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Illinois Senate Floor Debate — April 6, 2010

96th General Assembly (2009-2010) · Legislative day 104 · Regular Session
Chamber
Senate
General Assembly
96th (2009-2010)
Date
April 6, 2010
Legislative day
104
Session
Regular Session
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Jillayne Rock

Pursuant to the directive of the Senate President dated March 29th, 2010, the regular Session of the Senate is now in perfunctory Session. Message from the President, dated March 29th, 2010. Dear Madam Secretary – Pursuant to Rule 2-10, I am scheduling a perfunctory Session for 12 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Sincerely, John J. Cullerton, Senate President. Resolutions. Senate Resolution 732, offered by Senator Haine and all Members. Senate Resolution 733, offered by Senator Bond and all Members. Senate Resolution 734, offered by Senator Bond and all Members. Senate Resolution 735, offered by Senator Bond and all Members. Senate Resolution 736, offered by Senator Bond and all Members. Senate Resolution 737, offered by Senator Bond and all Members. Senate Resolution 738, offered by Senator Koehler and all Members. Senate Resolution 739, offered by Senator McCarter and all Members. Senate Resolution 740, offered by Senators Wilhelmi, Koehler and all Members. Senate Resolution 741, offered by Senator Hendon and all 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 Members. Senate Resolution 742, offered by Senator Hutchinson and all Members. They are all death resolutions and will be placed on the Resolutions Consent Calendar. Senate Joint Resolution, Constitutional Amendment, 120, offered by Senator Harmon. Senate Joint Resolution, Constitutional Amendment, 121, offered by Senators Raoul, Demuzio, Harmon and Hunter. Messages from the House. A Message from the House by Mr. Mahoney, Clerk. Mr. President – I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed bills of the following titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 3631. We have received like Messages on House Bills 4658, 4779, 4837, 4871, 4990, 5044, 5085, 5126, 5152, 5158, 5191, 5230, 5242, 5295, 5301, 5381, 5483, 5517, 5565, 5633, 5640, 5688, 5744, 5745, 5756, 5762, 5802, 5836, 5859, 5900, 5905, 5914, 5917, 5947, 6030, 6034, 6080, 6129, 6140, 6202, 6208, 6235, 6239, 6252, 6349, 6380, 6412, 6450, 6459, 6462, 6463, 6477, 6748 and 6749. Passed the House, March 25th, 2010. Mark Mahoney, Clerk of the House. A Message from the House by Mr. Mahoney, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed bills of the following titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 1826. We have received like Messages on House Bills 4598, 4652, 4755, 4924, 4935, 4959, 5007, 5022, 5023, 5040, 5076, 5109, 5124, 5147, 5169, 5214, 5224, 5241, 5409, 5416, 5420, 5424, 5430, 5494, 5514, 5523, 5539, 5590, 5603, 5630, 5675, 5677, 5732, 5735, 5766, 5772, 5821, 5868, 5879, 5894, 5912, 5918, 5927, 5991, 6015, 6031 -- excuse me, 6038, 6063, 6065, 6099, 6113, 6125, 6126, 6195, 6206, 6241, 6317, 6415, 6416, 6419, 6420, 6439, 6441 and 6460. All passed the House, March 26, 2010. Mark Mahoney, Clerk of the House. House Bills 1st Reading. House Bill 1826, offered by Senator Koehler. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3631, offered by Senator Hunter. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4598, offered by Senator Raoul. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4652, offered by Senator Frerichs. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4658, offered by Senator Harmon. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4755, offered by Senator Martinez. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4769, offered by Senator Murphy. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4779, offered by Senator Bivins. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 House Bill 4825, offered by Senator Delgado. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4871, offered by Senator Bomke. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4959, offered by Senator Cronin. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4935, offered by Senator Frerichs. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4990, offered by Senator Luechtefeld. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4991, offered by Senator Hunter. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5007, offered by Senator Link. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5022, offered by Senator Trotter. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5023, offered by Senator Trotter. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5040, offered by Senator Hunter. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5044, offered by Senator Martinez. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5085, offered by Senator Koehler. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5109, offered by Senator Bond. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5124, offered by Senator Bond. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5126, offered by Senator Koehler. 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5147, offered by Senator Cronin. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5152, offered by Senator Steans. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5185 {sic}, offered by Senator Haine. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5169, offered by Senator Noland. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5214, offered by Senator Althoff. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5230, offered by Senator Murphy. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5241, offered by Senator Dillard. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5242, offered by Senator Dillard. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5301, offered by Senator Demuzio. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5409, offered by Senator Martinez. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5420, offered by Senator Collins. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5514, offered by Senator Martinez. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5517, offered by Senator Haine. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5523, offered by Senator Raoul. (Secretary reads title of bill) 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 House Bill 5539, offered by Senator John Jones. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5603, offered by Senator Syverson. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5633, offered by Senator Righter. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5640, offered by Senator Bond. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5675, offered by Senator Raoul. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5688, offered by Senator Lightford. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5735, offered by Senator Collins. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5745, offered by Senator Harmon. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5756, offered by Senator Wilhelmi. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5762, offered by Senator Forby. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5766, offered by Senator Steans. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5772, offered by Senator Kotowski. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5802, offered by Senator Harmon. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5821, offered by Senator Haine. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5836, offered by Senator Hutchinson. 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5859, offered by Senator Demuzio. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5868, offered by Senator Link. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5879, offered by Senator Sandoval. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5894, offered by Senator Silverstein. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5905, offered by Senator Kotowski. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5912, offered by Senator Forby. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5914, offered by Senator Raoul. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5917, offered by Senator Haine. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5918, offered by Senator Raoul. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6001, offered by Senator Frerichs. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6022, offered by Senator Viverito. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6034, offered by Senator Pankau. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6038, offered by Senator Clayborne. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6099, offered by Senator Noland. (Secretary reads title of bill) 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 House Bill 6103, offered by Senator Demuzio. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill -– House Bill 6113, offered by Senator Martinez. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6129, offered by Senator Delgado. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6148, offered by Senator Cronin. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6202, offered by Senator Noland. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6208, offered by Senator Silverstein. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6239, offered by Senator Wilhelmi. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6241, offered by Senator Clayborne. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6252, offered by Senator Hutchinson. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6317, offered by Senator Wilhelmi. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6349, offered by Senator Sullivan. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6380, offered by Senator Wilhelmi. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6412, offered by Senator Koehler. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6415, offered by Senator Martinez. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6419, offered by Senator Kotowski. 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6420, offered by Senator Haine. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6439, offered by Senator Steans. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6441, offered by Senator Harmon. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6459, offered by Senator Raoul. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6462, offered by Senator Collins. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6463, offered by Senator Bond. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6477, offered by Senator Wilhelmi. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6748, offered by President Cullerton. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6749, offered by President Cullerton. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of these House bills. I have a clarification. House Bill 5158, offered by Senator Haine. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of the bill. This perfunctory Session of the Senate will stand in recess. The Senate stands in recess. (SENATE STANDS IN RECESS/SENATE RECONVENES) 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010

Jillayne Rock

The perfunctory Session of the Senate will come to order. Committee Reports. Senator Hunter, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to the Agriculture and Conservation Committee – House Bill 4669, House Bill 4721, House Bill 6099; refer to the Appropriations II Committee – House Bill 6749; refer to the Commerce Committee – House Bill 5230 and House Bill 5946; refer to the Consumer Protection Committee – House Bill 4722, House Bill 4801, House Bill 4860 and House Bill 6412; refer to the Criminal Law Committee – House Bill 596, House Bill 3869, House Bill 4578, House Bill 4580, House Bill 4583, House Bill 4598, House Bill 4825, House Bill 4873, House Bill 4987, House Bill 5043, House Bill 5060, House Bill 5150, House Bill 5194, House Bill 5321, House Bill 5410, House Bill 5443, House Bill 5444, House Bill 5510, House Bill 5525, House Bill 5666, House Bill -- excuse me, 5669, House Bill 5749, House Bill 5762, House Bill 5790, House Bill 5791, House Bill 5931, House Bill 5966, House Bill 6083, House Bill 6108 {sic}, House Bill 6129 and House Bill 6151; refer to the Education Committee – House Bill 4672, House Bill 4674, House Bill 4711, House Bill 4755, House Bill 4886, House Bill 5340, House Bill 5481, House Bill 5515, House Bill 5836, House Bill 5863 and House Bill 6079; refer to the Elections Committee – House Bill 4821, House Bill 5157, House Bill 5206, House Bill 5727, House Bill 5820 and House Bill 6077; refer to the Energy Committee – House Bill 5147, House Bill 5378, House Bill 5879, House Bill 6202 and House Bill 6419; refer to the Environment Committee – House Bill 5226, House Bill 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 5907, House Bill 6047 and House Bill 6201; refer to the Executive Committee – House Bill 4685, House Bill 4802, House Bill 4836, House Bill 5109, House Bill 5818, House Bill 5842, House Bill 5913, House Bill 6231, House Bill -- excuse me, House Bill 6271, House Bill 6299 and House Bill 6748; refer to the Executive Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments – Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 120; refer to the Financial Institutions Committee – House Bill 5044, House Bill 5420 and House Bill 5868; refer to the Higher Education Committee – House Bill 4972, House Bill 5057, House Bill 5294, House Bill 5411 and House Bill 6092; refer to the Human Services Committee – House Bill 4909, House Bill 4922, House Bill 5054, House Bill 5132, House Bill 5152, House Bill 5204, House Bill 5241, House Bill 5242, House Bill 5304, House Bill 5331, House Bill 5350, House Bill 5459, House Bill 5499, House Bill 5688, House Bill 5696, House Bill 5859, House Bill 5861, House Bill 5871, House Bill 5891 and House Bill 5998; refer to the Insurance Committee – House Bill 4726, House Bill 4737, House Bill 5018, House Bill 5079, House Bill 5217, House Bill 5407 and House Bill 5527; refer to the Judiciary Committee – House Bill 1026, House Bill 4928, House Bill 5055, House Bill 5126, House Bill 5161, House Bill 5232, House Bill 5234, House Bill 5281, House Bill 5282, House Bill 5285, House Bill 5290, House Bill 5351, House Bill 5409, House Bill 5428, House Bill 5429, House Bill 5448, House Bill 5469, House Bill 5489, House Bill 5509, House Bill 5523, House Bill 5735, House Bill 5888, House Bill 5894, House Bill 5912, House Bill 5916 {sic} (5918), House Bill 5951, House Bill 5976, House Bill 6082, House Bill 6124, House Bill 6257 and House Bill 6477; refer to the Labor Committee – 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 House Bill 4658, House Bill 5747 {sic}, House Bill 5376, House Bill 5458, House Bill 6014 and House Bill 6349; refer to the Licensed Activities Committee – House Bill 4854, House Bill 4974, House Bill 5080, House Bill 5133, House Bill 5190, House Bill 5203, House Bill 5513, House Bill 5514, House Bill 5691, House Bill 5890, House Bill 6001, House Bill 6194, House Bill 6415 and House Bill 6420; refer to the Local Government Committee – House Bill 4627, House Bill 4699, House Bill 4815, House Bill 4818, House Bill 4846, House Bill 4868, House Bill 4959, House Bill 4968, House Bill 5283, House Bill 5477, House Bill 5540, House Bill 5555, House Bill 5671, House Bill 5685, House Bill 5923, House Bill 5958, House Bill 5970, House Bill 5972, House Bill 6062, House Bill 6178 and House Bill 6239; refer to the Pensions and Investments Committee – House Bill 5417, House Bill 5873 and House Bill 6368; refer to the Public Health Committee – House Bill 4587, House Bill 4508 -- excuse me, House Bill 4805, House Bill 4896, House Bill 5040, House Bill 5053, House Bill 5183, House Bill 5219, House Bill 5323, House Bill 5388, House Bill 5752, House Bill 5764, House Bill 5766, House Bill 5821, House Bill 5838, House Bill 5930, House Bill 5996, House Bill 6006, House Bill 6034, House Bill 6439 and House Bill 6441; refer to the Redistricting Committee – Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 69 and Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 121; refer to the Revenue Committee – House Bill 217, House Bill 354, House Bill 3998, House Bill 4723, House Bill 4797, House Bill 5144, House Bill 5158, House Bill 5178, House Bill 5603, House Bill 5781, House Bill 5813, House Bill 5833, House Bill 6022, House Bill 6038, House Bill 6317 and House Bill 6359; refer to the State 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 104th Legislative Day 4/6/2010 Government and Veterans Affair {sic} Committee – House Bill 2360, House Bill 3631, House Bill -- excuse me, House Bill 4586, House Bill 4798, House Bill 4858, House Bill 4863, House Bill 4871, House Bill 4961, House Bill 5011, House Bill 5398, House Bill 5538, House Bill 5571, House Bill 5678, House Bill 5823, House Bill 5854, House Bill 6059, House Bill 6103, House Bill 6267 and House Bill 6268; refer to the Telecommunications and Information Technology Committee – House Bill 4990 and House Bill 5756; refer to the Transportation Committee – House Bill 4553, House Bill -- 4691, House Bill 4778, House Bill 4796, House Bill 4820, House Bill 4829 -- excuse me, House Bill 4859, House Bill 4966, House Bill 4982, House Bill 5095, House Bill 5193, House Bill 5330, House Bill 5507, House Bill 5712, House Bill 5718, House Bill 5761, House Bill 5819, House Bill 5969, House Bill 6003 and House Bill 6094; re-referred from the Executive Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments to the Redistricting Committee – Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 14. Just as a clarification: Refer to the Criminal Law Committee – House Bill 6101; and refer to the Labor Committee – House Bill 5247. This report is signed by Senator Mattie Hunter, Chairman. There being no further business to come before this perfunctory Session, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 119, the regular Session of the Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, April 7th, 2010, in perfunctory Session. Senate stands adjourned. 13