FPRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The regular Session of the 103rd General Assembly will please come to order. Will Members be -- please be at their desks? The invocation today will be given by Chaplain, Major Chase Wilhelm, United States Army Reserves. Major.
MAJOR CHASE WILHELM: (Invocation)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Please remain standing. Senator Johnson, please lead us in the Pledge.
SENATOR JOHNSON: (Pledge of Allegiance)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Blueroomstream seeks leave of the Body to video stream. State Journal-Register seeks leave of the Body to photo. Seeing no objection. Leave is granted. Senator Turner, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to ask the Body -- Chase is a friend and a constituent, and he is getting ready to go on a rather long deployment. He's been deployed before, but this time it's a little bit different. He's leaving behind a wife and almost one year old baby girl. So, I would ask the Body to please keep him and his family in their prayers.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Thank you, Senator. Major, Godspeed to you. Mr. Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
Senate Journal of Wednesday, May 10th, 2023.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter. 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Mr. President, I move to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal just read by the Secretary, pending arrival of printed transcripts.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter moves to postpone reading of the approval of the Journal, pending the arrival of the printed transcripts. There being no objection, so ordered. Mr. Secretary, Resolution.
Senate Resolution 282, offered by Senator Doris Turner {sic} (Sally Turner) and all Members. And Senate Resolution 283, offered by Senator Preston and all Members. They are both celebration of life resolutions, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Resolutions Consent Calendar. Mr. Secretary, Introduction and Reading of Senate Bills for the first time.
Senate Bill 2579, offered by Senator Cunningham, an Act concerning local government. Senate Bill 2580, offered by Senator Cervantes, an Act concerning appropriations. 1st Reading of the bills.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Everyone within the sound of my voice, please come to the Senate Floor. We're going to be doing the Agreed Bill List first off, we're going to be doing the approval of the Legislative Inspector General. We'll be going to 3rd Readings on Senate Bills and House Bills, so please come to the Senate Floor. Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Turner, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, reports House Bills 2317 and 3086 Do Pass; Senate Amendment 2 to House Bill 3677 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Morrison, Chair of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, reports Senate Amendment 3 to House Bill 925 and Senate Amendment 2 to House Bill 2500 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Stadelman, Chair of the Committee on Energy and Public Utilities, reports Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1160, Senate Amendment 2 to House Bill 3702 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Ellman, Chair of the Committee on Environment and Conservation, report Senate Bills -- Senate Bill 2357 Do Pass, as Amended; Senate Resolution 129, Be Adopted; House Bill 3508 Do Pass, as Amended; and Senate Amendment 2 to House Bill 3095 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Simmons, Chair of the Committee on Human Rights, reports House Joint Resolution 18 Be Adopted.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, Messages from the House.
A Message from the House by Mr. Hollman, Clerk. Mr. President, I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate in the passage of the bill of the following title, to wit: Senate Bill 1993. Together with the following amendment which is attached to the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1993. We have received like Messages on Senate Bill 1994 with House Amendment 1. Passed the House, as Amended, May 10th, 2023. John W. Hollman, Clerk of the House. A Message from the House by Mr. Hollman, Clerk. Mr. President, I have directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed a bill of the following title and the 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate to wit: House Bill 579, passed the House on May 10th, 2023. John W. Hollman, Clerk of the House. A Message from the House by Mr. Hollman, Clerk. Mr. President, I am directed to inform the Senate the House of Representatives passed bills of the following titles, the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 218. We have received like Messages on House Bill 3326, passed the House May 11th, 2023. John W. Hollman, Clerk of the House.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, House Bills 1st Reading.
House Bill 218, offered by President Harmon, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 579, offered by President Harmon, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3326, offered by Senator Feigenholtz, an Act concerning transportation. 1st Reading of the bills.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 284, offered by Senator Doris Turner and all Members. It is a celebration of life resolution, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Resolutions Consent Calendar. Senator McClure, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
For an introduction.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Please state your introduction. 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
So, Members of the Senate, I know that all of you spend a lot of time in Springfield and so Springfield is very important. Not only is our State Capitol, but because we all spend a lot of time here, obviously Senator Doris Turner and I spend more time than every -- everyone else because of the fact that we live here. But today, I am honored to be with our new Mayor, Misty Buscher. She is just the second female mayor in the history of Springfield. And I think, I know I speak for all of us and all of our staffs when I say that we are rooting for you to be successful, and we care about this City, and we're excited about what is to come. So, thank you very much for being here. And please welcome, Mayor Buscher, to the Senate.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Welcome -- Welcome to the Senate, Mayor. Senator DeWitte, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. For the purposes of an introduction, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Please state your introduction.
Thank you very much, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, it's my pleasure to also join some municipal oriented visitors, as well, this morning. Joining me on the Floor this morning from the City of Saint Charles, former Alderman, Rita Payleitner, who last Monday night wrapped up a 12-year career representing her constituents in the City of Saint Charles. And Rita is accompanied by her husband, Jay Payleitner, who is actually 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 an accomplished writer. He has published over 40 books and did spend some time on the Amazon bestsellers list for a number of weeks. So, I would ask you all to join me in a warm Illinois Senate welcome to Alderman Rita and Mr. Jay Payleitner. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Welcome to the Senate. We're going to go to page 20. We're going to start with House Bills 2nd Reading. We're going to go to the top of the Order of House Bill 779, Senator Sims. House Bill 1076, Senator Plummer. House Bill 1109, Senator Gillespie. House Bill 1111. House Bill 1133, Senator Belt. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1133, an Act concerning education. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 1199. Let's go to the top of page 21 House Bill 1342, Senator Villivalam. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1342, an Act concerning local government. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 2.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 1399, Senator Preston. House Bill 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 1440. House Bill 2054, Senator Johnson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2054, an Act concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on State Government adopted Amendments 1 and 2.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 2098, Senator Sims. House Bill 2204, Senator Cunningham. House Bill 2269, Senator Ellman. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2269, an Act concerning civil law. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 2352, Senator Martwick. House Bill 2365, Senator Villa. House Bill 2392, Senator -- Leader Lightford. House Bill 2502, Senator Castro. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2502, an Act concerning liquor. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration? 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 2507, Senator Cunningham. House Bill 2539, Senator Villa. House Bill 2579, Senator DeWitte. Senator DeWitte. House Bill 2579. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2579, an Act concerning revenue. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 2862, Senator Peters. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2560 -- 2862, an Act concerning regulation. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go to the next page, page 22. The top of the page, House Bill 3144. House Bill 3345, Senator Preston. House Bill 3428, Senator Glowiak Hilton. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3428, an Act concerning education. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Education adopted Amendment No. 1. 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Skip down to House Bill 3600, Senator Loughran Cappel. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3600, an Act concerning education. 2nd Reading of the bill. Committee on Education adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3779, Senator Ventura. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3779, an Act concerning criminal law. 2nd Reading of the bill. Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 3rd Reading. House Bill 3892, Senator Doris Turner. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3892, an Act concerning State government. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on State Government, Nope! No amendments. No amendments filed.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go back and pick up some that have just come in on page 20. House Bill 1109, Senator Gillespie. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1109, an Act concerning revenue. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to page 21 at the top of the Calendar. House Bill 30 -- 1399, Senator Preston. Senator Preston, on your bill 1399. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1399, an Act concerning criminal law. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Same page we're going to go to House Bill 2352, Senator Martwick. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2352, an Act concerning public employee benefits. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go to House Bill 2365, Senator Villa. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2365, an Act concerning regulations. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Licensed Activities adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go to House Bill 2539, Senator Villa. Senator Villa. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2539, an Act concerning revenue. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. On page 22, we have Senator Preston on House Bill 3345. Senator Preston, on House Bill 3345. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3345, an Act concerning State government. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on -- the Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety adopted Amendment No. 1. 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Let's go back to page 21. We're going to go to House Bill 2204, Senator Cunningham. Out of the record. We're going to go to House Bill 2507, Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2507, an Act concerning revenue. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go back up to House Bill 2204. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2204, an Act concerning State government. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go back to page 21 -- 21. House Bill 2392, Leader Lightford. Leader Lightford, on 2392. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2392, an Act concerning education. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Education adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration? 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. As previously announced, with leave of the Body, we will now proceed to the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading Agreed Bill -- House Bill List. Please turn to page 14, on the regular Calendar. The Order of House Bills 3rd Reading Agreed House Bills List. Mr. Secretary, please read the bills on the agreed list for the 3rd time.
House Bill 42, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 47, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1117, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1121, an Act concerning health. House Bill 1153, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1156, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1186, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1384, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1434, an Act concerning courts. House Bill 1465, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 1555, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 1558, an Act concerning State government. House Bill 1561, an Act concerning education. House Bill 1566, an Act concerning finance. House Bill 1615, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 1625, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1635, an Act concerning property. House Bill 1727, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 1865, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 1920, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2033, an Act concerning finance. House Bill 2057, an Act concerning public employee benefits. House Bill 2076, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2091, an Act concerning State government. House Bill 2094, an Act concerning business. 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 House Bill 2097, an Act concerning property. House Bill 2100, an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2102, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2130, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2156, an Act concerning education. House Bill 2160, an Act concerning education. House Bill 2188, an Act concerning the fraud. House Bill 2192, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 2207, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2219, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 2224, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2238, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2258, an Act concerning safety. House Bill 2267, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2274, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2277, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2289, an Act to revise the law by combining multiple enact-- enactments and making technical corrections. House Bill 2308, an Act concerning safety. House Bill 2325, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2338, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2442, an Act concerning education. House Bill 2503, an Act concerning education. House Bill 2519, an Act concerning health. House Bill 2582, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2584, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 2607, an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 2619, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 2631 {sic} (2621), an Act concerning State government. House Bill 2622, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 2624, an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2717, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2776, an Act concerning safety. House Bill 2788, an Act concerning safety. House Bill 2799, an Act concerning insurance. House Bill 2800, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 2827, an Act concerning health. House Bill 2841, an Act concerning health. House Bill 2855, an Act concerning 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 health. House Bill 2861, an Act concerning courts. House Bill 2879, an Act concerning hunger relief. House Bill 2901, an Act concerning safety. House Bill 2963, an Act concerning conservation. House Bill 2972, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 3030, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3060, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3071, an Act concerning education. House Bill 3087, an Act concerning animals. House Bill 3097, an Act concerning safety. House Bill 3103, an Act concerning civil law. House Bill 3109, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3133, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 3161, an Act concerning public employee benefits. House Bill 3172, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3202, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3206, an Act concerning State government. House Bill 3224, an Act concerning education. House Bill 3230, an Act concerning mental health. House Bill 3277, an Act concerning safety. House Bill 3289, an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 3304, an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 3340, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 3405, an Act concerning State government. House Bill 3406, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 3559, an Act concerning education. House Bill 3578, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 3613, an Act concerning education. House Bill 3631, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3680, an Act concerning education. House Bill 3722, an Act concerning local government. House Bill 3747, an Act concerning transportation. House Bill 3755, an Act concerning criminal law. House Bill 3760, an Act concerning education. House Bill 3775, an Act concerning business. House Bill 3809, an Act concerning regulation. House Bill 3819, an Act concerning government. House Bill 3876, an Act concerning transportation. And House Bill 3890, an Act concerning 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 regulation. 3rd Reading of the bills.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The next roll call will be the final passage of the House Bills just read by the Secretary. The question is, shall the House Bills on the Order of the House Bills 3rd Reading Agreed House Bill list pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? We have one problem with Senator Bennett. Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting, Nay, none voting Present. And for those filed voting intention slips with the Secretary of the Senate to declare his or her intent to vote no, present or abstain the record will appropriately reflect the Senators voting intention. This series of House Bills, having received their constitutional majority, by recorded vote, is declared passed. The record for each vote shall be entered into the Journal separately. We're going to go to page 2 in the Calendar. We're going to start with Senate Bills 3rd Reading. Senator Murphy. Senator Murphy, on Senate Bill 90. Senator Murphy seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 90 to the Order of 2nd Reading. My mistake. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 90, an Act concerning education. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen. Senate Bill 90 is a reflection of years of work and diligent, painstaking 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 parchment of words of the Human Rights Act. But what it does is it creates a policy that prohibits discrimination and harassment against a person based on race, color, or national origin. And it prohibits retaliation. It would be impactful to school districts, charter schools, nonpublic nonsectarian elementary or secondary schools that would create this policy. It revises the Human Rights Act so that it can accommodate the new policy. It has had input from ISBE, and I think every other person involved in the educational sector, and I'm happy to answer any questions. It's - - it's a bill that we really need to ensure we can first start to identify racism, define it, collect data, and then correct the behavior. I'm happy to entertain any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McConchie.
Question of the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) She indicates she will yield.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Leader, for the work that you've done in regard to bringing this forward. I do have a question that has been asked for the purposes of legislative intent to understand the how -- how this is expected to be applied in situations particularly those of elementary, secondary and higher education, religious institutions or sectarian institutions and their representatives.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy.
17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Thank you, Senator, for that question. And as part of our discussions, we have removed any religious schools from this at this point. We're going to work with them in the summer. But we think that page 53, explicitly states that. But just to ensure there's no misunderstanding the modification of the declaration of policy in the Illinois Human Rights Act, Section 1-102, to include elementary, secondary and higher education is not intended to diminish the constitutional rights, including free speech and free exercise of religion that are enjoyed in these educational areas by sectarian -- sectarian institutions and their representatives. The exemption of sectarian institutions and their representatives from the provisions added as Article 5(a), (c), (d), and (e) is likewise intended to protect their constitutional rights.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McConchie.
Thank you very much for -- for stating that. I know that that goes a long way to assuaging the concerns of those institutions. And so, I appreciate that, and I'll be voting Yes. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there further discussion? Seeing none. Senator Murphy, to close.
Mr. President, I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So, the question is, shall Senate Bill 90 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 90, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go over to page 4, towards the bottom is Senate Bill 851. Senator Ventura seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 851 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now, on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 851. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Ventura.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator, on your amendment.
Yes, I ask to please adopt, and I will explain on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, say Nay. Ayes have it, the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is Senate Bill 851. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 851, an Act concerning State government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura, on your bill.
19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Floor Amendment 2 to SB 851 replaces all and becomes the bill. The amendment requires that the Broadband Advisory Council, with the support of the Office of Broadband at the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to conduct a feasibility study regarding connecting all remaining anchor institutions such as our public libraries, our school districts, and the correctional facilities to the ICN network, Illinois Century Network. The study must offer recommendations based on the results of the study, as well as, options for expansions based on the goal of connecting all public schools, public libraries, and State-owned correction facilities to the Illinois Century Network by January 1st of 2030. The Council must issue a report of its findings by January 1st, 2024, and I ask for an Aye vote. I'm happy to take questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall Senate Bill 851 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 851, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to the next page. Top of the page is Senate Bill 895, Senator Halpin. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. Senator Halpin seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 895 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now, on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 895. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Halpin. 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Halpin, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Amendment -- Floor Amendment 4 removes opposition from the County engineers. I would ask to adopt it and debate the bill on…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) We're on No. 1. We're on Amendment No. 1. Just adopt 1?
Mr. President, I move to withdraw Floor Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Halpin.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Halpin.
I would move to withdraw Senate Floor Amendment No. 2.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 3, offered by Senator Halpin.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Halpin.
I would move to withdraw Senate Floor Amendment No. 3.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 4, offered by Senator Halpin.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Halpin.
Mr. President, this one I would like to adopt and debate on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now, on the Order of 3rd Reading is Senate Bill 895. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 895, an Act concerning transportation. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Halpin, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 to Senate Bill 895 is the result of many negotiations with interested stakeholders to resolve an issue to prevent certain units of local government from acting as a contractor for other public bodies when it comes to road construction. As initially filed, there was 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 some opposition from local governments, park districts, townships and counties. But as I mentioned in adopting the amendment, those parties have come to an agreement and this bill is reflective of that. I will answer any questions with gritted teeth, and I would ask for a Yes vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall Senate Bill 895 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 48 voting Yea, 8 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House -- and Senate Bill 895, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to the top of page 6, Senate Bill 1071. Senator Rezin seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1071 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now, on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1071. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Rezin.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rezin, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to adopt Floor Amendment No. 2, please. So, I ask to adopt. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) You want to withdraw a Floor Amendment No. 1?
1, thank you, Mr. President. 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? Senator, could you repeat again what would you like to do with Floor Amendment No. 1?
I would like to withdraw Floor Amendment No. 1, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Rezin.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rezin, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 1071 amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) This is on the amendment? Wish to adopt the amendment?
I would like to adopt the amendment. And no, this is not my first year. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is Senate Bill 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 1071. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 1071, an Act concerning government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rezin, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 1071 amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. It prohibits credit rate -- or credit reporting agencies from sharing consumer information with third parties when that information was obtained from a mortgage or auto loan application, unless the consumer opts in to allow it. This is an initiative of a constituent that I had in my district, and I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall Senate Bill 1071 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1071, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go right to the next one. Senate Bill 1072 -- or Rezin seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1072 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1072. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Rezin.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Rezin, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 1072 -- I'd like to adopt the amendment, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is Senate Bill 1072. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 1072, an Act concerning government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rezin, on your bill.
Again, thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 1072 designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the official State symbol of concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of service and their families. The Honor and Remember Flag began after Corporal George "Tony" Lutz the II was killed on December 29th, 2005, while on patrol in Fallujah, Iraq. His family and friends like so many others before and after them were left in utter shock, emotional agony, and overwhelming loss upon receiving news of Tony's death. In the years 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 that followed Tony's (father) {sic} death, George, visited with other Gold Star families who have lost loved ones in Iraq. Meeting with the other Gold Star Family Members brought a sense of commonality because only these individuals truly know what it's like to have one of their loved ones lost and pay the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation and our freedoms. While building this unique fellowship, George noticed that after the cycle of grief had passed, many Gold Star Families were left wanting to know two things; that their loved one's sacrifice was not in vain and that our nation would never forget their sacrifice. These are two phrases that we and Gold Star Families often hear immediately following their death and around Memorial Day. But what about the rest of the year, how can we ensure that the Gold Star Families know that their sacrifice wasn't in vain, and our nation hasn't forgotten? Yes, there's memories throughout our nation and State to honor those great fallen heroes, but there wasn't a symbol that specifically acknowledged that the American servicemen or women who lost their life, could be easily displayed and recognized by anyone at any time or anyplace. And thus, the Honor and Remember Flag was born. It's a flag that ensures that no Gold Star Family member has to ever wonder if their loved one's sacrifice was not in vain and that they will never be forgotten. If you have ever uttered those phrases to Gold Star Family members, today, you have the chance to ensure that they know that you meant what you said by voting yes on Senate Bill {sic} 27, (1072). Mr. President, I would also like to show the design of the flag, which, by the way, has been recognized by half of this country, currently, as an official flag. At the bottom it would be inscribed the name of the person who lost their life in serving this country. That flag is 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 then presented to the Gold Star Families who proudly fly this flag at their home or wherever they choose. So, I ask for an Aye vote on this flag to let the Gold Star Family members know that their lost one, their loved one will never, ever be forgotten. I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall Senate Bill 102 pass -- 1072 to pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yes, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1072, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to page 7, up towards the top is Senate Bill 1160, Senator Fowler seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1160 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now, on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1160. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 3, offered by Senator Fowler.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. Wish to adopt and explain on 3rd, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now, on the Order of 3rd Reading is Senate Bill 1160. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 1160, an Act concerning safety. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Fowler, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Senate Bill 1160 is legislation that adds in a paragraph that the Renewable Energy Recycling Task Force must consider the benefits of prohibiting a person from mixing solar panels and wind turbine parts with municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill. The current task force will then issue its report by 2025. And also, Mr. President, I would like to thank you for your work on this legislation and working with you and your staff along this measure, as well. So, great legislation and I appreciate your support and I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you very much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall Senate Bill 1160 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1160, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to the bottom of that page. 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 With the leave of the Body, we're going to go back and pick up some of the House Bills -- we're going to go to page 20. We're going to go to House Bills 1111. President Harmon on -- Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1111, an Act concerning civil law. 2nd Reading of the bill. Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. At the bottom of the page, we're going to go to House Bill 1204, President Harmon. Mr. -- Oh, I'm sorry. 1199, I'm sorry. We're going to go to House Bill 1199. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1199, an Act concerning government. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Next is House Bill 1204. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1204, an Act concerning education. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration? 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go to the top of page 21, House Bill 1440, President Harmon. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1440, an Act concerning safety. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go down towards the bottom of that same page, House Bill 2878. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2878, an Act concerning finance. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Next is House Bill 2911. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 House Bill 2911, an Act concerning State government. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Turning the page, we're going to go to the top of the page 22. Mr. Secretary, please -- it's House Bill 3144. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3144, an Act concerning revenue. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Further down on the page is House Bill 3551. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3551, an Act concerning finance. 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration? 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. We're going to go back over to page 20, House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 1076, Senator Plummer. This will be final action. We're going to go to page 23, House Joint Resolution 35. Mr. -- Mr. Secretary, please read the resolution.
House Joint Resolution 35, offered by Senator Castro.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Castro, to explain your resolution.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Joint Resolution 35 reappoints Michael P. McCuskey as the Legislative Inspector General for a term beginning on July 1st, 2023, and ends June 30th, 2028.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Leader Curran.
To the resolution, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the resolution.
I rise in support of the reappointment of Judge McCluskey - - McCuskey, apologies. You know, this is really a well-qualified individual. A distinguished career on the federal bench. I really think that this is someone we can grow with as we -- we tighten up some processes. And really his history of being impartial and fair, while also diligent, I think is going to continue to serve the 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 citizens of Illinois well. So, I -- I -- I'm happy to rise in support of Judge McCuskey's reappointment.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Senator McClure.
To the resolution.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the resolution.
I also rise in support of Judge McCuskey. I recently -- Senator Turner and I visited with Judge McCuskey recently at a CLE which we participated in, and I think he's an honorable person. He's doing great work and I look forward to voting Yes. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Castro, to close.
Just for -- an ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Pursuant to the provisions of the State Officials and Employees Ethic Act, a resolution appointing a Legislative Inspector General requires a 3/5 vote of each Chamber. The question is, shall House Joint Resolution 35 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Joint Resolution 35, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to page 7. We're going to go to Senate Bills 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 1769, Senator Ventura seeks to leave of the Body to 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 return Senate Bill 1769 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now, on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1769. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Yes. Floor Amendment No. 5, offered by Senator Ventura.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura, on your amendment.
I would like to withdraw Senate Amendment No. 5.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment 6, offered by Senator Ventura.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura, on your amendment.
Thank you. I would like to adopt Senate Amendment No. 6.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment 7, offered by Senator Ventura.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura, on your amendment.
Thank you. I'd like to adopt Senate Amendment No. 7, and 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 explain on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading the Senate Bill 1769. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 1769, an Act concerning government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. Last Session we passed historic legislation with CEJA, which moved Illinois to address the climate crisis. This bill intended to help implement our move towards zero emissions for trans -- transportation. Senate Bill 1769, as amended, requires all passenger vehicles except for law enforcement vehicles purchased or leased by any unit of State government starting on January 1st, 2030, to be zero emission vehicles or converted to a zero-emissions vehicle. The amendments remove units of local government and law enforcement, which moves the opposition to neutral. I ask for an Aye vote and will happily take questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Chesney. 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Question to the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) She indicates she will yield.
Senator, is -- is there going to be additional amendments anticipated in the House? I know you've been working hard on this; I think there's 7 or 8 amendments. Is there additional amendments anticipated in the House?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
No, sir.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Chesney.
Is there an anticipated cost to the taxpayers once fully implemented?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
No, this will actually be a cost savings. The estimate on a combustion engine at 200,000 miles compared to an EV at the same mileage is a savings of $12,000 per vehicle.
Senator Chesney.
So currently right now, a -- a charged vehicle can reach to between 60 to 120 miles per charge. That charge can take up to 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 eight hours. A full tank of gas is about 300 miles per tank of gas. Is there -- is there a concern on implementing this?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
No, sir. Our State has moved aggressively towards bringing dollars into EV charging stations. There are current grants out there today. The federal government has also put dollars into the ICEJA -- I'm sorry, the IIJA grants that are coming down specifically to expand the electric chargers across our United States and Illinois.
Senator Chesney.
So, Senator, it doesn't concern you right now that the -- a charge is about 60 to 120 miles. I believe there's 1 or 2 charging stations in Springfield alone, and that's all. And you're -- you're fully comfortable with the implementation and you have the full, unwavering support of the Governor's Office on this because I didn't see the Governor was slipped in -- in support of this. And I'm -- I'm just kind of curious why we would put a mandate on the Executive Branch. I understand it's related to CEJA, but it seems arbitrary and dangerous.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
Yes, to not get too much into the weeds. There are three types of charger's level one, two, and three, and they can charge the vehicle at different speeds. And so, it depends on the type of 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 charging stations that are implemented throughout, whether it's a parking lot for State government to park that vehicle along the roadways that IDOT is currently implementing or at some of the higher end consumer chargers. So, all of that varies. But currently our State has over 1000 charging stations. I have a map here if you'd like to look as well as a list of cities that have all of those charges in there. We continue to invest dollars into that. We have $5 million invested, currently, as we speak that is being implemented. Additionally, to your question about the Governor, during Governor Pritzker's February 2022 budget address, $30 million was announced for the purchase of electric vehicles. CMS is currently creating a comprehensive study for the procurement deployment and ongoing maintenance needed for the electrification of the State fleet. There was -- for that $30 million in the fiscal year '23 and fiscal year '24 appropriations CMS estimated that the purchase of 720 vehicles would be procured. The CDB recently committed the $5 million from the Rebuild Illinois Bill that will be used to purchase approximately 400 charging ports. Most, if not all of these, will be level two type chargers. Additionally, the Governor's Executive Order on 2021-08 to transition a large part of our State's fleet to low emissions and electrical vehicles. So, while the Governor's Office has not made official position on this bill, I think that his actions have.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Chesney.
And just for clarification, Senator, these are -- these are vehicles only purchased by CMS?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Ventura.
That's correct.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Chesney.
Okay. And is there -- is there any human rights concerns? 70 percent of the cobalt that is mined in the world is coming out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and then 80 percent of its industrial cobalt miners are owned and financed by Chinese companies. Is there any concerns with the -- is there any concerns with the labor practices of where these batteries are going to ultimately be manufactured?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
I'm so glad you asked that question. I hope to work with you on future packages of how to bring manufacturers here to our State to grow the economic development in Illinois so that we can have good jobs right here in our area. I look forward to working with you on that bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Chesney.
But they're not here today, and -- and your bill would require that these -- these batteries are going to be purchased by people that either hurt other people or by countries that don't particularly care for us. And that doesn't give you any concern?
40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Ventura.
The bill does not mandate where we have to buy the batteries, and we have seven years to bring those manufacturing companies here. So again, I think working on a bill to encourage those companies to come here to Illinois would be the best path forward.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Chesney.
Final comment. In 2021, there was a battery fire in Morris, Illinois. Are you aware of that? That caused damage to at least 1000 homes? Are you aware of that?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
I am.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Chesney.
The expansion of the battery program doesn't concern you for the health, life, and safety of the residents in the State of Illinois?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
It does, which is -- I hadn't announced this yet to local government, but the City of Romeoville put in an ask for a fire extinguishers specifically to put out batteries for EVs, and I've included that as my ask for their capital improvement plan. So, 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 yes, I will put my money where my mouth is and make sure that we have the technology needed to move into this industry.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Chesney.
To the bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
So, while we might have some disagreements about CEJA and the -- the interest in getting to an all-electric automobiles, et. cetera, but I -- I think it's pretty clear this isn't ready yet. This is an unfunded mandate on the Governor's Office. While I disagree with the Governor on -- on most items, I think that he has been incredibly ambitious in his interest in clean energy. And I don't know why we would create dangerous and arbitrary timelines for an Executive Branch that has shown interest in this field. I don't suspect that the Governor likes bills that put mandates on his branch, especially when he's in agreement with this. So, if he wants to roll out a clean energy program, he should be allowed to roll this out. We're creating these arbitrary timeframes. We're also have recognized through this debate that the industry isn't quite ready for this. We don't have the charging stations. We don't know what the cost is. And we know where a lot of these items are sourced or from dangerous people that don't care for us. So, I guess if you're okay with all of that, you can vote Yes, I would encourage a No vote for the reasons that I outlined. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Anderson. 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Question. Question.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) She indicates she'll yield.
Senator, is there any provision in this bill that would require CMS buying these vehicles for those vehicles to be made in America?
Senator Ventura.
There is no provision on where they need to purchase the vehicles.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Anderson.
Why not?
Senator Ventura.
I'm happy to work with you further on legislation if you'd like to address that in the future.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Anderson.
Senator, with all due respect, you got 47 amendments. Can't we do another one?
Senator Ventura. 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
In all due respect, our planet is running out of time, and we need to act aggressively to move into a world that doesn't have emissions so that we can save planet for our children.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Anderson.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
With all due respect, Senator, I think making sure that we employ people in this country that are building these vehicles, especially right here in the State of Illinois, is just as important. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Bryant.
Thank you, Mr. President. Question of the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) She indicates she will yield.
Senator, in your bill, is there any provision at all for transmission lines to create the charging, the ability to -- to charge -- to have the electricity for the charging stations?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Ventura.
This legislation does not address that. We do have previous 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 legislation that addresses that, as well as a forward plan that CMS is working with IDOT to make sure that we have charging stations. I obviously have other previous legislation like the Dig Once bill that we passed that would allow us to lay conduit so that we can easily put down the lines needed as we transition into this new era of transportation.
Senator Bryant.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Thank you. So, to -- to the issue of the transmission lines. I have a constituent who wanted to put in a multi-purpose gas station, wanted there to be multiple charging stations there between Murphysboro and Carbondale, which is the industrial corridor for that region of southern Illinois. We was told that would not even be able to have transmission lines to have the charging stations for a minimum of two years. So, I know that this is a seven-year issue, but I want to go back just a little bit under Governor Pat Quinn, since this is really State-owned vehicles and its passenger cars under Pat Quinn, he ordered State facilities, correctional facilities to purchase two vehicles per institution. So, Pinckneyville Correctional Center had two vehicles and they were mandated to go to Menard Correctional Center 30 miles away, four males got into that vehicle had to roll the windows down, hang their arms out the side. It was approximately 32 miles. The car was rated for 30 miles. They did make it on what 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 I would call fumes if it was gasoline, but then had to be charged for 12 hours, meaning that someone had to drive them back to the original facility. And then the next day someone go from that facility back to Menard to pick up the vehicles and then go back to Pinckneyville again. All because not only do we not have the ability to charge them, the batteries will not allow you in the more rural areas to drive that far, which low and behold is where the State facilities are located when it comes to correctional facilities and so forth. This is not a good bill. I understand the -- the sponsors intentions, but for all of the rural areas, this is nearly impossible to do. For that reason, I urge a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion? Senator Hastings.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the Bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
I want to say thank you to the bill sponsor for all of her hard work. She put forth numerous amendments and she worked with organizations like the Illinois Municipal League who voiced significant concerns over how this bill applies to municipalities across the State of Illinois. In addition, she took a lot of member feedback and incorporated that into her amendments. And for that I want to say thank you very much. I do understand that there are some other concerns, but that she will address them in terms of legislative intent. And I just want to commend the sponsor and I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Seeing no further discussion. Senator Ventura, to close.
Yes, thank you, for legislative intent. This bill is for passenger vehicles only, and does not impact emergency vehicles for IEMA Regional coordinators, recovery employees, or the Division of Nuclear Safety. Those vehicles are equipped with flashing lights and used for response of public safety. I asked for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Please wake up your computers, make sure they're ready to vote. Senator Bennett. The question is, shall Senate Bill 1769 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 33 voting Yea, 20 voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1769, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. President Harmon, in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) On page 3 of your Calendar near the top of the page is Senate Bill 333, Senator Koehler. Mr. Secretary, Senator Koehler seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 333 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 333. Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Koehler.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler, on Floor Amendment 2.
47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 I would move for its approval, and I'll speak to it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler moves for the adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 333. All in favor say, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 3, offered by Senator Koehler.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler, on your amendment.
I move for its adoption.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler moves to adopt Floor Amendment No. 3 to Senate Bill 333. All in favor say, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment has been adopted. Have there been any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading Senate Bill 333. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 333, an Act concerning government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This is an 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 initiative of a number of groups which advocate for sexual abuse victims, primarily the Illinois ICASA and other groups. As amended, it changes how medical professions report sexual assault crimes under the Criminal Identification Act for sexual survivors who are 13 years or older. The bill establishes a tiered reporting system for notifying law enforcement that depends on the consent of the victim. If -- No.1, if a sexual assault survivor consents to notification being made, well then law enforcement is notified as soon as treatment permits. No. 2, if a sexual assault survivor does not consent to notification being made, the notification enforcement must be delayed until after the sexual assault survivor leaves the outpatient treatment location but no later than 24 hours after the sexual assault survivor leaves. No. 3, if a sexual assault survivor does not consent to the notification being made and only wants to consent to the collection of evidence, the health care provider must make the notification in accordance with the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. This bill has been around for some time and actually ICASA came to me because this was really a passion of the late Senator Scott Bennett. And I said I'd be honored to -- to pick this up. At first, it seems almost counterintuitive as to what happens. But if you think about this from the point of view of the victim, it makes a lot of sense. And really what they're trying to prevent and these -- this comes from, you know, real life experiences that treatment centers and -- in my own area, it's the Center for Prevention of -- of abuse for women making sure that -- that people who are victims of -- of sexual harassment and rape are treated first for their health care needs. I know that a lot of groups weighed in on this issue. The amendments helped to move a lot of those people into -- off of 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 their opposition to it. The one group that we had a lot of conversation with that is still opposed is the Chiefs of Police. I've talked to Kenny Winslow a lot. I know that ICASA has talked to him. There's a lot of things that we agree on. We all agree on the intention, and that is to seek justice. But we have to seek health care along with seeking justice. And so, I'm happy to answer any questions and ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Any discussion? Senator Bryant, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill, Senator.
So, the sponsor mentioned real life experiences. So, I want to give a real-life experience involving this bill and then some statements toward it. But, so a woman comes to the E.R. brought by her abuser who this time went just a little bit too far. So, he's nervous about the injuries that she sustained. Doesn't leave her side or her eye shot, or his eye shot or because he's there, she believes he's within earshot. She will not ask for assistance. She's not going to ask the doctors or the nurses to call the -- to call the police, the law enforcement, because she's scared of her abuser being there. In the case of -- of a law enforcement being called their trauma informed, they're trained now because of statute to deal with these issues. The -- the person who has been assaulted at any time can say, no, I don't want to talk to them. Or, second example; So, the person is discharged, now they can 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 call law enforcement, they have to do it within 24 hours. But the person is back in control of the abuser. The abuser is controlling what that person says or does. They're not going to respond when law enforcement is called because now, they're back in control of that person. Those are real life examples, both of which happened one to a close friend, one to a family member. I explained in committee that this is a very regressive bill. We've worked very hard in the legislature to make sure that those who are being abused sexually or otherwise, are taken care of, this takes us back 10 steps or more in that process. Law enforcement are uniquely trained to support victims or -- of sexual assault. It's preposterous, absolutely preposterous that children should be allowed to be in the hospital for sexual assault without police involvement in any scenario. And even though this bill has been amended, so that 13-year-olds can make a decision, over and over and over again in this Body, the hypocrisy of saying brain science comes into effect and now we're saying that a 13-year-old can make a decision on whether or not they want to notify the police. Moreover, 13-year-olds should be immediately protected as victims, and especially if their abuser is someone who failed to protect them from the abuse. There was a particular scenario where an -- an abuser might be a sibling, and if the parent is there at the hospital and someone who's not really trained to make the decision says, oh, that parent is the non-abuser, might be protecting the other sibling over and over and over again, there are issues that say that this is a bad bill. Even if we go just to human trafficking, the average age of human trafficking victims starts at abuse at about 12 years old. So, on multiple levels, this is a very bad bill. It's dangerous. It enables abusers, prevents justice 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 for victims, it's regressive in what it does and endangers the community. And I urge a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Further discussion, Senator Tracy, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill, Senator.
I echo all the sentiments of the previous speaker, Senator Bryant. We're putting a tremendous burden on hospital care workers over trained police officers. The best thing we can do for a victim of abuse that finds themselves in this situation, is to put away the perpetrator of the crime. This 24 time -- 24-hour time lag presents a huge opportunity for the loss of very important evidence. Evidence that would be lost in an alley. Evidence that would be lost in a home. Evidence that can be destroyed or covered up by the perpetrator. It's a dangerous avenue to follow, certainly want the victim to be taken properly care of, to honor their wishes. But the best thing we can do and what we've tried to do, over the years, is to empower the victim over their perpetrator of their crimes. To empower them, to find them safe places to go to. We funded places for them to go to, so that they can escape the cycle. This is a huge step backwards. It allows for the loss of evidence. It allows a perpetrator to cover their tracks, the evidence. And as I mentioned, hospital personnel are trained to treat the victim. They don't want to be the ones that are there to comfort the victim and tell them that they're going to be safe. 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 That is law enforcement's job. Take the instance of an unconscious victim with no identification. Do we want the hospitals to have to search and whatever - they need to do, is call law enforcement. Law enforcement are trained for these situations. We're just creating a situation that is going to continue a cycle of violence and a cycle of harm for the victims. And -- and I don't think that's where we want to be. And for that reason, I'd urge a No vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Further discussion? Senator McClure, for what purpose do you rise?
Question for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Sponsor indicates he’ll yield. Senator McClure.
Thank you. First of all, Senator Koehler, obviously, we've had a very lively debate on this bill and a couple of Criminal Law Committee hearings. I do appreciate the amendment, which allows for at least those up to the age of 12 to automatically have police support at the hospital. But what about the unconscious victim? A victim shows up, they're unconscious. What then?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Yeah. First of all, somebody comes in unconscious, they're not reasonably assumed to be in a sexual assault victim, so they would be treated. And if -- if there was need for a law enforcement at that point, they would make that decision. But they would not 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 make the assumption that that was -- was automatic if a person comes in unconscious.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator McClure.
So, someone who's been raped shows up to a hospital unconscious, and police are not called because that person is not awake and able to make a decision one way or another.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Yes, Senator, if -- if -- if there's bodily harm or if they're a gunshot victim, then yes, police would be summoned. Because again, the assumption is not just that if somebody comes in unconscious that they're automatically a sexual assault victim. If they physically show that they have been harmed and hurt or shot, then yes, that would -- that would, you know, induce a police call.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator McClure.
Based on my reading of this, if there shot et. cetera police can be called, but if they're raped, police are not called. So, I guess we're just going to move on to the next question here. So, let's say a 13-year-old is brought in by a human trafficker from out of State and the 13-year-old is on drugs. That 13-year-old has to make a decision as to whether or not police are called?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler. 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Yes, they are allowed to make that decision.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator McClure.
Thank you, Senator Koehler. And Mr. President, to the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill.
So, if you think it's appropriate for a 13-year-old to be brought unconscious on drugs, who's been raped by a human trafficker. If you don't think in that situation, if that was your child or your friend or someone that you knew, you would not want police to automatically be called to stop this, immediately. I'm not sure what I can say to convince you otherwise, because we've already heard on the Floor yesterday, the 13-year-old mind. In fact, we're hearing about the 20-year-old mind. In fact, we're hearing about those under the age of 25, their brain is not fully developed, and they are - their brains are so underdeveloped that they can't tell the difference between whether or not it's right or wrong to murder someone. You're telling that same child at the age of 13 who's on drugs, who's been raped, who's held hostage, who's been kidnaped by a human trafficker, that we're going to delay notification to law enforcement 24 hours and it's up to this victim to have to make a decision as to whether or not law enforcement should be called. This is unacceptable and this is sad. And one of the things that was brought up as we discussed this bill was the fact that the victim chooses this or the victim chooses that. Senator Bryant pointed out the victim has a choice 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 now. Law enforcement is called, and the victim can say, "I don't want to talk to them right now" or they can talk to them, and the police will abide by that decision. This is taking that away from everybody. And it is irresponsible and against the public interest to allow an abuser a 24 hour head start to find a new victim. Not alerting police of such violent crimes doesn't only prevent them from helping victims, it enables these abusers to commit more assaults or leave the State altogether to avoid questioning or prosecution. One of the things that was pointed out in Committee. Let's say, you've got people that are residents of Missouri. Maybe this person who brings this child to the hospital is the abuser or sheltering an abuser. They get -- they get 24 hours to leave the State of Illinois. And guess what? We never see them again. And just so all of us are clear, the average age according to federal statistics, as to when a person is first trafficked, is 12 years old. There is a public interest in making sure that people who commit sexual assaults are apprehended, as soon as possible. Because the safety of all of us depends upon it. And that's why when you see a criminal proceeding, it doesn't say Jane Doe or John Doe versus the defendant. It says the People of Illinois versus the defendant. And we talk a lot about justice for people who choose to commit crimes. This is unjust for those that don't choose to be victims. This is not justice, and I urge a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Further discussion, Senator Chesney, for what purpose do you rise?
Question for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Sponsor indicates he’ll yield. Senator Chesney.
Thank you. Senator Koehler, are you of the opinion that a offender or those that engage in the sexual assault of another person should be severely punished?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Yes, I -- I feel the same way that most all of us do and that there should be justice done in situations like this.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Chesney.
So, in the same vein of Justice, the title of this bill, as it reads in our analysis, says the sexual assault provider delayed reporting to law enforcement -- delayed reporting to law enforcement. Does that not give you any pause if we were to seek justice for the victims?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
You know, quite frankly, it did when I first read the bill. This is not out of my experience. This is out of the experience of many organizations that deal directly, day in and day out, with assault victims. And the only tragedy that is worse than what has been described here in scenarios is that a person wouldn't seek health treatment in the first place because they are fearful that in eliciting the action of law enforcement might put them in further harm or jeopardize them in some way. There's that fear, 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 and I'm not telling you any stories that I know firsthand. I'm telling you the stories that I've heard from all the organizations and from the groups that work with sexually assaulted victims. And the fear is and -- and the experience has been that people do not seek treatment because they know that that's going to trigger automatically, police involvement. If a person comes into the hospital that's -- that's a victim, they have a right to seek immediate police intervention. They can do that. But if there's something that, you know is an acquaintance or somebody at home or whatever the situation might be, that -- that makes them fearful for even going and seeking that treatment, that's a tragedy, as well. So, this is not to be soft on -- on the perpetrators or anything? No, I believe in the same thing that you believe in that regard. This is trying to take it from the eyes of the victim and of the groups that are trying to help victims.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Chesney.
Thank you, Senator. I think we do share with -- with great empathy, for the victims of sexual assault. I think what is giving a number of people, in this Chamber, pause, is, I think you've correctly noted law enforcement has the interest in aggressively prosecuting sexual assault crimes. And those that are in law enforcement, are telling us that this is going to lead to less offenders, you know, ultimately being apprehended. And so, if the law enforcement community that is being tasked with keeping our - - our communities safe are telling you that the survivors and those that offend, on those survivors, are not going to be apprehended and ultimately, prosecuted. Is there not a, opportunity to find 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 common ground, to where law enforcement still feels that they can aggressively prosecute the offenders, but also respect the rights of the victim. Because, as I noted earlier, as it says in our title, delayed reporting to law enforcement, which will ultimately lead to less prosecutions of offenders. And so, I'm curious why, as the sponsor, you would not seek to find more common ground, as you have on other bills in the past, where law enforcement would be more comfortable? So, they can aggressively prosecute these people that are, in many cases, hurting these women?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Yep, that's -- that's a fair point. And -- and the only group, so far, that really is in opposition to this is the Chiefs of Police. And as I indicated before, we've had discussions with them and I know ICASA has had discussions with them and we're going to continue those discussions because, again, we're -- we're about the same ends. You know, we want justice to be done. If somebody is doing this, we want them stopped. This, again, is just in the eyes of -- of the victim. And what -- what is it that might cause a victim not to seek the proper medical treatment? That's -- that's the only thing we're talking about here. You know, the groups that are advocating on behalf of victims, they're not -- they're not any less interested in pursuing a victim who would do this to a person. It's just that they're also concerned about the victim that comes in and -- and whether that person receives the kind of care they need. So, we're not -- we're not far off on this thing. You know, we're all about the same thing of trying to get justice. We're also trying to make sure that -- that people don't -- you 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 know, somehow fear going into the -- the hospital or to a medical setting because of law enforcement being in, you know, called right away. So, we're going to continue those discussions. We've -- we've talked with Kenny Winslow about even having some material available that people could -- could have that could inform them about what -- what kind of consequences there are for -- for their decisions. You know, yes, if you don't -- if you don't ask for law enforcement right now, that may -- that may injure the case. But again, it's got to be -- this is all done, again, with the -- with the idea, in mind of, how do we get the victim the best help and the most immediate help that we can?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Another question, Senator Chesney?
To the bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill, Senator.
I believe as the -- the sponsor correctly noted this -- this will lead to fewer prosecutions of sexual assault victims. I would also point that law enforcement is still strongly opposed to this, and I do believe that we have a united interest in making sure that those that commit these heinous crimes are aggressively prosecuted. Unfortunately, this bill is not ready yet and I think the sponsor has indicated that it's not ready yet. And I don't see how anybody in this Chamber, could vote for a bill that would lead to the victims of sexual assault, not getting the needed justice they deserve. And for those reasons, I would ask that this Body vote No. 60 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Further discussion? Senator Peter's, for what purpose do you rise?
Questions for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Sponsor indicates he will yield. Senator Peters.
Senator, would you say that the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault supports this bill?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Yes, they're the group that brought this bill to me.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Peters.
Senator, would you say the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence supports this bill?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler.
Yes, they do.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Peters.
Would you say that you worked and got the support of the Children's Advocacy Centers of Illinois to support this bill?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) 61 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Koehler.
With the amendments, yes they do.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Peters.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill, Senator.
I hope everyone votes for a bill that was led and drafted by sexual assault survivors, domestic violence survivors, as well as the Children's Advocacy Center, which deals with children who have experienced sexual assault in immense trauma. It seems like this is a survivor led bill. And so, if we're going to talk about victims, let's listen to them on this bill. Thank you so much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Senator Gillespie, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
To the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) To the bill, Senator.
You know, in -- in committee and again here today on the Floor, we've heard what I believe are our sincere concerns about the bill. But what I think we need to keep in mind is that this bill does strike a balance and it strikes a balance in favor of victims who are experiencing the complete sense of lack of control 62 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 over any aspect of their life at this particular time. And this gives them the opportunity to regain some of that, to have some agency over what's happening to them. And I think that's important to not let that get lost. We all want to get the perpetrator, but I think it's important to give the victim some space to be able to regain the sense of control after what's happened to them. I think the bill does strike a balance. As noted, it is supported by victims' associations, victim advocacy groups, and I strongly urge an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Senator Koehler, to close. And I'll ask everyone to wake up their computers while the Senator is closing.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you all for the discussion. You know, I think we all feel the same way about these kinds of issues. They're -- they're awful when they -- when they happen in our communities and to the families that we know. There's been a lot of talk about the fact that there might be evidence lost or - - or opportunity lost to be able to apprehend the perpetrators when -- when there is a delay made. I would contend that -- that a real loss would be if a victim doesn't even seek health care in the first place because they are so fearful of -- of what might happen when the police interact with them automatically when entering the hospital, because they may have a, you know, the acquaintance or the boyfriend at home or whatever. That's -- that's also a tragedy. So, I think that -- and I appreciate the speaker that said that this is a striking a balance. You know, we all want the same thing. This is a different approach. This is a victim approach to how do we address this situation. Again, it's not my 63 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 bill. It's been brought to me by the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and I'd ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HARMON) Thank you, Senator. Again, before calling the question, I'd ask all Members to wake their computers after a long debate. The question is, shall Senate Bill 333 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 31 voting Aye, 22 voting No, 1 voting Present. Senate Bill 333, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Koehler, back in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) We're going to start with House Bills 3rd Reading. We're going to go to House Bill 475, Senator Johnson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. Senator Johnson seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 475 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 475. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment 3, offered by Senator Johnson.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson, on your amendment.
Yes, Mr. President. I would like to adopt the amendment and explain it on 3rd Reading.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. 64 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 475. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 475, an Act concerning local government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 475 with the amendment, it makes a few technical changes to the Community Mental Health Act, and specifically the amendment provides that the Community Mental Health Board has the responsibility to set, maintain, and implement a budget from appropriations of funds from the governing body as deemed necessary by the Community Mental Health Board. Additionally, the amendment removes the language that allowed the Community Mental Health Board to determine the amount of tax levy, as deemed necessary by the Board. Also, the amendment provides that only one board member of the Community Mental Health Board can also -- also be a member of a governmental unit body - governing body, such as a member of a Township Board. The membership term of the board member must also run at the same time as the elected term, of the member. And then also we've made some changes to include some changes for county -- Sangamon County Board. I know of no known opposition, and I encourage an Aye vote. 65 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Sally Turner.
Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to thank Senator Johnson for bringing this bill. It's a good bill. And I ask for an Aye vote on our side. And thank you for bringing it on behalf of Sangamon County.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Johnson, to close.
Thank you. What I -- thank Senator Turner. I also want to thank Senator DeWitte for your feedback and has been incorporated into this bill. And it is a good bill. So once again, I encourage an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) And so, the question is, shall House Bill 475 pass. All those -- vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 475, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 780, Senator Loughran Cappel. Mr. Secretary, Senator Cappel's -- Loughran Cappel seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 780 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 780. Mr. Secretary, are there Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Loughran Cappel.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 66 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Loughran Cappel, on your amendment.
Like to adopt the amendment and explain it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor say, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 780. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 780, an Act concerning State government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Loughran Cappel, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. HB 780 creates the Grandparents Raising (their) Grandchildren Pilot Program that will subject to appropriations, operate and serve populations in Will County beginning January 1st, 2024, through January 1st, 2027. The pilot program requires Senior Services Center of Will County to designate an intake coordinator to triage resources offered by DCFS, DHS, Illinois Department of Aging, HFS, and Illinois State Board of Education and provide coordination and education services at Senior Service Centers of Will County. By January 1st of each year, beginning in 2025 until the pilot program terminates, the Illinois Department of Aging shall submit an annual report to the General 67 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Assembly on the number of families who receive referrals from the intake coordinator in the prior calendar year, the specific services received and the frequency of calls or visits to the intake coordinator during that reporting period. This is something that I know that Leader Manley, in the House, has been working on with her Legislative -- Women's Legislative Board that she meets with and it's also something that Joliet Township High School supports with Grandparents Raising Children. So, it is an initiative of Will County that we've been working on for a while. And I'm happy to take questions and I ask for a Yes vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 780 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 780, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to House Bill 925. Senator Porfirio seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 925 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 925. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment -- excuse me. Floor Amendment No. 3, offered by Senator Porfirio.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Porfirio, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to adopt the amendment 68 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 and explain on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 925. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 925, an Act concerning military service. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Porfirio, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 925 establishes a process for veteran service organizations to receive state chartered status. A veteran service organization shall be considered State chartered when the organization meets all the requirements listed in this Act and upon approval by the Attorney General. I'll happily answer any questions. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Anderson.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
69 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 I just want to thank the sponsor for bringing this bill. As a lot of people know, I have a -- I have a full-time dedicated Veteran's Affairs person in my district office. Veterans Affairs is a huge deal for me. So again, just want to thank the sponsor for this legislation.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Do you want to close, Senator Porfirio?
Respectfully ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 925 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? I'm sorry. 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 925, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 1122, Senator Pacione- Zayas. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1122, an Act concerning employment. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1122 creates the Freelance Worker Protection Act. It essentially, provides basic protections for freelance workers including mandatory contracts, 30-day payment terms, payment agreement protections, anti- 70 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 retaliation provisions and double damages so that if freelancers who are victims of nonpayment, they're entitled to damages equal to or at least double the payment originally specified in their contract. I'm happy to entertain questions and I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McClure.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Thank you. So -- So, this legislation is going to cause dog walkers, babysitters, people that mow your lawn, if they are over a four-month period, paid over $500 there has to be a written contract. That would include your neighbor, that could include people that are under the age of 18 and therefore can't sign a legal contract. You have to have a written contract or else you, as an individual - I'm not talking about businesses or small businesses, but they're included, as well. You, as an individual, are going to face a fine of up to $5,000 for the first offense, $10,000 for the second offense. What are we doing right now? I mean, what is this? So, there's two issues with this. The first is that most people are not going to know that this law is in effect. They're going to have somebody mow their lawn or whatever. They were going to pay them, generously, and then they're going to be on the hook for a massive fine. The other thing that's going to happen is people that will know about this are going to make sure not to pay people over $500 over four months. Because who would 71 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 want to go through the work of having to get a contract written and everything else? So, this doesn't make any sense. And we talk all the time about laws that sort of cause people to move out of the State. This is the exact type of law that causes people to move out of this State. This is ridiculous. I'm a No vote. I encourage everyone to be a No vote. This is bad in -- in a lot of different ways. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Pacione-Zayas, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. Just wanted to emphasize that this is about avoiding wage theft. And in fact, there was a lot of discussion and integration with the Department of Labor so that they have authority to create rules on the formation of these contracts and actually post example contracts that people can utilize as well as a public awareness campaign. There will be reports to the General Assembly on how this is effectively being implemented and they have authority to make rules about information sharing between the aggrieved freelance workers and contracting entities. So, we did work out quite a few issues, and I'm really pleased that we are continuing to protect Illinois workers, albeit their contractual or freelance. I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 1122 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 35 voting Yea, 20 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1122, having received the 72 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 1364, Senator Fine. Senator Fine seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 1364 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 1364. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Fine.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Put the bill on 3rd Reading. Pull the bill out of the record. We're going to go to House Bill 1628, Senator Villivalam. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1628, an Act concerning civil law. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1628 provides a landlord -- prohibits, I should say, a landlord from requiring a tenant or prospective tenant to pay anything owed to the landlord under a lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of electric funds transfer. A few proponents Chicago Council for the Homeless, Housing Action Illinois. Would be happy to answer any questions. Would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Tracy.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to speak to the bill, 73 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
We talked a lot about this bill in Committee and the reason I oppose -- First, I recognize the need that we -- we have certain populations that rely on a cash system. They -- they don't have banks and the like. But we also have a problem with access to housing. And if we keep passing bills that hinder a private landlord's ability to function and operate as is best for his business, we will have less and less housing. And it -- it kind of it's a self-defeating purpose. Property owners and landlords should be free to determine the terms of their lease, and that includes how rent will be paid. There are safety and logistical reasons and concerns with carrying cash around that might want to make a landlord require electronic payments. It's extremely unpractical to carry around large amounts of cash, especially if one owns properties in multiple locations. And again, these are private business owners. We're trying to tell them how to run their business, and we keep doing that more and more. And again, it's going to affect the ability for people to find housing. It's going to affect all manner of private business ownership in the end, if we keep heaping laws on them. Let them run their business, let them provide housing and the system will work better. There's options of money orders that can work as well as cash. And -- and so I stand in opposition to this bill because of the -- what I see as the consequences that are going to happen because of enforcement of bills like this. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 74 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Seeing no further discussion. Senator Villivalam, to close. It's a late light? I'm sorry. Senator light -- Leader Lightford. Senator Villivalam, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. On the contrary to -- to what the previous speaker said. I believe this legislation will provide for more access to housing for those that need it. And -- and clearly, you know, looking at there's a few management groups that are opposed. The typical groups that we look at in terms of housing providers are not -- not in opposition. Clearly, they don't view it as a burden. Clearly, they don't view it as us telling them how to run their business. Again, this is about providing another avenue for people to access housing, period. Stop. I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 1628 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 35 voting Yea, 19 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1628, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 2068, Senator Villivalam. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2068, an Act concerning business. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam, on your bill.
75 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Thank you, Mr. President. As amended -- as amended, House Bill 2068 provides that a covered employer shall provide a pretax commuter benefit, allowing full time employees to use pretax dollars via a payroll deduction for the purchase of a transit pass. The House Bill 2068 provides that a covered employer is located in Cook County for -- or from specified townships in the collar counties, employs more than 50 full time employees and is located at an address within one mile of a transit service. We had a robust conversation in Committee, and I was appreciative of the bipartisan support. I strongly believe, policies like this, is going to help us recover ridership that has declined and would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Erica Harriss.
Thank you. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
People often don't think about the Metro East as a suburban, but we are one of the largest areas, in Illinois. And I am a little bit concerned that we weren't included in this legislation and would like to know if there was any discussion about expanding the program Statewide?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is that a question of the sponsor? Senator Villivalam.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for the question. Obviously, there's, you know, over 55 transit agencies in the State 76 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 of Illinois. You have my commitment to work with you moving forward as to how we can address this type of policy for all of our transit agencies. I did have an initial conversation with the downstate Transit Agency Association. Put this on their radar. I'm looking -- I'm more than happy to work with you and them to come back and revisit this issue for other transit agencies in the State of Illinois.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Harriss.
Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam, to close.
I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 2068 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Yea, 5 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2068, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we're going to go back to page 8. At the bottom of the page is House Bill 1740, Senator Plummer. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bills 1740, an Act concerning local government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 77 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Plummer, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill is pretty focused on rural areas in -- in my neck of the woods where there's a shortage of ambulance service to a lot of communities. This bill provides an opportunity, an avenue for local communities, local units of government to work together to create ambulance districts so that folks have access to emergency services when they need it. There is no opposition to this bill, and I'd appreciate your support. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 1740 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1740, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 2123, Senator Edly-Allen. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2123, an Act concerning civil law. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Edly-Allen, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to adopt the amendment and explain on 3rd, please. Excuse me. No Amendment to be adopted, I'm just going to go into the bill. Thank you, Mr. President. Porn. Deepfake porn. Now that I have your attention, colleagues. Allow 78 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 me to share a scenario with you. You pick up your phone. It's a text from an unknown number. The message reads, you have to see this. There's a link attached. Without thinking, you click on it. You're horrified. Shocked. Stunned. Looking back at you is a sexually explicit video. One with your face on it. But you know that it's not actually you. Your mind starts to spin with questions. Who has seen this? Who is behind it? How can I get this taken down? This scenario has become all too common for hundreds of thousands of women across the nation. It's all due to the growing technological threat that has been used to exploit people through detrimental means. Deepfakes. These digitally manipulated photos and videos are used not to just discredit people on the internet, but to threaten, humiliate, and silence innocent women. Deepfakes and digitally altered nude and sexual imagery is a serious and harmful emerging form of image based sexual abuse called IBSA. The sad reality is deepfake technology is predominantly being used to create sexual videos of women without their consent. A report by Sensity AI found that 96 percent of deepfakes were nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, and of those, 99 percent are of women. As we know, once something is online, it's out there forever. Deepfake porn, a way to deploy -- is a way to deploy gender-based violence. Harnessing artificial intelligence to exploit, humiliate, and harass through the ages old tactic of stripping women of their sexual autonomy. These videos may be fake, but the impacts are real. From disruptions to education, career, relationships, severe mental health consequences, including PTSD, depression, self-harm and even suicide. Yet despite the rise of deepfakes of 85,000 videos circulating online, there are no consequences for bad actors. The lines between fact and fiction 79 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 have never been more blurred. We've all heard the phrase don't believe everything you say on the internet, and that's never been more true. As amended, HB 2123 adds digitally manipulated sexual images to the Civil Remedies of Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Image Act, also referred to as the State's revenge porn statute. It provides an individual depicted in a deepfake pornography with a private right of action against the disseminator. The bill is supported by the Screen Actors Guild, Chicago, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Mutual Ground and the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers. The broadband, excuse me, the Illinois Broadband and Cable Association moved to neutral on the legislation. Since 2015, Illinois has led the charge to adequately protect victims of image based sexual abuse, or IBSA and Illinois criminal law has been hailed by experts as the model for the nation. HB 2123 is the logical next step as we grapple with the new possibilities technology presents and the harm experienced by our constituents as a result of bad actors misusing these new technologies. Non-consensual deepfake porn is an emergency that is ruining women's lives. Help me in addressing this emergency. I urge an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Rezin.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
80 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Thank you. You know, it's interesting. The bills and the issues that we took up even 10 years ago when I was here. Fast forward to now, that we're dealing with bills, dealing with, you know, issues that are people are using deepfakes to harass people. You have the social media, bullying and harassment. All of these bills that we have been talking about this Session and clearly, we need to handle and address. I would commend the sponsor for working on this bill, all of the work that she has put into this bill. I do believe that it's a very good bill for us to support, and I'm just standing in support of her bill. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator McClure.
Questions for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicate she will yield.
Thank you. Just for clarification, Senator. So, these -- the images, videos, et. cetera depicted; these are meant to be realistic. We're not talking about caricatures or simply mocking someone. When someone looks at these videos, they believe that this person, whoever is depicted, is actually engaging in acts that they never engaged in?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Edly-Allen.
Leader McClure, yes. That's correct.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure. 81 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Thank you. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
I appreciate this bill. I think it's a good bill. We're seeing technology advance at incredible levels right now, not just with audio, but video and imaging. We have to ensure that people's -- people's privacy rights are protected, and this bill helps to do that in a very changing world. That's changing every day, and the technology is getting more and more incredible. So, I commend the sponsor for the bill. I look forward to voting Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Porfirio.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
I would just like to -- to thank the sponsor for being a champion and a leader on -- on this legislation. The capacity for this threat, in the future, with changing technology will only grow and further potentially, harm more -- more victims and exploit our -- our -- our sisters, our daughters, our friends, our family, our constituents. These heinous and disgusting violations of privacy, violations of consent, harassment that are deplorable. I believe this makes Illinois the fifth State in the union. So, the fact that we're leaning in and -- and getting in to make -- to prevent these violations from occurring, I applaud the sponsor and 82 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 thank her for being a champion.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Johnson.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
I rise in support of this timely legislation, and I applaud the sponsor for all of her hard work. This really is important. These deepfakes, digitally manipulated images, that mostly impact women and it ruins their lives. And, you know, they -- these images are -- the intent of these images are to -- is to exploit women. And so, thank you again, to the sponsor, because we will not be exploited, we will not be victimized so that we must end these deepfake digital -- deepfake digital porn. And so, I also urge an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Edly-Allen, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. I urge everyone to vote Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 2123 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yes, none voting Nay, and none voting Present. And House Bill 2123, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 2147, Senator Villivalam. We're going to 83 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 go to House Bill 2174, Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2174, an Act concerning civil law. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cunningham, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. With the amendment this bill represents an agreement between the Community Associations Institute of Illinois, which is a group that represents homeowner associations and the Illinois Solar Energy Association. The bill standardizes permitting process for solar arrays on houses situated within homeowners' associations. As I said, I know of no opposition. Would be happy to answer any questions. And I ask for the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 2174 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting -- and 1 voting Present. So, House Bill 2174, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Going to House Bill 2189, Senator Murphy. Senator Murphy seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 2189 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 2189. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration? 84 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Murphy.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to adopt and explain on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 2189. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2189, an Act concerning regulation. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. As amended, this bill creates the Affordable Insulin Act and as we've passed before, the Insulin Act that would cap insulin costs at $35 a month. This brings in the - - CMS would develop the procedures and applications for the insulin discount program, as well. So, I know of no opposition. It's a really excellent bill for those suffering from diabetes, which is 1 in 4 people. And I would ask for an Aye vote. 85 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 2189 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2189, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 2214, Senator Hunter. Ready? So, we're going to go to Senator Hunter on House Bill 2214. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2214, an Act concerning public aid. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Hunter, on your bill.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 2214, as amendment (amended) requires DHS to track and collect data on the scope and frequency of SNAP benefit fraud in the State and where SNAP benefits are stolen. DHS shall report its findings to the General Assembly annually beginning on January 1st, 2024. The bill also requires DHS to refer substantiated reports of stolen benefits to the State attorneys for the prosecution of the alleged theft or fraud. This is negotiated. I know of no opposition, and I would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 2214 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all 86 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2214, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 2222, Senator Gillespie. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2222, an Act concerning civil law. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Gillespie, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill or I'm sorry, House Bill 2222, amends the Illinois Antitrust Act. It's an initiative of the Office of the Attorney General. The legislation would provide the Attorney General with information about all health care facility mergers and acquisitions before they occur. Under House Bill 2222, parties to certain proposed transactions must submit pre-merger notification to the Office of the Attorney General. To satisfy the requirement, they can send a copy of Hart- Scott-Rodino or the Health Facilities Service Review Board filings to ease the administrative burden. The amendment also adds a three- year sunset provision. I urge an Aye vote and can take any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there discussion? Senator Tracy?
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to speak to the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 87 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 To the bill.
For those who are concerned about access to health care in underserved areas, I think you should -- should take a -- a hard look at this bill. We have the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act that is charged with making sure any time a hospital wishes to expand or add services that they -- they look at the care, the quality of care, the access to care, and the cost and the competition of those services. And let's face it, most hospitals want to make sure that there is a need for the services before they would expand or offer new services. And again, for those in underserved areas, there are often just one provider, if any. What this bill does is add another layer. Does the Attorney General have the capability to really analyze the cost and the care and the competition of health care facilities? I say no. This is what the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is -- it's their duty to do this. We've created them, this commission, to do so. And interesting enough, there's no dollar threshold for the Attorney General to have this. And there's a 30-day review period, and then it may go on within another 30 days. And it applies to things like adding a dialysis lab or adding a heart catheter lab. These are things that are fairly low dollar threshold items within the health care realm. This will be another layer and impede our Illinoisans from getting access to the services they need. And so, for this reason, I totally don't think this is an appropriate way to go. I urge a No vote because I think all Illinoisans deserve as much access to health care as they get or can get, and it's just not a very good bill. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 88 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Further discussion, Senator Rezin.
Thank you, Mr. President. A question for the sponsor, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she will yield.
Thank you. Senator, can you give me one example of a situation where the Attorney General would need to oversee a transaction that currently the Health Facility Board does not cover?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Gillespie.
Thank you, Senator. The Health Facilities Planning Board focus is on the -- the need for health care services. It -- it is not looking at the anti-competitive or antitrust behavior involved. That's not their scope. The Attorney General is already charged with enforcing antitrust laws. This bill would give them a prenotice capability that they have in other situations that they didn't have here that would allow them to look at the situation. They're doing it in the least burdensome way possible. An example of a kind of a thing that Health Facilities Planning Board would not look at, but the Attorney General would, is when there's a merger of two entities that might result in vertical or horizontal monopoly that would -- chill the -- competitive geography and keep another entity from, might potentially, entering the space. So, it's not a question of whether a facility would expand services. It's a question of whether there's a transaction occurring that is going to create anti-competitive 89 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 situation or between entities that have monopoly power.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rezin.
Thank you. One more question for the sponsor, please. Can you - what would happen if, say, the - in a process of a transaction that an entity presents their application both to the Illinois Health Facilities Review Board and to the Attorney General and one board agrees and the other -- and the Attorney General has concerns. How does that process work? What happens?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Gillespie.
The Attorney General's Office would follow their normal procedure. What they do, with any situation, they would ask for additional information. There's nothing in this that requires an -- an enforcement action, but they would ask for additional information given what they have to file with Health Facilities Planning Board versus what would be needed to determine whether there's an antitrust violation. They would be requesting information that's not in that application if they feel there's a question being raised.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Rezin.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
90 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Thank you. And I commend the sponsor and I -- I appreciate her passion, on this bill. When this bill was before us, we did have several concerns. We, of course, want to make sure that there's not vertically and horizontally integrated monopolies in health care because that does increase the cost. We understand that. But it is our understanding that the Illinois Health Facilities Services Review Board, that is their job, is to make sure when hospitals, there's a merger, to make sure that there is not duplication in the area. We look at this bill -- so, to the bill. I would just say that our concerns are especially for smaller hospitals throughout the State, that even though we are adding another layer of a -- a process for a hospital to provide services, the Attorney General's office, as was mentioned, does not have an enforcement capability in this bill. So, I would just say that the -- the way that the current system is set up with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board currently works and it is very difficult for these health care facilities to -- it would be very difficult to add another layer of red tape to their application. So, I would ask for a No vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Gillespie, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to reiterate that there's nothing in this bill that expands authority. The Attorney General already has the authority to investigate anti-competitive behavior and enforce the antitrust laws within the health care space. All this is doing is providing pre -- pre-transaction notification to give them the opportunity to make a timely inquiry of additional information if they feel the need to do so. And I 91 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 would again point out that they are accepting a Hart-Scott-Rodino filing with the federal government if the entity was required to file that. They are also accepting the filing with the Health Facilities Planning Board so that -- in an effort to try to eliminate or reduce the amount of bureaucratic entanglement in giving them the pre-merger notification. So, it truly is just a notification, no expansion of authority here, and I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So, the question is, shall House Bill 2222 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 36 voting Yea, 19 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2222, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 2412, Senator Morrison. Senator Morrison seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 2412 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 2412. Mr. Secretary, any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Morrison.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Morrison, to explain your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to adopt and then discuss on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. 92 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Morrison.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Morrison, on your amend.
I'd like to adopt this amendment and discuss on 3rd as well.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 3, offered by Senator Morrison.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Morrison, on your amendment.
I'd like to also adopt this amendment and discuss on 3rd as well.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 93 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 2412. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2412, an Act concerning the Illinois State Police. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Morrison, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. This is an initiative of the Illinois State Police. This bill amends several State statutes to align with federal regulations, address audit findings, align various overlapping statutes, and assign duties according to the strategic planning of the Illinois State Police. This bill strengthens the protective service functions for State employees, officials and facilities, and addresses gaps in oversight of those entities. It also adds a medical examiner or coroner to the Forensic Science Commission and provides granting of dollars to local law enforcement to help with gun trafficking reports. This is bipartisan legislation. I'm happy to answer questions. I know of absolutely no opposition to this bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Sally Turner.
Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to make mention that I thank, Senator Morrison, for bringing this bill and for allowing me to be on as a chief-co. And one of the most important things I think about this bill is about STIC. And if you're not familiar with STIC, it's the Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center. They monitor so many things for us at that center. It's an extremely important part of the State Police, and that's something 94 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 that is very, very important of the -- part of this bill. I also want to thank Director Kelly and the Illinois State Police for taking the lead in the protection of -- of our State employees. So, thank you and thank you, Senator Morrison.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Morrison, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. Life has changed. Security concerns have changed in the Illinois State Police stand ready to protect us and our State facilities. I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So, the question is, shall House Bill 2412 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2412, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 2474, Senator Edly-Allen. We're going to go to House Bill 2500, Senator Loughran Cappel. Secretary -- Senator Loughran Cappel seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 2500 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill or House Bill 2500. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Loughran Cappel.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Loughran Cappel, on your amendment.
95 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 I would like to adopt the amendment and explain it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. On the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 2500. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2500, an Act concerning regulation. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Loughran Cappel, on your bill.
This bill requires animal shelters and animal control facilities to waive the adoption fee for military veterans in Illinois and allow shelters and facilities to limit the number of pets adopted under the Section. Happy to take any questions?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McClure.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Thank you. I want to commend the sponsor for this piece of legislation. It's a great way to bring comfort to our veterans and 96 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 bring some help to our shelters. We've got a lot of pets that need to be adopted and I think people live longer when they've got animals around the house, and I think it's a great bill. So, I -- I look forward to voting Yes. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Loughran Cappel, to close.
Thank you, Senator, for your support. And, I again, just ask for your support with this legislation.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 2500 pass. All those in favor vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2500, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We'll go to House Bill 2719, Senator Peters. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2719, an Act concerning regulation. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. HB 2719 is a bill that's going to help patients so that they don't fall into very serious medical debt. And it has the support of the Illinois Hospital Association, as well as advocates for working class people and I ask for a Yes vote. 97 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McClure.
Question for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he will yield.
Thank you. Senator, are there currently any opponents to this bill?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters.
There's no opposition.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure.
Okay. Thank you very much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters, to close.
This is a good bill. I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 2719 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 38 voting Yea, 16 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2719, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 2820, Senator Johnson. Mr. 98 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 2820, an Act concerning State government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 2820,as -- as amended, sorry, let me start over. House Bill 2820 amends the Illinois Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law (of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois) to address airway emergencies experienced during childbirth and other leading causes of maternal mortality and birthing centers, continuing education and written policies. There is no opposition, and I encourage an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 2820 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 2820, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Go to House Bill 3095, Senator Holmes. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. We're going to move on to House Bill 3413, Senator Pacione-Zayas. We're going to go to House Bill 3436, Senator Anderson. We're to go to House Bill 3442, Senator Loughran Cappel. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3442, an Act concerning education. 3rd Reading of the bill. 99 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Anderson, on your bill. I'm sorry. Senator Loughran Cappel, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was a little confused. Anyway, I -- this bill allows a substitute teacher who has filled a vacancy left by a licensed teacher in an emergency situation for 90 days until the end of the semester, whichever is greater. If the school district -- if the school district files a written request with the appropriate Regional Office of Education. Happy to take any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Fowler.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. I just like to compliment the sponsor for bringing this legislation forward. We need more proactive legislation to be able to help our -- our teachers and our teacher shortage in this crisis situation. So, I look forward to continuing working with the Body on more -- more opportunities for better and even -- more legislation to help our teachers in the future. So, thank you so much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Loughran Cappel, to close.
100 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Thank -- thank you, Senator, for your support and I urge a Yes vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So, the question is, shall House Bill 3442 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 3442, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 3500, Senator Loughran Cappel. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. Senator Loughran Cappel seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 3500 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 3500. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Loughran Cappel.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Loughran Cappel, on your amendment.
I'd like to adopt the amendment and talk about it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting -- The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 3500. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 101 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
House Bill 3500, an Act concerning education. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Loughran Cappel, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill increases the aggregate principal amounts for bonds for the Joliet School District 86, Joliet Public School District. These increase amounts -- the increase amount is for authorizing the event that the voters of the district approved -- the referendum, which they had on April 4th, which they did. And the proceeds are then used to accomplish the projects that were voted on in the referendum. I'm happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 3500 pass. All those in favor vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3500, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we're going to go back to House Bill 3413, Senator Pacione-Zayas. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3413, an Act concerning State government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas, on your bill. 102 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3413, as amended, establishes the Human Remains Protection Act. The Act is going to allow the Department of Natural Resources to implement administrative rules deemed necessary for the timely implementation of Section 13 of the Human Remains Protection Act. And essentially what it does is it directs DNR to create a State burial that is advised by tribal nations who have cultural connections to the State of Illinois. It also establishes procedures for when encountering remains. It does give authority the State's attorney, as well as the Attorney General, to initiate criminal prosecutions if any of those remains are disturbed. I'm just really pleased to carry this bill. I've been working with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on this, and this was negotiated and also supported by the Department of Natural Resources. I ask for an Aye vote and I'm happy to entertain any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Stoller.
Yeah. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Yeah. I rise in support of this bill. I think this is a -- a really good bill. Happy to be a chief co-sponsor and it's long overdue. And in my district is the Village of Shabbona, which is home to the Potawatomi tribe. And it's very important for them to -- to have a good resting place for these remains. And so, I thank the sponsor for bringing this forward and request an Aye vote. 103 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there further discussion? Senator Bryant.
Thank you, Mr. President. Question of the sponsor, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she will yield.
Senator, Cahokia Mounds is very close to -- to my district. Does this affect anything that -- that happens there at that historic facility?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas.
No.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bryant. Senator Pacione-Zayas, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill -- I want to just shout out the House sponsor Rep. Walker and of course the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation because it really recenters power and honors Native American tribes and their rights to their ancestor's legacy. This is just one step in that direction of humanizing our Native American siblings and the -- the rights to their ancestors. I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 3413 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Yea, none voting 104 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3413, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to House Bill 3522, Senator Villivalam. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3522, an Act concerning education. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villivalam, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3522 expands the State Global Scholar -- Scholar Certification program to include nonpublic high school graduates in schools. I know of no opposition and would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 3522 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3522, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Going to House Bill 3563, Senator Peters. Senator Peters seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 3563 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 3563. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Peters.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 105 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Peters, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3563 is a task force.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator, on your amendment.
I'll adopt the amendment on -- on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 3563. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3563, an Act concerning State government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters, on your bill.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. I'm going to do this correct this time. But this is a task force under DoIT. It's really just so that we can look at the impact and study things around AI it's basically text AI, predictive AI, as we see this technology expands just have a better understanding of its impact and I ask for a Yes vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 106 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Is there any discussion? Senator Sally Turner.
Thank you, Mr. President. Question for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he will yield.
Senator Peters, I just wanted to thank you. I mentioned that in -- in committee, and I appreciate you bringing this bill because artificial intelligence is extremely, extremely important. But for our Members, would you tell us who are the stakeholders, and have they been contacted?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters.
Yes. I mean, the majority of stakeholders have been contacted. And in fact, this amendment includes expanding the stakeholder to the Attorney General's Office who wants to have a say on this. But there are a variety of people who are involved in this. I can go through the names, but for example, we would have the Speaker of the Minority Leader of the House, the President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, DoIT Director, State Superintendent of Education, the Ed of the Community College Board, the Ed of the Board of Higher Ed, and then the following appointments by the Governor by recommendation of Statewide assoc- - associations, two teachers, two principals, two experts on cybersecurity, two experts on artificial intelligence, two members of Statewide Business Association, two members of Statewide Labor Associations. And now, with the addition of the Attorney General's Office, it is a broad, broad task force because it's a broad, broad 107 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 issue and I appreciate the support and yep.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Turner.
Sorry to make you draw on and on but thank you for letting all of us know that because this is a very important issue to us, and AI is something that's facing all of us right now and our communities. And I just want to thank you for bringing it.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Peters, to close.
It's a good bill, vote Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 3563 pass. All those in favor vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3563, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Going to House Bill 3648, Senator Pacione-Zayas. Senator Pacione-Zayas. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3648, an Act concerning education. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. As amended, House Bill 3648 creates the Higher Education in Prison Act. This Act requires the 108 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Department of Corrections on or before September 1st, starting with the following year of the bill's passage to collect data and release a report on its institutions and facilities related to higher education with the Governor and the General Assembly and make publicly available on their website. It also requires each college or university to provide to either Illinois Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board academic program information of each committed student as part of their already regular student level data collection process. The bill further requires IBHE and ICCB to make the report publicly available on their website on an annual basis. And this is the beginning of us moving forward, implementing recommendations from a task force. We're actually making progress. I'm happy to entertain any questions and I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Fowler.
Thank you, Mr. President. Question of the sponsor, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she will yield.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator, is a -- are you aware of any fiscal impact that this legislation could create to the Department of Corrections?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas.
Thank you for that question. We just got word from IDOC that their calculations that they initially thought of were actually 109 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 erroneous and there will not be a fiscal impact they will implement in this first year and should they need to come back and figure out if there are additional resources, they will let us know, but they have no concerns at this point.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Fowler.
Thank you for that clarification.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Pacione-Zayas, to close.
This is a good bill. Let's go. I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 3648 pass. All those in favor vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Yea, 3 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. And House Bill 3648, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to move to House Bill 3677, Senator Joyce. Seeks leave of the Body to send -- to return House Bill 3677 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 3677. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Joyce.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce, on your amendment. 110 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to adopt the amendment and explain it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on 3rd Reading is House Bill 3677. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3677, an Act concerning fishing and hunting. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Joyce, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3677, as amended, allows the State residents to obtain a three-year fishing, hunting and sportsman's combination or trapping license at three times the cost of the annual one to give hunters an opportunity to not have to do it every year. I'd like to thank Senator Anderson for helping me with the language also.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion, Senator Anderson?
Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill. 111 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Thank the sponsor. I am an avid sportsman, and this is a big deal. I know it doesn't sound like much, but having the option to -- to be able to get a license for three years is a big deal, especially when you're -- you're busy like we are. So, I just want to thank -- thank the sponsor again for -- for putting this through.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Joyce, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. Ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 3677 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, and none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3677, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Going to House Bill 3702, Senator Preston. Senator Preston seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 3702 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 3702. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Preston.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Preston, on your amendment. Out of the record. Mr. 112 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Secretary, put the bill on 3rd Reading. We're going to go to House Bill -- and -- and put 3702 on 3rd Reading and take it out of the record. We're going to go to House Bill 3744, Senator Doris Turner. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3744, an Act concerning State government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Turner, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 44 {Sic} (3744) establishes that the Department of Central Management Services shall annually report to the General Assembly information about the workforce in each State agency, and that workforce report would include things like the average age of the workforce broken out by agency, the average length of service of the workforce, the number of funded vacancies, the number of new hires, the number of separated employees with less than five years of service, and the number of separate employees with at least five but less than 10 years of service. And those separated employees with at least 10, but less than 20 years of service. And I'll answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 3744 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3744, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Fine, for what purpose do you seek 113 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 recognition?
Point of personal privilege, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Please state your point.
I would like to wish a happy birthday to my incredible communication staffer, Natalie Bak who's standing in the back of the Chamber. Happy…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Happy birthday. Senator Murphy. Senator Murphy, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Point of correction. I'd like to be recorded as an Aye vote on House Bill 3413.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The record will reflect your intentions. House Bill 3814, Senator Turner. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3814, an Act concerning education. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Turner, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3414 allows students to count hours that they participate in a work-based learning experience as hours of schoolwork. This includes participation in scheduled events of State and National Future Farmers of America Associations, as well as 4-H programs as part of organized 114 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 competitions or exhibitions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Stoller.
Yeah. To the bill, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Yeah, I rise in support of this bill. I want to thank the sponsor for bringing this forward. In my district, agriculture is the number one industry, and we see so many kids involved in 4-H and FFA and these are projects and activities that take them away from their cell phones. They're working with their hands, they're challenging their brains, they're learning new things. And so, I was really glad to see this bill come forward and I would ask everyone to support it with an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Bryant.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
I rise also in support of this bill. I just want to remind everyone that agriculture is also a science. There's animal sciences involved, there's electrical issues, there's soil and water conservation. There's so many things that these young people learn they would get credit for going to say a science fair. So, giving them credit to be able to go and do these things is a very 115 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 good bill. I applaud the Senator for bringing this bill and certainly encourage an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Turner, to close.
I would like to thank my colleagues on -- across the aisle for their support. This is a very good bill, and it really speaks to the impact that young people have in the agriculture arena throughout our State. And I would encourage everyone to vote Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 3014 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yea, and none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3814 {sic} (3014), having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 3940, Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3940, an Act concerning local government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cunningham, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3940 extends the sunset on the State's 9-1-1 Emergency Phone Act. It makes a couple of other minor changes to that Act like extending the deadline for 911 systems to accept text messages until July of next year. Also has language that requires multi line phone systems that are in 116 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 residents or businesses to have automatic location identifiers as part of their technology. So, the 911 Centers will know the street addresses that the calls are coming from. This is an initiative of the Statewide 911 Advisory Board. I know of no opposition. Would appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 3940 pass. All those in favor , Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3940, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to page 11 to House Bill 3129, Senator Pacione-Zayas, seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 3129 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 3129. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Pacione-Zayas.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. Okay. The -- there we go. So, House Bill 3129 is our salary transparency bill. Just want to give a little bit of context. We all…,
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) This is on the amendment.
Can we adopt the amendment? And I'll explain on 3rd. 117 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor say, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 39 -- 3129. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3129, an Act concerning employment. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. As amended, House Bill 3129 amends the Equal Pay Act, making it unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale and benefits for a position listed in a specific job posting. It requires employers to announce or otherwise make known all opportunities for promotion to all current employees within 14 days that the employer makes an external job posting for the same position with certain State of Illinois positions exempt. It empowers the Department of Labor to initiate investigations of alleged violations of these obligations. It allows people who believe that they are aggrieved by a violation to submit complaints to the Department within one year of learning the violation. And upon receiving the complaint, the department will determine if a violation or a set of violations has occurred and provide violating employees an opportunity to 118 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 cure or an automatic penalty will be determined based on the number of violating postings an employer has posted. It bars retaliation by employers against those who enforce their rights under the Act. I'm happy to entertain questions. This is a heavily negotiated bill. We have removed all opposition. We are at neutral and I'm really pleased with the product that has been produced as a result of conversations. I'm happy to entertain questions, I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator Stoller.
To the bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Thank you. This bill, in -- in my opinion, is divorced from reality. I wish we could just sprinkle some magic dust and put another mandate on employers and solve a bunch of issues and perceived problems. But the reality is employers want talented and skilled employees and they're willing to pay for them. The problem is that not all candidates or employees are the same. In fact, some are more productive than others. Some have more experience than others have. Some may have a degree or an advanced degree, others don't. Or training or certificate in some area and at the right -- at the right cost an employer might say, you know what, I would be willing to pay for the risk that I'm facing because I don't know if this employee is going to perform or not perform. They don't have the qualifications, but at the right cost. Maybe I'll take that chance because the risk exists whether we like it 119 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 or not. But what this will do is when we advertise a range that is too low, then we might miss out on an -- an employee that says, you know what, I'd go for that, but that range is too low and the employer might miss out on an all-star candidate, somebody that's very highly qualified. And, you know, as a small business owner myself, we've had situations where we find the right person and we'll restructure our department, we'll rearrange some roles to take into full account -- take full advantage of their skills and abilities. But what will happen is if we say, hey, we -- we're going to have to advertise a specific range, we may not take a -- a chance on a lower qualified employee. So, they're going to miss out on this opportunity and in fact would hurt the people that we're trying to help. Another issue I'd like to bring up on this bill is it hits very, very small employers and in fact, down to 15 or more employees. But the -- the reality is some of these employee -- employers have fewer full-time, year-round employees because this bill does not exempt seasonal or farm employees. So, you may have a business that has three, four, five employees full time year-round, but in a seasonal aspect, they'll -- they'll add up another dozen or 15 employees. So, this is going to have an undue impact on potentially some very, very small employers. At best, this bill adds a burden of compliance on small employers and does very little with no real or meaningful benefit to applicants. But at its worst, it's yet another reason for employers to look elsewhere outside of our State, it's like hanging another banner on our State that says, we don't want your jobs here. We don't want you to come here. We don't want you to employ our people because it's bills like this and mandate after mandate that tell people that Illinois is not open for business. And worst of all, 120 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 it's going to hurt the very people that I -- I believe you're trying to help. And so, for that reason, I urge a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Plummer.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
So, this -- this piece of legislation is simply a solution, looking for a problem that doesn't exist in the labor markets. You know, the previous speaker highlighted very effectively how this legislation will actually harm people who are trying to grow their career and step up in the workforce. Anyone that has been involved in the hiring and the advertising for positions available for folks across the pay scale for all kinds of different positions and all kinds of different industries, understand how this works. People are very aware of what the -- what the pay scale looks like for the positions that they're seeking. And ultimately, at the end of the day, this is going to take opportunity away from people because companies are going to be less open to considering candidates for positions that don't fit all of the exact qualifications they want. This harms people who aren't perfectly qualified. This harms people who have an opportunity to step up into different positions because this will preclude the company's ability and willingness to be able to think outside the box. The other thing that this bill does is it completely destroys companies willingness to create incentive programs and create compensation scales that are above market. And because they're not going to be willing to put what 121 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 they're doing out there for -- for the public to see, especially their competition. This is, I'm sure the concept and the goals behind it are well intentioned, but it's a ludicrous piece of legislation that defeats the purpose. There's not a problem here, and we're trying to foist a solution that is only going to create a problem for the people we're trying to help. I urge a No vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Villanueva.
Thank you, Mr. President. Question for the sponsor for the…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she'll yield.
I have a couple of questions for the purpose of legislative intent. Senator, you indicated that the intent is to provide greater transparency for workers regarding wages, salary and benefits. Is the - this legislation intended to limit what wages, salaries or benefits companies can or can't provide to workers?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas.
The fundamental goal of this legislation is to increase efficiency, reduce inequity in the labor market through transparency regarding expectations by job applicants. The bill asks employers to, in good faith, communicate expectations regarding wages and benefits with publicly posted job opportunities because multiple factors might influence the ultimate offer. The bill is not intended to limit the ultimate 122 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 offer made by the employer or to regulate any aspect of job offers or payment of wages, salary, or benefits. For example, changing economic conditions may reduce the expected budget for the position, or an employer finds a more experienced candidate and wants to go above the salary range, publicly posted.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villanueva.
Senator, I have another question. Is this legislation intended to cover general postings like roadside billboards or help wanted signs that are often found on the windows or doors of a business?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas.
The type of postings you're asking about is not intended to fall within the scope of this legislation. The intent is to apply to job postings such as online job boards, newspaper ads or postings by a third party to solicit candidates for a position with an employer. The legislation does not mandate an employer to publicly post a job offering.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Villanueva.
To the bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
This is a good bill. I urge a Yes vote. 123 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there further discussion, Senator Peters?
Questions to the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she will yield.
Senator, these are questions for the purpose of legislative intent. To teamwork effort over here. With many jobs these days, benefits are a complicated and often an important element of a worker's compensation. How detailed does this legislation require an employer to include in a posting covered by this legislation?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas.
Thank you, for the question. The definition of pay scale and benefit requires a, quote, "general description of benefits". Any job postings covered by this legislation is intended to include what benefits are expected to be offered, identifying what benefits such as health insurance, pension bonuses, commissions, stock options or other incentives is what is required to be in posted details of what those benefits are not required. In addition to satisfy the requirement, an employer also has the option of including in the posting a hyperlink to a publicly viewable page that includes the pay scale and benefits.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters.
I have one more question here. Can you provide a few examples 124 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 of postings that employers covered by this change in the law will be able to better understand what is being required of them?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Pacione-Zayas.
Sure. Let me offer you a couple scenarios. A reasonable estimate of the current wage range is $25 to $35 an hour and includes health insurance, paid time off and a pension plan as determined by our collective bargaining agreement. The expected wage range in general benefits description for this position is displayed in accordance with the Illinois Equal Pay Act. The final compensation is based on the successful candidates individual trainings, qualifications, experience, work, location and the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Another example, the annual base salary for this executive position is $350,000 to $500,000 and includes health insurance, a 401-K plan, paid time off, stock options and a bonus. The expected salary range for this position is displayed in accordance with the Illinois Equal Pay Act. The final agreed upon compensation is based on the successful candidates individual education, qualifications, experience and work location. More information regarding benefits for the position can be found at the link. www.Salarytransparency.com.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Peters.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
125 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 It's a great bill. I hope it's all Yes votes. Awesome. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Pacione-Zayas, to close.
Thank you. Just want to close with, you know, research shows that when job applicants are clearly informed about the context for negotiations, including pay range, gender differences in negotiation outcomes diminish, which could help narrow gender wage gaps. And being required to post these salary ranges prompts employers to proactively review and evaluate their compensation practices and address any unjustified disparities between employees, including race, ethnicity, and language. And we know that basically more and more employers have begun to include these pay ranges in their job postings. As it becomes starkly clear that doing so is crucial to attracting talent, evidence is overwhelming. 85 percent of workers, according to resume builder.com, are more likely to apply for a job if the pay range is listed. Monster.com survey found that more than half of respondents would refuse to even apply for a job that does not disclose this salary range. This is promoting efficiency. This is promoting competition with talent. I ask for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 3129 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 35 voting Yea, 19 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3129, having 126 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we're going to go to the bottom of page 12. House Bill 3702, Senator Preston. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. Senator Preston seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 3702 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 3702. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Preston.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Preston, on your amendment.
Yes, I'd like to adopt the amendment and explain on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 3702. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3702, an Act concerning State government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Preston, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3702 amends the 127 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 performance metric reporting requirements for the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program. House Bill 3702 will require Program Administrators to collect and disaggregate performance metrics according to race, ethnicity, gender, age, and location. It also adds additional data points that must be included in the annual performance metric reporting and enables the Department of Employment Security to be consulted for the program (New) Graduate Employment Data. House Bill 3702 requires Program Administers -- Administrators to share data with the Illinois Office of Equity.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion. The question is, shall House Bill 3702 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3702, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're -- we're going to go to -- Senator Doris Turner, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. I have an announcement.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Please state your announcement.
This must be the week for fantastic birthdays in the Illinois State Senate, and I would like to wish a fantastic communications staffer, Celeste Holmes, a happy, happy birthday on Saturday.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Happy birthday. We're going to go to House Bill 1268, Senator Johnson. Mr. Secretary, please read -- we got a House Bill 1268. 128 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 The -- Senator Johnson seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 1268 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 1268. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 4, offered by Senator Johnson.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to adopt the amendment and explain it on 3rd Reading.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is House Bill 1268. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 1268, an Act concerning civil law. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1268 is an initiative of the Fully Free Campaign. This is a Statewide coalition dedicated 129 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 to addressing permanent punishments in Illinois, which are barriers that deny and restrict rights and opportunities for people with a record long after they have completed their sentence. And so, with this amendment -- as amended, House Bill 1268 requires the test -- the test -- testator to expressly acknowledge that they are aware that the executor's name, in their will, was convicted of a financial crime prior to the execution of the will or the codicil. It prohibits a person previously convicted of a financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person, financial identity theft or a similar crime in another state or in federal court from becoming qualified as an executor of an estate in State of Illinois and I just want to point out the impact of this. So, Representative Collins, she's a House sponsor and she has a personal experience with this, with her father not being able to be the executor of a loved one's estate and then recently, we have two -- two individuals from the Fully Free Coalition, they are here today. We have Leslie Mathias (sic), his mom, she passed away of cancer. But while he was in prison for more than 25 years, she supported him, and she visited him every week -- every weekend. And then when he was released after serving his time and should have been fully free, he was unable to take over the responsibilities of being executor of his mom's estate. And also, Marlon, who is very instrumental in the Fully Free Campaign. He's been working diligently on this effort. The same with him. So, we want to make sure that when people have served their time and if we believe in rehabilitation, that they are truly fully free, that we remove the invisible handcuffs and jail cells and allow them to -- to serve on the -- as a loved one's estate and take care of the matters of something as important as serving on -- as executor of 130 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 a loved one's estate. And so, I ask all of you, I urge you for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? Senator McClure.
Questions for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates she'll yield.
Thank you. And thank you, Senator, for this legislation. What protections are in place to ensure that whomever is agreeing to allow this to happen is doing so on their own without any intimidation or anything like that?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson.
Thank you. Well, so -- this is the same requirement as -- as others. And so, as far as intimidation, if it's in probate, there is still processes they have to follow and reporting. And that process, I believe Senator, will make -- that will be the -- the process to ensure that the individual isn't being coerced or forced into doing -- and naming someone as their executor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure.
And for people that are -- would be now eligible to be an executor, what crimes are -- so I heard financial -- or I saw financial exploitation of the elderly. If there is that conviction, what other convictions would bar a person still from being able to 131 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 do this?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson.
Thank you. There are no other crimes, so just financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person or any financial identity theft or similar crimes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure.
Okay, so someone who's got multiple theft convictions or deceptive practices or anything, they're still eligible then or they're now eligible to be an executor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Johnson.
Thank you. So, as I said, just individuals who have been convicted of financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person, financial identity theft or similar crime.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure.
Thank you. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
Number one, I know this is changed from the House. I think that the sponsor has taken steps to make this a better bill. I do still have concerns though, with the amount of eligible crimes 132 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 that a person can still commit and be eligible to do this. I'm not convinced that the safety standards would be in place to ensure that the person is making a rational decision here. And so, because of concerns about potential intimidation and crimes, I think that should be banned that are going to be allowed to be a part of this. I would urge a respectful No vote because I do appreciate the sponsor's work. And I do think that some of these folks should be able to act in this capacity. I just don't think that there are enough protections in here for people that could be hurt by this legislation. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Johnson to close.
Thank you, Mr. President, and -- and thank you, Senator, for expressing your concerns. But as I mentioned before, when people serve their time for whatever crime, but we do have protections in this particular bill that we -- we feel are adequate and sufficient. But when people serve their time, when they are -- if we believe in rehabilitation, then we have to allow them to be fully free. And again, we -- we have to remove these -- these invisible handcuffs and -- and the invisible jail cells and allow these individuals to live their lives just like you and me. And so, again, I urge an Aye vote and thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 2168 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 43 voting Yea, 8 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 1268, having received the 133 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 required constitutional majority, is declared passed. We're going to go to House Bill 3140, Senator Sims. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3140, an Act concerning juveniles. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 3140 creates the End Youth Solitary Confinement Act, which prohibits the use of solitary confinement on young detainees in detention centers for any purpose other than preventing immediate physical harm. The Act specifies time limitations and conditions for release from confinement when a juvenile is placed on administrative hold or room confinement, respectively. The Act requires that an independent ombudsman from the Department of Juvenile Justice review and enforce adherence to the Act. I know of no opposition, answer any questions and ask for a favorable roll call.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion, Leader Curran.
Thank you, Mr. President. I want to rise in support of the bill, just by way of background, I was lead attorney for Cook County in reforming that county's juvenile detention center. And before it fell out of federal -- or a constitutional compliance and was taken over by the federal courts. This was a routine practice of using confinement as a heavy-handed punishment tactic. 134 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Now, I -- I think there is a legitimate argument to be made. You know, parents use time outs, but, you know, time outs are -- are usually short in nature. And this as a punishment tactic can be used for -- was used regularly, extensively long periods. This is what Senator Sims presents is -- has become the national standard. This is the State standard. It's incredibly important. The -- these confinement rooms, safe rooms in -- in situations where safety is at risk of the juvenile detainee or staff, that they be allowed to use a confinement. This bill does comport with that and has mechanisms if that is not ultimately successful over 24-hour period. But I just want to -- I just wanted to -- to voice my support for this. I appreciate the Senator's work in this space. This is the -- this is already the practice of the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, which is the largest facility, a county detention facility in the State. And I know it's our State standard already. And like I said, The Annie E. Casey Foundation has worked extensively on -- on this being a national standard in many states that have adopted this standard or what's maybe some similarities in the margins. So, you know, happy to support this.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Bryant.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
In due respect to my Leader and to Leader Sims, they're both right that this has become a national standard. However, in DJJ here in Illinois, the pendulum swung too far in one direction. And 135 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 because of that confinement is used not as often as I think it should be used. My office gets call after call after call after call about the frustration of officers who are working in DJJ who are having great difficulties keeping control in DJJ facilities. I know Leader Sims answered some questions and followed up with some answers to the fact that this has to do with county jails, not with Department of Corrections. However, rather than expanding this to county jails, I would prefer to see this actually rescinded at DJJ. So, for that reason I'm going to be opposing the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator Ventura.
To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
I rise in support of this bill. There was mention that this doesn't impact our county juvenile detention centers, but the reality is that when we have lack of staff, sometimes inadvertently, we end up having juveniles who end up in solitary confinement. This is a huge issue. We cannot see this at our DJJ facilities. We cannot see this at our county facilities. We need to make sure that children are provided the wraparound services that they need, if they need time out, that there is time that a health professional, a therapist, can work with them. But to simply lock them up and walk away from them, essentially, is not okay. And this is happening. There are reports of this happening in our State. I'm happy to share those reports if people are questioning this, we need to do a better job of making sure that -- that 136 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 children have the resources they need. I urge an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion. Senator Sims, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate the robust debate on -- on this piece of legislation. I would remind all of us that, as Leader mentioned on the other side of the aisle, this is becoming a national standard. Twenty-three states across the country, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have limited the use of solitary -- solitary confinement for juveniles. And that's the same thing we are doing here. So, I ask for -- ask for a favorable roll call. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall House Bill 3140 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 42 voting Yea, and 10 voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3140, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Going to House Bill 3322, Senator Sims. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3322, an Act concerning criminal law. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 3322 creates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Information Act. The bill requires that 137 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 each law enforcement agency that maintains a gang database or has access to a shared gang database to implement policies that require 1) that personnel authorized to access a gang -- gang database be limited to sworn law enforcement personnel or non-sworn law enforcement personnel, criminal justice entities, non-criminal justice entities or maintenance personnel. IT Contractual professionals and employees. And those who have been subject to character or security clearance and have received approved training. Again, know of no opposition. Will answer any questions. Ask for a favorable roll call.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion, Senator Bryant.
Thank you. Will the sponsor yield for a question?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he'll yield.
Leader, you said no opponents, but are -- are the chiefs opposed to this bill?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims.
Not to my information, Senator. They are -- they were listed as neutral on the information I have.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Bryant.
Okay. I spoke to a couple of chiefs last night and they were opposed. Maybe not the Association. To the bill. 138 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
So, this bill waters down a valuable law enforcement tool, a tool that is used to put violent criminals behind bars. Gang warfare is ravaging our neighborhoods and supplying deadly drugs to communities throughout Illinois, further limiting our law enforcement and judges and information they can use to do their jobs does not make any sense. This is just one more layer of red tape that our law enforcement has to cut through to save lives. I urge a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Further discussion, Senator McClure.
Questions for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Indicates he'll yield.
Thank you. Is it fair to say, Senator Sims, that this is making sure that the gang database is a little bit more reliable?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims.
I'm sorry, Senator.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure.
Is it -- is it a fair statement to say that part of this legislation is going to hopefully make a gang database more 139 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 reliable, more accurate?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims.
Senator, I would -- I would say that the intent of the use of the gang database is that we be able to identify the individuals who are truly a threat to public safety, but not to -- to arbitrarily put people into situations where they are -- they are being identified merely by what they look like.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure.
No, I understand that. But does this legislation make changes to the gang database, itself, to ensure that it's more reliable and so less situations like you just discussed will be happening in the future?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Sims.
Senator, what we have, what we're trying to do with this legislation is to clarify the individuals who have access to the gang database, making sure that the individuals who are identified, who are on the database are truly that threat to public safety. So, we want to make sure the individuals who have access to it are the ones who are making sure that we -- our communities are staying safe.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator McClure.
140 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 That answers my question. You're trying to make it more accurate and more reliable and surer that this information is actually accurate as to whether they're in a gang or not. So, can I speak to the bill now, Mr. President?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) To the bill.
So, on the one hand, you're saying you want to make the gang database more accurate for the future. On the other hand, you want to say that this evidence, which is going to now be more accurate, cannot be admissible in court. This is a very contradictory piece of legislation. And the judges in our State have the tools to have hearings to determine whether or not something should be admitted as evidence or not. Why would we want to take these tools away, especially when we're trying to make this database more accurate? It doesn't make any sense. I urge a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Sims, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Again, we are trying to ensure that the individuals who are threats to our -- our communities are identified, and we want to make sure that law enforcement has the tools to do that and accurately do that. So, I would ask for a favorable roll call. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) So, the question is, shall House Bill 3322 pass. All those in favor vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 32 voting Yea, 18 voting 141 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 3322, Having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Murphy, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Purpose of an announcement.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Please state your announcement.
I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that Appointment Message {sic} 103032 (1030032) can be heard at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15th, in the Senate Executive Appointments Committee.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Murphy moves that we waive all notice and posting requirements so that Appointment Message No. 103-132 {sic} 1030032) can be heard at -- at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15th, in the Senate Executive Appointments Committee. Seeing no objection. Leave is granted. Senator Hunter, in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Please turn your Calendars to page 8. House Bill 1131. Mr. Secretary. Senator Koehler seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 1131 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 1131. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Koehler.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Senator Koehler. Is there any discussion? Senator Koehler, is there any discussion? 142 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Thank you, Madam President. I move for its adoption.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor say, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 3, offered by Senator Koehler.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Senator Koehler.
Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. I move for its adoption.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Is there any discussion? All those in favor say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) 3rd Reading. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 1131, an Act concerning local government. 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Senator Koehler.
Thank you, Madam President. What this bill does as amended, is it extends some other counties to be included in regional 143 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 development authorities. It -- it includes Winnebago, Boone Counties and the Quad Cities. It amends and adds Jo Daviess, Carroll, Whiteside, Stephenson -- Stephenson, Lee, Knox Counties, Winnebago and Boone Counties to the list of counties in the Quad City. And it further -- bill adds McLean County to the territorial jurisdiction of the Tri County River Valley Development Authority. It also, with the amendments, puts into place some ethics reform that -- that matches with other entities in this State. And so, I think this is a good bill. We worked a lot to get to where we were on it, and I appreciate its support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HUNTER) Is there any discussion? The question is, shall bill -- shall bill -- House Bill 1122 pass -- 1131 pass. All those in favor vote, Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On the question, there are 50 -- 55 Yeas, 0 Nays and the -- and 4 voting Present. House Bill… 0 voting Present. Sorry for the correction. House Bill 1131, having reached the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Koehler, back in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) We're going -- we're going to go to House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 779, Senator Sims. Senator Sims on 2nd Reading. Do you want to move that to 3rd? Yes. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 779, an Act concerning State government. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Going to go to the next page on House Bill 2098, 144 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Sims. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2098, an Act concerning civil law. 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 3rd Reading. Leave of the Body will go to page 23, we're going to do resolutions. Senate Resolution 119, Senator Fine. Mr. Secretary, please read the Resolution.
Senate Resolution 119, offered by Senator Fine.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Fine, on your resolution.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Resolution 119 declares May 1st through May 7th as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week in the State of Illinois. This is a disease that strikes people living with a mental health condition, and it involves uncontrollable movements to different body parts they may develop after taking certain medications. This is to create an awareness towards Tardive Dyskinesia, and I would appreciate your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) The question is, shall Senate Resolution 119 pass. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is -- is adopted. The resolution is adopted. We'll go to Senate Joint Resolution No. 6, Senator Tracy. Mr. Secretary, please read the resolution.
Senate Joint Resolution 6, offered by Senator Tracy.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) 145 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senator Tracy, on your resolution.
Yes. Senate Resolution -- Joint Resolution (6) - 529 College Savings Days, just encourages Illinois parents to plan for their children's education and invest in the unique savings plan that we have offered. And it's a very good resolution. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall Senate Joint Resolution No. 6 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the resolution is -- is passed. Go to Senate Joint Resolution No. 24, Leader Lightford. Mr. Secretary, please read the resolution.
Senate Joint Resolution 24, offered by Senator Lightford.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Leader Lightford, on your -- Leader Lightford, on your resolution.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Senate Joint Resolution 24 addresses the SAS program. The SAS program is a screening assessment and Support Services program that is originally housed in DCFS, DHS, and HFS. But in order to provide improved coordination and the delivery of mental health services to youth, this program was created to carry out emergency interventions for children and adolescents experiencing a mental health crisis. This initiative was part of the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 and was called upon in the case of high need at risk students and youth with express ideation or intent to harm themselves or others or are otherwise in need of emergency 146 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 intervention. So, there was a study done and there were some results that determined that the State is failing to ensure thousands of children are getting any follow up help, let alone the type of intensive behavioral health supports that many of them need. So, this is an attempt now to go back and evaluate this program by county and to analyze whether the current funding is sufficient to meet the needs of the program and our lines governance for the task force. Members of the task force shall be provided administrative support from the Department of Health Care and Family Services and the Department of Human Services and shall use information gathered to write a report to be delivered to the Senate President, Speaker of the House, Minority Leader of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House, and the Directors of DCFS, DHFS, and DHS. It's a proponent of the Illinois Education Association, and I am not familiar with any opposition. I'd be happy to answer questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Since this resolution requires the expenditure of State funds, a roll call vote will be required. Those. So, the question is, now shall Senate Joint Resolution No. 24 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Joint Resolution No. 24, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared adopted. We're going to go to Senate Joint Resolution 36, Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the resolution. Resolution - Senate Joint Resolution 30.
147 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 Senate Joint Resolution 30, offered by Senator Cunningham.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Cunningham, on your resolution.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Joint Resolution 30 recognizes the establishment of 2-1-1 phone services. These are new services that have been adopted throughout the State. And it's really an effective way to make sure people have a quick and easy way to access various social services. This resolution recognizes the good work that these 2-1-1 centers do and recommends that those services be expanded throughout the State. I know of no opposition, would appreciate the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no discussion, the question is, shall Senate Joint Resolution 30 Pass. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the resolution is adopted. Now we'll go to Senate Joint Resolution No. 32, Senator Faraci. Mr. Secretary, please read the resolution.
Senate Joint Resolution 32, offered by Senator Faraci.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Senator Faraci, on your resolution.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Joint Resolution 32 designates the portion of Interstate 74 starting east of US 54 in Champaign-Urbana and continuing to the Indiana border as a Senate -- as the Senator Scott Bennett Memorial Highway. I'm honored and flattered to be able to bring this resolution to the Floor, and I ask for my colleague's support. 148 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Since this resolution requires the expenditure of State funds. Is there any discussion? No, I'm sorry. Senator Tom Bennett.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator Faraci, appreciate if I may, the -- the motion here that you've done and the activity of the efforts of what you have done today and the other Members around the Senate as well. It means a lot to the family. And I think it's important to recognize the accomplishments that -- that he's been able to work through. But also, he worked together with people in so many ways, so Senator, thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Seeing no further discussion, as this resolution requires expenditure of State funds a roll call vote will be required. So, the question is, shall Senate Joint Resolution 32 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. Having received the required constitutional majority, Senate Joint Resolution 32, is declared adopted. Mr. Secretary, Messages from the House.
A Message from the House by Mr. Hollman, Clerk. Mr. President, I'm directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the following Joint Resolution, the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate to wit: House Joint Resolution 13, offered by Senator Stadelman, adopted by the House on May 11th, 2023. John W. Hollman, Clerk of the House. It is substantive, Mr. President. A Message 149 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 from the House by Mr. Hollman, Clerk. Mr. President, I'm directed from the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate in the passage of the bill of the following title, to wit: Senate Bill 761, together with the following amendment which is attached to the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 761. We have received like Messages on Senate Bill 1499, with House Amendment 1, Senate Bills 1670 with House Amendment 2, Senate Bill 2227 with the House Amendment 1. Passed the House, as amended, May 11th, 2023. John W. Hollman, Clerk of the House.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) President Harmon, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. I rise to commend you all. We've been very expeditious in our business this week. And just past the hour of 3:30 on deadline day for House Bills, we are wrapping up our work. We're going to send you back to your districts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, returning on Monday, late in the day at 5 p.m., we're going to give our crack staff the opportunity to work over the weekend, preparing a budget, preparing analysis of the House Amendments to Senate Bills that will be up in concurrence next week and still give them time to celebrate Mother's Day. So, to all of you, I wish you a happy and healthy Mother's Day weekend. Please celebrate with your families. Please travel safely to and from home. And we will see you back here on Monday afternoon.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. -- Mr. Secretary, Introduction and Reading of Senate Bills for the 1st time. 150 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023
Senate Bill 2581, offered by Senator Koehler, an Act concerning revenue. 1st Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Mr. Secretary, Resolutions.
Senate Resolutions 285 through 290, offered by President Harmon and all Members. It is a celebration of life resolution, Mr. President, as well as, Senate Resolution 292, offered by Senator Ventura and all Members.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Resolutions Consent Calendar.
Senate Resolution 291, offered by President Harmon. It is substantive.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) We will now proceed to the Order of Consent Calendar celebration of life resolutions. With leave of the Body, all those resolutions read today will be added to the Consent Calendar. Mr. Secretary, have there been any objections filed to any resolution on the Consent Calendar?
No objections filed, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KOEHLER) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall the resolutions on the Consent Calendar be adopted? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the motion carries and the resolutions are adopted. There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned 151 STATE OF ILLINOIS 103rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 49th Legislative Day 5/11/2023 until 5 p.m. on the 15th day of May 2023. The Senate stands adjourned. 152