IL Senate Floor Session — REGULAR Session (Day 82)

(Invocation)

(Pledge of Allegiance)

Senate Journals of February 18th, 19th, 24th and 25th, 2026.

Madam President, I move that the Journals just read by the Secretary, be approved unless some Senator has additions or corrections to offer.

Senate Journal of Thursday, March 5th, 2026.

Madam President, I move to postpone the reading and approval of the Journal just read by the Secretary, pending arrival of the printed transcripts.

Senate Resolutions 657 through 660, 665, and 666, offered by Senator Anderson and all Members -- and all Members. They are all celebration of life resolutions, Madam President.

Senate Resolution 661, offered by Senator Collins. Senate Resolution 662, offered by Senator Wilcox and Senate Resolution 663, offered by Senator Anderson. They are congratulatory. Senate Resolution 664, offered by Senator Sally Turner. Senate Resolution 667, offered by Senator Fine and Senate Joint Resolution 56, offered by Senator Wilcox. They are all substantive.

Senate Bill 4169, offered by Senator Villanueva, an Act concerning State government. Senate Bill 4170, offered by Senator Loughran Cappel, an Act concerning regulation. Senate Bill 4171, offered by Senator Hunter, an Act concerning appropriations. Senate Bill 4172, offered by Senator Faraci, an Act concerning appropriations. Senate Bill 4173, offered by Senator Villanueva, an Act concerning appropriations. Senate Bill 4174, offered by Senator Sims, an Act concerning appropriations. 1st Reading of the bills.

Appointment Message 1040450, Governor's non-salaried appointment, To be a member of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; Candice Adams. Appointment Message 1040451, Governor's non-salaried appointment, to be Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Rock Island County; Mary Anne Brown. Appointment Message 1040452, Governor's non-salaried appointment, to be Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Jersey County; Scott W. Schultz.

Senator Cunningham, Chair of the Committee on Assignments, reports the following Legislative Measures have been assigned: Refer to Appropriations Committee - Senate Bill 2315, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2852, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3957 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 4021; refer to Appropriations, Health and Human Services Committee - Senate Bill 1225, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1225, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3277 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3462; refer to Appropriations, Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee - Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3627; refer to Behavioral and Mental Health Committee - Committee Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 2771; refer to Consumer Protection Committee - Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3719; refer to Criminal Law Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1781, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3048, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3020, and Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3636; refer to Education Committee - Senate Bill 3070 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2837; refer to Energy and Public Utilities Committee - Senate Bill 3450, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 41, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2785, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2808, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2902, Committee Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 3104, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3234, Committee Amendments 2 and 3 to Senate Bill 3268, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3272, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3612, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3974 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 4039; refer to Executive Committee - Senate Bills 3329, 3416, 3771, 3930 and 3980, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1995, Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2393, Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2202, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2667, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2764, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2801, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2819, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2875, Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2877, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2994, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2996, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3181, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3182, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3264, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3364, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3674, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3830, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3901, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 4015, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3634, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3659 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 4015; refer to Financial Institutions Committee - Senate Bill 3019 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3113; refer to Health and Human Services Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3766, and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3798; refer to Insurance Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2838, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2962 and Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3147, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3205 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3509; refer to Judiciary Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2822, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3005, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3381, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3561; refer to Labor Committee - Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2906 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3800; refer to Licensed Activities Committee - Senate Bill 1743, Senate Bill 3211, Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2806, Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3265, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3895 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3897; refer to Local Government Committee - Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2829 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3951; refer to Pensions Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1454; refer to Public Health Committee - Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2790, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3487; refer to Revenue Committee - Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1750; refer to State Government Committee - Senate Bill 3086 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3037, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3661; refer to Transportation Committee - Committee Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2787, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2858, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3275, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3290 and Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3484; Be Approved for Consideration - Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3213, Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3917 and Senate Joint Resolution 42. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3- 8(b-1) the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments, Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3507 and Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 3917. Signed, Senator Bill Cunningham, Chair.

I have an announcement.

This is March Madness, and I'm all about all things basketball, so I want to congratulate the Chatham Girls 3A Basketball Team for getting second place in the State tournament, which is a significant accomplishment. And -- So IL 48 was deep in the tournament this season, and on last night the Decatur MacArthur Generals had played in their super sectional. They had a remarkable season going 34 and 2, and we had real high hopes for them making it all the way to Champaign. Unfortunately, they ran up against Senator Belt's East St. Louis Fliers and they fell a little bit short. There was a questionable call by the -- by the referee at the last minute, but that's neither here nor there. So, they, but I do want to congratulate Senator Belt's East St. Louis Fliers for winning that super sectional and going to represent at the State tournament on Friday.

Purpose of an introduction.

Well, today I have my Youth Advisory Board that is here today in the gallery area. It's Lilian Chen, Natasha Vineyard, Sylvia Scanlan, Jarrel Tipe, Emmy Bui, Alex Kelly, Julia Shutts-Fruit, Angel Simon, and yes, Seth Lewis. We have another Seth Lewis here today in - in the Senate. We meet once a month. We talk about policies and how they can become more involved in the district and in -- in our legislature. And they're here just seeing how we do things here in the Senate. And I want to give them a warm welcome.

Senate Bill 4175, offered by Senator Glowiak Hilton, an Act concerning local government. 1st Reading of the bill.

Thank you, Madam President. Just for an announcement, please?

I'd be remiss if Senate -- Senator Doris Turner -- Senator Doris Turner got to talk about her basketball team. So, I'm going to talk about my girls basketball team, District 44. We had two best girls basketball teams that played for first and second Dee- Mack, Deer Creek-Mackinaw. They -- they won 1st place in 1A and then Mount Pulaski, they played them and Mount Pulaski got second place. So, cheers to them and we're really proud of them in the 44th District. Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you Madam President, for an announcement.

The announcement is that the Senate Democrats will caucus in the President's Office at 1:00 for about 30 minutes.

An announcement.

Madam President, the Senate Republicans will caucus in Room 400 of the Capitol at 1 o'clock for approximately one hour.