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HOUSE JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
19TH LEGISLATIVE DAY
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1999
1:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
The Speaker in the Chair.
Prayer by LeeArthur Crawford, Assistant Pastor with the Victory
Temple Church in Springfield, Illinois.
Representative Black 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:
117 present. (ROLL CALL 1)
By unanimous consent, Representative Ronen was excused from
attendance.
TEMPORARY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
The Speaker announced the following temporary committee
assignments:
Representative Bradley replaced Representative Giglio in the
Committee on Election & Campaign Reform on February 24, 1999.
Representative Reitz replaced Representative Scully in the
Committee on State Procurement on February 24, 1999.
Representative Mautino replaced Representative Lopez, and
Representative Hannig replaced Representative Acevedo in the
Committee on Executive on February 25, 1999.
Representative Ronen replaced Representative Garrett in the
Committee on Aging on February 26, 1999.
Representative Silva replaced Representative Garrett in the
Committee on Urban Revitalization on February 26, 1999.
PERMANENT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Representative Daniels appointed the following Republican Member
to serve on the following Committee:
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PUBLIC UTILITIES: Representative Andrea Moore.
MOTIONS
SUBMITTED
Representative Smith submitted the following written motion,
which was placed on the order of Motions:
MOTION
Pursuant to Rule 25, I move to suspend the posting requirements
in relation to HOUSE BILL 398 assigned to the Committee on Personnel
& Pensions.
REQUEST FOR FISCAL NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that Fiscal Notes be supplied for
HOUSE BILLS 264, as amended and 1265.
Representative Poe requested that a Fiscal Note be supplied for
HOUSE BILL 515.
Representative Kosel requested that a Fiscal Note be supplied for
HOUSE BILL 803.
Representative Black requested that Fiscal Notes be supplied for
HOUSE BILLS 143, as amended, 385, as amended, 1232, as amended, 1233,
as amended and 1283.
Representative Bassi requested that a Fiscal Note be supplied for
HOUSE BILL 2253.
Representative Lang requested that a Fiscal Note be supplied for
HOUSE BILL 1271.
FISCAL NOTES SUPPLIED
Fiscal Notes have been supplied for HOUSE BILLS 455, 557, 631,
742, 743, 761, 778, 825, 857, 897, 906, 1166, 1230, 1361, 1365, 1368,
1424, 1501, 1502, 1525, 1536, 1824, 1967, 1968, 2031, 2034, 2047,
2513 and HOUSE RESOLUTION 36.
REQUEST FOR HOME RULE NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that a Home Rule Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 264, as amended.
Representative Black requested that a Home Rule Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 210.
Representative Lang requested that a Home Rule Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 1271.
HOME RULE IMPACT NOTES SUPPLIED
Home Rule Impact Notes have been supplied for HOUSE BILLS 242, as
amended, 482, 552, 661 and 709.
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REQUEST FOR BALANCED BUDGET NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that Balanced Budget Notes be
supplied for HOUSE BILLS 264, as amended, 557 and 1265.
BALANCED BUDGET NOTES SUPPLIED
Balanced Budget Notes have been supplied for HOUSE BILLS 274,
474, 557, 851, as amended and 999.
REQUEST FOR CORRECTIONAL BUDGET & IMPACT NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that a Correctional Budget &
Impact Note be supplied for HOUSE BILL 820.
Representative Black requested that a Correctional Budget &
Impact Note be supplied for HOUSE BILL 210.
CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTES SUPPLIED
Correctional Budget and Impact Notes have been supplied for HOUSE
BILLS 242, as amended, 709, 1365 and 2351.
REQUEST FOR STATE MANDATE NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that State Mandate Notes be
supplied for HOUSE BILLS 264, as amended, 820 and 1265.
Representative Black requested that State Mandate Notes be
supplied for HOUSE BILLS 143, as amended, 210, 385, as amended, 1232,
as amended, 1233, as amended and 1283.
Representative Bassi requested that a State Mandate Note be
supplied for HOUSE BILL 2253.
Representative Lang requested that a State Mandates Note be
supplied for HOUSE BILL 1271.
STATE MANDATE NOTES SUPPLIED
State Mandate Notes have been supplied for HOUSE BILLS 212, 242,
as amended, 515, 552, 661, 709, 1132 and 1269.
REQUEST FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that a Housing Affordability
Impact Note be supplied for HOUSE BILL 264, as amended.
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE SUPPLIED
A Housing Affordability Impact Note has been supplied for HOUSE
BILL 1692.
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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that Judicial Notes be supplied
for HOUSE BILLS 264, as amended, 820 and 1265.
Representative Black requested that a Judicial Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 210.
Representative Lang requested that a Judicial Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 1271.
JUDICIAL NOTES SUPPLIED
Judicial Notes have been supplied for HOUSE BILLS 727, as amended
999.
REQUEST FOR HOME RULE NOTES
Representative Pankau requested that a Home Rule Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 264, as amended.
Representative Black requested that a Home Rule Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 210.
Representative Lang requested that a Home Rule Note be supplied
for HOUSE BILL 1271.
REQUEST FOR STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE
Representative Lang requested that a State Debt Impact Note be
supplied for HOUSE BILL 1271.
FISCAL NOTE WITHDRAWN
Representative Poe withdrew his request for a Fiscal Note on
HOUSE BILL 999.
STATE MANDATES NOTE WITHDRAWN
Representative Poe withdrew his request for a State Mandates Note
on HOUSE BILL 999.
BALANCED BUDGET NOTE WITHDRAWN
Representative Poe withdrew his request for a Balanced Budget
Note on HOUSE BILL 999.
HOME RULE NOTE WITHDRAWN
Representative Poe withdrew his request for a Home Rule Note on
HOUSE BILL 999.
JUDICIAL NOTE WITHDRAWN
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Representative Poe withdrew his request for a Judicial Note on
HOUSE BILL 999.
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 passed bills of the following
titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the
concurrence of the House of Representatives, to-wit:
SENATE BILL NO. 147
A bill for AN ACT creating the Criminal Law and Corrections
Commission, amending a named Act.
SENATE BILL NO. 150
A bill for AN ACT concerning the Illinois Building Commission.
SENATE BILL NO. 215
A bill for AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
7-1.
SENATE BILL NO. 304
A bill for AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
Section 12-4.
Passed by the Senate, March 2, 1999.
Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate
The foregoing SENATE BILLS 147, 150, 215 and 304 were ordered
printed and to a First Reading.
REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
Representative Lang, Chairperson, from the Committee on Mental
Health & Patient Abuse to which the following were referred, action
taken earlier today, and reported the same back with the following
recommendations:
That the bill be reported "do pass as amended" and be placed on
the order of Second Reading -- Short Debate: HOUSE BILLS 182, 183,
184, 378, 462 and 1325.
The committee roll call vote on HOUSE BILL 182 is as follows:
9, Yeas; 0, Nays; 1, Answering Present.
Y Lang, Chair P Klingler
Y Bellock, Spkpn Y Lindner
Y Brosnahan, Vice-Chair Y Lyons, Eileen
A Cowlishaw Y McCarthy
Y Crotty A Mitchell, Jerry
A Gash Y Scott
Y Woolard
The committee roll call vote on HOUSE BILLS 183, 184 and 378 is
as follows:
12, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
Y Lang, Chair Y Klingler
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Y Bellock, Spkpn Y Lindner
Y Brosnahan, Vice-Chair Y Lyons, Eileen
A Cowlishaw Y McCarthy
Y Crotty Y Mitchell, Jerry
Y Gash Y Scott
Y Woolard
The committee roll call vote on HOUSE BILL 462 is as follows:
10, Yeas; 1, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
Y Lang, Chair N Klingler
Y Bellock, Spkpn Y Lindner
Y Brosnahan, Vice-Chair Y Lyons, Eileen
A Cowlishaw Y McCarthy
Y Crotty Y Mitchell, Jerry
A Gash Y Scott
Y Woolard
The committee roll call vote on HOUSE BILL 1325 is as follows:
10, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
Y Lang, Chair A Klingler
Y Bellock, Spkpn Y Lindner
Y Brosnahan, Vice-Chair Y Lyons, Eileen
A Cowlishaw Y McCarthy
Y Crotty Y Mitchell, Jerry
A Gash Y Scott
Y Woolard
Representative Schoenberg, Chairperson, from the Committee on
State Procurement to which the following were referred, action taken
earlier today, and reported the same back with the following
recommendations:
That the bill be reported "do pass" and be placed on the order of
Second Reading -- Short Debate: HOUSE BILL 2253.
The committee roll call vote on HOUSE BILL 2253 is as follows:
7, Yeas; 2, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
Y Schoenberg, Chair N Johnson, Tom
N Bassi, Spkpn Y Moffitt
Y Hartke Y Morrow
Y Johnson, Tim Y Scully (Joseph Lyons)
Y Silva
CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP
Representative Lang asked and obtained unanimous consent to be
removed as chief sponsor and Representative Mathias asked and
obtained unanimous consent to be shown as chief sponsor of HOUSE BILL
377.
Representative Madigan asked and obtained unanimous consent to be
removed as chief sponsor and Representative McCarthy asked and
obtained unanimous consent to be shown as chief sponsor of HOUSE BILL
1622.
Representative Feigenholtz asked and obtained unanimous consent
to be removed as chief sponsor and Representative O'Brien asked and
obtained unanimous consent to be shown as chief sponsor of HOUSE BILL
2313.
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HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
CONSENT CALENDAR
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 541, 607 and 668.
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 67, 76 and 78.
HOUSE BILL 1. Having been printed, was taken up and read by title
a second time.
Committee Amendment No. 1 lost in the Committee on Elections &
Campaign Reform.
There being no further amendments, the bill was advanced to the
order of Third Reading.
HOUSE BILL 38. Having been printed, was taken up and read by
title a second time.
The following amendment was offered in the Committee on Elections
& Campaign Reform, adopted and printed:
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO HOUSE BILL 38
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Amend House Bill 38 by replacing the title with
the following:
"AN ACT concerning ethics, amending named Acts."; and
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended by
changing Section 4A-106 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/4A-106) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106)
Sec. 4A-106. The statements of economic interests required of
persons listed in items (a) through (f) and item (j) of Section
4A-101 shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The statements of
economic interests required of persons listed in items (g), (h), (i),
(k), and (l) of Section 4A-101 shall be filed with the county clerk
of the county in which the principal office of the unit of local
government with which the person is associated is located. If it is
not apparent which county the principal office of a unit of local
government is located, the chief administrative officer, or his or
her designee, has the authority, for purposes of this Act, to
determine the county in which the principal office is located. On or
before February 1 annually, (1) the chief administrative officer of
any State agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch
employing persons required to file under item (f) of Section 4A-101
shall certify to the Secretary of State the names and mailing
addresses of those persons, and (2) the chief administrative officer,
or his or her designee, of each unit of local government with persons
described in items (h), (i) and (k) of Section 4A-101 shall certify
to the appropriate county clerk a list of names and addresses of
persons described in items (h), (i) and (k) of Section 4A-101 that
are required to file. In preparing the lists, each chief
administrative officer, or his or her designee, shall set out the
names in alphabetical order.
On or before February 1 annually, the secretary to the board of
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education for local school councils established pursuant to Section
34-2.1 of the School Code shall certify to the county clerk the names
and mailing addresses of those persons described in item (l) of
Section 4A-101.
On or before April 1 annually, the Secretary of State shall
notify (1) all persons whose names have been certified to him under
item (f) of Section 4A-101, and (2) all persons described in items
(a) through (e) and item (j) of Section 4A-101, other than candidates
for office who have filed their statements with their nominating
petitions, of the requirements for filing statements of economic
interests.
On or before April 1 annually, the county clerk of each county
shall notify all persons whose names have been certified to him under
items (g), (h), (i), (k), and (l) of Section 4A-101, other than
candidates for office who have filed their statements with their
nominating petitions, of the requirements for filing statements of
economic interests.
Except as provided in Section 4A-106.1, the notices provided for
in this Section shall be in writing and deposited in the U.S. Mail,
properly addressed, first class postage prepaid, on or before the day
required by this Section for the sending of the notice. A certificate
executed by the Secretary of State or county clerk attesting that he
has mailed the notice has been mailed constitutes prima facie
evidence thereof.
From the lists certified to him under this Section of persons
described in items (g), (h), (i), (k), and (l) of Section 4A-101, the
clerk of each county shall compile an alphabetical listing of persons
required to file statements of economic interests in his office under
any of those items. As the statements are filed in his office, the
county clerk shall cause the fact of that filing to be indicated on
the alphabetical listing of persons who are required to file
statements. Within 30 days after the due dates, the county clerk
shall mail to the State Board of Elections a true copy of that
listing showing those who have filed statements.
The county clerk of each county shall note upon the alphabetical
listing the names of all persons required to file a statement of
economic interests who failed to file a statement on or before May 1.
It shall be the duty of the several county clerks to give notice as
provided in Section 4A-105 to any person who has failed to file his
or her statement with the clerk on or before May 1.
Any person who files or has filed a statement of economic
interest under this Act is entitled to receive from the Secretary of
State or county clerk, as the case may be, a receipt indicating that
the person has filed such a statement, the date of such filing, and
the identity of the governmental unit in relation to which the filing
is required.
The Secretary of State may employ such employees and consultants
as he considers necessary to carry out his duties hereunder, and may
prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and provide for
reimbursement of their expenses.
All statements of economic interests filed under this Section
shall be available for examination and copying by the public at all
reasonable times.
The Secretary may, by rule, allow for the optional filing of
statements of economic interest in an electronic format. No later
than June 1, 2001, the Secretary shall promptly make all disclosures
required to be filed under this Section by candidates for election to
the General Assembly and members of the General Assembly and
candidates for and persons holding the offices of Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State
Comptroller, and State Treasurer publicly available by means of a
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searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide Web.
Each person examining a statement must first fill out a form prepared
by the Secretary of State identifying the examiner by name,
occupation, address and telephone number, and listing the date of
examination and reason for such examination. The Secretary of State
shall supply such forms to the county clerks annually and replenish
such forms upon request.
The Secretary of State or county clerk, as the case may be, shall
promptly notify each person required to file a statement under this
Article of each instance of an examination of his statement by
sending him a duplicate original of the identification form filled
out by the person examining his statement.
(Source: P.A. 88-187; 88-511; 88-605, eff. 9-1-94; 89-433, eff.
12-15-95.)
Section 10. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by adding
Section 5.5 as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/5.5 new)
Sec. 5.5. Electronic filing. The Secretary may, by rule, allow
for the optional filing of the reports required by this Act in an
electronic format. Other than the pictures required by subsection
(d) of Section 5, the Secretary must, no later than June 1, 2001,
make all information required by Sections 5 and 6 publicly available
by means of a searchable database that is accessible through the
World Wide Web.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming
law.".
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.
ACTION ON MOTIONS
Representative Saviano asked and obtained unanimous consent to
suspend the provisions of Rule 25 to waive the posing requirements on
HOUSE BILL 2140.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
The following bill and any amendments adopted thereto was printed
and laid upon the Members' desks. Any amendments pending were tabled
pursuant to Rule 40(a).
On motion of Representative Madigan, SENATE BILL 22 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; 0, 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.
At the hour of 1:27 o'clock p.m., Representative Currie moved
that the House do now adjourn until Wednesday, March 3, 1999, at
12:00 o'clock Noon.
The motion prevailed.
And the House stood adjourned.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
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HOUSE ROLL CALL
QUORUM ROLL CALL FOR ATTENDANCE
MAR 02, 1999
0 YEAS 0 NAYS 117 PRESENT
P ACEVEDO P FOWLER P LINDNER P RIGHTER
P BASSI P FRANKS P LOPEZ E RONEN
P BEAUBIEN P FRITCHEY P LYONS,EILEEN P RUTHERFORD
P BELLOCK P GARRETT P LYONS,JOSEPH P RYDER
P BIGGINS P GASH P MATHIAS P SAVIANO
P BLACK P GIGLIO P MAUTINO P SCHMITZ
P BOLAND P GILES P McAULIFFE P SCHOENBERG
P BOST P GRANBERG P McCARTHY P SCOTT
P BRADLEY P HAMOS P McGUIRE P SCULLY
P BRADY P HANNIG P McKEON P SHARP
P BROSNAHAN P HARRIS P MEYER P SILVA
P BRUNSVOLD P HARTKE P MITCHELL,BILL P SKINNER
P BUGIELSKI P HASSERT P MITCHELL,JERRYP SLONE
P BURKE P HOEFT P MOFFITT P SMITH
P CAPPARELLI P HOFFMAN P MOORE P SOMMER
P COULSON P HOLBROOK P MORROW P STEPHENS
P COWLISHAW P HOWARD P MULLIGAN P STROGER
P CROSS P HULTGREN P MURPHY P TENHOUSE
P CROTTY P JOHNSON,TIM P MYERS P TURNER,ART
P CURRIE P JOHNSON,TOM P NOVAK P TURNER,JOHN
P CURRY P JONES,JOHN P O'BRIEN P WAIT
P DANIELS P JONES,LOU P O'CONNOR P WINKEL
P DART P JONES,SHIRLEY P OSMOND P WINTERS
P DAVIS,MONIQUE P KENNER P PANKAU P WIRSING
P DAVIS,STEVE P KLINGLER P PARKE P WOJCIK
P DELGADO P KOSEL P PERSICO P WOOLARD
P DURKIN P KRAUSE P POE P YOUNGE
P ERWIN P LANG P PUGH P ZICKUS
P FEIGENHOLTZ P LAWFER P REITZ P MR. SPEAKER
P FLOWERS P LEITCH
E - Denotes Excused Absence
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE ROLL CALL
SENATE BILL 22
$SUPP FY99-SBE-DCCA
THIRD READING
PASSED
MAR 02, 1999
115 YEAS 0 NAYS 0 PRESENT
Y ACEVEDO Y FOWLER Y LINDNER Y RIGHTER
Y BASSI Y FRANKS Y LOPEZ E RONEN
Y BEAUBIEN Y FRITCHEY Y LYONS,EILEEN Y RUTHERFORD
Y BELLOCK Y GARRETT Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RYDER
Y BIGGINS Y GASH Y MATHIAS Y SAVIANO
Y BLACK Y GIGLIO Y MAUTINO Y SCHMITZ
Y BOLAND Y GILES Y McAULIFFE Y SCHOENBERG
Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McCARTHY A SCOTT
Y BRADLEY Y HAMOS Y McGUIRE A SCULLY
Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y McKEON Y SHARP
Y BROSNAHAN Y HARRIS Y MEYER Y SILVA
Y BRUNSVOLD Y HARTKE Y MITCHELL,BILL Y SKINNER
Y BUGIELSKI Y HASSERT Y MITCHELL,JERRYY SLONE
Y BURKE Y HOEFT Y MOFFITT Y SMITH
Y CAPPARELLI Y HOFFMAN Y MOORE Y SOMMER
Y COULSON Y HOLBROOK Y MORROW Y STEPHENS
Y COWLISHAW Y HOWARD Y MULLIGAN Y STROGER
Y CROSS Y HULTGREN Y MURPHY Y TENHOUSE
Y CROTTY Y JOHNSON,TIM Y MYERS Y TURNER,ART
Y CURRIE Y JOHNSON,TOM Y NOVAK Y TURNER,JOHN
Y CURRY Y JONES,JOHN Y O'BRIEN Y WAIT
Y DANIELS Y JONES,LOU Y O'CONNOR Y WINKEL
Y DART Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y OSMOND Y WINTERS
Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KENNER Y PANKAU Y WIRSING
Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KLINGLER Y PARKE Y WOJCIK
Y DELGADO Y KOSEL Y PERSICO Y WOOLARD
Y DURKIN Y KRAUSE Y POE Y YOUNGE
Y ERWIN Y LANG Y PUGH Y ZICKUS
Y FEIGENHOLTZ Y LAWFER Y REITZ Y MR. SPEAKER
Y FLOWERS Y LEITCH
E - Denotes Excused Absence
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