Mourns the death of Michael T. Lock.
Sponsored bills
Mourns the death of Ralph Converse of Peoria.
Mourns the death of John S. Stokowski of Peoria.
Mourns the death of Virginia Anne "Ginger" Ross of East Peoria.
Creates the Senate Advisory Committee on Healthcare to study public healthcare and make legislative and administrative recommendations with respect to issues involving Medicaid reform and/or expansion, new Medicaid rate methodologies, federal funding opportunities associated with the Affordable Care Act, and interactions between Medicaid and the Health Insurance Exchanges.
Mourns the death of Pastor Jeffery Ivory Sr. of Peoria.
Urges the Department of Transportation not to approve the production of hot mixes from recycled asphalt shingles, or to use recycled asphalt shingles from a recycler in its projects, until the Department has received from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency a copy of the information the Agency collects from the recycler in order to conduct the prior experience evaluation required under Senate Bill 1925, if that bill is enacted into law. Urges the Department to obtain verification from the recycler as to accuracy and sufficiency of the information in the Beneficial Use Determination. Urges the Department to review all verified information from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the recycler in order to make a determination regarding the propriety of the recycler's production of material for use in hot mix asphalt projects and not to approve any recycler that has a pending or unresolved environmental compliance action, against it or any of its principals, in this State or any other.
Mourns the death of Roger D. Howerter of Canton.
Mourns the death of Dale O. Dobbins of Morton.
Mourns the death of Keiya "Laurie Winkler" Dancer of Peoria.