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State Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, said his chamber
received a House bill with an appropriations title on Thursday.
“We are reciprocating today by sending an appropriations title
back to the House, and we’ll negotiate with the House on passage
of a final budget,” Harmon said.
The Senate president sponsored Senate Bill 2510.
“This is a vehicle bill. There is no content, and I’d ask
members who are able to support the bill going over to the
House,” Harmon said.
State Sen. Li Arellano, R-Dixon, said Gov. J.B. Pritzker
presented his budget proposal months ago.
“Transparency is important. We’re days away. We have no language
to look at. I am not speaking as a member of the minority party.
I am speaking as a concerned citizen who wants to know what’s
getting discussed,” Arellano said.
Arellano is the former mayor of Dixon, Illinois. Years earlier,
Dixon’s comptroller was convicted of embezzling millions of
dollars from the city.
“This would not be legally acceptable at a municipality. My
critique is, going forward, we have to find a way where
transparency is again part of the process,” Arellano said.
The shell bill, SB 2510, passed by a vote of 31 to 19.
The General Assembly’s legislative session is scheduled to end
Saturday.
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