* Democratic Rep. Sam Yingling was absent today, so that hurt the proponents. Retiring GOP Reps. Bill Mitchell, Chad Hays and Bob Pritchard didn’t vote. House Republican Leader Jim Durkin worked the roll call very hard. Rep. McCombie, who voted Yes when it initially passed, didn’t vote today. Rep. McAuliffe didn’t vote last time and voted “Present” this time. The sponsor can make another run at it, however. The Senate overrode the veto yesterday…

The bill is here. It received 67 votes when it originally passed. The House sponsor, Rep. Marty Moylan, said he planned to file a trailer bill to remove criminal penalties for passing local ordinances to implement the zone. The bill has no immediate effective date, so he would have until June to get that done.

…Adding… The misdemeanor criminal penalty was the focus of much of today’s debate…



Rep. Moylan says he will file a trailer bill to take off misdemeanor language. Then call right-to-work bill again the second week of veto. — Amanda Vinicky (@AmandaVinicky) October 25, 2017

* Meanwhile, this gubernatorial veto was also overridden with 80 House votes, down from 91 when it originally passed. It now moves to the Senate, where it received 35 votes (one vote shy of an override, but some Dems were missing) in May…

The Illinois House has voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner on a measure that would prohibit employers from asking applicants about their salary history. Elgin Democratic Rep. Anna Moeller’s (MOH’-lurz) legislation is seen as a gender-equity bill. Women are often paid less than men for the same work and are at a disadvantage if forced to report a previous, unfairly low wage. The legislation would prevent employers from demanding past salary history, screening job applicants based on wage history, or requiring that past salary meet a certain criteria.

* And on a related note, this override motion really had no chance. While Republicans may be super angry at the governor these days, they aren’t ever gonna be up for stuff like this…



House fails to override a veto on a state-sponsored workers’ compensation insurance company, 65-50. — Brian Mackey (@BrianMackey) October 25, 2017

* On to roofers…

On an 86-29 vote, the House overrode Rauner’s veto of legislation that would require small businesses to hire a licensed roofer to perform roofing or waterproofing work on a residential property that is being used as a business, preventing the business owner from using an employee to conduct the work. Rauner vetoed the legislation, saying it was another example of the over-regulation of job creators in the state. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Daniel Burke, D-Chicago, said it’s a public safety issue. “You can’t expect to hire your dishwasher to use a torch to fix your roof and expect you’re not going to have problems,” Burke said, pointing to a specific example of a non-licensed employee improperly using a torch on a roof in a Chicago neighborhood. “Our job in this body is to protect the public in any way we see fit.”

* In other veto session news…

Daniel Biss released the following statement as the Senate successfully overrode Bruce Rauner’s veto of the Student Loan Bill of Rights. “I was proud to introduce the Student Loan Bill of Rights, and I’m grateful for the advocates and legislators who fought to override Bruce Rauner’s veto today. “After a summer of diverting taxpayer dollars to private schools and siding with predatory lenders rather than vulnerable student borrowers, our billionaire businessman governor has again proven himself incapable of setting aside profit motives to protect students and middle-class families like mine. I urge my House colleagues to override the veto as well and finally provide students the protections they deserve as they pursue higher education.”

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