After an hour and a half testifying, Plocher quickly left out of a side door of the hearing room and ignored questions from reporters as he boarded an elevator.
Officers with the Illinois Secretary of State and Springfield police departments, including bomb-sniffing dogs, swept the Capitol grounds before an "all clear" order was issued around 3 p.m.
Nursing homes would be required to have digital surveillance systems to continuously monitor and record video and audio in common areas under a proposal by Rep. Adam Schnelting, R-St. Charles.
Rep. Dan Stacy, a Blue Springs Republican, said the measure would help election authorities “verify U.S. citizenship and prevent noncitizens from voting.”
O'Fallon, Mo., resident and former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack and is at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital.
The report recommends aldermen establish a new permanent nursing home safety officer and require the building division to enter nursing homes to inspect possible hazards, among other things.