A local lawmaker who was on the front lines of the nuclear energy legislation passing in Illinois last week says the days and hours leading up to the vote on the bill was the wildest thing he'd ever seen in Springfield.
State Senator Chapin Rose says the early portion of the week things did not look good and then Wednesday is when the craziness began. He explains once Governor Rauner threw his support Wednesday, the overnight hours produced what looked like the ultimate conclusion of the bills fate.
Once the legislation was amended, support for the bill faded quickly as lawmakers were not happy and then began to question the validity of the bill. Sen. Rose it took all they had to get support back for the bill once the amendments were removed.
That was only the start of the chaos though. Sen. Rose explains, upon hearing of the support dwindling on the bill, lawmakers were headed to the airport and getting in cars and getting out of dodge, only to be called back.
The Senator says it was the wildest scene he's ever witnessed in Springfield.
Once lawmakers were back and in the building, Sen. Rose says things continued to be unexpected as he was the one that presented the bill on the Senate floor.
Sen. Rose says there is a lot of back story to the passage of the bill and how things become law in Illinois. He calls it complete madness.
