PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The regular Session of the 96th General Assembly will please come to order. Will the Members please be at their desks? Will our guests in the galleries please rise? The invocation today will be given by Pastor Thomas Radtke of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, here in Springfield. Pastor Radtke.
(Prayer by Pastor Thomas Radtke)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Jacobs.
(Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Jacobs)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Madam Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
Senate Journals of January 13th, 21st and 28th, 2010.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter.
Mr. President, I move that the Journal just read by the Secretary be approved, unless some Senators has additions or corrections to offer.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter moves to approve the Journals just read by the Secretary. There being no objection, so ordered. Senator Hunter.
1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Mr. President, I also move to…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Madam Secretary, pardon me.
Senate Journal of Friday, April 23rd, 2010.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter, pardon me.
Mr. President, I move to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal just read by the Secretary, pending arrival of the printed transcript.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter moves to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal, pending arrival of the printed transcripts. There being no objection, so ordered. Madam Secretary, Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 790, offered by Senator Duffy and all Members. Senate Resolution 791, offered by Senator Brady and all Members. They are death resolutions, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Resolutions Consent Calendar.
Senate Joint {sic} Resolution 792, offered by Senator Crotty. It is substantive.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Madam Secretary, Messages from the House.
Message from the House by Mr. Mahoney, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate in the passage of a bill of the following title, to wit: Senate Bill 2578. Together with the following amendment which is attached, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Amendment 1. We have received like Messages on Senate Bill 2630, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 3030, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 3061, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 3282, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 3386, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 3630, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 3815, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 3818, with House Amendment 1. All passed the House, as amended, April 23rd, 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 adopted the following joint resolution, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Joint Resolution 86. Offered by Senator Righter. Adopted by the House, February 18th, 2010. Mark Mahoney, Clerk of the House. It is substantive, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Garrett, for what purpose do you seek recognition? Will all Members within the sound of my voice please come to the Senate Chamber? We will now proceed to substantive business. All Members within the sound of my voice please come to the Senate Chamber. We’ll proceed to the Order of - page 49 on your Calendar - House Bills 2nd Reading. Before we do so, Senator Bomke, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point.
Thank you. Joining us today, behind the Republicans, is the Indian {sic} (India) Association of Greater Springfield, with their coordinator for today, Nilima Lad. I would ask that you help me welcome them to the Illinois State Capitol.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Guests in the gallery please rise. Welcome to the Illinois Senate. Proceeding to page 49 of your printed Calendar, toward the bottom of the page. House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 156. Senator Bond. Senator Bond. Out of the record. House Bill 1026. Senator Wilhelmi. Senator Wilhelmi. Out of the record. House Bill 4623. Senator Steans. Senator Steans. Out of the record. House Bill 4647. Senator Meeks. Senator Meeks. Out of the record. Proceeding to the top of page -- with leave of the Body, we’ll return to House Bill 4623. Senator Steans. Senator Steans, do you wish to proceed? Madam Secretary, are there -- are there any Floor amendments -- please read the bill.
4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 4623. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. Now proceeding to page 50 on your Calendar, top of the page. House Bill 4667. Senator Lightford. Senator Lightford. Out of the record. House Bill 4669. Senator Frerichs. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4669. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4675. Senator Link. Senator Link. Out of the record. House Bill 4694. Senator Althoff. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4694. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 3rd Reading. House Bill 4711. Senator Maloney. Out of the record. With leave of the Body, we’ll return to House Bill 4776. House Bill 4778. Senator Koehler. Out of the record. House Bill 4781. Senator Collins. Out of the record. House Bill -- with leave of the Body, we’ll return to House Bill 4802. House Bill 4820. Senator Sandoval. Senator Sandoval. Out of the record. House Bill 4821. Senator Link. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4821. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4825. Senator Delgado. Senator Delgado. Out of the record. House Bill 4842. Senator Sandoval. Out of the record. Proceed now to the top of page 51 on your printed Calendar. House Bill 4846. Senator Demuzio. Senator Demuzio. Out of the record. House Bill 4860. Senator Bond. Senator Bond. Out of the record. House Bill 4961. Senator Dillard. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4961. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4973. Senator Luechtefeld. Senator Luechtefeld. Out of the record. House Bill 4984. 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Koehler. Senator Koehler. Senator Frerichs, could you… Out of the record. House Bill 5006. Senator Noland. Senator Noland. Out of the record. House Bill 5007. Senator Link. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5007. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5026. Senator Demuzio. Senator Demuzio. Out of the record. House Bill 5043. Senator Noland. Senator Noland. Out of the record. House Bill 5065. Senator Lightford. Senator Lightford. Out of the record. House Bill 5080. Senator Lightford. Out of the record. House Bill 5085. Senator Koehler. Out of the record. Leave of the Body, we will -- we will return to page 49 of your Calendar. At the top of House Bills 2nd Reading, House Bill 156. Senator Bond. Gentleman wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 156. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Transportation adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported. 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. With leave of the Body, we will return to page 51 on your printed Calendar, House Bills 2nd Reading, top of the page. House Bill 4860. Senator Bond. The gentleman wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4860. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Consumer Protection adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. …now proceed to House Bills 2nd Reading, page 52 of your printed Calendar, top of the page. House Bill 5095. Senator Link. The gentleman wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5095. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5120. Senator DeLeo. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5120. 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5124. Senator Bond. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5124. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5130. Senator Demuzio. Out of the -- out of the record. House Bill 5139. Senator Noland. Out of the record. House Bill 5147. Senator Cronin. Senator Cronin. 5147? Out of the record. House Bill 5149. Senator Hultgren. Senator Hultgren. 5149? Out of the record. House Bill 5154. Senator Lightford. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5154. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5157. Senator Link. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5157. 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5169. Senator Noland. Senator Noland. Out of the record. House Bill 5183. Senator Koehler. Out of the record. House Bill 5190. Senator Dillard. Senator Dillard. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5190. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5191. Senator Burzynski. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5191. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5206. Senator Dillard. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5206. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Elections adopted Amendment No. 1. 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. We’ll now proceed on your printed Calendar to page 53, top of the page. House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 5230. Senator Murphy. Senator Murphy. Out of the record. House Bill 5234. Senator Dillard. Out of the record. House Bill 5241. Senator Dillard. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5241. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5252 -- 5242. Pardon me. Senator Dillard. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5242. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5290. Senator Dillard. Out of the record. House Bill 5322. Senator Lightford. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5322. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5331. Senator Sullivan. Out of the record. House Bill 5350. Senator Righter. Out of the record. House Bill 5351. Senator Dillard. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5351. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5377. Senator Frerichs. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5377. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5409. Senator Martinez. Senator Martinez. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5409. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there -- are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5429. Senator Noland. Out of the record. House Bill 5437. Senator Demuzio. Senator Demuzio. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5437. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5444. Senator Noland. Senator Noland. Out of the record. We’ll now proceed to the top of page 54 of your printed Calendar. Before we go any further, Senator McCarter, for what purpose do you seek recognition, sir? SENATOR McCARTER: Point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point. SENATOR McCARTER: I’d like to introduce a -- a young man, Nate Wheeler, from Senator Demuzio’s district, from Ramsey, Illinois. He goes to Taylor University, studying communications and psychology. He’s my Page for the Day. Just appreciate his help today and welcome 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 him to the Capitol.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Let’s give our guest a warm Senate greeting. Welcome. With leave of the Body, we will return to page 49 of our printed Calendar, the bottom of the page. House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 4647. Senator Meeks. Do you wish to proceed? Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4647. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. Now returning to the Order of House Bills 2nd Reading at the top of page 54 of your printed Calendar. House Bill 5458. Senator Demuzio. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5458. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Labor adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) …there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5483. Senator Garrett. Out of the record. Senator Garrett. Out of the record. House Bill 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 5527. Senator DeLeo. The gentleman wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5527. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Insurance adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5565. Senator Delgado. Out of the record. House Bill 5571. Senator Righter. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5571. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on State Government and Veterans Affairs adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5664. Senator Frerichs. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5664. 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5712. Senator Sandoval. Senator Sandoval. Out of the record. House Bill 5744. Senator Hultgren. Senator Hultgren. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5744. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5749. Senator Dillard. Senator Dillard. 5749. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5749. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Criminal Law adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5752. Senator Hunter. Out of the record. House Bill 5781. Senator Silverstein. Madam Secretary, please read the bill. 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
House Bill 5781. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Revenue adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) There any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5819. Senator Sandoval. Senator Sandoval. Out of the record. House Bill 5833. Senator Bond. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill -- House Bill 5833. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Revenue adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5863. Senator Cronin. Senator Cronin. Out of the record. House Bill 5888. Senator Dillard. Out of the record. Before -- before we proceed further to the top of page 55 of our printed Calendar, Senator Jones. Senator John Jones, for what purpose do you seek recognition, sir?
17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Thank you, Mr. President. Point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point.
Up in the gallery, standing up here where normally the TV crew is usually standing, is my Legislative Assistant, Beckie Johnson, from my district office; her daughter, Kristen; and her new grandson. So, if we could welcome them to Springfield, appreciate it.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Welcome to the Illinois Senate. We will now proceed to the top of page 55 of your Calendar. If all -- if all Senators within the sound of my voice could please come to the Senate Chamber for substantive action. All Senators please come to the Senate Floor for substantive action. Before we proceed on the top of page 55, House Bills 2nd Reading, Senator Rutherford, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Mr. President, I appreciate it. Purpose of an announcement, if I may, please, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point.
Thank you. If -- many of you will remember -- or, know Barbara O’Malley West, who is on the staff of the Senate Republicans. She staffed us in the Labor Committee, and Senator Jacqui Collins and I, she staffed us in the Senate Financial Institutions Committee. And Barbara was quite pregnant, for the -- anybody that saw her a few days ago. And when she would come 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 to the Senate Financial Institutions Committee in preparation for our staff reports, one day she would come in with a cover page being blue and the next week she’d come in with the cover page being pink. So, of course, that caused us all to try to come to a conclusion as to whether she’s going to have a baby boy or a baby girl. I am pleased to let everyone know at the Illinois Senate that Barbara O’Malley West yesterday delivered a seven-pound, ten-ounce, twenty-inch, pink, baby girl - Fiona Mary West. So, congratulations to Barbara and to her family.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Congratulations, Barbara, and your family. We will now proceed to the top of page 55 of your printed Calendar. House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 5894. Senator Silverstein. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5894. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5927. Senator Delgado. Out of the record. House Bill 6015. Senator Demuzio. Out of the record. House Bill 6030. Senator Steans. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6030. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Commerce adopted Amendment No. 1. 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6034. Senator Pankau. Out of the record. House Bill 6103. Senator Demuzio. Senator Demuzio. Out of the record. House Bill 6124. Senator Collins. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6124. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6129. Senator Delgado. Out of the record. House Bill 6151. Senator Lightford. 6151. Out of the record. House Bill 6231. Senator Dillard. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6231. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6349. Senator Sullivan. Out of the record. House Bill 6359. Senator Viverito. Out of the record. Senator Lightford in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 With leave of the Body, we will return to page 50, the middle of page 50. House Bills 2nd Reading. House Bill 4776. Senator Schoenberg. He indicates he wish to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4776. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 3rd Reading. With leave of the Body, we will go -- move down to House Bill 4802. House Bill 48-2 {sic}. Senator Schoenberg. He indicates he wish to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4802. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) 3rd Reading. Senator Hutchinson, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Madam President. How wonderful to see you in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Thank you, Senator.
Point of personal privilege. 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Please state your point.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I have some very special guests in the President’s Gallery with me today, and next to me and next to my chair. Professor Andy Jiang from Harbin University of Science and Technology in China has brought with him to visit us ten -- or, fourteen teachers, who are taking part in a ten-week English language and teacher training course that will include spending two weeks in district classrooms. They have toured classrooms all across Springfield. The program is a cooperative effort between the Springfield- based Lincoln Management and Professional Development Council and Dalian Education Bureau. With a population of more than six million, this is one of China’s largest cities. I also wanted to make special note of how I came in contact with this group. We have a dear, dear friend, Gary, who is a local owner of Ginger Asian Bistro Restaurant here in town, and he introduced us to this group. All the teachers are up in the President’s Gallery. Would you please join me in giving them a wonderful welcome to Springfield?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Will our guests in the gallery please rise, be welcomed to the Illinois General Assembly? And thank you for your leadership in education. Senator Schoenberg, for what purpose do you rise?
Nǐ hǎo, Madam President. I would like to defer my -- the balance of my time to Senator Frerichs, who perhaps wishes to 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 offer a personal greeting to our guests as well.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Thank you, Senator. Senator Frerichs, for what purpose do you rise?
I guess a point of personal privilege, Madam President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Please state your point, sir.
(Remarks in Chinese)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Well said, Senator. Very good. Well said. Welcome, again. Senator Trotter, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you very much, Madam President, Members of the Senate. I will be doing my introduction in Ebonics. I would like to introduce one of my -- my very distinguished constituents, who is in the gallery on the -- on the Republican side. That is Dr. Nedra Joyner. She’s a 1982 graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and has been elected to a three-year term on the SIU Board of Alumni Trustees. She is a native of Chicago, my constituent. She currently serves as the Chief of Eye -- Eye, Ear and Throat Surgery - and there’s a big word here I can’t pronounce - out at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago. She is also an associate clinical professor at the University of Chicago Medical Hospitals and Center, and she is the Chairman of the Board of the National Medical Association. She received her master’s in business administration from Loyola University of Chicago. She 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 is here not only to see how the process works today, but also to -- she is here in -- a day in advance, for the American-Greek Lobby Day, which will be tomorrow. And she’s accompanied by Dr. Pamela Hammond McDavid. So will you please give both of ‘em a good Senate ovation, please?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Please -- please rise and be welcomed by the Illinois General Assembly. Thank you for being here. Senator John Jones, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Madam President. Point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Please state your point.
Up in the gallery, on the Democrat side over there, we have a -- a school group here from Holy Cross School from Champaign visiting today. We’d like to welcome them to the Illinois Senate and to Springfield.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Will our guests in the galleries please rise and be welcomed by the Illinois General Assembly? Thank you for being here. Senator Schoenberg in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) On page 31 -- 31 of your printed Calendar, House Bills 3rd Reading. This is final action. We’ll start at the top of the page, page 31, your printed Calendar. House Bill 16. Senator Crotty. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 16. 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Crotty.
Thank you very much. House Bill 16 abolishes the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education on July 1st, 2010. The duties of the office and State funding will be reallocated to the intermediate service centers in Cook County. Cook County may provide financial support to the ISCs.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Senator Burzynski.
Thank you. Will the sponsor yield for a question or two?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Sponsor indicates she’ll yield. Senator Burzynski.
Thank you. Senator, in -- in committee, we heard testimony from the President of the State -- or, State Regional Superintendents of Schools, as well of others -- as others, expressing their concerns to abolish this one position. I know that part of their concern is the fact that it seems that we’re - really because of a situation of one bad superintendent in the State - rather than just letting that run its course and electing a new superintendent, we’re kind of abolishing that position. They’re also concerned about the ability of the regional offices -- or the -- I can’t think of the correct term off the top of my head, but the other regional offices being able to carry out the role of the elected superintendent. Would 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 you care to address that?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Crotty.
Yes. Thank you, Senator. As I addressed that in committee, this is an office that has a -- a budget of 1.5 million dollars. And other counties don’t have the intermediate service centers and Cook County has three of those. When the office was not in operation - for many months now - those service centers have picked up the -- the workload of that regional office. So it has been proven already that we certainly can not only do this much more efficient, but we would also be able to have these offices better located for our hundred and forty-three school districts.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Burzynski.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator, I’m trying to recall some of the conversation, but will there be an additional State cost to this, or does the State Board of Education have to take on the role of the ROE in some cases?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Crotty.
The State has funded the ROE office. And, as stated in the legislation, that the State would still reallocate that money to the service centers. But I would -- I would imagine we could have a cost savings of some of the -- the payroll. So it would still be a lower amount to the State. 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Burzynski.
And better…
Thank you. I -- I guess the concern that I have is, right now, as far as those other regional offices -- or, intermediate offices, right now they are under the supervision of the ROE. I’m not sure whose supervision they’ll be under if we abolish the ROE. Can you address that, please?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Crotty.
Certainly. It would -- it would fall under the State Board of Ed. Last summer I had talked to Superintendent Chris Koch about such legislation and he has made it perfectly clear that this is a -- this is a -- an area that he certainly can accommodate.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Burzynski.
Well, to the bill, Mr. President. I -- I appreciate the sponsor’s concern for the Cook County ROE. I also appreciate the fact she’s trying to -- to clean up, I believe, a -- an existing situation. Unfortunately, I don’t think necessarily that it’s wise doing away with an elected official who the public can hold responsible to those duties. And so -- and also the fact that there is one individual who is responsible for all those, rather than perhaps turning some of that responsibility 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 over to the county board or some of that responsibility over to the State Superintendent of Schools. So, for that reason, I would urge a No vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Lightford.
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) He -- she indicates she will.
Thank you, Senator. Senator Crotty, I know we had a conversation about this issue and I’m -- I’m still not sure that I -- I feel that this position should be eliminated. I mean, many of us all know that there was an incident that happened with the current ROE. We also know that over the years, as Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, that we talked about the position of ROE. This wasn’t the first time the ideal {sic} of abolishing the ROE’s office came up. But this office is so critical for downstate. Just wanting to know why is the focus just on the Suburban ROE? If -- if it’s not an important position to have, why don’t we abolish all ROEs? Why are we just focused on the south suburban ROE?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Crotty.
As I stated before, the -- Cook County is the only county that has the intermediate service centers. And our school districts have worked very, very well with them in the absence 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 of this office, the regional office, being open. So -- the other counties do not have that. So that’s why.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Lightford.
So, then, will these intake centers be responsible for all of the provisions that a -- the current ROE has to run from that office? Would the intake centers only be focused on a portion, or would they have the responsibility to gamut the whole office? I guess my question is a follow-up to Senator Burzynski’s on who does what at that point. How -- how will our schools be -- be serviced?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Crotty.
Well, right now, they had picked up some of the tasks -- that the regional superintendent’s office usually does. And all of this will be under the Superintendent of Schools for the State of Illinois. And if there’s any reallocation of duties, that certainly can be done on an administrative level.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Lightford.
I see a number of things that the ROE office does - a number of duties that’s performed by them, including bus driver training, providing GET {sic} (GED) testing and diplomas, running alternative safe school programs, approving school calendars, issuing teacher certificates, assisting ISBE in evaluating schools wishing to be recognized, assisting with 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 special education, cooperative and vocational programs, distributing funds, auditing district claims, approving building and occupancy permits, performing annual inspections for health/life safety purposes. So who’s going to do all of that? That’s not an intake center’s job to do all of that. So who’s going to do it for the schools in the suburban area?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Crotty.
Thank you. The ISC’s will be doing that. They’re already doing a lot of that, if not most of it.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Lightford.
To the bill: Let me just quickly say that I believe that this position should not be abolished based on the fact that there was an elected official who did not serve his job well and found himself into a position that is uncompromising and not beneficial to the constituents that he’s sent there to represent. I don’t know that it’s fair to the children in this area, the teachers, the superintendents, the principals, that this position is minimized down to intake centers because of one person. We have ROEs for the State of Illinois, covering the entire State, broken into regions. If it’s good for the rest of the State of Illinois, it’s most certainly good for Cook County. I would urge that this group should have taken a different approach and perhaps broken the concept down. If you feel that the Suburban Cook County Regional Office had too much responsibility, represented too many school districts, then 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 perhaps it should have been approached from the need of needing to be two ROEs opposed to one. I think that this is just based on poor politics, poor decision makings that that one individual was responsible for. And I don’t know that it’s fair to abolish the position based on that reason alone. Not sure where I’ll be voting, but I just wanted to share my concerns. I respect the sponsor so much and her opinions. I just don’t know if it’s the right thing to do.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. Is there any further discussion? Senator Viverito.
I really rise in a little bit of respect for the sponsor of this particular bill. Obviously, this has been a very sensitive issue for a long, long time. There has not been one editorial written that didn’t say this office should be abolished. So I really believe we’re doing the right thing. I think it will serve us well and I commend the Senator for bringing it to our attention.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Crotty, to close.
Thank you very much. I think the -- one of the previous speakers had mentioned about abolishing elected offices and we have done that when we have consolidated school districts. We’ve also consolidated regional offices of education in the past forty years. And we also have eliminated township treasurers and some trustees. Another -- another speaker had 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 mentioned about is it fair to teachers? Is it fair? I can tell you that in my senatorial district, I was getting numerous calls, which prompted my calls to Superintendent Chris Koch over the summer, of teachers that had graduated, waiting to hear from the regional office of -- of the superintendent in order to get their certification; also teachers that were looking to make sure they were recertified in order to go back to their jobs. Some of them were not able to get those in time to be able to get the jobs that they had interviewed for. So, with everything that has gone on and especially at this time when we’re looking for more money in our budget and not making cuts to education, here is one place that it’s 1.5 million dollars that could be better used for the education, the teachers and the students of the State of Illinois, other than with an office that is no longer needed because of the service centers. And I ask everybody for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 16 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, No. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 39 voting Aye, 14 voting Nay, 1 voting Present. House Bill 16, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Page 31 on your printed Calendar. House Bills 3rd Reading. House Bill 217. Senator Althoff. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 217. (Secretary reads title of bill) 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Althoff.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 217 grants municipalities the option to petition the circuit court for disconnection. It does prohibit this option if the special service area is for a weather modification. There was a situation in one of our local municipalities where they made a mistake. This just will allow the municipality to correct it, as opposed to -- leaving it up to the residents. That option is still in statute. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Althoff, do you wish to close?
I would just like to ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 217 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? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 217, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Senator Harmon, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. I am very pleased to have a special guest on the Floor today. Over the weekend, back at 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 home, we went through the process of selecting a new State Representative to replace my friend and colleague, the now Alderman Deborah Graham. We have selected a wonderful replacement, the President of the Austin Chamber of Commerce and a Vice President at Loretto Hospital, a friend to many of us here in Springfield and in the Senate. Let me introduce to the Senate Representative Camille Lilly.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Welcome, Representative Lilly. Congratulations. Senator Althoff, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point.
Thank you. I would just like to remind the Body that this evening, as part of the newly created Joint Task Force on Turkish-Illinois Relations, we are having a -- an event in front of the Secretary of State’s Office, Room 213, this evening at 5:30 to 7:30. Everyone is welcome to attend. And if there are any other interested parties in joining the Task Force, you are all welcome and I would encourage you to let me know of same. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. Senator Lightford, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 …Lightford, you’re not going to introduce the same person who Senator Harmon introduced, are you?
Mr. President, I have the privilege of personal privilege with your honor, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) State your point.
Thank you, Mr. President. Since I’m restricted in my comments, I just wanted to quickly add, as a Loretto Hospital Board member and having worked with Camille Lilly, I wanted to commend Senator Harmon as well on such a fine selection. She represents the Austin community very well. I know she will do the same for the fullness of the 78th District. She’s a very good friend and sister of mine. And Senator Harmon and Camille Lilly will be a awesome team for the 78th District. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. Now proceed. House Bills 3rd Reading. House Bill 306. President Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 596. Senator Hutchinson. Senator Hutchinson. House Bill 596. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 596. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 596 amends the 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner serving a sentence for aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. This would be effective immediately and I’d ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) There any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Hutchinson, you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 596 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 596, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Sean Olsta with WICS seeks -- requests -- seeks permission to film the Senate proceedings. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. We’ll now proceed to House Bill 859. Senator Trotter. Out of the record. House Bill 1826. President Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 2360. Senator Hendon. Out of the record. House Bill 2376. Majority Leader Clayborne. Majority Leader Clayborne. 2376. Madam -- out of the record. House Bill -- 3631. Senator Mattie Hunter. Senator Hunter. Out of the record. House Bill 3762. Senator Kotowski. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3762. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Kotowski.
Thank you -- thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Senate Bill -- I -- I’m sorry, House Bill 3762 provides, in addition to any rights and obligations under the federal Service members Civil Relief Act, whenever it’s determined in a foreclosure proceeding that the mortgagor defendant is a person who was deployed to a combat or combat support posting while on active military duty and serving overseas - instead of on active military duty - within the previous twelve months, the court must stay the proceedings for a period of ninety days upon application to the court by the mortgagor defendant.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Kotowski, do you wish to close?
I would -- I would simply ask for an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 3762 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 3762, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 3869. Senator Haine. Out of the record. House Bill 3998. Senator Wilhelmi. Out of the record. Now proceeding to top of page 32 of your printed Calendar. House Bills 3rd Reading. 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill -- 4209. Senator Garrett. 4209. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4209. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Garrett.
Yes, thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 4209 creates the Instructional Mandates Task Force and requires a report by July 1, 2011. It also places a moratorium on new instructional mandates from the effective date through one year after the task force submits its report. I’d be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Kotowski. Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Garrett, to close.
Yes, this is a very important bill for the schools, so I would request an Aye vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4209 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4209, having received the required 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4580. Senator Holmes. One moment, Senator Holmes. Senator Kotowski, for what purpose do you seek recognition, sir?
Simply to be recognized that I wanted to vote Aye on my bill, on House Bill 3762.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please let the record reflect that Senator Kotowski wished to vote Aye for his own bill, 3762. That was his own bill. Senator Kotowski wished to vote Aye. The record will so reflect. All right, that -- we’ll now proceed. Senator Holmes. House Bill 4580. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4580. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Holmes.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. Quite simply, House Bill 4580 requires the Secretary of State to revoke the driver’s license of any driver convicted of any violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance that has caused an accident resulting in the death of another person. It actually is movement of traffic when that offense was the proximate cost {sic} (cause) of the death of any person.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator -- Senator Holmes, do you wish to close? 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Thank you, Mr. President. I would just ask for a favorable vote, and I think I will vote Aye on this bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) We’ll be watching, Senator Holmes. The question is, shall House Bill 4580 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Kotowski, Aye. Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4580, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4583. Senator Silverstein. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4583. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Silverstein.
Thank you, Mr. President. This is almost identical to Senate Bill 2513 we passed, regarding sexting among minors. It addresses the issue of sexting among minors under the Juvenile Court Act for authoritative intervention. I’ll take any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) There any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Silverstein, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4583 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4583, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4586. Senator Mattie Hunter. Do you wish to proceed? Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4586. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill designates each February 28th {sic} as -- as the day for the commemoration of and reflection upon the contributions of the African-American slaves to Illinois and the United States, and it is effective immediately. I’ll take any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Noland.
For fear that there’s an outbreak of some sort of virus here, I, too, wish to be voted -- to have vote -- voted Aye on that previous vote, prior to this one. I’m not sure which -- which bill that was.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. The record will so reflect. Senator Hunter, do you wish to close? 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
I wish for an Aye vote, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4586 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4586, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4587. Senator Mattie Hunter. Out of the record. House Bill 4639. Senator Althoff. She wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4639. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Althoff.
Thank you. House Bill 4639 mirrors Senate Bill 2603, which passed out of this Chamber 55 to nothing. It provides that conservation districts and downstate forest preserve districts may issue twenty-five-year bonds instead of twenty-year bonds that they are currently permitted. This is to also make use of stimulus dollars.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Althoff, do you wish to close? 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
I would just ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4639 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, 2 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4639, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4644. Senator Bomke. Out of the record. House Bill 4649. Senator Haine. 4649. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4649. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Haine.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This bill allows for an expedited time to approve the construction of a transmission line across central Illinois by Ameren. It lowers it from no time limit to approximately seven and a half months. There are other provisions in the bill, as the result of negotiations with the Illinois Commerce Commission, that also mandate a complete filing for the permission to build the line. This bill -- although the ICC is not in favor of the bill, it did actively engage in negotiations. The final sticking point, they wanted nine 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 months, about a month and half short of what we -- what we brought before the -- the committee.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Haine, do you wish to close?
Would ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4649 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? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4649, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4658. Senator Harmon. Out of the record. House Bill 4672. Senator Steans. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4672. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Steans.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Chamber. House Bill 4672 -- also adds social workers to the list of employees in a school who undergo suicide prevention training. The -- the number of suicides that have been taking place in our schools have been increasing, unfortunately, and want -- want to just 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 add to the folks who will, in fact, get trained on suicide prevention. This is -- I don’t know of any opposition to the bill. It passed out of the House unanimously.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Steans, do you wish to close? Question is, shall House Bill 4672 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4672, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4673. Senator Muñoz. Out of the record. House Bill 4674. Senator Demuzio. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4674. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Demuzio.
Yes, thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. House Bill 4674 is a bill that would ease the ability for students of military families who have to transfer schools to complete coursework for -- in time for graduation, for transfer credits, enroll without paying nonresident tuition. This bill is an initiative of the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs. It has been worked on extensively with School 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Management Alliance. And it is a bill that basically, right now, has all of the -- half of the states in the nation are -- involved in the compact, and I ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator McCarter. SENATOR McCARTER: To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) …bill. SENATOR McCARTER: This -- 4674 is really talking about the military compact, which is an agreement with the Armed Forces nationwide to accommodate students that are put in difficult situations when they are transferred to area -- different states. And -- and I just want to make it real clear. Coming from one of the largest areas where these kids are, around Scott Air Force Base, we were not -- the local community was not in favor of this originally, because it -- ‘cause basically what it did is it took away our sovereignty as a State to determine how we’re going to -- how we’re going to teach these kids. And it would have put some very difficult requirements on us - not just that we couldn’t afford, but some that we just could not provide. So, there -- the -- the military has been very good to sit down at the table with us, come to an agreement that we can live with and -- and still make them happy and let them know that we’re willing to take care of -- and we will take care of their kids. Most importantly, at the beginning of the conversation, we asked them, have -- have -- has anyone ever said that our schools have 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 not accommodated military kids when they came to us with an issue? The answer was, you have always accommodated us with every child. So, that’s to the credit of the schools in Illinois, that they have responded. This is not because of a problem. This is just so that we can show our support nationwide to accommodate kids who are transferred in the military. So I -- I support this bill and urge an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any further discussion? Senator Demuzio, do you wish to close?
Yes, again, thank you very much for your comments on the Floor here. And I ask for a favorable vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4674 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4674, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Senator John Jones, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point, sir.
I think Senator Demuzio would have liked to have voted for her bill. 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Demuzio.
Thank you. I would like to certainly vote for my bill, 4674. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Will the record please reflect that Senator Demuzio and Senator Kotowski are forming a new caucus today. We’ll -- with leave of the Body, we’ll now return to House Bill 4673 on your Calendar, bottom of page 32. Senator Muñoz. The gentleman wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4673. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Muñoz. SENATOR MUÑOZ: Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4673 adjusts a current provision of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Code. The bill simply increases the penalty for not displaying the identity of a company on a vehicle or its trailer employed in construction work by a contractor or subcontractor from not more than a hundred to not more {sic} than five hundred. The Illinois General Assembly originally passed the provision -- Code for two reason - to serve as a protection of senior citizens and other members of our most vulnerable populations from predatory vendors who commit fraud, perform incomplete or shoddy services, and to 48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 reduce the incidence of misclassifications of workers to avoid paying required taxes to the federal government and -- and the State of Illinois. At the time the bill originally passed, it was eighteen years ago - and it is a petty offense - and the penalty back then was only -- not more than a hundred dollars, with the passage at the time. The penalty has proven to be inadequate and the incentives to enforce the law has become problematic. Presently, a fine of not less than a hundred offers no deterrent to commit the violation. I would ask for your support and answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Bomke.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the -- a question to the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Gentleman indicates he’ll yield.
I know in committee, Senator Muñoz, there was a little bit of concern about raising the fine from one hundred to five hundred dollars, and -- and I wasn’t clear on who it would be applicable to. Is it the driver of the vehicle or the -- the employer to whom he works for, or she?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Muñoz. SENATOR MUÑOZ: It would be to the company that’s doing the job. You had stated, or I think one of our other colleagues had stated, they 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 were worried about what if a person working on the job was using their own vehicle. Well, it wouldn’t apply to that person driving his own vehicle to the jobsite, performing his own -- if it was a company vehicle, then it would apply to the company.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Bomke.
If you could define the vehicle, and I -- as I recall, and maybe you can just confirm this, that in committee, we -- we were told it could be a vehicle the size of a suburban, an SUV, a pickup truck. Could you clarify that, please?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Muñoz. SENATOR MUÑOZ: Senator, it’s my understanding that the vehicle has to be eight thousand pounds and more.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Bomke.
To the bill, Mr. President. I -- I have a great deal of respect for Senator Muñoz, but I’m not sure this is the right time when we have a lot of builders throughout the State that have -- are having a great deal of difficulty, given the fiscal crisis that we’re faced with, and -- to impose a five-hundred- dollar fine. Seems to me, a hundred-dollar fine should be sufficient. I don’t know that a five-hundred-dollar fine is going to deter anyone. I would encourage a No vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Dahl.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill: I would encourage the Members of the Senate to simply look at the analysis on your computer screen, down at the bottom, and simply look at who the opponents are to this bill and who the proponents are to this bill and vote your conscience.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Muñoz. SENATOR MUÑOZ: Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to make this important point. This change in the penalty allows for judiciary discretion. It can go up to five hundred. If they want to just do one hundred, they can do that. If the infraction occurred through the honest ignorance of the requirement, a judge has the flexibility to weigh the merits of the case and set the penalty. If the other offender has shown habitual violations or if the offense was committee {sic} in conjunction with other civil criminal offenses, then the judge has the appropriate -- to set the fine of up to five hundred, but does not have to do that. I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4673 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 32 voting Aye, 20 voting Nay, 1 voting Present. House Bill 4673, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 4684. Senator Wilhelmi. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4684. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Wilhelmi.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4684 amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to provide an exception to what is considered net income for the purposes of determining child support. Under this bill, we would be exempting payments made by DCFS for providing foster care to foster children for purposes of determining child support. I’d be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Wilhelmi, do you wish to close?
I ask for your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4684 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4684, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Now proceed 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 to the top of page 33 on your printed Calendar. House Bills 3rd Reading. Top of page 33. House Bill 4691. Senator Viverito. Out of the record. House Bill 4698. Senator Maloney. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4698. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Maloney.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4698 amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices {sic} (Business Practices) Act to prohibit an entity from automatically signing up a consumer for a group or club membership or automatically be charged for additional services without specifically and conspicuously disclosing any minimum purchase requirement or how the consumer may cancel periodic shipments. These typically occur on some of these TV offers if -- that say if you like this, we’ll send you other products, and people are taken advantage by this. I could cite many examples and be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Maloney, do you wish to close?
I’d just like to indicate that I’m going to vote for my own bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Thank you, Senator. The question is, shall House Bill 4698 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4698, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4699. Senator Demuzio. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4699. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Demuzio.
Yes, thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4699 is an initiative from the sanitary district from Decatur. And what they’re asking is that they would be able to maintain the -- the -- their board number at five. Due to a statute and due to the -- to the law, the population has changed in Decatur which would, in fact, drop down their member board number down to three. Presently, they want to make sure that they maintain their board number at five, and they are -- in the process of including surrounding areas. And so what they’re asking for is to be -- be able to maintain the board number of their sanitary district at five.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Demuzio, 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 do you wish to close?
I ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4699 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. All voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Please take -- Madam Secretary -- Senator Maloney. Please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4699, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby -- declared passed. House Bill 4708. Senator Cronin. Out of the record. House Bill 4710. Senator Risinger. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4710. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Risinger.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4710 is a technical adjustment to the fire station revolving loan program that we passed last year. All it really says is that the fire departments, in paying the loan back, must annually repay at least four percent of the loan.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Risinger, do you wish to close? 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4710 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, 3 voting Nay, 1 voting Present. House Bill 4710, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4715. Senator Dillard. Senator Dillard seeks leave of the Body to return House Bill 4710 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 4710. Madam Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration? Pardon me. 4715. Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment 2, offered by Senator Dillard.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Dillard, on Floor Amendment 2.
Thank you, Mr. President. This amendment was brought to us by legitimate repossessors. This is a law -- or a proposed law that would make it unlawful for the sale of burglary tools. This makes sure that lawfully licensed repossessors can possess these tools. It’s technical and I’d urge its adoption.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 and the amendment adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4717. Senator Steans. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4717. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Steans.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Currently, there already exists registration plates at a fee of thirty-five dollars for vehicles that are electric -- operated by electricity. This House Bill 4717 also allows the owner of second division - those vehicles that are under eight thousand pounds - to qualify.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Steans, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4717 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4717, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 declared passed. House Bill 4721. Senator Demuzio. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4721. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Demuzio.
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman {sic} and Members of the Senate. This bill would allow individuals that are on -- our military individuals who are on emergency leave from the military to hunt and fish in Illinois without obtaining a permit from the Department of Natural Resources.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Demuzio, do you wish to close?
I ask for a favorable vote. And I’ll try to vote for my own bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. The question is, shall House Bill 4721 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4721, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4722. Senator Holmes. Madam Secretary, please read 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 the bill.
House Bill 4722. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Holmes.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. House Bill 4722 creates the Antifreeze Bittering Act to require all coolant antifreeze manufactured after January of 2011 and sold in the State to contain denatonium benzoate. It’s a bittering agent to deter animals and children from ingesting it. Approximately fourteen hundred children and ten thousand animals become sick or die after ingesting antifreeze annually.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Holmes, do you wish to close?
I just ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4722 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill -- 4722, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4723. Senator Althoff. Madam Secretary, please read 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 the bill.
House Bill 4723. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Althoff.
Thank you very much, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4723 is a very simple bill. It just extends property tax abatement authority for historical societies. We’ve done this twice before.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Althoff, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4723 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4723, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4737. Senator Haine. Out of the record. House Bill 4738. Senator Link. The gentleman wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4738. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 60 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Link.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill is a -- adds a factor in aggravation to the Code of Correction {sic} (Corrections), allowing an extended term of sentencing to be imposed for murder, battery, or robbery or assault, where the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that a victim was a veteran or - - performing duties as a representative of a veterans’ organization. Be more than happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Link, do you wish to close?
I just ask for an affirmative vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4738 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4738, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4755. Senator Martinez. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4755. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Martinez. 61 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4755 amends the Education for Homeless Children Act, authorizing the State of -- Board of Education to award competitive grants to school districts to expand or improve services for homeless students. Of course, it is subject to appropriations. But I have to say that back in -- in FY’09, over thirty-two school districts all over the State of Illinois took advantage of this. Right now, when you look at what’s going on with all the homeless children because of the foreclosure going on, we have to have this in place in case we have some money, that we’re able to give our children the very best.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Martinez, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4755 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are -- there are 34 voting Aye, 17 voting No -- 17 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4755, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4756. Senator Hutchinson. Senator Hutchinson. She wishes to proceed. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4756. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 62 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4756 creates the Farmers’ Market Technology Improvement Program Act. It provides that out of funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services for the LINK program, the Department, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Agriculture, shall use whatever monies are necessary to implement the Farmers’ Market Technology Improvement Program to assist nontraditional fresh food markets, such as farmers’ markets, Green Carts, market boxes, farm stands and mobile farm stands, produce stands, and other open-air market, to develop the -- the capability to accept wireless electronic payment cards. Basically, you’ll be able to use your LINK card and SNAP benefits at local farmers’ markets. I am so excited about this bill and I would urge a Aye vote and I’m happy to take any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Lauzen.
Thank you. A question for the sponsor, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) She indicates she’ll yield.
Is this contingent on appropriations? I mean, this is three hundred and ten thousand dollars. It is an important priority. Good nutrition, very important. But right now, with the massive problems we have with the deficit, is this dependent on appropriation? 63 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Senator Lauzen. Actually, the Department will be seeking to use federal funds and they’ll be working together with the Department of Agriculture to seek federal funds and grants. So no appropriations are involved in trying to get this going.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Hutchinson, do you wish to close?
Thank you so much. Again, I’m very excited about this. This actually expands the ability of farmers’ markets to increase who they sell to. And if you’re on food assistance programs, can we try our best to make sure you’re getting healthy food. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4756 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 48 voting Aye, 5 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. House Bill 4756, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. We’ll now proceed to the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading, top of the page, page 34 of your printed Calendar. House Bill 4758. Senator Althoff. She wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 64 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
House Bill 4758. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Althoff.
Thank you very much, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4758 grants counties the same ability as municipalities to enter into agreements with property owners within their unincorporated areas to provide contractual assessments to finance the installation of renewable energy sources or energy-efficient improvements that are permanently fixed to the owner’s property. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Althoff, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4758 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Madam -- Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 53 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4758, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4775. Senator Silverstein. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4775. (Secretary reads title of bill) 65 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Silverstein.
Thank you -- thank you, Mr. President. This provides that no person may operate a motorboat equipped with an engine cutoff switch while the engine is running and that the motorboat is running without verifying that the engine -- engine cutoff switch is operational and fully functional and attaching the engine cutoff switch to the operator. I’ll take any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator John Jones.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill: I rise in support of the bill. And in committee, we had a couple of questions and DNR has come to me and -- and answered those questions. And I would encourage an Aye vote from everyone. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Silverstein, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4775 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4775, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4779. Senator Bivins. Out of the record. House Bill 4782. Senator Haine. The gentleman 66 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4782. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Haine.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This is a bill which follows a similar bill, became a Public Act, which the past bill exempted supplemental insurance policies. This is travel insurance, disability insurance, specified policies from our many mandates being applicable. Well, there was another one added last year, pursuant to Governor Larry King’s amendatory veto, which allows for supplemental insurance coverage for those twenty-six and under. So we are exempting the mandates for that too. Doesn’t do anything for the underlying insurance.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Burzynski.
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Indicates he’ll yield.
Thank you. Senator, who was Governor at the time that this mandate was passed?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 67 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Haine.
Star of stage, screen and radio, late night TV, Governor Blagojevich.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Is there any further discussion? Senator Haine, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4782 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? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4782, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4796. Senator Forby. Senator Forby, do you wish to proceed? Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4796. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
Thank you. This is an initiative from the Secretary of -- State. This bill changes the time from a drive-away permit from seven days to thirty days. And what this does is, people coming out of State buying a car from a State dealer here, it gives him thirty days. And the issue with the Secretary of State, it says it usually takes ‘em twenty days. So this gives ‘em time to do 68 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 all their paperwork. I just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Forby, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4796 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4796, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4797. Senator Harmon. Wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4797. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Harmon.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4797 amends the Property Tax Code. Today, in current law, we have a specific method for assessing the value of wind energy devices. That sunsets in 2011. This bill would extend it to 2016. I’m not aware of any opposition and I ask for your Aye votes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Harmon, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4797 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the 69 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4797, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4798. Senator Demuzio. She wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4798. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Demuzio.
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman {sic} and Members of the Senate. 4798, House Bill, is a trailer bill to House Bill 1994, which we passed last year. This is cleanup language. It is an agreement between IDOC and ICI. And I ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Demuzio, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4798 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4798, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4801. Senator Harmon. Gentleman wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 70 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
House Bill 4801. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Harmon.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4801 amends the Dangerous Animals Act. It would add primates to the list of dangerous animals that cannot be kept as pets starting in 2011. It does provide a grandfather clause for any primates currently kept as pets. It’s an initiative of the Humane Society of the United States. And I ask for your Aye votes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Burzynski.
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield for a quick question?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Gentleman indicates he’ll yield.
Thank you. Senator, just very quickly, what are the primates that cannot be kept for pets then?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Harmon.
You’re -- you’re going to test my ability to -- to read 71 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 this list of specific primates. Primate is defined in the bill as a nonhuman member of the order primate, including but not limited to chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, gibbons, monkeys, lemurs, loris, aye-ayes or tarsiers.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Burzynski.
I’m not sure what all of those are, but I -- I do appreciate the fact -- and I think it was well worth our time to have this lesson in zoology, biology, whatever. And, so thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Harmon, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4801 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, 2 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4802 {sic}, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4805. Senator Harmon. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4805. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Harmon.
72 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4805 amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. It’s an initiative of the Cook County Department of Public Health. It would essentially direct that the payment of lead poisoning prevention funds be made directly to the local department that administers the program and would eliminate the county as a conduit for those funds. I’m -- this would benefit independent public health departments like the one in Oak Park or in Evanston. I’m not aware of any opposition and I ask for your Aye votes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Harmon, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4805 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4805, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4807. Senator Millner. The gentleman wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4807. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Millner.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill requires that 73 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 placement evaluations by the Department of Human Services for a person found not guilty by reason of insanity are to determine the most appropriate setting for DHS treatment based on factors that include mental health diagnosis, proximity to surviving victims, security need, age, gender, and proximity to family. And the reason for the bill is we had a homicide in Bartlett where a father and husband was murdered by somebody who was later found guilty but mentally ill and they placed them in a setting next -- or, near the family home. So the family’s in fear and the -- DHS was unable to move ‘em. This bill will allow them -- allow them to move them. Ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Millner, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4807 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. Voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4807, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4818. Senator Bivins. Senator Bivins. Senator wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4818. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Bivins.
74 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4818 provides that if registered voters in the Upper Mississippi Port {sic} (River International Port) District want to petition to be disconnected from the District, they will submit the petitions to a local election authority, not the State Board of Elections. According to the State Board of Elections, the disconnection petitions should be submitted to the local election authority and not the State Board of Elections. This bill simply fixes an oversight included in the original legislation that became law in 2009.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) There any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Bivins, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4818 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? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4818, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4836. Senator Murphy. Senator Murphy wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4836. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Murphy.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate -- House Bill 4836 75 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 creates the Sunshine Commission to conduct a thorough review of each State executive branch program and determine its relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness, and requires a report to be submitted to the General Assembly to -- commenting on elimination of obsolete or ineffective programs, consolidation, and steps to improve program efficiency. There is no compensation for those serving on the commission. It passed out of the House unanimously. Had unanimous support in the Executive Committee here in the Senate. And I request an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Senator Murphy, do you wish to close?
Appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4836 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? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4836, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4837. Senator John Jones. Senator John Jones wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4837. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 76 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator John Jones.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill -- or, House Bill 4837 actually is, to be relieved from the annual audit of small communities that have bonded indebtedness of under fifty thousand dollars with a population of less than two hundred and own or operate a public utility, and are relieved from the annual audit requirement. These small communities are now required to have an audit every four years with this. They’d be required once a year -- but they would still have to do the annual filing with the Comptroller’s Office.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Jones, do you wish to close? Question is, shall House Bill 4837 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4837, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4854. Senator Althoff. She wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4854. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Althoff. 77 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 4854 amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. It adds a new Section to address temporary buying locations and unregistered buyers. The legislation also states that an unregistered buyer that seeks to conduct business at a temporary buying location in the State of Illinois must comply with the following: An unregistered buyer must register with the sheriff of the county at least thirty days prior to its intention to conduct transactions; must submit by 6 a.m. each day to the sheriff of the county in which he or she is located detailed transaction records for the previous day, which must include purchaser, seller, and inventory information; and must pay a registration fee to the sheriff of the county in which they seek to conduct businesses. Temporary pawn entities are not required to register currently and there’s been a lot of problems with regard to illegal or unethical pawnbroking operations. This legislation will stop that from happening. I’d appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Althoff, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4854 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4854, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading, top of page 35, House Bill 4858. Senator Hutchinson. Wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, 78 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 please read the bill.
House Bill 4858. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4858 amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may require an applicant to utilize the same -- same residence address and name on a State identification card, driver’s license or instruction permit. Provides that the Secretary of State may allow applicants for a driver’s license or State identification card to provide a mailing address in addition to a residence address. And provides that the Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the use of foreign language interpreters during the application and examination process. Happy to take any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Hutchinson, do you wish to close?
Thank you. I would just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4858 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? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, 79 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4858, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4859. Senator Martinez. Wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4859. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Martinez.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4859 is the initiative of the Secretary of State. The bill amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to add transporting elderly or disabled person who do not hold privilege -- driving privileges and are living in the person’s household, rather than just children living in the person’s household, to a list of permissible driving privileges under a restricted permit issued by the Secretary of State. Second, it amends the Code of Corrections to require courts to make a finding as to whether a motor vehicle was used in the commission of an offense, and if a motor vehicle was used, the clerk of the court must forward the report of such finding to Secretary of State within five days.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Senator Martinez, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4859 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? 80 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4859, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4863. Senator Demuzio. Senator Demuzio -- Demuzio wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4863. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Demuzio.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. House Bill 4863 exempts the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund from administrative charges or charge-backs, but -- including but not limited to those authorized under the State Finance Act.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Demuzio, do you wish to close?
I ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4863 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that 81 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4863, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4864. Senator Althoff. Senator Althoff wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4864. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Althoff.
Again, thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 4864 amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act in relationship to qualifications. It now provides that a qualified applicant must be a graduate of a master’s or doctoral level program in the field of counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology, or a similar degree program. Currently, it is only a -- baccalaureate degree. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Burzynski. Any further discussion? Senator Althoff, do you wish to close?
I would just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4864 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted 82 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, 2 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4864, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4865. Senator Haine. Senator Haine wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4865. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Haine.
Thank you, Mr. -- Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This is an initiative of the Credit Union Association. It provides two things: one, changing the date that their audit -- completion of their audit to come into line with the end of their fiscal year; secondly, it establishes some procedural guidance regarding revocation of proxies. There’s no opponent to the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Haine, do you wish to close? Question is, shall House Bill 4865 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4865, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. 83 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Lauzen, for what purpose do you seek recognition, sir?
Thank you. Just for the record, on Senate -- or, on House Bill 4864, it was my intention to be a No vote. If the record could so reflect, I’d appreciate it.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. The record will so reflect. We will now proceed to House Bills 3rd Reading, middle of page 35 on your Calendar. House Bill 4866. Senator Sullivan. Senator John Sullivan wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4866. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Sullivan.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This is an initiative of the Department of Ag. It raises fifteen various fees within the -- the Department of Ag, in their weights and measures division, Ag regulation division, and environmental programs. The -- it’ll raise approximately two million dollars that will be used within the Department to regulate and oversee the various programs that the fees are being charged for. I’d be more than happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator 84 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Righter.
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield, please?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Sponsor indicates he’ll yield. Senator Righter.
Thank you. Senator Sullivan, first, can you tell me - and you may not have the figure off the top of your head - over the last, let’s say, eight years, how much money collectively has been swept or raided, or whatever phrase you want to use, from the funds that are subject -- the subject of this -- of this legislation? Do you know?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Sullivan.
No, I do not.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Righter.
Do you know -- it’s my understanding that there has been at least some verbal assurances, or something in that neighborhood, given to individuals who represent the industry that these funds will not be swept. But let me ask you, Senator, do you know whether or not these funds are to be targeted for the interfund borrowing program that the Governor has put in as part of his budget plan?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Sullivan.
85 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 It’s my understanding that they have been -- they will not be subject to that. And as you’ve -- as you’ve indicated, there has been some concern by the industry, which, by the way, supports this legislation because of the very -- past track record with -- with regard to these funds. So we’ve -- we’ve worked very carefully with the agencies, as well as the Governor’s Office, as well as the Department of Ag, who is -- who will be expending this money basically as quickly as it comes in. We don’t anticipate there being really any fund balances to -- of any amount that will -- that would be eligible for that anyway.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Righter.
To the bill, if I might, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chamber. I appreciate what Senator Sullivan has to say about the fact that the industry supports this. But let’s not kid ourselves. The industry supports this because they’ve been backed into a corner on this. Because the funds that they rely on, that government has to have in order for them to do their business, have been pilfered on and off throughout the last eight years. And that’s the reason this is necessary. The industry doesn’t support this because of the track record of the last eight years. In fact, the industry should not support this because of the track record of the last eight years. It’s because they’ve been left with no other choice, because the administration has come to them and said if you want these inspectors, if you want these licensure officials, then, by golly, you got to get behind this bill and 86 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 raise your own fees. And in the end, let’s all remember - about two weeks from now, let’s remember this. House Bill 4866 let’s remember two weeks from now, when the budget package comes rolling out and how much money is the subject of the borrowing or the raiding or whatever that comes exactly out of these fees. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Lauzen.
Thank you, Mr. President. Question for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Sponsor indicates he’ll yield.
Senator, I understand that this contains multiple fee increases, but in conversations with egg producers, they’ve explained something to me that seems to make sense in that the eggs’ quality safety problem in State of Illinois comes mostly in the densely populated areas, most often in Chicago, where there’s such a large market that eggs are dumped into the market and that that’s really where the inspection investment should be made. Is there any commitment from the Department of Agriculture -- the -- you know, where the fees are going to go into egg safety, that they’re going to have inspectors in that area where the greatest concern is?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Sullivan.
I don’t -- I think the answer would be, I don’t know. Not 87 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 -- they have not made that commitment to me. There was an amendment that was added to this language that basically authorized the Department of Ag to seize and hold any case or container of eggs or egg products that {sic} any person or business who is not licensed under this Act and is required to be licensed. That’s the only amendment with regard to the egg industry that I’m aware of.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Jacobs.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would just like to remind my friend across the aisle that we gave the Governor the power to sweep these funds. So we certainly have the power to take them back. And I would love to join with you, if you would bring some legislation to the Floor, to take that power back from the Governor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Is there any further discussion? Senator John Jones.
Thank -- thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) …bill.
Just -- I want to answer a -- a few of the questions that was asked, and -- and some of my colleagues on this side of the aisle, they’re exactly right. There was 2.1 million dollars that was swept out of the fund this -- this year. This brings - 88 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 - brings in about two million dollars. I don’t disagree that some of the people in the industry may be supporting this because they need the service and they may not get the service if -- if we don’t do the fees. But I rise in support of the fees. You know, sometimes you -- you do things you really don’t want to do. But in order to keep the number one industry in -- in the State of Illinois operating, I’m going to support it. The gentleman that just spoke on the other side of the aisle - talking about sweeping the fees, we voted for this - don’t always say “we”. Some people voted for the -- the fee sweeps, but not everybody voted for the fee sweeps. But I would just caution people that are against fees -- fee increases, you know, this is a fee increase. And -- and I rise in support of it. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Sullivan, to close.
Thank you very much, Ladies and Gentlemen. And I appreciate Senator Jones’ comments. I was -- he actually incorporated some of my closing thoughts. But I would like to read one -- a position paper from the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association. That is the association that is going to be mostly impacted by these fee increases. And it says that we -- we understand the concern with sweeps of the funds and share that concern. However, we have a longstanding position of trust with the Illinois Department of Ag management team to assure that these fees will be collected and promptly utilized to maintain the regulatory programs our industry depends upon to 89 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 operate in a legal and responsible manner -- manner. For these reasons, we ask for your support of House Bill 4866 - as do I.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4866 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 35 voting Aye, 16 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4866, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Senator Viverito, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point.
We have a wonderful group here. Senator -- it’s Senator Bond’s area. And they’re from Grayslake. Would you give a warm welcome to Grayslake? They’re all here with us today enjoying Springfield. …a round of applause.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Will our guests in the gallery please rise? Let’s give them a warm Senate welcome. Thank you, Senator Viverito. We’ll now proceed. In the middle of the page, page 35 of your printed Calendar, House Bills 3rd Reading. House Bill 4868. Senator Hutchinson. She wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4868. 90 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4868 is an Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts initiative to sync their specific law with general law. The legislation would allow a trustee of a fire protection district to hold a position on the board of a nonprofit corporation which has business interests in the respective fire protection district. This bill provides two prongs. The board member may be appointed by the district to represent their interests, not paid, but reimbursed for expenses; or the member may not be appointed by the district, but still serve. In this instance, the trustee must abstain from voting and not be included as present for the purposes of a quorum. This -- the proponents are the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts, Associated Firefighters of Illinois, Illinois Firefighters Association, Fire Chiefs of Illinois, and Northern Illinois Alliance of Fire Protection Districts. I know of no opposition and I would greatly appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Lauzen.
A couple of questions for the sponsors -- for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Sponsor indicates she’ll yield. 91 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Senator, there was opposition -- significant opposition over in the House to the bill. Fifteen No votes. Do you know what the nature of that opposition might have been?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
No, Senator Lauzen. I’m not aware of it. In terms of slipping in the committee, I wasn’t aware of any opposition. So…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Lauzen.
If I understand the description that you gave on this, is this not creating a conflict of interest for people I -- who serve in a couple of capacities and who could be providing services to the fire district? Isn’t this creating trouble, and it seems like needlessly?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Senator Lauzen. Actually, this is mitigating any conflict of interest. It provides that they cannot be -- they have to abstain from voting when that situation arises, or if they’re on the board, they become not paid.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Lauzen.
I understand that they abstain from not voting, but so much 92 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 work, especially on local boards, takes place, you know, before a vote. Even in our Chamber, so much of the conversations take place ahead of time. And can’t a person have an oversized impact on a decision when they’re serving in this conflicted role?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
I believe this bill also limits who can serve. So the intent of the bill really is to mitigate any -- any potential conflicts of interest that could already exist.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Is there any further discussion? Senator Hutchinson, do you wish to close?
Thank you. I would just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4868 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. Mr. Secretary, on that question, there are 46 voting Aye, 4 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4868, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4871. Senator Bomke. Senator Bomke wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4871. (Secretary reads title of bill) 93 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Bomke.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4871, this bill authorizes the Treasurer to transfer the revenues generated from the sale of the -- of the Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center, as well as the Collinsville Holiday Inn Hotel, from the Illinois Insurance {sic} (Insured) Mortgage Pilot Program Trust funds to the State general investment pool, general revenue funds and other State funds. I’ve been reliably informed by our staffer that, for some reason, the vote in committee didn’t show up, but it came out of committee on a unanimous vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Senator Viverito. Senator Bomke, do you wish to close? Question is, shall House Bill 4871 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4871, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Senator Viverito, for what purpose do you seek recognition, sir?
Personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please state your point, sir.
94 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 I’m deeply honored today to have a group from my particular Senatorial district, a fine group of young men and women with the Honorable John O’Connell, who used to be one of our legislators. Would you give them a warm welcome? From Hodgkins School group and Park District, on the Republican side. Will you please give them a round of applause?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Guests in the gallery please rise and be recognized. Welcome to the Illinois Senate. Now proceed to House Bill 4873. House Bill 4873. Senator Hutchinson. Do you wish to proceed? She indicates she does. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4873. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Mr. President. Looks like all my bills are going to be called in one day. But this bill, House Bill 4873, adds several offenses to the list of existing offenses that disqualifies a person from a school bus driver permit or a commercial driver’s license.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Hutchinson, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4873 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please 95 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4873, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4879. Senator Wilhelmi. Senator Wilhelmi. Out of the record. House Bill 4895. Senator Bomke. Senator Bomke wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4895. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Bomke.
…you -- thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Bomke, could we ask you to hold on one moment, please? Senator Bomke, please proceed. Thank you for waiting.
Thank you. House Bill 4895 would make it unlawful for a person to falsely represent that he or she is the parent or legal guardian of a minor under eighteen at a tattoo parlor or furnish written consent of body piercing to be performed on a minor under eighteen. The penalty is a Class C misdemeanor. Happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Bomke, do you wish to close? 96 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Ask for a Aye vote, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4895 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4895, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4909. Senator Hunter. Senator Hunter wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4909. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill amends the Prevention of -- of Unnecessary Institutionalization Act by repealing the - - the provision requiring the Department of {sic} (on) Aging and the Department of Human Services to jointly establish the Prevention of Unnecessary Institutionalization Advisory Committees {sic} (Program Advisory Committee). It also amends the Community Senior Services and Resources Act to delete the requirement for the Department of Aging to establish a Community -- Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee. And it deletes further, and finally, the requirement that the 97 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Department of Aging -- Aging seek to establish a Family Caregiver Training and Support Demonstration Project under the Family Caregivers {sic} (Caregiver) Act. And I ask for an Aye vote or I’ll take questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Hunter, do you wish to close?
I ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4909 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. In -- on that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4909, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4910. Senator Hunter. Senator Hunter wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4910. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter.
Thank you, Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This bill -- amends the Older Adult Services Act by changing the composition of the Older Adult Services Advisory 98 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Committee by allowing the Director of the Department of {sic} (on) Aging to appoint one member to represent the -- the municipal, township, and county officials, rather than just appointing one to all of them. And I ask for an Aye vote. Streamlining basically.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Hunter, do you wish to close?
I wish for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4910 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4910, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4922. Senator Pankau. Senator Pankau wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4922. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Pankau.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4922 expands the scope of the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Review Committee 99 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 by permitting it to review federal legislation regarding e- prescribing, conduct public hearings regarding pandemic preparedness and response, and conduct public hearings regarding prescription drug abuse, particularly among those under the age of twenty-five. This basically arose from the H1N1 outbreak that we have been going through and the House sponsor basically felt that there was a lot of confusion, misinformation, and that when a situation arises again, if we pass this bill, we will be much better prepared, much better coordinated in our efforts to attack these problems. I ask for your Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Pankau, do you wish to close? Question is, shall House Bill 4922 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are -- are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4922, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared hereby passed. Now proceed to the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading, page 37 of your printed Calendar. House Bill 4990. Senator Luechtefeld. Senator Luechtefeld. 4990. Out of the record. Proceed to the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading, top of page 36. House Bill 4927. President Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 4928. Senator Delgado. Out of the record. House Bill 4933. Senator Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 4934. Senator -- President Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 4945. Senator Wilhelmi. Out of the record. House Bill 4960. Senator Harmon. Senator Harmon wishes to proceed. 100 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4960. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Harmon.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 4960 is the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s routine administrative update bill. There is no cost. It provides for some specific changes in administrative practice. I’m not aware of any opposition and I ask for your Aye votes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Harmon, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4960 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 55 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4960, having received the required constitutional majority, hereby declared passed. House Bill 4968. Senator Holmes. Senator Holmes wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4968. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 101 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Holmes.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. House Bill 4968 amends the Municipal Code. It adds to the types of land considered artificial barriers which separate a municipality from land the municipality may want to annex. This bill gives municipalities the ability to annex land not connected to the municipality if it’s separated by property considered to be a conservation area. For the sake of this bill, “conservation area” is an area dedicated to conservation and owned by a non-for-profit.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Holmes, do you wish to close?
I would just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 4968 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, 3 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4968, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4972. Senator Maloney. Senator Maloney wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4972. (Secretary reads title of bill) 102 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Maloney.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4972 would prohibit a nonvoting student member of the Illinois Community College Board, as well as members of the advisory committees of the Board, from receiving advance payments or reimbursement for expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties. The remedy in this is -- this -- this simply puts this practice in compliance with the State Finance Act. The remedy is in the fact that the student would be reimbursed by his individual college and the advisory board by the groups that they represent, for example, the IFT or something like that. Again, this puts it in compliance with the State Finance Act. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Senator Maloney, do you wish to close?
I just ask for an affirmative vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4972 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. Voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4972, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Senator Burzynski, are you thinking 103 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 what I’m thinking?
Thank you, Mr. President. It seems there’s some kind of a virus or an -- an issue, a problem going on on the Democratic side of the aisle. Senator Maloney seems to either have not liked his own bill or forgot to vote. And, you know, that’s about the fifth time that’s happened over there this morning. And, you know, I -- I think maybe we need to do something about that.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Maloney, for what purpose do you seek recognition, sir?
I seek recognition to thank Senator Burzynski for my failing here. And I did intend to vote Yes on the last bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Thank you. The record will so reflect. We’ll now proceed to the Order of -- House Bills 3rd Reading. House Bill 4974. Senator Martinez. Senator Martinez wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4974. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Martinez.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. House Bill 4974 came at the request of the State Medical Society and 104 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 it amends -- the amendment ensures that the supervising physicians will obtain the genetic testing results provided by a counselor. The purpose of this bill is to improve services in health care by giving genetic counselors more ability to order genetic tests rather than waiting for someone else to do it. The counselors feel this is important in urgent medical cases.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Martinez, do you wish to close? Question is, shall House Bill 4974 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4974, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4975. Senator Althoff. Senator Althoff. Out of the record. House Bill 4976. President Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 4982. Senator Maloney. Senator Maloney indicates he wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4982. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Maloney.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 4982 allows the City of Chicago, once a -- a person’s driver’s license has been 105 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 suspended or his vehicle has been booted, to enter into a payment plan to get his vehicle released. It’s creating hardships on people who can’t get to work. The -- if they -- the Chicago Department of Revenue has already consulted with the Secretary of State’s Office regarding this legislation. And the Secretary of State has reviewed the proposal and has advised the Chicago Department of Revenue that it does not oppose this legislation. If the person falls out of compliance with the payment plan, they will notify the Secretary of State’s Office and their license again will be taken away -- be suspended. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Maloney, do you wish to close?
Just -- just to clarify: This is a statewide initiative brought forth by the City of Chicago. I appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 4982 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 4982, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 4985. President Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 4987. Senator Haine. Senator Haine wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
106 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 4987. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator -- Senator Haine.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This is an initiative of the UTU and a number of other unions and the chiefs of police. It provides a Class 4 felony to willfully place upon an active railroad track a -- a device which would adversely affect safe railroad operations. This grew out of an incident where a mannequin was placed on the track, causing a great deal of problems for the railroad in attempting to stop.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Haine, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 4987 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. Voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. And House Bill 4987, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. On the Order of House Bills 3rd Reading, page 39 of your printed Calendar, top of the page, House Bill 4990. Senator Luechtefeld. Out of the record. House Bill 5011. Senator Althoff. Senator Althoff wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
107 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5011. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) …Althoff.
Thank you very much. House Bill 5011 actually amends the Local Government Distributive Fund. What it does is allows the Fund to be changed according to annexations and disconnections. Currently, you can only change the Fund with a federal census. This will allow municipalities to go to the county and ask for their fair share whenever there is an annexation of additional properties from that county. I’d be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Althoff, do you wish to close?
I would just ask for…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 5011 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5011, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 5018. Senator Steans. Out of the record. House Bill 5040. Senator Hunter. Senator Hunter wishes to proceed. Mr. 108 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5040. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Hunter.
Thank you, Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This bill establishes the Child-Safe Chemicals {sic} (Cadmium-Safe Kids) Act to prohibit a person from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in Illinois children’s jewelry containing cadmium in any paint or surface coating or accessible substrate that extracts seventy {sic} (exceeds seventy-five) parts per million.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Hunter, do you wish to close?
…for -- I ask for a favorable vote, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Question is, shall House Bill 5040 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 54 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5040, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Jennifer 109 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Wessner of the Illinois Statehouse News seeks leave of the Body to film the Senate Floor proceedings. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. We’ll now proceed to House Bills 3rd Reading. House Bill 5044. Senator Martinez. Senator Martinez wishes to proceed. Madam -- Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5044. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Martinez.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5044 requires Department of Financial and Professional Regulations {sic} (Regulation) to create a website that is in Spanish for information about predatory lending. They already do have a website in Spanish, but the information about predatory lending, there’s not a link included, and we would like to see that included. I’ll be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) There any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Martinez, do you wish to close? The question is, shall House Bill 5044 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. Voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5044, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 110 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 5053. Senator Forby. Senator Forby wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5053. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
Thank you. This bill creates the Psychiatrist {sic} (Psychiatry) Practice Incentive Act for people in Illinois so we can have psychiatric health care in the area of the State that - - where there’s shortage. And what this does, the program, is come up with grants and loans so we can have a psychiatrist in a place where -- underserved area in Illinois, and we have several of them. So this is incentives that we will have a doctor in areas where -- where we are -- shortage. As of today, you hear how short that the doctors are today. And this came out of the House with no opposition. And in the committee, only issue we had in committee, they thought that it would cost up to a hundred thousand dollars, but that was false and they said the most it could cost is up to ten thousand dollars. I’d like to have an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Righter.
Will the sponsor yield, please, Mr. President?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Sponsor indicates he’ll yield. Senator Righter. 111 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator Forby, you said that the hundred-thousand-dollar estimate was inaccurate and you think that the cost is more likely to be ten thousand dollars. Can you tell me what the ten-thousand-dollar figure is based on?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
There was people in there from Department of -- Department of Health and said that with the -- the paperwork and the programs and stuff, they didn’t figure -- with their own people and their own working at it, they didn’t think it would cost any more than ten thousand dollars.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Righter.
Well, that’s to set up the program. I mean, that’s the bureaucracy; we’re going to spend ten thousand dollars. But I guess I’m asking about how much money would go into the program to actually provide the loans. Do we have a figure on that?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
I think most of these loans you’re talking about is payable back loans, is cheap loans and stuff like that, and most of the loans is probably a federal loan too that they was talking about in committee.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Righter. 112 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
So this loan program, Senator, would be funded through federal dollars?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
There are a lot of grants out there through federal grants where they can get a loan to go to school for areas like this in southern Illinois that don’t have a psychiatrist. So there are a lot of grants from the federal -- where these people can get a grant from the federal.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Righter.
Thank you, Mr. President. Now, I’m sure, like in every district, Senator Forby, I have some individuals who are interested in going to school and they’re interested in being psychiatrists and they’re probably interested in accessing a loan program that would help them pay for that schooling. So can you -- because I need to respond to them when they inevitably contact me about this bill, can you help me kind of better zero in on what the source of these funds will be, so I can give them a good response?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
You know, there’s all kinds of grants out there and some grants is worth more money than some others. I do not have the amount of these grants out there, but it’s an incentive to give 113 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 a grant at a low interest rate to these people so they can serve areas like yours and mine.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Righter.
I’ll try to wrap this up with two questions on one turn, if I might, Mr. President. First…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Please proceed.
Thank you. First, Senator Forby, are you planning on running an appropriation bill to pay -- to -- to establish any moneys in the loan program? And, two, if there’s no money appropriated for the loans, will the taxpayers still get to pay ten thousand dollars to set up the program anyway? Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
I’m not -- going to send any appropriation money or program for appropriation for this funds. And if this area -- and if it does go and it is passed and they do get grants, I would say that the Department of Health will end up spending ten thousand dollars to set up the program. But if this bill don’t pass and -- and it don’t work, it will not happen.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Syverson.
114 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Thank you, Mr. President. Really, to the bill. At a time when we’re having trouble funding so many programs, even if this number is close to ten thousand, and I think it’ll be certainly -- I don’t know of any new startup program that’s going to cost only ten thousand dollars. It is difficult for us to be sitting each day, telling people that their programs are being cut because we don’t have enough dollars and then we’re looking at starting this new program, knowing that there’s no dollars to fund it yet. Wouldn’t it make sense just to hold this bill until we -- until we had a funding stream or a program that dollars were going to be available? Then it’s easy to set up the -- the program at that point to do it. But to make, I guess, a promise to students that we have a program, number one, that’s not funded, but, number two, at a time we’re cutting so many programs, to start yet a new one in the Department, I think is going to be difficult to explain to those individuals back home that are not being served because we’re making cuts in those budgets. So, I would respectfully urge a No vote on this until there’s such a time to set up the program like the rural medical program, which is a -- a well-established program. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Pankau.
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield for a question?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Sponsor indicates he’ll yield. 115 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Senator, when will a person who is thinking about applying for this program be able to do that?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
I think we’ll have to pass this bill first so that it -- we’ll be able to do that. So, the number one issue is to get this bill passed first.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Pankau.
So let’s say we pass this bill and the Governor signs it, it would be effective upon the signature of the Governor. Is that right? Immediate effective date?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
No. This effective date is 2011. So it will not be effective till 2011.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Pankau.
So that would be January 1st of 2011.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) 116 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Pankau.
So let’s say I’m graduating this year out of medical school and I decide -- I see this and I want to become a psychiatrist now. And normally, people that come out of medical school have usually three hundred thousand, maybe four hundred thousand, worth of debt. Am I able to apply to this program to wipe out all of those loans that I just have as long as I agree to go and practice down in Carbondale?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
Yes, you would.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Pankau.
So my entire loans would be able to be wiped out just because I choose to go practice psychiatry in Carbondale or Greenville or some place downstate?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
No, your entire loan won’t be wiped out. You -- it’s -- it’s just like the other grants that kids get in school sometime. You know, they’re ten thousand or thirty thousand. You give scholarships away. Some of the grants and money are different price than the others. So whatever the grants is, and going to the federal level, I do not have a clue what the price is on the federal level, but there is grants out there on the 117 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 federal level they can get for this.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Pankau.
So I have to apply to this program before I go to medical school then?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Pankau.
So if I apply for this program before I go to medic school, then I go to medical school for four years and maybe one more year as a resident, and then I decide I’m going to go practice in Carbondale, is that entire amount then written off because I applied for it at the very beginning?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Forby.
No. Like I said before, I do not know what the amount of grant is. Your grant could be ten thousand dollars. It could be ten thousand, could be thirty thousand. I don’t know how -- at the federal level on the amount of the grant. You know, they’re just not going to wipe your -- completely out. When you sign up for a grant, these grants are different grants; there’s certain -- certain prices. So whatever the price is for this -- for this psychiatrist thing is something that we’ll have to see 118 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 what the federal levels amount they -- they give you on grants.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Pankau.
To the bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) To the bill.
I ask for a No or a Present vote on this, not because we don’t need psychiatrists in southern Illinois - we need psychiatrists all over. But I don’t believe we have properly defined how you would go about getting this, how much exactly would be written off, and on top of that, it is not subject to appropriations. So we have no idea how much this is going to cost, not just in the first year to set it up, but in all the future years. And once this is known and put out there, you’re going to have more and more people applying. This -- could become a very, very expensive program. We have programs in place already to encourage medical doctors of all kinds to practice in some of our more underserved areas. Why don’t we let the programs that are already in existence work? I ask for a No or a Present vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Is there any further discussion? Senator Forby, do you wish to close?
Yes. You know, these grants are, what they say is, not a big amount of money. What we’re talking here today is not a -- no hundred thousand dollars, like a lot of people says. And, 119 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 you know, the grants are -- there are thousands and thousands of grants out there - federal grants, State grants, whatever. And they’re all none the same -- different amounts. So, you have to apply for these grants. And as everybody knows and hears every day, doctors are becoming a shortage. You watch TV everyday; you listen to the radio. We got shortage and shortage of everything. And this here is a very minimal -- minimal at the most to help the State of Illinois. I just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 5053 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 36 voting Aye, 14 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5053, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. House Bill 5054. Senator Collins. Out of the record. House Bill… Oh, I’m -- oh, I’m sorry. That Floor debate just wore me out. House Bill 5054. Senator Collins wishes to proceed. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5054. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Collins.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5054 requires the Department of Healthcare 120 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 and Family Services to cease issuing monthly paper cards for recipients of the medical assistance program and instead issue permanent or semi-permanent member cards to all eligible individuals. This is not an expansion of a program; it’s more for -- to the retention of money, more of a efficiency issue to save the State money. I’m open for any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Syverson.
Thank you, Mr. President. Just a question of the sponsor. First, I -- I strongly support this legislation. This is a -- a good bill that is going to -- I -- save the State a lot of money. It was interesting, we -- we -- in committee, when we heard this legislation, when we heard that the State sends out their monthly Medicaid cards and so many go to wrong addresses that the post office refuses to give the State a bulk permit. And so we have to pay first-class postage because we have so much -- so much Medicaid cards being mailed out to people that no longer live at their address. So, one, the idea of spending monthly mailing of over a million cards has been a huge cost. So this is a good thing. My question to you, and -- and we may not have an answer, is all the returns that we get back from people who don’t live at the address of record, these people are currently all kept on Medicaid. And they don’t do any cleaning or removing of people who are supposed to be at that address of record and clearly aren’t there anymore. Do you envision a way that even with these cards that’ll be mailed out to those individuals, when those are returned, that those individuals no 121 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 longer live there, do you envision or is there a -- a thought on how we can address the problem of that many people that -- that are no longer at those addresses?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Collins.
No. Personally, I don’t have an idea how the Department will address that issue with this program or the one that they have in existence now. But I know that the -- I think you did ask the representative there and he said that they were working on a way to deal with that issue. And as far as the eligibility, they were looking to putting in a system -- or will develop a reasonable system for providers to verify the membership eligibility. As far as the mail issue, I have no response or no answer.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Senator Syverson.
Thank you. Well, with that, certainly I -- I support the bill. I -- I envision this as a card then that an individual then can take to the -- the doctor or the hospital or their pharmacy, they can swipe the card and take care of all their billing and determine eligibility at that point. And it should be a real cost savings to the State of Illinois. So I appreciate your bringing this -- this bill forward.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) Is there any further discussion? Any further discussion? Senator Collins, do you wish to close?
122 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 I just ask for an affirmative vote. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Syverson.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SCHOENBERG) The question is, shall House Bill 5054 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting’s open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, please take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5054, having received the required constitutional majority, is hereby declared passed. Majority Leader Clayborne in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Wilhelmi, on House Bill 5055. Out of the record. Senator Haine, on Senate Bill 5060. Out of the record. Senator Harmon, on Senate Bill 5076. Senator Harmon. Senator Harmon. Out of the record. House Bill -- I’m sorry. House Bill 5079. Senator Steans. Madam -- Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5079. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Steans, to explain the bill.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5079 is sort of a cleanup bill to the Health Carrier External Review Act that we passed last Session. It authorizes chiropractors, in addition to physicians, to certify an external review board that experimental or investigational treatments are 123 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 ordered or provided by a practitioner and denied is appropriate. This was inadvertently left out of the original bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5079 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5079, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5109. Senator Frerichs. Mr. Secretary, read -- read the bill.
House Bill 5109. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Frerichs, to explain the bill.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 5109 amends the State Designations Act by restricting any gubernatorial portrait of a Governor that has been removed from office by impeached {sic} or conviction to have an official gubernatorial portrait financed or paid by the State. Additionally, it does not restrict any portrait or image of such a person from being display or placed in the State Capitol.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5109 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who 124 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 52 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5109, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5132. Senator Harmon. Senator Harmon. Out of the record. House Bill 5144. Senator Pankau. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5144. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Pankau, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. Right now, a county or a -- or a municipality can acquire property if there’s a foreclosure of the lien, a judicial deed, a foreclosure of receivership, acceptance of a deed of covenants {sic} (conveyance) in lieu of foreclosure, under the Abandoned Housing Rehabilitation Act, and any other Section that is due to unpaid property taxes. Existing liens or unpaid property taxes become null and void. This is already currently happening. This House Bill 5144 applies those same things to school districts and park districts. So they also will be able to acquire property when those things are just sitting there because their taxes are not being paid. I ask for your favorable approval.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5144 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who 125 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 53 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5144, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Turning to top of page 38. Senator Dale Righter, on House Bill 5150. Senator Righter seeks leave of the Body to return House -- House Bill 5150 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is House Bill 5150. Madam Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment 1, offered by Senator Righter.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Righter, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chamber. Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 5150 simply rearranges the language that’s in the bill. It makes absolutely no substantive changes to the -- to the bill. Simply puts it in a more recognizable and organized fashion.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, 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 CLAYBORNE) 3rd Reading. On the Order of 3rd Reading… House Bill 5152. Senator Steans. Madam Secretary, read the bill. 126 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
House Bill 5152. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Steans, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This bill creates Developmental Disability and Mental Health Safety Act. It’s also known as Brian’s Law after a child who died in a State-operated facility, who had suffered from developmental disabilities. It establishes low-cost, volunteer-based mortality review teams that are independent of the State agencies that will review deaths of people who are under the care -- people with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses who are under the care of State-owned or operated facilities or community agencies.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5152 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5152, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Haine, on House Bill 5158. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5158. (Secretary reads title of bill) 127 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Haine, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This caps the tax redemption fee paid for by the tax -- by the taxpayer upon redemption at a hundred and -- and fifty dollars. We added -- the General Assembly - and it was my bill and Representative Mautino’s - added a list of fees to be paid for by the redeemer and the tax purchaser, and later the -- the redeemer, and they’re minor amounts. What was happening here is some folks -- I’d hate to think that lawyers would participate in this, but they were gilding the lily on title searches and going far beyond what was necessary for tax -- tax sale pursuant to a redemption. So we’re going to cap it. There’s no opposition to the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5158 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 52 voting Yea, none voting Nay, 2 voting Present. House Bill 5158, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5161. Senator Haine. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5161. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 128 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Haine, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. Are you channeling Reverend Jackson, Mr. President? Oh, okay. The -- this amends the Probate Act, doubling the minimum awards for a surviving spouse and minor and adult dependent children. Merely updates the Probate Act.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5161 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5161, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Sullivan, on House Bill 5193. Senator Sullivan. Senator Sullivan. Out of the record. Senator Bivins, on House Bill 5194. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5194. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Bivins, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. HB 5194 amends the State Police Radio Act. Provides that radio access or the ability to transmit on the State’s public safety radio system may only 129 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 occur with written authorization from the appropriate licensed authority. It prohibits any person from accessing or transmitting on the public safety radio system by changing the hardware, firmware, or software of a radio unit that mimics the identity of an authorized radio unit operating on the system. A violation is a Class A misdemeanor. This is an initiative of the Illinois State Police. It was on the Agreed Bill List. I know of no opposition.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5194 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5194, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Jacobs, on House Bill 5203. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5203. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Jacobs, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5203 amends the Regulatory Sunset Act and extends the repeal date from -- 1990 to 2011 {sic}. I know no -- no opposition. Appreciate your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) 130 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5203 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5203, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we’ll return to House Bill 5204. House Bill 5214. Senator Althoff. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5214. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Althoff, to explain.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 5214 creates the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. The intent of the legislation is to create specialized veteran and servicemember courts or programs with the necessary flexibility to meet the specialized problems faced by veterans and servicemember defendants. Parameters are set. The offenses are limited to probationary offenses. And for those of us who are concerned about additional cost, there is no additional cost. What this bill does is allows the current ten-dollar fee that is placed in -- in the county general fund to be used to finance mental health courts and drug courts to also be used for the veterans court. I’ll be happy to answer any questions and this is permissive. 131 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5214 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5214, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Haine, on House Bill 5217. Out of the record. Senator Silverstein, on House Bill 5219. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5219. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Silverstein, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to tell you I looked at the paper this morning and the Cubs are only two and a half out of first place.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Who’s in first?
I don’t remember the name of the team. Somewhere down south, Memphis or something - something. But I know we’re in second place. Give it time. Thank you, Mr. President. And all seriously, this -- House Bill 5219 clarifies that during the MDS Compliance Review period, several procedural steps has to be taken to inform the nursing facility of any deficiencies prior 132 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 to completion of the on-site review. It’s a technical change.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5219 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5219, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. And you are correct, Senator Silverstein, the Cubs are two and a half games out of first place. House Bill 5223. Senator Forby. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5223. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Forby, to explain.
Thank you. This bill is -- passed out of the House a hundred and eleven to nothing. It was on Agreed Bill List here. And this bill prohibits a public office {sic} (official), agents, and their employees of placing or recommending that a person be placed in an unlicensed or uncertified place. So they have to -- if they’re going to offer places where people to go for -- for living -- a living -- assisted -- physical home or a nursing home or support living facility or hospice, they got to recommend a place where they’re licensed and they are checked on. Ask for an Aye vote. 133 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5223 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5223, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Steans, on House Bill 5226. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5226. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Steans, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This bill was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency. House Bill 5226 enables the EPA to increase the use of additional subsidies, including principal forgiveness, negative interest rate, and grants, in some of its revolving loan funds. This is in response to new regulations from the federal government under the federal stimulus program.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5226 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none 134 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 voting Present. House Bill 5226, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5232. Senator Raoul. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5232. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Raoul, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5232 amends the Notice by Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act to provide that notice by publication may be given in a newspaper published in an adjoining county if there’s no newspaper published in the location where the notice is required and the newspaper in the adjoining county has a general circulation in the required location. And newspapers publishing notice must, at no cost to government, place notices on a statewide website established and maintained as joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such notices. This is an initiative of the Illinois Press Association.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5232 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 53 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5232, having received the required 135 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 constitutional majority, is declared passed. Turning to the top of page 39 is House Bill 5247. Senator Muñoz. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5247. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Muñoz, to explain. SENATOR MUÑOZ: Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5247 would require a third party client to pay wages and related payroll taxes to a licensed day and temporary labor agency according to the payment terms outlined on invoice -- invoices, service agreements, or stated terms. I know of no opposition. I’ll answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5247 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5247, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5255. Senator Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 5262. Senator Bomke. Out of the record. House Bill 5282. Senator Cronin. Out of the record. House Bill 5283. Senator Holmes. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
136 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5283. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Holmes, to explain.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. House Bill 5283 would make anyone who has been convicted of a felony ineligible to serve on the board of trustees of a fire protection district.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5283 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, 2 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5283, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Haine, on 5285. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5285. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Haine, to explain.
On the plains of Spain. Pardon me, Mr. President. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, this bill -- sets an -- an additional fee of thirty-five dollars for any person convicted of or placed on supervision for a serious traffic violation - 137 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 and it lists the items defined as serious traffic violations - and divides the fee into Fire Prevention Fund, Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund, and -- and Circuit Clerk to operate the fund. The -- the -- the nexus here is that these serious traffic violations increase the chances of an emergency response by the local fire department and EMTs.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5282 -- 85 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 51 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5285, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill -- I’m sorry, House Bill 5295. Senator Althoff. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5295. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Althoff, to explain.
Thank you, again, Mr. President. House Bill 5295 increases a fee from ten dollars to twenty-five dollars for the prosecution for violations of municipal vehicle code ordinances. This fee has not been increased for twenty-seven years, but it is an increase. Be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) 138 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5295 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 40 voting Yea, 11 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5295, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Haine, for what purpose do you seek recognition? Senator Risinger, on House Bill 5306. Out of the record. Senator Risinger, on Senate {sic} Bill 5307. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5307. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Risinger, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5307 amends the Wildlife Code to require the Department of Natural Resources administrative rules regarding the issuance of deer hunting permits to provide for the issuance of the following types of resident deer archery permits: a combination permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one antlerless-only permit; a single antlerless-only permit; and a single either-sex permit.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5307 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take 139 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 the record. There are 52 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5307, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Hutchinson, on House Bill 5321. Senator Hutchinson. Out of the record. Senator Hendon, on Senate Bill -- House Bill - I’m sorry - House Bill 5323. Senator Hendon. Out of the record. Senator Forby, on House Bill 5329. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5329. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Forby, to explain.
Thank you. House Bill 5329 -- amends the Open Meeting Acts {sic} to allow municipality transit districts serving over forty-five hundred square miles to be -- when they have a quorum, where they can use a video to come up with a quorum. Right now, they have to be in one certain place to have a quorum. So this bill is only an issue for one -- one transit outfit - it’s Rides Mass Transit - and they have six thousand three hundred and two square miles. I just ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5329 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none 140 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 voting Present. House Bill 5329, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5330. Senator Risinger. Out of the record. Turning to top of page 40 is House Bill 5340. Senator Holmes. Out of the record. House Bill 5341. Senator Holmes. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5341. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Holmes, to explain.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. House Bill 5341 amends the Vehicle Code to provide that if there’s {sic} an offense against the regulation governing the movement of vehicles for a person to provide instruction or direct supervision of a minor driving under an instruction permit when the person is under the influence of alcohol, intoxicating compounds, or other drugs.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5341 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5341, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Noland, on House Bill 5357. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5357. 141 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Mike Noland, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. As amended, House Bill 5357 creates the Community Behavioral Health Center Infrastructure Act. The legislation would make the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Capital Development Board, responsible for establishing and operating the Community Behavioral Health {sic} (Health Center) Infrastructure Grant Program to make grants to eligible community providers. Grants can be used to construct new facilities, make renovations to existing centers, acquire a new location, or purchase equipment. The legislation sets forth guidelines for eligibility of these - - of the grant recipients. The grant program is subject to appropriations.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill -- 5357 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are -- 42 voting Yea, 8 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5357, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Steans, on House Bill 5376. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5376. (Secretary reads title of bill) 142 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Steans, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This bill amends the Not For Profit Corporation Act to require not-for- profit organizations with less than four employees to provide written notice to their employees and board members that employees are not eligible for unemployment compensation.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5376 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Those opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5376, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator A.J. Wilhelmi, on House Bill 5381. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5381. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Wilhelmi, to -- to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5381 amends the Clerks of the Courts Act and provides that the circuit clerk may provide notice to a party by 143 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 hard copy or by electronic notice, pursuant to a uniform and standard policy adopted by the circuit clerk. It also provides that a recipient may elect to receive notices by hard copy or electronically via electronic address he or she has registered with the circuit clerk and then the circuit clerk must provide notice in the format chosen by the recipient. As you can tell from the language, this is permissive. I’d be happy to answer any questions and I ask for your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5381 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 53 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5381, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5388. Senator Hendon. Out of the record. House Bill 5398. Senator Hutchinson. Senator Hutchinson. Out of the record. House Bill 5410. Senator Millner. Senator Millner. Senator Millner. Out of the record. House Bill 5411. Senator Raoul. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5411. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Raoul, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the 144 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senate. House Bill 5411 amends the Medical School Matriculant Criminal History Records Check Act to provide that Illinois medical schools may obtain statutorily required criminal history record checks of conditionally admitted students through private entities. The medical schools are solely responsible for the fees associated with a background check through a private entity. Currently, medical schools may only obtain the check through the Illinois State Police. I urge your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5411 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5411, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5412. Senator Frerichs. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5412. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Frerichs, to explain.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. House Bill 5412 amends the Fire Investigation Act, requiring 2.5 percent of the fire protection funds to be directed to the Cornerstone Training Program. The Cornerstone firefighter training program began about ten years ago as a program just a small number of rural 145 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 departments participated in. It’s involved {sic} to be a very important program for volunteer fire departments throughout the State of Illinois. I’d ask a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5412 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5412, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5430. Senator Iris Martinez. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5430. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Martinez, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. It’s great to see you up there. House Bill 5430 amends the Emergency Medical Services System {sic} (Systems) Act in the Section regarding licensure renewal for EMT technicians. It also allows a person whose license has been expired for less than thirty-six months - that’s three years - to apply for reinstatement of their license by the Department of Public Health. The person will have to complete continuing educational hours, which would be determined by administrative rule, and will have to receive a recommendation from the Illinois EMS Medical Director, and will have to pass 146 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 examination for the level of licensure the individual seeks to have reinstated. And I’ll be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5430 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5430, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Crotty, on House Bill 5448. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5448. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Crotty, to explain.
Thank you very much. House Bill 5448 amends the Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to require county boards to submit an annual report to the Illinois Department of Public Health about the county’s compliance with the requirement that the county distribute a pamphlet on fetal alcohol syndrome with each marriage license. It also notes that the funding and the production of the -- costs of the pamphlets, which are already required by law, would be provided by the nonprofit.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5448 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. 147 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5448, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5459. Senator Donne Trotter, from Cairo. …Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5459. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Trotter, to explain.
Thank you very much, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5459 is the latest incarnation of the implementation of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. It specifies the contents of the packet given to parents relinquishing a newborn infant. It also requires the information packet to be developed in cooperation with the Office of Vital Records and the Department of Children and Family Services.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5459 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5459, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Trotter, 148 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 on House Bill 5463. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5463. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Trotter, to explain.
Thank you very much, Mr. President, Members of the Senate, again. This is House Bill 5463, which amends the State Commemorative Dates Act by designating the first full week of January of each year as Emancipation Proclamation Week. This is not a State holiday. There will be no days taken off and there’s very minimal impact to this bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill -- House Bill 5463 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5463, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Turning to top of page 41. Senator Terry Link, on House Bill 5469. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5469. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) 149 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Link, to explain the bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5469 amends the Illinois Trust and Payable on Death Accounts Act to add the definition of “beneficiary”, which includes a person and other entities, and rules that -- governing and -- distribution of proceeds of an account upon the death of a trustee or holder of the account. Be more than happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5469 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5469, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Lightford, on House Bill 5481. Senator Lightford. Senator Lightford. Out of the record. Senator Martinez, on House Bill 5489. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5489. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Martinez, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. House Bill 5489 amends the civil and criminal statutes relating to the order of protection so they are consistent with each other. 150 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Public Act 96-701 amends both statutes, but the changes were not made consistent to both statutes. And I’ll be happy to -- to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5489 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5489, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5494. Senator Millner. Senator Millner. Senator Millner. Out of the record. House Bill 5499. Senator Hunter. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5499. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Hunter, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5499 amends the -- the Civil Administrative Code and the Illinois Act on the Aging by stating that individuals who no longer are eligible to receive community funds through the Department of Aging must be given a forty-five-day notice rather than a sixty-day notice.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5499 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. 151 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5499, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With -- with leave of the Body, we’ll return to page 40, and -- middle of -- middle of the page. House Bill 5410. Senator -- Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5410. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Millner, to explain.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. This is simply a -- cleanup language in the State Appellate Defender provisions of the Capital Litigation Trust Fund Act relating to trust fund reimbursement for capital case litigation defense costs. Ask for an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5410 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5410, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Returning to page 41. House Bill 5501. Senator Cullerton. Out of the record. 152 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5507. Senator Demuzio. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5507. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Demuzio, to explain.
Yes, thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. This bill creates the Fraternal Order of Police Fund and it also creates the Fraternal Order of Police license plate. An -- an applicant for the special plate will be charged twenty-five dollars for the original issuance, in addition to the appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, ten dollars will be deposited into the FOP fund and fifteen into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. For this registration renewal period, a twenty-five-dollar fee will be charged, and of this fee, twenty-five {sic} (twenty-three) will go into the FOP police fund and two dollars will be deposited into the Special License Plates {sic} Fund. I ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Senator Syverson.
Thank you, Mr. President. I just thought it was appropriate, since Senator Rutherford’s not on the Floor, that Senator Rutherford probably opposes this legislation.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Demuzio. 153 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Yes, thank you, Senator. He certainly does. I’ve already spoken with him. Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Burzynski.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill, and to the spirit of the conversation: And the reason that Senator Rutherford opposes the new license plates is simply because we passed, back in the nineties, a bill that -- that would allow the Secretary of State to put a generic plate out so that we could just put a sticker on there with all of these different personalized plates on them, which saves the State hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Thank you, Senator Burzynski. Senator Demuzio, to close.
Thank you. I just would ask for a favorable vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) The question is, shall House Bill 5507 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 46 voting Yea, 3 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5507, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5509. Senator Garrett. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
154 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5509. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Queen Garrett, to explain.
Thank you, King -- thank you, King James. House Bill 5509 amends the Condominium Property Act to provide that a purchaser of a unit of a common interest community association at judicial sale must pay any unpaid assessments for common expenses from the six months immediately preceding the institution of an action by a common interest association. I’d be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Senator DeLeo. SENATOR DeLEO: Yes, thank you, Mr. President. The lady used my name in debate.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Garrett.
I -- I would just like to say this is the most fun I’ve had all day. Thank you very much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Seeing no further discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 5509 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. 155 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5509, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Noland, on House Bill 5510. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5510. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Mike Noland, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5510 requires the judge who issues an emergency order of protection to promptly communicate or convey the order to the sheriff to facilitate the entry of the order into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System, also known as LEADS, by the State Police.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5510 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5510, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Righter, on House Bill 5511. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5511. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) 156 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Righter, to explain.
Thank -- thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chamber. House Bill 5511 makes a simple change to the Illinois Pension Code. Would allow members of the Paris Cooperative High School participate. Those people are already in IMRF. They are simply participating through respective school districts. This would simply specifically designate them in the Pension Code. It’s something that we regularly do for non-taxing districts and there’s absolutely no fiscal impact on the Pension Fund.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5511 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5511, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Martinez, on House Bill 5513. Out of the record. Senator Martinez, on Senate {sic} Bill 5514. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5514. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Martinez, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Senate 157 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Amendment No. 1 adds two circumstances which would often -- which would be offenses under the Roofing Industry Licensing Act. The first offense would be allowing the use of his or her roofing license by an unlicensed roofing contractor for the purpose of providing roofing and the second would be aiding or assisting another person in violation of any provision of this Act or its rules. And I’ll be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5514 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 52 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5514, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Haine, on House Bill 5515. Out of the record. Senator Raoul, on Senate {sic} Bill 5523. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5523. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Raoul, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5523 amends the Code of Civil Procedure to create four affirmative defenses to a forcible -- forcible entry and detainer action if the demand of {sic} (for) possession is based on a tenant or household member’s status as a victim of 158 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 domestic violence or some incident of domestic violence. Specifically it provides affirmative defenses if demand of {sic} possession is based on the tenant or household member’s status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence, stalking, or dating violence; an incident or {sic} (of) actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, or dating violence against a tenant or household member; criminal activity related to domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, dating violence against a tenant or household member; entry by a barred person on the premises, but entry was permitted by a court order or the tenant or household member who was a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, or dating violence did not -- knowingly consent to the entry. I urge your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Senator Dave Syverson.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator, really more of a statement. I support this legislation, but the -- the concerns raised by the -- the Rental Property Owners Association dealing with the -- the fact that there’s not a procedure in the forcible Act to respond with urgency is a concern that they’ve raised. Now, I don’t know, again, if that is something that can be addressed in a trailer bill. But the -- the concern is that threats -- when a threat exists, that it can take a month or longer before they can -- before they can respond on these issues. So, again, that doesn’t affect what you’re trying to do here, but it is a concern, I know, that they have raised that at some point needs to get addressed. So, thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) 159 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Is there any discussion? Further discussion? Senator Raoul, to close.
I urge your support on the bill and I’d be happy to meet with any organization to address these concerns. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Seeing no further discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 5523 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5523, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Turning to top of page 42 is House Bill 5525. Out of the record. Leave of the Body, we’ll return to that later on. House Bill 5538. Senator Kotowski. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5538. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Kotowski, to explain the bill.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5538 amends the Department of Natural Resources Law of the Civil Administration {sic} (Administrative) Code of Illinois to require that any individual hired by the Department for a sworn law enforcement position or a position that has arrest authority must demonstrate their ability to swim 160 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 at a competency level that has been established by the American Red Cross and approved by the Department in administrative rule.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5538 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5538, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5540. Senator John Jones. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5540. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Jones, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5540 is identical to last year’s House Bill 768, which passed 113 to nothing in the House, but was held up over here, and Senate Bill 279, which passed 59 to nothing and was held up over in the House. But what it does, it permits municipalities to borrow money from a regional or joint regional planning commission for a term of up to ten years. Currently, municipalities are limited to borrowing money from banks and savings and loans. The bill will allow municipalities to borrow community development initiative loans from regional planning commissions without incurring the expense and delays associated with the issuance of GO or revenue 161 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 bonds or municipal debt certificates.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5540 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 53 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5540, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5555. Senator Pankau. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5555. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Pankau, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill is a request of the City of Wood Dale in DuPage County. It intends to annex a very small section of property that is almost wholly bounded by Wood Dale, but Route 83 crosses one of the boundary lines and, therefore, that is the only reason it is down here in front of the General Assembly. We need the permission of the General Assembly because Route 83, which is a State route, is on one of the boundary lines. I ask for your favorable approval.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5555 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who 162 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 53 voting Yea, 1 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5555, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Syverson, on House Bill 5603. Out of the record. Senator Haine, on House Bill 5630. Out of the record. Senator Righter, on Senate {sic} Bill 5633. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5633. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Righter, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chamber. House Bill 5633 is -- is -- has language in it this Body has acted on before. Right now, the school construction program language is silent as to, if two school districts want to form a cooperative high school and build one together, whether the grant index from one school or the other school is used. This bill would simply say that you’ll average the two together for purposes of -- of the grant index. Now, Mr. President, shortly before we arrived on this bill on the Calendar, the State Board of Education -- it’s my understanding someone named Cynthia - I don’t know her last name - from the State Board of Education sent over some language and would like that read into the record for legislative intent. I couldn’t get any of my friends over here to want to play with me, so I’m going to read it myself. Is that all right with you, Mr. 163 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 President?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) That is fine, Senator Righter.
Thank you. When a newly reorganized district or cooperative wants to use the school construction application that has already been submitted by a school district that is part of the newly formed -- the reorganized school district or cooperative, the reorganized district or cooperative will need to obtain documentation from the affected boards that can utilize the application. At the time this permission is received and the intent along with all applicable documentation is submitted to the State Board for approval, the district has to have reorganized or formed a cooperative at the beginning of that respective fiscal year or, at most, two fiscal years prior to that time. For example, school district A and school district B form a high school cooperative. The high school cooperative became effective July 1, 2010, fiscal year 2011. School district A has submitted an application for the school construction program. In fiscal year 2012, the high school cooperative receives approval from the board of school district A to use their school construction application. During fiscal year 2012, the high school cooperative submits this intent along with the board approvals to the State Board of Education for approval. This is important, Mr. President. Since the cooperative went into effect no more than two prior fiscal years before that intent was submitted to the State Board of Education, the high school cooperative would be able to use the application submitted by school district A as the high school 164 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 cooperative school construction application and placeholder for funding if approved. The end, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5633 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 54 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5633, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5640. Senator Cullerton. Out of the record. House Bill 5666. Senator A.J. Wilhelmi. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5666. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Wilhelmi, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5666 expands the exception from the marital privilege to permit a husband or wife to testify as to any communication or admission made by either of them to the other or as to any conversation between them during marriage when either is charged with or under investigation for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse and the victim is a minor under eighteen years of age in either spouse’s care, custody, or 165 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 control at the time of the offense. I’d be happy to answer any questions and I ask for your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5666 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Those opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 53 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5666, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5668. Senator Hutchinson. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5668. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Hutchinson, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5668 amends the Firemen’s Disciplinary Act. Adds to the definition of “fireman” a person who is a paramedic employed in a unit of local government’s fire service and an EMT employed in a unit of local government’s fire service. I’d be happy to take any questions and I’d appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Pankau, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield for some questions based on legislative intent? 166 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) The sponsor indicates she will yield, Senator Pankau.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5668 would include paramedics and EMTs employed by a unit of local government in the definition of, quote, “fireman”, unquote, under the Firemen’s Disciplinary Act. Is this correct?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Hutchinson.
That is correct.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Pankau.
Is it also correct to say that the definition of quote, “fireman”, unquote, in the Firemen’s Disciplinary Act means a person who is a, quote, “fireman” -- “firefighter”, unquote, or “fireman”, unquote, as defined in Section 4-106 or 6-106 of the Illinois Pension Code, and includes a person who is an “employee” as defined in Section 15-107 of the Illinois Pension Code and whose primary duties relate to firefighting?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Hutchinson.
Yes, that is also correct.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Pankau.
Is it the intent of the sponsor that the changes to the 167 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Firemen’s Disciplinary Act under House Bill 5668 is in -- in no way creates any additional pension costs or obligations for any unit of local government and that the changes pertain solely to the Firemen’s Disciplinary Act?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Hutchinson.
Thank you, Senator Pankau. Yes, that is my intent.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Pankau.
To the bill, Mr. President. I urge an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Thank you. Senator Lauzen, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you. Just a question for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Sponsor indicates she will yield, Senator Lauzen.
There was -- there was a bit of opposition over in the House to the bill. Can you tell us the nature of that opposition?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Hutchinson.
I -- I think that went to fears that this would do something with the Pension Code or increase costs for units of local government, which is something we are absolutely not 168 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 intending to do with this bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5668 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5668, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5669. Senator Steans. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5669. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Steans, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Currently, there -- the Secretary of State’s Office maintains an emergency contact database. House Bill 5669 amends that to allow folks with special needs and disabilities to enter -- provide information to include in that emergency contact database. It also allows law enforcement to share the information with public safety workers with the idea of being able to better equip law enforcement and public safety workers in emergency situations.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5669 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. 169 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5669, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5671. Senator Dahl. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5671. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Dahl, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 5671 simply requires municipalities to provide notice of annexation to the county prior to annexation. This bill does not change annexation procedure in any way.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5671 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all…(microphone cutoff)…all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5671, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5677. Senator Haine. Out of the record. House Bill 5678. Senator Haine. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
170 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5678. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Haine, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. This is a bill which merely states that the Disposition of Remains Act, which is a federal document issued by the Department of Defense, shall be primary and is sufficient to empower the -- the named designee in the situation where there’s been a death during war or service to control and direct the -- the disposition of the decedent’s remains.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall 5678 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5678, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Turning to top of page 43 is House Bill 5688. Senator Lightford. Madam Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5688. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Lightford, to explain. 171 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5688 is known as the common age legislation for children with disabilities receiving residential and educational services across all State agencies. We’d like for there to be consistency, with the age being twenty-two, in hopes to prepare them for adult life. And I’d be happy to answer questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5688 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5688, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Frerichs, on House Bill 5691. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5691. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Frerichs, to explain.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. This bill amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act to allow the Clinical Psychologist Licensing and Disciplinary Board the ability to make recommendations on all matters related to continuing education, but the recommendations cannot impose an undue burden 172 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 on the Department or an unreasonable restriction on that seeking -- on those seeking license approval. Department has the ability to set those requirements by rule in specified circumstances in which continuing education requirements may be waived.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5691 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting -- I’m sorry, 55 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5691, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Forby, on House Bill 5718. Madam Secretary -- I mean - I’m sorry - Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5718. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Forby, to explain.
Thank you. This is an issue of IDNR. This bill will add explosive emergency response vehicles to DNR to -- for a definition of a vehicle for emergency vehicles. And it’s where they can run with a blue and red rotating light. And they could exceed speed limits, same as ambulance, fire -- firemen and police -- police cars. I just ask for an Aye vote. This is for coal mining, for mine explosion or something like that. 173 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5718 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 53 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5718, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Link, on House Bill 5727. Out of the record. Senator Hutchinson, on House Bill 5732. Senator Hutchinson. Out of the record. House Bill 5735. Senator Collins. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5735. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Collins, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5735 amends the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law. The bill provides that a court that enters a foreclosure judgment shall set aside a judicial sale or a foreclosed property -- of a foreclosed property, upon motion of the -- of the homeowner at any time prior to the confirmation of sale, if the mortgagor is able to prove that, one, the mortgagor has applied for assistance under the Making Home Affordable Program and, two, the mortgaged real estate was sold in material violation of the program’s requirement for proceeding to judicial sale. This is language that has been agreed upon and 174 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 worked out with the industry as well as the advocates -- housing advocates. I -- I’m open for any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5735 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5735, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Harmon, on House Bill 5745. Out of the record. Senator Forby, on House Bill 5762. Out of the record. Senator Forby, on House Bill 5764. Out of the record. Senator Raoul, on House Bill 5783. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5783. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Raoul, to explain.
Thank -- thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. First of all, before I present the bill, as a matter of disclosure, I should say that this issue was first brought to me by probably my most important constituent, who just happens to be a licensed cosmetologist in addition to being a communication specialist - my wife. And so I just want to bring -- bring that about as a matter of disclosure. Senator Wilhelmi, who’s my seatmate over here, his wife is also a 175 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 licensed cosmetologist. So we’re going to start the cosmetology caucus in the back row here. But House Bill 5783 amends the -- renamed Barber, Cosmetologist {sic}, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act to require individuals to be licensed to practice as hair braiders and hair braiding teachers and to establish licensure requirements for the same. It requires that owners and operators of hair braiding salons to obtain a license and certificate of registration. It requires hair braiding schools to apply to the Illinois Department of Financial -- and Professional Regulations {sic} (Regulation) and to adhere to the requirements of the Department. The bill requires that one member of the renamed Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Board must be a hair braider or a hair braiding teacher. In essence, the folks that have been operating as hair braiders have been forced by onerous requirements to operate illegally and this would allow them to be able to operate legally within -- within the State of Illinois. And I urge your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Senator Burzynski.
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield for a couple of questions?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Sponsor indicates he will yield, Senator Burzynski.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator, is it true that you’ll change your hair style if this bill passes?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) 176 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Senator Raoul.
With the help of a little Rogaine.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Burzynski.
I -- I think it’ll take more than a little. But on a more serious note, Senator, I notice the Department of Professional Regulation is -- was in opposition to the bill. Can you explain their opposition? I -- I think I know what it is, but if you wouldn’t mind.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Raoul.
To my knowledge, they’re neutral. They slipped the bill as neutral in committee -- in both chambers. But, honestly, I’m ignorant to any opposition that -- that they have.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Burzynski.
Thank you, Mr. President. I -- I believe, if there is opposition, it primarily would be, from the Department’s perspective, the cost of initiating new licensure in the State of Illinois. And I -- I -- I don’t see anything here relative to the cost of what it would cost to -- to start this up within the agency, but I’m -- I’m sure that that would be why they’re neutral or opposed. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Holmes… 177 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
Thank you, Mr. President. A question of the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Sponsor indicates he will yield. Senator Holmes.
I was just curious if you have had a bad experience with hair braiding in the past.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Raoul.
Actually, I have. You know, when I was younger, my hair was braided by my sisters in order to allow me to have a -- a bigger Afro and my father came home and -- and yanked me out of bed and made sure that I took those things out of my hair immediately. And that’s my bad experience with hair braiding and I’m -- you know, he’s no longer with us, but I will never braid my hair again.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Holmes.
…you so much. Based on that experience, I -- I -- I definitely urge an Aye vote on this bill. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Seeing no further discussion, the question is, shall House Bill 5783 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 44 voting Yea, none -- I mean, 8 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5783, having received the required 178 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5790. Senator Lightford. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5790. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Lightford, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5790 is identical to Senate Bill 3628 that we sent over with a unanimous roll call. It’s a bill brought forth by the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, the Best Friends Animal Society, and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. There was a response to a dog fighting ring that took place in the Village of Maywood, my hometown, at a daycare in September of 2009. This bill would set forth enhanced penalties for offenses related to dog fighting. I -- I hope for an Aye vote and I’d be happy to answer questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5790 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5790, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5791. Senator Holmes. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
179 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 House Bill 5791. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Holmes, to explain.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. House Bill 5791 quite simply just allows the Attorney General to make its system available so that public officials, such as the sheriff, Chicago Police Department, can fulfill their notification duties under the Sex Offender Community Notification Law. The Attorney General is a proponent of this.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5791 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5791, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Link, on House Bill 5813. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5813. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Terry Link, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President. It’s always a pleasure to have 180 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 you up there. House Bill 5813 amends the Senior Citizen {sic} (Citizens) Real Estate Tax Deferral Act. The bill is brought by the Department of Revenue and addresses some abuses to the program. It makes four changes to the Act. It increases the maximum income to qualify from fifty thousand to fifty-five thousand. Number two, it disqualifies properties that are held in certain trusts. Three, it caps the maximum deferral to five thousand per tax year. And four, it cuts the funding off to counties who don’t enforce the lien on properties in the program. I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Senator Lauzen.
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill: There was opposition in the committee, in the Revenue Committee, based on a couple of items, but the one that I’d like to address is the confusion that this is going to create because of the annual cap of five thousand dollars of an annual deferred property tax. I know that in many neighborhoods, even our own in Aurora, that if you had this kind of plan, people who are using this program wouldn’t know -- you know, it’s going to create a confusion - am I in or am I not? I have to pay the additional? I -- I think that -- that it’s just going to create confusion in the implementation. Even though the idea -- the concept may be okay, in practicality, people can’t figure out what’s in their property taxes right now. And I’m afraid that this is going to cause even more concern. So I’d -- I recommend a No vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Link. 181 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
I don’t know if that was a question or just a statement.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Hultgren.
Yes, Mr. President, to the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) To the bill.
I had some questions to the Department and to the sponsor. I understand -- I mean, this is a pretty comprehensive bill. There’s a lot of different things going on in this. One of the concerns I had and we didn’t get a real clear answer on it, and I still haven’t gotten a very clear answer on it, is this limits that this benefit would -- could only be given to trusts that are land trusts. There’s a lot of seniors now who are using revocable living trusts as an estate planning tool. This eliminates any other trust other than -- than a land trust. A revocable living trust is not a land trust. So my fear is, if we pass this bill, potentially we could knock out many seniors who have used this other form of protecting their property to avoid probate. And so I had some concerns about that. I think -- I haven’t heard an answer if that is cleared up in this, but if the sponsor has any more information, that would be great. Otherwise, I think until we get that, I think it might be good either to pull this from the record or I encourage people to vote No or Present at this time.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, Senator 182 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Link, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. To -- to the details that -- these same questions were asked in committee, and to address ‘em, as we did in committee, first of all, this bill passed out of the House unanimously in the same condition it is right now. What we did is -- to answer the first part of the statements that were made on this, the five thousand deferral was that this was -- more than eighty percent of the tax bills fall under the five thousand maximum and that’s why the number five thousand was picked. As far as the trusts, some people are using this to shelter some less than friendly types of things. I don’t think there’s a -- a thing that was ever intended or will be intended with this piece of legislation to disqualify or hurt any individual in any form on any types of trusts, in land trust or any other types of trusts. And I see this as basically just a solid cleanup bill for the Department of Revenue and I would ask for an affirmative vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) The -- the question is, shall House Bill 5813 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 39 voting Yea, 9 voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5813, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5820. Senator Raoul. Madam Secretary, read the bill.
House Bill 5820. 183 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Raoul, to explain.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Bill 5820 is identical to Senate Bill 377, which passed out of the Senate unanimously. It provides for the joint nomination of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor beginning with the 2014 election. Such nomination would take place in the primary election and would have the approval of the voters as requested by both Senator Radogno and Senator Hendon in committee.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall House Bill 5820 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. There are 56 voting Yea, none voting Nay, none voting Present. House Bill 5820, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. House Bill 5821. Senator Haine. Out of the record. The Senate will stand at ease for a few minutes to allow the Committee on Assignments to meet. The members of the Committee on Assignments will come to the President’s Anteroom immediately. The Senate will stand at ease. (SENATE STANDS AT EASE) 184 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Lightford in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LIGHTFORD) Senator Clayborne in the Chair. (SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) The Senate will come to order. Madam Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Be Approved for Consideration - House Bill 13, House Bill 83, House Bill 962, House Bill 991, House Bill 2270, House Bill 2314, House Bill 2469, House Bill 2640 and House Bill 3841. Signed by Senator James F. Clayborne, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Madam Secretary, Message from the Governor.
I have a Message dated April 26th, 2010. Message for the Governor by Lindsay Anderson, Legislative Director for Governor Pat Quinn. Mr. President - The Governor directs me to lay before the Senate the following Message: To the Honorable Members of the Senate, 96th General Assembly - I have nominated and appointed the following named individual to the office enumerated below and respectfully ask 185 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 concurrence in and confirmation of this appointment by your Honorable Body. Signed, Pat Quinn, Governor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) 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 concurred with the Senate in the passage of bill of the following title, to wit: Senate Bill 663. Together with the following amendment which is attached, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Amendment 1. We have received like Messages on Senate Bill 2065, with House Amendment 1; 2573, with House Amendment 1; Senate Bill 2590, with House Amendment 1. All passed the House, as amended, April 27, 2010. Mark Mahoney, Clerk of the House.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Senator Lightford, for what purpose do you seek recognition?
Thank you, Mr. President. On the point of personal privilege, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Please state your point.
186 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 4/27/2010 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I have a park district here. Today is the Illinois Association of Park Districts Day. Katrina Thompson, one of the Commissioners, and her staff and lovely daughter, they came down to observe us from Broadview. They’re so excited to be here. They’re behind the Republican side -- gallery. If you could please welcome them here to the General Assembly.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR CLAYBORNE) Please stand. Welcome to Springfield. Hope you’ve enjoyed your day. There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned to the hour of 10 a.m. on the 28th of April, 2010. The Senate stands adjourned. 187