8224 JOURNAL OF THE [December 16, 1999]
HOUSE JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1ST LEGISLATIVE DAY
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1999
6:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
The Speaker in the Chair.
Prayer by LeeArthur Crawford, Assistant Pastor with the Victory
Temple Church in Springfield, Illinois.
Representative Bellock led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
By direction of the Speaker, a roll call was taken to ascertain
the attendance of Members, as follows:
97 present. (ROLL CALL 1-2ss)
By unanimous consent, Representatives Beaubien, Black, Coulson,
Lou Jones, Shirley Jones, Murphy, Pankau and Schoenberg were excused
from attendance.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
JESSE WHITE - Secretary of State
December 16, 1999
Tony Rossi
Clerk of the House of
Representatives
Room 402
Capitol Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is a copy of Proclamation No. 99-543, filed in my office
on December 16, 1999, by Governor George H. Ryan, calling for a
Special Session of the 91st General Assembly to begin at 6:00 p.m. on
December 16, 1999.
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A notice and accompanying Proclamation will be mailed to each
Member's Springfield office; and a copy shall be mailed to each
Member's home district office.
Sincerely,
s/JESSE WHITE
Secretary of State
STATE OF ILLINOIS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, on January 1, 1995, Public Act 88-860 entitled "AN ACT
to create a Safe Neighborhoods Law" became effective; and
WHEREAS, Public Act 88-680 contained a significant number of
criminal offense penalty enhancements, new criminal offenses and
juvenile delinquency provisions; and
WHEREAS, on December 2, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court in
People v. Cervantes, Docket No. 87229, ruled that Public Act 88-680
violates the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution
(Article IV, Section 8(d)) and is unconstitutional in its entirety;
and
WHEREAS, in the event the Illinois Supreme Court does not grant a
rehearing, the provisions of Public Act 88-680 cannot be applied to
criminal and juvenile offenses until reenacted into law; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that the provisions of Public Act 88-680
be reenacted before the Illinois General Assembly returns for regular
session on January 12, 2000, so that the criminal offenses and
enhanced penalties can be applied to criminal acts committed between
the effective date of the reenactment and the year 2000 Legislative
Session;
THEREFORE, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5(b) of the Illinois
Constitution of 1970, I, George H. Ryan, Governor of the State of
Illinois, hereby call and convene the 91st General Assembly in Second
Special Session to commence on December 16, 1999, at 6:00 p.m., to
consider only the reenactment of provisions contained in Public Act
88-680 (as subsequently amended). Such reenactment may include any
amendatory changes necessary to maintain the penalty on a first
offense of 720 ILCS 24-1(a)(4) and (a)(10) as a felony but which
allows the court additional discretion in sentencing certain
first-time offenders. Such Special Session shall be limited to the
consideration of Senate Bill 224 now pending before the General
Assembly.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of Illinois to be affixed. Done at the
Capitol in the City of Springfield, this sixteenth day of December,
in the Year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine,
and of the State of Illinois the one hundred and eighty-second.
s/Jesse White s/George H. Ryan
Secretary of State Governor
MOTIONS
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SUBMITTED
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
Representative Currie submitted the following written motion,
which was placed on the order of Motions:
MOTION
Pursuant to Rule 18(g), I move to discharge from the Rules
Committee Second Special Session HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 1 and 2 for
immediate consideration.
ACTION ON MOTIONS
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
Pursuant to the motion submitted previously, Representative
Currie asked and obtained unanimous consent to suspend the provisions
of Rule 18(g), and discharge Second Special Session HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
1 and 2 from the Committee on Rules, for immediate consideration.
AGREED RESOLUTIONS
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
Representative Currie offered the following resolutions and moved
their adoption:
HOUSE RESOLUTION 1
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
RESOLVED, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the
Ninety First General Assembly be adopted as the Rules of this Second
Special Session, so far as the same may be applicable, and that the
Committees of the House of Representatives of the Ninety First
General Assembly, including the House Journal Review Committee and
their membership, shall constitute the Committees of the House during
this Second Special Session.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 2
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
RESOLVED, That the Clerk inform the Senate that a majority of the
House has assembled, pursuant to the Proclamation of the Governor,
convening a Second Special Session of the General Assembly and are
now ready for the transaction of business.
The motion prevailed and the resolutions were adopted.
CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP
Representative Righter asked and obtained unanimous consent to be
removed as chief sponsor and Representative Madigan asked and
obtained unanimous consent to be shown as chief sponsor of SENATE
BILL 224.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
A message from the Senate by
Mr. Harry, Secretary:
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Mr. Speaker -- I am directed to inform the House of
Representatives that the Senate has adopted the following Senate
Resolution, to-wit:
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AT THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION THEREOF, that
the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a majority of
the members of the Senate has assembled pursuant to the proclamation
of the Governor convening a special session of the General Assembly,
and are now ready for the transaction of business.
Adopted by the Senate, December 16, 1999.
Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
Representative Currie, Chairperson, from the Committee on Rules
to which the following were referred, action taken earlier today, and
reported the same back with the following recommendations:
That the bill be referred to the order of Second Reading: SENATE
BILL 224.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR
Supplemental Calendar No. 1 was distributed to the Members at
6:37 o'clock p.m.
At the hour of 10:00 o'clock p.m., Speaker Madigan moved that the
House do now adjourn until Friday, December 17, 1999, at 11:00
o'clock a.m.
The motion prevailed.
And the Second Special Session stood adjourned.
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NO. 1-2ss
STATE OF ILLINOIS
NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE ROLL CALL
QUORUM ROLL CALL FOR ATTENDANCE
DEC 16, 1999
0 YEAS 0 NAYS 97 PRESENT
P ACEVEDO A FOWLER P LINDNER P RIGHTER
P BASSI A FRANKS A LOPEZ P RONEN
E BEAUBIEN P FRITCHEY P LYONS,EILEEN P RUTHERFORD
P BELLOCK A GARRETT P LYONS,JOSEPH P RYDER
P BIGGINS P GASH P MATHIAS P SAVIANO
E BLACK A GIGLIO P MAUTINO P SCHMITZ
P BOLAND P GILES P McAULIFFE E SCHOENBERG
P BOST P GRANBERG P McCARTHY P SCOTT
P BRADLEY P HAMOS P McGUIRE P SCULLY
P BRADY P HANNIG P McKEON P SHARP
P BROSNAHAN P HARRIS P MEYER P SILVA
P BRUNSVOLD P HARTKE P MITCHELL,BILL P SKINNER
P BUGIELSKI P HASSERT P MITCHELL,JERRYA SLONE
P BURKE P HOEFT P MOFFITT A SMITH
P CAPPARELLI P HOFFMAN P MOORE P SOMMER
E COULSON A HOLBROOK A MORROW P STEPHENS
P COWLISHAW P HOWARD P MULLIGAN P STROGER
P CROSS P HULTGREN E MURPHY P TENHOUSE
A CROTTY P JOHNSON,TIM P MYERS P TURNER,ART
P CURRIE P JOHNSON,TOM P NOVAK P TURNER,JOHN
A CURRY P JONES,JOHN P O'BRIEN P WAIT
P DANIELS E JONES,LOU P O'CONNOR P WINKEL
P DART E JONES,SHIRLEY P OSMOND P WINTERS
P DAVIS,MONIQUE P KENNER E PANKAU P WIRSING
P DAVIS,STEVE P KLINGLER P PARKE P WOJCIK
P DELGADO P KOSEL P PERSICO A WOOLARD
P DURKIN P KRAUSE P POE P YOUNGE
P ERWIN P LANG P PUGH P ZICKUS
P FEIGENHOLTZ P LAWFER P REITZ P MR. SPEAKER
A FLOWERS P LEITCH
E - Denotes Excused Absence
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