STATE OF ILLINOIS
HOUSE JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
99TH LEGISLATIVE DAY
Perfunctory Session
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2002
4:15 0'CLOCK P.M.
NO. 99
[February 19, 2002] 2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Daily Journal Index 99th Legislative Day Action Page(s) Adjournment........................................ 4 Change of Sponsorship.............................. 3 Fiscal Notes Supplied.............................. 3 Introduction and First Reading - HB6054-6054....... 3 Bill Number Legislative Action Page(s) HJR 0061 Resolution......................................... 4 HR 0687 Resolution......................................... 3
3 [February 19, 2002] The House met pursuant to adjournment. Anthony D. Rossi, Clerk of the House in the Chair. Prayer by Anthony D. Rossi, Clerk of the House. Minutes Clerk Jennifer L. Timms led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. FISCAL NOTES SUPPLIED Fiscal Notes have been supplied for HOUSE BILLS 4244, 4932, 4937, 4953 and 5000. CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP Representative Berns asked and obtained unanimous consent to be removed as chief sponsor and Representative Mulligan asked and obtained unanimous consent to be shown as chief sponsor of HOUSE BILL 4444. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF BILLS The following bill was introduced, read by title a first time, ordered printed and placed in the Committee on Rules: HOUSE BILL 6054. Introduced by Representative Franks, a bill for AN ACT concerning political contributions. RESOLUTION The following resolutions were offered and placed in the Committee on Rules. HOUSE RESOLUTION 687 Offered by Representative McKeon: WHEREAS, It is the intent of the State of Illinois to ensure that its venders and contractors refrain from using State funds to the detriment of the public interest; and WHEREAS, OnLine Interpreters, Inc. (formerly Midwest Translations) holds a contract with the State of Illinois to provide telephone translation services to various State agencies; and WHEREAS, OnLine Interpreters' employees have faced unfair treatment from their employer such as fines, video surveillance, lack of training, and dishonored paychecks and, as a consequence, they seek influence in the policies of their employer; and WHEREAS, A majority of OnLine Interpreters' employees support the formation of a union; and WHEREAS, OnLine Interpreters has demonstrated its willingness to illegally thwart its employees' attempts to organize a union; after the employees' failed attempt to organize a union in the Fall of 2000, the National Labor Relations Board found that OnLine Interpreters violated labor law by interrogating workers and by firing union supporters; therefore be it RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we support the rights of workers to lawfully organize a union; and be it further RESOLVED, That we urge OnLine Interpreters to adopt a clear policy of non-interference if its employees attempt to form a union and, furthermore, we urge OnLine Interpreters to recognize any union based upon the support of a majority of its employees as demonstrated by union authorization cards signed by a majority of its employees; and be it further RESOLVED, That we urge the Department of Central Management Services to refrain from renewing any State contracts with OnLine
[February 19, 2002] 4 Interpreters until it is satisfied that OnLine Interpreters has complied with its legal duties to allow its employees to organize a union; and be it further RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to the Director of Central Management Services and to Mr. David Jenkins, owner of OnLine Interpreters, Inc. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 61 Offered by Representative Garrett: RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that when a chamber of the General Assembly receives a bill that passed the other chamber of the General Assembly by at least a three-fifths vote and the receiving chamber fails to assign the bill to a substantive committee, by the receiving chamber's deadline for passage of substantive bills by committee, then the chair of the Rules Committee of the receiving chamber must notify in writing the chief sponsor of the bill in its chamber of origin of the reasons for the failure to assign the bill to a substantive committee. At the hour of 4:30 o'clock p.m., Representative Klingler moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed. And in accordance therewith and pursuant to SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 52, the House stood adjourned until Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 11:30 o'clock a.m.