PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) The hour of 12 noon having arrived, the regular Session of the 99th General Assembly will please come to order. Will the Members be at their desks? Will our guests in the galleries please rise? The invocation today will be given by Pastor Kenneth Copeland, New Zion Baptist Church, Rockford, Illinois. Pastor Copeland.
(Prayer by Pastor Kenneth Copeland)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Cunningham, to lead us in the Pledge.
(Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Cunningham)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
Senate Journal of Wednesday, April 13th, 2016.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Good afternoon, Senator Hunter.
Good afternoon, 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 SULLIVAN) Senator Hunter moves to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal, pending arrival of the printed transcripts. There being no objection, so ordered. Mr. Secretary, Resolutions.
1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Senate Resolutions 1754 and 1755, offered by Senator McGuire and all Members. Senate Resolutions 1756 and 1757, offered by Senator Anderson and all Members. They are all death resolutions, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Resolutions Consent Calendar.
Senate Resolution 1752, offered by Senator Jones. And Senate Resolution 1753, offered by Senator Collins. They are both substantive.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Martinez, Chairperson of the Committee on Licensed Activities and Pensions, reports Senate Bill 2899 Do Pass; Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 462, Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Bill 2433, and Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2900 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Landek, Chairperson of the Committee on State Government and Veterans Affairs, reports Senate Bill 2932 Do Pass; Senate Bill 2585 Do Pass, as Amended; and Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3071 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Harmon, Chairperson of the Committee on Executive, reports Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 203, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 231, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 279, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 280, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2420, and Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2950 Recommend Do Adopt. 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Senator Noland, Chairperson of the Committee on Criminal Law, reports Senate Bill 3292 Do Pass, as Amended; Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 210, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 211, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 212, Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2777, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2875, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3067, and Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3368 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Jones, Chairperson of the Committee on Local Government, reports Senate Bill 2270 Do Pass; Senate Bill 2320 {sic} (2323) and 2994 Do Pass, as Amended; Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 388 and Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 389 Recommend Do Adopt. Senator Steans, Chairperson of the Special Committee on Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care, reports Senate Bill 3080 Do Pass. Senator Koehler, Chairperson of the Committee on Environment and Conservation, reports Senate Bill 2417 Do Pass, as Amended.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Ladies and Gentlemen, if I could have your attention. Will all Members within the sound of my voice please come to the Senate Floor immediately? All Members within the sound of my voice, please, to the Senate Floor. Lisa Yuscius with Blueroomstream.com requests permission to videotape and Sherrie Phipps with WICS also requests permission to videotape. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Mr. Secretary, Messages from the House.
A Message from the House by Mr. Mapes, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed bills of the following titles, 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 3760. We have received like Messages on House Bills 4036, 4259, 4387, 4562, 4614, 4633, 5003, 5018, 5527, 5598, 5668, 5710, 5756, 5783, 5915, 6021, 6031, 6149, 6302, and 6303. Passed the House, April 13th, 2016. Timothy D. Mapes, Clerk of the House.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, House Bills 1st Reading.
House Bill 3760, offered by Senator Biss. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4036, offered by Senator Hutchinson. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4259, offered by President Cullerton. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4387, offered by Senator Althoff. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4389, offered by Senator McConnaughay. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4590, offered by President Cullerton. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4604, offered by Senator Luechtefeld. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4614, offered by Senator Connelly. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4633, offered by Senator Mulroe. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4641, offered by Senator Raoul. 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 4966, offered by Senator Hunter. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5003, offered by Senator Link. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5018, offered by Senator Anderson. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5598, offered by Senator Hutchinson. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5600, offered by Senator Tom Cullerton. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5610, offered by Senator Anderson. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5720, offered by Senator Bennett. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 5930, offered by Senator McConnaughay. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6006, offered by Senator McGuire. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6021, offered by Senator Biss. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6031, offered by Senator Tom Cullerton. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6302, offered by Senator Radogno. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 6303, offered by Senator Radogno. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of the bills.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Hunter, Chairperson of the Committee on Energy and Public Utilities, reports Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 321 Recommend Do Adopt.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Brady, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. A point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Please state your point, Senator Brady.
Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I'd like to introduce to you the Morton Potters. They are led by their Assistant Coach Brooke Bisping, Megan Hasler, Bill Davis, and Head Coach Bob Becker. They are guests of Representative Keith Sommer and myself today at the Capitol, as well as Governor Bruce Rauner. And we'd like -- we brought them here 'cause we wanted to congratulate them on this year's State basketball championship. They are the Girls Class 3A State Champions, and not only this year, but last year they were here as well. So if you'd please join me in congratulating them. They are in the President's Gallery, above me on the right.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Ladies and Gentlemen, let's welcome the Morton Potters, the championship team, to the Illinois Senate. Great to have you here. Thanks for joining us. Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, if you will turn to page 7 of the regular Calendar. In the middle of the page, we have Senate Bills 2nd Reading. On the Order of Senate Bills 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 2nd Reading, we have Senate Bill 2837. Senator Silverstein. Mr. Silverstein, would you like to move forward? Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2837. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Public Health adopted Amendments No. 1 and 2.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, have there been any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2839. Senator Silverstein, along with your counsel. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2839. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendments No. 1 and 2.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2840. Senator Silverstein. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
Senate Bill 2840. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2842. Senator Silverstein. Mr. Secretary, please read the gentleman's bill.
Senate Bill 2842. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 2845. Senator Silverstein. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2845. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 3.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Floor Amendment No. 5, offered by Senator Silverstein.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Silverstein, to present Floor Amendment 5. Senator Silverstein.
I'll explain it on 3rd Reading, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Is there any discussion on the amendment? Seeing none, all those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, can I have your attention? Senator Connelly has some special guests here.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. Today, I'm thrilled to welcome back the back-to-back Class 4A State Champion Lady Redwings from Benet Academy in Lisle. The team is coached by Joe Kilbride, assisted by Kelsey Coulter, John Corrigan, and Jadae McGuire. The Lady Redwings featured four players recognized by the Daily Herald as All Area Players: Kendal Schramek, Katie Jaseckas, Elise Stout, and Kathleen Doyle. Kathleen Doyle is Ms. Basketball in Illinois for this year. As many of you know, I am a proud Benet dad. Benet Academy is known for its rigorous academic standards and expectations. The Benet Academy Lady Redwings Team GPA is a 3.75 on a four-point scale. And five of these young ladies scored a thirty or better on their 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 ACT. I couldn't be more proud of this team - not for what they do on the basketball court, but what they do in the classroom. So how about a warm welcome to Coach Joe Kilbride and the Benet Academy Lady Redwings?
(Remarks and Introductions by Coach Joe Kilbride)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Morrison, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. I rise on a point of personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Please make your point, Senator Morrison.
It's my honor and delight today to recognize a colleague's birthday. Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant is celebrating her birthday today and I'm hoping the Senate can join me in a -- congratulations.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Ladies and Gentlemen, let's show our congratulations to Senator Bertino-Tarrant on her birthday. Happy Birthday, Senator. Senator Harmon, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. As you may know, this week the -- the Assignments Committee referred to the Executive Committee twenty-nine constitutional amendments. Those were then, yesterday, sent to subcommittee. We're hoping to be able to take some or all of those up next week. And for that reason, I would move to waive all notice and posting 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 requirements so that Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendments No. 1 through 29 can be heard in the Senate Executive Committee on Tuesday, April 19th.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Senator Harmon moves to waive all notice and posting requirements so that Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendments 1 through 29 can be heard in the Senate Executive Committee on Tuesday, April 19th. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and all notice and posting requirements have been waived. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, if you'll turn to page 11 of the regular Calendar, we're still on the Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading. On page 11, we have Senate Bill 3099. Before we go to that action, Senator Bertino-Tarrant, for what purpose do you rise?
Point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Please make your point, Senator Bertino-Tarrant.
Today, as you may notice, we have several people wearing purple in regards to -- in honor of the Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's disease is the only disease among the top ten leading causes of death in America that cannot be cured or prevented. According to a -- recent published numbers, there are currently two hundred and twenty thousand people in Illinois suffering from Alzheimer's disease. This number is supposed to increase nearly twenty percent by the year 2025. So, today, we not only recognize the Association, but we acknowledge the family and the caregivers who so lovingly help those with this -- afflicted disease. Thank 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you, Senator. Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, Senate Bill 3099 on page 11 of the regular Calendar on the Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading. Senator Barickman, on Senate Bill 3099. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3099. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Next up, we have Senate Bill 3102. Senator Righter, on 3102. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3102. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Let's turn to the top of page 12. We have Senate Bill 3104. Senator Althoff, on 3104. Mr. Secretary, Senate Bill 3106. Senator Morrison. Senator Morrison, on 3106. Do you wish to move that to 3rd? Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3106. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Criminal Law adopted Amendment No. 1. 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No amendments -- no further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3119. Leader Harmon, on 3119. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3119. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Criminal Law adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3129. Senator Tom Cullerton. 3129. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3129. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3131. Senator McCann, on 3131. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Senate Bill 3131. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3140. Senator McCann. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3140. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3149. Leader Clayborne. Let's go to Senate Bill 3153. Senator McCann. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3153. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill -- with leave of the Body, let's go to Senate Bill 3162. Leader Harmon, on 3162. Mr. Secretary and Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, let's go to Senate Bill 3166. Senator Mulroe, on 3166. Please read the bill, Mr. Secretary.
Senate Bill 3166. 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 2.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senator Van Pelt, for what purpose do you rise?
Personal privilege.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Please make your point, Senator Van Pelt.
Yes, I would like to ask my Senate peers to join me in welcoming our -- I have a -- a police -- I mean a Fire Captain here, Fire Captain from Chicago, runs her own firehouse. If there's ever a fire in -- at O'Hare Airport, she's the one that leads the charge. I would like you all to welcome Ms. Carmelita Earls.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Captain, welcome to the Illinois Senate. Great to have you here today. Thanks for joining us. Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, we're still on page 12. Senator Rose, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. Since we're at the sharing of joys and concerns, I have a joy. A point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Please make your point, Senator Rose.
Ladies and Gentlemen, today is my seatmate Neil Anderson's 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 twenty-first birthday. Let's welcome him and wish him happy birthday.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Anderson, Happy Birthday. Two colleagues with birthdays today. All right, Ladies and Gentlemen, page 12, regular Calendar, Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading, we have Senate Bill 3177. Senator McGuire. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3177. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Transportation adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3178. Senator Weaver. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3178. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3180. Senator Nybo. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3180. 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Bottom of page 12, we have Senate Bill 3274. Senator Althoff, on 3274. Let's turn to the top of page 13, to 3275. Senator Connelly. Senator Connelly. Mr. Secretary, with leave of the Body, let's go to 3297. 3297. Senator Hutchinson. Senator Hutchinson. Next up, we have Senate Bill 3301. Senator Rose. Senator Rose. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3301. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Higher Education adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Next up, we have Senate Bill 3312. Senator Muñoz. Leader Muñoz. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, let's go to 3314. Mr. Secretary, Senate Bill 3314. Senator Bennett. Senator Bennett, on 3314. Mr. Secretary, please read the gentleman's bill.
Senate Bill 3314. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. 3rd Reading. Senator Bennett, on 3315. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3315. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3319. Leader Lightford. Would you like to move that bill to 3rd? Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3319. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3323. Senator Althoff, on 3323. Mr. Secretary, let's go to 3324. Leader Althoff. With leave of the Body, we'll come back to 3325. Let's go to 3333. Senator Cunningham, on 3333. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3333. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 3335. Senator Rose. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
Senate Bill 3335. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Leave of the Body, we'll come back to 3336. Let's go to 3337. Leader Harmon, on 3337. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3337. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. The bottom of page 13, we have Senate Bill 3340. Senator Harris. 3340. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3340. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported. 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Let's go to the top of page 14, Ladies and Gentlemen. And we're still on the Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading. We have Senate Bill 3343. Senator McGuire. Mr. Secretary, let's go to 3354. Leader Muñoz. Next up, we have 3367. Senator Barickman, on 3367. Mr. Secretary, he indicates he'd like to proceed. Please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3367. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. 3368. Senator McConnaughay. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3368. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration? Senator McConnaughay and Members, we're waiting on a little paperwork. It'll be here shortly, if you could just bear with us for a few moments.
Floor Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator McConnaughay.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator McConnaughay, to present Floor Amendment 2. 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 SENATOR McCONNAUGHAY: Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to pass it and read it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Is there any discussion on the amendment? Seeing none, all those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, if you'll turn back to page 3 of the regular Calendar - we're still on the Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading - we have Senate Bill 2439. Senator Sandoval, on 2439. Mr. Secretary, read the bill.
Senate Bill 2439. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Licensed Activities and Pensions adopted Amendment No. 1
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. With leave of the Body, if you'll turn to page 4, towards the bottom of the page, still on the Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading, we have 25 -- Senate Bill 2566. Senator Sandoval. Mr. Secretary, please read the gentleman's bill. 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
Senate Bill 2566. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, turn to the bottom of page 10 of your regular Calendar. We have Senate Bill 3021. Mr. Secretary, 3-0-2-1. Senator Sandoval. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3021. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, if you'll turn towards -- or turn to page 11. In the middle of the page, on the Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading, we have Senate Bill 3042. Senator Link. Mr. Secretary, please read the 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 gentleman's bill.
Senate Bill 3042. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, turn back to page 4. 2523, Mr. -- Mr. Secretary. Senate Bill 2523. It's in the middle of page 4 on the Order of Senate Bills 2nd Reading. Senator Link. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2523. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, if you'll turn to page 21 of the regular Calendar. We are on the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is final action. Senate Bill 2908. Senate Bill 2908. Yes, Mr. Secretary. Thank you. Again, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is final action, Senate Bills 3rd Reading in the middle of the page 21. We have Senate Bill 2908. Senator Stadelman. Mr. Secretary, let's go to Senate 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Bill 29 -- before we do, Senator Brady, do… Okay. Senate Bill 2984. Senator Martinez. We're on the Order of 3rd Readings. Senate Bill 2984. Do you wish to proceed? Mr. Secretary, please read the lady's bill.
Senate Bill 2984. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Martinez.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. As amended, Senate Bill 2984, it's enabling electrology students -- electrology students to take four consecutive years, rather than two, to complete the 600 hours of electrology study required to qualify for a license. And also, it -- it's allowing time spent studying under the law of another state, territory of the United States, foreign country, or province to be credited towards the period of study required to qualify for electrology license, upon approval by the Department. I'll be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Senator Brady, your light's on. Any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2984 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 2984, having received the required constitutional majority, is 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 declared passed. Next up, we have -- Senator Brady, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. Purpose of announcement.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Please make your announcement, Senator Brady.
Please let the record reflect that Senator Althoff is back in the district on -- at a funeral.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. The record will so reflect that situation. All right, Ladies and Gentlemen, Senate Bill 2985. Senator Martinez. You wish to proceed? Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2985. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Martinez.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 2985 removes the requirement that genetic counselors must have a referral from a licensed physician to provide genetic counseling. And I'll be happy to answer any questions.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2985 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 who wish? Have all voted who wish? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 2985, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 2990. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, I believe Senator Bush seeks leave of the Body… Okay, Senator Bush, you wish to proceed? Mr. Secretary, please read the lady's bill.
Senate Bill 2990. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Bush, to present your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 2990 is an initiative of the Illinois State Board of Education. This is -- the amendment becomes the bill. It rewrites Article 7 of the School Code, which governs district reorganization. The amendment retains the language of the original bill but makes a number of technical changes and clarifications at the request of School Management. I have no known opposition to the bill and I would request an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2990 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Present. Senate Bill 2990, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. 2993. Senator Anderson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2993. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Anderson.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 2993, it amends the Department of Agriculture Law in Administrative Code. It allows the Department to designate farms as "Bicentennial Farms". Right now, we recognize hundred- and hundred-and-fifty-year farms. This would just allow -- allow the Department to display signage for bicentennial farms and recognize the long history of farms in our State. I would appreciate an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2993 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 2993, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 3003. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the gentleman's bill.
27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Senate Bill 3003. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Cunningham.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 3003 amends the Wildlife Code. It's an initiative of the Department of Natural Resources. And all it does is allow individuals who are applying for both a deer resident, free, property-only hunting license and a turkey resident property hunting license to apply on the same application. I ask for the Senate's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 3003 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 3003, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, Mr. Secretary, let's go to Senate Bill 3010. 3010. Senator Weaver. Let's go to 3011. Senator Mulroe. Senator Mulroe. At the bottom of the page 21, we have Senate Bill 3025. Senator Haine. Senator Haine. Ladies and Gentlemen, let's turn to the top of page 22. We have Senate Bill 3041. Leader Radogno. Mr. -- Mr. Secretary, please read the lady's bill.
Senate Bill 3041. 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Leader Radogno.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill will allow DCFS foster parents to allow their foster children to attend and participate in activities that currently require these families to get -- have to get permission from DCFS involving a lot of paperwork, things like sleepovers, field trips, normal activities children do. There is no opposition that I know of and it passed committee unanimously. I would be happy to try to answer questions, but ask for a favorable vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 3041 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 3041, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, we'll skip down to Senate Bill 3062. 3-0-6-2. Senator Steans. Senator Steans. Mr. Secretary, let's go to Senate Bill 3063. Senator Harmon. No, excuse me, Senator Brady. Senator Brady, on 3063. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 3063. 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Brady.
Thank you, Mr. President. This is simply two land conveyances. Passed out of committee unanimously.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 3063 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 51 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 1 voting Present. Senate Bill 3063, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 3071. Leader Clayborne. Mr. Secretary, let's go to 3072. Senator Haine. Next up, we have Senate Bill 3079. Leader Trotter. And last on the list, we have Senate Bill 3401. President Cullerton. All right, Ladies and Gentlemen, we're going to start at the top of the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading. If you'll turn to page 14 of the regular Calendar, again, Senate Bills 3rd Reading. Before we do that, Senator McGuire, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR McGUIRE: Thank you, Mr. President. Point of personal privilege, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Please state your point, Senator McGuire. SENATOR McGUIRE: 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. To my left, I have a very impressive, poised, high-achieving young woman, who's serving as my Page for the Day. Madison, please stand up. This is Madison Boykin, sixteen-year-old sophomore at Joliet Central, which makes her a Steelwoman. I asked her what her favorite subjects are. She said "I love STEM" - she loves math, she loves science, she loves engineering. She's active at school on the badminton team, the National Association of High School Students. She hopes to matriculate to either Tuskegee or Clark. And I dare say that one reason that Madison is so poised and high- achieving is because of her heritage. Her grandmother was Maxine Boykin, who was the first -- first woman African-American police officer in Joliet. And Madison's mother, Veryl, who is up there in the gallery, is a task force substitute teacher at Joliet Central and a founder of the Fearless Females Club at Joliet Central. So please give a warm welcome to Madison and Veryl Boykin.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Ladies and Gentlemen, let's welcome Madison and her mother here to the Illinois Senate. Thanks so much for being here today. Thank you for joining us. Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, again, top of the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading. With leave of the Body, we're going to start with Senate Bill 185. Senator Koehler. Mr. Secretary… Senator Koehler seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 185 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading, we have Senate Bill 185. Mr. Secretary, are there any committee or Floor amendments approved for consideration?
31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Koehler.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Koehler, to present Floor Amendment 1.
Thank you, Mr. President. The amendment becomes the bill and I'll discuss it on 3rd. Move for its adoption.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you very much. Is there any discussion on the amendment? Seeing none, all those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, any -- are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. 3rd Reading. Next up on the Calendar, we have Senate Bill 2-0-3. Senator Raoul, on 2-0-3. Ladies and Gentlemen, let's go to Senate Bill 210. Senator Manar. Senator Manar, on Senate Bill 210. Next up, we have Senate Bill 211. Senator Mulroe, on Senate Bill 211. Mr. Secretary, I believe Senator Mulroe seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 211 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading, we have Senate Bill 211. Mr. Secretary, are there any committee or Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Mulroe.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Mulroe, to present Floor Amendment 1. 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. I'd -- I'd ask that it be adopted. I would be happy to explain it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion on the amendment? 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 SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Next up, we have Senate Bill 212. Senator Bertino-Tarrant, on Senate Bill 212. Mr. Secretary, Senator Bertino-Tarrant seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 212 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 212. Are there any Floor amendments, Mr. Secretary, approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Bertino-Tarrant.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Bertino-Tarrant, on Floor Amendment 1.
Thank you, Mr. President. I ask for -- to move on adoption and will explain it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion on the amendment? Seeing none, all those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Next up, we have Senate Bill 229. Senator Hastings, on 229. Ladies and Gentlemen, let's go to Senate Bill 230. Senator Manar, on 230. Next up, we have Senate Bill 231. Senator Manar. Mr. Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen, let's go to Senate Bill -- with leave of the Body, we'll go down to Senate Bill 238. 238. Leader Lightford, on 238. With leave of the Body, let's go to the bottom of page 14 to Senate Bill 279. Senator Van Pelt, on Senate Bill 279. Mr. Secretary, I believe Senator Van Pelt seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 279 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading, we have Senate Bill 279. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration.
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Van Pelt.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Van Pelt, to present Floor Amendment No.… Senator Van Pelt, on Floor Amendment No. 1.
Would move to adopt.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Is there any discussion on the amendment? Seeing none, all those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
No further amendment reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, let's turn to the top of page 15. We have Senate Bill 280. Leader Muñoz. Leader Muñoz. With leave of the Body, we'll go to Senate -- we will go to Senate Bill 320. Leader Trotter, on Senate Bill 320. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, let's go down to Senate Bill 388. President Cullerton. 389, President… Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, we were up to 389. Senate Bill 389. President Cullerton. With leave of the Body, let's go to Senate Bill 391. Senator Link. Senator Link, on 391. With leave of the Body, we'll go to Senate Bill 399. Leader Harmon. Mr. Secretary, please read the gentleman's bill. Excuse me, Mr. Secretary. Senator Harmon seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 399 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 399. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration.
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Harmon.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Leader Harmon, on Floor Amendment 1.
Thank you, Mr. President. The amendment becomes the bill. I move for its adoption.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion on the amendment? 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 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, let's go to Senate Bill 436. Senator Stadelman, on 436. Leave of the Body, we'll go to Senate Bill 460. Senator Martinez, on Senate Bill 460. Indicates she does not wish to proceed. Let's go to Senate Bill 461. Senator Morrison. At the bottom of page 15, Ladies and Gentlemen, we have Senate Bill 462. Senator Martinez, on 462. Mr. Secretary, Senator Martinez seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 462 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 462. Mr. Secretary, are there any committee or Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Martinez.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Martinez, to present Floor Amendment 1.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. The -- the amendment will help regulate people who dispense, test, select, and recommend, fit, or service hearing instruments. And I'll be happy to answer any more questions on 3rd Reading.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion on the amendment? Seeing none, all those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Mr. Secretary, are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. Ladies and Gentlemen, let's turn the page, to the top of page 16. Actually, with leave of the Body, we're going to go down towards the middle of the page. Senate Bill 571, Mr. Secretary. 571. Leader -- or, excuse me, Senator Koehler, on 571. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 571. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Koehler.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. This is important for those of us who have enterprise zones in our communities. As amended, this makes changes to the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act by making new enterprise zones to be effective on the date of certification, rather than on the next January 1st, and it extends the application process from two years to three years for enterprise zones scheduled to expire after January 1st, 2017. I know of no opposition and I'd appreciate support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 571 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 571, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, if you'll go back one page, to page 15, to Senate Bill 460. 460. Senator Martinez, you wish to proceed? Mr. Secretary, Senator Martinez seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 460 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 460. Mr. Secretary, are there any committee or Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Martinez.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Martinez, to present Floor Amendment 1.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. The -- the amendment amends the Nurse Practice Act, providing more services and other -- other -- technical. I'll be happy to answer questions during 3rd Reading.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion on the amendment? 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, Mr. Secretary, approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 3rd Reading. All right, Ladies and Gentlemen, let's go back to where we left off on page 16 of the regular Calendar. Senate 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Bill 572. Waiting for it to come up on the board. There it is. Senator Manar, on 572. Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, if you'll turn to page 17, next up, we'll have Senate Bill 629. Senate Bill 6-2-9. Senator Biss. Mr. Secretary, indicates he'd like to proceed. Would you please read the bill?
Senate Bill 629. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Biss.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Senate Bill 629 simply enacts Governor Rauner's amendatory veto of a bill that we passed unanimously last year. It's a bill that seeks to provide a certain -- a collection of privacy protections for workers in the transportation industry. I know of no opposition. Would appreciate your support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 629 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 629, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Ladies and Gentlemen, with leave of the Body, we're kind of skipping over many of those shell bills. We're going down to the bottom of page 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 17. We have Senate Bill 1058. 1-0-5-8. Senator Barickman, on Senate Bill 1058. Indicates he does not wish to proceed. Ladies and Gentlemen, let's turn the page -- Calendar to page 18. Towards the top, let's go to Senate Bill 2137. Mr. Secretary, 2137. Senator Morrison. Mr. Secretary, indicates she'd like to proceed. Would you please read the bill?
Senate Bill 2137. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Morrison.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Senate Bill 2137 amends the School Code and requires teacher institutes of school districts to hold a training every two years on the federal ADA Act as it pertains to the school environment. This is a result of an incident that occurred in Senator Anderson's district. And after discussions with ISBE and many stakeholders, this seems to be the best resolution. I know of no opposition and I'd like to thank Senator Anderson for bringing it to the attention of the Special Needs Caucus.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Senator Anderson, for what purpose do you rise?
To the bill, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) To the bill, Senator Anderson. 40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
I just want to thank Senator Morrison for being able to work across the aisle with this. This is a -- this is a -- was a -- a very bad situation for the family in my district. And I think, working very long and hard with Senator Morrison, with all the -- the groups involved, I think this is the best way to -- to -- to remedy the situation so that it may never happen again. So I rise in support of this bill and also, again, thank you to Senator Morrison.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Further discussion? Senator McCarter, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR McCARTER: Question of the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Indicates she will yield for questions, Senator McCarter. SENATOR McCARTER: Senator, I don't know about the situation in your district. I'm sure it was serious. But would you consider this another mandate on schools?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Morrison.
Senator, first, I need to correct you that it wasn't my district; it was Senator Anderson's district. So, he might be able to give you more details about the actual occurrence. This is a requirement. Yes, it is.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Further discussion? Senator Rezin, for what purpose do you 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 rise?
To the bill. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) To the bill, Senator Rezin.
I, too, would like to commend the sponsor, Senator Morrison, as a Chairman of the Special Needs Caucus and her work on this issue. It is a very important issue, especially coming from Senator Anderson's district, and I know that you worked very hard last year on it. So I commend you, thank you for sponsoring it, and we look forward to all greens on this vote. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Seeing no further discussion, Senator Morrison, do you wish to close? Senator Morrison.
I'd like to thank everyone in advance for supporting this bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2137 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 50 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 2137, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Next up, we have Senate Bill 2138. Senator Nybo. Mr. Secretary, Senator Nybo seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 2138 to the Order of 2nd Reading. Seeing no objection, leave is granted. Now on the Order 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 of 2nd Reading, Senate Bill 2138. Mr. Secretary, are there any committee or Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 4, offered by Senator Nybo.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Nybo, to present Floor Amendment 4.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd ask for its adoption and we can discuss it on 3rd.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion on the amendment? 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 SULLIVAN) Thank you. 3rd Reading. Next up, we have Senate Bill 2155. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2155. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Cunningham.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Senate Bill 2155 amends the (Public) Community College Act. It's the first of six bills I'll be sponsoring today that grew out of 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 the work performed by the Higher Education Subcommittee on (Public Higher Education) Executive Compensation. The subcommittee was formed as a bipartisan effort to examine the crisis at the College of DuPage related to the dismissal of the -- of the College President. The effort really kicked off last summer with a bill that Senator Connelly introduced and passed -- that was directed at community colleges and dealing directly with the problems at DuPage. We followed up on that with a -- series of hearings, starting last summer, on the topic and the subcommittee also issued a written report that concluded better controls needed to be put in place to prevent the payout of large severance packages, to curb lavish benefits and perks that are sometimes offered to college and university presidents, and to ensure accountability and transparency standards are in place when a board decides to award or extend a contract to an executive -- executive. This bill in particular seeks to increase accountability at our community colleges by beefing up the college recognition process that the Illinois Community College Board currently has in place and subjects our community colleges to. Specifically, the bill will require the Community College Board to ensure our local colleges are in compliance with various State laws related to transparency, contract formation, the Open Meetings Act, and a number of other topics. I'd like to thank Senator McCarter for some of the suggestions he made during the subcommittee hearing to help improve this bill. And I'd be happy to answer any questions and I ask for the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Senator Righter, for what purpose do you rise? 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield, please?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Indicates he will yield for questions, Senator Righter.
Thank you. Senator, it's my understanding that the Community College Trustees Association is opposed to the bill and I'm just curious whether -- that's my understanding. Is that yours as well?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Cunningham.
You know, I don't believe so. I -- I've worked with -- let me double-check the analysis. I'm not sure, Senator. I've had a number of discussions with them about this bill. This bill, in talking to a number of the stakeholders, the scope of it has been shrunk considerably. It originally contemplated having the Auditor General do detailed audits of the community colleges every three years. The organization you cited and some of the other stakeholders felt that was two onerous. I amended the bill at their suggestion and I think came up with something that most -- most of the stakeholders agreed with.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Righter.
Well, I wonder if -- it's my understanding that the Community College Trustees Association slipped in opposition in committee. I wonder if someone on your side has a record of that from the committee hearing.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 45 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Senator Cunningham.
Senator Righter, we -- I've just checked with staff. We suspect that they slipped against an earlier version of the bill, prior to the amendments.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Righter.
Well, okay, that's not our understanding, but maybe we can work that out later. What's the basis of their opposition, or if they are no longer -- I mean, what was the concern from them?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Cunningham.
The original concern that they expressed to me was to the auditing process, having the Auditor General come in and conduct an audit. That's something that they do to universities. Community colleges are required to commission their own audits right now. They thought having the Auditor General come in would add to their costs and actually make it harder for them to contract with their regular auditors. So, based on that opposition, we made this change. I'm not familiar with specific opposition that they have to the bill as it's been amended.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Righter.
Last question, and thank you, Mr. President, for your indulgence. Senator, what's -- what is this going to achieve? I mean, we're -- I know that we are still feeling the ripple effects 46 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 of what happened with a particular community college and every other community college gets to deal with that. But what -- what is it about the process that is -- or the mandate that's lined out in Senate Bill 2155 that is -- that should make taxpayers feel better about the -- the fiscal soundness of our community colleges?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Cunningham.
That -- that's a good question, Senator Righter. Right now the Community College Board performs these regular what they call recognitions of community colleges, and they go to the college and they -- mostly, it -- it's sort of academic focused on the academic programs that they offer. This would change the statutory language that created this recognition process and add to it components related to ensuring the community colleges are following State laws related to the Open Meetings Act, a Freedom of Information request, and it's essentially a compliance that -- sort of a compliance audit to ensure that they're following the State law. If they don't, there are provisions in the existing law, before this bill was presented. The existing law allowed the Community College Board to put that individual community college through a form of remediation if there was a problem. So this will just build on the current process that's in place.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Further discussion? Senator McCarter, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR McCARTER: To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) 47 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 To the bill, Senator McCarter. SENATOR McCARTER: So let -- let me -- let me clarify just a few things. At the beginning of this, the request was for a completely new audit to take place at community colleges, which would have been costly, which would have been -- a -- a -- a large burden to them. That was -- the Community Colleges were opposed to that; therefore, it was withdrawn and it was suggested that, in their typical annual audits, they simply respond to any new laws that had come about, which would be part of a standard audit procedure. The -- the compromise which -- you know, it -- if it was my -- if it was up to me, it would have stood just at the existing audit and that would have been it, but what was added was the peer review component. I -- I suggest, in a perfect world, the community colleges would like to have had that taken out as well, but it is a compromise. It adds to a current process that is in place already. It's not a new process. So, again, I think we -- we -- we came a long ways on the bill. I would encourage an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Seeing no further discussion, Senator Cunningham, do you wish to close? Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2155 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, take the record. On that question, there are 49 voting Aye, 1 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 2155, having -- having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Next up, Senate Bill 2156. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
48 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Senate Bill 2156. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Senator Cunningham.
Thank you, Mr. President. The next bill that was produced by the subcommittee is Senate Bill 2156. This bill looked to get at some of the problems we discovered during our hearings related to pensionable income for university and community college presidents. The way the current law was written and the -- and the Pension Code was developed, these individuals could get pension credit for bonuses, for -- and for other perks and fringe benefits that they were provided, including memberships to clubs, car allowances, housing allowances. Under the existing Code, they could take the cash value of those benefits and have it declared as income and get pension credit for that. This bill changes that. This bill would say that they only would receive pension credit for salary income. I'd be happy to answer any questions and I ask for the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Is there any discussion? Senator Connelly, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. To the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) To the bill, Senator Connelly.
Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. I want to 49 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 commend the sponsor, Senator Cunningham. We -- I had the privilege, I guess, of sitting in on a subcommittee last summer in Chicago at the Bilandic Building, and when this subject came up, I did turn to Senator Cunningham and said, "Who wants to ask the question?" And the question was, are these country club memberships and other perks pensionable -- or declared pensionable salary. So I want to thank you for bringing this bill. We talked about it, I think, that day to bring it forward and it's a -- it's a long time coming. It's a disappointing thing frankly. I've been through -- I've been in local government and in State government and sat through many committees, and I was very disappointed, to be sure, when I learned of this -- these types of abuses. So, again, I want to thank Senator Cunningham and strongly urge an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR SULLIVAN) Thank you. Seeing no further discussion, Ladies and Gentlemen, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2156 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? Mr. Secretary, take the record. On that question, there are 52 voting Aye, 0 voting Nay, 0 voting Present. Senate Bill 2156, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Link in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senate Bill 2157. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2157. (Secretary reads title of bill) 50 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Cunningham, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senate Bill 2157 amends the (Public) Community College Act and it will require members of community college boards to undergo professional development training. Those topics will include reviewing the Freedom of Information Act, financial oversight, and matters related to the Open Meetings Act. I'd appreciate the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion? Senator Righter, for what purpose do you rise?
To the bill, if I might, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) To the bill.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Very briefly on this piece of legislation, and I know it's cosponsored by a good friend, actually a -- a colleague of mine on my side of the aisle, and obviously the primary sponsor is a good friend of mine as well, but we know where these bills have come from and, at least to the best of my knowledge, they largely emanate from one institution in this State. We have lots of community colleges in this State. We have lots of good people working in those community colleges, serving the students in those community colleges. We have lots of people who largely donate their time to support the community colleges, including to serve 51 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 as elected officials within the community college structure. What -- what no community college has in this State so far is a fiscal year 2016 appropriation, yet we are going to layer on requirement after requirement after requirement. And we're going to do that because of the conduct of, again, largely one institution in this State. I have several community colleges, community college districts in my Senate district and I'm just not willing to go back home and say, because someone at one institution was remarkably irresponsible in their conduct, you get to do more. And I think that we need to be a little more careful about this. I'm going to urge a No vote for the Chamber. There has been remedies made available for the one institution there. Let's not punish the rest of the institutions in this State who, quite frankly, are getting it right. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any other discussion? Senator Cunningham, to close.
Thank you, Mr. President. I -- I appreciate some of the concerns that were -- were just mentioned. Just a -- a couple of quick points. We mandate that a number of elected boards undergo some sort of training. The -- the training contemplated here is not onerous. And, you know -- yes. Was there a major problem at one community college in the State? There was. Do we have to be careful not to burden all the other community colleges because of it? I think we do, but I think it's -- it's also important to note that a lot of these problems existed because the members of the board failed to do their due diligence, failed to understand the laws that relates to contracts, to open -- or rather to open -- the Open Meetings Act. So, yes, one community college got it 52 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 bad -- did -- did things bad, got it wrong. I think this bill will help ensure that that doesn't happen in the future at other community colleges. And so I -- I would ask for the Chamber's support.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) The question is, shall Senate Bill 2157 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? Take the record. On that question, there are 41 Ayes, 10 Nays, none voting Present. Senate Bill 2157, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll go down to Senate Bill 2370. Senator -- Senator Van Pelt. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2370. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Van Pelt, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman {sic}. Senate Bill 2370 ensures that all children subject to custodial interrogation in a homicide case will have a lawyer. Currently, law requires that a child's -- regarding a child's right to a lawyer during an interrogation only extends to children that are twelve years old and under and only for murder cases and sex offense cases. Once the child turns thirteen years of age, he or she is then exempt from the protections afforded under this law. This year, 2016, marks the fiftieth-year anniversary of Miranda, and with so much compelling 53 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 research regarding a child's ability to process ideas and the consequences of their actions, children should not have the right to waive Miranda without the advice of a lawyer, especially since only -- forty-two percent of adults even understand what the consequences are of -- of waiving Miranda rights. Currently, children who need parental consent to go on a field trip - they cannot smoke, they cannot drink, and they cannot sign a contract legally until they are eighteen years of age - are allowed to waive their Miranda rights on their own without a lawyer, putting them in jeopardy of an adult trial and adult prison sentencing. Yet, currently, our courts routinely uphold the waiver of Miranda by children, applying a totality test where youth is just one of the factors. Also to note that currently our police officers are even -- are allowed to use deception in interrogating children. The courts have upheld waivers of lawyers by children. Even when the police misrepresent the evidence and deceive the child, the Supreme Court has held that the deception is not per se unlawful and the use of deception or subterfuge does not alone invalidate a confession. Now, any of us know that if we have a fourteen-year- old that is up against a veteran police officer with twenty years of experience and he comes and begins to use psychological interrogation tactics, that our children are more than likely not going to be able to -- stand under that type of pressure, and being afraid and many of them being intimidated will confess to crimes. In fact, we have a history of children confessing to crimes. So -- also to note that this bill extends the right to a lawyer for children during a custodial interrogation only for homicide. So this is very narrow -- this is a very narrow bill - a homicide case. If a minor is subject to custodial interrogation for a 54 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 homicide case without a lawyer, the statements cannot be used against the minor in court. This bill is necessary, very necessary, because false confessions, especially by children, are common. And it's not only -- it's all around this country where we're having a lot of false confessions from children, but especially in Chicago, where we have become known as the false confession capital of the nation. So this bill will ensure that children subject to custodial interrogation for homicide have the advice of a lawyer, especially since children at risk of trial in adult court -- statements made by minors during the custodial interrogation for homicide place them at risk of adult trial and adult sentencing. Further, brain research reveals that children are less competent than adults to make legal decisions and may not understand their rights under Miranda. In fact, only twenty percent of minors are compared -- as compared to forty-two percent of adults understand the Miranda warnings. Now, among minors, the least understood warning is the right to consult with an attorney prior to questioning. Sixty-two percent of minors believe that a judge can penalize them for exercising their right to remain silent and a full ninety-six percent - ninety-six percent - of fourteen- year-olds do not have an adequate understanding of the consequences of waiving their rights, their Miranda rights. It's important to note that our police officers already have this right. They have significantly greater protection than children, including written Miranda, along with other protections. In fact, you cannot even question a police officer without a lawyer being present and they cannot be questioned overnight, and they're questioning our children overnight. And many times the children are then afraid and intimidated and feel compelled to make a statement. Lastly, 55 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 in light of the fact that Chicago now holds the dubious title of false confession capital of the entire USA, I believe this is a call to action for our Legislature. So I hope Mr. Chairman {sic} and my esteemed colleagues see Senate Bill 2370 as a timely response and that it brings us a step closer to putting justice back in the criminal justice system for all residents of Illinois. And keep in mind that the number of youth impacted are small. In 2014, there were only sixty-nine kids that were arrested for homicide, but the impact is profound. Sending children to court and adult prison without first consulting with a lawyer during -- during police -- police questioning is profound. Further, the right to consult with a lawyer prior to and during custodial interrogation is considered a human right for children and adults in the Europe -- in Europe since 2008, and that's been a practice in place in the UK for over twenty years with great success. And recently Kansas and Utah have instituted supports and protections as well, and yet the cases are still solved, but without false confessions. I just want to say Miranda rights exist for a reason. That gives us the right -- that right is extended to us to ensure that we're guaranteed that we can have the presence of a lawyer if we're interrogated. This bill puts that same guarantee in the hands or in the lives, under these circumstances, of our children. I urge your Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any questions? Senator Righter, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. Will Senator Van Pelt yield, please? 56 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) She indicates she will.
Thank you. Senator Van Pelt, I -- I have a request. Yesterday you were here in front of my desk, along with the Republican Spokesperson on the Criminal Law Committee, Senator Connelly, and there was discussion of, before calling the bill for a vote on final action, that -- that we have a meeting to discuss possible alternatives. It's also my understanding that the Illinois State's Attorneys Association has provided with -- you what they've also provided to me, which is potential alterative language which would not only meet the goal that I think that your legislation strives for, but perhaps avoid some of the potential pitfalls that maybe, maybe, accompany Senate Bill 2370. Given that landscape, I'm asking, would you be willing to please pull this bill out of the record so that we can have a conversation or series of conversations next week to talk about the language in the bill?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Van Pelt.
Thank you, Senator Righter. I did agree to have a conversation, and I did talk to Bill and I talked to Matt Jones. We talked last night, this morning. And the State's Attorneys are not willing to give the level of protection that I think that we -- that's required now based on what's happened in our State, and happening around the country, with youth giving these false confessions. What they were willing to offer was not to the level of protection that I -- that I believe we need now.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 57 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Senator Righter.
Well, Senator, I -- and I appreciate that and -- and I absolutely respect your opinion. This isn't really about what language may have been provided to you by one association or interest group. This is really about what -- what I think we feel like is the commitment that you made to a couple of your colleagues here in the Senate to have a meeting. The meeting may turn out to be fruitless, it may not, but I guess that's the -- that's the commitment I'm asking you to honor here, which was to sit down and have a comprehensive conversation before the bill was called for final action on the Senate Floor. And as you just -- as you just agreed that's the commitment you made, I'm asking you to please honor that, take the bill out of the record now, so we can have that conversation next week.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Van Pelt.
Thank you. As I said earlier, I did talk to Matt Jones. He's the leader. He's the one that's really complaining about this bill and other State's Attorneys, and he let me know that they are not going to have any type of bill where children can have counsel when they're being interrogated. They have no space for it. They can't agree to it. It's not going to happen. He did talk about making a simplified Miranda or adding some more -- some more offenses under the videotaping bill, but none of those will get us where we need to go. I mean, realistically, our children are not prepared to be under psychological interrogation that these veteran police officers are rendering upon them. They're not 58 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 prepared for it. You're not prepared for it. I'm not prepared for it. All night -- these kids are being held all night long, sometimes taken out of their beds at home. And -- and the law already says they have to have a parent present, but many times there's no parent present, and it's -- the Supreme Court still upholds it, even if there's no youth officer. These children are left alone. And for decades, this General Assembly has tried to address this issue. And I think we just got to get down to the fact, we need to protect the children and not look so much to try to protect the State's Attorney or the police officers, who have protections of their own, and we need to start focusing on protecting the most vulnerable people in our society - and that's our children. I mean, we're spending -- we're spending millions, tens of millions of dollars because of all these false confessions. Tens of millions of dollars are being blown because we get -- I mean, the police, they know they can get a confession out of child. You can get a confession out of a child. All you got to do is tell them that you'll let them go back and play their video games if they just tell you what you want to hear or you'll let them go and have fun or go back to class. They're telling them all kinds of lies and these children are believing the adults 'cause we teach them to believe in adults. We teach them to be subject to authority and now, here, these same police officers are manipulating our children and we got tens of -- seventy -- seventy-one kids that were -- had records that were overturned -- or had confessions that were overturned, because they were false, in ten year -- in a ten-year period. So I can't see what we would be waiting for 'cause we may -- might let one more child end up in prison and have to deal with what we need to be dealing with right now, and 59 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 that is having right -- the right to counsel when they are being interrogated.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Righter.
Senator, I, and I think everyone in the Chamber who's listening, can sense your passion on this issue and we appreciate that. Having said that, in this building right now, not just on this issue, but on every other issue, trust is very hard to obtain and at a very high premium. I'm asking you to not make that harder by not breaking your promise. Senator, I'm asking you to keep your promise to have the conversation before this vote, because you made that promise to me, you made that promise to Senator Connelly. I'm asking you to keep your promise to have that substantive discussion and please take this bill out of the record. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Leader Radogno, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. I have a question for the sponsor.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Indicates she will yield.
Well, maybe it's not a question; maybe it's a statement. I do think there's some confusion about the process here. As you know, I agree with you on the concept of this bill. I see very little difference between a thirteen- and a fourteen-year-old. I think you've done a good job of limiting the bill to homicide. But I think there's some concerns that have been raised that are 60 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 quite reasonable. I'm not so much concerned about the State's Attorneys signing off on it. I could probably vote in favor of this bill even if they didn't sign off on it. However, I'm concerned that a representation was made to me with respect to where the administration is. I'd like some time to verify that. I'm getting conflicting information. So, as you know, I'd love to work with you to get this thing done, but I would request too that we do it next week when I think we've all had some time to clear the decks. I do think it's a good concept and I appreciate your passion on it. So -- but I do, again, request you take it out.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Van Pelt.
Okay. All right, well. I did talk to Matt Jones and let him know I was going to call it. I did come over and talk to you and let you know I was going to call it. I didn't hear any pushback from either one of you. So…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Leader Radogno.
Excuse me. One, I was unaware of the conversation -- or the commitment not to call it to Senator Righter and Senator Connelly, and also I've gotten some confusing information with respect to the administration. I believe -- I mean -- that we can work this out and you'll probably have more votes than you had originally, but I just think we're going to need a little bit more time to do that. Again, I'd like to work with you to make it happen.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Van Pelt. 61 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
I would love to work with your side of the aisle on this bill, but I want it to be known that, in the end, children must have counsel. There's no -- no amendment that I can agree to that says that children don't have to have counsel. We -- we've taken stabs at this over and over again in the General Assembly and have not been able to achieve that -- that -- that parity that I believe that the children deserve. So, I mean, I'm reluctant to bring it out -- take it out of -- out of the record. I'm reluctant to do that because I realize what time means. Time -- every day another child can be -- every day another child can be charged, manipulated, intimidated. You know, so what I'm going to say today is that I'm going to take it out of the record because you are asking me to, because I believe that you will -- will sit down with us and work this thing through. I mean, it's an -- it's an important bill. I know you understand how important it is. The Governor has already said he's -- he's -- he's supportive of the bill. If it comes to his desk, he said he is going to sign the bill. Samantha Gaddy gave us that commitment. So, you know, the City of Chicago is on board. I don't want to waste time and then end up losing support that we already have.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Leader Radogno.
Thank you very much and I -- you have my word that we will make this a top priority to get any of this straightened out and work on it, if we need to, through the weekend and early next week so it can come and -- so we can vote by next week. Thank you very much. 62 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Van Pelt.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Out of the record. With leave of the Body, we'll be going to page 25 of the printed Calendar for Senate Joint Resolution 49. Senator Delgado. Mr. Secretary, please read the resolution.
Senate Joint Resolution 49, offered by Senator Delgado.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Delgado.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Delgado, on your amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to adopt the Floor amendment and explain it on 3rd {sic}.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, will vote 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 LINK) 3rd Reading {sic}. Senator Delgado, on your resolution. Mr. 63 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 Secretary, please read the resolution. Senator Delgado, on your resolution.
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. Floor Amendment No. 1 to SJR 49 denies a School Code waiver request made by the Paxton-Buckley-Loda -- School District 10 with respect to the school building code. The amendment also acknowledges that a request made by Oswego Community Unit School District 308 with respect to daily physical education has been formally withdrawn at the request of the Superintendent and the school board of the district and will therefore not be considered as part of spring 2016 waiver report. And all remaining waiver requests are approved and I would ask for an Aye vote. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion on the resolution? Any discussion? Because of this being a mandated -- a mandate, it requires a -- a vote. The question is, shall Senate Joint Resolution 49 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? Take the record. On that question, there are 47 Ayes, 2 Nays, none voting Present. Senate Joint Resolution 49, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll go to page 24 of the printed Calendar for Resolution 1014. Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the resolution.
Senate Resolution 1014, offered by Senator Martinez.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Martinez, on your resolution. 64 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
Thank you, Mr. President and Members of the Senate. Senate Resolution 1014 urges the Latino businesses, churches, and other organizations to consider hosting a blood drive in their community and community colleges, universities, and trade schools to host blood drives and participate in the National Cesar (E.) Chavez Blood Drive Scholarship Challenge.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall -- all those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Will the Committee on Assignments please meet in the President's Anteroom immediately? The Committee on Assignments, please meet in the President's Anteroom immediately. Senator Trotter in the Chair.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR TROTTER) Mr. Secretary, Messages from the House.
A Message from the House by Mr. Mapes, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed bills of the following titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 538. We have received like Messages on House Bills 1437, 4330, 4595, 4645, 4964, 4983, 5556, 5665, 5808, 5884, 5898, 6084, and 6245. Passed the House, April 14th, 2016. Timothy D. Mapes, Clerk of the House.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR TROTTER) President {sic} Link back in the Chair. 65 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) I want to make an announcement for everybody. The deadline for filing Floor amendments for Senate bills is Friday, April 15th, at 12 noon. I'll repeat that. The deadline for filing Floor amendments to Senate bills is Friday, April 15th, 12 noon. For anyone that's not sure of the date, that's tomorrow. Thank you. Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Harmon, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Appropriations II Committee - Senate Bill 3412; refer to Executive Subcommittee on Special Issues - Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 419; Be Approved for Consideration - Senate Bills 141, 164 through 166, 179, 186, 194, 240, 242 through 244, 250, 281 through 283, 322 through 324, 440 through 442, 465 through 468, 516 through 519, 634, Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3067, and Senate Bills 3402 through 3404. Signed, Senator Don Harmon, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) We will now proceed to the Order of Resolution Consent Calendar. With leave of the Body, all resolutions read in today will be added to the Consent Calendar. Mr. Secretary, have there been any objections filed for any resolutions on the Consent Calendar?
No objections filed, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall the resolutions on the Consent Calendar be adopted. All those in favor 66 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 99th Legislative Day 4/14/2016 will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the motion carries. And the resolutions are adopted. There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned till the hour of 3 p.m. on the 18th day of April 2016. The Senate stands adjourned. 67