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STATE of ILLINOIS 93Rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 5/31/2003 HB0422 Other 141 HB1069 Recalled 141 HB1069 Third Reading 147 HB3064 First Reading 25 HB3412 Recalled 27 HB3412 Third Reading 27 SB0004 Concurrence 201 SB0075 Concurrence 88 SB0096 Concurrence 172 SB0150 Concurrence 128 SB0172 Concurrence 3 SB0212 Concurrence 203 SB0222 Concurrence 173 SB0417 Concurrence 6 SB0428 Concurrence 174 SB0594 Concurrence 179 SB0600 Concurrence 181 SB0640 Concurrence 129 SB0706 Concurrence 205 SB0719 Concurrence 58 SB0735 Concurrence 187 SB0740 Concurrence 209 SB0741 Concurrence 9 SB0742 Concurrence 211 SB0744 Concurrence 214 SB0774 Concurrence 63 SB0777 Concurrence 10 SB0785 Concurrence 240 SB0787 Concurrence 216 SB0788 Concurrence 188 SB0821 Concurrence 245 SB0841 Concurrence 150 SB0842 Concurrence 69 SB0874 Concurrence 221 SB0878 Concurrence 131 SB0947 Other 141 SB0969 Concurrence 39 SB0989 Concurrence 191 SB1000 Concurrence 98 SB1075 Concurrence 224 SB1101 Concurrence 100 SB1147 Concurrence 101 SB1210 Concurrence 102 SB1239 Concurrence 244 SB1332 Concurrence 103 SB1342 Concurrence 194 SB1527 Non-Concurrence 104 SB1543 Concurrence 194 SB1601 Concurrence 227 SB1606 Concurrence 50 SB1607 Concurrence 235 SB1634 Concurrence 74 SB1650 Concurrence 195 SB1701 Concurrence 196 SB1725 Other 167 SB1725 Concurrence 157 SB1733 Concurrence 160 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 5/31/2003 SB1743 Concurrence 105 SB1784 Concurrence 106 SB1848 Concurrence 112 SB1901 Concurrence 165 SB1903 Concurrence 168 SB1912 Concurrence 198 SB1915 Concurrence 199 SB1923 Concurrence 230 SB1951 Concurrence 130 SB1983 Concurrence 125 SB2003 Concurrence 82 SR0173 Adopted 133 SR0196 Resolution Offered 1 SR0197 Resolution Offered 1 HJR0013 Adopted 200 HJR0036 Resolution Offered 221 SJR0038 Resolution Offered 248 SJR0038 Adopted 248 Senate to Order-Senator Halvorson 1 Prayer-Senator Maloney 1 Pledge of Allegiance 1 Journals-Postponed 1 Senate Stands at Ease/Reconvenes 5 Committee Reports 5 Senate Stands in Recess/Reconvenes 24 Committee Reports 24 Messages from the House 25 Messages from the House 49 Messages from the House 62 Messages from the House 82 Committee Reports 114 Committee Reports 132 Mary Holmes Recognized 137 Denysia Bastas Recognized 139 Remarks by Denysia Bastas 139 Senate Stands in Recess/Reconvenes 139 Committee Reports 140 Messages from the House 140 Message from the President 141 Senate Stands in Recess/Reconvenes 148 Messages from the House 156 Committee Reports 167 Messages from the House 186 Messages from the House 220 Committee Reports 233 Messages from the House 233 Message from the House 234 Committee Report 240 Resolutions Consent Calendar-Adopted 248 Adjournment 248 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 5/31/2003 PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Regular Session of the 93rd General Assembly will please come to order. Will the Members please be at their desks? Will the guests in the galleries please rise? The invocation today will be given by Senator Maloney, from right here in Springfield. SENATOR MALONEY: (Prayer by Senator Maloney) PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Link. SENATOR LINK: (Pledge of Allegiance, led by Senator Link) PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Members, please come to the Floor. We will be going to concurrences shortly. So if you’re anywhere near here, please come to the Floor. Reading and Approval of the Journals. Senator Link. SENATOR LINK: Madam President, I move that the reading and the approval of the Journals of Thursday, May 29th, 2003, and Friday, May 30th, in the year 2003, be postponed, pending the arrival of the printed Journal. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Senator Link moves to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal, pending arrival of the printed transcripts. There being no objection, so ordered. Squires Photography seeks leave to -- photograph the proceedings. Is there any objections? Leave is granted. Madam Secretary, Resolutions. SECRETARY HAWKER: Senate Resolution 196, offered by Senator Jacobs. And Senate Resolution 197, offered by Senators del Valle and Rauschenberger. They’re both substantive. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Senator Risinger, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR RISINGER: Point of personal privilege, Madam President. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 5/31/2003 State your point. SENATOR RISINGER: Madam President, in the gallery above you, we have some friends from Peoria, J.R. Eberle and his wife, Petra, and their sons Joey and John. Would you please help me give them a Springfield welcome, as they’ve never been in the Capitol before? PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Will our guests please rise? Welcome to Springfield. ...the Members please come to the Floor. We’ll be going to Secretary’s Desk, Motions to Concur, momentarily. Senator Sullivan, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR D. SULLIVAN: Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, I think it would be appropriate for Governor Blagojevich to visit the Senate Floor because Elvis has entered the building. We have Elvis visiting us on the Floor today. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Well, I was wondering. I was really -- Senator Burzynski, I was wondering what -- who you were trying to be. Senator Burzynski, or whoever you are, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR BURZYNSKI: Thank you, thank you very much. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Senator Welch, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR WELCH: I’d just like to point out that Senator Burzynski used to be my State Representative in DeKalb. He wore that outfit every week. That’s nothing new. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Senator Demuzio, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR DEMUZIO: I have an announcement. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Go ahead. SENATOR DEMUZIO: Yesterday was George Shadid’s fiftieth wedding anniversary. We got a call from his wife this morning and she said that she 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 5/31/2003 was very pleased that George wasn’t able to get home last night, that we kept him here and everything went just fine. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Senator Shadid, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR SHADID: Being my own humble self, I told my Leader, Emil Jones, this morning that my wife said for me to thank Emil for not letting me get home because she had a nice, restful evening. Thank you. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Illinois Information Service seeks leave to photograph the proceedings. Is there any objection? Leave is granted. Senator Geo-Karis, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR GEO-KARIS: To follow up on Senator Shadid. Again, I congratulate him, fifty years of happy marriage, but I’m sure that you’ll make up for everything when you get home tonight. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Thank you, Senator. Senator Shadid, did you hear that? Senator Trotter, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR TROTTER: Point of personal privilege, Madam President. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) State your point. SENATOR TROTTER: Yes. It is my understanding that there may be some bills that, to some, will be controversial and there might be a little contentious action going on today. So, to protect the Senate’s most loved Member, I brought my helmet today for Senator Geo- Karis just in case things start getting thrown around. So, please. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Thank you, Senator. Yeah. On page 73 of the Calendar is Order -- is the Order of Secretary’s Desk, Concurrence, Resolutions {sic}. This is final action. With leave of the Body, we will return to Senate Bill 75. Senate Bill 172. Senator John Sullivan. Madam Secretary, read the motion. SECRETARY HAWKER: 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 5/31/2003 I move to concur with the House in the adoption of their Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 172. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Rules meeting immediately in the Anteroom. Rules meeting in the President’s Anteroom. Please. Thank you. And I’m sure that’s how the day is going to go. SECRETARY HAWKER: That concurrence motion, Madam Secretary -- I mean, pardon me, Madam President, is for Amendments 1 and 2. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Senator Sullivan. SENATOR J. SULLIVAN: Good morning and thank you, Madam President. Senate Bill 172, as amended, creates the I-FLY program which is a program to help develop and promote downstate airports, to put us in a position to receive federal funding to assist with those downstate airports. I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) Is there any discussion? Senator Harmon. SENATOR HARMON: Thank you, Madam President. I move the previous question. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) That’s pretty good because there’s nobody else to speak. Senator Sullivan, to close. SENATOR J. SULLIVAN: Ask for an Aye vote. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) The question is, shall Senate Bill 172 -- oh, House Amendments 1 and 3 to Senate -- 1 and 2 to Senate Bill 172… The question is, shall the Senate concur in House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate Bill 172. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 Ayes, 1 voting Nay, 3 voting Present. And on the motion to concur in House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate Bill 172, the motion having received the required constitutional majority, Senate concurs. The bill is declared passed. Senator Righter. 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 57th Legislative Day 5/31/2003 SENATOR RIGHTER: Thank you, Madam President. A point of inquiry. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR HALVORSON) State your point.
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