PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) The regular Session of the 93rd General Assembly will please come to order. Will the Members please be at their desks? Will our guests in the gallery please rise? The invocation today will be given by the Reverend Gordon McLean of the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Illinois. THE REVEREND GORDON McLEAN: (Prayer by the Reverend Gordon McLean)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Link.
(Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Link)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Madam Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
Senate Journal of Thursday, July 15, 2004, with the -- from the regular Session.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Senator Haine.
Mr. President, I move that the Journal just read by the Secretary be approved, unless a Member of the Senate has additions or corrections to offer.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Senator Haine moves to approve the Journals just read by the Secretary. There being no objection, so ordered. Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 636, Senate Resolution 637, both offered by Senator Lauzen and all Members. And Senate Resolution 638, offered by Senator Risinger and all Members. They’re all death resolutions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Resolutions Consent Calendar. We will now proceed to the Order of Resolutions Consent Calendar. With leave of the Body, all those resolutions read in today will be added to the Consent 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 148th Legislative Day 7/16/2004 Calendar. Madam Secretary, have there been any objections filed to any resolution on the Consent Calendar?
There have been no objections filed, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall the resolutions on the Consent Calendar be adopted. All those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The motion carries, and the resolutions are adopted. The regular Session of the 93rd General Assembly will recess to the call of the Chair. (SENATE STANDS IN RECESS/SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Senator Burzynski, what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. It’s a pleasure to be here with you today, fifty-five days after our scheduled -- adjournment date. I understand, though, you might not need your rooms come August 13th or 22nd, but you know, again, just a reminder for those of you…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Senator…
I would request a Republican -- oh! Excuse me.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Could you add those dates up again? You said fifty-five days.
Is -- is it not fifty-five, Senator?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) No, it’s much less.
What -- what days are that? We were scheduled to adjourn May 21st.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Oh, you’re going back to May 21st?
2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 148th Legislative Day 7/16/2004 Yes. Thank you. Okay. I -- I’m glad to see that we can, you know, agree to disagree even on that. It’s -- it’s a great world we live in.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) This explains the budget problem quite -- quite eloquently.
Thank -- thank you, Mr. President. We would request a Republican Caucus immediately upon our recess.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Senator, we -- we are recessed right now to the call of the Chair. (SENATE STANDS IN RECESS/SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) The regular Session of the Senate in the 93rd General Assembly will now come to order. Madam Secretary, Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 639, offered by Senator Schoenberg and all Members. And Senate Resolution 640, offered by Senator Peterson and all Members. They’re both death resolutions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) Consent Calendar. Senator Harmon, for what purpose do you rise?
For two purposes, Mr. President. First, an announcement. Senator Clayborne is absent today due to the need to attend to other business. And Senator Ronen is absent due to a death in her family. And second, for the purposes of introduction, I have some guests with me today from Stone Park. Is that Richard or Robert up in the -- I can’t see from here. That’s -- Richard is here. His brother, Robert, and his sister, Danielle, have -- oop! They’re in the back there. There they are. So they’ve split up on me. But I’d ask those of us here today to join me in welcoming them and their family to Springfield.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 148th Legislative Day 7/16/2004 Will our guests in the gallery please rise? Welcome to Springfield. Madam Secretary, Motions in Writing.
I have a motion filed by Senator Winkel with respect to Senate Bill 3115.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WELCH) The motion will be reflected upon the Calendar. There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned until the hour of 4:05 p.m., Monday afternoon, July 19th, 2004. The Senate stands adjourned. 4