PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) The regular Session of the 98th 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 Jeremy Robinson, Bethalto Church of God.
(Prayer by Pastor Jeremy Robinson)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Please remain standing for the Pledge Allegiance. Senator Jacobs.
(Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Jacobs)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
Senate Journal of Thursday, February 20th, 2014.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Hunter.
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 LINK) The Senate moves to postpone -- Senator Hunter moves to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal, pending the arrival of the printed transcripts. There being no objection, so ordered. Mr. Secretary, Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 949, offered by Senator Brady and all 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014 Members. Senate Resolution 950, offered by Senator Brady and all Members. Senate Resolution 951, offered by Senator Van Pelt and all Members. Senate Resolution 952, offered by Senator Link and all Members. Senate Resolution 953, offered by Senator Morrison and all Members. Senate Resolution 954, offered by Senator Koehler and all Members. They are all death resolutions, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, Consent Calendar.
Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 57, offered by Senator Connelly. It is substantive.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, Messages from the House.
Message from the House by Mr. Mapes, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed a bill of the following title, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 3749. Passed the House, February 20th, 2014. Timothy D. Mapes, Clerk of the House. 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Muñoz, for what… Could all members at the sound of my voice come to the Senate Floor immediately? All members at the sound of my voice please come to the Floor immediately. Senator Mulroe, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point.
Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to take this opportunity to announce to the Senate that I have an honored special guest today joining us in my -- the gallery up behind me to the left. She's a member -- or constituent of the 10th Senate District, Bernadette Roche. She's the statewide President of the Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists and a constituent of mine. I'm going to have to -- Anesthetists. Yeah. I knew I was going to have problems with that. President Roche has been a certified registered nurse anesthetist for more than thirty years and is here today with an extraordinary contingency of more than sixty of their four hundred association members who took off time from their work -- from work to lobby today. So please join me in welcoming them. If you all can stand up and be recognized. And let's give 'em a warm Senate welcome.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to the Illinois Senate. Senator LaHood, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR LaHOOD: Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege. 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point. SENATOR LaHOOD: Mr. President, I'm happy to welcome today my Page for the Day, Caleb Haisler, from Peoria. Caleb is a student at St. Vincent de Paul where he is in the eighth grade. He's an honor roll student and he's also student council president. He likes politics and government. He also plays football, basketball, track, and performs in the school play. He'll be attending Notre Dame High School in Peoria next year. And I'd like everyone to give a warm welcome to Caleb. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to the Illinois Senate. Tony Yuscius of Blueroomstream.com and Ed Cross of WAND -- WAND request permission to video. Seeing no objection, permission granted. Senator Haine, for what purpose do you rise?
A point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point.
Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I want to introduce to you a young man who is an honorary Page for me today. He's going to shadow me throughout the building. His name is Alek Butkus, and he is a student at Lyons Township High School in DuPage County. He placed first over eight hundred fellow high school students two months ago in the debate occurring in Chicago in the Model United Nations. An extremely bright, accomplished young man, and he wants to become an actuary, an insurance actuary, 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014 one of the most stimulating, exciting jobs we could create in the insurance industry. And I -- we need an accurate actuary. Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, Alek Butkus.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to the Illinois Senate. Senator Collins, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point.
You know, it says, good things come in threes. I believe that's a saying. So today I have the honor of recognizing three of our colleagues with birthdays - at least on this side; I don't know about on that side. But, first of all, I would like to say feliz cumpleaños to Iris Martinez - this is her annual fiftieth birthday, I believe - as well as Tony Muñoz has a birthday. Do - - it was last week. We missed it on the Floor. And I heard that Napoleon Harris has a birthday also today. So I wish all of us to wish them a happy birthday.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) And I think it's Senator Martinez's twenty-ninth, not her fiftieth. Will all members of the Assignment Committee please meet in the President’s Anteroom immediately? All members of the Assignment Committee please meet in the President’s Anteroom immediately. Zach Baliva of WICS seeks permission to video the proceedings. Seeing no objection, permission granted. Mr. Secretary, House Bills 1st Reading. Or… 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014
House Bill 3749, offered by Senator McGuire. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Agriculture and Conservation Committee - Senate Bills 3333 and 3337; refer to Criminal Law Committee - Senate Bills 3267, 3275, 3332, 3365 and 3383; refer to Education Committee - Senate Bill 3030, 3274, 3310, 3311, 3407 and 3412; refer to Energy Committee - Senate Bills 3263, 3326, 3327, 3328, 3329, 3330, 3366, 3386, 3424; refer to Environment Committee - Senate Bill 3272; refer to Executive Committee - Senate Bills 1527, 2784, 3126, 3273, 3282, 3284, 3291, 3292, 3293, 3309, 3312, 3372, 3409, 34 --3413 and 3419; refer to Financial Institutions Committee - Senate Bill 3423; refer to Higher Education Committee - Senate Bills 3017 and 3306; refer to Human Services Committee - Senate Bills 3256, 3257, 3266, 3283, 3378 and 3421; refer to Insurance Committee - Senate Bills 3264, 3301, 3319, 3322, 3324, 3395 and 3404; refer to Judiciary Committee - Senate Bills 3096, 3265, 3286, 3287, 3290, 3299, 3308, 3361, 3362, 3363, 3375, 3385, 3391 and 3405; refer to Labor and Commerce Committee - Senate Bills 2918, 3138, 3370, 3392, 3411, 3416 and 3420; refer to Licensed Activities and Pensions Committee - 3277 -- Senate Bill 3277, 3305 and 3381; refer to Local Government Committee - Senate Bills 3106, 3111, 3294, 3313, 3314, 3387 and 3408; refer to Public Health Committee - Senate Bills 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014 3268, 3304, 3325, 3380 and 3414; refer to Revenue Committee - Senate Bills 3259, 3260, 3262, 3278, 3285, 3289, 3300, 3316, 3334, 3341, 3342, 3369, 3382, 3388, 3394, 3397, 3401 and 3422; refer to State Government and Veterans Affairs Committee - Senate Bills 3271, 3276, 3288, 3379 and 3393; refer to Transportation Committee - Senate Bills 3139, 3270, 3296, 3297, 3321, 3338, 3371, 3373, 3398 and 3402; re-refer from Labor and Commerce Committee to State Government and Veterans Affairs Committee - Senate Bill 2973; Be Approved for Consideration - Senate Bills 345, 449, 451, 500, 638, 639, 739, 798, 855 and 1008. Signed, Senator James F. Clayborne, Chairman.
Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to the Criminal Law Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2583, Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2609, Floor Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 2694, Floor Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 2695 and Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2771; refer to the Education Committee - Floor Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 584 and Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2870; refer to the Environment Committee - Floor Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 854 and Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2657; refer to the Executive Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 1527 and Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 3129; refer to the Financial Institutions Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 3029; refer to the Higher Education Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2765; refer to the Human Services Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2929; refer to the Insurance Committee - Committee -- 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014 Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2608; refer to the Judiciary Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2656, Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 3057, Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2782, Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2939 and Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2904; refer to the Labor and Commerce Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2648; refer to the Licensed Activities and Pensions Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2999; refer to the Local Government Committee - Committee -- Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 3056; refer to the Public Health Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2659, Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2763, Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2968; refer to the State Government and Veterans Affairs Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2599; and refer to the Transportation Committee - Committee Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 2932. Signed by Senator James F. Clayborne, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Ladies and Gentlemen, the following committees will be meeting to take up Floor amendments in addition to the items previously posted: Education will meet in Room 400 at 1:40 and Criminal Law will meet in Room 409 at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. Let me repeat that. Education will meet in Room 400 at 1:40 and Criminal Law will meet in Room 409 at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Senator McCarter, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR McCARTER: Point of personal privilege, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point. 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014 SENATOR McCARTER: I'd like -- I'd like everyone to greet some friends of mine from my district here, Dr. James Underwood from Kaskaskia College and his group of leadership students. I'd like you to please stand. Thank you for being here with us today.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to the Illinois Senate. On your printed Calendar, turn to page 2 on the Order of 2nd Readings. We will go -- Mr. Secretary… Senate Bill 2640. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2640. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. …(microphone disengaged)… Out of the record. Senate Bill 2690. Senator Manar. Senator Manar. Out of the record. Skip -- skip over -- skip over 2698. Senate Bill 2710. Senator Cunningham. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2721. Senator Luechtefeld. Yes. Please read the bill, Mr. Secretary.
Senate Bill 2721. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2736. Birthday girl, Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014
Senate Bill 2736. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2760. Senator Lightford. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2769. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2769. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2770. Senate Bill 2770. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2770. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. 2774, we'll hold. Senate Bill 2776. Senator Steans. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2776. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014 reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2778. Senator Biss. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2778. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2791. Senator Hutchinson. Senator Hutchinson. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2799. Senator Haine. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2799. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2802. Senator Van Pelt. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2802. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2809. Senator Biss. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 98th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 88th Legislative Day 2/25/2014
Senate Bill 2809. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2814. Senator Syverson. Senator Syverson. Out of the record. Senate Bill 2839. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2839. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2931. Senator Hastings. Senator Hastings. Out of the record. There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned until the hour of 12 noon, 26th day of February, 2014. The Senate stands adjourned. 12