Illinois Senate Floor Debate — May 25, 2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The regular Session of the 102nd General Assembly will please come to order. Will the Members please be at their desks? In place of our invocation, the Senate will observe a moment of silence in respect for all those lost during the pandemic. Please feel free to reflect or pray silently during this, according to your own traditions. (Moment of silence observed) Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Bennett, please lead us in the Pledge.

(Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Bennett)

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) We have requests for videotaping from WGEM and from Blueroomstream. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Mr. Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 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 transcripts.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter moves to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal, pending the arrival of the printed transcripts. There being no objection, so ordered. Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Members of the Senate, please come to the Senate Floor. We're going to be doing House Bills 2nd Reading and House Bills 3rd Reading. So all Members please come to the Senate Floor. We'll go to the Calendar. On page 32, we'll go to the top of the page and we'll go to 2nd Readings. House Bill 88. Senator Van Pelt. Just one second. We got ahead of ourselves. Senator Hunter.

Mr. -- Mr. President, pursuant to Senate Rule 4-1(e), I move that Senators Ellman, Harris, Stewart, Wilcox will be allowed to participate and move -- and vote remotely for today's Session.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senators Ellman, Harris, Stewart, and Wilcox be allowed to participate and vote remotely for the May 25th, 2021 Session Day pursuant to Senate Rule 4-e -- 1(e). All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. In the opinion of the Chair, the Ayes have it. The motion carries, and Senators Ellman, Harris, Stewart, Wilcox are allowed to participate and vote remotely for the May 25th, 2021 Session Day. Now we will go to the top of page 32 and we're going to go to House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 88. Senator Van Pelt. House Bill 275. Senator Feigenholtz. House Bill 417. Senator Martwick. House Bill 2553. Senator Castro. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 2  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3004. Senator Connor. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3161. Senator Villanueva. House Bill 3437. Senator Hastings. House Bill 3496. Senator Villanueva. We're going to go to the top of the Order on House Bills 3rd Reading. We're going to go to page 12. Starting up at the top of the -- middle of the page is Senate -- or House Bill 9. Senator Fine. We are going to go through the Order. We're going to skip those bills that are on the Agreed Bill List. If there are Floor amendments, we will be handling those at the appropriate time. House Bill 12. Senator Villivalam. House Bill 14. Senator Villa. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. I'm -- I'm sorry. That's on the Agreed Bill List. I misread it. My mistake. I just said what we're doing and then I didn't follow it. House Bill 24. Senator Stadelman. House Bill 25. Senator Villanueva. Going to page 13. House Bill 53. Senator Connor. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 3  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 53 is a House Member initiative that requires employers that rely solely on artificial intelligence analysis of a video interview to determine if an applicant will be selected for an in- person video -- or, excuse me, for an in-person interview to collect and report, one, the race and ethnicity of applicants not chosen for an in-person interview and, two, the race and ethnicity of -- applicants hired, and submit an annual report to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. So, as we all know, artificial intelligence has been -- being used more and more in -- in hiring decisions. So what this bill does, it narrowly tailors the bill to require only those companies that rely solely on artificial intelligence analysis of a videotaped interview to provide this information to the Department of Commerce and -- Economic Opportunity so that we can establish whether an artificial intelligence analysis has a racist bias, has any sort of biases built into the system. So I -- at this point, I'm unaware of any opposition and I would urge an Aye vote. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Rose.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he will yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor.

Yes, that -- that is correct. This -- there are companies that use this artificial intelligence analysis in addition to other factors, but some companies have been using just this artificial intelligence analysis and those are the companies that this particular legislation is -- is asking for statistics from.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rose.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor.

5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 So, that -- well, that's the frightening thing, Senator, is that this is -- is -- is that the algorithm that's being utilized, it actually watches the videotaped interview in the same way that facial recognition software and other types of algorithms. It actually knows the race of the person from analyzing the video, from -- you know, from actually gleaning that information from the submitted video.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rose.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor.

So, my understanding is, it -- it -- is that the person who's seeking the job prepares a videotaped interview in which they answer questions that the company wants answered. They then submit that video and this algorithm -- basically watches the video and scores it, and then those scores are used to determine whether or not that applicant gets to an in-person interview or whatever the next step in the hiring process is. So it's -- yeah, we're -- it -- it -- it's a little bit frightening what artificial intelligence is already able to do. So it -- it listens to the person speaking; it can grade the person on how quickly they answer questions, vocabulary depth, all sorts of other, you know, types of indicators that are built into the algorithm. So it utilizes a lot of, you know -- you know, what -- as we talked about, facial recognition, 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 voice recognition, pattern analysis, linguistics. You know, there are -- it's -- it's very, very sophisticated, so…

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rose.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor.

Thank you very much, Senator, for those questions. And although I do share the name with a character that was trying to save the world from technology, that is not the reason that I'm carrying this bill today. So I would ask for an Aye vote. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) He'll yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Go ahead, Senator. He indicates he'll yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor.

There is not, Senator. My understanding is, is the only companies who utilize this analysis solely as -- as an indicator are all large -- these -- they're not small-scale companies, at least as far as I'm aware.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor.

That's correct. I believe the expectation is, is -- is first to analyze, you know, any data that is submitted to see whether there's a problem.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor.

8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 The -- my guess is, is that -- I mean, if -- well, that would not be a good idea, obviously, for them not to self-report, particularly if they ever want to, you know, ask the State for grants or anything like that. Obviously, whether or not they've followed the enforcement of this particular provision could be factored into those decisions. But, you're right. We could follow-up with a trailer bill on -- on an enforcement mechanism. I believe this is an attempt just to get the statistics to see if there's a reason for us to be concerned with this actual process, first.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? If not, Senator Connor, to close.

I'd urge an Aye vote. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 53 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now go to remote voting. Senator Ellman. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 43 Ayes, 11 Nays, none voting Present. And House Bill 53, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll now go to House Bill 56. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bush, to explain your bill.

Thanks very much, Mr. President. So this bill is pretty simple. It's an initiative of a Member of the House. HB 56…

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) It's very hard to hear you, Senator. Could you… Yes. Thank you.

Got to love a mask. Okay. Is -- is that better? Thank you, Mr. President. So, currently, elected county officials, such as sheriffs, treasurers, and clerks, receive payments consisting of salary and benefits directly from the county as well as certain 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 other stipends supplied by the State of Illinois. For example, the Counties Code requires the State to provide a six thousand five hundred annual stipend to county sheriffs in addition to any salary provided. So this would mandate that compensation of county elected officials be fixed by a resolution or ordinance made by either the county board or the board of commissioners, and of course, then that would make it transparent and we would know what kind of stipends our elected officials were getting. Know of no opposition. I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 56 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll go to the remote voters. Senator Ellman. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Yes, Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 56, having received the required constitutional majority, is 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 declared passed. We will go down to House Bill 117. Senator Martwick. House Bill 118. Senator Villa. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villa, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 118 is fairly simple. For employers who act in bad faith and fail to pay their employees compensation to which they've already agreed, this bill increases the damages employees may claim monthly from two percent to five percent, providing more of a disincentive to act in bad faith. This bill also puts the damage amount in line with last year's minimum wage increase, which also increased the damages from two to five percent.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Sally Turner.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Deal with that after this. Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Will the sponsor yield?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Sponsor indicates she'll yield. SENATOR McCLURE: So, Senator, our analysis has a couple of opponents. Do you know, are these opponents still there and who are they?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villa.

I'm -- I'm not sure of the full list, but I do know that the Illinois Chamber of Commerce opposes and I also know that the National Employment Law {sic} (Lawyers) Association is a proponent, along with the Shriver Center, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, and the Illinois Department of Labor.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Senator. Is the National Federation of Independent Businesses also still a -- an opponent? Excuse me.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villa.

I don't have the updated list. I apologize.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Mr. President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Any further discussion? Seeing none, Senator Villa, to close.

I urge an Aye vote. 13  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 118 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll go to remote voting. Senator Ellman. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 40 voting -- Yea, 15 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 118, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to turn the page and go to House Bill 234. I'm sorry. House Bill 214. Senator Feigenholtz. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Feigenholtz, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 214 is a -- an effort for the advanced practice nurses to allow APNs to sign a -- a death certificate. Up until now, it has been simply physicians. This 14  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 is going to help in all of the delays, because physicians are -- of course, especially in downstate, there's a great shortage of them and APRNs are always available for this. I'd appreciate an Aye vote. And any questions, I'm glad to answer.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 214 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Turning to our remote voters. Senator Ellman. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 214, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Sally Turner, you had a point of question?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Record will so reflect your intentions. We'll go to House Bill 226. Senator Belt. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill -- House Bill 226 creates the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act, which prohibits public universities from requiring applicants who are residents of Illinois from submitting only a standardized test score to be admitted to the school after the effective date, January 1st, 2022. Mr. President, I know of no opposition.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 226 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Now we'll go to the remote voting. Senator Ellman. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 45 voting Yea, 9 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 226, having received the required constitutional amendment -- majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 234. Senator Villa. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villa, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. HB 234 is media literacy education in high school for students. This bill would provide students with tools that they need to navigate social media and misinformation. Media literacy education is nonpartisan and apolitical. It will ensure that all students learn twenty-first century literacy skills that they need for health, well-being, and economic success.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 234 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Going to remote voting. Senator Ellman. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) I need to see your picture, Senator.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all 17  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 42 voting Yea, 15 voting Nay, and none voting Present. And House Bill 234, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We will go to House Bill 270. Senator Belt. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 270 requires the Department of Transportation to fund the cost of construction projects on State roadways, including infrastructure for people walking and bicycling, within one mile of a municipality of one thousand people or more with programmed funds that have not been expended in the past five years. House Bill 270 also specifies that a municipality can pass a resolution stating that the pedestrian way does not fit within their development plan.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Bryant.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Sponsor indicates he'll yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt.

No. No, ma'am.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bryant.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt.

These funds are all -- have already been established for the sidewalk projects. It's part of the capital bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bryant.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Senator DeWitte. SENATOR DeWITTE: Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill. SENATOR DeWITTE: Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in support of this legislation. There was a lot of discussion at committee regarding the limitation on population that funds would be available for -- or communities -- funds that would be available to communities. I 19  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 pledge to my colleagues, we're going to continue to work to take that one thousand -- one thousand minimum population number down. There are a lot of smaller communities across this State that I think could take advantage of this legislation. So I urge an Aye vote, but will continue to work with the sponsor to see about eliminating that population limitation on the bill. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Belt, to close.

Thank you, Mr. President. I -- I urge Aye votes. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 270 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We're now going to go to the remote voters. Senator Ellman. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 270, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 310. Senator Belt. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 310 creates the Feminine Hygiene Product {sic} (Products) for the Homeless Act, which provides to ensure that feminine hygiene products be made available for free at all homeless shelters that provide housing assistance to women and/or youth. Mr. President, I know of no opposition to the bill. And I ask for all Aye votes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Syverson.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) He indicates he'll yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt.

No, sir. What it does it's -- it underscores the importance of homeless shelters to provide or make it a priority to purchase feminine -- feminine products for the homeless and/or youth.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Syverson. 21  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt.

No. There -- there's no penalty included in any of the language. There's no enforcement. Really, it boils down to humanity and dignity of -- of -- of people and having the access to have their basic hygiene level met, if so desired.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Syverson.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Belt.

Senator, what it does, again, is underscore the importance of the lack of feminine -- products to homeless women and -- and youth. There is this thing called period poverty that it looks to address, where women are reusing old sanitary napkins, they're -- they're using cardboard, they're using newspaper, they're using bundled tissue to -- to satisfy that -- that basic need that they have, which sets up infection, which sets up emotional issues as well. So all it does, really, is prioritizes shelters to -- if - - if it's in their want to purchase feminine products to allocate -- to distribute to the homeless. 22  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Any further discussion? Senator Belt, to close.

Mr. President, again, I -- I urge Aye votes for this -- for this bill. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 310 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now go to our remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator -- I'm sorry. I need to see you, Senator. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Need to see your face, Senator.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 310, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to House Bill 332. Senator Murphy. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill -- Senate Bill 332 is very similar to -- or House Bill 332 is very similar to Senate Bill 101, and it creates a task force that will study the cost of books for college students. So, there was no opposition in either facility. Although, ISAC -- the -- there is some issues that will be worked on with the implementation of the task force as time goes on through the summer.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Will the sponsor yield?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) She indicates she will yield. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Senator. I'm not on this committee, but our notes 24  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 in our analysis indicate there was a promised Floor amendment before this was brought to a vote. So can you please address that?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy.

…repeat your question. I didn't hear it.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Senator. Sorry. I'm -- I'm not a member of this committee, however our analysis says that there was a promised amendment before this was brought to a vote. So I'm just curious if that's true, number one, and, number two, if that's the case, where is the amendment at?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy.

…Mr. President. There was one amendment brought. There was a promise of continued discussion, and it did not yield any changes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Mr. President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Any further discussion? If not, Senator Murphy, to close.

I just ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 25  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 The question is, shall House Bill 332 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now go to remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 332, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to House Bill 351. Senator Bush. At the top of the page 15, we'll go to House Bill 374. Senator Sims. Senator Sims, on House Bill 374. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims, to explain your bill.

26  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 374 allows for community colleges to develop policies that allow for the creation of affordable housing options for our students. I know of no opposition and ask for any -- ask for a favorable roll call.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Will the -- will the sponsor yield?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Sponsor indicates he'll yield. SENATOR McCLURE: So, my understanding is, this can already be done. So with that being said, what's the purpose of the bill?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims.

Senator McClure, to allow for -- again, as the -- as the policy is -- currently existed, it allows for permissive authority for community colleges to have this policy set in place. So, it -- it currently allows for us to set out in statute that these -- that these policies and programs can be created. So it's -- it allows for clearly delineating that these policies can be done.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Senator, do you have to be a student to access this housing?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims. 27  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

You do.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Mr. President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Any further discussion? Senator Sims, to close.

Thank you, Mr. President. Ask for a favorable roll call.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Question is, shall House Bill 374 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Go to remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Aye.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart. Senator Wilcox. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 374, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll now go to House Bill 376. Senator Villivalam. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 28  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Villivalam, to explain your bill.

Thank you -- thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 376 requires every public elementary and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events and contributions of Asian Americans in Illinois and the U.S. Asian Americans are one of the fastest-growing populations across Illinois, nearly eight hundred thousand people as of 2017. Yet, our stories in history textbooks are nowhere to be found. This legislation -- well, what happens right now is this erases the legacies and contributions of Asian Americans throughout -- throughout our history, leading to a less complete understanding of U.S. history as a whole. This legislation seeks to correct that and I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Will the sponsor yield?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Sponsor indicates he'll yield. SENATOR McCLURE: Senator, thank you for the bill. I do intend to vote for this. However, is there any funding to implement this?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam.

There -- there's not funding specifically tied to this piece of legislation. However, I do believe that this is -- that this is important enough for us to work to include it in our curriculum 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 and I'm happy to work with you on the funding.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Mr. President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam, to close.

Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank all of my colleagues for their outreach and support of this legislation. For those of you that were on the Senate Exec -- Education Committee, you heard a -- a phenomenal young student by the name of Kiana Kenmotsu speak and I just want to read an -- excerpt from her testimony. My -- "my passion was fueled by my anger when the AP U.S. history class did a mock trial my junior year. They put the Japanese internment camps on trial. After days of solid evidence, I was incredulous when classmates staunchly believed that my Korean War veteran grandfather, my -- my 442nd Regiment veteran great -- great-uncle and thousands of innocent Americans were rightfully convicted {sic}. This is not what we should be learning. Our education should teach us from right and wrong through holistic and inclusive history, not re-traumatizing Japanese American students like me." And as was said in the committee, we -- we were on team Kiana then and we're on team Kiana now. And, again, I'd like to thank my colleagues for their support on this. And I ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 376 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all 30  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 voted who wish? We'll now go to our remote voters. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Aye.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 57 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 376, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to House Bill 381. Senator Anderson. House Bill 449. Senator Castro. House Bill 573. Senator Bennett. House Bill 574. Senator Fine. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Fine, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 574 updates the Illinois 31  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Center Act. It updates the Act to direct two dollars from every civil court filing fee to the community dispute resolution fund from the current one dollar. The funding has not been updated since it was originally established in the 1980s. At that time, centers -- centers mediated about seven hundred cases a year. This year centers expect to serve more than two thousand five hundred cases. I know of no opposition and I'd appreciate your support.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 574 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll go to the remote voters. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 58 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 574, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll turn the page and we'll go to House Bill 32  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 641. Senator Villa. Senator Villa, on House Bill 641. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villa, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 641 amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. This bill requires public universities and community college districts to make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in the bathrooms and {sic} (of) facilities or portions of facilities owned or leased by the institution. Period poverty is real, and this bill will be helpful to our students. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the -- I'm sorry. Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) She indicates she will yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villa.

I do not know an estimated cost to this. 33  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villa.

As a person who menstruates, when I go to the bathroom, I -- if I needed a product, I would use it. But I don't think that that would be considered stealing.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Villa, to close.

There's a small coffee shop in my district and - where I -- where I live actually; it's one of the poorest communities that I have the distinct honor to represent - and they don't provide cheap menstrual products; they provide the kind that I personally would go and purchase at the store. They're there, free for the taking. And, you know, that -- that is a coffee shop in a -- in a very low-income neighborhood. They're obviously not afraid of -- of theft of these products, as -- I -- I believe that college students would be able to go in and make that determination if it was a need for them; that they would be able to go in and use the products as necessary. So I urge an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 641 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now return {sic} to the remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes. 35  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 42 voting Yea, 13 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 641, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We will go to House Bill 653. Senator Connor. House Bill 653. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Connor, to explain your bill.

If we could delay this, Mr. President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Out of the record. House Bill 679. Senator Harris. House Bill 709. Senator Villivalam. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 36  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Villivalam, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill -- or, sorry, House Bill 709 amends the Department of Human Services Act. It requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with other State agencies, to conduct a public information campaign to educate immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and other noncitizens residing in Illinois of their rights under the U.S. Constitution and Illinois laws that apply regardless of immigration status. This is an initiative of the -- of the House sponsor and supported by the National Association of Social Workers, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Catholic Conference of Illinois. I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Sponsor indicates he will yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam.

Thank you for the question, Senator. As mentioned earlier, it's an initiative of the sponsor in the House who heard -- who's 37  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 heard from constituents, as have I, on the need to ensure that immigrants know their rights.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam.

I think the goal is to increase public awareness and that's why we engaged with the Department and the Department is supportive of the idea of doing a public information campaign.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam.

It's funded by the Department of Human Services. I can get you the specific amount of funding, but, again, they are -- they are supportive of the legislation and the concept.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill. 38  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Villivalam, to close.

Thank -- thank you, Mr. President. I think it's of utmost importance that we continue to work to raise awareness -- public awareness and do a public information campaign to ensure that immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and other noncitizens residing in Illinois know -- know their rights under the -- U.S. Constitution and Illinois laws regardless of their -- of their immigration status. Again, it's supported by the National Association of Social Workers, the Department itself, and the Catholic Conference of Illinois. And I'd ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) And so the question is, shall House Bill 709 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now go to the remote voters. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Aye. 39  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator -- Senator Stewart, I need to see you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 36 voting Yea, 15 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 709, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. WCIA seeks leave of the Body to record the Session. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. We'll go to the top of the page 17. House Bill 816. Senator Feigenholtz. Go to House Bill 862. Senator Hunter. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter, to explain your bill.

40  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Thank you, Mr. President. House 62 -- 6-8-2 -- 8-6-2 places a cap on -- of seven years after the date of adjudication for an action to collect a debt arising from a -- a violation of a municipal ordinance. And, currently, there is no statute of limitations on lawsuits of this type; whereas, the statute of limitations on debt based on written contracts is ten years and five years. So this one puts a cap up to seven years.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) There any discussion? Senator Van Pelt. Senator Tracy.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) …bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there further discussion? Senator Ellman.

No, sir. Not on this bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Syverson.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) She indicates she'll yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter.

Senator -- Senator Syverson, this bill does not bar a municipality from continuing to collect -- to try to collect on an 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 unpaid debt. All it does is put a seven-year cap. That's all it does. It puts a seven-year cap and it prevents a municipality from going back twenty -- fifteen and twenty years from collecting the debt. That's all this bill does.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Syverson.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter.

They -- they are still held liable for that debt, Senator, whether they…(microphone cutoff)…not.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Syverson.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter. 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

Correct.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Syverson.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) …no further discussion, Senator Hunter, to close.

I would ask for an Aye vote, please.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 862 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We're going to go to our remote voters. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 48 voting Yea, 6 voting Nay, and none voting Present. And House Bill 44  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 862, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Van Pelt, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

Yes. Thank you. I would like to be recorded as a Yes on House Bill 7-0-9.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The record will so reflect your intentions. Senator Ellman.

Thank you, Mr. President. I would like the record to indicate that I am an Aye for House Bill 2-7-0.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The record will so reflect your intentions. We'll go to House Bill 1063. Senator Peters. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1063 is a bipartisan bill that improves HIV treatment. I urge an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 1063 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll go to the remote voting. Senator Ellman.

45  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have all voted who wish? I'm sorry. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 37 voting Yea, 17 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1063, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to House Bill 1162. Senator Crowe. Senator Crowe, on House Bill 1162. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Crowe, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1-1-6-2 amends the required instruction portion of the School Code to include discussion of effective methods for prevention…

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator, can you please get closer to your mic? It's hard to hear.

House Bill 1-1-6-2 amends the required instruction portion of the School Code to include discussion of effective methods for prevention and avoidance of drugs and the dangers of opioids and substance abuse. I know of no opposition and I ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 1162 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll go to the remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all 47  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1162, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to House Bill 1290. Senator Cullerton. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1290 is -- adds the word to -- provides, for the purpose of determining eligibility for veterans benefits available from just this State, when somebody has a dishonorable discharge or a discharge that was other than honorable based solely on their gender identity or their sexual orientation. I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there discussion? Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he will yield. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

Thank you, Senator Wilcox, for the fantastic question. No. The applicant for a State service must bear the responsibility to provide the official documentation to verify that the separation was due to their sexual orientation or gender identity specifically, with no associated misconduct issues. The goal of HB 1290 is to help veterans who received unfair discharge statuses due to their orientation and gender discrimination and allow them to receive State benefits. However, this bill is not intended to help veterans with misconduct-related issues. The -- the unfair discharge status will only be treated as honorable for State benefits if the status was solely related to their orientation or gender identity.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion -- I'm… I'm sorry. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

49  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 That would not be through the State, Senator. It would be an appeal process they could go through through the federal government, not through the State though. The State will not be adjudicating any of these natures.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Cullerton, to close.

First, I'd like to thank my counterpart on the Veterans Affairs for asking the questions, and I compliment the fact he got a haircut. And I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Question is, shall House Bill 1290 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now go to remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Aye.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman.

Oh, my apologies.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) There we go.

…(inaudible)…Aye.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, 3 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1290, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to the bottom of page 17. House Bill 1777. Senator Martwick. We'll turn the page to page 18. At the top of the page, House Bill 1779. Senator Muñoz. House Bill 1785. Senator Joyce. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1785 requires school boards to hold at least three public hearings for the sole purpose 51  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 of discussing the closure of a school building and to receive input from the community, unless the school board {sic} is unsafe, unsanitary, or unfit for occupancy and notice has been served under the condemnation of school buildings code or notice is provided by a licensed entity able to determine the safety of the school building.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he'll yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce.

Senate Bill -- or District 227 was the -- the inspiration of this bill, the closure of -- 227 in Rich Township, the community concerns of lack of adequacy or -- for information to the public, the community concerns dealing with having ample time to review the decision. And this bill allows more time and discussion for such a large community decision.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce.

…the -- the beginning of that question, again, please.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce.

Currently, there's no requirement.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce.

Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Joyce.

The school board.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce.

That's correct.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce.

We're looking for the opportunity for more public input.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Seeing none, Senator Joyce, to close. 54  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

I'm looking for a favorable roll call.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 1785 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Going to our remote voters. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1785, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll go back to House Bill 1779. Senator Muñoz. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Muñoz, to explain your bill. 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 SENATOR MUÑOZ: Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This will expand an appropriate coverage of a biomarker -- biomarker testing for State-regulated public and private insurance plans. It will require group or individual accident and health insurance policies and managed care plans to include coverage for biomarker testing for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of policyholder's condition when the test is supported by a medical and scientific evidence, such as labeled indications for an FDA-approved test or indicated tests for an FDA-approved drug, National Coverage Determinations, and nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines. The importance of this, you know, progress is {sic} improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a person's own genes, proteins, or {sic} prevents diagnosis or treat diseases like cancer. I will attempt to answer any questions.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no -- discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 1779 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now go to our remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 58 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1779, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll go back to page 17. We'll go to House Bill 1777. Senator Martwick. Mr. Secretary, please read the legislation.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Martwick, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House {sic}. House Bill 1777 amends the -- Collateral Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code by requiring the City of Chicago to pay for policeman and fireman injuries that occurred in the line of duty before a determination is made. This is -- the City of Chicago does not participate in a workers' compensation system and so they sort of self-insure and this makes sure that injuries to our -- our first responders are -- that they're notified that they have the right to be covered for these injuries, that the -- assumption is that they were in the line of duty, and if a determination is made later, the City can recoup the costs. I ask 57  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 for -- be happy to answer any questions and ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 1777 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll go to the remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 57 voting Yea, none voting Nay, 1 voting Present. And House Bill 1777, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we're going to go to page 19, down to House Bill 2521. Senator Villivalam. House Bill 2568. Senator Cullerton. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Cullerton, to explain your bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. HB 1850 amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act, extending the deadline from -- for the following dates for the Veterans' Service-Related Aliments Task Force. I know of no opposition. I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Just one second. We're going to back up and try that again. Senator Cullerton, to explain your bill.

Obviously, I grabbed the wrong bill file. I apologize for that, Mr. President. But I can ask for a favorable vote again. HB 2568 requires health insurance plans offered under the Public Safety Employee Benefit {sic} (Benefits) Act for injured police and firefighters. And I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Bush.

Thank you, Mr. President. May I ask some questions for legislative intent of the Senator?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Sponsor indicates he will yield.

Thank you very much. Does the State negotiate health care for all of its employees?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

59  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Yes. The State negotiates health care benefits with the designated union representatives for all State employees represented by a bargaining unit.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bush.

Are those benefits codified in the respective collective bargaining agreements?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

Thank you, Senator. Yes. In each contract, it is made clear what benefits the covered employee shall be granted, the rights and obligations of the group insurance health and life plan applicable to all Illinois State employees, and/or any other benefit fund that may be specifically negotiated with the bargaining unit.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bush.

Thank you, Senator. Does the State ensure the eligible PSEBA recipients continue to have their insurance premiums paid in the event of death or catastrophic injury in the line of duty?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

Thank you, again, for the fabulous question, Senator. Yes. That is provided as part of the benefits under statute and the State's group insurance plans. 60  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bush.

Thank you. Codify, codify. Potayto, potahto. Thank you, Senator.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he will yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

So -- yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

Thank you, Senator, for that fabulous question, and that would be a natural follow-up. So I'm seeing Illinois Municipal League, the Fire Chiefs, and the County {sic} Association.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 61  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

So the original amendment was -- we amended for CMS and actually this -- the original amendment created more opposition. So we removed that amendment and it just -- kept with the same underlying bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Barickman.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Senator Curran.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Sponsor will yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

Senator, could you rephrase that question? I -- I'm trying to understand. Are you saying that if somebody has an Aflac plan, but they're disabled, can they still get an Aflac plan? Is that where you're going?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Curran.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

Correct.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Curran.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cullerton.

So my understanding would be that it would be -- if it's negotiated as part of the contract, it would be part of the contract and part of the collectively bargained issue. If it's, say, just an add-on that a municipality offers but is not necessarily within the scope of a negotiated contract, it would not.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Curran.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Cullerton, to close.

First, I'd like to apologize for starting off with the wrong bill. I definitely apologize for that. Second, I -- I thank all the fantastic questions from across the aisle. And I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So the question is, shall House Bill 2568 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll now go to our remote voters. Senator 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Stewart. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, 1 voting No, 1 voting Present. And House Bill 2568, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to page 20. Middle of the page is House Bill 2790. Senator Aquino. Senator Aquino, on House Bill 2790. Going to go to House Bill 2950. Senator Morrison. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Morrison, to explain your bill.

Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This bill provides that Cook and the collar counties have the ability to utilize their locally assessed motor fuel tax revenues on shared- use paths, such as sidewalks and bike paths. It amends the definition of "highway" to include shared-use paths for nonvehicular (public) travel, sidewalks, and bike paths. Happy to answer questions.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Any discussion? Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: 65  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Will the sponsor yield?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she will yield. Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Senator, so the way I read this, this bill allows for MFT funds also to be used for operating, constructing, improving, and acquiring land for shared-use paths for nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks, and bike paths. So does this divert out of that fund for those purposes?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Morrison.

The fund -- Senator, the funds that are going to be used are locally assessed.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you. I'll take that as a Yes. I urge a No vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Tracy. No further discussion, Senator Morrison, to close.

I guess I would close with just saying that safety improvements are important for everyone and people that use these paths also drive. I would -- it is permissive and has a great deal of local control in it. I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So the question is, shall House Bill 2950 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all 66  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 voted who wish? Going to the remote voters. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart, need to see you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 44 voting Yea, none voting -- 13 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2950, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to turn the page to -- page 21. At the top of the page, House Bill 3099. Senator Hunter. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter, to explain your bill. 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

Thank you, Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the City {sic}. 3099 eliminates the Chicago Board of Education's Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication. Instead, this bill requires the Chicago Board of Education to implement a socio-emotional focused attendance policy that targets the underlining {sic} causes of chronic truancy. I think this would be a great opportunity to try to turn the lives around to {sic} young people and possibly their families as well. And I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing -- is there any discussion? Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank -- thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she will yield. SENATOR McCLURE: Senator, so I guess I'm just sort of confused by this. So all of us want kids to go to school. How is this going to change things -- things for the kids in the affected schools as far as if they're not…

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter. SENATOR McCLURE: …if they're not attending class?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter.

So -- so, Senator, when I say socio-economic {sic}, what I'm talking about is dealing with social issues, emotional issues, 68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 mental health issues, with the parents and/or family members as well as that individual. And we want to make sure that we keep this -- these young people out of the criminal justice system as much as we possibly can. But you don't know what's really going on until you go into the family to find out what's really going on and why are these kids truant.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Thank you, Mr. President. So -- okay. So current truancy officers do that. They go into the -- the homes and they figure this stuff out. What enforcement mechanisms are available for these kids to get them to go to school? And I agree with you, number one, that we want to keep them out of the criminal justice system, we want to do what we can to help them emotionally and to make sure that -- that we can help to do whatever is necessary to get them to start going into school. But if they -- even after these -- these things begin taking place, where we're doing these helpful things, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that if they, at that point, still do not go to school, to force them to go to school?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter.

We're -- we're not trying to force no one to go to school; we're trying to encourage them to go to school. And we're also trying to put together some support systems for these troubled individuals. Most of the time, the teachers and the principals, they identify behavioral disorder problems in the school. It's - 69  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 - they are either identified in the school or they are identified in the community when they're out there disrupting communities. And so -- and I don't know about the schools in your district, but in the City of Chicago, we don't have truant officers in -- at all the schools. We had them when I was a kid growing up. We had 'em at every single school. But, nowadays, they aren't there. So there's nobody that can catch these kids and we need a safety net. So, therefore, rather than being punitive, what we're talking about is putting together that social network and emotional network to address those kinds of issues. And that's what this bill does.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Fair -- fair enough, Senator. I certainly can't speak to what happens in Chicago. I'm only used to what I see around here. But, I guess, really the question is, though, let's say a child in -- in the area where you represent stops going to school. Things are -- things are put in place to try to get them to go to school. They're addressing emotional needs and -- and trying to do what they can. That child still decides not to go to school. What can be done at that point to try to encourage them, with some teeth, to go to school?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter.

Social workers - they've gone to school; they're trained to work with troubled individuals and troubled families. And they've -- they've -- they've gone to school and they've learned all kinds of clinical techniques. Such as myself. I can go in there and I 70  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 can turn a family around. I can turn an individual around.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure, to the bill. SENATOR McCLURE: One more brief question, Mr. President, if I may?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. SENATOR McCLURE: Does this -- there's certain -- there's certain teeth right now that you can do to a student. Does this take those away as far as taking away privileges or something like that, or does this not speak to those at all?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter.

This removes the office of adjudication. You know, when you start talking about taking things away, that's what the parents are -- are supposed to be doing. So you've got to work with the kids. You -- you can't just be punitive all the time. That's not solving the problems; you're only making problems worse. You've got to go where the individual is. Wherever they are, you've got to go there.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure, to the bill. SENATOR McCLURE: To the bill, Mr. President. Thank you. Thank you very much, Senator. I certainly think the intention of the bill is good. I -- and I agree with you that it's really the parent's responsibility to do this. Situations, however, where the parents 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 are not doing their responsibility and the children are still refusing to go to school really concern me. And it's really about the future of the kids. I mean, where do -- you know, they need to -- they need to be able to get an education in order to be successful in this world, get a high school education. And so -- and get -- get -- get, in -- in -- in the lower schools, a -- a good education. So, for those concerns -- I have concerns right now because we have a lot of kids that have not been going to school. They've missed a lot of school over the course of this pandemic unfortunately. I know this bill doesn't affect my district so much, but we're just seeing that all across the nine counties that I represent unfortunately. So -- so, based upon that, we need more tools to make sure kids are going to school and I think this cuts into that. And so, for that, I would urge a No vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Senator Pacione-Zayas.

Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill, please.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.

I'd like to thank the sponsor for introducing this bill. I think something that's really important to understand about education, child development, youth development, everything is based on relationships. If we do not have relationships with children and young people, there is no reason for them to be running to school, especially after the context of what they've experienced this past year under the conditions of the pandemic. 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 And I think the fact that -- yes, we need tools, and these are precisely the tools that the research puts out there to explain that when we take the time to understand the context, the conditions, we then are able to better connect students to resources, remove barriers, and ensure that they actually have the education that they are entitled to. So I would like to urge an Aye vote. And thank you, Leader Hunter, for introducing the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Hunter, to close.

Thank you, Mr. President. This -- this -- this bill will also put in place an intervention service and it'll eliminate the -- the aspects of the notice of possible penalties. It will also create this safety net that our young people need today. There is no safety net and so, therefore, these kids keep getting in trouble and causing all other kinds of -- of disruptions in their lives as well as in the community. So I believe that this is -- this bill will -- will -- will put young people in the right step, and I would ask -- in the right direction as well. And, I would ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So the question is, shall House Bill 3099 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We'll go to the remote voting. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Aye.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ellman votes Yes. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Need to see you, Senator.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 44 voting Yea, 14 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3099, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Will the Committee on Assignments please meet in the Well of the Chamber? Committee on Assignments. Senator Hunter in the Chair.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Senator -- Senator Koehler in the Chair.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Holmes in the Chair. Senator Holmes in the Chair in just a minute. Senator Holmes in the Chair.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Rezin, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) State your point, Senator. 74  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) The record will reflect.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Just as a reminder, the Senate will be voting on the Agreed House Bill List tomorrow. If you need to file a vote intention sheet, you have until 10 a.m. tomorrow to file that with the Secretary's Office. Mr. Secretary, Resolutions.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Resolutions Consent Calendar. With leave of the Body, we are going back to House Bills 2nd Reading. That is on page 32 of your printed Calendar. We're going to start with House Bill 88. Senator Van Pelt. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) 3rd Reading. House Bill 275. Senator Feigenholtz. House Bill 417. Senator Martwick. How do you wish to proceed, Senator? Mr. Secretary, read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) 3rd Reading. Moving on to House Bill 3161. Senator Villanueva. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3401. Senator Castro. House Bill 3437. Senator Hastings. House Bill 3496. Senator Villanueva. Senator Villanueva, on House Bill 3496. Out of the record. 77  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Senator Belt, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

Madam President, I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that Senate Resolution 2-3-2 can be heard today at 1 p.m. in the Senate Education Committee.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Belt moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that Senate Resolution 232 can be heard tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Senate Education Committee. I'm going to correct that. It can be heard today at 1 p.m. in the Education Committee. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and notice and posting requirements have been waived. Senator Castro, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

Purpose of a motion, Madam President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Go ahead, Senator.

I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 1953 can be heard on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Senate Executive Committee.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Castro moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 1953 can be heard Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Senate Executive Committee. All those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and all notice and posting requirements have been waived. Senator Fine, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

78  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Purpose of a motion, please.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Go ahead, Senator Fine.

I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that Senate Resolution 301 and House Bill 3786 can be heard today at 3 p.m. in the Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Fine moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that Senate Resolution 301 can be heard today at 3 p.m. in the Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. Let me go back and also add Senator Fine also, along with that, moves to waive all notice and posting requirements for House Bill 3786. So Senate Resolution 301 and House Bill 3786 can be heard today at 3 p.m. in the Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and all notice and posting requirements have been waived. We are going back to page 5 of the printed Calendar, to Senate Bill 815. Senator Lightford, do you wish to proceed? Senator Lightford seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 815 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 815. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Lightford, to your amendment.

79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Thank you, Madam President. I'd be happy to debate it on 3rd and I ask for its adoption.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading, Senator Lightford.

Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, Senate Amendment {sic} 815…

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Excuse me. Senator Lightford, I did not move that to 3rds. I will move it to 3rds, and now if you'd like to explain your bill.

Thank you, Madam President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Lightford.

Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, Senate Bill 815, as amended, creates the Commission on Equitable Public University Funding Act. The bill provides that, at minimum, the Commission would recommend specific criteria and approaches to the General Assembly to equitably fund public universities in the State, to evaluate the existing funding 80  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 methods. As we were working on the education pillar, we spent a lot of time around the universities and workforce development. And what we found, that there isn't a -- a funding model similar to the K through 12 model that we established in the evidence- based funding. So we knew that we needed to not only provide a model for K through 12, but there needs to be a model for the early childhood level as well as the higher education. And the Governor's Illinois Council on Early Learning had already began in this phase. We also learned that the Department -- the Illinois Board of Higher Education was also working in this space and also a group that the Chicago State University had convened, with their president as the co-chair. So I can explain a little bit more of that, but I did want to just share this portion with you, is that what we did do back when we passed House Bill 2170 is that we did require the university to have course admissions requirements. We're working on ways to just try to help improve students transition from high school to the university level. We also identify more racist conscience and equitable ways to fund higher education, which is what we have right now. What we did back in January was request a -- a study be put together and that we continue to work on it until we can present some suggestions for today. So that group began working back in January and they've been working until now. That group primarily consisted of all of the universities and quite a few of our advocacy groups: The Partnership for College Completion, Advance Illinois, Women Employed, and the Young Invisibles {sic} (Invincibles). We continued to meet over the last four months. But as we were meeting, we were learning all this newfound information at the same time, and so we wanted to make sure that we had a system in 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 place that pretty much could help us get to what -- where the struggles were when we were putting together the K through 12 funding model. And so I'm just hoping that this will be a -- an effort here for us to examine the role as a contributor to systemic racism while recognizing its place in providing opportunity and upward mobility and its role as a powerful actor in dismantling systemic racism. So as we look over the next ten years to create this model, we wanted to make sure that it identified with some of the challenges that many college students face, much different from K through 12. The areas would -- housing and -- and food challenges, and definitely income inequalities. So we want to make sure that this is a board that can work together, bring back some recommendations and findings for the General Assembly, then we can have at least a starting point to work from. So I'd be happy to answer questions, Madam President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Is there any discussion? Senator Barickman, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) To the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Leader Lightford, did you want to respond before I go on to other Members with questions?

Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Madam…

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Go ahead.

…President. I -- I -- I know that wasn't a question, that was a statement of the Senator, and -- and I appreciate his input because he was a Member that also grappled with us trying to come up with a K through 12 funding model. So -- but what I will respond to that -- or I will make this statement, I would, and just say that I'm a first generation graduate student, so there is no way that I would leave out a population that I know so well 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 personally. And then, what we -- what we did was, we included we would remediate inequities and disparities in access, affordability, and completion for underrepresented and historically underserved student groups, including students who are Black, Latinx, from low-income families. The rural and first- generation portion is already embedded in the Illinois Board -- Higher Ed system of what we will be using to model. So it's like our starting point. It's already there. So we're just adding these components to that discussion.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Bryant, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Sponsor indicates she will yield. Go ahead.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Leader Lightford.

Thank you. Senator, I, too, was on that working group and I was proud to start that out with Senator McGuire, so I'm very familiar. I do have right here in my hand the IBHE Strategic Plan, so I'm -- I'm totally sure about where the Department is going. But the concern that we had while we were going through the pillar system to identify with systemic racism, we want to make sure that everything is looked at through an equity lens and that Black and Latinx students be addressed somewhat differently based on the needs of their environment and et cetera. So there is a number of elements that we just want to have included in the discussion. The Director of the Department of -- of the Board of Higher Ed has been a part of all of our conversations, as well as all of our universities. No one's opposed to this legislation. They pretty much crafted the Commission together. We've been working on this for the last four months. And I believe you will find a -- a total inclusion of all voices so that when we get that end result, it will be an example of the true diversity of this State and what the needs are, no matter if you're first generation, if you're rural, if you're from an urban area, if you're Black, if you're Latinx. We just want to make sure that all of those elements are taken into account when we begin to talk about what a funding model should look like. 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Bryant.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Bryant, for what purpose do you seek recognition? Ope! Sorry. Senator Doris Turner. Senator -- Leader Lightford, would you like to close?

I would, Madam President. Thank you so much and thank you for the discussion on this very important issue. You know, our universities were hugely impacted by our previous governor who did 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 not fund them. We were all caught in a budget impasse and the struggles really grew financially, and not only did they impact our system, we began to lose a lot of students to other states. That was the reason why AIM HIGH was created, as an effort to help those students who do do well and want to aim high. I shouldn't say much about that - but I don't see Chapin Rose, so I think I'm safe. But I think that what we don't want to lose sight of is that, since 2018, there was a study that was just released that showed a decline in Black students by thirty percent. So it's an urgency that we try to take a look at what are the challenges that are impacting Black students, Latinx students, students from underrepresented communities, so that we can have a whole workforce, we can make sure that our -- our -- our State is solid moving forward. And I know that the IBHE Strategic Plan hasn't been voted on as of yet. They are convening on June 8th. So they're a week behind our schedule, but they're planning on voting for this initiative on the 8th. Again, it will be our -- our blueprint, if you will, and then the commissioners will build around that blueprint and develop something I think we could all be proud of as a State and bring those back. So those are just recommendations. This is a Commission. So those are just recommendations that will come back in 2023 before the General Assembly in a report format, and then that will be some tools there that the Body can use in developing what you think it ought to be moving forward. That would allow time for that bicameral, bipartisan work group to take those recommendations and have something very solid that they could build upon. I ask for an Aye vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) 87  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 The question is, shall House Bill 815 pass. The question is, shall Senate Bill 815 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Stewart votes No. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Wilcox votes No. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 40 Ayes, 18 Nays, and 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 815, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. To fulfill our responsibilities under Article V, Section 9 of the Constitution, we will now proceed to the Order of Advise and Consent. Senator Murphy.

Madam President, I move that the Senate resolve itself into Executive Session for the purpose of acting on appointments set forth -- on -- No. 1010238.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Murphy moves that the Senate resolve itself into Executive Session for the purpose of acting on the Appointment 88  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 Message just read. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the motion carries. The Senate is resolved into Executive Session. On page 34 of the regular Calendar, Mr. Secretary, please read Appointment Message 101-238.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Murphy.

Mr. -- Madam President, I move that the Senate consent to the nomination.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Is there any discussion? Senator Bryant, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Proceed.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Murphy.

Thank you for that question, Senator. It is the intent of the committee to fulfill our constitutional responsibility and ensure that no member -- appointee is expired within the sixty- day Session Day time frame. And, in the filing of an Appointment Message appointing the same person to the same office and for a term ending on the same date as that of an Appointment Message that was previously filed and later withdrawn shall have the effect of restarting the sixty Session day period within which the Senate must confirm or reject the appointee under Article V, Section 9, subsection (a) to the Illinois Constitution, Senate Rule 10-1, or any applicable law.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Bryant.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Murphy.

So, as the Senator acknowledged, the question is the same and the answer is the same.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Is there further discussion? Senator Plummer, for what reason do you seek recognition?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Sponsor indicates she'll yield.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Is that to the Appointment Message? Let's stick with this Appointment Message, Senator.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) I believe the Message we're looking for is to discuss the 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 following appointment for the member for the Illinois Pollution Board, Cynthia Santos. Can we keep this discussion to Cynthia Santos, please?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Murphy -- any further discussion? Or… Ope.

I -- I move that the Senate consent to the nomination.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) I'm sorry. Senator Martwick, I see that you are seeking recognition.

Thank you, Madam President. To the Appointment. I just wanted to -- I know that the discussion has gotten far afoot, but I just wanted to let the Body know that Cindy Santos has a long history of serving on the Water Reclamation District, is well versed in these issues, and would make an excellent appointment. And I ask the Body to please vote favorably.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Thank you. Senator Murphy, did you wish to close, or shall we move ahead?

No, Madam President. I move that the Senate consent to the nomination.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) The question is, does the Senate consent to the nomination 92  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021 just made. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? We're going to go to our remote Members. Senator Ellman.

Ellman votes Yes.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Ellman votes Yes. Senator Harris. Senator Stewart.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Stewart votes Yes. Senator Wilcox.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Wilcox votes Yes. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 58 Ayes, 0 Nays, and 0 voting Present. A majority of the Senators elected concurring by record vote, the Senate does consent to the nomination. Senator Murphy.

Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I move the Senate arise from Executive Session.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HOLMES) Senator Murphy moves that the Senate arise from Executive Session. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the motion carries. The Senate has arisen from Executive Session. There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned until 10 a.m. on the 26th day of May 2021. The Senate stands adjourned. 93  STATE OF ILLINOIS 102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/25/2021