PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) The regular Session of the 99th General Assembly will please come to order. Will the Members please be at their desk? Will our guests in the galleries please rise? The invocation today will be given by Pastor Paul Davis, Greater All Nation {sic} (Nations) Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, Springfield, Illinois.
(Prayer by Pastor Paul Davis)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Please remain standing for the Pledge Allegiance. Senator Cunningham.
(Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Cunningham)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
Senate Journals of May 22nd and May 25th, 2015.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Hunter.
Mr. President, I move that the Journals just read by the Secretary be approved, unless some Senators has additions or corrections to offer.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Hunter moves to approve the Journals just read by the Secretary. There being no objection, so ordered. Mr. Secretary, Reading and Approval of the Journal.
1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Senate Journal of Thursday, May 12th, 2016.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Hunter.
Mr. President, I move to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal just read by the Secretary, pending arrival of the printed transcript.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Hunter moves to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal, pending the arrival of the printed transcript. There being no objection, so ordered. Mr. Secretary, Resolutions.
Senate Resolutions 1866 through 1871, offered by Senator Althoff and all Members. Senate Resolutions 1872 and 1873, offered by Senator Anderson and all Members. Senate Resolution 1874, offered by Senator Haine and all Members. And Senate Resolutions 1875 and 1876, offered by Senator Manar and all Members. They're all death resolutions, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Resolution Consent Calendar. Mr. Secretary -- Mr. Secretary, Introduction of Senate Bills.
Senate Bill 3428, offered by Senator Radogno. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 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 adopted the following joint resolution, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Joint Resolution 92. Offered by Senator Hutchinson, and adopted by the House, September 24th, 2015. We have received a like Message on House Joint Resolution 121, offered by Senator Muñoz. Adopted by the House, May 4th, 2016. Timothy D. Mapes, Clerk of the House. They are both substantive, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Mr. Secretary, Appointment Messages.
Appointment Message 990507 Governor's salaried appointment Richard Porter Member, Illinois Department of State Police Merit Board Appointment Message 990508 Governor's non-salaried appointment Michael Murray Member, Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Appointment Message 990509 Attorney General's salaried appointment Father Shawn W. Denney 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Commissioner, Executive Ethics Commission
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Lisa Yuscius of Blueroomstream.com seeks permission to videotape. Seeing no objection, permission granted. Will all Members at the sound of my voice please come to the Senate Floor immediately? We will be doing House Bills 2nd Reading and some 3rd Reading, final action. Senator Brady, for what purpose do you rise?
For a point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate to please join me in welcoming some Pages who have joined me today. They are Tori Scales, Galvin {sic} (Gavin) Hartlaub, Noah Brusky, and Yousef Rizvi. They are escorted here today by Tori's mom, Tracy Scales. And they are attending Riverton Middle School. They enjoy a lot of -- variety of sports and reading, and all look forward to a bright future here in Illinois. Please join me in welcoming them.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to the Capitol. Leave of the Body, we'll turn to page 19, House Bills 2nd Reading. Senator Collins. Senator Collins. With leave of the Body, we'll skip over House Bill 335. House Bill 582. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 582. 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 648. President Cullerton. Senator McConnaughay, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR McCONNAUGHAY: Point of personal privilege, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point. SENATOR McCONNAUGHAY: Thank you. Today my Page joining me is Nathaniel Gibbs. Nathaniel is an eighth grader at St. Dominic School in Bolingbrook. And next year, he is going to -- a freshman at Bolingbrook High School and is going in in all Honors classes. So if everybody can join me in welcoming Nathaniel to the General Assembly.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Keep up the good work. Senator Nybo, for what purpose do you rise?
Point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point.
Mr. Secretary and colleagues, I also have a Page for the Day, but, beyond that, she's also going to be one of our summer interns, Jenny Marten. Jenny, can you stand up, please? Oh, great. I can tell you're going to be a fantastic intern. Thank you. Jenny is a graduate of Montini in -- in the district that I represent. 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 She's a resident of Lombard. Right now, she's attending St. Ambrose University, where she is on the varsity volleyball team. She wants to become a lawyer, and we're going to talk about that all summer long. But I think she wants to do it for the right reason, Mr. President - she wants to be a prosecutor. I'm sure she's going to be fantastic at that. And I'm sure she's going to be a wonderful asset to our office this summer. If everybody can extend her a warm welcome here to Springfield, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to Springfield. With leave of the Body, we'll go back to House Bill 119. Senator Collins. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 119. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 1191. Senator Bertino-Tarrant. Senator Bertino-Tarrant. House Bill 1437. Senator Jones. House Bill 2262. Senator Rose. Out of the record. House Bill 2990. President Cullerton. House Bill 3199. Senator Collins. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3199. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported. 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3217. Senator Forby. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3217. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. Committee on State Government and Veterans Affairs adopted Amendment No. 2.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3239. Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3239. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3549. Senator Morrison. Out of the record. House Bill 2262. Senator Rose. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 2262. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 3760. Senator Biss. House Bill 3898. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 3898. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Sherrie Phipps of WICS seeks permission to videotape. Seeing no objection, permission granted. House Bill 4036. Senator Hutchinson. Senator Hutchinson. House Bill 4257. Senator Holmes. Senator Holmes. House Bill 4315. Senator Manar. House Bill 4318. Senator Anderson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4318. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Agriculture adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4327. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4327. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4330. Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4330. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4334. President Cullerton. House Bill 4351. Senator Biss. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4351. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4360. Senator Van Pelt. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
House Bill 4360. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4365. Senator Raoul. House Bill 4370. Leader Lightford. House Bill 4371. Leader Clayborne. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4371. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Can we keep the noise down on the Floor a little bit? With leave of the Body, we'll skip over that. House Bill 4379. Senator Tom Cullerton. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4379. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4387. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4387. (Secretary reads title of bill) 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senator Tom Cullerton, for what purpose do you rise?
Point of an introduction, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your introduction.
Mr. President and Members of the Senate, I'd like to take a moment today - thank you, Mr. President - to introduce my special guest for the day. My father, Jeff Cullerton, has come down to visit us and hang out with us today. He was here last night for our event. But he's down for the day to -- to join us and he's staying for dinner tonight. But I'd like if everyone could take a moment to say hi. And as the Senate President says, I am the third cousin once removed - and I'll be removed more often, obviously - he is just the third cousin. So thank you, Members.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) He looks like your younger brother. Senator Laura Murphy, for what purpose do you rise?
Point of personal privilege, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your point.
Thank you, Mr. President. Today I'm honored to have with me Quinn Huber. Quinn is a third grader at Washington School in Park 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Ridge. He loves recess - that is his favorite sport - and PE, and I love the honesty of which he answered that question. He plays hockey and baseball and basketball - and he's a lefty in baseball - and soccer. And he has two brothers at home and he's -- I'm thrilled to have him with -- here today. So, please, I'd ask all the Members to join me in welcoming Quinn Huber to the Senate.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Welcome to Springfield. House Bill 4391. Senator Bertino- Tarrant. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4391. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4394. Senator Weaver. Senator Weaver. House Bill 4425. Senator Barickman. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4425. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4432. Senator Weaver. Senator Weaver. House Bill 4433. Senator Morrison. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4433. 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4477. Senator Harris. House Bill 4486. Senator Connelly. We'll skip over that. House Bill 4501. Senator Tom Cullerton. House Bill 4515. Leader Harmon. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4515. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Criminal Law adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4522. Leader Clayborne. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4522. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Local Government adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4536. Senator Hastings. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4536. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Local Government adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Can we keep the noise down, please, a little bit? House Bill 4558. Senator Brady. Senator Brady. House Bill 4576. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4576. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Public Health adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported. 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4589. Leader Muñoz. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4589. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Senator Raoul, for what purpose do you rise?
Mr. President, I wanted to interrupt your flow a little bit to introduce some guests that I -- I have.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your introductions.
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, we have with us some young men from Urban Prep Charter Schools. Many of you-all have heard and read about Urban Prep. Urban Prep's founder Tim King has joined us as a guest today. They, for -- for the last seven years, they've graduated and sent to college a hundred percent of their graduates. They've taken the mission of education to some of our most challenging neighborhoods in Chicago, where others have given up, and have turned these boys into men. We 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 have with us six graduating seniors: Mr. Michael Taylor, who's headed to Jackson State University; Juwaun Cooper Muhammad, who's going to Georgetown University; Dimitri Love, who's going to the University of Illinois Champaign; Sidney Benson, who's going to Dillard University; Joseph Wilkerson, who's going to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Malik Griffin, who was admitted to four Ivy League schools and is going to the University of Pennsylvania. Can we give 'em a warm Senate welcome?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Congratulations to our future leaders. Leader Harmon, for what purpose do you rise?
For the purposes of an introduction, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) State your introduction.
Thank you. I, too, have a special guest on the Senate Floor with us today, my Page for a Day, Eoin Coughlin. Eoin is a -- a senior at the British International School of Chicago. Next fall, he's heading off to William and Mary, the College of William and Mary, where he plans to study International Relations. He has a great interest in politics and government. He's active with Model UN and the National Honor Society. He's also an athlete who enjoys tennis, skiing, skeet-shooting, and archery. He's joined today by his grandparents, John and Paula Hiatt, who are in the gallery, along with his little sister, Paula, a fifth grader. And I'm very pleased to have them with me here in the Senate and I would ask you all to join me in a warm Springfield welcome.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Welcome to Springfield. House Bill 4603. Senator Barickman. Out of the record. House Bill 4606. Senator Harris. House Bill 4627. Senator Althoff. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4627. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4641. Senator Raoul. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4641. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4645. Senator Brady. House Bill 4648. Senator Connelly. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4648. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4658. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 House Bill 4658. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4683. Senator Nybo. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4683. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4688. Senator Syverson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4688. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Public Health adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4715. Leader Radogno. House Bill 4820. Senator Rose. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4820. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 4935. Leader Radogno. House Bill 4966. Senator Hunter. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4966. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd -- 3rd Reading. House Bill 4983. Leader Lightford. House Bill 4996. Leader Lightford. House Bill 4999. Senator Connelly. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4999. (Secretary reads title of bill) 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Leave of the Body, we'll skip over this… House Bill 5017. Senator Raoul. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5017. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5025. Leader Lightford. House Bill 5539. Leader Harmon. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5539. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5540. Senator Haine. House Bill 5551. Senator Raoul. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5551. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5556. Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
House Bill 5556. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5566. Senator -- Leader Trotter. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5566. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5572. Senator Raoul. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5572. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5576. Senator Hutchinson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5576. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported. 21 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5598. Senator Hutchinson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5598. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5602. Senator Nybo. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5602. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. We'll skip over. House Bill 5649. Senator Barickman. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5649. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5665. Leader Radogno. House Bill 5683. Senator Nybo. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5683. 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5684. Senator Nybo. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5684. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5704. Senator McConnaughay. Senator McConnaughay. House Bill 5710. Senator Syverson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5710. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5711. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5711. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 23 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 3rd Reading. House Bill 5720. Senator -- Senator Bennett. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5720. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5729. Senator Biss. House Bill 5756. Senator Hastings. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5756. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5771. Leader Harmon. Mr. -- Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5771. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5781. Senator Connelly. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5781. (Secretary reads title of bill) 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5783. Senator Manar. House Bill 5785. Leader Lightford. House Bill 5805. Senator Bertino- Tarrant. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5805. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5884. Senator Hutchinson. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5884. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5898. Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5898. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5902. Senator Biss. House Bill 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 5910. Senator Noland. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5910. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendment -- Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5912. Senator Noland. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5912. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5918. Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5918. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5924. Senator Silverstein. Mr. -- Leader Silverstein. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5924. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5933. Senator Biss. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5933. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5938. Senator Althoff. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5938. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 5948. Leader -- Senator Haine. House Bill 5973. Senator Raoul. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 5973. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Criminal Law adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6006. Senator McGuire. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6006. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6009. Senator McGuire. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6009. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6010. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6010. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Criminal Law adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6021. Senator Biss. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6021. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6027. Leader Harmon. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6027. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6037. Senator Koehler. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6037. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6044. Senator Rezin. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
House Bill 6044. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6060. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6060. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6069. Senator McGuire. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6069. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6083. Leader Radogno. House Bill 6086. Senator Tom Cullerton. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6086. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported. 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6093. Senator Sandoval. House Bill 6109. Senator Morrison. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6109. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6125. Senator Steans. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6125. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill -- 6136. Leader Lightford. House Bill 6181. Senator Martinez. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6181. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported. 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6182. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6182. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6190. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6190. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6213. Senator Biss. Out of the record. House Bill 6226. Senator Sandoval. House Bill 6252. Leader Harmon. House Bill 6261. Senator Connelly. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6261. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6285. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
House Bill 6285. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6287. Senator Mulroe. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6287. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6292. Senator Biss. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6292. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Executive adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6299. Senator Bush. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
House Bill 6299. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6302. Senator McConnaughay. Oh, I'm -- Senator McConchie. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6302. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6321. Senator Koehler. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6321. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6324. Senator Connelly. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6324. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported. 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6331. Senator Cunningham. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6331. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. House Bill 6333. Senator Koehler. With leave of the Body, we'll return to House Bill 6252. Leader Harmon. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 6252. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Education adopted Amendment No. 1.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. With leave of the Body, we return to House Bill 4432. Senator Weaver. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
House Bill 4432. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Will the Committee on Assignments please meet in the President's Anteroom immediately? Will the Committee on Assignments please meet in the President's Anteroom immediately? (at ease) Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports.
Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Criminal Law Committee - Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2191, Floor Amendment 5 to House Bill 2569, Committee Amendment 1 to House Bill 3363, Floor Amendment 2 to House Bill 5781, and Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 5910; refer to Education Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 5720, Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 6333; refer to Energy and Public Utilities Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 5711; refer to Environment and Conservation Committee - Floor Amendment 5 to Senate Bill 2417; refer to Executive Appointments Committee - Appointment Messages 990503 through 990509; refer to Higher Education Committee - Floor Amendment 2 to House Bill 5729; refer to Judiciary Committee - Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 166, Senate Bill 3112, Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 553, Floor Amendment 2 to House Bill 3898, Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 3982, Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 48 -- 4648, and House Joint Resolution 124; refer to Licensed Activities and Pensions Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to House Bill 4264 and House Joint Resolution 139; refer to Public Health Committee - Floor Amendment 2 to House Bill 4576; refer to State Government and Veterans Affairs Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 324, 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2932, House Bill 3687, House Bill 4326, Floor Amendment 1 to House Bill 5668, Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Resolution 1152, Senate Resolution 1741, Senate Resolution 1809, Senate Resolution 1824, Senate Resolution 1826, Senate Resolution 1840, Senate Resolution 1842 {sic}, Senate Joint Resolution 53, House Joint Resolution 77, and House Joint Resolution 133; refer to Transportation Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2431, Senate Bill 2520, House Bill 173, Senate Joint Resolution 40, House Joint Resolution 102, House Joint Resolution 116, House Joint Resolution 117, House Joint Resolution 120, and House Joint Resolution 136; Be Approved for Consideration - House Bill 3211, House Bill 4604, House Bill 5788, House Bill 5958, and House Bill 6074. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments: Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 166, Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1048, and Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1585. Signed, Senator James F. Clayborne, Chairman. Going back to referral to State Government and Veterans Affairs Committee, should have been Senate Resolution 1852. Senator Clayborne, Chairman of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Judiciary Committee - Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3112; refer to Transportation Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to House Bill 173. Signed, Senator James F. Clayborne, Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) The following additional committees posted for this afternoon will be Public Health today at 2:30 in Room 400 and Higher Education today at 3:30 in Room 212. An announcement is that House 37 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 bill amendment deadline is -- for Floor amendments on House bills is Friday, May 20th, at 12 noon. If you plan to amend a House bill, for Floor amendments please have them filed by noon Friday, May 20th. Senator Haine, for what purpose do you rise?
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I move to waive all notice and posting requirements so that House Bill 3112 can be heard today in the Judiciary Committee. I'm -- I'm sorry, Mr. President, Senate Bill 3112.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Haine moves to waive all notices and posting requirements so that Senate Bill 3112 can be heard today in the Senate Judiciary Committee. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the notices and posting requirements have been waived. With leave of the Body, we'll go back to Senate bills. Senate Bill 577. Senator Cunningham. Senator Cunningham seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 577 to the Order of 2nd Reading. No objection, approval is granted. Now on House -- on 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 577. Mr. Secretary, have there been any amendments approved for consideration?
Floor Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Cunningham.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Cunningham, on your amendment.
Ask that the amendment be adopted. I'll discuss it further on 3rd Reading.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?
No further amendments reported.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 3rd Reading. Now on the Order of 3rd Reading is Senate Bill 577. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 577. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Cunningham, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. This bill is the initiative of the Water Reclamation District of Chicago. It amends the Environmental Protection Act and it would align our State law with a new federal EPA standard that allows for multiple entities to make joint applications to the Pollution Control Board for a variance if they're all on the same waterway or within the same watershed. This bill is still a work in progress. The Attorney General's Office and the Illinois Environmental Council have expressed some concerns about the bill. They met two weeks ago while with the Water Reclamation District and the Illinois EPA and they've agreed to put together a working group to continue to discuss this and address the concerns they've had. All parties have asked us if we would vote in favor of this bill and move it on to the House, where 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 they'll continue to work on it and potentially come back in the fall with a -- a completed product. We're going to -- going to wait until we can get all parties in agreement on this legislation before we move it forward. I ask for the Body's indulgence in this and ask for a Yes vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall Senate Bill 577 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 51 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present. Senate Bill 577, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Hastings, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. When I woke up this morning I realized that it was raining out, but I looked at the weather forecast for tomorrow and it's great conditions for the annual House versus {sic} softball game. And I know that we're going to crush the House. Yes! Preach, Kwame, preach! Just want to tell you we're going to crush the House in softball. It's a great charity game. If you want to play, please let me know. We have jerseys in my office at 2:30 to 6 this afternoon. Six o'clock, we need to practice! Be at Lincoln Park, 6 o'clock, if you want to play - greatly appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Van Pelt, for what purpose do you rise? Senate Bill 2787. Senator Rose. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
40 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Senate Bill 2787. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Rose, on your bill.
Thank you, Mr. President. This changes the deadline for reporting of certain healthcare carriers from -- to June 1st from March 1st and it's the Department -- initiative of the Department of Insurance. Ask for its favorable adoption. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall Senate Bill 2787 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 54 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present. Senate Bill 2787, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. On page 30 of the printed Calendar is the Order of Consideration Postponed. This is final action. As the bill on the Order have - can we keep the noise down, please? - the Order has already been presented and debated on the Floor, debate of each bill will be limited to one proponent and one opponent each speaking. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.
Senate Bill 2933. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Senator Hastings.
Thank you, Mr. President. I -- I bring this bill for the third time and I just want to talk briefly about, you know, what it does again so everyone understands. It's important as a legislative Body to place checks and balances on our different branches of government. In the Executive Branch, the Department of Revenue makes mistakes. I talked about that before. The mistakes cost a lot of money and the mistakes also result in -- they result in municipalities not receiving the sales tax that they are entitled to. It is important as a legislative Body that we provide oversight on the Department of Revenue. This bill would allow for companies to audit the Department of Revenue in a confidential manner. They would sign confidentiality agreements with municipalities and then they would go ahead and find out what moneys are due to those municipalities. There's been a lot of criticism on this bill. And I will tell you that you may hear some remarks from the opponents that certain states may have repealed the law, but before we hear those arguments, I will just tell you those states are run by people who really don't understand the law and those that make mistakes in their own -- their own capacities. So, I will just mention that this bill is supported by the Illinois Municipal League. It's supported by many councils of government across Illinois, from north to Rockford down south to Carbondale. And I plea again, if you are to vote, I ask that you vote to support your towns that are not getting the revenues that they are owed and not support those that aren't paying their taxes. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) 42 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 Senator Righter, for what purpose do you rise? We switched? Senator Althoff, for what purpose do you rise?
Will the sponsor yield?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Indicates he will.
Senator Hastings, first of all, let me compliment you. I have never seen such devotion and -- and such commitment to having an issue addressed by this Body. We took it out of the record. We put it on Postpone Consideration. Privately, you and I said, kind of, the issue is dead, let's leave it alone. And here we are -- I apologize. I was running. And here we are debating it again for a third time and the bill hasn't gotten any better from the very first time that it was introduced. So, might I ask you, can you let the Body know the information that you and I talked about this morning about what happened in Alabama?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Senator Althoff, it's on Postponed Consideration. No questions can be asked. You got to speak to the bill. Sorry. Senator Althoff.
Thank you very much. Then I'll answer my own question. This morning, Senator Hastings and I had a conversation that the State of Alabama that has a very similar provision in bill that addressed this issue actually repealed it. This is not the direction that this Body wants to move toward. We can come to a compromise. I have again offered that a hundred times to sit down with Senator Hastings and all of the stakeholders to try and come up with 43 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016 something that we can embrace, that we can be proud of, that we actually can say is a good measure. This is not it. It doesn't matter how many times this piece of legislation is brought before you, in this fashion, it's not good public policy and it's not a good bill. And I would again ask this Body to stay firm and vote No. Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) The question is, shall Senate Bill 2933 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 29 Ayes, 23 Noes, none voting Present. Senate Bill 2933, having -- having not received the required constitutional majority, is declared failed. Senator Rose, for what purpose do you rise?
Thank you, Mr. President. The Republicans would request a thirty-minute caucus, please.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) Upon adjournment?
I was told right now, but…
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) As I say, upon adjournment.
Whatever the pleasure of the Chair is.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR LINK) There being no further business to come before the Senate, the Senate stands adjourned until 12 noon on the 18th day of May 2016. The Senate stands adjourned. 44 STATE OF ILLINOIS 99th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 114th Legislative Day 5/17/2016
Pursuant to the directive of the Senate President, the regular Session of the Senate is now in perfunctory Session. Communication from the President. Letter dated May 17th, 2016. Dear Mr. Secretary - Pursuant to Rule 2-10, I am scheduling a perfunctory Session to convene on May 17th, 2016. Sincerely, John J. Cullerton, Senate President. Message from the House. Message from the House by Mr. Mapes, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed a bill of the following title, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Bill 4167. Passed the House, May 17th, 2016. Timothy D. Mapes, Clerk of the House. House Bills 1st Reading. House Bill 4167, offered by President Cullerton. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1st Reading of the bill. There being no further business to come before this perfunctory Session, pursuant to the direction of the Senate President, the Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, May 18th, 2016, at the hour of 12 noon, or until the call of the Senate President. The Senate stands adjourned. 45