Illinois Senate Floor Debate — October 14, 2025

Appointment Messages. Appointment Message 1040220, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, Member of the Illinois Affordable Housing Advisory Commission; Phyllis B. Mitzen. Appointment Message 1040221, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, Member of the State Medical Board; Amber Leigh Poettker. Appointment Message 1040222, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, Member of the Illinois State University Board of Trustees, Douglas Milton Peterson. Appointment Message 1040223, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Joliet Regional 5  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 Port District Board, Jennifer Howard. Appointment Message 1040224, Governor's salaried appointment, State Fire Marshal of the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal; Michele Pankow. Appointment Message 1040225, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois State Board of Education; Judith Hackett. Appointment Message 1040226, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, Member of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; John King Holden II. Appointment Message 1040227, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Chicago State University Board of Trustees; John C. Robak. Appointment Message 1040228, Governor's salaried appointment, to be Administrator of the Statewide 9-1-1; Alicia Ann Atkinson. Appointment Message 1040229, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Housing Advisory Commission; Henry Charles Mendoza. Appointment Message 1040230, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Claire Leopold. Appointment Message 1040231, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois State Medical Board; Mohammed Asif. Appointment Message 1040232, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Joliet Regional Port District; Celeste Bermejo. Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Advisory Committee, (1040233) Melissa Shepherd. Appointment Message 1040234, Secretary of Illinois Department of Transportation, salaried appointment, Chief Procurement Officer for the Illinois Department of Transportation; William Grunloh. Appointment 1040235, Ethics Commission -- Executive Ethics Commission, salaried appointment, Chief Procurement Officer for matters other 6  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 than construction; Ellen Holzman Daley. Appointment 1040236, Executive Ethics -- Ethics Commission salaried appointment, Chief Procurement Officer for all procurements made by a public institution of higher education; Bridget McHatton. Appointment Message 1040237, Executive Ethics Commission, salaried appointment, Chief Procurement Officer for procurements for construction and construction-related services permitted by law to the jurisdiction or responsibility of the Capital Development Board or Department of Central Management Services as set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code; Kenneth T. Morris. Assistant -- Excuse me, Secretary of State salaried appointment, Inspector General Illinois Secretary of State; (1040238) Paul Thompson. Appointment Message 1040239, Governor's salaried appointment, Member of the Human Rights Commission; Mony Ruiz-Velasco. Appointment Member -- Appointment No. 1040240, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority; Manish Mehta. Appointment Message 1040241, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Commissioner of the Workers Compensation Commission; Frank Soto. Appointment Message 1040242, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator in the Workers Compensation Committee; Kurt Carlson. Appointment Message 1040243, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator on Workers Compensation Committee -- Commission; Roma Dalal. Appointment Message 1040244, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator in the Workers Compensation Commission; William R. Gallagher. Appointment Message 1040245, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator in the Workers Compensation Commission; Jacqueline Hickey Haralelli. Appointment Message 1040246, Governor's salaried appointment, to 7  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 be an Arbitrator in the Workers Compensation Commission; Efi Poziopoulos James. Appointment Message 1040247, Governor's salaried appointment, Arbitrator on the Workers Compensation Committee -- Commission; Edward N. Lee. Governor's Appointment -- 104 (1040248) Appointment Message, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator on the Workers Compensation Commission; Elaine Llerena. Appointment Message 1040249, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator of the Workers Compensation Commission; Dennis S. O'Brien. Appointment Message 1040250, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator on the Workers Compensation Commission; Khama A. Sharp. Appointment Message 1040251, Governor's salaried appointment, Inspector General Illinois Department of Human Services; Christopher Thor Martin. Appointment Message 1040252, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Gaming Board; Dionne Hayden. Appointment Message 1040253, Governor's salaried appointment, to be Inspector General of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority; Theodor Hengesbach. Appointment Message 1040254, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator on the Workers Compensation Committee; Francis M. Brady. Appointment Message 1040255, Governor's salaried appointment, Arbitrator on the Workers Compensation Committee -- Commission; Michael Glaub. Appointment Message 1040256, Governor's salaried appointment, to be an Arbitrator on the Workers Compensation Commission; William McLaughlin. Appointment Message 1040257, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Board; Stacey Young. Appointment Message 1040258, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; Ava George Stewart. Appointment Message 1040259, 8  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Housing -- Illinois Affordable Housing Advisory Commission; Alan James Zais. Appointment Message 1040260, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Workers Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board, Kisa P. Sthankiya. Appointment Message 1040269{sic} 1040261, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Workers Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board, Kisa P. Sthankiya. Appointment Message 1040262, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Finance Authority; Drew Louis Beres. Appointment Message 1040263, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Finance Authority; Arlene A. Juracek. Appointment Message 1040264, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Finance Authority; Steven Landek. Appointment Message 1040265, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Tri- County River Valley Development Authority; Andre W. Allen. {sic} (Appointment Message 1040266), Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; Donald J. Dew. Appointment Message 1040267, Governor's salaried appointment, to be Assistant Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation; Thomas Carney. Appointment Message 1040268, Governor's salaried{sic} (unsalaried) appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois State Police Merit Board; Chala Holland. Appointment Message 1040269, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Finance Authority; Timothy Ryan. Appointment Message 1040270, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois State University Board of Trustees; Kris Lutt. Appointment Message 1040271, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Student Assistance 9  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 Commission; Thomas Dowling. Appointment Message 1040272, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board; William Lo. Appointment Message 1040273, Illinois Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois International Port District Board; Averil Mae Edwards. Appointment Message 1040274, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois International Port District Board; P.S. Sriraj. Appointment Message 1040275, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Board; Brianna Therese Rivera. Appointment Message 1040276, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes; Grace Hyun Sook Kim Pai. Appointment Message 1040277, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; Maureen Terese Amos. Appointment Message 1040278, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Student -- Illinois Student Assistance Commission; Jonathan B. Bullock. Appointment Message 1040279, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Southern Illinois University Board -- Board of Trustees; Deborah Barnett. Appointment Message 280 -- 1040280, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Workers Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board; Matthew J. Coleman. Appointment Message 1040281, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Workers Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board; Matthew Coleman -- Matthew J. Coleman. Appointment Message 1040282, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, Member of the Health Facilities and Services Review Board; Patricia Lynn Pardie. Appointment Message 1040283, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, 10  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 to be a Member of the Labor Advisory Board; Sophia -- Sophia Zaman. Appointment Message 1040284, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board; Kara Demirjian Huss. Appointment Message 1040285, Governor's salaried appointment, to the Independent Juvenile Ombudsman Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice; Karima Douglas.{sic} (Appointment Message 1040286),Governor's salaried appointment to be a Member of the Prisoner Review Board; Tracy Lagean Buckley. Appointment Message 1040287, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Prisoner Review Board; Timothy Nugent. 104 -- Appointment Message 1040288, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board; Daniel Serota. Appointment Message 1040289, Governor's unsalaried appointment, Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Woodford County; Robert W. Porter. Appointment Message 1040290, Governor's unsalaried appointment, to be a Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Woodford County; Robert W. Porter. Appointment Message 1040291, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Board of Trustees, salaried appointment, Executive Director Abraham President -- Presidential Library and Museum; Christina Shutt. Appointment Message 1040292, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Chicago Transportation Authority Board; LaShawn Bernard Jakes. Appointment Message 1040293, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Energy Workforce Advisory Council; Aur J. Beck. Appointment Message 1040294, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Gaming Board; Caleb Joseph Melamed. 104 -- Appointment Message 1040295, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board, Sangeetha Ann Rayapati. 104 -- 11  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 Appointment Message 1040296, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board; Christopher Toppin. Appointment Message 1040297, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Workforce Innovation Board; Jane Flanagan. Appointment Message 1040298, Governor's salaried appointment, to be Assistant Director Illinois Department of Insurance; Cesar Orozco. Appointment Message 1040299, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes; Dilara Alim Sayeed. Appointment Message 1040300, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois Affordable Housing Advisory Commission; Juliana Gonzalez-Crussi. Appointment Message 1040301, Governor's unsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois State Museum Board; Jennifer Lynn Davis. Appointment Message 1040302, Governor's unsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Illinois State Museum Board; Jennifer Lynn Davis. Appointment Message 1040303, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Museum -- excuse me -- Member of the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Board; Daniel Brett Rowell. Appointment Message 1040304, Governor's salaried{sic} (unsalaried) appointment, to be Member of the State Board of Health; Jeffrey Workman. Appointment Message 1040305, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Committee; Emily Poynter Jenkins. Appointment Message 1040306, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Prisoner Review Board; Jeffrey Grubbs -- Jeffrey M. Grubbs. 1040307, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Prisoner Review Board; Roger Alan Heaton. Appointment Message 1040308, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Prisoner Review Board; Holly 12  STATE OF ILLINOIS 104th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 10/14/2025 Hopwood-Lemons. Appointment Message 1040309, Governor's salaried appointment, to be a Member of the Prisoner Review Board; Carmen Terrones. Appointment Message 1040310, Governor's nonsalaried appointment, to be a Member of the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes; Julia Albarracin-Green. There being no further business to come before this perfunctory Session, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 43, the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, October 14th, 2025, or until the call of the Senate President. The Senate stands adjourned. REGULAR SESSION

FATHER GEORGE PYLE: (Invocation)