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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 35

2    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 35 by replacing
3line 4 on page 1 through line 7 on page 130 with the following:
4"the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 96th General
5Assembly are adopted as the rules of the 97th General Assembly,
6except that House Rules 4, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 31, 37,
737.5, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 51, 75, and 102 are changed (as
8indicated by striking and underscoring) and House Rules 42.1
9and 76.5 are added as follows:
 
10    (House Rule 4)
11    4. The Speaker.
12    (a) The Speaker has those powers conferred upon him or her
13by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any motions or
14resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the House and
15Senate.
16    (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker is the
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1necessary to carry out those functions. The Speaker may
2delegate administrative duties as he or she deems appropriate.
3    (c) The duties of the Speaker include the following:
4        (1) To preside at all sessions of the House, although
5    the Speaker may call on any member to preside temporarily
6    as Presiding Officer.
7        (2) To open the session at the time at which the House
8    is to meet by taking the chair and calling the members to
9    order. The Speaker may call on any member to open the
10    session as Presiding Officer.
11        (3) To announce the business before the House in the
12    order upon which it is to be acted, except as limited by
13    these House Rules. The Presiding Officer shall perform this
14    duty during the period that he or she is presiding.
15        (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
16        (5) To state and put to a vote all questions that are
17    regularly moved or that necessarily arise in the course of
18    the proceedings, and to announce the result of the vote.
19        (6) To preserve order and decorum.
20        (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal,
21    and to speak on these points in preference to other
22    members.
23        (8) To inform the House when necessary, or when any
24    question is raised, on any point of order or practice
25    pertinent to the pending business.
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1    orders of the House. All writs, warrants, and subpoenae
2    issued by order of the House, or any of its committees,
3    shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk.
4        (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the
5    General Assembly to certify that the procedural
6    requirements for passage have been met.
7        (11) To have general supervision of the House Chamber,
8    House galleries, House committee rooms and chapel, and
9    adjoining and connecting hallways and passages, including
10    the duty to protect their security and safety and the power
11    to clear them when necessary. The House Chamber shall not
12    be used without permission of the Speaker.
13        (12) To have general supervision of the Clerk and his
14    or her assistants, the Doorkeeper and his or her
15    assistants, the majority caucus staff, the
16    parliamentarians, and all employees of the House except the
17    minority caucus staff.
18        (13) To determine the number of majority caucus members
19    and minority caucus members to be appointed to all
20    committees, except the Rules Committee created by Rule 15
21    and those committees that may be created under Article XII
22    of these Rules.
23        (14) To appoint all Chairpersons, Co-Chairpersons, and
24    Vice-Chairpersons of committees (from either the majority
25    or minority caucus), and to appoint all majority caucus
26    members of committees.

 

 

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1        (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions,
2    statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to the House.
3        (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the House
4    subject to the control and will of the members.
5        (17) To direct the Clerk to correct non-substantive
6    errors in the Journal.
7        (18) To assign meeting places and meeting times to
8    committees and subcommittees.
9        (19) To perform any other duties assigned to the
10    Speaker by these House Rules or jointly by the House and
11    Senate.
12        (20) To decide, subject to these House Rules and the
13    control and will of the members, all questions relating to
14    the priority of business.
15        (21) To issue, in cooperation with the Comptroller and
16    after clearance with the United States Internal Revenue
17    Service, written regulations covering administration of
18    contingent expense allowances of members of the House.
19        (22) To appoint one or more parliamentarians to serve
20    at the pleasure of the Speaker.
21    (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
22of 71 members elected.
 
23    (House Rule 9)
24    9. Schedule.
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1days on which the House shall convene in regular, perfunctory,
2and veto session, with that schedule subject to revision at the
3discretion of the Speaker.
4    (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines at his
5or her discretion for any action on any category of legislative
6measure as the Speaker deems appropriate, including deadlines
7for the following legislative actions:
8        (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative
9    Reference Bureau.
10        (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
11        (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to
12    report House bills, except House appropriation bills.
13        (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to
14    report House appropriation bills.
15        (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
16    bills, except House appropriation bills.
17        (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
18    appropriation bills.
19        (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to
20    report Senate appropriation bills.
21        (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to
22    report Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
23        (9) Final day for special committees to report to the
24    House.
25        (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
26    appropriation bills.

 

 

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1        (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
2    bills, except appropriation bills.
3        (12) Final day for consideration of joint action
4    motions and conference committee reports.
5    Deadlines do not apply to legislative measures on the
6Petition Calendar.
7    (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary
8deadlines for legislative action during any special session of
9the House. The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business
10or a Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and
11approximate time at which specific legislative measures may be
12considered by the House. The Weekly Order of Business or Daily
13Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the Speaker
14with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of
15business for the amount of time necessary for its completion.
16Nothing in this Rule, however, limits the Speaker's or
17Presiding Officer's powers under Rule 4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a);
18however, this Rule is subject to the limitations of Rule 31.
19    (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those
20deadlines, are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
21the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
22    (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
23of 71 members elected.
 
24    (House Rule 15)
25    15. Rules Committee.

 

 

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1    (a) The Rules Committee is created as a permanent
2committee. The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members, 3
3appointed by the Speaker and 2 appointed by the Minority
4Leader. The Speaker and the Minority Leader are each eligible
5to be appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may
6conduct business when a majority of the total number of its
7members has been appointed.
8    (b) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee
9shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority
10caucus members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority
11Leader. Appointments shall be by notice filed with the Clerk,
12and shall be effective for the balance of the term or until a
13replacement appointment is made, whichever first occurs.
14Appointments take effect upon filing with the Clerk, regardless
15of whether the House is in session. Notwithstanding any other
16provision of these Rules, any Representative who is replaced on
17the Rules Committee may be re-appointed to the Rules Committee
18without concurrence of the House.
19    (c) The Rules Committee shall not consider or conduct a
20hearing with respect to a subject matter or a legislative
21measure absent notice first being given as follows:
22        (1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of
23    any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
24    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
25    amendment.
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1    referral of bills to committees of the House or joint
2    committees of the House and Senate.
3        (3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held
4    for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this
5    subsection (c).
6    (c-1) The Chairperson of the Rules Committee shall post the
7notice required under subsection (c) on the House bulletin
8board identifying each subject matter and each legislative
9measure that may be considered during the hearing. The notice
10shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing. This
11subsection may not be suspended.
12    (c-2) The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of
13subsection (c) of this Rule may be reduced to a one-hour
14advance notice upon the adoption of a motion by 71 members
15elected. The posting requirement of item (1) of subsection (c)
16of this Rule may not be suspended.
17    Notice requirements for hearings may be suspended only as
18authorized by this subsection, and no hearing shall be
19conducted with less than a one-hour advance notice. This
20subsection may not be suspended. Notwithstanding any other
21provision of these Rules, the Rules Committee may meet upon
22reasonable public notice that includes a statement of the
23subjects to be considered. All legislative measures pending
24before the Rules Committee are eligible for consideration at
25any of its meetings, and all of those legislative measures are
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1meetings.
2    (d) Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed, the
3Rules Committee may advance any legislative measure pending
4before it to the House, without referral to another committee;
5except that (i) the Rules Committee, however, shall not so
6report any bill that has never been favorably reported by or
7discharged from a standing committee or a special committee of
8the House or recommended for action by a joint committee of the
9House and Senate and (ii) a two-thirds vote of those appointed
10to the Rules Committee shall be required to refer to the House
11any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
12conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
13amendment. A bill advanced to the House shall be placed on the
14Daily Calendar on the order on which it appeared before it was
15re-referred to the Rules Committee.
16    (e) Except for those provisions that cannot be suspended,
17this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of
1871 members elected.
 
19    (House Rule 16)
20    16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
21    (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and
22resolutions considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this
23Rule, after being initially read by the Clerk, shall be ordered
24reproduced and automatically referred to the Rules Committee,
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1House or to a standing committee or special committee. No
2resolution, except adjournment resolutions and resolutions
3considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this Rule, may be
4considered by the House unless (i) referred to the House by the
5Rules Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably reported by a
6standing committee or special committee, (iii) authorized
7under Article XII, or (iv) discharged from committee pursuant
8to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. An adjournment resolution is subject
9to Rule 66.
10    (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death
11resolution for consideration by the House. The Principal
12Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
13reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of
14the Speaker, to offset the actual cost of producing the
15congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may be paid from
16the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General
17Assembly Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to
18the member. Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority
19Leader, congratulatory or death resolutions may be immediately
20considered and adopted by the House without referral to the
21Rules Committee, unless a member removes a resolution from
22consideration under this subsection (b) by filing an objection
23with the Clerk before the vote of the House. Any resolution
24that is removed under this subsection (b) shall be
25automatically referred to the Rules Committee and shall be
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1Those resolutions, not removed from consideration under this
2subsection (b), may be adopted as a group by a single motion.
3Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be entered on the
4Journal only by number, sponsorship, and subject. The
5provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor
6to pay a reasonable fee may not be suspended.
7    (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the
8General Assembly and former constitutional officers, upon
9introduction, may be immediately considered by the House
10without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions
11shall be entered on the Journal in full.
12    (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor issued
13under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution, upon being read
14into the record by the Clerk, are automatically referred to the
15Rules Committee for its referral to a standing committee or a
16special committee, which may issue a recommendation to the
17House with respect to the Executive Order. The House may
18disapprove of an Executive Order only by resolution adopted by
19a majority of those elected; no such resolution is in order
20until a standing committee or a special committee has reported
21to the House on the executive reorganization, or until the
22Executive Order has been discharged under Rule 58.
 
23    (House Rule 18)
24    18. Referrals to Committees.
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1read by the Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules
2Committee.
3    (b) During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
4thereafter refer any such bill before it to a standing
5committee or a special committee within 3 legislative days,
6provided that referral shall not be required for a House bill
7that is introduced after the introduction deadline for House
8bills or a Senate bill that is referred to the Rules Committee
9after the deadline for House committee consideration of Senate
10bills. During even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
11refer to a standing committee or a special committee only
12appropriation bills implementing the budget and bills deemed by
13the Rules Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority
14appointed, to be of an emergency nature or to be of substantial
15importance to the operation of government. This subsection (b)
16applies equally to House Bills and Senate Bills introduced into
17or received by the House.
18    (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee
19may refer bills to a joint committee of the House and Senate
20created by joint resolution. That joint committee shall report
21back to the Rules Committee any recommendation for action made
22by that joint committee. The Rules committee may, at any time,
23however, refer the bill to a standing or special committee of
24the House.
25    (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a
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1committee to a subcommittee of that committee.
2    (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
3standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a
4standing committee or a special committee under Rule 58, shall
5be referred to the House and placed on the appropriate order of
6business, which shall appear on the daily calendar. All
7legislative measures, except bills or resolutions on the
8Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
9status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
10amendments, so referred are automatically assigned standard
11debate status, subject to Rule 52.
12    (e) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final
13action, conference committee reports, and motions to table
14committee amendments, upon filing with the Clerk, are
15automatically referred to the Rules Committee. The Rules
16Committee may refer any floor amendment, joint action motion
17for final action, conference committee report, or motion to
18table a committee amendment to the House or to a standing
19committee or a special committee for its review and
20consideration (in those instances, and notwithstanding any
21other provision of these Rules, the standing committee or
22special committee may hold a hearing on and consider those
23legislative measures pursuant to a one-hour advance notice
24given no later than the calendar day before the date of the
25hearing). Any floor amendment, joint action motion for final
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1committee amendment that is not referred to the House by, or
2discharged from, the Rules Committee is out of order, except
3that any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
4conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
5amendment favorably reported by, or discharged from, a standing
6committee or a special committee is deemed referred to the
7House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All
8joint action motions for final action, conference committee
9reports and motions to table committee amendments so referred
10are automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
11Rule 52. Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule
12are automatically assigned amendment debate status.
13    (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or re-refer a
14legislative measure from a committee to a Committee of the
15Whole or to any other committee.
16    (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules
17Committee upon the affirmative vote of 71 members elected only
18by unanimous consent of the House. Any bill discharged from the
19Rules Committee shall be placed on the order of Second Reading
20and assigned standard debate status, subject to Rule 52.
21    (h) Except for those provisions that require unanimous
22consent, this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
23vote of 71 members elected.
 
24    (House Rule 19)
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1    (a) All legislative measures that fail to meet the
2applicable deadline established under Rule 9 for reporting to
3the House by a standing committee or a special committee, for
4Third Reading and passage, or for consideration of joint action
5motions and conference committee reports are automatically
6re-referred to the Rules Committee unless: (i) the deadline has
7been suspended or revised by the Speaker, with re-referral to
8the Rules Committee to occur if the bill has not been reported
9to the House in accordance with a revised deadline; or (ii) the
10Rules Committee has issued a written exception to the Clerk
11with respect to a particular bill before the reporting
12deadline, with re-referral to occur, if at all, in accordance
13with the written exception; or (iii) the bill or resolution is
14pending before the House on the Petition Calendar.
15    (b) All legislative measures pending before the House or
16any of its committees are automatically re-referred to the
17Rules Committee on the 31st consecutive day that the House has
18not convened for session unless: (i) any deadline applicable to
19the bill or resolution that has been designated by the Speaker
20under Rule 9 exceeds 31 days, with re-referral to occur, if at
21all, in accordance with that deadline; (ii) this Rule is
22suspended under Rule 67; or (iii) the Rules Committee, by the
23affirmative vote of a majority appointed, issues a written
24exception to the Clerk before that 31st day; or (iv) the bill
25or resolution is pending before the House on the Petition
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1    (House Rule 21)
2    21. Notice.
3    (a) Except as provided in Rule 18(e) or unless this Rule is
4suspended under Rule 67 or unless the Rules Committee by
5majority vote waives the notice requirement for a subject
6matter hearing of any committee, standing committees, special
7committees, committees created under Article X of these Rules,
8and subcommittees of those committees shall not consider or
9conduct a hearing with respect to a subject matter or a
10legislative measure absent notice first being given as follows:
11        (1) The Chairperson of the committee, or the
12    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus of a standing or
13    special committee, shall, no later than 6 days before any
14    proposed hearing, post a notice on the House bulletin board
15    identifying each subject matter and each legislative
16    measure, other than a committee amendment upon initial
17    consideration under Rule 40, that may be considered during
18    that hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and
19    place of the hearing. Legislative measures and subject
20    matters posted for hearing as provided in this item (1) may
21    also be considered at any committee hearing re-convened
22    following a recess of the committee for which notice was
23    posted, but only if the House has met or was scheduled to
24    meet in regular, veto, or special session on each calendar
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1    re-convened committee hearing.
2        (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called under
3    Rule 15; meetings of the standing committees and special
4    committees to consider floor amendments, joint action
5    motions for final action consideration, conference
6    committee reports, and motions to table committee
7    amendments may be called under Rule 18.
8        (3) The Chairperson, or Co-Chairperson from the
9    majority caucus of a standing or special committee, shall,
10    in advance of a committee hearing, notify all Principal
11    Sponsors of legislative measures posted for that hearing of
12    the date, time, and place of hearing. When practical, the
13    Clerk shall include a notice of all scheduled hearings,
14    together with all posted bills and resolutions, in the
15    Daily Calendar of the House. Regardless of whether a
16    particular legislative measure or subject matter has been
17    posted for hearing, it is in order for a committee during
18    any of its meetings to refer a subject matter or
19    legislative measure pending before it to a subcommittee of
20    that committee.
21    (b) Other than the Rules Committee, no committee may meet
22during any session of the House, and no commission created by
23Illinois law that has legislative membership may meet during
24any session of the House.
25    (c) Each standing appropriations committee shall meet at
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1House is not in session, each standing appropriations committee
2shall hold each month at least one hearing in Illinois at a
3location other than the City of Springfield or the City of
4Chicago.
5    (d) (c) Regardless of whether notice has been previously
6given, it is always in order for a committee to table any
7legislative measure pending before it when the Principal
8Sponsor so requests, subject to Rule 60.
9    (e) (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
10vote of 71 members elected, subject to Rule 25.
 
11    (House Rule 22)
12    22. Committee Procedure.
13    (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
14referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may
15make with respect to that legislative measure one of the
16following reports to the House or to the parent committee, as
17appropriate:
18        (1) that the bill "do pass";
19        (2) that the bill "do not pass";
20        (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
21        (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
22        (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
23        (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
24        (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
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1        (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion,
2    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
3    amendment referred by the Rules Committee "be adopted";
4        (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion,
5    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
6    amendment referred by the Rules Committee "be not adopted";
7        (11) "without recommendation"; or
8        (12) "tabled".
9    Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
10concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All legislative
11measures reported "do pass", "do pass as amended", "be
12adopted", or "be adopted as amended" are favorably reported to
13the House. Except as otherwise provided by these Rules, any
14legislative measure referred or re-referred to a committee and
15not reported under this Rule shall remain in that committee.
16    (b) No bill or committee amendment that provides for an
17appropriation of money from the State Treasury may be
18considered by an Appropriations Committee unless the bill or
19committee amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
20department, office, or institution; this provision does not
21apply to floor amendments, joint action motions, or conference
22committee reports.
23    No bill that provides for an appropriation of money from
24the State Treasury may be considered for passage by the House
25unless it has first been favorably reported by an
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1        (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
2    Committee under Rule 58;
3        (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
4    majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee; or
5        (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
6    Standing appropriations committees shall conduct hearings
7for the purpose of reviewing (i) performance data compiled by
8departments of State government pursuant to Section 50-15 of
9the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
10Illinois and (ii) other performance data that is requested by
11the committees from departments of State government and other
12recipients of State appropriations.
13    (c) The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson
14from the majority caucus of a standing or special committee,
15shall keep, or cause to be kept by the Clerk's Office, a record
16in which there shall be entered:
17        (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
18    committee.
19        (2) The attendance of committee members at each
20    meeting.
21        (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
22    legislative measures acted on by the committee.
23        (4) The "Record of Committee Witness" forms executed by
24    each person appearing or registering in each committee
25    meeting, which shall include identification of the
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1    appearance and the capacity in which the representation is
2    made (if the person is representing someone other than
3    himself or herself), his or her position on the legislation
4    under consideration, and the nature of his or her desired
5    testimony.
6        (5) An audio recording of the proceedings.
7        (6) Such additional information as may be requested by
8    the Clerk.
9    (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from
10the majority caucus of a standing or special committee, shall
11file with the Clerk, along with every legislative measure
12reported upon, a written report containing such information as
13required by the Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and
14procedures with respect to the preparation, filing, and
15maintenance of the reports.
16    (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative measure
17pending before it to the House, or when a committee fails to
18hold a public hearing on a legislative measure pending before
19it, the exclusive means to bring that legislative measure
20directly before the House for its consideration is as provided
21in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
22    (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a
23standing committee or special committee in the absence of the
24Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the committee
25Minority Spokesperson, or a chief co-sponsor may present a bill
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1Sponsor when the committee consents. In the case of standing or
2special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different
3political parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson
4from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means
5the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus. This subsection
6may not be suspended.
7    (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions
8are renewable, provided that no bill or resolution may be voted
9on more than twice in any committee on motions to report the
10bill or resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by
11which the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
12resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed to
13receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record votes
14shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
15unfavorable recommendation.
16    (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
17by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was
18favorably reported by a three-fifths vote of the members
19present and voting, including those voting "present". Bills and
20resolutions receiving favorable reports may be placed upon the
21Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
22    (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
23of 71 members elected.
 
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1determined by the Presiding Officer, the standing daily order
2of business of the House is as follows:
3        (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance,
4    and Roll Call.
5        (2) Petition Calendar.
6        (3) (2) Approval of the Journal.
7        (4) (3) Reading of House Bills a first time.
8        (5) (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the
9    Rules Committee ordinarily made at any time.
10        (6) (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and
11    Messages.
12        (7) (6) Introduction of House Bills.
13        (8) (7) Messages from the Senate, not including reading
14    Senate Bills a first time.
15        (9) (8) Reading of House Bills a second time.
16        (10) (9) Reading of House Bills a third time.
17        (11) (10) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
18        (12) (11) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
19        (13) (12) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
20        (14) (13) House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
21        (15) (14) Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
22        (16) (15) Conference Committee Reports.
23        (17) (16) Motions in Writing.
24        (18) (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
25        (19) (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
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1        (21) (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
2        (22) (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
3        (23) (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
4        (24) (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of
5    Postponed Consideration.
6    The Presiding Officer may vary the daily order of business
7of the House, but only with respect to items (3) through (24);
8items (1) and (2) must always be the first orders of business.
9The House may also return to the order of business under item
10(2) at the direction of the Presiding Officer or upon the
11adoption of a motion to change the order of business.
12    This rule may not be suspended.
 
13    (House Rule 37)
14    37. Bills.
15    (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship of
16one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on the
17reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
18the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
19first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
20than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
21Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
22Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma. The
23Principal Sponsor may change the sponsorship of a bill to that
24of one or more other Representatives, or to that of the
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1referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change may
2be made at any time the bill is pending before the House or any
3of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided
4that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief
5co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
6This subsection may not be suspended.
7    (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that bill. A
8committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the Chairperson, or
9if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson
10from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is
11deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may
12not have individual co-sponsors.
13    (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the Senate
14may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill by filing
15a notice with the Clerk; such a notice is automatically
16referred to the Rules Committee and deemed adopted if approved
17by the Rules Committee. If disapproved by the Rules Committee,
18the notice shall lie on the table. If the Rules Committee fails
19to act on a notice, that notice may be discharged by unanimous
20consent.
21    (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
22title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
23referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18.
24After a Senate Bill is received and a House member has
25submitted notification to the Clerk of sponsorship of that
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1automatically referred to the Rules Committee in accordance
2with Rule 18.
3    (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
4accompanied by 6 copies. Any bill that amends a statute shall
5indicate the particular changes in the following manner:
6        (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
7        (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
8    shall be shown crossed with a line.
9    (e-5) Appropriation bills for the operation of State
10government shall make appropriations pursuant to the
11standardized line items identified as items (1) through (18) of
12Section 13 of the State Finance Act with specific appropriation
13amounts for each item. Appropriations for other purposes may be
14included in an appropriation bill only if required by law or if
15it has been a custom and practice as documented by
16appropriations enacted for State fiscal year 2009.
17    This subsection (e-5) may be suspended only by the
18affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
19    (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a record
20vote of a majority of those elected, subject to Rule 69. A bill
21that has lost on third reading and has not been reconsidered
22may not thereafter be revived. If a motion for the adoption of
23a first conference committee report fails and the motion is not
24reconsidered, then a second conference committee may be
25appointed as provided in Rule 76(c). If a motion for the
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1not reconsidered, then the bill may not thereafter be revived.
2    (g) An appropriation bill that is amended in the House may
3not be considered on Third Reading until the third calendar day
4following the adoption or tabling of any House committee or
5House floor amendments to the bill.
6    This subsection (g) may be suspended only by the
7affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
 
8    (House Rule 37.5)
9    37.5. Amendments to Taxpayer Accountability and Budget
10Stabilization Act.
11    (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly
12until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to Section
13201.5 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or that seeks to
14appropriate or transfer money pursuant to a declaration of a
15fiscal emergency under Section 201.5 of that Act, may be moved
16from the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading
17unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has
18been adopted by a record vote of 71 members, provided that a
19bill that amends or refers to Section 201.5 of the Illinois
20Income Tax Act and decreases a rate of taxation shall not be
21subject to this subsection (a). If such a bill is on the order
22of concurrence or in the form of a conference committee report,
23no motion to concur or to adopt that conference committee
24report is in order unless a motion to approve such measure for
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1Nothing in this House Rule shall be deemed to alter the vote
2requirement for final passage of a legislative measure required
3by the Illinois Constitution.
4    (b) Any motion made pursuant to subsection (a) to approve a
5legislative measure for consideration must be in writing. Upon
6receipt of the written motion, the Clerk shall immediately
7notify the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The motion shall
8not be referred to a committee. The motion must be carried on
9the calendar before it may be taken up by the House and may
10then be immediately considered and adopted by the House. The
11motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, provided that once
12that motion is adopted, it shall not be reconsidered.
13    (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous
14consent.
15(Source: H.R. 1597, 96th G.A.)
 
16    (House Rule 39)
17    39. Reproduction and Distribution. The Clerk shall, as soon
18as any bill or amendment is reproduced, cause the bill to be
19placed upon the desks of the members. Reproduction and
20distribution may be done electronically, or the Clerk may
21establish a method that any member may use to secure a copy of
22any bill. The Clerk shall record the date and time at which
23each amendment is filed and distributed.
 
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1    40. Amendments.
2    (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted by a standing
3committee or special committee when the bill is before that
4committee. An amendment to a bill may be adopted by the House
5when a bill is on the order of Second Reading if: (i) the Rules
6Committee has referred the floor amendment to the House for
7consideration under Rule 18; (ii) a standing committee or
8special committee has referred the floor amendment to the
9House; or (iii) the floor amendment has been discharged from
10committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. All amendments
11must be in writing. All committee amendments that are in
12compliance with the requirements of these House Rules have been
13timely filed, as determined by the Chairperson, shall be
14considered by the committee or a subcommittee of that committee
15prior to consideration by the committee of the bill to which
16the amendment relates. All amendments not adopted to a bill and
17that are still pending in a committee or before the House upon
18the passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading are
19automatically tabled.
20    (b) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, committee
21amendments may be offered only by the Principal Sponsor or a
22member of the committee while the affected bill is assigned to
23before that committee, and shall be adopted by a majority of
24those appointed. If a committee amendment is filed by a member
25who is not authorized to do so, that amendment shall be
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1offered for adoption only by a Representative while the bill is
2on the order of Second Reading, subject to Rule 18, and shall
3be adopted by a majority vote of the House. The sponsor of a
4committee or floor amendment may change the sponsorship of the
5amendment to that of another member, with that other member's
6consent. Such change may be made at any time the amendment is
7pending before the House or any of its committees by filing
8notice with the Clerk. A committee amendment may be the subject
9of a motion to "do adopt" or "do not adopt". A committee
10amendment may be adopted only by a successful motion to "do
11adopt". The Chairperson of a committee may refer any committee
12amendment to a subcommittee of that committee.
13    (c) Committee amendments shall be filed with the Clerk of
14the House and shall be automatically referred to the committee
15before which the underlying bill or resolution is pending
16Chairperson of the committee, and are in order only when
17sufficient copies have been filed to provide each member of the
18committee with a copy (which may be done in the same manner as
19distribution of bills under Rule 39) and 6 additional copies
20for the Chairperson. Floor amendments shall be filed with the
21Clerk only while the bill is on the order of Second Reading or
22Third Reading. Amendments shall not be considered filed until
23they are entered into the General Assembly's computer system by
24the Clerk as a filed amendment. Amendments , and are in order
25only when 6 copies have been filed. The Clerk shall number
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1amendments that are in order shall be considered in ascending
2numerical order.
3    (d) The Clerk shall have reproduced, as expeditiously as
4possible, all adopted committee amendments that are filed
5pursuant to these Rules come before the House. The Clerk shall
6also have reproduced all floor amendments referred to the House
7by a committee. No committee or floor amendment may be adopted
8by the House unless it has been reproduced and placed on the
9members' desks pursuant to in the same manner as for bills
10under Rule 39, except that no committee amendment may be
11adopted by a committee during the 24-hour time period
12immediately following the filing of the amendment.
13    This subsection (d) may be suspended only by the
14affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
15    (e) No floor amendment is in order unless it has been first
16referred to the House for consideration by the Rules Committee
17under Rule 18, or favorably reported by, or discharged from, a
18standing committee or special committee. A floor amendment may
19be referred to the House for consideration, or to a standing or
20special committee, only while the bill is on the order of
21Second Reading or Third Reading.
22    (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall
23conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
24    (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the
25committee amendments are deemed adopted by the committee action
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1may be done in the same manner as provided for bills under Rule
239) before the bill may be read a second time.
3    (h) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons
4from different political parties, the "Chairperson" for the
5purposes of this Rule is the Co-Chairperson from the majority
6caucus.
7    (i) No committee amendment shall be filed with the Clerk
8while a bill is assigned to the Rules Committee. Committee
9amendments may be filed for a resolution pending in the Rules
10Committee only if the resolution would adopt or amend House
11Rules or Joint House-Senate Rules pursuant to Rule 67.
 
12    (House Rule 41)
13    41. Note Requests; Quick Takes.
14    (a) The House shall comply with all Illinois laws requiring
15fiscal or other notes. The notes shall be filed with the Clerk,
16who shall affix each note with a time stamp endorsing the date
17and time received, and attached to the original of the bill and
18available for inspection by the members. As soon as practical,
19the Clerk shall provide a copy of the note to the Legislative
20Reference Bureau, which shall provide an informative summary of
21the note in subsequent issues of the Legislative Digest.
22    (a-1) No bill, other than an appropriation bill, that would
23require a net increase in State expenditures for implementation
24or cause a net decrease in revenues of the State, as documented
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1order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading unless a
2motion to approve such a measure for consideration has been
3adopted by a record vote of 71 members. This subsection (a-1)
4may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71 members
5elected.
6    (b) No bill authorizing or directing the conveyance by the
7State of any particular interest in real estate to any
8individual or entity other than a governmental unit or agency
9may be voted upon in committee or upon Second Reading unless a
10certified appraisal of the value of the interest has been
11filed. The appraisal shall be filed with the Clerk of the
12House, and shall be part of the permanent record for that bill.
13    (c) No bill authorizing the State or a unit of local
14government to acquire property by eminent domain using
15"quick-take" powers under the Eminent Domain Act may be voted
16upon in committee or on Second Reading unless the State or the
17unit of local government, as applicable, has complied with all
18of the following procedures:
19        (1) The State or the unit of local government must
20    notify each owner of an interest in the property, by
21    certified mail, of the intention of the State or the unit
22    of local government to request approval of legislation by
23    the General Assembly authorizing the State or the unit of
24    local government to acquire the property by eminent domain
25    using "quick-take" powers under Section 7-103 of the Code
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1        (2) The State or the unit of local government must
2    cause notice of its intention to request authorization to
3    acquire the property by eminent domain using "quick-take"
4    powers to be published in a newspaper of general
5    circulation in the territory sought to be acquired by the
6    State or the unit of local government.
7        (3) Following the notices required under paragraphs
8    (1) and (2), the State or the unit of local government must
9    hold at least one public hearing, at the place where the
10    unit of local government normally holds its business
11    meetings (or, in the case of property sought to be acquired
12    by the State: (i) at a location in the county in which the
13    property sought to be acquired by the State is located, or
14    (ii) if the property is located in Cook County, at a
15    location in the township in which the property is located,
16    or (iii) if the property is located in 2 adjacent counties
17    other than Cook County or in 2 adjacent townships in Cook
18    County, at a location in the county or in the township in
19    Cook County in which the majority of the property is
20    located, or (iv) if the property is located in Cook County
21    and an adjacent county, at a location in the other county
22    or in the township in Cook County in which the majority of
23    the property is located), on the question of the
24    acquisition of the property by the State or the unit of
25    local government by eminent domain using "quick-take"
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1        (4) In the case of property sought to be acquired by a
2    unit of local government, following the public hearing or
3    hearings held under paragraph (3), the unit of local
4    government must adopt, by recorded vote, a resolution to
5    request approval of legislation by the General Assembly
6    authorizing the unit of local government to acquire the
7    property by eminent domain using "quick-take" powers under
8    the Eminent Domain Act. The resolution must include a
9    statement of the time period within which the unit of local
10    government requests authority to exercise "quick-take"
11    powers, which may not exceed one year.
12        (5) Following the public hearing or hearings held under
13    paragraph (3), the head of the appropriate State office,
14    department, or agency or the chief elected official of the
15    unit of local government, as applicable, must submit to the
16    Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of the House
17    Executive Committee a sworn, notarized affidavit that
18    contains, or has attached as an incorporated exhibit, all
19    of the following:
20            (A) The legal description of the property.
21            (B) The street address of the property.
22            (C) The name of each State Senator and State
23        Representative who represents the territory that is
24        the subject of the proposed taking.
25            (D) The date or dates on which the State or the
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1        Senator and State Representative concerning the
2        intention of the State or the unit of local government
3        to request approval of legislation by the General
4        Assembly authorizing the State or the unit of local
5        government to acquire the property by eminent domain
6        using "quick-take" powers.
7            (E) The current name, address, and telephone
8        number of each owner of an interest in the property.
9            (F) A summary of all negotiations between the State
10        or the unit of local government and the owner or owners
11        of the property concerning the sale of the property to
12        the State or the unit of local government.
13            (G) A statement of the date and location of each
14        public hearing held under paragraph (3).
15            (H) A statement of the public purpose for which the
16        State or the unit of local government seeks to acquire
17        the property.
18            (I) The certification of the head of the
19        appropriate State office, department, or agency or the
20        chief elected official of the unit of local government,
21        as applicable, that (i) the property is located within
22        the territory under the jurisdiction of the State or
23        the unit of local government and (ii) the State or the
24        unit of local government seeks to acquire the property
25        for a public purpose.
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1        acquired is located, showing the location of the
2        property.
3            (K) Photographs of the property.
4            (L) An appraisal of the property by a real estate
5        appraiser who is certified or licensed under the Real
6        Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
7            (M) In the case of property sought to be acquired
8        by a unit of local government, a copy of the resolution
9        adopted by the unit of local government under paragraph
10        (4).
11            (N) Documentation of the public purpose for which
12        the State or the unit of local government seeks to
13        acquire the property.
14            (O) A copy of each notice sent to an owner of an
15        interest in the property under paragraph (1).
16    A request for quick-take authority shall not be considered
17by a House committee fewer than 30 days after the date of the
18notice to each property owner as required by paragraph (1).
19    Every affidavit submitted by the State or a unit of local
20government pursuant to this Rule 41(c), together with all
21documents and other items submitted with the affidavit, must be
22made available to any person upon request for inspection and
23copying.
24(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
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1    42.1. Petition Motion Calendar.
2    (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution may file
3with the Clerk a motion signed by 71 members requesting
4placement of that bill or resolution on the Petition Calendar
5with regard to any bill or resolution pending in a House
6Committee or pending on an order of business on the Daily
7Calendar.
8    (b) The Clerk shall include a Petition Calendar on the
9Daily Calendar and designate it as a separate part of the Daily
10Calendar. A bill that is pending in a committee when a petition
11motion is filed shall be placed on the Petition Calendar order
12of Second Reading. A resolution that is pending in a committee
13when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on the Petition
14Calendar order of Resolutions. A bill or resolution that is on
15an order of business on the Daily Calendar when a petition
16motion is filed shall be placed on the same order of business
17on the Petition Calendar.
18    (c) A legislative measure on the Petition Calendar shall be
19moved between the orders of Second Reading, Third Reading, and
20Postponed Consideration at the request of the Principal
21Sponsor, except as limited by Rule 41.
22    (d) Whenever the House is on this order of business, the
23principal sponsor of each legislative measure on the Petition
24Calendar shall have the right to call that measure for
25consideration by the House.
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1of 71 members elected.
 
2    (House Rule 43)
3    43. Changing Order of Business.
4    (a) Any order of business may be changed at any time by the
5Speaker or Presiding Officer, except as limited by Rule 31.
6    (b) Any order of business may be changed at any time upon
7the motion of any member, supported by 5 additional members, if
8the motion is adopted by an affirmative vote of 71 members
9elected.
10    (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
11of 71 members elected.
 
12    (House Rule 44)
13    44. Special Orders; Rules Committee.
14    (a) A special order of business may be set by the Rules
15Committee or by the Speaker. The Principal Sponsor of a bill or
16resolution must consent to the placement of the bill or
17resolution on a special order. A special order shall fix the
18day to which it applies and the matters to be included. The
19Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of a majority of the
20members appointed, may establish time limits for a special
21order and may establish limitations on debate during a special
22order (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the allotted
23time shall be fairly divided between proponents and opponents
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1business takes the place of the standing order for such time as
2may be necessary for its completion but may occur no earlier
3than after the completion of standing order (2) of Rule 31.
4Only matters that may otherwise properly be before the House
5may be included in a special order.
6    (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar for
73 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be suspended only
8by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
9    (c) A special order may be suspended, amended, or modified
10by motion adopted by an affirmative vote of 60 members. A
11special order shall be suspended by a written objection signed
12by 3 members of the Rules Committee and filed during the first
13legislative day on which the special order appears on the
14calendar.
15    (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
16of 71 members elected.
 
17    (House Rule 51)
18    51. Decorum.
19    (a) When any member is about to speak to the House, he or
20she shall rise and address the Presiding Officer as "Speaker".
21The Presiding Officer, upon recognizing the member, shall
22address him or her by name, and thereupon the engineer in
23charge of operating the microphones in the House shall give the
24use of the microphone to the member who has been so recognized.
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1subject matter under discussion and avoid personalities.
2    (b) Questions affecting the rights, reputation, and
3conduct of members of the House in their representative
4capacity are questions of personal privilege. A matter of
5personal explanation does not constitute a question of personal
6privilege.
7    (c) If 2 or more members rise at once, the Presiding
8Officer shall name the member who is to speak first.
9    (d) No person shall give any signs of approbation or
10disapprobation while the House is in session.
11    (e) Recognition of guests by any member is prohibited,
12except that the Speaker or Presiding Officer may recognize an
13honored guest.
14    (f) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question, no
15member shall leave or walk across the House Chamber. When a
16member is addressing the House, no member or other person
17entitled to the floor shall entertain private discourse or pass
18between the member speaking and the Presiding Officer. No
19messages from individuals located outside the House Chamber
20shall be delivered in the Chamber by a doorkeeper, page, or any
21other person while the House is on any of the following orders
22of business: Reading of House Bills a third time, Reading of
23Senate Bills a third time, House Bills on the Order of
24Concurrence, Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence, and
25Conference Committee Reports.
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1Speaker or Presiding Officer may order that the lobby, gallery,
2or hallways adjoining the House Chamber be cleared.
3    (h) No literature may be distributed on the House floor.
4    (i) No member may be absent from a session of the House
5unless he or she has leave or is sick or his or her absence is
6unavoidable. The switch to the electrical roll call recording
7equipment located on the desk of any member who has been
8excused or is absent shall be locked by the Clerk and shall not
9be unlocked until the member returns and files with the Clerk a
10request to be shown as present on the quorum roll call as
11provided in Rule 32(c).
 
12    (House Rule 75)
13    75. House Consideration of Joint Action.
14    (a) No joint action motion for final action or conference
15committee report may be considered by the House unless it has
16first been referred to the House by the Rules Committee or a
17standing committee or special committee in accordance with Rule
1818, or unless the joint action motion or conference committee
19report has been discharged from the Rules Committee under Rule
2018. Joint action motions for final action consideration and
21conference committee reports referred to a standing committee
22or special committee by the Rules Committee may not be
23discharged from the standing committee or special committee.
24This subsection (a) may be suspended by unanimous consent.
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1House unless it has been reproduced and placed on the members'
2desks, in the same manner as provided for bills under Rule 39,
3for one full day during the period beginning with the convening
4of the House on the 2nd Wednesday of January each year and
5ending on the 30th day prior to the scheduled adjournment of
6the regular session established each year by the Speaker
7pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full hour on any other day.
8    (c) Before any conference committee report on an
9appropriation bill is considered by the House, the conference
10committee report shall first be the subject of a public hearing
11by a standing Appropriations Committee or a special committee
12(the conference committee report need not be referred to an
13Appropriations Committee or special committee, but instead may
14remain before the Rules Committee or the House, as the case may
15be). The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one
16hour advance notice by announcement on the House floor, or one
17day advance notice by posting on the House bulletin board. An
18Appropriations Committee or special committee shall not issue
19any report with respect to the conference committee report
20following the hearing.
21    (d) Any House Bill amended in the Senate and returned to
22the House for concurrence in the Senate amendment shall lie
23upon the desk of the Clerk for not less than one hour before
24being further considered.
25    (e) No House Bill that is returned to the House with Senate
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1a chief co-sponsor with the consent of the Principal Sponsor.
2This subsection may not be suspended.
3    (f) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the report of
4a conference committee on a non-appropriation bill or
5resolution shall be confined to the subject of the bill or
6resolution referred to the conference committee. The report of
7a conference committee on an appropriation bill shall be
8confined to the subject of appropriations.
 
9    (House Rule 76.5 new)
10    76.5. Appropriation Bills. Joint action motions for final
11action on the order of Concurrence regarding an appropriation
12bill shall not be considered by the House until the third
13calendar day following the day that the bill was received back
14in the House with one or more amendments added by the Senate.
15Joint action motions for final action on the order of
16Non-concurrence regarding an appropriation bill shall not be
17considered by the House until the third calendar day following
18the day that the bill was received back in the House with a
19message requesting the House to recede from one or more of its
20amendments. Joint action motions for final action on the order
21of Conference Committee Reports regarding an appropriation
22bill shall not be considered by the House until the third
23calendar day following the day that the conference report to
24which the motion applies was filed with the Clerk.
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1motion for final action by a committee of the House or a joint
2committee of the House and Senate.
3    This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of
471 members elected.
 
5    (House Rule 102)
6    102. Definitions. As used in these Rules, terms have the
7meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the context
8clearly requires a different meaning:
9        (1) Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that
10    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as chair
11    of a committee.
12        (2) Co-Chairperson. "Co-Chairperson" means a
13    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
14    co-chair of a standing or special committee.
15        (3) Clerk. "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
16    House.
17        (4) Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the
18    House and includes a standing committee, the Rules
19    Committee, a special committee, committees created under
20    Article X and Article XII of these Rules, and a
21    subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean a
22    conference committee, and the procedural and notice
23    requirements applicable to committees do not apply to
24    conference committees.
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1    Constitution of the State of Illinois.
2        (6) General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the
3    current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
4        (7) House. "House" means the House of Representatives
5    of the General Assembly.
6        (8) Joint Action Motions. "Joint action motions" means
7    the following motions before the House: to concur in a
8    Senate amendment, to non-concur in a Senate amendment, to
9    recede from a House amendment, to refuse to recede from a
10    House amendment, to request that a conference committee be
11    appointed, and to adopt a conference committee report.
12        (8.5) Joint Action Motions for Final Action. "Joint
13    action motions for final action" means the following
14    motions before the House: to concur in a Senate amendment,
15    to recede from a House amendment, and to adopt a conference
16    committee report.
17        (9) Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the
18    Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the
19    Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
20        (10) Legislative Measures. "Legislative measures"
21    means all matters brought before the House for
22    consideration, whether originated in the House or Senate,
23    and includes bills, amendments, resolutions, conference
24    committee reports, motions, messages, notices, and
25    Executive Orders from the executive branch.
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1    members present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise
2    specified with respect to a particular House Rule, for
3    purposes of determining the number of members present and
4    voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be
5    counted.
6        (12) Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that
7    group of Representatives from the numerically strongest
8    political party in the House.
9        (13) Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those
10    appointed" means a majority of the total number of
11    Representatives authorized under these Rules to be
12    appointed to a committee.
13        (14) Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those
14    elected" means a majority of the total number of
15    Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
16    regardless of the number of elected or appointed
17    Representatives actually serving in office. So long as 118
18    Representatives are entitled to be elected to the House,
19    "majority of those elected" means 60 affirmative votes; 71
20    affirmative votes means three-fifths of the members
21    elected; and 79 affirmative votes means two-thirds of the
22    members elected.
23        (15) Member. "Member" means a Representative. Where
24    the context so requires, "member" may also mean a Senator
25    of the Illinois Senate.
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1    total number of Representatives authorized under these
2    Rules to be appointed to a committee.
3        (17) Members Elected. "Members elected" means the 118
4    Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
5    regardless of the number of elected or appointed
6    Representatives actually serving in office.
7        (18) Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that
8    group of Representatives from the second numerically
9    strongest political party in the House.
10        (19) Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the
11    Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
12        (20) Minority Spokesperson. "Minority spokesperson"
13    means that Representative designated by the Minority
14    Leader to serve as the minority spokesperson of a
15    committee.
16        (21) Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means
17    the convening of the House, pursuant to the scheduling of
18    the Speaker, for purposes consistent with Rule 28.
19        (22) Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that
20    Representative serving as the presiding officer of the
21    House, whether that Representative is the Speaker or
22    another Representative designated by the Speaker under
23    Rule 4.
24        (23) Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the
25    first listed House sponsor of any legislative measure; with
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1    means the Chairperson of the committee or the
2    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
3        (24) Record Vote. "Record vote" means a vote by ayes
4    and nays entered on the journal.
5        (25) Representative. "Representative" means any duly
6    elected or duly appointed Illinois State Representative,
7    and means the same as "member".
8        (26) Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General
9    Assembly.
10        (27) Speaker. "Speaker" means the Speaker of the House
11    elected as provided in Rule 1.
12        (28) Term. "Term" means the 2-year term of a General
13    Assembly.
14        (29) Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that
15    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
16    Vice-Chairperson of a committee.