100% Environmental Voting Record Awards Representative John Bradley Representative Kelly Cassidy Representative Barbara Flynn Currie Representative Sara Feigenholtz Representative Laura Fine Representative Robyn Gabel Representative Greg Harris Representative Elizabeth Hernandez Representative Naomi Jakobsson Representative Emily McAsey Representative Deb Mell Representative Christian Mitchell Representative Elaine Nekritz Representative Art Turner Representative Ann Williams Representative Michael Zalewski

Senator Daniel Biss Senator Steven Landek Senator Pat McGuire

Illinois Environmental Council

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ear Reader,

Each year IEC releases its scorecard of important environmental votes in order to educate the public about their elected official’s voting record in Springfield. This year’s scorecard is particularly indicative of our success in Springfield. Our biggest issues where a vote was taken passed with nearly unanimous support with bi-partisan, geographically diverse leadership. Both recreation liability (SB1042) and fracking regulation (SB1715) were priorities for the environmental community and passed nearly unanimously. I want to caution, however, that because of our successes on priority legislation, this year’s score card is not as representative of relative environmental voting strength as previous years. Because so many environmental bills passed with unanimous support, the distinction between legislators who did and did not vote our way on bills that are not top priorities may appear overstated. Two examples of bills passing with unanimous support: •

This year the environmental community passed a bill to bring back recreation liability protections for private landowners who open their land to the public for recreation, conservation, and education. After Senator Harmon and our conservation groups worked hard to come up with language to which all parties agreed, this bill passed both chambers unanimously.

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We also include in this scorecard the vote on SB1715, a regulatory bill on hydraulic fracturing. While a moratorium is the safest and best result to regulate hydraulic fracturing, IEC supported this negotiated bill

because it achieved not only the strongest regulatory standards on mining in Illinois, but also the most comprehensive legislation in the nation. Therefore, while we considered a “yes” vote supportive of environmental regulation, we did not want to penalize legislators that felt the bill did not go far enough to protect the environment. For this bill, we also awarded a point to legislators that signed on as a sponsor of the moratorium bills – SB1418 and SB630 in the Senate and HB3086 in the House. Scorecards aren’t perfect. They are snapshots of the complicated politics of the state legislature. There is a great deal that happens in the General Assembly that can’t be measured in a vote chart. It is particularly hard to reward legislators who sponsor bills or take positive environmental votes in committee on legislation that never makes it to the floor. Additionally, even though IEC works very hard to make our position on these environmental bills known, we are competitive with other sources to get our message to legislators. This scorecard is provided as an informational service to our members and affiliates. We encourage our supporters to keep up to date on the weekly environmental news that IEC provides during session to get a clearer picture of the legislature’s work. The environmental community is also grateful to the Illinois Legislative Green Caucus – particularly chairs Rep. Ann Williams, Rep. Mike Fortner, Sen. Heather Steans, and Sen. Pam Althoff – for their organizing and support around environmental issues. We send thanks and appreciation to our 100% supporters for helping the environmental community have such a successful year.

Jennifer Walling

Executive Director Illinois Environmental Council

Explanation of Scoring For each bill, legislators are evaluated on whether they voted with the pro-environment position (“+”) on the bill or against it (“-“). For bills that the environmental community supports, a YES vote is a + and a NO vote is a -. For bills that are opposed, a NO vote is a + and a YES vote is a -. The votes are then tallied and an overall score is calculated. For instance, someone who voted pro-environment on six bills and against on four bills is given a 60% score. The only votes not counted are those when a legislator had an excused absence (noted in the chart as “A”), which generally meant that the legislator was not in Springfield on that day due to an illness or other unexpected circumstances. Legislators who had excused absences were scored according to the other votes they cast. In the House, We only awarded our 100% award to legislators on this scorecard that were present and voted for at least 6 of the 8 bills scored in each chamber. Two other voting possibilities are included. On occasion, a legislator may vote “Present,” which is essentially an abstention. We have counted these votes the same as a no vote on the bill because the impact on the bill’s potential to pass is the same as if that legislator had voted no. These are shown in the voting chart as “P” and counted the same as a “+” when it helps the pro-environment position, and shown as “p” and counted as “-“ when it hurts. Similarly, when a legislator is in Springfield but does not vote on a bill, we have counted it the same as a “no” vote on the bill. This is noted in the chart as “NV” and counted the same as a “+” when this action supports the pro-

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environment position. It is noted as “nv” and counted as “-“ when it does not support the pro-environment position. Legislators have many reasons for voting “Present” or for not voting at all. They may vote “Present” because of a philosophical conflict on the issue, or simply because they don’t want to commit publicly one way or the other. They may miss a vote because they were in an important meeting, were in the bathroom at the time of the vote, or were at their desk but decided not to vote. Regardless of the reason, all of these actions have significant consequences for whether or not a bill passes, and therefore we have decided that it is appropriate to hold legislators accountable for their actions whatever they may be. We recognize that there is some unfairness between the chambers in this scoring because the Senate does not regularly give excused absences on a vote. Because it is not possible to tell whether a legislator was a way for an excused reason or not, we have decided to score “Not Voting” the same way in each chamber. While the environmental community supported SB1715, the hydraulic fracturing regulatory bill this year, the safest and best solution to this issue is a moratorium on fracking. Because of this, if a legislator voted no or present on SB1715 because they felt the bill was not strong enough, we awarded them a point in the House if they also co-sponsored HB3086 and in the Senate if they voted YES on the vote taken on SB630 – a motion to adopt the moratorium amendment to a shell bill. Please see the page on fracking for an accurate record of the bill votes.

About the Bills in the 2013 Environmental Scorecard SB1869: Municipal Drainage Maintenance

HB2335: Urban Composting

Sponsors: Sen. Thomas Cullerton and Rep. Mike Fortner

Sponsors: Sen. Heather Steans and Rep. Robyn Gabel

SB1869 allows municipalities clear authority to manage green stormwater infrastructure systems.

HB2335 creates a new exemption for urban and suburban on farm composting.

SB1869 passed the House by a vote of 79-35-1 and the Senate 55-0

HB2335 passed the House by a vote of 101-14 and the Senate 54-1

HB1379: Municipal Water Privatization

HB1522: County Stormwater Management

Sponsors: Sen. William Haine and Rep. Brandon Phelps

Sponsors: Sen. David Koehler and Rep. Mike Fortner

HB1379 allows private water utilities to aggressively privatize water systems in Illinois. This bill does not address environmental community concerns about water conservation and ownership of Illinois’ water resources by private companies.

HB1522 creates a new financial tool for Peoria and DuPage counties to manage stormwater, including providing incentives for green stormwater infrastructure. HB1522 passed the House by a vote of 79-31 and the Senate by 38-11.

HB1379 passed the House by a vote of 77-31 and the Senate 49-2

SB1715: Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act Sponsors: Sen. Michael Frerichs and Rep. John Bradley SB1715 provides regulation of high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing. This bill requires public notice, provides for transparency, and establishes legal standing to challenge fracking operators. SB1715 passed the House by a vote of 108-9 and the Senate 52-3-4

SB1042: Recreation Liability Sponsors: Sen. Don Harmon and Rep. Ann Williams SB1042 provides liability exemptions to private landowners who open their land to the public for recreation, conservation, and education, providing an incentive to open more natural areas to the public. SB1042 passed the House by a vote 117-0 of and the Senate by 58-0.

HB3081: Littering Fine Sponsors: Sen. William Haine and Rep. Deborah Mell HB3081 creates a minimum fine of $50 for violation of the Illinois’ littering laws. HB3081 passed the House by a vote of 68-45 and the Senate 43-11

SB2350: On-Bill Financing of Energy Efficiency Sponsors: Sen. Jacqueline Collins and Rep. Arthur Turner SB2350 expands the on bill financing program for energy efficiency run by the utilities to include multi-family housing. SB2350 passed the House by a vote of 95-22 and the Senate 55-0

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House Voting Record HB 1522 Acevedo Arroyo Beiser Bellock Berrios Bost Bradley Brady Brauer Brown Burke, Daniel Burke, Kelly Cabello Cassidy Cavaletto Chapa Lavia Cloonen Conroy Costello Crespo Cross Currie D’Amico Davidsmeyer Davis, Monique Davis,William DeLuca Demmer Drury Dunkin Durkin Evans Farnham Feigenholtz Fine Flowers Ford Fortner Franks Gabel Golar Gordon-Booth Halbrook Hammond Harms Harris, David Harris, Greg Hatcher Hays Hernandez Hoffman Hurley Ives Jackson Jakobsson Jefferson Jones Kay Kifowit Kosel Lang

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2 3 111 47 39 115 117 105 87 102 1 36 68 14 107 83 79 46 116 44 97 25 15 100 27 30 80 90 58 5 82 33 43 12 17 31 8 49 63 18 6 92 110 93 106 53 13 50 104 24 113 35 42 114 103 67 29 112 84 37 16

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+ + - + + + A + + - + + - + - - - - - - + + + + + + + + + + A + - + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A - - - +

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SB 1869 + A + + + + + + - - + + - + - + - - - - + + + - + + + + - + + + - + + + + + - + + + - - + - + + - + + + + + + + + - - + +

HB 2335

SB 2350

HB 3081

SB 1042

HB 1379

SB 1715

Number of Votes

2013 Score

+ A + + + - + + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + A - + + +

+ + + + + + + + - + + + - + + + - - - + + + + - + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + - + + + - + + + + + - + +

+ A + - + - + - - + + + + + - + + + + + - + + - + + + - + + - + + + + + + - - + + + - - - - + - - + + + - + + + A - + - +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

- A - - - - A - - A - - - A - + + + + - A + - - - - - - + - - - + + + - - - + + - - - - - - + - - + - - - - + - A - + + -

+ + + + +* + + + + + + + + +* + +* + +* + + + +* + + + + + + +* +* + + + +* +* +* +* + + +* +* + + + + + +* + + +* + + + + +* + + + +* + +

8 4 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8

88 100 75 75 88 63 100 75 50 57 88 88 50 100 38 88 63 63 63 63 86 100 88 50 88 88 88 63 88 88 71 88 75 100 100 88 88 75 63 100 88 88 63 50 63 63 100 75 50 100 88 88 63 88 100 88 100 38 63 75 88

Leitch Lilly Manley Martwick Mautino Mayfield McAsey McAuliffe McSweeney Meier Mell Mitchell, Bill Mitchell, Christian Moffitt Morrison Moylan Mr. Speaker Mussman Nekritz Osmond Phelps Pihos Poe Pritchard Reboletti Reis Riley Rita Rosenthal Roth Sacia Sandack Scherer Schmitz Senger Sente Sims Smiddy Smith Sommer Sosnowski Soto Sullivan Tabares Thapedi Tracy Tryon Turner Unes Verschoore Walsh Welch Wheeler Williams Willis Yingling Zalewski

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73 78 98 19 76 60 85 20 52 108 40 101 26 74 54 55 22 56 57 61 118 48 99 70 45 109 38 28 95 75 89 81 96 65 41 59 34 71 10 88 69 4 51 21 32 94 66 9 91 72 86 7 64 11 77 62 23

R D D D D D D R R R D R D R R D D D D R D R R R R R D D R R R R D R R D D D D R R D R D D R R D R D D D R D D D D

HB 1522

SB 1869

+ + - + + + + + + - + + + + - - - - + + - - + + - - + + + + + + - A + - + + + - A A + + - + + + - - + + + + - - A

+ + - + + - + + + - + - + + - - + - + + + + + + - - + + - - + + - + + - + + P + + A + + - + A + - + + + + + - - +

HB 2335

SB 2350

HB 3081

SB 1042

HB 1379

SB 1715

Number of Votes

2013 Score

- + + + + + + + + - + - + + + + + + + + + + - + - - + + + + + + + + + + A + + - + + + + + - + + - + + + + + + + +

+ + - + + + + + + - + + + + - - + - + + + - + + + + + + + + + + - + + - + + + + + A + + + + - + + + + + - + - + +

- + + + - + + + - - + + + - - + A + + - + - - + - - + + - - - - + - - + A + - - - + - + - - - + - + + + - + + + +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

- - + - - - + - - - + - + - - + - + + A - + - - - - - - - - - - + - - + A - - - A + - - - - - + - - - - - + + + A

+ +* +* + + + +* + + + +* + + + + +* + +* +* + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +* + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +* +* +* +

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 5 8 7 8 6 5 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6

63 88 63 88 75 75 100 88 75 25 100 63 100 75 38 63 71 63 100 86 75 63 63 88 38 38 88 88 63 63 75 75 57 71 75 63 100 88 71 50 83 100 75 88 50 63 57 100 38 75 88 88 63 100 63 75 100

Pro-Environment Vote. . . . . . . . . + Anti-Environment Vote. . . . . . . . Voting Present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P

Absence (House) . . . . . . . . . . . . A Not Voting +. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NV Not Voting -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nv

HB3086 Co-sponsor (House) . . * SB630 Yes Vote (Senate). . . . . . . *

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Senate Voting Record Althoff Barickman Bertino-Tarrant Biss Bivins Brady Bush Clayborne Collins Connelly Cullerton, T Cunningham Delgado Dillard Duffy Forby Frerichs Haine Harmon Harris Hastings Holmes Hunter Hutchinson Jacobs Jones, E Koehler Kotowski LaHood Landek Lightford Link Luechtefeld Manar Martinez McCann McCarter McConnaughay McGuire Morrison Mr. President Mulroe Muñoz Murphy Noland Oberweis Radogno Raoul Rezin Righter Rose Sandoval Silverstein Stadelman Steans Sullivan Syverson Trotter Van Pelt

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32 53 49 9 45 44 31 57 16 21 23 18 2 24 26 59 52 56 39 15 19 42 3 40 36 14 46 28 37 12 4 30 58 48 20 50 54 33 43 29 6 10 1 27 22 25 41 13 38 55 51 11 8 34 7 47 35 17 5

R R D D R R D D D R D D D R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D R D D D R D D R R R D D D D D R D R R D R R R D D D D D R D D

HB 1522 - - + + nv - nv + + - nv + nv nv - + + + + + + + + + + nv + + nv + + + + + + + - - + + + + + nv + - - + - nv - + nv + + + + + +

SB 1869 + + + + + + + nv + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + nv + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + nv + + + + + nv +

HB 2335 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + nv + + + + + + + nv - + + nv + + + + + nv + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Pro-Environment Vote. . . . . . . . . + Anti-Environment Vote. . . . . . . . Voting Present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P

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SB 2350 nv + + + + nv + + + + + + + nv nv + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

HB 3081 + - + + - + + + + - + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + nv + nv + + - nv + + nv + + + - + - + + + - + + + + + + - + nv

SB 1042 + + + + + nv + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Absence (House) . . . . . . . . . . . . A Not Voting +. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NV Not Voting -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nv

HB 1379 - - - + - - NV - - - - - NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - NV - - NV NV - - - - - - - - + - - - - NV - - - - - - - - NV - - - - - -

SB 1715 + + +* +* + + +* + +* + + +* +* + + + +* + +* +* +* + +* +* +* +* + +* + + +* +* + + +* + + + + +* +* +* + + +* + + +* + + + +* +* + +* + + +* +*

2013 Score 63 63 88 100 63 50 88 75 88 63 75 88 88 63 50 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 75 75 100 63 88 75 88 88 63 50 75 100 63 88 88 88 75 88 50 75 88 75 63 75 75 88 88 88 88 75 75 75

HB3086 Co-sponsor (House) . . * SB630 Yes Vote (Senate). . . . . . . *

House members Acevedo Arroyo Beiser Bellock Berrios Bost Bradley Brady Brauer Brown Burke, Daniel Burke, Kelly Cabello Cassidy Cavaletto Chapa Lavia Cloonen Conroy Costello Crespo Cross Currie D'Amico Davidsmeyer Davis,Monique Davis,William DeLuca Demmer Drury Dunkin Durkin Evans Farnham Feigenholtz Fine Flowers Ford Fortner Franks Gabel Golar Gordon-Booth Halbrook Hammond Harms Harris,David Harris,Greg Hatcher Hays Hernandez Hoffman Hurley Ives Jackson Jakobsson Jefferson Jones Kay Kifowit

HB3086 SB1715 co-sponsor Support Support Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

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Fracking House members

Kosel Lang Leitch Lilly Manley Martwick Mautino Mayfield McAsey McAuliffe McSweeney Meier Mell Mitchell, Bill Mitchell, Christian Moffitt Morrison Moylan Mr. Speaker Mussman Nekritz Osmond Phelps Pihos Poe Pritchard Reboletti Reis Riley Rita Rosenthal Roth Sacia Sandack Scherer Schmitz Senger Sente Sims Smiddy Smith Sommer Sosnowski Soto Sullivan Tabares Thapedi Tracy Tryon Turner Unes Verschoore Walsh Welch Wheeler Williams Willis Yingling Zalewski

Pro-Environment Vote. . . . . . . . . + Anti-Environment Vote. . . . . . . . Voting Present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P

HB3086 co-sponsor Support Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

SB1715 Support

Absence (House) . . . . . . . . . . . . A Not Voting +. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NV Not Voting -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nv

Senate members Althoff Barickman Bertino-Tarrant Biss Bivins Brady Bush Clayborne Collins Connelly Cullerton, T Cunningham Delgado Dillard Duffy Forby Frerichs Haine Harmon Harris Hastings Holmes Hunter Hutchinson Jacobs Jones, E Koehler Kotowski LaHood Landek Lightford Link Luechtefeld Manar Martinez McCann McCarter McConnaughay McGuire Morrison Mr. President Mulroe Muñoz Murphy Noland Oberweis Radogno Raoul Rezin Righter Rose Sandoval Silverstein Stadelman Steans Sullivan Syverson Trotter Van Pelt

SB630 Motion to Adopt Amendment SB1715 1 Support Support Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y NV P Y Y N Y NV Y Y P Y Y N Y N Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N Y NV Y Y Y Y Y N Y N P Y Y N Y N Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y NV Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y N Y N Y N Y Y P Y Y NV Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y

HB3086 Co-sponsor (House) . . * SB630 Yes Vote (Senate). . . . . . . *

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The Environmental Scorecard is published by the Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) for purposes of public education. It provides a record and analysis of votes in the Illinois General Assembly on a wide range of environmental and conservation bills with the goal of creating a better-informed citizenry. No endorsement of any party, legislator or political candidate is implied in this Scorecard or in any other publications or activities of the Illinois Environmental Council. The IEC does not make financial contributions to any candidate or political party. IEC is a non-partisan 38-year-old organization that promotes sound environmental laws and policies, provides a forum for environmentalists, and facilitates a statewide activist network. IEC performs legislative advocacy and serves as the environmental community’s eyes, ears and voice in Springfield.

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