STATE OF ILLINOIS
HOUSE JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
14TH LEGISLATIVE DAY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2001
11:3O O'CLOCK A.M.
NO. 14
[February 21, 2001] 2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Daily Journal Index 14th Legislative Day Action Page(s) Adjournment........................................ 35 Change of Sponsorship.............................. 7 Committee on Rules Reassignments................... 6 Committee on Rules Referrals....................... 4 Committee on Rules Referrals....................... 5 Fiscal Note Supplied............................... 6 Fiscal Notes Withdrawn............................. 6 Home Rule Notes Withdrawn.......................... 7 Introduction and First Reading - HB1992-2152....... 7 Joint Session...................................... 21 Quorum Roll Call................................... 4 Recess............................................. 21 State Mandate Notes Withdrawn...................... 7 Bill Number Legislative Action Page(s) HB 0031 Third Reading...................................... 33 HB 0041 Recall............................................. 33 HB 0061 Third Reading...................................... 33 HB 0126 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0128 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0129 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0144 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0147 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0169 Third Reading...................................... 34 HB 0171 Third Reading...................................... 34 HB 0190 Second Reading - Amendment/s....................... 32 HB 0196 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0198 Recall............................................. 33 HB 0260 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0397 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0400 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0427 Second Reading..................................... 32 HB 0442 Second Reading..................................... 33 HB 0445 Second Reading - Amendment/s....................... 33 HB 0469 Second Reading..................................... 33 HB 0494 Second Reading..................................... 32 HJR 0010 Resolution......................................... 18 HJR 0012 Resolution......................................... 19 HJR 0013 Resolution......................................... 20 HR 0042 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0043 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0044 Resolution......................................... 15 HR 0046 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0047 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0048 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0049 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0050 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0051 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0052 Resolution......................................... 16 HR 0053 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0054 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0055 Resolution......................................... 16 HR 0056 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0057 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0058 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0058 Agreed Resolution.................................. 12
3 [February 21, 2001] Bill Number Legislative Action Page(s) HR 0059 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0059 Agreed Resolution.................................. 13 HR 0060 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0061 Resolution......................................... 16 HR 0062 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0062 Agreed Resolution.................................. 14 HR 0063 Resolution......................................... 17 HR 0064 Adoption........................................... 34 HR 0064 Agreed Resolution.................................. 14
[February 21, 2001] 4 The House met pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker in the Chair. Prayer by Pastor Shane Macy of the New Hope Community Church in Harvard, 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: 116 present. (ROLL CALL 1) By unanimous consent, Representatives Morrow and Tenhouse were excused from attendance. COMMITTEE ON RULES REFERRALS Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson of the Committee on Rules, reported the following legislative measures and/or joint action motions have been assigned as follows: Committee on Aging: HOUSE BILL 1706. Committee on Agriculture: HOUSE BILL 1809. Committee on Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education: HOUSE BILLS 1097, 1098 and 1712. Committee on Appropriations-General Services: HOUSE BILLS 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1719, 1738, 1749 and 1750. Committee on Appropriations-Human Services: HOUSE BILLS 1707, 1708, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1816 and 1818. Committee on Appropriations-Public Safety: HOUSE BILL 1702. Committee on Child Support Enforcement: HOUSE BILLS 1095 and 1767. Committee on Children & Youth: HOUSE BILLS 1717, 1734, 1777 and 1780. Committee on Cities & Villages: HOUSE BILLS 1685, 1689, 1760 and 1810. Committee on Computer Technology: HOUSE BILL 1811. Committee on Conservation & Land Use: HOUSE BILLS 1696 and 1790. Committee on Constitutional Officers: HOUSE RESOLUTION 4. Committee on Elections & Campaign Reform: HOUSE BILLS 1704, 1713, 1764, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1802, 1803, 1804 and 1806. Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education: HOUSE BILLS 1096, 1692, 1723, 1727, 1742 and 1808. Committee on Environment & Energy: HOUSE BILLS 1690, 1776, 1781, 1782 and HOUSE RESOLUTION 41 Committee on Executive: HOUSE BILLS 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1341, 1352, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1348, 1349, 1350, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1367, 1368,
5 [February 21, 2001] 1369, 1370, 1371, 1372, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1388, 1389, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1435, 1436, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1442, 1444, 1445, 1446, 1447, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1469, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1500, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1550, 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1571, 1572, 1573, 1574, 1575, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1580, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1591, 1592, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1606, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1611, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1647, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1687, 1694, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1701, 1705, 1718, 1721, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1766, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1795, 1796, 1814, 1820 and 1823. Committee on Financial Institutions: HOUSE BILL 1089. Committee on Higher Education: HOUSE BILLS 1099, 1722 and 1726. Committee on Human Services: HOUSE BILLS 1691, 1788, 1807 and 1819. Committee on Judiciary I-Civil Law: HOUSE BILLS 1778, 1783, 1789 and 1791. Committee on Judiciary II-Criminal Law: HOUSE BILLS 1693, 1733, 1779, 1784 and 1812. Committee on Labor: HOUSE BILLS 1720 and 1768. Committee on Personnel & Pensions: HOUSE BILLS 1100, 1688, 1703, 1716, 1724, 1725, 1739, 1740 and 1801. Committee on Registration & Regulation: HOUSE BILLS 1695, 1805, 1815, 1817 and 1825. Committee on Revenue: HOUSE BILLS 1094, 1686, 1700, 1711, 1714, 1715, 1741 and 1813. Committee on State Government Administration: HOUSE BILLS 1710, 1785, 1786, 1824 and HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 Committee on Transportation & Motor Vehicles: HOUSE BILLS 1709, 1759 and 1765. Committee on Veterans' Affairs: HOUSE BILL 1822. Special Committee on Telecommunications Rewrite: HOUSE BILL 1821. Special Committee on Tobacco Settlement Proceeds: HOUSE BILL 1732. COMMITTEE ON RULES REFERRALS Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson of the Committee on Rules, reported the following legislative measures and/or joint action motions have been assigned as follows: Committee on Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education: HOUSE BILLS 1836 and 1917. Committee on Appropriations-Higher Education: HOUSE BILL 1875. Committee on Appropriations-Human Services: HOUSE BILLS 1838, 1868, 1890 and 1928. Committee on Appropriations-Public Safety: HOUSE BILL 1882.
[February 21, 2001] 6 Committee on Child Support Enforcement: HOUSE BILL 1912. Committee on Children & Youth: HOUSE BILLS 1911, 1929 and 1991. Committee on Cities & Villages: HOUSE BILLS 1855 and 1870. Committee on Computer Technology: HOUSE BILLS 1848 and 1920. Committee on Conservation & Land Use: HOUSE BILLS 417 and 1854. Committee on Constitutional Officers: HOUSE BILLS 1883 and 1907. Committee on Consumer Protection: HOUSE BILLS 1909, 1930 and 1970. Committee on Counties & Townships: HOUSE BILLS 1932, 1957, 1972, 1973 and 1988. Committee on Elections & Campaign Reform: HOUSE BILLS 1913, 1914, 1980, 1981 and 1982. Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education: HOUSE BILLS 1869, 1895, 1908, 1927 and 1965. Committee on Environment & Energy: HOUSE BILL 1887. Committee on Executive: HOUSE BILLS 541, 690, 838, 890, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1856, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1871, 1876, 1888, 1893, 1894, 1900, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1977 and 1978. Committee on Financial Institutions: HOUSE BILLS 1903 and 1956. Committee on Health Care Availability & Access: HOUSE BILLS 722, 944, 980, 1889, 1901 and 1984. Committee on Higher Education: HOUSE BILLS 1851, 1852 and 1905. Committee on Human Services: HOUSE BILLS 1983 and 1985. Committee on Insurance: HOUSE BILLS 1967 and 1989. Committee on Judiciary I-Civil Law: HOUSE BILLS 455, 713, 727, 896, 903, 906, 1910, 1931, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1990. Committee on Judiciary II-Criminal Law: HOUSE BILLS 401, 402, 403, 404, 414, 482, 483, 542, 902, 1867, 1885, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1958, 1961 and 1969. Committee on Labor: HOUSE BILLS 913, 945, 1853, 1919, 1955 and 1963. Committee on Personnel & Pensions: HOUSE BILLS 489, 1849, 1850, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1891, 1892, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1916, 1937, 1964 and 1987. Committee on Registration & Regulation: HOUSE BILLS 1954, 1971 and 1974. Committee on Revenue: HOUSE BILLS 823, 1906, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1966, 1975, 1979 and 1986. Committee on State Government Administration: HOUSE BILLS 1952 and HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 2 Committee on Transportation & Motor Vehicles: HOUSE BILLS 1904, 1925, 1926, 1934, 1968 and 1976. Committee on Urban Revitalization: HOUSE BILL 1935. Special Committee on Prosecutorial Misconduct: HOUSE BILLS 1842, 1843 and 1844. Special Committee on Tobacco Settlement Proceeds: HOUSE BILL 1886. COMMITTEE ON RULES REASSIGNMENTS Representative Currie, from the Committee on Rules, recalled HOUSE BILL 681 from the Committee on Registration & Regulation and reassigned it to the Committee on Executive. FISCAL NOTE SUPPLIED A Fiscal Note has been supplied for HOUSE BILL 583. FISCAL NOTES WITHDRAWN
7 [February 21, 2001] Representative Black withdrew his request for Fiscal Notes on HOUSE BILLS 442 and 469. STATE MANDATE NOTES WITHDRAWN Representative Black withdrew his request for State Mandate Notes on HOUSE BILLS 442 and 469. HOME RULE NOTES WITHDRAWN Representative Black withdrew his request for Home Rule Notes on HOUSE BILLS 442 and 469. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE A message from the Senate by Mr. Harry, Secretary: Mr. Speaker -- I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has concurred with the House in adoption of the following joint resolution, to-wit: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11 Concurred in the Senate, February 21, 2001. Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP Representative Hoffman asked and obtained unanimous consent to be removed as chief sponsor and Representative Monique Davis asked and obtained unanimous consent to be shown as chief sponsor of HOUSE BILL 335. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF BILLS The following bills were introduced, read by title a first time, ordered printed and placed in the Committee on Rules: HOUSE BILL 1992. Introduced by Representative Cross, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 1993. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 1994. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 1995. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 1996. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 1997. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 1998. Introduced by Representative Meyer, a bill for AN ACT concerning guide dogs. HOUSE BILL 1999. Introduced by Representative Granberg, a bill for AN ACT concerning taxes. HOUSE BILL 2000. Introduced by Representative Fritchey, a bill for AN ACT in relation to tobacco. HOUSE BILL 2001. Introduced by Representatives Fritchey - Feigenholtz - Coulson - Erwin - Klingler, a bill for AN ACT in relation to tobacco.
[February 21, 2001] 8 HOUSE BILL 2002. Introduced by Representative Stroger, a bill for AN ACT concerning bottled water. HOUSE BILL 2003. Introduced by Representative Winters, a bill for AN ACT concerning insurance. HOUSE BILL 2004. Introduced by Representative Garrett, a bill for AN ACT in relation to health. HOUSE BILL 2005. Introduced by Representative Scott, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public aid. HOUSE BILL 2006. Introduced by Representative Black, a bill for AN ACT concerning employment. HOUSE BILL 2007. Introduced by Representative Delgado, a bill for AN ACT concerning higher education. HOUSE BILL 2008. Introduced by Representative Yarbrough, a bill for AN ACT in relation to firearms. HOUSE BILL 2009. Introduced by Representatives Yarbrough - Durkin, a bill for AN ACT in relation to firearms. HOUSE BILL 2010. Introduced by Representatives Hamos - Erwin - Feigenholtz, a bill for AN ACT creating the Green Illinois Procurement Act. HOUSE BILL 2011. Introduced by Representatives Yarbrough - Collins, a bill for AN ACT in relation to identification. HOUSE BILL 2012. Introduced by Representatives Yarbrough - Collins, a bill for AN ACT in relation to identification. HOUSE BILL 2013. Introduced by Representatives Granberg - Beaubien, a bill for AN ACT concerning insurance. HOUSE BILL 2014. Introduced by Representative Lang, a bill for AN ACT in relation to liens. HOUSE BILL 2015. Introduced by Representative Pankau, a bill for AN ACT concerning mortgage foreclosures. HOUSE BILL 2016. Introduced by Representative Curry, a bill for AN ACT in relation to vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2017. Introduced by Representative Hassert, a bill for AN ACT concerning vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2018. Introduced by Representative Hassert, a bill for AN ACT in relation to airports. HOUSE BILL 2019. Introduced by Representative Steve Davis, a bill for AN ACT in relation to criminal law. HOUSE BILL 2020. Introduced by Representative Durkin, a bill for AN ACT concerning business transactions. HOUSE BILL 2021. Introduced by Representative Durkin, a bill for AN ACT concerning criminal procedure. HOUSE BILL 2022. Introduced by Representative Durkin, a bill for AN ACT concerning criminal offenses. HOUSE BILL 2023. Introduced by Representative Meyer, a bill for AN ACT concerning solicitation. HOUSE BILL 2024. Introduced by Representative Mathias, a bill for AN ACT in relation to telecommunications. HOUSE BILL 2025. Introduced by Representative Mathias, a bill for AN ACT concerning taxation. HOUSE BILL 2026. Introduced by Representatives Johnson - Lindner, a bill for AN ACT concerning adoption. HOUSE BILL 2027. Introduced by Representative Feigenholtz, a bill for AN ACT in relation to housing. HOUSE BILL 2028. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2029. Introduced by Representative Garrett, a bill for AN ACT in relation to employment. HOUSE BILL 2030. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2031. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2032. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2033. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2034. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for
9 [February 21, 2001] AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2035. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2036. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2037. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2038. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2039. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2040. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2041. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2042. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2043. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2044. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT in relation to foreign trade zones. HOUSE BILL 2045. Introduced by Representative Bill Mitchell, a bill for AN ACT concerning State finance. HOUSE BILL 2046. Introduced by Representative Burke, a bill for AN ACT in relation to health. HOUSE BILL 2047. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT to create the Black Business Investment Board. HOUSE BILL 2048. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2049. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2050. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2051. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2052. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT in relation to East St. Louis Area economic development. HOUSE BILL 2053. Introduced by Representative Moore, a bill for AN ACT concerning an advisory referendum on a tax increase to fund land preservation. HOUSE BILL 2054. Introduced by Representative Moore, a bill for AN ACT concerning an advisory referendum on a tax increase to fund land preservation. HOUSE BILL 2055. Introduced by Representative Winkel, a bill for AN ACT concerning probate. HOUSE BILL 2056. Introduced by Representative Winkel, a bill for AN ACT concerning vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2057. Introduced by Representative Winkel, a bill for AN ACT concerning taxation. HOUSE BILL 2058. Introduced by Representative Winkel, a bill for AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing Section 24-3.1. HOUSE BILL 2059. Introduced by Representative Winkel, a bill for AN ACT concerning taxes, amending named Acts. HOUSE BILL 2060. Introduced by Representative John Jones, a bill for AN ACT concerning vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2061. Introduced by Representatives Zickus - Burke - O'Connor, a bill for AN ACT in relation to animals. HOUSE BILL 2062. Introduced by Representative Joseph Lyons, a bill for AN ACT in relation to vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2063. Introduced by Representative Crotty, a bill for AN ACT concerning education. HOUSE BILL 2064. Introduced by Representative O'Connor, a bill for AN ACT to amend the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act by adding Section 10.6. HOUSE BILL 2065. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT in relation to urban problems.
[February 21, 2001] 10 HOUSE BILL 2066. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2067. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2068. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2069. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. HOUSE BILL 2070. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2071. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2072. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2073. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2074. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2075. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2076. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2077. Introduced by Representative Hannig, a bill for AN ACT in relation to education. HOUSE BILL 2078. Introduced by Representative Wait, a bill for AN ACT in relation to children. HOUSE BILL 2079. Introduced by Representative Wait, a bill for AN ACT in relation to health. HOUSE BILL 2080. Introduced by Representative Wait, a bill for AN ACT in relation to taxes. HOUSE BILL 2081. Introduced by Representatives Mendoza - Burke - Acevedo, a bill for AN ACT concerning health benefits for dependents. HOUSE BILL 2082. Introduced by Representative Younge, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2083. Introduced by Representative Soto, a bill for AN ACT concerning business transactions. HOUSE BILL 2084. Introduced by Representative John Turner, a bill for AN ACT in relation to vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2085. Introduced by Representative John Turner, a bill for AN ACT in relation to the Uniform Commercial Code. HOUSE BILL 2086. Introduced by Representative John Turner, a bill for AN ACT in relation to civil procedure. HOUSE BILL 2087. Introduced by Representative John Turner, a bill for AN ACT in relation to minors. HOUSE BILL 2088. Introduced by Representative John Turner, a bill for AN ACT in relation to sexually violent persons. HOUSE BILL 2089. Introduced by Representative Holbrook, a bill for AN ACT in relation to child care. HOUSE BILL 2090. Introduced by Representative Osterman, a bill for AN ACT concerning services for the aging. HOUSE BILL 2091. Introduced by Representative Monique Davis, a bill for AN ACT in relation to health. HOUSE BILL 2092. Introduced by Representative McGuire, a bill for AN ACT in relation to persons with disabilities. HOUSE BILL 2093. Introduced by Representative Monique Davis, a bill for AN ACT concerning women's health issues. HOUSE BILL 2094. Introduced by Representative May, a bill for AN ACT in relation to taxation. HOUSE BILL 2095. Introduced by Representative Soto, a bill for AN ACT in relation to health. HOUSE BILL 2096. Introduced by Representative Soto, a bill for AN ACT concerning public health. HOUSE BILL 2097. Introduced by Representative Hultgren, a bill for AN ACT in relation to taxes. HOUSE BILL 2098. Introduced by Representative Myers, a bill for AN
11 [February 21, 2001] ACT regarding vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2099. Introduced by Representative Murphy, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 2100. Introduced by Representative Winters, a bill for AN ACT concerning vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2101. Introduced by Representative Bost, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 2102. Introduced by Representative Winters, a bill for AN ACT concerning taxes. HOUSE BILL 2103. Introduced by Representative O'Brien, a bill for AN ACT concerning property. HOUSE BILL 2104. Introduced by Representative O'Brien, a bill for AN ACT in relation to mobile homes. HOUSE BILL 2105. Introduced by Representative O'Brien, a bill for AN ACT concerning manufactured housing. HOUSE BILL 2106. Introduced by Representative O'Brien, a bill for AN ACT concerning taxes. HOUSE BILL 2107. Introduced by Representative O'Brien, a bill for AN ACT concerning manufactured housing. HOUSE BILL 2108. Introduced by Representative Joseph Lyons, a bill for AN ACT in relation to municipal appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2109. Introduced by Representative Boland, a bill for AN ACT concerning elections. HOUSE BILL 2110. Introduced by Representative Tenhouse, a bill for AN ACT concerning higher education student assistance. HOUSE BILL 2111. Introduced by Representative Osmond, a bill for AN ACT concerning higher education student assistance. HOUSE BILL 2112. Introduced by Representatives Mulligan - Krause - Kenner, a bill for AN ACT concerning insurance. HOUSE BILL 2113. Introduced by Representatives Novak - Saviano, a bill for AN ACT in relation to taxation. HOUSE BILL 2114. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT concerning schools. HOUSE BILL 2115. Introduced by Representatives Saviano - Granberg - Ryder, a bill for AN ACT concerning health care service contracts. HOUSE BILL 2116. Introduced by Representatives Hannig - Ryder, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2117. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Jerry Mitchell, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2118. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Jerry Mitchell, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2119. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Myers - Winkel - Berns, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2120. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Myers - Wirsing - Poe, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2121. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Biggins, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2122. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Biggins, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2123. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Biggins, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2124. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Pankau, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2125. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Rutherford, a bill for AN ACT concerning general obligation bonds. HOUSE BILL 2126. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Pankau, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2127. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Pankau, a bill for AN ACT regarding appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2128. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Pankau, a bill for AN ACT regarding appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2129. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Mulligan, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2130. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Mulligan, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2131. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder -
[February 21, 2001] 12 Mulligan, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2132. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Mulligan, a bill for AN ACT making appropriations. HOUSE BILL 2133. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Biggins, a bill for AN ACT in relation to State government. HOUSE BILL 2134. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Biggins, a bill for AN ACT in relation to State government. HOUSE BILL 2135. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Biggins, a bill for AN ACT in relation to State government. HOUSE BILL 2136. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Biggins, a bill for AN ACT in relation to State government. HOUSE BILL 2137. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Ryder - Rutherford, a bill for AN ACT concerning general obligation bonds. HOUSE BILL 2138. Introduced by Representative Hassert, a bill for AN ACT concerning underground utilities facilities damage prevention. HOUSE BILL 2139. Introduced by Representative Osterman, a bill for AN ACT concerning elections. HOUSE BILL 2140. Introduced by Representative Monique Davis, a bill for AN ACT in relation to criminal law. HOUSE BILL 2141. Introduced by Representative Monique Davis, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public utilities. HOUSE BILL 2142. Introduced by Representative Wojcik, a bill for AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. HOUSE BILL 2143. Introduced by Representative Klingler, a bill for AN ACT concerning education. HOUSE BILL 2144. Introduced by Representatives Black - Reitz, a bill for AN ACT concerning hunting. HOUSE BILL 2145. Introduced by Representative Moffitt, a bill for AN ACT concerning tax increment financing. HOUSE BILL 2146. Introduced by Representatives Ryder - Capparelli, a bill for AN ACT concerning lending practices. HOUSE BILL 2147. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT concerning professional regulation. HOUSE BILL 2148. Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill for AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions. HOUSE BILL 2149. Introduced by Representative Garrett, a bill for AN ACT concerning voter registration. HOUSE BILL 2150. Introduced by Representative Boland, a bill for AN ACT regarding vehicles. HOUSE BILL 2151. Introduced by Representative Parke, a bill for AN ACT in relation to park districts. HOUSE BILL 2152. Introduced by Representative Parke, a bill for AN ACT concerning park districts. AGREED RESOLUTION The following resolutions were offered and placed on the Calendar on the order of Agreed Resolutions. HOUSE RESOLUTION 58 Offered by Representative Cross: WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in the history of high school organizations of the State of Illinois; and WHEREAS, The Oswego High School Marching Panthers received the First Place and Grand Championship Award for Concert Band performance at the recent Outback Bowl Music Festival; and WHEREAS, The Panthers participated with 4,000 other high school band members during the Outback Bowl Halftime Show at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida; all band members took the field performing the famous Fanfare from "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Strauss, more commonly known as the theme to "2001 Space Odyssey"; it was quickly followed by "Hot, Hot, Hot" and a Ricky Martin favorite, "A Cup of Life"; the grand finale, the 30 seconds that ESPN aired on television,
13 [February 21, 2001] included a performance of "America, the Beautiful"; and WHEREAS, While in Tampa, the Panthers participated in the Mardi Gras atmosphered Outback Bowl Parade in Ybor City, considered to be the Latin Quarter of Tampa; and WHEREAS, National Events also sponsored the Outback Bowl Music Festival; which included bands competing in concert band, jazz band, field show, and percussion ensemble competitions; the Oswego High School Marching Panthers captured the First Place in Division III and the Grand Championship Awards for Concert Band Performance; they also received a second place in parade marching, jazz ensemble, and percussion ensemble; sophomore horn player and pianist, Jason Dyba, was the recipient of the Jazz Soloist Award; thirty-eight bands competed in three divisions based upon school size, Division III being the largest size; and WHEREAS, The Oswego High School Marching Panthers returned to Illinois with a stronger feeling of unity that comes with working and making music together, with the thrill of an outstanding performance that goes beyond what they have experienced before; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the Oswego High School Marching Panthers on winning the First Place in Division III and the Grand Championship Award for Concert Band Performance at the recent Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the principal of Oswego High School, the Band Director at Oswego High School, and the entire Oswego High School Marching Band as an expression of our esteem. HOUSE RESOLUTION 59 Offered by Representative Howard: WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Cheryl Lavender, who recently passed away; and WHEREAS, Cheryl Lavender was born in Chicago, Illinois; to the union of Josephine and Raymond Adkins, Sr.; and WHEREAS, She was a graduate of Corpus Christi High School; she was baptized and confirmed at Corpus Christi Catholic Church; in the fall of 1991 she joined True Vine Baptist Church where she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior; and WHEREAS, Cheryl Lavender worked as an accounting supervisor for Chicago Metropolitan Insurance Company for thirty-one years before her retirement; Mrs. Lavender was a political activist who worked as a staffer for the late Mayor Harold Washington's Political Education Project; she served as the 9th Ward Coordinator for the Washington for Mayor campaign in 1983 and the 2nd Congressional District Coordinator for his re-election in 1987; and WHEREAS, Cheryl Lavender married her childhood sweetheart, Leo Lavender, in 1971; and WHEREAS, Cheryl Lavender worked with many political campaigns, including those of Senator Paul Simon, State Representative Connie Howard, Alderman Tim Evans, Congressman Bobby Rush and Congressman Charlie Hayes; and many others from the State of Illinois; and WHEREAS, The passing of Cheryl Lavender will be deeply felt by all who loved and were touched by her, especially her loving husband, Leo; her daughter, Angela (husband, Ken) Jackson; her grandchildren, K.K. and Kayla; her mother, Josephine Adkins; her sister, Diane (husband, James) Davis; her brother, Raymond (wife, Genny) Adkins; her Uncle Howard; her two great-aunts; her many nieces and nephews; and her many friends; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Cheryl Lavender; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
[February 21, 2001] 14 the family of Cheryl Lavender. HOUSE RESOLUTION 62 Offered by Representatives Osmond - Dart - Curry - Durkin - Wojcik, Saviano, Persico, Hamos, Mathias and Mautino: WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are please to recognize milestone events in the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen, an American government teacher at Zion-Benton Township High School, was the recent recipient of the Veterans of Foreign War's "Voice of Democracy" Teacher of the Year for the State of Illinois award; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen received his undergraduate education in political science at Harvard University and Illinois State University, and he earned graduate degrees from Illinois State University and the University of Illinois; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen, prior to his arrival at Zion-Benton Township High School, organized and taught at an Illinois Law Enforcement Commission school for juvenile offenders in Bloomington, Illinois; he has taught in the State of Illinois for thirty-three years of which the last twenty years have been at Zion-Benton Township High School; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen was appointed by Governor James R. Thompson as a Commissioner on the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission and served in that capacity for ten years; and WHEREAS, For the past twenty-five years, Bruce Hansen has sponsored programs honoring United States Veterans; his students have consistently placed well in essay and oratorical contests sponsored by the Veteran of Foreign Wars as well as many other veteran organizations; in 1994, his students won one statewide oratorical competition and placed second in the American Legion's statewide contest; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen has gone beyond the duties and expectations when it comes to the influence he has had on his students; he has continuously given of himself to assist his students to accomplish one solitary goal, to learn; he has taught GED classes two nights a week in addition to his teaching schedule at Zion-Benton Township High School; he always finds time to work with the students on special projects, like the Voice of Democracy; he has also sponsored fund-raising activities for the students as well as a trip to see the inauguration of the President of the United States; his most recent fund-raising event was for funds to purchase a bronze statue of the flag-raising event on Iwo Gima for Zion-Benton Township High School; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen recently hosted a half-hour show where he interviewed local veterans on what Veteran's Day meant to them; he has been instrumental in many activities involving honor to veterans; and he has worked closely with the high school's Jr. ROTC program; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen has been a member of the Illinois Federation of Teachers since its inception at Zion-Benton Township High School; he has served as a member of the negotiating team at Zion-Benton and as the Legislative Chairman of the Lake County Federation of Teachers; and WHEREAS, Bruce Hansen and his wife, Sally, happily reside in Lake Zurich, Illinois; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Bruce Hansen for being the recipient of the Veteran of Foreign War's "Voice of Democracy" Teacher of the year award for the year 2001, and for his dedication in the field of teaching and beyond; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Bruce Hansen as an expression of our esteem. HOUSE RESOLUTION 64 Offered by Representative Winkel - Berns: WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to the family and friends of G.
15 [February 21, 2001] Seely Johnston, who passed away on February 7, 2001; and WHEREAS, G. Seeley Johnston was born on May 25, 1903 in Champaign County to Harley Tenney and Clara Roe Seely Johnston; he attended Pleasant Ridge, a one-room school in Champaign County, and graduated from Champaign High School in 1920; he was a 1924 graduate of the University of Illinois, having been a student in the College of Commerce with minors in history and geology; he was a booster of Illini athletics as a charter member of the University of Illinois Grant-in-Aid program and the University of Illinois Quarterback Club; Mr. Johnston was also active in Delta Upsilon fraternity at the local and national level and kept ties with young and old members alike; and WHEREAS, Mr. Johnston began in the sporting goods business, Johnston's Sport Shop, in downtown Champaign in 1926; his first shop was on the second floor at 8 Main Street which later moved to to its current location at 34 Chester Street in 1970; the shop became a springboard for dozens of political and civic involvements; and WHEREAS, Mr. Johnston became involved in politics in the 1960's, managing the mayoral campaign of Emmerson Dexter; and as a member of the Champaign City Council from 1965 through 1973 and ran for mayor in 1967 and 1975; and WHEREAS, Mr. Johnston was well known at Chanute Air Force Base where he was the self-appointed emissary from Champaign and friend to airmen and commanders alike for most of the century; and WHEREAS, Mr. Johnston held memberships in many organizations including, being a member of the First United Methodist Church of Champaign, where he taught Sunday School; he was the oldest member of the Champaign Exchange Club, having been a member since 1926, state secretary for the Illinois Exchange Clubs; a member of the American Revolution, the Champaign County Club, American Legion Post 24, the Champaign Elks CLub, the Champaign Chamber of Commerce, the Champaign Moose Club and the Champaign Farm Bureau; he was a longtime member of the Champaign County Fair Board and organized many Senior Citizen Days at the fair; and an officer of the Mckinley YMCA where he organized fund-raisers for cancer and cerebral palsy; and WHEREAS, Among Mr. Johnston's greatest loves was promoting local sports, primarily Champaign Central High School and the University of Illinois; he started the forerunner of Little League in Champaign County in the 1920's and helped form and served on the Champaign Recreation Board which has sponsored dozens of softball and basketball teams over the years; in 1998, Champaign Central High School named its honor hall after Mr. Johnston in recognition of the decades of support he has given to the school; he also has a park in Champaign named after him; and WHEREAS, The passing of G. Seely Johnston will be deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Anne; his son, Scott Johnston; his daughter, Jan Glick; his four grandchildren; and his six great-grandchildren; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with all who knew him, the death of G. Seely Johnston of Champaign, Illinois; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of G. Seely Johnston with our sincere condolences. The following resolutions were offered and placed in the Committee on Rules. HOUSE RESOLUTION 44 Offered by Representative Jerry Mitchell: WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services has over 500 investigators, who have an average caseload of 10-11 cases per month and are responsible for investigating all allegations of child abuse; and WHEREAS, Numerous complaints arise because some reported child
[February 21, 2001] 16 abuse allegations are not investigated thoroughly or are not investigated at all; and WHEREAS, There are complaints that investigators are allegedly biased towards favoring the mother and do not appear to investigate allegations of abuse towards children over 11 years of age; and WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of the State of Illinois, through the Department of Children and Family Services, to thoroughly investigate in an objective matter all child abuse allegations; and WHEREAS, The current system operates utilizing a "triage" approach to completing investigations; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Director of the Department of Children and Family Services of the State of Illinois to review the Department's current investigative practices to ensure that all investigations are done objectively and that all child abuse allegations are investigated in a timely manner; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be delivered to the Director of the Department of Children and Family Services. HOUSE RESOLUTION 52 Offered by Representative Reitz: BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, that the State Board of Education shall look into requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be taught to all public high school students; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be delivered to the State Board of Education. HOUSE RESOLUTION 55 Offered by Representative Younge: WHEREAS, House Resolution 728 was adopted by the House of Representatives of the 91st General Assembly on April 14, 2000; and WHEREAS, House Resolution 728 required the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the State Board of Education to conduct an analysis of the educational needs of the East St. Louis metropolitan area and to make a report to the Governor and the General Assembly during February 2001; and WHEREAS, More time is needed to conduct this analysis, and a long-term study needs to be undertaken; therefore be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, that the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the State Board of Education shall make a report to the General Assembly on or before May 15, 2001 on the analysis of the educational needs of the East St. Louis metropolitan area that was required to be conducted under House Resolution 728 of the 91st General Assembly; and be it further RESOLVED, That in this report the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the State Board of Education shall advise the General Assembly on the need for a long-term study of the educational needs of the East St. Louis metropolitan area; and be it further RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the Chairperson of the Board of Higher Education, the Chairperson of the Illinois Community College Board, and the Chairperson of the State Board of Education. HOUSE RESOLUTION 61 Offered by Representative Capparelli: WHEREAS, Native American Indian tribes are building large casinos on our borders in the municipalities of Kenosha, Beloit, Shullsburg, Delavan, and Caledonia, Wisconsin; and WHEREAS, Such casinos are draining entertainment dollars and jobs from Illinois and harming Illinois businesses; and
17 [February 21, 2001] WHEREAS, This huge expansion of gambling will increase the number of problem gamblers in Illinois and the social problems such gamblers cause; and WHEREAS, These border casinos will provide no revenues to Illinois to address these social and economic costs; and WHEREAS, The Bureau of Indian Affairs is encouraging the construction of these casinos and ignoring the concerns and input of Illinois citizens; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we oppose the construction of casinos along our State borders; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Illinois General Assembly urges the Bureau of Indian Affairs to put an immediate halt to the construction of these casinos until such time as Illinois citizens and their concerns are heard; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Illinois General Assembly urges the members of the United States Congress to join with the State of Illinois in our petition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to make meaningful changes to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to prevent this type of gambling expansion in the future; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the members of the Illinois Congressional delegation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. HOUSE RESOLUTION 63 Offered by Representative Klingler: WHEREAS, Current studies about what happens to unsupervised children indicate that when left alone, these children have higher absentee rates at school, have lower academic test scores, exhibit higher levels of fear, stress, nightmares, loneliness, and boredom, are 1.7 times more likely to use alcohol, and are 1.6 times more likely to smoke cigarettes; and WHEREAS, Recent data shows that in the City of Chicago and other communities around this State, the violent juvenile crime rate soars in the hours immediately after the school bell rings and children are most likely to be victims of a violent crime committed by a non-family member between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; and WHEREAS, Research indicates that children who attend high quality after-school programs have better peer relations, emotional adjustment, conflict resolution skills, grades, and conduct in school compared to their peers who are not in after-school programs; and WHEREAS, Children who attend after-school programs spend more time in learning opportunities, academic activities, and enrichment activities and spend less time watching television than their peers; and WHEREAS, In one study, children who attended an after-school program missed fewer days of school, had better homework completion, better school behavior, and higher test scores; and WHEREAS, Polls show that 92% of Americans believe there should be organized activities for children and teens during after-school hours; and WHEREAS, Polls show that 75% of Americans are ready to either pay more taxes or to forego a tax cut to provide children with good early childhood development programs and quality after-school programs; and WHEREAS, As working parents can attest, child care concerns are not over once children are old enough to go to school; a parent who is employed full time can be away from home an average of 2,400 hours a year; children spend less than half of that time in school; if their children participate in a quality school-age care program or another organized out-of-school time activity, parents can rest easy because they know that their children are safe and supervised; therefore be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services are directed to convene and co-chair a task force, to be known as the Illinois After-school
[February 21, 2001] 18 Initiative, to develop a plan to ensure quality after-school programs for every school-age child in the State and that the Illinois After-school Initiative shall be comprised of other related State agencies and private organizations representing without limititation violence prevention, parents, park districts, special need populations, private foundations, civic and cultural organizations, community-based youth service providers, law enforcement, education, local voluntary organizations, faith-based communities, health, evaluation, and research institutions, child and youth advocacy, alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse prevention, and mental health; and be it further RESOLVED, That the activities of the Illinois After-school Initiative shall include (i) an assessment of the state of after-school services in this State, including identification of the number of children and youth served statewide in after-school programs, identification of the number and location of children and youth who are in need of after-school programs, and identification of the various funding streams currently supporting after-school programs, and (ii) the development of a plan for coordinating after-school services and for achieving a goal of providing after-school services for every school-age child in this State; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Illinois After-school Initiative plan shall include strategies for this State to promote best-practice models for after-school programs and to promote coordination and collaboration of after-school services at the local level; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Illinois After-school Initiative shall engage children and youth in development of the plan; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Illinois After-school Initiative shall review and report to the General Assembly on model programs operating in this State and other states and that the review shall look at program components identified as best-practices and based on proven research; and be it further RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services may provide, by grant or contract, support to a statewide organization for the development and implementation of the Illinois After-school Initiative plan and assessment, that funds for the Illinois After-school Initiative shall be sought from the federal government and State human service code departments, and that private sponsorship may also be sought; and be it further RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Illinois After-school Initiative plan and submit recommendations by April 1, 2002; and be it further RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution shall be delivered to the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 10 Offered by Representative Ryan: WHEREAS, The improvement of standards for the delivery of educational services has resulted in a recognition of a need for programs of increased accountability, qualifications, and demonstrated competency of instructional personnel in the public schools; and WHEREAS, Paraprofessionals in the classrooms are an integral and necessary part of the instructional program of public schools and must be recognized as vital partners in the quest for educational excellence and reform; and WHEREAS, National professional organizations representing paraprofessionals have encouraged standards to ensure that paraprofessionals are well prepared to work with children; and WHEREAS, Other states have studied and outlined employment criteria and training requirements for paraprofessionals; and WHEREAS, The State of Illinois does not require any specialized education for paraprofessionals working in regular and special education programs; and
19 [February 21, 2001] WHEREAS, The General Assembly has been a strong proponent of education reform measures directed toward upgrading the quality of public education, raising standards for teacher certification, and increased responsibility and accountability by instructional personnel; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that for the purposes of this Resolution, "paraprofessional" means an employee, other than a teacher, in a school (i) whose position is either instructional in nature or who delivers other direct services to students or their parents and (ii) who serves in a position for which a teacher or another professional has the ultimate responsibility for the design, implementation, and evaluation of individual education programs or related services and for student performance; and be it further RESOLVED, That there is created the Task Force on Paraprofessionals consisting of the following members: two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House; one teacher who is a member of the Illinois Federation of Teachers and one teacher who is a member of the Illinois Education Association, each appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; eight paraprofessionals appointed by the State Superintendent of Education, chosen from a list of nominees provided by the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Education Association in proportion to the membership of each organization; one member appointed by the Illinois Association of School Boards; one member appointed by the Illinois Parent Teacher Association; one member appointed by the Illinois Association of School Administrators; one member from the State Teacher Certification Board appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; one member representing the higher education community appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; one member representing the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; one member representing the State Board of Education's Staff Development Division appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; one member representing a statewide council of special education administrators appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; and one member appointed by the Governor, who shall serve as chairperson of the Task Force; and be it further RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds available for that purpose; the State Board of Education shall provide staff support to the Task Force; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and make recommendations to the Governor on the licensure of paraprofessionals who work with children in the public schools of Illinois and shall determine entry level standards, training and experience requirements for entering the career, guidelines for education and experience requirements for career advancement, appropriate roles and responsibilities, and a mechanism to enhance job mobility within and between school districts; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its recommendations to the Governor one year after the adoption of this Resolution; and that upon filing its report the Task Force is dissolved. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 12 Offered by Representative Poe: WHEREAS, In the year 1986, the Governor's Rural Affairs Council was established by Governor James R. Thompson under the pro-active leadership of then Lieutenant Governor George Ryan; and WHEREAS, In the year 1990, then Lieutenant Governor Ryan, chair of the Council, recognized the importance of improving the quality of life of rural residents and the importance of providing a collective voice
[February 21, 2001] 20 for rural Illinois; and WHEREAS, In the year 2000, Governor George Ryan's Executive Order No. 1 directed Lieutenant Governor Corinne Wood, chair of the Council, to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for improving the delivery of State services to rural Illinois with the aim of expanding opportunities for rural businesses and families and for improving the quality of life of rural residents; and WHEREAS, Lieutenant Governor Wood hosted a series of statewide Rural Leadership Forums to hear firsthand from local leaders the challenges and opportunities facing rural businesses and rural families; and WHEREAS, The testimony provided at the Rural Leadership Forums was compiled, in partnership with the Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University, to develop the annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly entitled "Rural Illinois: Charting a Course for a New Millennium"; and WHEREAS, The report provides a foundation for coordinated actions and public-private partnerships to encourage rural growth and prosperity; and WHEREAS, The Governor's Rural Affairs Council has been revitalized and serves as a statewide partner with State agencies and private organizations in lending support to the local leaders of rural communities; and WHEREAS, Lieutenant Governor Wood has encouraged the General Assembly and the Governor to continue to strengthen the rural economy, provide services to rural Illinois, and improve the quality of life of rural residents; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge Governor Ryan to work with the General Assembly to implement the recommendations in the Governor's Rural Affairs Council's report "Rural Illinois: Charting a Course for a New Millennium"; and be it further RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be delivered to the Governor. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 13 Offered by Representative Parke: WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish to recognize and acknowledge those citizens in the State of Illinois and across the United States who have made sacrifices to ensure our freedom; and WHEREAS, The Order of the Purple Heart for Military Merit, commonly called "The Purple Heart" is an American decoration created by George Washington; it is the oldest military decoration in the world in present use; it was the first award available to the common soldier, and has been awarded to an estimated 800,000 American soldiers; and WHEREAS, On May 1, 2000, a government delegate and a veterans organization representative met with James Tolbert, Jr., Executive Director of Stamp Services for the United States Postal Service, to plead for the issuance of a Purple Heart Stamp; and WHEREAS, The group was informed that stamps could not be issued for veterans service organizations because there are too many such organizations in existence; however, the stamp in question is not for the Military Order of the Purple Heart, an organization of Purple Heart recipients formed in 1932, but honors the medal and those who have received it; and WHEREAS, Even though the United States Senate has passed a unanimous Resolution supporting the Purple Heart Stamp and the United States House of Representatives has a Resolution with over 200 co-sponsors, it may have no effect; and WHEREAS, A Citizens Advisory Committee was established in 1957 to keep politics out of the stamp issuance process; members are appointed by the Postmaster General and with approval of the Postmaster General have total control of all stamps issued; and WHEREAS, It would seem that the fate of the Purple Heart Stamp is
21 [February 21, 2001] now in the hands of the public, who have the option of writing support letters to the chairman of the Citizens Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, The veterans, who gave so selflessly during times of crisis, are worthy and due full recognition for their sacrifices for their country; therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the United States Postal Service to reconsider the issuance of a Purple Heart Stamp to honor those veterans who received the Order of the Purple Heart for Military Merit defending their country during times of conflict; and be it further RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to Mr. James Tolbert, Executive Director of Stamp Services for the United States Postal Service, the Honorable William J. Henderson, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service, Dr. Virginia Noelke, Chairperson of the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, Boyd Barclay, Past National Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and each member of the Illinois congressional delegation. RECESS At the hour of 11:56 o'clock a.m., Representative Madigan moved that the House do now take a recess until the call of the Chair. The motion prevailed. JOINT SESSION 12:00 O'CLOCK NOON The hour having arrived, the time heretofore fixed by Joint Resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Joint Session convened for the purpose of receiving the Governor to deliver his Budget Address in person to the Ninety-Second General Assembly. The Senate, preceded by its President and Secretary, appeared in the Hall of the House of Representatives and, by direction of the Speaker, took the seats assigned them. The two Houses being convened in Joint Session, the President of the Senate announced that a quorum of the Senate was present. The Speaker of the House of Representatives announced that a quorum of the House was present. A majority of each House of the General Assembly being present, the Speaker of the House announced the Joint Session duly formed. Representative Currie offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: JOINT SESSION RESOLUTION 2 RESOLVED, That a committee of ten be appointed, five from the House, by the Speaker of the House, and five from the Senate, by the President of the Senate, to wait upon His Excellency Governor George Ryan and invite him to address the Joint Assembly. The motion prevailed. The President of the Senate announced the appointments, as Members of such Committee, on the part of the Senate: Senators Evelyn Bowles, Judith Myers, William Shaw, Todd Sieben and Dave Sullivan. The Speaker of the House announced the appointments, as Members of such Committee, on the part of the House: Representatives Judy Erwin, Calvin Giles, Gwenn Klingler, Rich Myers and Ricca Slone.
[February 21, 2001] 22 His Excellency, Governor George H. Ryan, was admitted into the Hall of the House of Representatives, and was presented to the General Assembly, to deliver his message in person as follows: STATE OF ILLINOIS FISCAL YEAR 2002 BUDGET ADDRESS GOVERNOR GEORGE H. RYAN Wednesday, February 21, 2001 Speaker Madigan; President Philip; Leader Daniels; Leader Jones; My fellow Constitutional Officers; My friends and colleagues in the General Assembly; Members of the Cabinet and our guests in the gallery; And my fellow citizens of Illinois: Last month, I took about an hour of your time to describe for you a "New Illinois" that is strong and prosperous. It is a "New Illinois" that we have created together. By working hard, uniting our talents and keeping the interests of the people as our top priority - we have done much to retool and reform education, economic development, transportation, health care, job training, public safety and environmental protection. Over the last two years, we have cut across partisan lines to fashion policies and programs that address the needs and concerns of working families in every part of this state. It was a long speech - but that's because our list of accomplishments is long. This year, we must rededicate ourselves to bipartisan cooperation and a government that places people before politics. Our list of accomplishments - on behalf of the people -- is going to get longer. Today I present to you a $49.97 billion state budget for fiscal year 2002 that will continue to improve our schools, create jobs and opportunity, fix our roads, get our children the health care services they need, clean our air and water and help keep our neighborhoods safe. This budget is balanced and requires no tax increase. It fulfills our commitment to dedicate at least 51 percent of all new state revenues to education and job training. It strengthens our human infrastructure. It maintains our programs to expand and improve our physical infrastructure. And it allows us to continue the tax relief programs for families that we started last year. This is a balanced and prudent budget that allows us to pay all of the state's bills and put some money away for a rainy day. The total FY 2002 budget, including both state and federal funds, is 3.2 percent larger than the current year's budget. The increases in state spending are absolutely unavoidable. Education, our top priority, is getting an increase of $460 million-or 5.4 percent. Human services and child support coordination is getting $110 million in new money. Corrections is receiving $104 million in new money. Our annual payment to secure health insurance for state employees requires $37 million in new money. That restricts growth in all other state agencies to four-tenths of one percent. Agencies under my control will see their allocation from state resources drop by a combined total of $13 million. As I said in January, we will have to make some tough decisions this spring. But this budget allows us to continue making the right decisions
23 [February 21, 2001] for Illinois and its people. According to all predictions, we will see the national economy and the Illinois economy grow at a slower rate during the coming year. On the whole, our state is still strong and prosperous. About 95 percent of our workforce is employed and earning a living. We still expect state revenues to increase by a healthy $900 million. Home sales and new constructions continue to be strong. And in January, consumer spending grew faster than anticipated - especially in home furnishings, building supplies, new cars and trucks. We are not in a recession - and we don't expect to be in one this year. Our economy remains healthy, although it is expanding at a slower rate than we're used to. Therefore we must adjust our thinking and spending habits to meet the new realities of this year. During the last two years, we made decisions based on a strong economy and growing prosperity. Past state budgets have been grounded in economic realities, but dedicated to the needs of the future and our desires for tomorrow. From that position of strength and prosperity, we made the right decision to boost funding for job training and education -- so we could give young people and adults the skills they need to meet the demands of the new economy. From a position of strength, we made the right decision to create Illinois FIRST -- a program that is revitalizing our infrastructure and creating more than 50,000 jobs a year. From a position of strength, we created Illinois VentureTECH to help us expand our growing high-tech economy. And from a position of strength, we increased funding for health care and other social services needed by children, the working poor, and the elderly by $1.5 billion. We committed significant new resources to quality and affordable childcare -- an important key to helping families move from welfare to work. These resources helped provide care for 64,000 more children. We expanded KidCare, providing health care for some 100,000 more uninsured young people. We expanded the network of Child Advocacy Centers to help protect an additional 2,100 abused or neglected kids who had nowhere else to turn. By boosting funds for adoptions by 97 percent, we enabled Illinois to successfully move 11,600 children from the foster care system into loving, permanent homes. In the last year alone, we increased our commitment for medical services to 97,000 of the state's most needy citizens by $300 million. We doubled funding for women's health programs and we increased funding for domestic violence programs by two-thirds so we could help 30,000 additional victims with prevention and intervention services. We did all of this - together - and it was the right thing to do. We've invested in our children. We've invested in training our workforce. We've invested in our communities. We've given back more than $1 billion to our taxpayers. Yes, $1 billion in tax relief. We've set aside $225 million in a rainy day fund. And we've maintained a $1.2 billion year end budget balance. I believe we've managed the people's money very well, and very responsibly. This year, we will need to make some tough decisions. In order to stay on the course we have established over the last two years, we will have to carefully watch our spending. Last year, Illinois - and virtually every other state - saw sharp increases in Medicaid costs. We responded in December by imposing $256 million in cost reductions aimed at the specific cause of the budget problem.
[February 21, 2001] 24 Unlike other states, we did not have to look outside of the Medicaid system -- to education or other social services -- for additional cuts to restore some sense to Medicaid. Illinois, like many other states, will continue to closely watch Medicaid costs with great concern. And unless we can secure more federal funds for Medicaid, we will need to impose an additional $270 million in cuts. I am confident that we will not have to impose any cuts in education, corrections, or social services. Still, we will have to continue to reform government and streamline operations. And we will have to find new ways to keep costs manageable. We've been realistic -- and conservative - in our budget assumptions. With this budget we are still able to move forward with our plans for a "New Illinois." For the third year in a row, I am recommending that 51 percent of all new state revenues be dedicated to education and workforce training. We owe it to the children of this state to maintain that commitment - and we will. With this $460 million funding increase, we will have raised state support for our schools in the last three years by $1.4 billion - the largest sustained increase in Illinois history. A majority of the new dollars earmarked for elementary and secondary education will go directly to local school districts to improve instruction and services in our classrooms. There are resources for a substantial increase in general state aid to raise the per-pupil foundation level beyond the current $4,425. I support the recommendations of a state advisory board chaired by former State School Superintendent Bob Leininger that calls for a $135 per student increase in the foundation level this year. The elementary and secondary budget also includes - for an unprecedented third straight year -- full funding of all categorical programs, as well as student breakfasts and lunches. We will continue to support classroom technology improvements, early childhood education, intensified reading courses, summer bridge programs, alternative programs for troubled students and "Project Impact," an initiative that helps students in primarily Hispanic neighborhoods improve daily attendance and their grades. As I told you last month, I want us to begin working with local school districts, parents' organizations and groups like the Illinois Business Education Coalition to start developing annual student testing as a means of ensuring greater accountability. Parents should know the progress their children are making in every school, every year. And while we continue to help local school districts meet the needs of students and their parents, we must not ignore improvements that we can make in state government. There are changes being proposed by the State Board of Education that will modernize the agency, improve efficiency and strengthen its effectiveness. I applaud State Board Chairman Ron Gidwitz and State School Superintendent Max McGee for developing a good reform plan that builds on the agency's strengths and puts it more in touch with students, parents, teachers and school officials in each and every community. Superintendent McGee has worked closely with my Office of Performance Review, to develop a workable plan to retool the State Board. By the end of next year, the State Board will transfer some programs to other state agencies where the overall coordination is more appropriate - and they will streamline the board's operations. For example, the licensing of private business and vocational schools can be moved to the Department of Professional Regulation. Several child nutrition specialists can be transferred to the Department of Public Health.
25 [February 21, 2001] Oversight of the Illinois Century Network can be switched to the Board of Higher Education. Some staff responsible for post-high school student programs can be transferred to the Community College Board. And they can outsource some audits now done by the board to private firms. In addition, they will consolidate some remaining operations, rely more on technology to reduce paperwork, and streamline the management structure. Altogether, this initiative will affect 120 positions at the State Board of Education, either through transfers within state government, annual attrition or downsizing. I am confident that we can achieve even more efficiencies next year. Lastly, I will create a task force that will take a good look at rewriting the state's school code. Right now, the school code occupies 600 pages of our statutes. Many times, these 600 pages mire districts in red tape and confound them with unnecessary procedures. This new group will focus on writing laws and regulations that will help create 21st Century schools for the next generation of Illinois leaders. I want the school code to concentrate more on the results we demand in our classrooms than on the processes that envelop our schools in red tape. Our goal should be to encourage -- not to impede. Our commitment to higher education in this budget is another record -- $3.4 billion this year for state universities, community colleges and private institutions. We will maintain and expand support for classroom instruction and important research, as well as initiatives to keep the best and the brightest of our college faculty here in Illinois. We will continue to expand our scholarship programs for Illinois students. We will earmark another $64 million for the Illinois Century Network so we can use technology to link every school, every college and university, every library and every museum in this state. And I hope that by the end of this calendar year, every school in this state - every school - will be connected to the Century Network so that every child has an opportunity to use the latest in technology to improve their grades. This budget continues our efforts to build and rehabilitate the infrastructure on our college campuses so that we can meet annual enrollment increases. Over the past two years, thanks to the combined efforts of our regular capital program, Illinois FIRST and VentureTECH, we have funded more than $642 million in capital improvements at our colleges and universities. With this budget, I propose we double our capital investment in higher education. The largest single component of this new investment will be $250 million for a new, two- year construction program designed specifically to enhance our 48 community colleges. Increasingly, these campuses are the centers of community life as well as a place where students of all ages can improve their talents and skills so they can get and keep good jobs. This new program, combined with local resources, will enable these campuses to replace aging "temporary" buildings with modern facilities that meet the need of all students who are working to enter or re-enter the workforce. Expanding opportunity for our workforce is a necessity that we must focus on in the state's budget. s I promised last month, we will not forget those who have recently lost their jobs in Illinois as the economy slows and we will do all that we can to help people who have been laid off to find a new job. Our track record shows that we can put people to work and help
[February 21, 2001] 26 people get better jobs. Over the last two years, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs' market development division has helped firms create more than 60,000 jobs. The Industrial Training Program has helped more than 149,000 workers upgrade their skills and get better jobs. And our support of exports has created more than 3,000 new jobs since 1999. In this budget, we will earmark a total of $1.3 billion for economic development activities, job training, business expansion, help for small firms and exports. This budget focuses on one of our strengths as a state - the convergence of new technologies with older business needs. Here in Illinois we successfully mix the manufacturing and service sectors together with high-tech ways of doing business. We'll boost funding to help emerging small businesses capture private loans, provide increased support for marketing new high-tech products, increase funding to develop the environmentally-friendly use of Illinois coal and expand promotional resources to increase regional, national and international tourism. We will work with business and organized labor to ensure that our unemployment insurance system, our tax structure and our workers' compensation system are fair to all parties and appropriate for the times. To capitalize on Illinois' ranking as the fourth largest high-tech economy, this budget builds on the first successful year of the VentureTECH program, dedicating almost $400 million to upgrade our scientific infrastructure, research and education in medicine, biotechnology, physics and information technology. VentureTECH includes $18 million to help promote new businesses and products that are derived from in-state research as well as on-going support for the state's medical schools so they can capture waiting federal funds that will improve academic medicine. In many cases, our medical schools are the first line of defense for low-income families with health problems. Because of our assistance, we are strengthening that safety net. This budget maintains full funding for the third year of the Illinois FIRST program. Later this spring, I will announce a road construction program that will spread out $2.3 billion in funding across the state that will widen highways, repair bridges, relieve congested suburban streets, build new roads for economic development and put tens of thousands of people to work. One of our top highway priorities will be to continue the effort to untangle the "Hillside Strangler." The mass transit program funded by Illinois FIRST in the coming year earmarks $96 million for new buses and trains, the repair of aging tracks and platforms, as well as the on-going subsidy of fares for seniors and students who live in the Chicago area. Other building projects that we will undertake this year have been in the planning and development stages for some time. These projects include $500 million in new funding for construction projects at elementary and high schools. At last count, this will mean at least 50 new schools in Illinois and many more classroom additions. It means $151 million for assorted rehabilitation and expansion projects at mental health centers, prisons, state parks, historic sites, office buildings and other state-owned sites throughout Illinois. There's $9 million to create a comprehensive juvenile diabetes care center at the University of Chicago. There's $40 million for the new fine arts center at Eastern Illinois University, $32 million for the Siebel Computer Science Building at the University of Illinois, $16 million for the library at Chicago State University, funds for a new engineering building and ethanol research center at Southern Illinois University and $30
27 [February 21, 2001] million for a new classroom and office at the U of I's Springfield campus. This budget also includes $47 million for a new State Police headquarters north of the Capitol. And while we tackle these big-ticket items, we must not forget the little needs that can improve a community's quality of life. We are working to put an end to predatory lending that threatens many neighborhoods. But we still must find a way to meet the needs of taxpayers who want to improve neighborhoods but can't qualify for traditional loans. We should look to states like Pennsylvania and organizations like the non-profit "Illinois Facilities Fund" here in our state as models. We should investigate new ways of providing loans to not-for-profits that assist in delivering services for people with addictions, mental health problems, developmental disabilities or child care needs. And we will take the first concrete steps toward increasing the capacity of our air transportation system in Northeastern Illinois. I am directing Secretary Brown to begin buying land in Will County that lies within the proposed construction footprint of the Peotone airport project. If this state is to remain economically competitive, we must increase our air transportation capacity and we must do so now. O'Hare and Midway are at their operational capacity. The flight delays we experienced last summer will only get worse. We must act now. We must build this airport. Nothing says more about our commitment to families and our neighbors than the resources that we dedicate annually to our human infrastructure -- the minds, bodies and well-being of men, women and children throughout Illinois; and especially those who need our help the most. In this budget, services to strengthen our human infrastructure receive the lion's share of all appropriations - 31 percent - and the second largest amount of new state resources. In all cases, our extensive menu of social services strives to achieve three main goals - prevention, protection and independence. Every day, across Illinois, thousands of brave and caring people help prevent risky behavior and restore a decent quality of life to many, many households. They also work hard to protect people from disease, malnutrition, substance abuse and living conditions that are not safe. And at the same time, they help thousands of people cope with a disability, poor job skills, medical conditions, drug or alcohol problems and other circumstances that prevent them from reaching their full potential. This budget does not waver from those three main goals. However, across the nation, costs for social service programs are rising faster than most states can afford. We are not immune to this in Illinois. All of us would like to spend more on our human infrastructure. But with a slowing economy, it is necessary this year that we strike a balance between achieving our social service goals and keeping the price tag under control. I believe this budget strikes that balance for Fiscal Year 2002. The Department of Public Aid is allocated $7.4 billion in state and federal funds to ensure that our most needy citizens are not left behind. Within the public aid budget we see the greatest need to strike an acceptable balance between services and cost. During the past two years, we have opened the door to health care for more people who otherwise would be left unprotected. Today we provide wide access to quality services. For instance, KidCare enrollments continue to climb, and this is good news. Through last month, 143,000 young people and pregnant women had
[February 21, 2001] 28 been enrolled in the program and are receiving necessary health care. But along with increased Medicaid enrollments comes the double-edged sword of promising advances in medicine, new drugs and modern treatments. These advances do save lives, but they also mean higher costs for Medicaid - a strain that threatens the availability of all services unless they are brought under control. Over the last two years, our Medicaid liability increased by more than $1 billion. We can't afford that kind of continuing expansion without suffocating the entire program. Late last year, we made necessary changes to the Medicaid system to address this problem. These changes did not affect the overall quality or accessibility of medical services, but the changes helped us keep the Medicaid program intact for thousands of people without any health care. In concert with those necessary changes, I have asked that we seek a substantial supplemental appropriation to the 2001 budget -- $200 million - to keep Medicaid on track for the rest of the fiscal year. I will continue to work with you, medical and health care providers as well as other stakeholders to ensure that we do not upend the strong health care safety net we have in place. We will also continue to improve the administration of one of our most important services - making sure that child support checks make it into the hands of custodial parents on time. Because the federal government decided we had to fix a system that didn't need fixing, the state remains in charge of disbursing child support checks to vulnerable families in all 102 counties. In the fall of 1999, some of those families, through no fault of theirs, were pushed to the brink when our new disbursement system nearly collapsed. Those payment delays led to other financial hardships. Because these hardships came only a few weeks from Thanksgiving and Christmas, I made the decision to use state funds and to issue emergency checks to families in need. We sent out nearly 33,000 emergency checks averaging about $280 each. It was the right thing to do. The disbursement system is now working reasonably well and we will continue to fine-tune it in order to reach maximum efficiency. In the meantime, some have suggested that we should recoup the emergency money we issued in 1999. That would not be right. With compassion and understanding, this state should not attempt to recoup those emergency payments. The circumstances behind those 33,000 emergency checks led to numerous hardships for innocent families - we should not create any more. This budget allocates $4.9 billion to the Department of Human Services - and the majority will be used to help families move from welfare to work and to ensure that services are in place to help families cope with a changing lifestyle that is no longer dependent on public assistance. There will be more money to support childcare for 3,000 additional youngsters and their parents, as well as an increase in the "Great Start" program that helps improve the skills of day care workers. There is more money for the Illinois Workforce Advantage, our comprehensive partnership with the people in distressed communities, which tailors necessary programs for specific needs. There is more money for Teen REACH after-school programs. There is more than $30 million to help us begin to make any changes needed to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, which protects the rights of persons with disabilities. And there is more money for the hard-working individuals who provide daily direct care services to the developmentally disabled. I have asked the General Assembly to approve a supplemental to the current state budget, that, combined with money in the 2002 budget,
29 [February 21, 2001] will enable us to raise the hourly wage of these workers by $1, beginning on March 1. We also will devote $6 million to bolster mental health services for teens, programs that include suicide prevention, depression and other services that go beyond what most local school districts can provide. And with those programs we will dedicate funds toward intervention services for young people to keep them out of juvenile detention facilities. These are kids who can turn their lives around with the right kind of counseling and support. We will begin to make these intervention services more available to the juvenile justice system, probation officers and police at the local level. Some counties offer these services, but many do not. We must begin to correct this imbalance. The goal is to give troubled teens every opportunity to change the direction of their lives before detention and more severe punishment is necessary. As you know, the Department of Children and Family Services is a national leader in safeguarding children and helping families stay together. This budget includes an increase of $35 million for the coordination of adoption and guardianship services to help the agency move even more children into permanent homes. Because of the hard work of dedicated DCFS employees and a new commitment to finding permanent solutions for young people with troubled backgrounds, we expect the foster care caseload to drop again this coming year by about 10 percent. We will spend more for the Department on Aging's Community Care Program, funds that will enable almost 41,000 seniors to remain in their homes. In addition, we will continue our strong commitment to LIHEAP -- the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program to help hundreds of thousands of Illinois households meet the rising costs of keeping warm in the winter. Among the states, Illinois leads the nation in the amount of money we dedicate to this program. I've asked you this spring to approve an $80 million supplemental appropriation to the 2001 budget so we can access the state and federal funds that are available for the LIHEAP program. This budget continues the great strides we have made over the last two years to protect our environment and natural resources while we enhance our vital agricultural economy and help rural Illinois. The budget includes the third $40 million installment of our Illinois Open Lands Trust, a four-year program that already has placed tens-of-thousands of acres in public hands. The Open Lands Trust supplements the $12 million allocation in the budget for the on- going Conservation 2000 program, which helps local communities preserve wildlife habitats. The budget includes a $10 million installment for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, a federal and state initiative to reduce the erosion caused by our rivers. And there is $ 5.4 million for Illinois Rivers 2020, an important program being led by Lt. Governor Corinne Wood. That $5 million will allow us to leverage $50 million in federal funds. The budget also includes $2.5 million to support the "Illinois Tomorrow" program, which helps cities and villages plan their future growth wisely. We provide the resources for the Department of Agriculture to launch a far-reaching enhancement of our agricultural economy - the new Illinois AgriFIRST program. Agriculture amounts to as much as 20 percent of Illinois' gross domestic product. The centerpiece of AgriFIRST is $3 million for grants to enhance and develop products that expand the value of our state's raw crops.
[February 21, 2001] 30 We also must continue to strengthen and encourage the use of ethanol and other alternative fuels. Illinois is the nation's leader in ethanol production - more than 600 million gallons in a year. This budget includes $2 million for a new alternative fuel incentive program to spread the use of ethanol as a renewable source of energy that does not harm the environment. We must not backtrack on our commitment to environmental protection. We must encourage and help communities implement energy efficiency programs, waste reduction and other "green" initiatives. To help, the budget includes $2 million for the "Green Illinois" program, which provides incentives to communities big and small. This budget will do more this year to make sure that all Illinois residents share clean air, clean lands and clean water. I am proposing that we create a $150 million expansion for our existing revolving loan programs that will help more towns and villages fix up aging water systems. There are many, many communities in Illinois that are required to comply with clean water standards. Yet, they do not have the financial wherewithal to make the necessary upgrades. This year, we will take the state and federal resources dedicated to our loan programs and leverage these resources for both wastewater and drinking water upgrades. In addition, there are many communities that do not have sewers at all. This budget will include funding to help meet the needs of communities without sewers or water systems. The last critical concern addressed by this budget is public safety. As crime rates continue to slide downward, we should not, and cannot, suspend our investments in the Department of Corrections, the State Police or other agencies and programs vital to keeping our communities safe. Nationally, the prison population of the states continues to climb while crime rates drop. Locking up criminals and helping them mend their ways before they return to society is making a dent in the corruption of our schoolyards and neighborhoods by criminal elements. This new measure of safety, however, does not come without a sizeable cost. I wish we could devote more of these resources to the construction of classrooms and clinics rather than to jails and juvenile detention centers. The Department of Corrections budget includes $104 million in new funding, primarily to open and staff new prisons that we need to keep pace with an inmate population that exceeds 46,000 adults and juveniles. During the current year we will open two new facilities with more than 2,600 beds. In addition, this budget provides sufficient funding for 3,600 additional beds, which includes a new maximum-security facility in Thomson -- the first new maximum-security prison we've built in more than 50 years. The budget also finishes a job we started two years ago to double the number of parole agents monitoring prisoners released back into society. The State Police budget of $385 million includes two new cadet classes that will increase the number of officers on patrol by 100 men and women. Since January of 1999, we have funded the hiring and training of some 350 new troopers to keep our highways and communities safer. The budget also includes funds to replace another 275 unsafe, high-mileage patrol cars, as well as new money to beef up and improve the agency's important forensic science capabilities.
31 [February 21, 2001] The state budget for fiscal year 2002 fulfills the promises we have made to the people of Illinois. But if we are going to continue to meet the needs of our citizens efficiently and effectively, we must improve the amount of money that we receive from the federal government. Right now, we pay 5 percent of the total federal taxes collected, but we get back only 4 percent of the spending. We continue to rank 46th among the states in federal dollars returned to our taxpayers. We are working to improve that rate of return. Last year we realized some moderate successes. Federal spending to Illinois increased by more than $1 billion to almost $56 billion - in part because we made a decision to invest more state dollars to capture federal matching funds. We received needed resources for Illinois Rivers 2020, the Stevenson Expressway, Wacker Drive, the RTA and the MetroLink system. We captured more federal dollars for child care services, to reduce school class sizes, to expand low-income heating assistance, to support an ethanol research facility in Southern Illinois, to rehabilitate Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline. The time is right for Illinois to capitalize on other federal funds that are waiting to be distributed. The speaker of the House of Representatives is a native son of Illinois. Speaker Hastert has been very helpful, along with Senator Dick Durbin, to unite our congressional delegation to make sure that everyone from Illinois is pulling in the same direction for the state. Mayor Daley and I have presented a united front in Washington to secure the help of Republicans and Democrats alike for needed funding and this strategy has worked. This year we will again seek our fair share from the federal government. In particular, we will work hard to seek an increase in federal formulas that determine how much Illinois is entitled to for numerous social services and education programs. Positive changes in these formulas could go a long way to enhance and stabilize our funding commitment for important programs that serve the families of Illinois. I cannot emphasize this point enough. Let me give you an example. Illinois is home to 4.5 percent of the nation's Medicaid population. Yet under the federal reimbursement formula, we only receive 3.5 percent of federal Medicaid funds. That one percentage point difference represents a loss to Illinois of approximately $1 billion every year. Our Medicaid recipients still receive all the benefits to which they are entitled, but Illinois taxpayers must pay a greater share of the cost of Medicaid than do taxpayers in our neighboring states. That just isn't fair. The federal reimbursement rate for Illinois is 50 percent. Wisconsin is at 59 percent. Indiana, Missouri and Iowa all are reimbursed at more than 60 percent. And Kentucky is at 71 percent. That imbalance means you and I have to allocate more of our state dollars to support Medicaid and allocate less to other worthy programs. But again, a slowing economy heralds new challenges that demand our vigilance and attention. The president and Congress are moving forward with plans to cut the tax burden on families. This is welcome news for families who deserve to keep more of what they earn and for an economy in need of stimulation. What we must watch, however, is how any tax cut affects the amount
[February 21, 2001] 32 of federal money that Congress disperses annually to the states - including Illinois. We must be cautious. Together, Republicans and Democrats at the state and federal levels have worked well together to win back more from the federal government. What we receive now is not enough. We must stay on course. The unity we have worked hard to develop in Washington within our delegation is making other states sit up and take notice. They are becoming increasingly mindful of what Illinois can accomplish - because we accomplish it together. And we must stand together to build our "New Illinois." Together, with this budget document as a guide, we can make the right choices for Illinois. We will have to make some tough choices, too. But together, we are strong enough to weather any tough choices that the future brings. And together, we will ensure that our state government does the most good for the greatest number possible. We are a strong state and this budget for 2002 will make us stronger. Let's get to work and move forward together for our "New Illinois." Thank you very much and may God bless all of you, and may God bless the State of Illinois. Having concluded his message, his Excellency Governor George H. Ryan was then escorted from the Hall of the House of Representatives by the Committee heretofore appointed. At the hour of 12:58 o'clock p.m., Senator Philip moved that the Joint Assembly do now arise. The motion prevailed. The Senate having withdrawn, the House resumed its session. Speaker Madigan in the Chair. HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING Having been printed, the following bills were taken up, read by title a second time and advanced to the order of Third Reading: HOUSE BILLS 126, 129, 144, 147, 196, 260, 397, 427 and 494. Having been printed, the following bills were taken up, read by title a second time and held on the order of Second Reading: HOUSE BILLS 128 and 400. HOUSE BILL 190. Having been printed, was taken up and read by title a second time. The following amendment was offered in the Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education, adopted and printed: AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO HOUSE BILL 190 AMENDMENT NO. 1. Amend House Bill 190 on page 2, line 3, before "
33 [February 21, 2001] time the school board shall meet the minimum term and minimum number of days of actual pupil attendance set forth in the schedule beginning with that school year. A school board is not required to increase the minimum term and minimum number of days of actual pupil attendance as provided by this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly unless the school district receives an increase in State aid in an amount at least equal to the cost to be incurred by the school district to increase the minimum term and minimum number of days of actual pupil attendance.". There being no further amendments, the foregoing Amendment No. 1 was ordered engrossed; and the bill, as amended, was held on the order of Second Reading. By unanimous consent, on motion of Representative Stephens, HOUSE BILL 41 was recalled from the order of Third Reading to the order of Second Reading and held on that order. HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING HOUSE BILL 445. Having been printed, was taken up and read by title a second time. The following amendments were offered in the Committee on Judiciary II-Criminal Law, adopted and printed: "GET AMENDMENT NO. 1 HERE". There being no further amendments, the foregoing Amendment No. 1 was ordered engrossed; and the bill, as amended, was advanced to the order of Third Reading. Having been read by title a second time on February 16, 2001 and held, the following bills were taken up and advanced to the order of Third Reading: HOUSE BILLS 442 and 469. RECALLS By unanimous consent, on motion of Representative Hoffman, HOUSE BILL 198 was recalled from the order of Third Reading to the order of Second Reading and held on that order. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING The following bills and any amendments adopted thereto were printed and laid upon the Members' desks. These bills have been examined, any amendments thereto engrossed and any errors corrected. Any amendments pending were tabled pursuant to Rule 40(a). On motion of Representative McKeon, HOUSE BILL 31 was taken up and read by title a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: 115, Yeas; 0, Nays; 1, Answering Present. (ROLL CALL 2) This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the Members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate and ask their concurrence. On motion of Representative Feigenholtz, HOUSE BILL 61 was taken up and read by title a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: 105, Yeas; 11, Nays; 0, Answering Present. (ROLL CALL 3) This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority
[February 21, 2001] 34 of the Members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate and ask their concurrence. On motion of Representative Holbrook, HOUSE BILL 169 was taken up and read by title a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: 116, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present. (ROLL CALL 4) This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the Members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate and ask their concurrence. On motion of Representative Curry, HOUSE BILL 171 was taken up and read by title a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: 115, Yeas; 0, Nays; 1, Answering Present. (ROLL CALL 5) This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the Members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate and ask their concurrence. RESOLUTIONS HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62 and 64 were taken up for consideration. Representative Currie moved the adoption of the resolutions. The motion prevailed and the Resolutions were adopted. At the hour of 4:30 o'clock p.m., Representative Currie moved that the House do now adjourn until Thursday, February 22, 2001, at 12:00 o'clock Noon. The motion prevailed. And the House stood adjourned.
35 [February 21, 2001] NO. 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE ROLL CALL QUORUM ROLL CALL FOR ATTENDANCE FEB 21, 2001 0 YEAS 0 NAYS 116 PRESENT P ACEVEDO P FEIGENHOLTZ P LINDNER P POE P BASSI P FLOWERS P LYONS,EILEEN P REITZ P BEAUBIEN P FORBY P LYONS,JOSEPH P RIGHTER P BELLOCK P FOWLER P MATHIAS P RUTHERFORD P BERNS P FRANKS P MAUTINO P RYAN P BIGGINS P FRITCHEY P MAY P RYDER P BLACK P GARRETT P McAULIFFE P SAVIANO P BOLAND P GILES P McCARTHY P SCHMITZ P BOST P GRANBERG P McGUIRE P SCHOENBERG P BRADLEY P HAMOS P McKEON P SCOTT P BRADY P HANNIG P MENDOZA P SCULLY P BROSNAHAN P HARTKE P MEYER P SLONE P BRUNSVOLD P HASSERT P MILLER P SMITH P BUGIELSKI P HOEFT P MITCHELL,BILL P SOMMER P BURKE P HOFFMAN P MITCHELL,JERRY P SOTO P CAPPARELLI P HOLBROOK P MOFFITT P STEPHENS P COLLINS P HOWARD P MOORE P STROGER P COULSON P HULTGREN E MORROW E TENHOUSE P COWLISHAW P JOHNSON P MULLIGAN P TURNER,ART P CROSS P JONES,JOHN P MURPHY P TURNER,JOHN P CROTTY P JONES,LOU P MYERS P WAIT P CURRIE P JONES,SHIRLEY P NOVAK P WINKEL P CURRY P KENNER P O'BRIEN P WINTERS P DANIELS P KLINGLER P O'CONNOR P WIRSING P DART P KOSEL P OSMOND P WOJCIK P DAVIS,MONIQUE P KRAUSE P OSTERMAN P YARBROUGH P DAVIS,STEVE P KURTZ P PANKAU P YOUNGE P DELGADO P LANG P PARKE P ZICKUS P DURKIN P LAWFER P PERSICO P MR. SPEAKER P ERWIN P LEITCH E - Denotes Excused Absence
[February 21, 2001] 36 NO. 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE ROLL CALL HOUSE BILL 31 MEDICAID-PERSONAL NEED-TOBACCO THIRD READING PASSED FEB 21, 2001 115 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 PRESENT Y ACEVEDO Y FEIGENHOLTZ Y LINDNER Y POE Y BASSI Y FLOWERS Y LYONS,EILEEN Y REITZ Y BEAUBIEN Y FORBY Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RIGHTER Y BELLOCK Y FOWLER Y MATHIAS Y RUTHERFORD Y BERNS Y FRANKS Y MAUTINO Y RYAN Y BIGGINS P FRITCHEY Y MAY Y RYDER Y BLACK Y GARRETT Y McAULIFFE Y SAVIANO Y BOLAND Y GILES Y McCARTHY Y SCHMITZ Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McGUIRE Y SCHOENBERG Y BRADLEY Y HAMOS Y McKEON Y SCOTT Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y MENDOZA Y SCULLY Y BROSNAHAN Y HARTKE Y MEYER Y SLONE Y BRUNSVOLD Y HASSERT Y MILLER Y SMITH Y BUGIELSKI Y HOEFT Y MITCHELL,BILL Y SOMMER Y BURKE Y HOFFMAN Y MITCHELL,JERRY Y SOTO Y CAPPARELLI Y HOLBROOK Y MOFFITT Y STEPHENS Y COLLINS Y HOWARD Y MOORE Y STROGER Y COULSON Y HULTGREN E MORROW E TENHOUSE Y COWLISHAW Y JOHNSON Y MULLIGAN Y TURNER,ART Y CROSS Y JONES,JOHN Y MURPHY Y TURNER,JOHN Y CROTTY Y JONES,LOU Y MYERS Y WAIT Y CURRIE Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y NOVAK Y WINKEL Y CURRY Y KENNER Y O'BRIEN Y WINTERS Y DANIELS Y KLINGLER Y O'CONNOR Y WIRSING Y DART Y KOSEL Y OSMOND Y WOJCIK Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KRAUSE Y OSTERMAN Y YARBROUGH Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KURTZ Y PANKAU Y YOUNGE Y DELGADO Y LANG Y PARKE Y ZICKUS Y DURKIN Y LAWFER Y PERSICO Y MR. SPEAKER Y ERWIN Y LEITCH E - Denotes Excused Absence
37 [February 21, 2001] NO. 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE ROLL CALL HOUSE BILL 61 VEH CD-PET FRIENDLY PLATES THIRD READING PASSED FEB 21, 2001 105 YEAS 11 NAYS 0 PRESENT Y ACEVEDO Y FEIGENHOLTZ Y LINDNER Y POE Y BASSI Y FLOWERS N LYONS,EILEEN Y REITZ Y BEAUBIEN N FORBY Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RIGHTER Y BELLOCK Y FOWLER Y MATHIAS N RUTHERFORD Y BERNS Y FRANKS Y MAUTINO Y RYAN Y BIGGINS Y FRITCHEY Y MAY Y RYDER Y BLACK Y GARRETT Y McAULIFFE Y SAVIANO Y BOLAND Y GILES N McCARTHY N SCHMITZ Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McGUIRE Y SCHOENBERG Y BRADLEY Y HAMOS Y McKEON Y SCOTT Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y MENDOZA Y SCULLY Y BROSNAHAN Y HARTKE Y MEYER N SLONE Y BRUNSVOLD Y HASSERT Y MILLER Y SMITH Y BUGIELSKI N HOEFT Y MITCHELL,BILL N SOMMER Y BURKE Y HOFFMAN Y MITCHELL,JERRY Y SOTO Y CAPPARELLI Y HOLBROOK Y MOFFITT Y STEPHENS Y COLLINS Y HOWARD Y MOORE Y STROGER Y COULSON Y HULTGREN E MORROW E TENHOUSE Y COWLISHAW Y JOHNSON Y MULLIGAN Y TURNER,ART Y CROSS N JONES,JOHN Y MURPHY Y TURNER,JOHN Y CROTTY Y JONES,LOU Y MYERS Y WAIT Y CURRIE Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y NOVAK Y WINKEL Y CURRY Y KENNER Y O'BRIEN N WINTERS Y DANIELS Y KLINGLER Y O'CONNOR Y WIRSING Y DART Y KOSEL Y OSMOND Y WOJCIK Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KRAUSE Y OSTERMAN Y YARBROUGH Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KURTZ Y PANKAU Y YOUNGE Y DELGADO Y LANG Y PARKE Y ZICKUS Y DURKIN Y LAWFER Y PERSICO Y MR. SPEAKER Y ERWIN N LEITCH E - Denotes Excused Absence
[February 21, 2001] 38 NO. 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE ROLL CALL HOUSE BILL 169 UNEMPLOY INS-ELECTION WORKERS THIRD READING PASSED FEB 21, 2001 116 YEAS 0 NAYS 0 PRESENT Y ACEVEDO Y FEIGENHOLTZ Y LINDNER Y POE Y BASSI Y FLOWERS Y LYONS,EILEEN Y REITZ Y BEAUBIEN Y FORBY Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RIGHTER Y BELLOCK Y FOWLER Y MATHIAS Y RUTHERFORD Y BERNS Y FRANKS Y MAUTINO Y RYAN Y BIGGINS Y FRITCHEY Y MAY Y RYDER Y BLACK Y GARRETT Y McAULIFFE Y SAVIANO Y BOLAND Y GILES Y McCARTHY Y SCHMITZ Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McGUIRE Y SCHOENBERG Y BRADLEY Y HAMOS Y McKEON Y SCOTT Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y MENDOZA Y SCULLY Y BROSNAHAN Y HARTKE Y MEYER Y SLONE Y BRUNSVOLD Y HASSERT Y MILLER Y SMITH Y BUGIELSKI Y HOEFT Y MITCHELL,BILL Y SOMMER Y BURKE Y HOFFMAN Y MITCHELL,JERRY Y SOTO Y CAPPARELLI Y HOLBROOK Y MOFFITT Y STEPHENS Y COLLINS Y HOWARD Y MOORE Y STROGER Y COULSON Y HULTGREN E MORROW E TENHOUSE Y COWLISHAW Y JOHNSON Y MULLIGAN Y TURNER,ART Y CROSS Y JONES,JOHN Y MURPHY Y TURNER,JOHN Y CROTTY Y JONES,LOU Y MYERS Y WAIT Y CURRIE Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y NOVAK Y WINKEL Y CURRY Y KENNER Y O'BRIEN Y WINTERS Y DANIELS Y KLINGLER Y O'CONNOR Y WIRSING Y DART Y KOSEL Y OSMOND Y WOJCIK Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KRAUSE Y OSTERMAN Y YARBROUGH Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KURTZ Y PANKAU Y YOUNGE Y DELGADO Y LANG Y PARKE Y ZICKUS Y DURKIN Y LAWFER Y PERSICO Y MR. SPEAKER Y ERWIN Y LEITCH E - Denotes Excused Absence
39 [February 21, 2001] NO. 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE ROLL CALL HOUSE BILL 171 THIRD READING PASSED FEB 21, 2001 115 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 PRESENT Y ACEVEDO Y FEIGENHOLTZ Y LINDNER Y POE Y BASSI Y FLOWERS Y LYONS,EILEEN Y REITZ Y BEAUBIEN Y FORBY Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RIGHTER Y BELLOCK Y FOWLER Y MATHIAS Y RUTHERFORD Y BERNS Y FRANKS Y MAUTINO Y RYAN Y BIGGINS P FRITCHEY Y MAY Y RYDER Y BLACK Y GARRETT Y McAULIFFE Y SAVIANO Y BOLAND Y GILES Y McCARTHY Y SCHMITZ Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McGUIRE Y SCHOENBERG Y BRADLEY Y HAMOS Y McKEON Y SCOTT Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y MENDOZA Y SCULLY Y BROSNAHAN Y HARTKE Y MEYER Y SLONE Y BRUNSVOLD Y HASSERT Y MILLER Y SMITH Y BUGIELSKI Y HOEFT Y MITCHELL,BILL Y SOMMER Y BURKE Y HOFFMAN Y MITCHELL,JERRY Y SOTO Y CAPPARELLI Y HOLBROOK Y MOFFITT Y STEPHENS Y COLLINS Y HOWARD Y MOORE Y STROGER Y COULSON Y HULTGREN E MORROW E TENHOUSE Y COWLISHAW Y JOHNSON Y MULLIGAN Y TURNER,ART Y CROSS Y JONES,JOHN Y MURPHY Y TURNER,JOHN Y CROTTY Y JONES,LOU Y MYERS Y WAIT Y CURRIE Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y NOVAK Y WINKEL Y CURRY Y KENNER Y O'BRIEN Y WINTERS Y DANIELS Y KLINGLER Y O'CONNOR Y WIRSING Y DART Y KOSEL Y OSMOND Y WOJCIK Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KRAUSE Y OSTERMAN Y YARBROUGH Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KURTZ Y PANKAU Y YOUNGE Y DELGADO Y LANG Y PARKE Y ZICKUS Y DURKIN Y LAWFER Y PERSICO Y MR. SPEAKER Y ERWIN Y LEITCH E - Denotes Excused Absence