you, Leader. A couple of questions, sir. Senator, does this legislation abrogate any obligation by units of local government or any other governmental entity to publish required public notices in a newspaper as defined by Chapter 715, Section 1 of the Legal Advertising Rate Act?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Rose.
No. Thank you, Leader Connelly. It is not my intent nor does the legislation allow local governments to circumvent the publishing of required public notices as defined by Chapter 715, Section 1 of the Legal Advertising Rate Act. This legislation expressly applies to current and future notification where U.S. mail is required. It is also very nice to see you as well, sir.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Connelly.
To -- to be clear, Leader Rose, this legislation applies only to notices that are required to be sent by U.S. mail by units of local government, including those notices that are not statutorily required? 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Rose.
That is correct, Leader Connelly. This legislation allows units of local government to send electronic notification to citizens who decide to opt in and only for such notices that are statutorily required to be sent by U.S. mail. I hope this concludes the legislative intent portion of the debate.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Connelly.
Leader, one last question. Is there anything in this bill that relates to the Mahomet Aquifer?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Righter has informed me that there are open auditions for the Village Players Theater Company. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4822 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4822, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4843. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4843. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Senator Holmes.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. Surprise, I am bringing forth an animal bill. House Bill 4843 creates the Ivory Ban Act. And under the Act, it's illegal to participate in the commerce of ivory unless it makes up less than twenty percent of certain items and the items meet specific age requirements. And the violation of the Act results in a fine and/or a Class A misdemeanor. There is no opposition. I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4843 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4843, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4846. House Bill 4848. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4848. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Althoff.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 4848 amends the Code of Civil Procedure. It mandates that health care facilities and practitioners must provide a free copy of a homeless 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 veteran's medical records if their records are being requested by either the veteran or an authorized person, entity, or organization, for the purpose of supporting a claim for veterans' disability benefits. Current law requires repayment for that copy and what we'd like to do is provide at least one copy free of charge. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4848 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 40 -- 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4848, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4849. Senator Schimpf. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4849. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Schimpf.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4849 is an initiative of the Department of Military Affairs. It does some statutory cleanup. And it also amends the Military Code of Illinois by providing that all moneys received from the transfer or exchange of any realty under the control of the Department of Military Affairs go to the Illinois National Guard Construction Fund. This was an agreed bill. It went through the House 112 to 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 nothing. I'm happy to answer any questions and I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4849 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4849, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4853. Senator Rezin. Let's turn to the top of page 10 of your printed calendar. House Bill 4855. Senator Muñoz. House Bill 4860. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4860. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Connelly.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4860 simply makes permanent the e-learning pilot program. There are no opponents. There are a lot of proponents. I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4860 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, none voting 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 No, none voting Present. House Bill 4860, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4879. Senator Oberweis. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4879. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Oberweis.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4879 has the support of the Illinois Department on Aging. It's a pretty simple bill that would allow a representative of the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman, rather than only the State Long (Term) Care Ombudsman, to petition the court.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4879 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4879, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we're going to turn back to House Bill 4855. Senator Muñoz does wish to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4855. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Muñoz. SENATOR MUÑOZ: Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. The bill makes multiple changes to Firearms {sic} (Firearm) Owner -- Owners Identification Card. More specifically, it makes the following changes: Amends the definition of a "patient", thereby increasing the number of individual -- individuals who are ineligible to hold a FOID card to include those who have been placed in a mental health facility by way of formal {sic} (informal) admission, a minor admission, an emergency admission, or involuntary admission; two, provides that a renewal application must be approved or denied within sixty business days, if the renewal application was submitted prior to expiration of a current FOID card; three, FOID cards will remain in effect for sixty days after the application renewal; four, allows the suspension of an individual's FOID card if the card is subject to a revocation for a reason that is not grounds for permanent revocation; removes a requirement that the Illinois State Police must send out renewal application -- expiring card holders and it replaces a requirement that the Illinois State Police send out instructions on the renewal. I know of no opposition to the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4855 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4855, having received the 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4882. Senator Martinez. House Bill 4897. Senator Muñoz. House Bill 4907. Senator Syverson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4907. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Syverson.
Thank you, Mr. President. This -- this legislation amends the Illinois Controlled Substance {sic} (Substances) Act. It's initiative of the Dental Society and it -- it's -- involve the -- the -- the PMP program. This bill just ensures that dental staff who do not fit within some of the current categories are still allowed to check the PMP database when they're dealing with their patients. Know of no opposition. We did address this in another bill earlier this year, as part of an omnibus bill that is still held up in the House, and so we'd like to separate that out and deal with this issue only on this legislation. So, happy to answer any questions; otherwise, seek a favorable roll call.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4907 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4907, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 4927. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4927. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Mulroe.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4927 requires the Chicago Public Schools to -- to provide copies of teacher evaluations to the Chicago Teachers Union within seven days after issuing the evaluation. This process is currently required in all other school districts within our State. I'd ask -- happy to answer any questions. Ask for your Aye votes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4927 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. I'm sorry, Senator Weaver. Didn't see you out of the corner there. Senator Weaver, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Just want to kinda think out loud about this bill just a little bit, if I don't mind -- if the presenter would yield for just a moment for a couple questions?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Sponsor indicates that he will yield. Senator Weaver.
Thank you. So, current law is that a teacher's evaluation is done by the school district and that teacher evaluation only goes 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 to the union if the teacher checks a box saying that it can go to the union. Is that correct?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Mulroe.
Thank you, Senator Weaver. That is the case in Chicago, but within every other school district, it does go to their unions. So I know we talked about an opt-out provision. I -- I did talk to the -- the representative from Chicago Public Schools and the Teachers Union. They are happy to consider it, but they prefer to do it in a trailer bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Weaver.
Yeah, great. Thank you very much. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill, Senator.
Thank you. Chicago Public School system's still opposed to this. We understand that other schools do it. I'm going to request an Aye -- a -- a No vote and I would just encourage people to look at this from this perspective, that right now a teacher's evaluated, the teacher may or may not want that evaluation to go to the union. I think the teacher should get to decide that. And at this point, this is going to allow it to go to the union without the teacher's decision. We would like to see that as an opt-out. Until we see that, I would continue to request a No vote on it. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Thank you, Senator. Is there any further discussion? Senator Mulroe, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4927 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 40 voting Aye, 8 voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4927, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4936. Senator Bivins. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. Senator Bivins seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4936 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on 2nd Reading, House Bill 4936. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Bivins.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Bivins.
Thank you, Mr. President. HB 4936 authorizes U.S. Armed Forces mental health professionals to be recognized…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Bivins, is -- on the amendment.
Oh, I'm sorry.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Are you moving for the adoption of the amendment? Senator Bivins moves…
Yes. Yes, please. 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) …for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 4936. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 4936. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4936. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Bivins.
Okay, now we're ready. Thank you, Mr. President. It authorizes U.S. Armed Forces mental health professionals to be recognized under DHS-funded programs under direction of a licensed mental health professional. I know of no opposition. It was on the agreed bill list and I'd appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4936 pass. All those in favor vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4936, having received the 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4944. Senator Tracy. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4944. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Tracy.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4944 amends the Vehicle Code and provides that property-carrying vehicles weighing between ten thousand pounds to twenty-six thousand pounds will be subject to a safety test at an official testing station at least every twelve months. Prior law required six months. And we think this is a -- a more appropriate time period. I know of no opposition and I'd welcome an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4944 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4944, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4965. Senator Hutchinson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4965. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd -- 3rd Reading of the bill. 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. House Bill… House Bill 4965 adds a new provision to the Illinois Public Aid Code. It requires that a family's eligibility for the child care assistance program shall be redetermined no sooner than twelve months following the initial determination or most recent determination. During these twelve-month periods, the family shall remain eligible for child care services. This bill, as we've debated this in committee and as well as we had subsequent conversations about this, should cost no State dollars. We have federal dollars coming specifically for this -- this program that this fits well within. So I'd ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator Syverson, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. Questions of the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Sponsor indicates that she will yield. Senator Syverson.
Senator, as you mentioned, we did talk about this in committee and the concern I think we have on -- on our side and the concern being raised by the administration is that by having redetermination every six months or verifying a household income every six months as opposed to every twelve months, we're able to catch individuals whose income has dramatically changed and the end result of that is -- has been about -- is estimated about a 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 seventy-million-dollar savings by having income verified every six months as opposed to every twelve months. And I know the concern was raised that, oh, it's extra paperwork that the family has to do. But they're already doing it every twelve months, so it's just one extra time, but if that helps with the integrity of the program and it could help free up money that could actually be used to help fund the program, I guess, what is the concern with keeping it at six months as opposed to twelve months?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Hutchinson.
I wouldn't use the word -- well, number one, thank you for raising the point. I need to point out that, in the first year, the cost will be about thirteen million, not seventy million. Secondly, I wouldn't use the word "integrity" of the program as something that we are -- the overarching reasons behind the move from six months to twelve months; it actually goes to stability of the program. In the vast, vast majority of these cases, people lose their -- their eligibility in that -- between that six- to twelve-month period, not for an income that dramatically rises. Nobody's going from eighteen thousand dollars a year to all of a sudden forty thousand dollars a year and -- and losing child care. What's happening is that -- because of the other requirements like school and the work requirements, where sometimes in that income range, you can be -- it can be a little volatile. You want to keep children in the most stable environment we possibly can for as long as we possibly can. The instances of fraud with this are negligible, if at all. So, in this instance, this is a requirement that is required per federal law as it relates to the CCAP program, 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 and it is something that needs to be harmonized so that the State can follow the requirements that are -- that the federal parameters have already laid out for the way CCAP ought be administered in every single state. We had currently been asking for waivers due to cost-containment things in our budget impasse. Those cost- containment things aren't applicable in this situation since we have federal dollars coming to handle exactly this. So I wouldn't use the word "integrity". I would stress the word "stability", which is something that happened when there was essentially a full- frontal assault on the CCAP program during the budget impasse at the beginning.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Syverson.
Thank you. The -- some of the cases you're talking about, where we're talking about stability of -- of -- of some of those minor changes, I think were less of a concern because those individuals would still qualify, but there certainly are instances where people will be graduating and getting a job during that period of time, or people who have been working part-time now have gone into a full-time job, where their pay would have changed significantly enough that it could impact those. I think that's part of the reason for the estimated savings. If there -- if there wasn't an estimated savings, then -- then I would agree with you that if there was no savings, why do it every six months? But clearly there's enough -- they believe there's enough income changes during that period of time that it warrants just having someone redetermine their income. And the federal government obviously has approved this wavier. They've been doing it for a 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 number of years. So, I understand what you're trying to do. I just think that because it -- there's enough of -- a potential savings at a time our budget needs money that, to keep the program strong, families would be willing to justify every six months that their status hasn't changed, as opposed to changing it every twelve months. So I appreciate your time and your conversation on this piece of legislation. Again, on our side, I would urge a -- a No vote due to the -- potential cost for this change. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any other discussion? Seeing none, Senator Hutchinson, to close.
I -- I'd just like to point out that the purpose -- the intent of this is to promote the continuity of care for children and to extend the time period families have access to child care. Continuous child care in a consistent setting is important to children, especially early in life. What we saw in the instability of the program at the beginning, when we were dealing with all of the budget concerns that we were dealing with that lasted and was so very protracted, was that you had people who were turning down raises and turning down promotions for fear of losing their child care eligibility. This income strata -- and, again, this happens more often than not, when you have finished your school but you haven't found a new job, and those are two significant things that are criteria to be eligible in the program in the first place. This is not one of those programs where the check gets cut to the parents. This is a program where the check gets cut to the provider, the one who's caring for these children in this -- in 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 these instances. We have thirty-three thousand people less in child care today as a result of what happened over the last three years. The federal government approved the waiver, in my estimation, because we were dealing with significant and real budgetary issues. We now have a budget. We now have a federal appropriation coming to Illinois. This is a guideline that is established by the federal government and we are the only state in the region that is not complying. So I would ask for an Aye vote, because we need to restore this child care program, this early childhood education program, to the front-burner status that it used to enjoy before we went through so much damage. So with that, thank you for your indulgence. I appreciate debate -- the debate and I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. The question is, shall House Bill 4965 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 39 voting Aye, 15 voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4965, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 4999. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4999. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Anderson.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4999 is a -- a 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 duplication of a bill we passed out of here unanimously. Provides that the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners will hold an annual meeting rather than semiannual. Know of no opposition. I would ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 4999 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 4999, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5000. Senator McConchie. House Bill 5005. Senator McConnaughay. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5005. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator McConnaughay. SENATOR McCONNAUGHAY: Thank you, Mr. President. This legislation is designed to address a problem at the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. This deals with the fact that we are down forty-three teachers across the system of four different facilities. Many may or may not know that we are under a federal consent decree and the Department is required to provide youth with educational services and to be in compliance with that federal consent decree. And although IDJJ is currently meeting most of the court-ordered 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 mandates, they still struggle to provide youth with adequate education. Long delays in the State's hiring system has made it very difficult for IDJJ to be compliant with the federal State decree. So this allows -- this bill allows the -- the expert monitor brought in under the consent decree to identify hiring practice as a barrier and to address it by streamlining the hiring process to reduce delay, allowing IDJJ to verify educator licensure through the State Board's website. And I know of no opposition. I would appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5005 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5005, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5011. Senator Koehler. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5011. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This bill addresses a gap that was created by some legislation that we passed some time ago. It extends the validity of any food service sanitation manager certificate issued by the Department of Public 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Health prior to January 1st of 2018 until the expiration date stated on that certificate. Know of no opposition. Appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5011 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5011, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. On the top of page 11 of your printed Calendar, House Bill 5019. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5019. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Bush.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 5019 clarifies a Section of statute regarding college savings withholdings. Makes a change to involuntarily withholdings. And provides a definition of "veteran" in the Comptroller's Merit Employee {sic} (Employment) Code. This is an initiative of the Comptroller's Office. There's no opposition to the bill. I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Any discussion? 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5019 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5019, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5020. Senator Bennett. House Bill 5021. Senator Tracy. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5021. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Tracy.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5021 addresses a situation and amends the Board of Higher Education Act. And it provides that a public institution of higher education, if it proposes to discontinue operations, it -- it has a procedure to file certain things and -- how to provide for academic records and the like. The Board of Higher Education brought this bill forward, and -- and Representative Pritchard was the sponsor in the House, to address a situation where ITT announced on a Monday that it would close and they scrambled to try to make sure that all the records were properly reserved, the transcripts, and all the kind of procedures that needed to be in place. And so this bill addresses how you take care of situations in the future if such a thing would occur again. So I would invite any questions, but I'd appreciate an Aye vote. 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5021 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5021, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5027. Senator Tracy. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5027. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Tracy.
House Bill 5227 {sic} is a companion bill to one that I previously passed here in the Senate. It's an initiative of the Department of Natural Resources that eliminates the User Advisory Committee that is obsolete, no longer in service. This is, you know, a good business bill -- a good cleanup bill for statutory purposes. And the House passed it out unanimously and I would like to do as well. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. I thought I heard you say House Bill 5227. This is House Bill 5027 that you just presented. Is that correct? Thank you. Is there any discussion? The question is, shall House Bill 5027 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 {sic} (54) voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5027, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5029. Senator Schimpf. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5029. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Schimpf.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5-0-2-9 is an initiative of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The Department initiated the legislation to clarify the definitions of "dog breeder", "cat breeder", "day care operator", updating the Act to reflect current industry practices and reduce confusion. This was an agreed bill. I know of no opposition. I'm also happy to answer any questions and would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5029 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5029, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5031. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 60 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
House Bill 5031. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Althoff.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5031 is identical to Senate Bill 2902, which passed out of these Chambers unanimously. It repeals statutory language for the cross-agency prequalification agreements. It's a requirement that needs to be repealed, as it's in conflict with the legislation that we passed, with the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Again, know of no opposition. Would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5031 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5031, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll return to House Bill 5047. House Bill 5056. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5056. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 61 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Senator Cunningham. Senator Cunningham.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5056 amends the Vehicle Code. It's the Secretary of State's annual omnibus cleanup legislation. It covers various provisions of the Vehicle Code regarding the transfer of title, as well as some license plates and driver's license regulations. I know of no opposition and would appreciate the Body's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5056 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5056, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5057. Senator McConnaughay. Senator McConnaughay seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 5057 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on 2nd Reading, House Bill 5057. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Yes. Floor Amendment 1, offered by Senator McConnaughay.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator McConnaughay, on your amendment. SENATOR McCONNAUGHAY: My amendment on this changes a minor technicality to address an issue raised by State Police. This -- I'm -- I'm -- that's the only change that it makes. 62 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator McConnaughay moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 5057. All in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment's adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading, House Bill 5057. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5057. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator McConnaughay. SENATOR McCONNAUGHAY: Thank you, Mr. President. What this does, it removes the requirement for civilian escort vehicles. Currently, they are required to be passenger car or vehicles of the second division. It also removes the eight-thousand-pound limitation and replaces it with a twenty-six-thousand-pound limitation. In addition, it also addresses an allowance of civilian employees of the State Police to write tickets pertaining to excess size and weight permits. This is an initiative of the State Police and I know of no opposition.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, 63 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 the question is, shall House Bill 5057 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5057, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5069. Senator Nybo. 5069. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill -- 5069. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Nybo.
Mr. President, this is a bill that will repeal the End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act. And we're repealing it because there's new federal regulations that these facilities need to comply with, meaning that this Act has become redundant. There's no longer a need for it. Happy to answer any questions. Would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5069 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting's open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5069, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5077. Senator Righter. House Bill 5104. Senator Sims. Mr. 64 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5104. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims.
Get -- get my microphone together. Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5104 prohibits the Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice from requiring a committed person to pay a copayment when -- for -- but -- for the purposes of receiving medical or dental services. I know of no opposition and ask for a favorable roll call.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Is there any discussion? Senator Syverson, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. Couple questions of the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Sponsor indicates that he'll yield. Senator Syverson.
Senator, the current -- the current plan in place is that the -- that the prisoners would pay a five-dollar copay. Part of that is to, one, teach some responsibility and also help them realize that at some point when they transition out of Corrections that they'll have copays like other -- all other working individuals and -- and taxpayers have. So, in this case, we're eliminating the copay even if they have the resources to be able to do it. 65 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 So, guess my question is, number one is, does current law say that if they don't have the resources in their account that that five dollars is already currently waived for them?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims.
Under current law, if they're -- if they're indigent, they don't have to pay.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Syverson.
So -- and current law also says that workers, as they get a stipend or as they work in prison or as families give them money for their account, they have monies in their account, and so since they do have money in their account, we ask that they pay a simple five-dollar copay towards their care, so, one, they're not abusing it by overutilizing it, but also, again, teaching responsibility. But currently, only those that pay the copay are those that have funds in their account at the prison now. Is that correct?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims.
Senator, yes, that's correct. However, what we've have seen is that many of the -- the incarcerated are making decisions and choosing between their health care and other basic necessities. These are not individuals who are free, who can walk -- who can go and who are employed and when they are doing work and they get more -- more money into their accounts that they can get raises, nor is -- and that's -- also, it is a challenge and a pressure on 66 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 the families who are putting resources into their -- into those accounts. So we -- we -- what -- what this bill would do is effectively allow for and -- allow those individuals and those -- those defendants to make sure that they're making -- that they don't have to make decisions between their basic necessities and their health care. So we -- we -- there -- there shouldn't be a situation where we -- that's one of the reasons why we teach them the -- how to -- how to -- how to be reintegrated into society. That's why we have the transitional centers. That way they can - - before they come back into society, they learn those habits, they learn the -- they learn the ability to go back into society and be full members of society.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Syverson.
I guess the -- the biggest concern I have is, you know, those -- when you talk about having to make choices, the -- the taxpayers, who are paying for them to be in this facility, have to make choices every day themselves and they have to make those same difficult choices, and yet, here, we're turning around and saying, for the taxpayers, you have to make those tough choices, but for -- for those who are in -- in -- in prison, even if they have the resources, you don't have to make that tough choice because we're just going to pay that for you. The reason the copay was small was just, again, to teach some responsibility, but also to stop - - stop anyone from abusing it because they have to make some choices in their care. And so I -- I think we're going down the wrong direction of -- and it's not just the five dollars that -- that helps, again, defray some of the costs of the prison, but the 67 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 fact that, again, teaches responsibility, helps them make choices that they're going to have to make when they get out. And so I - - I think we're going the wrong direction in teaching responsibility and I think, for that reason, I -- I can't support making this -- this change. But thank you for your time on that and thank you for talking about it in committee with us.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Senator Tracy, for what purpose do you rise?
Question of the sponsor, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) The sponsor indicates he will yield. Senator Tracy.
Senator Sims, does this apply to every prisoner regardless of -- of -- of what they may have as far as personal finances?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims.
What -- could you -- could you repeat that question, Senator?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Tracy.
Does this apply to every inmate without regard to what they may have as -- as far as personal finances?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims.
Yes. 68 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Tracy.
Well, in -- in reference to what Senator Syverson was -- was speaking of and then also with my personal experience, when I worked at the Attorney General's Office, one of my obligations was to try to recoup incarceration expenses, because there is a cost of about thirty-seven thousand dollars per inmate, as we know, and it was amazing to find out how many inmates actually do have quite a bit of personal finances. And I found, especially in the -- in the area of white-collar crime, it was amazing. In my short years there, I collected millions of dollars in recoupment for the Department of Corrections. And I -- I think it shouldn't apply to all inmates. You know, it -- I think you should have an ability to pay standard in there, because it was amazing. You know, I had a -- a stockbroker and he was operating several portfolios and he had all kinds of finances. So to provide it free is -- is just not right to the Illinois taxpayers. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Sims, to close.
Thank -- thank you, Mr. President, and a couple points. The -- the stockbroker - that's not the vast majority of the individuals who are incarcerated in the Department of Corrections. Then, also, to one of the -- to the other -- other questions earlier, what we've seen is that inmates are making decisions based on the five dollars and -- when the situation -- the preventative health care decision is being made, then, in turn, the more acute circumstance and situation presents itself, so the Illinois 69 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 taxpayers are on a -- on the -- on the -- on the hook for much more expensive bill once the -- the condition worsens. So, what we're seeing right now, and the Department of Corrections said, they took in about four hundred thousand dollars in -- in copayments previously. So this -- this is -- this is actually a cost-savings measure not a cost -- not a cost to the State because we are making sure that we have the prevention -- preventative services in place on the front end. I -- I thank you, Mr. President, and ask for a favorable roll call.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. The question is, shall House Bill 5104 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 30 voting Aye, 20 voting No, none voting Present. House Bill 5104, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5122. Senator Castro. Senator Muñoz in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) House Bill 5136. Senator Castro. Out of the record. House Bill 5137. Senator McConchie. Out of the record. House Bill 5141. Senator Connelly. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5141. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Connelly.
70 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5141 amends the Currency Exchange Act. It reduces from three years to one year the time in which…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Excuse me, Senator.
Sure.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) This is a recall, Senator. We have to…
Oh, I move to adopt the amendment.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Connelly seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 5141 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 5141. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Yes. Floor Amendment 1, offered by Senator Connelly.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Connelly, on the amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move to adopt the amendment and I'll discuss it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported. 71 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 3rd Reading. On the Order of 3rd Reading, Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5141. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Connelly.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5141 amends the Currency Exchange Act to reduce from three years to one year the time in which IDFPR can turn over unpaid and outstanding money orders to the Treasurer's Office Division of Unclaimed Property as unclaimed property following the closing of a currency exchange. The amendment simply aligns licensee renewal dates to December 1st for certain licensees. I know of no opponents.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5141 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 -- 55 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5141, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we will go back to House Bill 5137. There has been a letter that is filed. Senator Althoff will present the bill on behalf of Senator McConchie. Mr. Secretary, read the bill. 72 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
House Bill 5137. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Althoff.
Thank you very much for the consideration, Mr. President. House Bill 5137 allows TRS and SURS to create an optional defined contribution plan as soon as practical after the effective date of this legislation so that any active members who wish to choose the defined contribution plan can participate in the plan. And under the defined contribution plan, employee and employer contributions are collected into an account that is then invested. TRS currently doesn't offer a defined contribution plan. SURS has a self-manage plan for members who do not want to participate. Both IEA and IFT support this legislation and I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5137 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5137, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5147. Senator Harmon. House Bill 5148. Senator Holmes. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5148. (Secretary reads title of bill) 73 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Holmes.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. House Bill 5148 requires course material and instruction on sex education to include, with an emphasis on the workplace and life on a college campus, discussion on what constitutes sexual consent and what may be considered sexual harassment or sexual assault. This was initiative of a student advisory council to my House Member and this is what the high school students thought would be helpful for them. I'd ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5148 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5148, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5155. Senator Martinez. Out of the record. House Bill 5157. Senator Raoul. We have a letter on file for Senator Mulroe to take the bill -- present the bill, House Bill 5157. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5157. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Mulroe. 74 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5157 would apply after a minor is in the care of a temporary custodian. What it does, it allows the temporary custodian to serve as a surrogate decision maker for the minor in end-of-life decision making if the courts determine by clear and convincing evidence that granting such authority is in the best interests of the child. I know of no opponents. I'd ask for your favorable consideration.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5157 pass. All those will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5157, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Cunningham seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 5175 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 5175. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Yes. Floor Amendment 1, offered by Senator Cunningham.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. The amendment becomes the bill. I move we adopt it and I'll discuss it on 3rd Reading.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 75 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 3rd Reading. On the Order of 3rd Reading, Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5175. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5175 amends the School Code. It removes the provision of the law that allows the State Charter School Commission to undo the decision of school districts when it -- when they decide not to open a charter school in their district. I think this is an important effort to ensure State law respects the will of local school districts and their property taxpayers on this matter. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? Senator Weaver, for what purpose you seek recognition?
I'll just speak to the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill… 76 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) …Senator.
Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. I want people to listen in on this conversation, if you don't mind. It's a very important bill, a bill that's been negotiated over the years. What we're talking about here is charter schools and how there's been a difficulty in getting those to exist in our State. We all believe in local control. We understand the concept of local control, but there's times when special interests can impact what really happens on a local control level and whether or not what we're doing is the best thing for kids. We personally believe -- I personally believe that our charter school system has become a better system since it's controlled more at a State level. I would encourage us to keep that power where that power is now and where that control is now. And I'd be requesting a No vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Righter, for what purpose you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield, please?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates he will yield.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator Cunningham, this -- this idea, the -- the notion that we're not going to allow the State to play a role in this, which they have since 2011, has been around for a couple three years, which would lead the casual observer to 77 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 believe that there's this rash of cases where school boards have made decisions and the State just continues to come in and overturn the locals at every turn. Do you know, of the cases that have been appealed to -- to the -- to State government, how many have been overturned?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham.
Senator, I'm not sure of the exact numbers. I can tell you that it -- it has happened rarely. There -- there's no question about that. If that's the point you're seeking to make, you're right about that, but I think there are bigger principles at -- at -- at play here. Placing a new school, any school district, is a big deal that will potentially drain a lot of property taxes from the existing schools. And I think that's a decision that should just be left to the local school district. So whether it happens once or one hundred times, to me, really isn't important; it's the bigger question here. And the bigger concept is, this is something that I think is best left to the local school boards and the taxpayers who elect those school boards.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Righter.
It's -- it's -- it's interesting you mentioned taxpayers, because not many people are aware the current law requires that at least five percent of the registered voters in the school district sign a petition before the question of whether or not to create a charter school actually can get on the ballot, then requires the voters -- the taxpayers, to whom you referred, to approve that 78 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 before a charter school can be created. So, I mean, we have grassroots activity by requirement of signing the petition; then a majority of the voters have to approve it. It -- is that not the taxpayer involvement and control that you're referring to?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham.
That would be an example. There's another example of taxpayer control and involvement, and that would be, if you're a group of taxpayers in a school district and you'd like a charter school, I would work on getting like-minded people elected to the school board. Every school district except one in this State has an elected school board. I would think that that would be the easiest way to get a charter school placed in your district if you wanted that to happen. And I think that's a proper way for it to occur. And then there -- as you point out, there are two ways. There's the school district can do it or it can be done by referendum. So I think the -- the law gives ample opportunity for people to have charter schools in their district if they want them.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Righter.
…might, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill, Senator.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chamber. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would suggest that House Bill 5175 is a prime example of a solution searching desperately, in a white- 79 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 knuckled fashion, for a problem that does not exist. First of all, in about ten percent of the cases only does the board at the State level overturn the school board's decision? Only one out of ten cases, okay? On the local control issue, I think this is a good time to distinguish between local control as it relates to the taxpayers who are paying for the school district and the locally elected officials who serve on the school board with regard -- with all due regards to those people. You have local control now. Five percent of the registered voters have to sign a petition to even get the question on the ballot and then a majority of the taxpayers in the school district - now think about that - a majority of the taxpayers in the school district have to say, "We want a charter school", before one gets created. The local taxpayers have spoken in this process. They speak in this process. And even when the school board says, "No, we don't want this", only one out of ten cases is State government saying, "No, we're going to have one." There is no problem here. The system is designed for taxpayer input and control. That is what goes on here. This is an attempt to block taxpayers' voices, the people who pay for the school districts, by some school boards who just say, "You know what? We just don't want the competition." This works. This is one thing that works. Let's leave it in place. I would urge a No vote. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator McCarter, for what purpose you seek recognition? SENATOR McCARTER: To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill, Senator. 80 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 SENATOR McCARTER: Ladies and Gentlemen, I was -- I was part of one of the first drafts on this, many years ago, and since it seems that we've done everything we can to erode the -- the freedoms and liberties given to those that -- taxpayers that want charter schools. We always say we like competition. We like it for our kids in sports. We like it in business when we get lower prices, even though sometimes we don't recognize it. And when it comes to schools, we seem to shy away from competition. So here you have the competition, which is meant to and has proven to make our public schools better, being told by their competitors, "You don't get to appeal." The taxpayers who spoke, according to what the pervious speaker just told us how the process goes, are being told, "Our local schools are the local control. Not the taxpayers." And the truth is, the taxpayers have spoken and we have a -- we have a decision to make right now whether we're going to take up for the taxpayers or the local schools. Whether we want competition or we don't want competition. So this is what we're doing with this bill. I -- I encourage you to vote No. The taxpayers are speaking, and truly we should be speaking for them. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. And -- and thank you to all the Members for your questions and your comments. Just want to make a couple basic points here. If this bill becomes law, no charter school is going to close. We're not going to cut off a -- a -- the traditional path for charter schools to be opened. It can be done at the local school district. That's the best place for these 81 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 decisions to be made. Imagine -- I mean, we can all think of -- of different school districts within the districts we represent. Think of a -- a -- a school district that -- maybe it's two elementary schools and there's a proposal to open a third and that school district, the duly elected members of that school board decide they're against it. Then, at some point later -- they vote it down. Then, at some point later, a State agency comes in and puts that school in their district and a third of the property tax dollars collected in that district now go to a school that the elected school board members were affirmatively against. That just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. That's usurping local control to the extreme. So I think this is -- is a very commonsense bill to make sure that local school districts make what, in a lot of ways, is maybe the most important decision they'll make. And I ask for the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) The question is, shall House Bill 5175 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 36 voting Aye, 14 voting Nay, 1 voting Present. House Bill 5175, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Bush, for what purpose you seek recognition?
…President, I should have pressed the button again. I had actually wanted to ask a question on the previous bill, but thank you very much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) House Bill 5176. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, read the 82 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 bill.
House Bill 5176. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Mulroe.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5176 requires that the lender publish public notice of a sale of a judicially foreclosed real estate in Cook County in two separate newspapers. The notice of the sale shall be published first in the legal notice section of one newspaper in the county in which the real estate is located, and the second time, in the real estate section of a different newspaper in the township in which the real estate is located. Currently, Cook County is the only county exempt from these publishing requirements. I'd ask for your Aye votes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? Senator Oberweis, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Question of the sponsor, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates he will yield.
Senator, this seems to me like we're taking a step backwards by requiring this to be published in a newspaper. Could we not go to an online publication and I'd be happy, two, three, four, 83 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 however many you want, as long as we do it online, which would save funds and be a step to the future instead of going backwards?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Mulroe.
Senator Oberweis, that is a very creative response to what's our technology and -- and reacting to technology. So that -- that is a good idea. What we're trying to do here -- it's currently all the other counties are doing it in paper, but we all should move to the online technology because that's the -- the wave of the future. But what this is designed to do is, rather than publishing it twice in a big county, we're doing it once in a big county, but then, in trying to get it more local to where the -- the property is -- the real estate is, to give it to a -- a more local paper where people that are actually going to be affected by the foreclosure will be given a higher level of notice. That's the intent anyway.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) No further discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 5176 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 1 voting Present. House Bill 5176, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5177. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5177. (Secretary reads title of bill) 84 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham.
Thank -- thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5177 amends the Chicago Police Pension Code. What it does is require the pension board to reopen a case that they had decided on several years ago. That case has essentially been reversed by a court decision. This bill would force the police board to reconsider an appeal by some individuals who would like to buy back service time they have with some other law enforcement agencies. I do want to point out that there is opposition. The City of Chicago is opposed to this. They've asked for some language to make sure individuals are -- are correctly buying back time. I've committed to them to work on some sort of trailer legislation that we can maybe have ready for the Veto Session, but, in the meantime, I -- I ask for the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5177 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 1 voting Present. House Bill 5177, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5180. Senator Stadelman. Out of the record. House Bill 5195. Senator Clayborne. Out of the record. Ooh, sorry. Correction. Please read the bill, Mr. Secretary.
85 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 5195. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Majority Leader Clayborne.
Thank you, Member -- Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This bill is trying to address children being able to get to school in a safe and -- a safe manner by allowing school districts to provide adequate transportation to a student who lives within one and a half miles from their school and who has to walk to school in an area within a course of {sic} (or) a pattern of criminal activity. That criminal activity will be determined by the local law enforcement officials. It has passed this Chamber once and I would ask for your favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) There any discussion? Senator Weaver, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
To the bill, please, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill, Senator.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd just like to call people's attention to this bill. There's two things about it. First, it does not include Chicago Public Schools, which, of course, there should be a concern there over the danger of getting back and forth to school. We all understand the goal of what's trying to be accomplished here and I think it's -- it's a good goal and an 86 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 appropriate goal. The problem that I'm concerned with is how the decision's made on what is a -- what is a dangerous area and I just see a problem with regard to how that decision's going to be -- be made. Basically, what will happen here is, a school board in a community will be talking to the police district in the community and those two together can decide to call this a dangerous area and have more dollars come to the community. We have limited amount of transportation dollars. As more dollars can be decided by a local area that they should be getting support, those dollars have to come out of something else. And, of course, we're adding three hundred and fifty million new dollars to education, but that's going into evidence-based model, it's not going to the transportation line item. So those dollars, as they go into these districts, would be pulled out of other districts. So I'm going to be requesting a No vote. And -- and thank you, Mr. -- sponsor, on this.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) No further discussion, Majority Leader, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. Just to the -- to the previous speaker's comment. You know, I -- I think there's a major debate going around on trusting our law enforcement officials, and obviously your comment means that our law enforcement officials are not willing to make a -- a judgment in their own -- based upon the facts and circumstances. But I do believe that law enforcement will give an adequate report and will give a report that reflects the criminal activity that takes place to protect the children in their community. I would ask for your favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 87 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Question is, shall House Bill 5195 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 41 voting Aye, 13 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5195, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5198. Senator McGuire. Senator McGuire. Out of the record. House Bill 5203. Senator Hutchinson. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5203. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. House Bill 5203, also known as Kayla's Law, requires the Illinois State Police and Law Enforcement Training (and) Standards Board to include age sensitive interview techniques in their training curriculum. The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Illinois State Police, and Illinois Sheriffs' Association are all neutral on this bill. It's a sponsor initiative due to an incident that happened in our district and I would appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5203 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted 88 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5203, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll be going to page 7. Leader Brady requests that -- House Bill 4295. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 4295. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Leader Brady.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd ask for your favorable approval. This bill simply puts into the position that State employees will now -- otherwise not needed outside of the Capitol area would be in the Capitol area. I'd ask for your favorable support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 4295 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 4295, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll now proceed back in order. House Bill 5212. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5212. 89 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Althoff.
Thank you -- thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5212 is the Sunrise Review Act. It creates the Illinois Regulatory Sunrise Review Act that will assist Illinois in determining whether there is a public safety and welfare need to regulate by licensure a currently unregulated professional occupation. The Act provides for a process to investigate what level of regulation, if any, is necessary in order to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. This was the result of the National Conference of State Legislatures task force. We had bipartisan, bicameral engagement. It goes on for another two years. And I do believe that there will be some legislative intent. If you'll recall, this legislation is not a mandate. It is permissive. The power and the policy still remains within the Body of the General Assembly with regard to licensure.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) There any discussion? Senator Haine, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Would the sponsor yield for a -- for questions relating to legislative intent?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates she will yield.
Senator, does the Sunrise Review process require an industry 90 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 looking for State regulation to participate in the review process?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Althoff.
No, Senator Haine. The process for licensure and regulated status in Illinois remains exactly the same. The Legislature may still pass legislation requiring regulation for a profession without using the Sunrise Review process. The review is an optional tool for elected Senators and House Members to be more informed as to the health and safety need for the newly regulated profession.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Haine.
Senator Althoff, would you explain the process for a legislator that chooses to use the Sunrise Review process?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Althoff.
Yes, Senator Haine. I'd be happy to do that. A legislator that is approached by an industry looking to be regulated by the State can make a choice between going forward with legislation to regulate the profession, as we currently do, or the legislator could choose to run a resolution requesting an industry be included in the review process. If the resolution passes, then a twelve- month review, or less, of the health and safety aspects of a regulation policy, along with a cost-benefit analysis, is conducted by an independent party, like the University of Illinois or Northern Illinois University or another research institution. 91 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 That review then is made available to the General Assembly and the public after it's been conducted.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Haine.
Senator Althoff, would you tell us how this affects scope expansion or increased regulatory oversight of a currently regulated industry, licensure or registration?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Althoff.
Again, Senator Haine, I'm happy to do that for you. And this is truly the most important portion or part of this legislation. The process today does not change. For example, if a profession would like to increase the continuing education requirements for itself, that request would still need to go through the legislative process and would not be required to use the Sunrise Review process. Current licensed professionals as well as the three professions that are title protective do not need to go through the Sunrise Review at all. Those three title protection professions include surgical assistants, landscape architects, and interior designers. The same legislative process applies to all professions looking to increase regulation status from title protection to full licensure as well, which is what I just basically stated previously.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Haine.
Senator Althoff, does this legislation have anything to do 92 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 with the Sunrise Café on Second Street?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Althoff.
At this particular point in time, no, but one never knows what happens in the General Assembly.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Haine.
Mr. President, I would recommend an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Thank you. Senator Oberweis, for what purpose you seek recognition?
Question of the sponsor, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates she will yield.
Senator Althoff, would you not agree that we are already overregulated in the State of Illinois and this just allows the Legislature one more step of additional regulation of professions in the future?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Althoff.
Senator Oberweis, actually, no. I do believe that the State of Illinois may be overregulated. However, I believe what we are proposing in the Sunrise Review Act or the legislation is a tool. If, in fact, the General Assembly is not certain whether a 93 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 profession should or should not be licensed, this is another avenue we can use to help us make that determination. We, the General Assembly, get to determine whether or not we use that tool.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) No further discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 5212 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, 2 voting Nay, 2 {sic} (0) voting Present. House Bill 5212, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5221. Senator Holmes. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5221. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Holmes.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. House Bill 5221 is a third in a series of bills that we have introduced this Session. It extends benefits under the Public Employee Disability Act to the fifty-eight firefighters who are employed as single-role paramedics. If such an employee is injured in the line of duty, becomes incapable of working, the employee shall continue to be paid on the same basis as before the injury. I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, 94 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 shall House Bill 5221 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, 2 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5221, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5242. Senator Harris. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5242. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Harris.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5242 amends the Brownfields Redevelopment and Intermodal Promotion Act. And I hopefully receive an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5242 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5242, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5245. Senator Morrison. Out of the record. House Bill 5267. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5267. 95 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Bush.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 5267 adds two offenses for which victims are eligible to receive compensation under the Crime Victims Compensation Act: one, posting identifying information on a pornographic website; and, two, revenge porn. I know of no opposition and I would just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5267 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5267, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Bivins seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 5288 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 5288. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Bivins.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Bivins, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to move the amendment.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 96 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Is there any discussion? All those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 3rd Reading. On the Order of 3rd Reading, Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5288. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Bivins.
Thank you, Mr. President. HB 5288 requires DHS to develop and maintain an online registry for recovery residences that operate in Illinois to serve as a referral resource for individuals seeking continued recovery assistance. I know of no opposition. I'd appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? Senator Anderson, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Question -- question to the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates he will yield.
Senator Bivins, is this your last and final bill? 97 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Bivins.
It could be.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Anderson.
It says here that it's individuals transitioning into sober living. After your retirement, is that where you plan on transitioning?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Bivins.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for the question. Let -- let me explain it in -- in terms that a firefighter could understand. Let's say if there was a certain group of Senators that lived in a home called Animal House, which could be considered a recovery center, which probably should be, they would register with DHS voluntarily and be on the online registry.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Any other further discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5288 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5288, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Congratulations, Senator. Short-timer, we're going to miss you. Senator Nybo, for what purpose you seek recognition? 98 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
Thank you, Mr. President. I would just like the record to reflect that it was my intention to vote Yes on House Bill 5175.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) The record will reflect. Senator Rezin, for what purpose you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Purpose of an introduction, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Please proceed, Senator.
Thank you, Mr. President. Today, I'm honored to have Megan Bugg here. Megan was just honored over in the House with a House resolution. Megan, in 2014, was diagnosed with childhood cancer, ARMS for short. She's been going through treatments at Lurie's for several years and now she is trying -- she is -- she's receiving treatment through a research -- a researcher, who is Dr. Waterhouse {sic} (Walterhouse), from Lurie's Children {sic} (Lurie Children's) Hospital. Megan, in the meantime, has been raising funds for childhood cancer and raising the awareness for funding at the federal level for childhood cancer. Locally, she's raised almost eighty thousand dollars to be donated to her doctor, Dr. Waterhouse {sic}, for his research lab. I'm also honored to introduce Megan's dad, who's up in the gallery, Dr. Bugg. Dr. Bugg is a -- Superintendent of Coal City, who we love, and Dr. Bugg's parents, Megan's grandparents, Jim and Sandra, who are here for the resolution in the House. I would ask for a very warm Springfield welcome for Megan Bugg.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 99 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Megan, welcome to the Illinois Senate, and to the rest of your family. Keep up the good work. Thank you. Senator Bush, for what purpose you seek recognition?
Point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Please proceed, Senator.
Thank you so much. I had the opportunity to introduce these amazing young women earlier and we had one of the mom's up there, but we've now been joined by, certainly, Savannah's mom - I believe Michelle is up there - and Savannah's grandfather, Stan Tylman, and you may recognize Stan. Anytime I do any work on the prescription drug monitoring database, he's out there lobbying. He worked in that -- in that arena and is retired and cares enough about it that he comes down and lobbies because he cares. So, anyway, if you'd just welcome them to Springfield.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Will our guests in the gallery please rise? Welcome to the Senate. Senator Nybo, for what purpose you seek recognition?
Mr. President, I apologize. It was actually my intention to vote No on House Bill 5175. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) The record will reflect a No vote…
Yeah. My intention to vote No, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) …on House Bill… 100 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
I have confirmed, yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) …5175. House Bill 5303. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5303. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5303 amends the Counties Code. It makes several changes to the structure of the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. It's a -- the goal behind this bill is to streamline the process there and address a backlog of cases. It often takes two or three years for cases to wind through this system. By agreement, a new proposal is included in this bill to help move that process along. I don't know of any opposition. I'd appreciate the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Stadelman, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Mr. President, question for the sponsor for purposes of legislative intent.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates he will yield.
The question pertains to the intent of the underscored 101 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 proposed language of Section 5/3-2011 pertaining to termination and demotion. Does that language in 5-3-2011 {sic} (5/3-2011) in any way exclude termination and demotion from the language of that Section that permits collective bargaining over matters that are currently the exclusive province of the Merit Board?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Cunningham.
No. The intent of this bill is to automatically allow any length of suspension to be arbitrated without changes to any current collective bargaining agreements, and to allow the parties to modify their collective bargaining agreements, if they so choose, to allow for the arbitration of demotion and discharge. The proposed language of Section 5-3 -- 5/3-2011 is intended to allow the Sheriff to issue any length of suspension without requiring the approval of the Merit Board. Under the old language that is being removed from -- from the law by this bill, the Sheriff currently cannot suspend an employee for more than thirty days without Merit Board approval. Under this bill, suspensions would now be able to go to arbitration and not to the Merit Board. This is without the parties having to negotiate language in their collective bargaining agreements. For terminations and demotions, the proposed added language of Section 5/3-2011 refers to the parties -- refers the parties to the new language of Section 5/3- 2012. So for demotion and termination, unlike suspensions, there would be a requirement for the parties to bargain if they choose to use an arbitration procedure to adjudicate these matters.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) No further discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 5303 102 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5303, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5308. Senator Van Pelt. Out of the record. House Bill 5317. Senator Harris. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5317. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Harris.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5317 increases the valuation on Illinois wildlife that determines what charges are brought and what fees are imposed for illegal taking of wildlife. There is no opposition and I request an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5317 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5317, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5351. Senator Aquino. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
103 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 5351. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Aquino.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5351 provides that if an individual or group policy of insurance provides coverage for telehealth, the policy must provide coverage for licensed dietitian nutritionists and certified diabetes educators to counsel senior diabetes patients in patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment. House Bill 5351 also requires Medicaid to cover these telehealth services. It passed out unanimously out of the House. I know of no opponents and ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5351 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5351, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5481. Senator Aquino. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5481. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 104 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Senator Aquino.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5481 requires all school districts including CPS to report various class size data to the State Board of Education each year and requires ISBE to publish that data on its -- on its, excuse me, website no later than December 1st of each year, beginning December 1st of 2019. The bill also states that it is the goal of the General Assembly to ensure that by 2020 and 2021 school year that a few class size measurements are met. I look forward to take any questions, but I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Any discussion? Senator Weaver, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
I have a couple questions for the sponsor, please, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates he will yield.
Great. Thank you very much. Just a little background first before I do this, Senator Aquino, is that -- just for our side to take a look at this. It's 65-42 {sic} (65-45) coming out of the House and then we did have all No votes in the -- in our committee. We have some concerns on this. I guess just a question I would have for you is, what you're trying to do with this is put on the website what goals are for class size. Is that correct?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Aquino. 105 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
Yes, sir.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver.
We passed the evidence-based model last year. That model has in it class sizes and we fund according to those class sizes. Are those the same class sizes, what your bill has in it, with regard to goal for class sizes?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Aquino.
Thank you for the question. So these class sizes are a little different because the evidence-based model is, as you know, is going to be taking time. This is something for -- hopefully, to come sooner than that, like I said, 2020-2021, and so this is an -- these are aspirational measurements. Simply a goal. They're not -- in no way is the intent of this legislation to supersede the evidence -- evidence-based model, more to -- to sort of support that along, you know. As you know, that there's going to be a professional review panel that is going to be looking this over with the evidence-based model. This can be a statutory guide that they can utilize with this. And then, also, this is -- you know, the -- the intent is also for this information to be published on the report card that is a great tool already in our State.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver.
…that response. I wish I understand {sic} procedure a little 106 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 better, 'cause something just struck me a minute ago, and if I'm going over a line on procedure let me know, but there's some things in the bill that I think need clarification. If you want to put this in the record for legislative intent, I would request that. If you're uncomfortable, then I'm not trying to put you on the spot. It literally just popped into my mind. But, in the bill, it talks about the "goal of the General Assembly", which is what we all believe this is - it's aspirational. But the problem is, in the next three paragraphs after that -- next four paragraphs after that, it doesn't talk about the word "goal" or "aspire" or -- or "guideline". It uses the words "shall not". So it says, class size shall not exceed eighteen students for kindergarten, class size shall not exceed twenty-two students, class size shall not exceed twenty-five students, total caseload shall not exceed a hundred and fifty students. So while we talk about this being aspirational -- and it's on page 3, to help you, there at the very bottom of page 3 under item (e) (1), (2), (3), and (4).
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Aquino.
…Senator, I -- I know exactly where you're talking about actually. Here, I took note of it. So all those things that you said, it's preceded by the stated goal. And so, again, this is aspirational. It is a goal for the General Assembly to -- to -- for the school districts to meet those numbers.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver.
Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. So I'm going to take that, 107 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 that legislative intent on this is a goal, even though there's "shall not" language in it. And if that's incorrect with regard to legislative intent, please clear that up. And if I was inappropriate in that request, I apologize for that. I'll just go to the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill, Senator.
Just a couple of things on this. You know, we worked very hard on the evidence-based model. I think it's something we can all be proud of in this room and -- and just great support across the board in this room. But what we're doing here is we're now - - hopefully cleaned up that this -- is aspirational and not actually a requirement. But our fear is that, when we're talking about what has to happen in local districts, a lot of districts don't have the dollars to actually deal with the concerns that are brought up by this bill. They may be required to purchase temporary classroom structures, et cetera. And we're going to be requesting -- I'm requesting a No vote on this. But I do thank the sponsor for his efforts and I understand what you're trying to accomplish. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) No further discussion, Senator Aquino, to close.
…for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) The question is, shall House Bill 5481 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 108 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Take the record. On that question, there are 36 voting Aye, 14 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5481, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Will all members on the Committee on Assignments please come to the Anteroom immediately? All members on the Committee of {sic} (on) Assignments. (at ease) Senator Link in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Environment and Conservation Committee - Motion to Concur with House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 274; refer to Executive Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 452; refer to Judiciary Committee - Motion to Concur with House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2437 and Motion to Concur with House Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2644; refer to State Government Committee - Motion to Concur with House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2376 and Motion to Concur with House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3072; refer to Transportation Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to House Joint Resolution 110. Signed, Senator James Clayborne, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Page 13 of the printed Calendar. House Bill 5513. Senator Muñoz. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5513. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 109 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Muñoz, on your bill. SENATOR MUÑOZ: Thank you, Mr. President. This creates a scratch-off lottery game for the benefit of the Police Memorial. I know of no opposition and I will attempt to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5513 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 51 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present. House Bill 5513, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Hastings, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. Purpose of an introduction.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point.
In the President's Gallery - if you wouldn't mind, please, standing up and waving - this is Union School District 88 {sic} (81). They're seventh and eighth grade boys and girls from the southwest suburbs, in Joliet-Will County area. They're learning about State government and are about to take their Constitution test here coming up. They're very familiar with the three branches of government, that being the Legislative, the Judicial, and the Executive Branch. And they all know what the best branch of government is, right? Right. Just want to give 'em a warm 110 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Springfield welcome. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to Springfield. Senator Muñoz in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Righter, for what purpose you seek recognition?
Inquiry of the Chair, if I might, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Proceed, Senator.
Thank you, Mr. President. I am -- my inquiry is with regards to the status of House Joint Resolution 1-1-4. To assist you, the resolution renames a roadway in my district after Specialist Fourth Class Michael Flood, who was killed in action in April of 1969 in service to his country in Vietnam. The bill -- the resolution, which passed the House unanimously and passed the House Transportation Committee unanimously, was assigned to the Committee on Assignments twelve Calendar days ago and has not moved since then. So I wonder if you can help me understand, one, the status of the resolution and when I can expect that to move.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Thank you for your inquiry, Senator. It is in Committee on Assignments. We can discuss that with the Chair of the Committee on Assignments to address that, see if we can get that out for you. Senator Righter.
I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understood the response, Mr. President. Is that you having a conversation with the Chairman of the Committee on Assignments or is that me having the conversation 111 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 with the Chairman on the Committee on Assignments? And the reason that I didn't understand that that would be an -- appropriate or, at least, something necessary is because I've noticed there have been other resolutions naming roadways after members of the Armed Forces that have, once they landed in the Committee on Assignments, within a few short days, moved their way right out to the Senate Floor. Seeing that activity, I kind of assumed that if there was such a resolution filed that it would move like that one.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Could have -- could have gotten bottled up. I'm not sure. I just found out about it as you mentioned it. But if you would talk to the Chair and maybe we can get it resolved for you ASAP. Senator Righter.
Based on that, Mr. President, I'd like your counsel. I think, I'm not sure, but I think that there are a number of other resolutions naming roadways after fallen servicemen or perhaps fallen police officers that seem also, maybe, to have been overlooked or bottled up somehow. Would -- do you think it'd be helpful if I gathered the numbers of those resolutions and brought those to the Chairman? And so maybe we could move those all at once?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Yes. We'll now proceed to House Bill 5541. Senator Syverson. Out of the record. House Bill 5561. Senator Weaver. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5561. (Secretary reads title of bill) 112 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver.
Thank you, Mr. President. This legislation provides that a public school student receiving a high school diploma shall have the right to wear a dress military uniform at the student's high school graduation ceremony if the student has completed basic training for and is an active member of a branch of the United States Armed Forces and is also in good standing with his or her branch of the United States Armed Forces. I -- there's no opposition. I'd request an Aye vote on this.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Any discussion? Senator Schimpf, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Sponsor indicates he will yield.
Thank you, Senator Weaver. I want to say thank you for -- for -- for sponsoring this legislation. Just a -- one clarifying question: Does -- does the legislation envision that the -- that the high school graduate would get to wear this uniform instead of the cap and gown or just underneath the cap and gown?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver.
This -- this is a House bill that came over. It's my 113 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 understanding, it's instead of the cap and gown -- cap and gown.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Schimpf.
To the bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill, Senator.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. As -- as somebody that wore the uniform of our country for twenty-four years, I certainly do appreciate the sentiment behind this legislation. The reason I'm aware of the bill is because the Lieutenant Governor's Office came to me and asked me to carry this bill. However, I -- I -- I declined to do so and the reason that I did was, you know, while I think that it's -- you know, I understand the sentiment behind it if we say that somebody is just, at least -- you know, they've signed paperwork enlisting in the Army and -- or the -- the armed services. Why would we -- why would we then say, okay, if we open the door to this, shouldn't somebody that is on the fire department or the police department, shouldn't they also get to wear their uniform? What about the Civil Air Patrol or what about somebody that is an Eagle Scout in the -- you know, that has attained the rank of Eagle Scout? So I think that really this is something where we need to defer to our local high school boards of education. Sometimes -- sometimes I think we forget that we are not a fifty-nine member board of education. This is something that is best left to the -- to the high school superintendents and boards to make the decisions on. So while I do truly appreciate and -- and applaud the -- the 114 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 sentiment behind this bill to recognize our members of the military, I'm going to vote No and I would ask for a No vote as well.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Senator Schimpf, because that's what this Body is all about, is dialogue and thinking about these things. You're thinking deeply about it. We appreciate that. I think that there's a -- unique circumstance with regard to the fact these gentlemen and ladies must have also completed basic training. I think it's, you know, just wonderful for them to get that recognition and also motivate others that may see that happen in the education and graduation environment, to see that occur, and I think it's motivating to people to want to then follow suit. I would still request an Aye vote and believe we have a really good bill here. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Haine, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
…the bill, Mr. President. I agree completely…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill, Senator.
…with Major Schimpf. He's a Colonel. I'm sorry, did I reduce you in rank during this debate? But I agree completely with -- with him and I -- I -- I just think that a university graduation should reflect the traditions and rituals of that venue. We're mixing two different concepts. If we're graduating from West 115 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Point, the Naval Academy, or basic training, or infantry training, our uniform is the uniform of the day. If we're graduating from a university, the uniform of the day, so to speak, to use the military phrase, is the cap and gown. And it's an ancient symbol. It covers all so that all are equal in appearance. Except for various awards and things -- ribbons and things people wear reflecting their doctoral degrees or whatever, that is the uniform of the day for a graduation, for a baccalaureate, and to mix those does a disservice to both the military uniform and the cap and gown. And I would strongly ask for a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. I respect the comments from both the speakers. I just want to go back to, you know, this is -- a VFW brought this bill forward. I think they understand the importance of the military uniform, they understand the importance of a cap and gown. But when we have these young people who, between their junior and senior year, go through basic training, it's something I think of great pride. It's a demonstration of what they want to do for our country. And I think it's a great thing to allow them to have that recognition. The bill did come out of the House a 103 to 0. I would like to see the same type of vote occur here and I'd request an Aye vote. Thank you very much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) The question is, shall House Bill 5561 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 28 voting Yea, 8 116 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5561, having not received the required constitutional majority, is declared failed. Senator Weaver.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd request Postponed Consideration. There's still twenty-three no votes on that and I think those folks, with a few more moments, would have weighed in, so that'd be my request. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Weaver requests that the bill be placed on Postponed Consideration. There being no objection, leave is granted. House Bill 5573. Senator Holmes. Out of the record. House Bill 5588. Senator Lightford. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5588. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Lightford.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This is an initiative of the State Board of Education and it implements changes in accordance with ESSA, the Every Student Exceeds -- Succeeds Act. It was signed into law in December of 2015. It replaced the No Child Left Behind and it's our primary federal law governing public elementary and secondary education. It made a couple changes and making sure that every school district, including CPS, follows the new statutory changes. I'd be happy to answer questions. 117 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5588 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5588, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5597. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5597. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Hutchinson. Proceed, Senator, on the bill.
Oh! Thank you. I was in a -- I'm sorry about that. House Bill 5597 expands custodial sexual misconduct to include law enforcement officers who engage in sexual conduct or sexual penetration with persons in the custody of law enforcement. This is an initiation {sic} of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. I would expect an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Is there any discussion? There being none, the question is, shall House Bill 5597 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5597, having received the required constitutional 118 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5599. Senator Lightford. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5599. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Senator Lightford.
Thank you, Mr. President. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, House Bill 5599 requires the income eligibility threshold for the Child Care Assistance Program for working families with very low incomes must be no less that one hundred and eighty-five percent of the current federal poverty level beginning in fiscal year '19. What we're hoping to do here is to restore the stability and certainty to providers and families by making sure no administration, current or future, has the ability to lower income eligibility by emergency rule. There is no opposition. There's no fiscal note. And there is a number of proponents. I'd be happy to answer questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Any discussion? Senator Righter, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
To speak to the bill, if I might, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) To the bill, Senator.
Thank you very much, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of 119 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 the Senate. I rise in opposition to House Bill 5599. We've never codified in statute this issue. We didn't do it under two previous Democrat Governors before we got to a Republican Governor. The reason that we don't do that is because we have collectively, as an institution, certainly since I've been here, is to allow the administration some measure of flexibility in dealing with their budget issues. I understand that that's exactly what the Senator doesn't want to allow an administration to do and I respect that. At a time when we are fighting hours a day in budget meetings right now to try to close a gap and find a workable balanced budget, to take away latitude from any administration on issues like this, I think is a step backwards. I would urge a No vote. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Further discussion? Senator Lightford, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) The question is, shall House Bill 5599 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 35 voting Aye, 17 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 5599, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5627. Senator Manar. Out of the record. Senator Haine, for what purpose you seek recognition?
A point of historical reference.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 120 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Proceed, Senator.
I want to call the attention of the Senate, Mr. President, to tomorrow's date, May 25th. It precedes a few days from May 30th, which, as we know, was historically the Memorial Day, which began after the Civil War when freed -- freed men placed wreaths on Union graves that were of men who were buried in the South. Tomorrow, Friday, 25th of May, 1865 was the date of the Grand March. The Grand March was the entire armed forces of the North marching past a review by European nations, the President, and Congress. A victory march - the largest march of the United States Army in the history, before or since, of the Republic. I want to call attention to the Body to especially The Army of the West, which was commanded by General William T. Sherman. As Senator Hastings asked me, "And where did he graduate from?" West Point, Senator Hastings. And Sherman, as we know, marched through the South, burned plantations, freed thousands of slaves, and came up through Virginia and North Carolina to box General Lee in, who was butchering his own troops as well as Union troops, trying to escape south to continue the war to keep slavery going. He didn't make it because of Sherman and The Army of the West. I want to note to the Body that my great-grandfather was in that army as a fifteen- year-old enlistee from Wisconsin. I want to conclude by noting that we've had -- we have a debate in the United States today about taking down statues of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the KKK; General Lee; J.E.B. Stuart of the South; Stonewall Jackson; and others. In calling attention to these Union troops who marched on 25 May of 1865, I want to quote the historian, Victor David {sic} (Davis) Hanson. "There is a timeless, absolute difference 121 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 between slavery and freedom, and those who battle for abolition and those who kill to defend slavery are qualitatively different and should {sic} (can) be recognized as such. There would have been a real difference between a Confederate America and a Union America." Sherman -- quotes him, "Sherman's war against property", the destruction of railroads and plantations, is in the context of the question of slavery. And the freedom of all human beings is guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence. So on 25 May, as 30 May, we should remember in our thoughts and prayers those who fought and died for liberty and those men's statues should be abroad in the United States, not the statuary of those who fought for slavery and in treason against the United States. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Thank you, Senator Haine. Senator Lightford, for what purpose you seek recognition?
Point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Please proceed, Senator.
Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I just want to acknowledge the history that Senator Haine constantly shares with us on a regular, and for all of us to note that, when he leaves here, we will be missing a gem, we will be missing a true man that speaks the truth and reminds us of how blessed we really are. And I just want to thank him on today for sharing that knowledge with all of us.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) We'll now go to page 15, House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 122 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 4146. Senator Steans. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 4146. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee -- Committee on (Oversight of) Medicaid Managed Care adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4191. Senator Connelly. Out of the record. House Bill 4310. Senator Cullerton, Tom Cullerton. Out of the… Out of the record. House Bill 4685. Out of the record. House Bill 4332 {sic}. Senator Holmes. House Bill 4932. Senator Holmes. Out of the record. House Bill 5477. Senator Holmes. Out of the record. House Bill 5490. Senator Bivins. Out of the record. House Bill 5553. Senator Hutchinson. Out of the record. Mr. Secretary, Senate Bills 1st Reading.
Senate Bill 3615, offered by Senator Curran. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of the ball -- bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) Will all members, the Committee on Assignments, please come to the President's Anteroom immediately? All members on the Committee of Assignments. (at ease) Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports. 123 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislator -- Legislative Measures have been assigned: Be Approved for Consideration - Senate Joint Resolution 9, Senate Joint Resolution 23, Senate Joint Resolution 56, Senate Joint Resolution 65, House Joint Resolution 93, House Joint Resolution 97, House Joint Resolution 105, House Joint Resolution 114, and House Joint Resolution 47. Signed, Senator James Clayborne, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR MUÑOZ) The Senate will stand in recess to the call of the Chair. After committee meetings, the Senate will reconvene to receive committee reports and House Bills 2nd Reading. The Senate stands in recess. (SENATE STAND IN RECESS/SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) The Senate will come to order. Mr. Secretary, Resolutions.
Senate Resolutions 1787 and 1788, offered by Senator Weaver and all Members. They're both death resolutions, Madam President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Resolution Consent Calendar.
Senate Resolution 1786, offered by Senators Stadelman and Anderson. It is substantive. 124 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Silverstein, Chairperson of the Committee on Local Government, reports Motion to Concur-House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2368 Recommend Do Adopt; and House Bill 5197 Do Pass, as Amended. Senator Sandoval, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation, reports House Bill 5749 Do Pass; House Bills 2040 and 5632 Do Pass, as Amended; House Joint Resolution 110 Be Adopted, as Amended. Senator Harmon, Chairperson of the Committee on Executive, reports Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 203, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 452, and Senate Amendment 3 to House Bill 4897 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Landek, Chairperson of the Committee on State Government, reports Senate Amendment 2 to Senate -- Senate Amendments 2 and 3 to Senate Bill 2365 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Re-refer from Transportation Committee Subcommittee on Special Issues to Transportation Committee - House Bill 5143. Signed, Senator James Clayborne, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Mr. Secretary, Messages from the House.
A Message from the House by Mr. Mapes, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed a bill of the following title, 125 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 4290. Passed the House, May 24th, 2018. Timothy D. Mapes, Clerk of the House.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Mr. Secretary, House Bills 1st Reading.
House Bill 4290, offered by Senator Manar. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Senator Sandoval, for what purpose do you rise?
Madam President, I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 5143 can be heard tomorrow in the Senate Transportation Committee.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Thank you, Senator. Senator Sandoval moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 5143 can be heard tomorrow in the Senate Transportation Committee. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and all notice and posting requirements have been waived. We do need to add an additional committee meeting. It will convene tomorrow. Transportation, at 10 a.m. in Room 212. That's Transportation, tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Room 212. Ladies and Gentlemen, please turn your attention to the Senate Supplemental Calendar No. 1. Senator Nybo, on Senate Bill -- House Bill 2040. The gentleman indicates he wishes to proceed. Please read the bill. 126 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018
House Bill 2040. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Transportation adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 3rd Reading. Senator Althoff, on House Bill 2723. The lady indicates she wishes to proceed. Please read the bill.
House Bill 2723. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 3.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 3rd Reading. Senator Sandoval, on House Bill -- oh, excuse me. Senator McGuire, on House Bill 3142. Senator Sandoval, on House Bill 5197. The gentleman indicates he wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
127 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 House Bill 5197. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Local Government adopted Amendment No. 4.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 3rd Reading. Senator Sandoval, on House Bill 5632. The gentleman indicates he wishes to proceed. Please read the bill.
House Bill 5632. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. Committee on Transportation adopted Amendment No. 2 {sic} (1).
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5749. Senator Fowler. Out of the record. There being no further business to come before the Senate -- I'm sorry, Senator Righter. For what purpose do you rise?
Point of personal privilege, if I might, Madam President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 128 STATE OF ILLINOIS 100th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 130th Legislative Day 5/24/2018 Sure, Senator.
Thank you, Madam President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate who may be present. Earlier today, I rose on a point of personal privilege to make an inquiry about a resolution or set of House joint resolutions that were pending. I learned -- I have learned since then that those issues were being worked on by staffs, both for the Democrats and Republicans, and by Members on both sides of the aisle. And as is sometimes the case with me, I jumped the gun in -- in -- in making a point of it here on the Floor. I wanted to say that publicly, apologize for that, and also thank the Members and the staff, who were working on it, and certainly the Senate President for ensuring that the resolutions made it out on the Floor. Thank you, Madam President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Your welcome, Senator. Your timing is immaculate. There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned until the hour of 10:30 a.m. on the 25th day of May 2018. The Senate stands adjourned. 129