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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the following (which | 4 | | are the same as the Rules of the Senate of the Ninety-Seventh | 5 | | General Assembly except as indicated by striking and | 6 | | underscoring) are adopted as the Rules of the Senate of the | 7 | | Ninety-Eighth General Assembly:
| 8 | | ARTICLE I
| 9 | | DEFINITIONS
| 10 | | As used in these Senate Rules, the following terms have the | 11 | | meanings ascribed
to them in this Article I, unless the context | 12 | | clearly requires a different
meaning:
| 13 | | (Senate Rule 1-1)
| 14 | | 1-1. Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that Senator | 15 | | designated by the
President to serve as chair of a committee.
| 16 | | (Senate Rule 1-2)
| 17 | | 1-2. Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the Senate | 18 | | and
includes a standing committee, a special committee, and a | 19 | | special
subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean | 20 | | a conference
committee,
and the procedural and notice |
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| 1 | | requirements applicable to committees do not
apply to | 2 | | conference committees.
| 3 | | (Senate Rule 1-3)
| 4 | | 1-3. Constitution. "Constitution" means the Constitution | 5 | | of the
State of Illinois.
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 1-3.5)
| 7 | | 1-3.5. Deputy Minority Leader. "Deputy Minority Leader" | 8 | | means a Senator designated by the Senate Minority Leader to | 9 | | assist the Minority Leader with the operation of the minority | 10 | | caucus of the Senate.
| 11 | | (Senate Rule 1-4)
| 12 | | 1-4. General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the | 13 | | current
General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 1-5)
| 15 | | 1-5. House. "House" means the House of Representatives of | 16 | | the General
Assembly.
| 17 | | (Senate Rule 1-6)
| 18 | | 1-6. Joint Action Motion. "Joint action motion" means any
| 19 | | of the following motions before the Senate: to concur in a | 20 | | House amendment, to
non-concur in a House amendment, to recede | 21 | | from a Senate amendment, to refuse
to recede from a Senate |
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| 1 | | amendment,
and to request that a conference committee be | 2 | | appointed.
| 3 | | (Senate Rule 1-7)
| 4 | | 1-7. Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the | 5 | | Legislative
Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the | 6 | | Legislative Reference Bureau of
the General Assembly.
| 7 | | (Senate Rule 1-8)
| 8 | | 1-8. Legislative Measure. "Legislative measure" means any | 9 | | matter
brought before the Senate for consideration, whether | 10 | | originated in the Senate
or House, and includes bills, | 11 | | amendments, resolutions, conference committee
reports, | 12 | | motions, and messages from the executive branch.
| 13 | | (Senate Rule 1-9)
| 14 | | 1-9. Majority. "Majority" means a simple majority of those | 15 | | members
present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise | 16 | | specified with respect to
a particular Senate Rule, for | 17 | | purposes of determining the number of members
present and | 18 | | voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be counted.
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 1-10)
| 20 | | 1-10. Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that group | 21 | | of Senators
from the numerically strongest political party in | 22 | | the Senate. "Majority
caucus" also includes any Senator who is |
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| 1 | | not from the numerically strongest
or numerically second | 2 | | strongest political party in the Senate but who casts his
or | 3 | | her final vote for Senate President for the person who is | 4 | | elected Senate
President.
| 5 | | (Senate Rule 1-10.5)
| 6 | | 1-10.5. Majority Leader. "Majority Leader" means a Senator
| 7 | | designated by the Senate President to serve as the Majority | 8 | | Leader and assist the President with the operation of the | 9 | | Senate and the majority caucus of the Senate.
| 10 | | (Senate Rule 1-11)
| 11 | | 1-11. Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those | 12 | | appointed" means
an absolute majority of the total number of | 13 | | Senators appointed to a committee.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 1-12)
| 15 | | 1-12. Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those | 16 | | elected" means an
absolute majority of the total number of | 17 | | Senators entitled to be elected to the
Senate, irrespective of | 18 | | the number of elected or appointed Senators actually
serving in | 19 | | office. So long as 59 Senators are entitled to be elected to | 20 | | the
Senate, "majority of those elected" shall mean 30 | 21 | | affirmative votes.
| 22 | | (Senate Rule 1-13)
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| 1 | | 1-13. Member. "Member" means a Senator. Where the context | 2 | | so requires,
"member" may also mean a Representative of the | 3 | | Illinois House of
Representatives.
| 4 | | (Senate Rule 1-14)
| 5 | | 1-14. Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the | 6 | | total number of
Senators appointed to a committee.
| 7 | | (Senate Rule 1-15)
| 8 | | 1-15. Members Elected. "Members elected" means the total | 9 | | number of
Senators entitled to be elected to the Senate, | 10 | | irrespective of the number of
elected or appointed Senators | 11 | | actually serving in office. So long as 59
Senators are entitled | 12 | | to be elected in the Senate, "members elected" shall mean
59 | 13 | | Senators.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 1-16)
| 15 | | 1-16. Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that group | 16 | | of Senators
from other than the majority caucus.
| 17 | | (Senate Rule 1-17)
| 18 | | 1-17. Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the | 19 | | Minority Leader of
the Senate.
| 20 | | (Senate Rule 1-18)
| 21 | | 1-18. Minority Spokesperson. "Minority Spokesperson" means |
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| 1 | | that Senator
designated by the Minority Leader to serve as the | 2 | | Minority Spokesperson of a
committee.
| 3 | | (Senate Rule 1-19)
| 4 | | 1-19. Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means the | 5 | | convening of
the Senate, pursuant to the scheduling of the | 6 | | President, for purposes
consistent with Rule 4-1(c) or (d).
| 7 | | (Senate Rule 1-20)
| 8 | | 1-20. President. "President" means the President of the | 9 | | Senate.
| 10 | | (Senate Rule 1-21)
| 11 | | 1-21. Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that | 12 | | Senator serving
as the presiding officer of the Senate, whether | 13 | | that Senator is the President
or another Senator designated by | 14 | | the President, in his or her capacity as
presiding officer.
| 15 | | (Senate Rule 1-22)
| 16 | | 1-22. Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the | 17 | | first listed
Senate sponsor of any legislative measure; with | 18 | | respect to a
committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it means | 19 | | the Chairperson of the
committee.
| 20 | | (Senate Rule 1-23)
| 21 | | 1-23. Secretary. "Secretary" means the elected Secretary |
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| 1 | | of the Senate.
| 2 | | (Senate Rule 1-24)
| 3 | | 1-24. Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General | 4 | | Assembly.
| 5 | | (Senate Rule 1-25)
| 6 | | 1-25. Senator. "Senator" means any of the duly elected or | 7 | | duly
appointed Illinois State Senators, and means the same as | 8 | | "member".
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 1-26)
| 10 | | 1-26. Term. "Term" means the two-year term of a General | 11 | | Assembly.
| 12 | | (Senate Rule 1-27)
| 13 | | 1-27. Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that | 14 | | Senator
designated by the President to serve as | 15 | | Vice-Chairperson of a committee.
| 16 | | ARTICLE II
| 17 | | ORGANIZATION
| 18 | | (Senate Rule 2-1)
| 19 | | 2-1. Adoption of Rules. At the commencement of a term, the |
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| 1 | | Senate shall
adopt new Rules of organization and procedure by | 2 | | resolution setting forth those
Rules in their entirety. The | 3 | | resolution must be adopted by a majority of
those elected. | 4 | | These Rules of the Senate are
subject to revision or amendment | 5 | | only in accordance with Rule 7-17.
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 2-2)
| 7 | | 2-2. Election of the President.
| 8 | | (a) Prior to the election of the
President, the Governor | 9 | | shall convene the Senate, designate a Temporary
Secretary of | 10 | | the Senate, and preside during the nomination and election of | 11 | | the
President. As the first item of business each day prior to | 12 | | the election of the
President, the Governor shall order the | 13 | | Temporary Secretary to call the roll of
the members to | 14 | | establish the presence of a quorum as required by the
| 15 | | Constitution. If a majority of those elected are not present, | 16 | | the Senate shall
stand adjourned until the hour of 12:00 noon | 17 | | on the next calendar day,
excepting weekends and official State | 18 | | Holidays. If a quorum of members is present, the Governor shall | 19 | | then
call for nominations of members for the Office of | 20 | | President. All such
nominations shall require a second. When | 21 | | the nominations are completed, the
Governor shall direct the | 22 | | Temporary Secretary to call the roll of the members
to elect | 23 | | the President.
| 24 | | (b) The election of the President shall require the |
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| 1 | | affirmative vote of a
majority of those elected. Debate shall | 2 | | not be in order following nominations
and preceding or during | 3 | | the vote, and Senators may not explain their vote on
the | 4 | | election of the President.
| 5 | | (c) No bills may be considered and no committees may be | 6 | | appointed or meet
prior to the election of the President.
| 7 | | (d) When a vacancy in the Office of President occurs, the | 8 | | foregoing
procedure shall be employed to elect a new President; | 9 | | however, when the
Governor is of a political party other than | 10 | | that of the majority caucus,
the Assistant Majority Leader | 11 | | having the greatest seniority of service in the
Senate shall | 12 | | preside
during the nomination and election of the successor | 13 | | President. No legislative
measures, other than such | 14 | | nominations and election, may be considered by the
Senate | 15 | | during a vacancy in the Office of President.
| 16 | | (Senate Rule 2-3)
| 17 | | 2-3. Election of the Minority Leader. The Senate shall | 18 | | elect a Minority
Leader in a manner consistent with the | 19 | | Constitution and laws of Illinois.
| 20 | | (Senate Rule 2-4)
| 21 | | 2-4. Majority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, and | 22 | | Assistant Leaders.
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| 1 | | (a) The President shall appoint from within the Majority | 2 | | Caucus a Majority Leader and a President Pro Tempore. The | 3 | | Minority Leader shall appoint from within the Minority Caucus a | 4 | | Deputy Minority Leader. The President and the Minority Leader | 5 | | shall
appoint from within their respective caucuses the number | 6 | | of Assistant Majority
Leaders and Assistant Minority Leaders as | 7 | | are allowed by law.
| 8 | | (b) These appointments shall take effect upon their being
| 9 | | filed with the Secretary and shall remain effective for the | 10 | | duration of the
term unless
a vacancy occurs by
reason of | 11 | | resignation or because an assistant
leader has ceased to be a | 12 | | Senator. Successor assistant leaders shall be
appointed in the | 13 | | same manner as their predecessors. Assistant leaders
shall have | 14 | | those powers delegated to them by the President or Minority | 15 | | Leader,
as the
case may be.
| 16 | | (Senate Rule 2-5)
| 17 | | 2-5. Powers and Duties of the President.
| 18 | | (a) The President shall have
those powers conferred upon | 19 | | him or her by the Constitution, the laws of
Illinois, and any | 20 | | motions or resolutions adopted by the Senate or jointly by
the | 21 | | Senate and House.
| 22 | | (b) Except as provided by law with respect to the Senate | 23 | | Operations
Commission, the President is the chief |
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| 1 | | administrative officer of the
Senate and shall have those | 2 | | powers necessary to carry out that function. The
President may | 3 | | delegate his or her administrative duties as he or she deems
| 4 | | appropriate.
| 5 | | (c) The powers and duties of the President shall include, | 6 | | but are not
limited to, the following:
| 7 | | (1) To preside at all sessions of the Senate, although | 8 | | the President may
call
on any member to preside | 9 | | temporarily.
| 10 | | (2) To open the session at the time at which the Senate | 11 | | is to meet by
taking
the podium and calling the members to | 12 | | order. The President may call on any
member, or the | 13 | | Secretary in case of perfunctory session, to open the | 14 | | session.
| 15 | | (3) To announce the business before the Senate in the | 16 | | order in which it is
to be acted upon.
| 17 | | (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
| 18 | | (5) To state and put to vote all questions that are | 19 | | regularly moved or
that necessarily arise in the course of | 20 | | the proceedings, and to announce the
result of the vote.
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| 1 | | (6) To preserve order and decorum.
| 2 | | (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal, | 3 | | and to speak thereon
in
preference to other members.
| 4 | | (8) To inform the Senate when necessary, or when any | 5 | | question is raised,
on any point of order or practice | 6 | | pertinent to the pending business.
| 7 | | (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or | 8 | | orders of the
Senate. All writs, warrants, and subpoenas | 9 | | issued by order of the Senate or one of its committees | 10 | | shall
be signed by the President and attested by the | 11 | | Secretary.
| 12 | | (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the | 13 | | General Assembly
in order to certify that the procedural | 14 | | requirements for passage have been met.
| 15 | | (11) To have general supervision, including the duty to | 16 | | protect the security
and safety, of the Senate chamber, | 17 | | galleries, and adjoining and connecting
hallways and | 18 | | passages, including the power to clear them when necessary.
| 19 | | (12) To have general supervision of the Secretary and |
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| 1 | | his or her assistants,
the Sergeant-at-Arms and his or her | 2 | | assistants, the majority caucus staff, and
all employees of | 3 | | the Senate except the minority caucus staff.
| 4 | | (13) To determine the number of majority caucus members | 5 | | and minority caucus members to be appointed to all | 6 | | committees, except the Committee on Assignments created by | 7 | | Rule 3-5.
| 8 | | (14) To appoint or replace all majority caucus members | 9 | | of committees and to designate
all Chairpersons, | 10 | | Co-Chairpersons, and Vice-Chairpersons of committees, | 11 | | except as the Senate
otherwise orders in accordance with | 12 | | these Senate Rules.
| 13 | | (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions, | 14 | | statutes, rules, and
regulations applicable to the Senate.
| 15 | | (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the Senate | 16 | | subject to the
control
and will of the members as provided | 17 | | in these Senate Rules.
| 18 | | (17) To direct the Secretary during regular session, | 19 | | veto session, special session, or perfunctory session to | 20 | | read into the Senate record legislative measures and other | 21 | | papers.
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| 1 | | (18) To direct the Secretary to correct | 2 | | non-substantive errors in the
Journal.
| 3 | | (19) To assign meeting places and meeting times to | 4 | | committees.
| 5 | | (20) To decide, subject to the control and will of the | 6 | | members in accordance
with these Senate Rules, all | 7 | | questions relating to the priority of business.
| 8 | | (21) To appoint a parliamentarian to serve at the | 9 | | pleasure of the President.
| 10 | | (22) To promulgate forms for nominees subject to the | 11 | | advice and consent of the Senate.
| 12 | | (d) The President, at his or her discretion, may designate | 13 | | from among those
members serving in the statutorily created | 14 | | positions of assistant majority
leader, no more than one member | 15 | | to serve as the Senate Majority Leader. The
Senate Majority | 16 | | Leader shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall
| 17 | | receive no additional compensation other than that provided | 18 | | statutorily for the
position of assistant majority leader.
| 19 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of |
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| 1 | | the members
elected.
| 2 | | (Senate Rule 2-6)
| 3 | | 2-6. Powers and Duties of the Minority Leader.
| 4 | | (a) The Minority Leader
shall have those powers conferred | 5 | | upon him or her by the Constitution, the laws
of Illinois, and | 6 | | any motions or resolutions adopted by the Senate or jointly by
| 7 | | the Senate and House.
| 8 | | (b) The Minority Leader shall appoint to all committees the | 9 | | members from the
minority caucus, and may replace those | 10 | | members, and shall designate a Minority Spokesperson for each | 11 | | committee,
except as the Senate otherwise orders in accordance | 12 | | with these Senate
Rules.
| 13 | | (c) The Minority Leader shall have general supervision of | 14 | | the minority
caucus staff.
| 15 | | (Senate Rule 2-7)
| 16 | | 2-7. Secretary of the Senate.
| 17 | | (a) The Senate shall elect a
Secretary, who may adopt | 18 | | appropriate policies or procedures for the conduct of
his or | 19 | | her office. Except where the authority is by law given to the | 20 | | Senate
Operations Commission, the President shall be the final | 21 | | arbiter of any dispute
arising in connection with
the operation | 22 | | of the Office of the Secretary.
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| 1 | | (b) The duties of the Secretary shall include the | 2 | | following:
| 3 | | (1) To have custody of all bills, papers, and records | 4 | | of the Senate, which
shall not be taken out of the | 5 | | Secretary's custody except in the regular course
of | 6 | | business in the Senate.
| 7 | | (2) To endorse on every original bill and each copy its | 8 | | number, names of
sponsors, the date of introduction, and | 9 | | the several orders taken on it. When
printed, the names of | 10 | | the sponsors shall appear on the front page of the bill
in | 11 | | the same order they appeared when introduced.
| 12 | | (3) To cause each bill to be placed on the desks of the | 13 | | members as soon as
it
is printed, or alternatively to | 14 | | provide for a method that any Senator may
use to secure a | 15 | | copy of any bill he or she desires.
| 16 | | (4) To keep the Journal of the proceedings of the | 17 | | Senate and, under the
direction of the President, correct | 18 | | errors in the Journal.
| 19 | | (5) To keep the transcripts of the debates of the | 20 | | Senate and make them
available to the public under |
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| 1 | | reasonable conditions.
| 2 | | (6) To keep the necessary records for the Senate and | 3 | | its committees and to
prepare the Senate Calendar for each | 4 | | legislative day.
| 5 | | (7) To examine all Senate Bills and Constitutional | 6 | | Amendment Resolutions
following Second Reading and prior | 7 | | to final passage, for the purpose of
correcting any | 8 | | non-substantive errors therein, and to report the same back | 9 | | to
the President promptly; to supervise the enrolling and | 10 | | engrossing of bills
and resolutions, subject to the | 11 | | direction of the President; and to certify
passage
or | 12 | | adoption of legislative measures, and to note thereon the | 13 | | date of final
Senate action. Any corrections suggested to | 14 | | the President by the Secretary,
and thereafter approved by | 15 | | the Senate, shall be entered upon the Journal.
| 16 | | (8) To transmit bills, other documents, and other | 17 | | messages to the House
and
secure a receipt therefor, and to | 18 | | receive from the House bills, documents, and
receipts | 19 | | therefor.
| 20 | | (9) To file with the Secretary of State those debate | 21 | | transcripts and
Senate
documents as are required by law.
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| 1 | | (10) To attend every session of the Senate; record the | 2 | | roll; and read into the Senate record legislative measures | 3 | | and other papers as directed by the Presiding Officer.
| 4 | | Bills shall be read
by title only. Upon initial reading, | 5 | | motions may be read by title and sponsor
only.
| 6 | | (11) To supervise all Assistant Secretaries and other | 7 | | employees of his or
her
office, as well as all committee | 8 | | clerks in their capacity as committee clerks.
| 9 | | (12) To establish the format for all documents, forms, | 10 | | and committee records
prepared by committee clerks.
| 11 | | (13) To perform those duties as assigned by the | 12 | | President.
| 13 | | (Senate Rule 2-8)
| 14 | | 2-8. Assistant Secretary of the Senate. The Senate shall, | 15 | | in a manner
consistent with the laws of Illinois, elect an | 16 | | Assistant Secretary, who shall
perform those duties assigned to | 17 | | him or her by the Secretary.
| 18 | | (Senate Rule 2-9)
| 19 | | 2-9. Sergeant-at-Arms. The Senate shall elect a
| 20 | | Sergeant-at-Arms who shall perform those duties assigned to him | 21 | | or her by law,
or as are ordered by the President or Presiding |
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| 1 | | Officer. Such duties shall
include the following:
| 2 | | (1) To attend the Senate during its sessions and | 3 | | execute the commands of
the
Senate, together with all | 4 | | process issued by authority of the Senate, that are
| 5 | | directed to him or her by the President or Presiding | 6 | | Officer.
| 7 | | (2) To maintain order among spectators admitted into | 8 | | the Senate chambers,
galleries, and adjoining or | 9 | | connecting hallways and passages.
| 10 | | (3) To take proper measures to prevent interruption of | 11 | | the Senate.
| 12 | | (4) To supervise any Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
| 13 | | (5) To perform those duties as assigned by the | 14 | | President.
| 15 | | (Senate Rule 2-10)
| 16 | | 2-10. Schedule.
| 17 | | (a) The President shall periodically establish a
schedule | 18 | | of days on which the Senate shall convene in regular and veto | 19 | | session,
with that schedule subject to revisions at the | 20 | | discretion of the President.
The President may also at his or |
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| 1 | | her discretion schedule perfunctory sessions of the Senate. The | 2 | | President may establish deadlines for the following
| 3 | | legislative
actions:
| 4 | | (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | 5 | | Reference Bureau.
| 6 | | (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
| 7 | | (3) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 8 | | report Senate bills,
except Senate appropriations bills.
| 9 | | (4) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 10 | | report Senate
appropriation bills.
| 11 | | (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | 12 | | bills, except Senate
appropriation bills.
| 13 | | (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | 14 | | appropriation bills.
| 15 | | (7) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 16 | | report House
appropriation bills.
| 17 | | (8) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 18 | | report House bills,
except appropriation bills.
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| 1 | | (9) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
| 2 | | appropriation bills.
| 3 | | (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
| 4 | | non-appropriation bills.
| 5 | | (b) The President may establish additional deadlines for | 6 | | final action on
conference committee reports and any categories | 7 | | of joint action motions.
| 8 | | (c) The foregoing deadlines shall become effective upon | 9 | | being filed by the
President with the Secretary. The Secretary | 10 | | shall Journalize the deadlines.
| 11 | | (d) At any time, the President may schedule alternative | 12 | | deadlines for any legislative action
pursuant to written notice | 13 | | filed with
the Secretary.
| 14 | | (e) The President may schedule deadlines for any other | 15 | | legislative measure as he or she deems appropriate pursuant to | 16 | | written notice filed with the Secretary.
| 17 | | ARTICLE III
| 18 | | COMMITTEES
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| 1 | | (Senate Rule 3-1)
| 2 | | 3-1. Committees.
| 3 | | (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | 4 | | committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | 5 | | by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special | 6 | | subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | 7 | | committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | 8 | | subcommittees.
| 9 | | (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | 10 | | Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | 11 | | provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | 12 | | all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | 13 | | minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | 14 | | other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | 15 | | accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | 16 | | President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | 17 | | members shall become final upon the
President filing with the | 18 | | Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
| 19 | | (c) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 20 | | to call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | 21 | | measures that are assigned to the committee
shall be taken up, | 22 | | order the roll call vote to be taken on each
legislative | 23 | | measure called for a vote, preserve order and decorum during
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| 1 | | committee meetings, assign legislative measures to special | 2 | | subcommittees of the parent committee, jointly sign and issue | 3 | | subpoenas with the President, and implement and supervise the | 4 | | business of the committee.
The
Vice-Chairperson of a committee | 5 | | may preside over its meetings in the absence or
at
the
| 6 | | direction of the Chairperson.
| 7 | | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chairperson or | 8 | | Minority Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a | 9 | | member resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | 10 | | Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | 11 | | shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
Absent | 12 | | concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as otherwise | 13 | | provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a committee | 14 | | shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the remainder of the | 15 | | term. Replacement members shall be of the same caucus
as that | 16 | | of the member who resigns, and shall be appointed by the
| 17 | | President or Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the
| 18 | | resigning member. In the case of vacancies on special | 19 | | subcommittees that were
created by committees, the parent | 20 | | committee shall fill the vacancy by motion.
| 21 | | (e) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 22 | | to call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | 23 | | the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(19). Except as | 24 | | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings |
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| 1 | | shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11.
| 2 | | (Senate Rule 3-2)
| 3 | | 3-2. Membership and Officers of Standing Committees.
| 4 | | (a) At the
commencement of the term, the members of each | 5 | | standing committee shall be
appointed for the term
by the | 6 | | President and the Minority
Leader, except as provided in | 7 | | subsection (c) of this Rule or in Rule 3-5. The
President shall | 8 | | appoint the
Chairperson and the remaining
committee members of | 9 | | the majority caucus (one of whom the President shall
designate | 10 | | as Vice-Chairperson), and the Minority Leader shall appoint the
| 11 | | Minority Spokesperson and the remaining committee members of | 12 | | the minority
caucus, except as provided in paragraph (b) of | 13 | | this Rule. The appointments
shall become immediately effective | 14 | | upon the delivery
of
appropriate correspondence from each of | 15 | | the respective leaders to the
Secretary, regardless of whether | 16 | | the Senate is in session.
The Chairperson and Minority | 17 | | Spokesperson shall serve at the pleasure of the
President or | 18 | | Minority Leader, as the case may be. The Secretary shall
| 19 | | Journalize all appointments. A
standing committee is empowered | 20 | | to conduct
business when a majority of the total number of | 21 | | committee members has been
appointed.
| 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 23 | | Rules, the
President may appoint any two members to serve as | 24 | | Co-Chairpersons of a
standing committee. Co-Chairpersons shall |
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| 1 | | not be of the same caucus
and shall serve at the pleasure of | 2 | | the President.
A standing committee with Co-Chairpersons shall | 3 | | not have a Minority
Spokesperson. For purposes of Section 1 of | 4 | | the General Assembly Compensation
Act (25 ILCS 115/1),
one | 5 | | Co-Chairperson shall be considered "chairman" and
the other | 6 | | shall be considered "minority spokesperson". Co-Chairperson
| 7 | | appointments shall become immediately
effective upon the | 8 | | delivery of appropriate correspondence
from the President to | 9 | | the Secretary, regardless of whether the Senate is
in session. | 10 | | The Secretary shall Journalize all appointments.
| 11 | | (c) To maintain the efficient operation of the Senate, any | 12 | | committee member
may be temporarily replaced due to illness or | 13 | | an unforeseen absence from the Capitol at the time of the | 14 | | committee hearing. The temporary appointment is
effective upon | 15 | | delivery of appropriate correspondence from the President or
| 16 | | Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the member | 17 | | affected, and shall
remain effective for the duration of the | 18 | | illness or temporary absence from the Capitol. If the member | 19 | | returns to the Capitol while the committee is meeting, then the | 20 | | temporary appointment shall remain effective until the | 21 | | committee recesses or adjourns.
| 22 | | (Senate Rule 3-3)
| 23 | | 3-3. Special Committee and Subcommittees.
| 24 | | (a) The Senate may create
special committees by resolution |
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| 1 | | adopted by a majority of those elected. The
President also may | 2 | | create special committees by filing a notice of the creation
of | 3 | | the special committee with the Secretary. The
appointed members | 4 | | of a special committee shall be designated by the
President
and | 5 | | the Minority Leader in the same manner outlined in Rule 3-2 | 6 | | with respect to
standing committees.
| 7 | | (b) A committee may create a special subcommittee by motion | 8 | | adopted by a
majority of those appointed. The members of a | 9 | | special subcommittee shall come
from the membership of the | 10 | | creating committee, and shall be appointed in the
manner | 11 | | determined by the creating committee.
| 12 | | (c) The resolution, motion, or notice creating a special | 13 | | committee or
special
subcommittee shall specify the subject | 14 | | matter of the special committee or
subcommittee and the number | 15 | | of members to be appointed thereto, and may specify
a
reporting | 16 | | date during the term (in which event the special committee or
| 17 | | subcommittee is abolished as of that date). Unless an earlier | 18 | | date is
specified by resolution, motion, or notice, special | 19 | | committees and
subcommittees
shall expire at the end of the | 20 | | term.
| 21 | | (d) When the Senate is not in session, Special Temporary | 22 | | Committees may be
created and appointed by the President. The | 23 | | actions of the President and of
a Special Temporary Committee |
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| 1 | | shall stand as the action of the Senate unless
the action is | 2 | | amended or modified on a roll call vote by a majority of
those | 3 | | elected during the next day the Senate convenes.
| 4 | | (e) In accordance with Section 1 of the General Assembly | 5 | | Compensation Act
(25 ILCS 115/1), no Chairperson or Minority | 6 | | Spokesperson of a committee created
under this Rule shall | 7 | | receive additional compensation for such service.
| 8 | | (Senate Rule 3-4)
| 9 | | 3-4. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the | 10 | | Senate are as
follows:
| 11 | | AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION
| 12 | | APPROPRIATIONS I
| 13 | | APPROPRIATIONS II
| 14 | | COMMERCE
| 15 | | CRIMINAL LAW
| 16 | | EDUCATION
| 17 | | ENERGY
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| 1 | | ENVIRONMENT
| 2 | | EXECUTIVE
| 3 | | EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
| 4 | | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
| 5 | | GAMING
| 6 | | HUMAN SERVICES
| 7 | | HIGHER EDUCATION
| 8 | | INSURANCE
| 9 | | JUDICIARY
| 10 | | LABOR AND COMMERCE
| 11 | | LICENSED ACTIVITIES AND PENSIONS
| 12 | | LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| 13 | | PENSIONS AND INVESTMENTS
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| 1 | | PUBLIC HEALTH | 2 | | REDISTRICTING
| 3 | | REVENUE
| 4 | | STATE GOVERNMENT AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
| 5 | | TRANSPORTATION
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 3-5)
| 7 | | 3-5. Service Committee.
| 8 | | (a) In addition to the standing
committees, there is a | 9 | | permanent service
committee known as the "Committee on | 10 | | Assignments". The Committee on Assignments shall have those
| 11 | | powers and duties that are outlined in these Senate Rules, as | 12 | | well as those
that may be periodically ordered in accordance | 13 | | with these Senate
Rules.
| 14 | | (b) The Committee on Assignments shall consist of five | 15 | | members, three of whom shall
be
appointed by the President and | 16 | | two of whom shall be appointed by the Minority
Leader. Both the | 17 | | President and the Minority Leader shall be eligible to be
| 18 | | appointed to the Committee on Assignments. The Committee on | 19 | | Assignments shall be empowered to
conduct business when a |
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| 1 | | majority of the total number of its members has been
appointed.
| 2 | | (c) The majority caucus members of the Committee on | 3 | | Assignments shall serve at the
pleasure of the President, and | 4 | | the minority caucus members shall serve at the
pleasure of the | 5 | | Minority Leader. Appointments thereto shall be by notice filed
| 6 | | with the Secretary, and shall be effective for the balance of | 7 | | the term or until
a replacement appointment is made, whichever | 8 | | first occurs. Appointments shall
take effect upon filing with | 9 | | the Secretary regardless of whether the
Senate is in session. | 10 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Senate Rules, any | 11 | | Senator who is replaced on the Committee on Assignments may be
| 12 | | reappointed to the Committee on Assignments without | 13 | | concurrence of the Senate.
| 14 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 15 | | Rules, the
Committee on Assignments may meet upon reasonable | 16 | | public notice. All legislative measures
pending before
the | 17 | | Committee on Assignments shall be eligible for consideration at | 18 | | any meeting thereof,
and
all such legislative measures shall be | 19 | | deemed posted for hearing by the
Committee on Assignments for | 20 | | all of its meetings.
| 21 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 22 | | the members
elected.
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| 1 | | (Senate Rule 3-6)
| 2 | | 3-6. Referrals of Resolutions, Messages, and | 3 | | Reorganization Orders.
| 4 | | (a) All resolutions, after being initially read by the | 5 | | Secretary, shall be
automatically referred to the Committee on | 6 | | Assignments unless the
Presiding Officer
determines that the | 7 | | resolution is a death resolution and
orders that the
resolution | 8 | | be placed on the
Resolutions Consent Calendar. Resolutions | 9 | | determined by the Committee on Assignments to
be of a | 10 | | non-substantive, commemorative, or congratulatory nature shall | 11 | | be
returned to the principal sponsor for action pursuant to | 12 | | Rule 6-4. No
resolution may be placed on the
Resolutions
| 13 | | Consent Calendar if any member objects.
| 14 | | (b) All messages from the Governor or any other executive | 15 | | branch
Constitutional Officer or other appointing authority | 16 | | regarding appointments that require confirmation by the
Senate | 17 | | shall, after having been initially read by the Secretary,
| 18 | | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments.
| 19 | | (c) All executive reorganization orders of the Governor | 20 | | issued pursuant to
Article V, Section 11 of the Constitution, | 21 | | after being read into the
record by the Secretary, shall | 22 | | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments
for
| 23 | | its referral to a committee, the latter of which may issue a
| 24 | | recommendation to the Senate with respect to the executive |
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| 1 | | order.
The Senate may disapprove of any executive order only by | 2 | | resolution
adopted by a majority of those elected; no such | 3 | | resolution is in order
until a committee has reported to the | 4 | | Senate on the executive
reorganization, or until the executive | 5 | | order has been discharged pursuant to
Rule 7-9.
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 3-7)
| 7 | | 3-7. Committee on Assignments.
| 8 | | (a) The Committee on Assignments may consider any
| 9 | | legislative measure referred to it pursuant to Rules 3-6, 3-8 | 10 | | and 3-9, by
motion or
resolution, or by order of the Presiding | 11 | | Officer upon initial reading. The
Committee on Assignments may, | 12 | | with the concurrence of a majority of those appointed,
sponsor | 13 | | motions or resolutions; notwithstanding any other provision of | 14 | | these
Senate Rules, any motion or resolution sponsored by the | 15 | | Committee on Assignments may be
immediately considered by the | 16 | | Senate without reference to a committee.
| 17 | | (b) During even-numbered years, the Committee on | 18 | | Assignments shall refer to a
committee of the Senate only | 19 | | appropriation bills implementing the
budget and other | 20 | | legislative measures deemed by the
Committee on Assignments
to | 21 | | be of an emergency nature or
to be of substantial importance to | 22 | | the operation of government. This
subsection (b) applies | 23 | | equally to Senate Bills and House Bills introduced
into or | 24 | | received by the Senate.
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| 1 | | (Senate Rule 3-8)
| 2 | | 3-8. Referrals to Committees.
| 3 | | (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall,
after having | 4 | | been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically
referred | 5 | | to the Committee on Assignments, which may thereafter refer any | 6 | | bill
before it to a committee. The Committee on Assignments may | 7 | | refer any
resolution before it to a committee. No bill or | 8 | | resolution may be
referred to a
committee except pursuant to | 9 | | this Rule or Rule 7-17. A standing
or special committee may | 10 | | refer a matter pending in that committee to a special
| 11 | | subcommittee of
that committee.
| 12 | | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | 13 | | action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | 14 | | with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee | 15 | | on Assignments. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or | 16 | | conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | 17 | | unless approved
for consideration by the
Committee on | 18 | | Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for | 19 | | consideration to the
Senate any floor amendment, joint
action | 20 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report that: | 21 | | (i)
consists of language that has previously been
favorably | 22 | | reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of | 23 | | technical or
clarifying language; or (iii) consists of
language | 24 | | deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an emergency |
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| 1 | | nature, of
substantial importance to the operation of | 2 | | government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The Committee | 3 | | on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint action
| 4 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report to a | 5 | | committee
for
its review and consideration (in those instances, | 6 | | and notwithstanding any other
provision of these Senate Rules, | 7 | | the committee may
hold a hearing on and consider those | 8 | | legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
advance notice). Any | 9 | | floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
| 10 | | conference committee report that is not
approved for | 11 | | consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, and | 12 | | is attempted
to be acted upon by a committee shall be out of | 13 | | order, except as provided for
under
Rule 8-4.
| 14 | | (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 15 | | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 16 | | from which the bill was reported (or to another standing | 17 | | committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon | 18 | | adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day | 19 | | following the day on which the floor amendment was filed, | 20 | | unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor | 21 | | amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor | 22 | | amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate | 23 | | for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before | 24 | | the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject of | 25 | | appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on |
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| 1 | | Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor | 2 | | amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the | 3 | | underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a | 4 | | determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the | 5 | | Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the | 6 | | floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 7 | | floor amendment to any other committee.
| 8 | | (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | 9 | | Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Committee on | 10 | | Assignments. No committee amendment may be
considered by a | 11 | | committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
| 12 | | committee by the
Committee on Assignments and the committee | 13 | | amendment has first been made available electronically or | 14 | | otherwise for not less than one hour. Any committee amendment | 15 | | referred by the
Committee on Assignments shall be referred
to | 16 | | the committee before which the underlying bill or resolution is
| 17 | | pending.
Any committee amendment that is not referred by the
| 18 | | Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is attempted to be | 19 | | acted upon by a committee
shall be out of order.
| 20 | | (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 21 | | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 22 | | to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of the Senate | 23 | | on the third regular session day following the day on which the | 24 | | committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the Committee on |
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| 1 | | Assignments referred the committee amendment to the standing | 2 | | committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) the bill is no | 3 | | longer pending before the committee; (iii) the committee | 4 | | amendment deals with the subject of appropriations or State | 5 | | revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has determined by | 6 | | a majority vote that the committee amendment substantively | 7 | | alters the nature and scope of the underlying bill. If the | 8 | | Committee on Assignments makes a determination under item (iv) | 9 | | of this subsection, then the Committee on Assignments may, in | 10 | | its discretion, (A) refer both the bill and the committee | 11 | | amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 12 | | committee amendment to any other committee. | 13 | | (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer a | 14 | | legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | 15 | | Whole or to any other committee.
| 16 | | (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 17 | | Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments | 18 | | shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing | 19 | | committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge | 20 | | motion for that bill that is signed by no less than | 21 | | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | 22 | | caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion is | 23 | | a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to bills | 24 | | dealing with the subject of appropriations or State revenue. |
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| 1 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 2 | | the members
elected.
| 3 | | (Senate Rule 3-9)
| 4 | | 3-9. Re-Referrals to the Committee on Assignments.
| 5 | | (a) All legislative
measures, with the exception of | 6 | | resolutions to amend the State Constitution,
that have
failed | 7 | | to meet the applicable deadline established in accordance with | 8 | | Rule 2-10
for reporting to the Senate by a standing committee | 9 | | shall automatically be
re-referred to the Committee on | 10 | | Assignments unless: (i) the deadline has been
suspended
| 11 | | pursuant to Rule 7-17, with re-referral to the Committee on | 12 | | Assignments to occur if the
bill has not been reported to the | 13 | | Senate in accordance with the revised
deadline; or (ii) the | 14 | | Committee on Assignments has issued a written exception to the
| 15 | | Secretary with respect to a particular bill prior to the | 16 | | reporting deadline,
with re-referral to occur, if at all, in | 17 | | accordance with the written
exception. Should the President in | 18 | | accordance with Rule 2-10 establish
deadlines for action on | 19 | | joint action motions or conference
committee reports, the | 20 | | foregoing re-referral
provisions and exceptions shall apply | 21 | | with respect to those legislative
measures
that fail to meet | 22 | | those deadlines.
| 23 | | (b) All legislative measures, with the exception of |
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| 1 | | resolutions to amend the
State Constitution and Appointment | 2 | | Messages, pending before the Senate or any of its committees | 3 | | shall
automatically be re-referred to the Committee on | 4 | | Assignments on the 31st consecutive day
that the Senate has not | 5 | | convened for session unless: (i) this Rule has been
suspended | 6 | | in accordance with Rule 7-17; or (ii) the Committee on | 7 | | Assignments has issued
a written exception to the Secretary | 8 | | prior to that 31st day.
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 3-10)
| 10 | | 3-10. Reporting by Committees. Committees shall report to | 11 | | the Senate, and
subcommittees shall report to their parent | 12 | | committees.
| 13 | | (Senate Rule 3-11)
| 14 | | 3-11. Committee Procedure.
| 15 | | (a) A committee may consider any
legislative measure | 16 | | referred to it and may make with respect to that
legislative | 17 | | measure one of the following reports to the Senate or to the | 18 | | parent
committee, as appropriate:
| 19 | | (1) that the bill "do pass";
| 20 | | (2) that the bill "do not pass";
| 21 | | (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
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| 1 | | (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
| 2 | | (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
| 3 | | (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
| 4 | | (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
| 5 | | (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
| 6 | | (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | 7 | | conference committee
report "recommend do adopt";
| 8 | | (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | 9 | | conference committee
report "recommend do not adopt";
| 10 | | (11) "without recommendation";
| 11 | | (12) that the legislative measure "be re-referred to | 12 | | the Committee on Assignments"; | 13 | | (13) that the Appointment Message be reported "do | 14 | | recommend advise and consent"; or | 15 | | (14) that the Appointment Message be reported "do not |
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| 1 | | recommend advise and consent".
| 2 | | Any of the foregoing reports may only be made upon the | 3 | | concurrence of a
majority of those appointed. All legislative | 4 | | measures reported "do pass", "do
pass as amended", "be | 5 | | adopted", "be adopted as amended", or "be approved for
| 6 | | consideration" shall be deemed favorably reported to the | 7 | | Senate. All Appointment Messages reported "do recommend advise | 8 | | and consent", "do not recommend advise and consent", or | 9 | | "without recommendation" shall be deemed reported to the | 10 | | Senate. Except as
otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, any | 11 | | legislative measure referred to a
committee and not reported | 12 | | pursuant to this Rule shall remain in that
committee. Pursuant | 13 | | to Rules 3-11(g) and 7-10, a committee may report a
legislative | 14 | | measure as tabled.
| 15 | | (b) No bill that provides for an appropriation or | 16 | | expenditure of money from
the State Treasury may be considered | 17 | | for passage by the Senate unless it has
first been reported to | 18 | | the Senate by an Appropriations Committee, unless:
| 19 | | (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations | 20 | | Committee in accordance
with Rule 7-9;
| 21 | | (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a | 22 | | majority of those
appointed to the Committee on |
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| 1 | | Assignments; or
| 2 | | (3) this Rule was suspended in accordance with Rule | 3 | | 7-17.
| 4 | | (c) The Chairperson of each committee shall keep, or cause | 5 | | to be kept, a
record in which there shall be entered:
| 6 | | (1) The time and place of each meeting of the | 7 | | committee.
| 8 | | (2) The attendance of committee members at each | 9 | | meeting.
| 10 | | (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all | 11 | | legislative measures
acted
upon by the committee.
| 12 | | (4) All witness slips that may have been presented to | 13 | | the committee.
| 14 | | (5) Such additional information as may be requested by | 15 | | the Secretary.
| 16 | | (d) The committee Chairperson shall file with the | 17 | | Secretary, along with
every
bill or resolution reported upon, a | 18 | | sheet containing such information as is
required by the |
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| 1 | | Secretary. The Secretary may adopt forms, policies, and
| 2 | | procedures with respect to the preparation, filing, and | 3 | | maintenance of these
reports.
| 4 | | (e) Except as provided in Rule 3-5 or 3-8 or unless this | 5 | | Rule is suspended
pursuant
to Rule 7-17, no committee may | 6 | | consider or conduct a hearing with respect to a
legislative | 7 | | measure absent notice first being given as follows:
| 8 | | (1) The Chairperson of the committee shall, no later | 9 | | than six days before
any proposed hearing, post a notice on | 10 | | the Senate bulletin board, or electronically make the | 11 | | notice available, identifying
each legislative measure | 12 | | that may be considered during that hearing. The
notice | 13 | | shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing.
| 14 | | (2) Meetings of the Committee on Assignments may be | 15 | | called pursuant to Rule 3-5;
meetings of committees to | 16 | | consider floor amendments, joint action
motions, and | 17 | | conference committee reports may be called pursuant to Rule | 18 | | 3-8.
| 19 | | (3) The Chairperson shall, in advance of a committee | 20 | | hearing, notify all
principal sponsors of legislative | 21 | | measures posted for hearing of the date,
time, and place of | 22 | | hearing. When practicable, the Secretary shall include a
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| 1 | | notice of all scheduled hearings, together with all posted | 2 | | bills and
resolutions, in the Daily Calendar of the Senate.
| 3 | | Irrespective of whether a legislative measure has been posted | 4 | | for
hearing, it shall be in order for a committee during any of | 5 | | its meetings to
refer that legislative measure pending before | 6 | | it to a subcommittee of that
committee.
| 7 | | (f) Other than the Committee on Assignments, no committee | 8 | | may meet during any session
of the Senate, and no
commission
| 9 | | created by Illinois law that has legislative membership may | 10 | | meet during any
session of the Senate.
| 11 | | (g) Regardless of whether notice has been previously given, | 12 | | it is
always in order for a committee to order any legislative | 13 | | measure pending
before it to lie on the table when the | 14 | | principal sponsor so requests. When
reported to the Senate, | 15 | | such committee action shall stand as the action of the
Senate.
| 16 | | (h) When a committee fails to report a legislative measure | 17 | | pending before
it
to the Senate, or when a committee fails to | 18 | | hold a public hearing on a
legislative measure pending before | 19 | | it, the exclusive means of bringing
that
legislative measure | 20 | | directly before the Senate for its consideration is
pursuant to | 21 | | Rule
7-9.
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| 1 | | (i) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in | 2 | | committee in the
absence of the principal sponsor, except that, | 3 | | with the approval of the principal sponsor and the consent of | 4 | | the committee, a legislative measure may be called for a vote | 5 | | in committee by a chief cosponsor of the legislative measure or | 6 | | by a member of the same caucus as the principal sponsor who is | 7 | | either the Committee Chairperson, Committee Co-Chairperson, | 8 | | Committee Vice-Chairperson, or Minority Spokesperson.
| 9 | | (j) A committee may conduct a legislative investigation | 10 | | with regard to legislative measures pending before the | 11 | | committee.
| 12 | | (Senate Rule 3-12)
| 13 | | 3-12. Committee Reports.
| 14 | | (a) All bills favorably reported to the
Senate
from a | 15 | | committee, or with respect to which a committee has been | 16 | | discharged,
shall stand on the order of Second Reading unless | 17 | | otherwise ordered by the
Senate, and may be amended only on | 18 | | Second Reading. Bills reported to the
Senate from committee "do | 19 | | not pass", "do not pass as amended", or "without | 20 | | recommendation"
shall lie on
the table.
| 21 | | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions, and | 22 | | conference committee
reports favorably reported to the Senate | 23 | | from a committee shall be before the
Senate and eligible for |
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| 1 | | consideration by the Senate when it is on an
appropriate order | 2 | | of business (floor amendments may be considered
by the Senate | 3 | | only when the bill to be amended is on Second
Reading). All | 4 | | floor
amendments, joint action motions, and conference | 5 | | committee reports that are
reported to the Senate from | 6 | | committee "recommend do not adopt" or "without recommendation" | 7 | | shall lie on the table.
| 8 | | (c) All resolutions favorably reported to the Senate from a | 9 | | committee, or
with respect to which a committee has been | 10 | | discharged, shall stand on the order
of Resolutions. All | 11 | | resolutions that are reported to the Senate from committee
"be | 12 | | not adopted", "be not adopted as amended", or "without | 13 | | recommendation"
shall
lie on the table. Floor amendments to | 14 | | resolutions shall be subject to the same
procedure applicable | 15 | | to floor amendments to bills.
| 16 | | (d) All Appointment Messages reported to the Senate from a | 17 | | committee, or with respect to which a committee has been | 18 | | discharged, shall stand on the order of Executive Appointments.
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 3-13)
| 20 | | 3-13. Witnesses, Oaths, Affirmations, and Subpoenas.
| 21 | | (a) Standing committees may administer oaths (or | 22 | | affirmations) and may compel,
by subpoena, any person or entity | 23 | | to (i) appear and give testimony as a witness before the
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| 1 | | standing committee, (ii) produce papers, documents, and other
| 2 | | materials relating to a legislative measure pending before the | 3 | | standing
committee or a subject matter within the jurisdiction | 4 | | of the standing
committee, or (iii) do both (i) and (ii).
| 5 | | (b) Special committees may administer oaths (or | 6 | | affirmations) and may compel,
by subpoena, any person or entity | 7 | | to (i) appear and give testimony before the special
committee, | 8 | | (ii) produce papers, documents, and other materials
relating
to | 9 | | the subject matter for which the special committee was created | 10 | | or relating
to a legislative measure pending before the special | 11 | | committee, or (iii) do both (i) and (ii).
| 12 | | (c) A committee of the whole may administer oaths (or | 13 | | affirmations) and may compel, by
subpoena, any person or entity | 14 | | to (i) appear and give testimony before the committee of the
| 15 | | whole, (ii) produce papers, documents, and other materials | 16 | | relating to the
subject matter for which the committee of the | 17 | | whole was created or relating to
a legislative measure pending | 18 | | before the committee of the whole, or (iii) do both (i) and | 19 | | (ii).
| 20 | | (d) Oaths may be administered under this Rule by the | 21 | | Presiding Officer or by
the Chairperson of a committee or any | 22 | | person sitting in his or her stead.
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| 1 | | (e) Subpoenas issued under this Rule must be issued and | 2 | | signed by the
Chairperson of the committee and must comply with | 3 | | Rule 2-5(c)(9).
| 4 | | (f) A subpoena may specify terms and times of production | 5 | | other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee issuing the | 6 | | subpoena. | 7 | | (g) A subpoenaed witness has all the rights and privileges | 8 | | afforded him or her under the rules, laws, and constitution of | 9 | | the State of Illinois. | 10 | | (h) A witness who gives testimony under subpoena has a | 11 | | right to counsel of his or her own choosing. | 12 | | (i) A witness who gives testimony under subpoena may be | 13 | | compensated for travel expenses to the same extent as | 14 | | legislators and legislative employees under the Rules of the | 15 | | Legislative Travel Control Board. | 16 | | (j) The President and the Chairperson of the committee | 17 | | issuing a subpoena each have standing to enforce the subpoena | 18 | | in any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of | 19 | | Illinois, and seek enforcement remedies recognized under the | 20 | | rules, laws, and constitution of the State of Illinois. |
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| 1 | | (k) In the case of
special committees with
Co-Chairpersons | 2 | | from different political parties, the term "Chairperson" for
| 3 | | purposes of this Rule means the Co-Chairperson from the | 4 | | majority caucus.
| 5 | | ARTICLE IV
| 6 | | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
| 7 | | (Senate Rule 4-1)
| 8 | | 4-1. Sessions of the Senate.
| 9 | | (a) The Senate shall be deemed in session
whenever it | 10 | | convenes in perfunctory session, regular session, veto | 11 | | session, or
special session. Members shall be entitled to per | 12 | | diem expense reimbursements
only on those regular, veto, and | 13 | | special session days that they are in
attendance at the Senate. | 14 | | Attendance by members is not required or
recorded during | 15 | | perfunctory sessions.
| 16 | | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled with | 17 | | notice by the
President in accordance with Rule 2-10. Special | 18 | | session days
shall be scheduled in accordance with the | 19 | | Constitution and laws of Illinois.
| 20 | | (c) The President, at his or her discretion, may schedule | 21 | | perfunctory
sessions
during which the Secretary may read into |
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| 1 | | the Senate record any
legislative measure. Properly convened | 2 | | committees may meet and may consider
and act upon legislative | 3 | | measures during a perfunctory
session, and the Secretary may | 4 | | receive and read committee reports into the
Senate record | 5 | | during a perfunctory session. Excepting any automatic referral
| 6 | | provisions of these Senate Rules, no action may be taken by the
| 7 | | Senate with
respect to a legislative measure during a | 8 | | perfunctory session.
| 9 | | (d) The President may also schedule perfunctory sessions | 10 | | for the purpose
of affording those members designated by the | 11 | | President and Minority Leader an
opportunity to negotiate with | 12 | | respect to any unfinished business of the Senate
without | 13 | | necessitating the presence of all members and the related costs | 14 | | to
Illinois taxpayers.
| 15 | | (Senate Rule 4-2)
| 16 | | 4-2. Hour of Meeting. Unless otherwise ordered by the | 17 | | Presiding Officer
or by a majority of those elected, the Senate | 18 | | shall regularly convene at noon.
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 4-3)
| 20 | | 4-3. Entitled to Floor.
| 21 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Senate Rules, | 22 | | only
the following persons shall be admitted to the Senate | 23 | | while it is in session:
members and officers of the General |
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| 1 | | Assembly; elected officers of the executive
branch; justices of | 2 | | the Supreme Court; the designated aides to the Governor; the
| 3 | | parliamentarian; majority staff members and minority staff | 4 | | members, except as
limited by the Presiding Officer; former | 5 | | Presidents of
the Senate, except as limited by the President or | 6 | | prohibited under subsection
(d); former members who served in | 7 | | the Senate at any time during the past four
years, except as | 8 | | limited by the President or prohibited under subsection (d);
| 9 | | and employees of the Legislative Reference Bureau and the | 10 | | Legislative Information System, except as limited by the
| 11 | | President. Representatives of the press, while the Senate is in | 12 | | session, may
have access to the galleries and places allotted | 13 | | to them by the President. No
person is entitled to the floor | 14 | | unless appropriately attired.
| 15 | | (b) On days during which the Senate is in session, the
| 16 | | Sergeant-at-Arms
shall clear the floor of all persons not | 17 | | entitled to access the floor a quarter
hour before the | 18 | | convening time, and he or she shall enforce all
other | 19 | | provisions of this Rule.
| 20 | | (c) The Senate may authorize, by motion adopted by majority | 21 | | vote, the
admission to the floor of any
other person, except as | 22 | | prohibited under subsection (d).
| 23 | | (d) No person who is directly or indirectly interested in |
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| 1 | | defeating or
promoting any pending legislative measure, if | 2 | | required to be registered as a
lobbyist, is allowed access to | 3 | | the floor of the Senate at any time during
the session.
| 4 | | (e) When he or she deems it necessary for the preservation | 5 | | of order, the
Presiding Officer may by order remove any person | 6 | | from the floor of the Senate.
A Senator may be removed from the | 7 | | floor only pursuant to Rule 11-1.
| 8 | | (Senate Rule 4-4)
| 9 | | 4-4. Daily Order. Unless otherwise determined by the | 10 | | Presiding Officer,
the daily order of business of the Senate | 11 | | shall be as follows:
| 12 | | (1) Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of | 13 | | Allegiance.
| 14 | | (2) Reading and Approval of the Journal.
| 15 | | (3) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
| 16 | | (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the | 17 | | Committee on Assignments
ordinarily made at any time.
| 18 | | (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and | 19 | | Messages.
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| 1 | | (6) Introduction of Senate Bills.
| 2 | | (7) Messages from the House, not including reading | 3 | | House Bills a first
time.
| 4 | | (8) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
| 5 | | (9) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
| 6 | | (10) Reading of House Bills a third time.
| 7 | | (11) Reading of House Bills a second time.
| 8 | | (12) Reading of House Bills a first time.
| 9 | | (13) Senate Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
| 10 | | (14) House Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
| 11 | | (15) Conference Committee Reports.
| 12 | | (16) Motions in Writing.
| 13 | | (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
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| 1 | | (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
| 2 | | (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
| 3 | | (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
| 4 | | (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
| 5 | | (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
| 6 | | (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of Postponed | 7 | | Consideration.
| 8 | | (Senate Rule 4-5)
| 9 | | 4-5. Quorum.
| 10 | | (a) A majority of those elected shall constitute a quorum
| 11 | | of the Senate, and a majority of those appointed shall | 12 | | constitute a quorum of a
committee, but a smaller number may | 13 | | adjourn from day to day or recess for less
than one day. The | 14 | | attendance of
absent members may be compelled by order of the | 15 | | President.
| 16 | | (b) The question of the presence of a quorum in any | 17 | | committee may not be
raised on consideration of a legislative | 18 | | measure by the Senate unless the same
question was previously | 19 | | raised before the committee with respect to that
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| 1 | | measure.
| 2 | | (Senate Rule 4-6)
| 3 | | 4-6. Approval of the Journal. The President or his or her | 4 | | designee shall
periodically examine and report to the Senate | 5 | | any corrections he or she deems
should be made in the Journal | 6 | | before it is approved. If these corrections are
approved by the | 7 | | Senate, they shall be made by the Secretary.
| 8 | | (Senate Rule 4-7)
| 9 | | 4-7. Executive Sessions. The sessions of the Senate shall | 10 | | be open to
the public. Sessions and committee meetings of the | 11 | | Senate may be closed to the
public if, pursuant to Article IV, | 12 | | Section 5(c) of the Constitution,
two-thirds of the members | 13 | | elected determine that the public interest so
requires.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 4-8)
| 15 | | 4-8. Length of Adjournment. Pursuant to Article IV, Section | 16 | | 15(a) of
the Constitution, the Senate shall not adjourn, | 17 | | without the consent of the
House, for more than three days, nor | 18 | | to another place than that in which the
two chambers of the | 19 | | General Assembly are sitting. The Senate shall be in
session on | 20 | | any day in which it shall convene in perfunctory session, | 21 | | regular
session, veto session, or special session.
| 22 | | (Senate Rule 4-9)
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| 1 | | 4-9. Transcript of the Senate. In accordance with Article | 2 | | IV, Section
7(b) of the Constitution, nothing contained in the | 3 | | official transcript of the
Senate shall be changed or expunged | 4 | | except by written request of a Senator to
the Secretary and | 5 | | Presiding Officer, which request may be approved only on a
roll | 6 | | call vote of three-fifths of the members elected.
| 7 | | ARTICLE V
| 8 | | BILLS AND AMENDMENTS
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 5-1)
| 10 | | 5-1. Bills.
| 11 | | (a) A bill may be introduced in the Senate by sponsorship
| 12 | | of one or more members of the Senate, whose names shall be on | 13 | | the printed
copies of the bills, in the Senate Journal, and in | 14 | | the Legislative Digest. The
principal sponsor shall be the | 15 | | first name to appear on the bill and may be
joined by no more | 16 | | than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the
principal | 17 | | sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the principal
| 18 | | sponsor and any chief cosponsors by a comma. By motion, the | 19 | | sponsorship of a
bill may be changed to that of another Senator | 20 | | (or Senators, as the case may
be), or to that of the standing | 21 | | committee to which the bill was referred or
from which the bill | 22 | | was reported. Such a motion may be made at any time the
bill is | 23 | | pending before the Senate or any of its committees.
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| 1 | | (b) The principal sponsor of a bill shall control the bill | 2 | | and may allow a chief cosponsor (i) to present the bill on | 3 | | Third Reading with written approval or (ii) to move the bill | 4 | | from Second Reading to Third Reading. A
committee-sponsored | 5 | | bill shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the
committee, | 6 | | who for purposes of these Senate Rules shall be deemed the | 7 | | principal
sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may not have | 8 | | individual cosponsors.
| 9 | | (c) (1) The House sponsor of a bill originating in the | 10 | | House may request
substitute
Senate sponsorship of that bill by | 11 | | filing a notice with the Secretary; that
notice shall | 12 | | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments and | 13 | | deemed
adopted if approved by the Committee on Assignments. | 14 | | (2) The notice shall include the bill number, the name of | 15 | | the Senate chief sponsor to be substituted, the signature of | 16 | | the House sponsor, the signature of the substitute Senate chief | 17 | | sponsor, and a statement that the original Senate sponsor was | 18 | | provided with notice of intent to request a substitute Senate | 19 | | sponsor. | 20 | | (3) The Committee on Assignments shall act on any notice | 21 | | within three session days (excluding perfunctory session | 22 | | days). If the Committee on Assignments fails to act on that |
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| 1 | | notice within three session days, then the notice shall be | 2 | | deemed approved and the Senate sponsorship of the House Bill | 3 | | will be substituted pursuant to the notice. The Senate | 4 | | President may suspend in writing the operation of the three | 5 | | session day automatic approval process set forth under this | 6 | | subsection (c) if the President determines that the Rules | 7 | | Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to act on | 8 | | any Senator's request to substitute House sponsorship of a | 9 | | Senate Bill.
| 10 | | (d) All bills introduced in the Senate shall be read by | 11 | | title a first time,
ordered printed, and automatically referred | 12 | | to the Committee on Assignments in
accordance with Rule 3-8. | 13 | | When a House Bill is received, it shall be taken up,
ordered | 14 | | printed, and placed on the order of House Bills on First
| 15 | | Reading; after having been read a first time, it shall | 16 | | automatically
be referred to the Committee on Assignments in | 17 | | accordance with Rule 3-8.
| 18 | | (e) All bills introduced into the Senate shall be | 19 | | accompanied by eight
copies.
Any bill that amends a statute | 20 | | shall indicate the particular changes in the
following manner:
| 21 | | (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
| 22 | | (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded |
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| 1 | | shall be shown crossed
with a line.
| 2 | | (f) No bill shall be passed by the Senate except on a roll | 3 | | call vote of a
majority of those elected. A bill that has lost | 4 | | and has not been reconsidered
may not thereafter be revived.
| 5 | | (Senate Rule 5-2)
| 6 | | 5-2. Reading and Printing of Bills. Every bill shall be | 7 | | read by title
on three different days prior to passage by the | 8 | | Senate, and the bill and all
adopted amendments thereto shall | 9 | | be printed before the vote is taken on its
final passage.
| 10 | | (Senate Rule 5-3)
| 11 | | 5-3. Printing and Distribution. The Secretary shall, as | 12 | | soon as any
bill is printed, deliver to the Sergeant-at-Arms | 13 | | sufficient copies to furnish
each Senator with a copy, and the | 14 | | Sergeant-at-Arms shall at once cause the
bills to be | 15 | | distributed upon the desks of the Senators. Alternatively, and
| 16 | | pursuant to Rule 2-7(b)(3), the Secretary may establish a | 17 | | method any Senator
may use to secure a copy of any bill he or | 18 | | she desires.
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 5-4)
| 20 | | 5-4. Amendments.
| 21 | | (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted either by a
| 22 | | standing committee when the bill is before that committee, or |
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| 1 | | by the Senate
when a bill is on the order of Second
Reading. | 2 | | The former shall be known as a "committee amendment" and the | 3 | | latter
as a "floor amendment". All amendments must be in | 4 | | writing. All amendments
still pending in a committee upon the | 5 | | passage or defeat of a bill on Third
Reading shall | 6 | | automatically be tabled.
| 7 | | (b) Committee amendments may only be offered by the | 8 | | principal sponsor or a
member of the
committee while the | 9 | | affected bill is before the committee, and shall be
adopted by | 10 | | a majority of those appointed. Floor amendments may only be
| 11 | | offered by a Senator while the bill is on the order of Second
| 12 | | Reading, and shall be adopted by a majority vote of the Senate. | 13 | | An amendment
may be the subject of a motion to "do adopt" or | 14 | | "do not adopt", and may only be
adopted pursuant to a | 15 | | successful motion to "do adopt".
| 16 | | (c) Committee amendments and
floor amendments shall be | 17 | | filed with the Secretary, and shall
be in order only when eight | 18 | | copies have been filed.
The Secretary shall provide copies of | 19 | | committee amendments to the Chairperson
and Minority | 20 | | Spokesperson of the appropriate committee as soon as | 21 | | practicable.
| 22 | | (d) The Secretary shall have printed all adopted committee | 23 | | amendments that
come before
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| 1 | | The Secretary shall also have
printed all
adopted floor | 2 | | amendments. No floor amendment may be adopted by the
Senate | 3 | | unless it has been first reproduced and placed on the members' | 4 | | desks.
| 5 | | (e) No floor or committee amendment shall be in order | 6 | | unless approved or
referred by the
Committee on Assignments in | 7 | | accordance with Rule 3-8 or brought before the Senate pursuant | 8 | | to
Rule 7-9.
| 9 | | (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall | 10 | | set forth
completely the statutory Sections amended, and shall | 11 | | conform to the
requirements of Rule 5-1(e).
| 12 | | (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the | 13 | | committee
amendments shall be deemed adopted by the committee | 14 | | action and shall be
reproduced and placed on the members' desks | 15 | | before the bill may be read a
second time.
| 16 | | (Senate Rule 5-5)
| 17 | | 5-5. Fiscal and Other Notes. The Senate shall comply with | 18 | | all effective
Illinois laws requiring notes on any bill, | 19 | | including without limitation the
Fiscal Note Act, the Pension | 20 | | Impact Note
Act, the Judicial Note Act,
the State Debt Impact | 21 | | Note
Act, the Correctional Budget and Impact Note Act, the Home | 22 | | Rule Note Act, the
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| 1 | | Affordability Impact Note Act, and the
State Mandates Act, all | 2 | | as amended. All such
notes shall be filed with the Secretary | 3 | | with a time stamp endorsing the date
and time received, and | 4 | | shall then be attached to the original of the bill and
be | 5 | | available for inspection by the members. As soon as | 6 | | practicable, the
Secretary shall provide a copy of the note to | 7 | | the Legislative Reference Bureau,
which shall provide an | 8 | | informative summary of the note in subsequent issues of
the | 9 | | Legislative Digest.
| 10 | | (Senate Rule 5-6) | 11 | | 5-6. Amendments to Taxpayer Accountability and Budget | 12 | | Stabilization Act. | 13 | | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | 14 | | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to Section | 15 | | 201.5 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or that seeks to | 16 | | appropriate or transfer money pursuant to a declaration of a | 17 | | fiscal emergency under Section 201.5 of that Act, may be moved | 18 | | from the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | 19 | | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | 20 | | been adopted by a record vote of 36 members. If such a bill is | 21 | | on the order of concurrence or in the form of a conference | 22 | | committee report, no motion to concur or to adopt that | 23 | | conference committee report is in order unless a motion to | 24 | | approve such measure for consideration has been adopted by a | 25 | | record vote of 36 members. Nothing in this Senate Rule shall be |
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| 1 | | deemed to alter the vote requirement for final passage of a | 2 | | legislative measure required by the Illinois Constitution. | 3 | | (b) Any motion to approve a legislative measure for | 4 | | consideration, authorized by subsection (a), must be in | 5 | | writing. Upon receipt of the written motion, the Secretary | 6 | | shall immediately notify the President and the Minority Leader. | 7 | | The motion shall not be referred to a committee. The motion | 8 | | must be carried on the calendar before it may be taken up by | 9 | | the Senate and may then be immediately considered and adopted | 10 | | by the Senate. The motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, | 11 | | provided that once that motion is adopted, it shall not be | 12 | | reconsidered. | 13 | | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | 14 | | consent by record vote. | 15 | | (Senate Rule 5-7) | 16 | | 5-7. Amendments to State Pension Funds Continuing | 17 | | Appropriation Act. | 18 | | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | 19 | | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to the State | 20 | | Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act may be moved from | 21 | | the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | 22 | | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | 23 | | been adopted by a record vote of 36 members. If such a bill is | 24 | | on the order of concurrence or in the form of a conference | 25 | | committee report, no motion to concur or to adopt that |
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| 1 | | conference committee report is in order unless a motion to | 2 | | approve such measure for consideration has been adopted by a | 3 | | record vote of 36 members. Nothing in this Senate Rule shall be | 4 | | deemed to alter the vote requirement for final passage of a | 5 | | legislative measure required by the Illinois Constitution. | 6 | | (b) Any motion to approve a legislative measure for | 7 | | consideration, authorized by subsection (a), must be in | 8 | | writing. Upon receipt of the written motion, the Secretary | 9 | | shall immediately notify the President and the Minority Leader. | 10 | | The motion shall not be referred to a committee. The motion | 11 | | must be carried on the calendar before it may be taken up by | 12 | | the Senate and may then be immediately considered and adopted | 13 | | by the Senate. The motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, | 14 | | provided that once that motion is adopted, it shall not be | 15 | | reconsidered. | 16 | | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | 17 | | consent by record vote.
| 18 | | ARTICLE VI
| 19 | | RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
| 20 | | (Senate Rule 6-1)
| 21 | | 6-1. Resolutions.
| 22 | | (a) A resolution shall be introduced in the Senate
by
| 23 | | sponsorship of one or more members of the Senate, and the names |
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| 1 | | of all sponsors
shall be printed in the Senate Journal and in | 2 | | the Legislative Digest. Each
resolution introduced shall be | 3 | | accompanied by eight copies.
| 4 | | (b) Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State | 5 | | funds may be
adopted only by a roll call vote of a majority of | 6 | | those elected.
| 7 | | (c) The Secretary shall periodically print a Resolutions | 8 | | Consent Calendar,
which the Secretary shall periodically | 9 | | distribute prior to its consideration by
the Senate (generally | 10 | | the last
daily session of the week). No debate is in order | 11 | | regarding any
resolution appearing on the Resolutions Consent | 12 | | Calendar. All resolutions
appearing on the Resolutions Consent | 13 | | Calendar may be adopted in one motion;
however, any Senator may | 14 | | vote "no" or "present" on any resolution appearing on
the | 15 | | Resolutions Consent Calendar by providing written notice of | 16 | | that intention
to the Secretary prior to the vote on the | 17 | | Resolutions Consent Calendar. Prior
to the adoption of any | 18 | | resolution on the Resolutions Consent Calendar, if any
three | 19 | | members file with the Secretary a written objection to the | 20 | | presence of a
resolution thereon, that resolution shall be | 21 | | removed from the Resolutions
Consent Calendar and is | 22 | | automatically referred to the Committee on Assignments.
| 23 | | (Senate Rule 6-2)
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| 1 | | 6-2. State Constitutional Amendments. All resolutions | 2 | | introduced in the
Senate proposing amendments to the | 3 | | Constitution shall be printed in the same
manner in which bills | 4 | | are printed. Every such resolution that originated in
the House | 5 | | and is presented to the Senate shall be ordered printed in like
| 6 | | manner unless the resolution has been similarly printed by the | 7 | | House in the
same form in which it was presented to the Senate. | 8 | | No such resolution may be
adopted unless read in full in its | 9 | | final form on three different days.
Amendments to these | 10 | | resolutions may be in order on the initial First and Second
| 11 | | Readings only.
| 12 | | (Senate Rule 6-3)
| 13 | | 6-3. Federal Constitutional Amendments and Constitutional | 14 | | Conventions.
The affirmative vote of three-fifths of those | 15 | | elected shall be required to
adopt any resolution:
| 16 | | (1) requesting Congress to call a federal | 17 | | constitutional convention;
| 18 | | (2) ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution | 19 | | of the United
States;
or
| 20 | | (3) to call a State convention to ratify a proposed | 21 | | amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
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| 1 | | (Senate Rule 6-4)
| 2 | | 6-4. Certificates of Recognition. Any member may sponsor a | 3 | | certificate
of recognition with the name and signature of the | 4 | | member, and attested by the
Secretary with the State Seal | 5 | | attached to
recognize any person, organization, or event worthy | 6 | | of public commendation.
The
form of the Certificate of | 7 | | Recognition shall be determined by the Secretary
with the | 8 | | approval of the President and Minority Leader.
| 9 | | ARTICLE VII
| 10 | | PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
| 11 | | (Senate Rule 7-1)
| 12 | | 7-1. Voting within Bar. No Senator shall be permitted to | 13 | | vote on any
question before the Senate unless on the floor | 14 | | before the vote is announced.
No member of a
committee may vote | 15 | | except in person at the time of the call of the committee
vote. | 16 | | Any vote of the Senate shall be by roll call whenever two | 17 | | Senators
so request or whenever the Presiding Officer so | 18 | | orders.
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 7-2)
| 20 | | 7-2. Announcing a Roll Call Vote. When a roll call vote is | 21 | | requested,
the Presiding Officer shall put the question and | 22 | | then announce to the Senate:
"The voting is open.". While the |
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| 1 | | roll call is being taken, the Presiding
Officer shall state: | 2 | | "Have all voted who wish?". The voting is
closed when the | 3 | | Presiding Officer announces: "Take the Record.". The
Presiding | 4 | | Officer, unless an intervening motion to postpone | 5 | | consideration by
the principal sponsor is made, shall then | 6 | | announce the results of the roll
call. No
Senator is permitted | 7 | | to vote or to change his or her vote after the Presiding
| 8 | | Officer announces: "Take the Record.".
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 7-3)
| 10 | | 7-3. Decorum and Debate.
| 11 | | (a) When any Senator is about to speak or
deliver any | 12 | | matter to the Senate, he or she shall rise and address the
| 13 | | Presiding Officer as "Mister President" or "Madam President", | 14 | | as the case may
be. Upon being recognized by the Chair, the
| 15 | | latter will address the Senator by name and thereupon, and not | 16 | | until then, the
engineer in charge of operating the microphones | 17 | | in the Senate will give the use
of the microphone to the | 18 | | Senator who has been so recognized. The Senator in
speaking | 19 | | shall confine himself or herself to the subject matter under
| 20 | | discussion and avoid personalities.
| 21 | | (b) The Presiding Officer may at his or her discretion, and | 22 | | with
consideration for the efficient operation of the Senate, | 23 | | determine whether
any member shall be afforded the floor for | 24 | | the purpose of introduction of
guests in the gallery. Questions |
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| 1 | | affecting the rights,
reputation, and conduct of members of the | 2 | | Senate in their representative
capacity are questions of | 3 | | personal privilege. A matter of personal explanation
does not | 4 | | constitute a question of personal privilege.
| 5 | | (c) If any Senator in speaking (or otherwise) transgresses | 6 | | these Senate
Rules, the Presiding Officer shall, or any Senator | 7 | | may, call him or her to
order, in which case the Senator so | 8 | | called to order shall sit down, unless
permitted to explain; | 9 | | and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide on the case
| 10 | | without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Senator | 11 | | called to order, he
or she is at liberty to proceed. If | 12 | | otherwise, and the case requires it,
he or she is liable to the | 13 | | censure of the Senate.
| 14 | | (d) If any Senator is called to order for words spoken in | 15 | | debate, the person
calling him or her to order shall repeat the | 16 | | words excepted to, and they shall
be taken down by the | 17 | | Secretary. No Senator shall be held to answer or be
subject to | 18 | | the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate if any | 19 | | Senator
has spoken in debate or other business has intervened | 20 | | after the words spoken
and
before exceptions to them shall have | 21 | | been taken.
| 22 | | (e) If two or more Senators rise at once, the Presiding | 23 | | Officer shall name
the Senator who is to speak first.
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| 1 | | (f) No person shall give any signs of approbation or | 2 | | disapprobation while
the
Senate is in session.
| 3 | | (g) No Senator shall speak more than five minutes on the | 4 | | same question
without the consent of the Senate, nor more than | 5 | | twice on that question. No
Senator shall speak more than once | 6 | | until every Senator choosing to speak has
spoken. No Senator | 7 | | may explain his or her vote.
| 8 | | (h) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question, no | 9 | | Senator shall
leave
or walk across the Senate Chamber. When a | 10 | | Senator is addressing the Senate, no
Senator or other person | 11 | | entitled to the floor shall entertain private discourse
or pass | 12 | | between the speaker and the Presiding Officer.
| 13 | | (i) In case of any disturbances or disorderly conduct in | 14 | | the lobby, gallery,
or hallways adjoining the chamber, the | 15 | | President shall have the power to order
the same to be cleared.
| 16 | | (j) All material placed on the desks of Senators shall | 17 | | contain the name of
the Senator requesting its distribution.
| 18 | | (Senate Rule 7-4)
| 19 | | 7-4. Motions, Generally. The following are general rules | 20 | | for all
motions:
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| 1 | | (1) Every motion, except to adjourn, recess, or | 2 | | postpone consideration,
shall
be reduced to writing if the | 3 | | Presiding Officer desires it. Unless otherwise
provided in | 4 | | these Senate Rules, no second shall be required to any | 5 | | motion
presented to the Senate. The Presiding Officer may | 6 | | refer any motion to the
Committee on Assignments.
| 7 | | (2) Before the Senate debates a motion, the Presiding | 8 | | Officer shall state an
oral motion and the Secretary shall | 9 | | read aloud a written motion.
| 10 | | (3) After a motion is stated by the Presiding Officer | 11 | | or read by the
Secretary, it shall be deemed in the | 12 | | possession of the Senate, but may be
withdrawn at any time | 13 | | before decision by consent of a majority of the Senate.
| 14 | | (4) If a motion is divisible, any member may call for a | 15 | | division of the
question.
| 16 | | (5) Any question taken under consideration may be | 17 | | withdrawn, postponed, or
tabled by unanimous consent or, if | 18 | | unanimous consent is denied, by a motion
adopted by a | 19 | | majority vote.
| 20 | | (Senate Rule 7-5)
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| 1 | | 7-5. Precedence of Motions.
| 2 | | (a) When a question is under debate, no
motion may be | 3 | | entertained except:
| 4 | | (1) to adjourn to a time certain;
| 5 | | (2) to adjourn;
| 6 | | (3) to question the presence of a quorum;
| 7 | | (4) to recess;
| 8 | | (5) to lay on the table;
| 9 | | (6) for the previous question;
| 10 | | (7) to postpone consideration;
| 11 | | (8) to commit or recommit; and
| 12 | | (9) to amend, except as otherwise provided in these | 13 | | Senate Rules.
| 14 | | The foregoing motions shall have precedence in the order in | 15 | | which they are
listed.
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| 1 | | (b) During a roll call, no motion (except a motion to | 2 | | postpone
consideration) shall be in order until after the | 3 | | announcement of the result of
the vote.
| 4 | | (c) A motion to commit or re-commit, until it is decided, | 5 | | precludes all
amendments and debate on the main question. A | 6 | | motion to postpone
consideration, until it is decided, | 7 | | precludes all amendments on the
main question.
| 8 | | (Senate Rule 7-6)
| 9 | | 7-6. Verification.
| 10 | | (a) After any roll call vote, except for a vote
that
| 11 | | requires a specific number of affirmative votes and that has | 12 | | not received the
required votes, and before intervening | 13 | | business, it shall be in order for any
Senator to request | 14 | | verification of the results of the roll call.
| 15 | | (b) In verifying a roll call vote, the Presiding Officer | 16 | | shall instruct the
Secretary to call the names of those | 17 | | Senators whose votes are to be verified.
The Senator requesting | 18 | | the verification may thereafter identify those members
he or | 19 | | she wishes to verify. If a member does not answer, his or her | 20 | | vote shall
be stricken; however, the member's vote shall be | 21 | | restored to the roll if his or
her presence is recognized | 22 | | before the verification is completed. The Presiding
Officer | 23 | | shall determine the presence or absence of each member whose |
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called, and shall then announce the results of the | 2 | | verification.
| 3 | | (c) While the results of any roll call are being verified, | 4 | | it is in
order for any Senator to announce his or her presence | 5 | | on the floor and thereby
have his or her vote verified.
| 6 | | (d) A request for a verification of the affirmative and | 7 | | negative results of
a
roll call may be made only once on each | 8 | | roll call.
| 9 | | (e) No Senator shall be permitted to vote or to change his | 10 | | or her vote on
verification.
| 11 | | (Senate Rule 7-7)
| 12 | | 7-7. Appealing a Ruling.
| 13 | | (a) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of
the Presiding | 14 | | Officer, the Presiding Officer shall be sustained unless
| 15 | | three-fifths of the members elected vote to overrule the | 16 | | Presiding Officer.
The motion to appeal requires a second, and | 17 | | it shall not be in order if the
Senate has conducted | 18 | | intervening business since the ruling at issue was made.
| 19 | | (b) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of a committee | 20 | | Chairperson, the
Chairperson shall be sustained unless | 21 | | three-fifths of those appointed vote to
overrule the |
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| 1 | | Chairperson. The motion to appeal requires a second, and it | 2 | | shall
not be in order if the committee has adjourned or | 3 | | recessed, so long as
intervening business has occurred.
| 4 | | (c) In an appeal of a ruling of the Presiding Officer or | 5 | | Chairperson, the
question is: "Shall the ruling of the Chair be | 6 | | sustained?".
| 7 | | (d) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | 8 | | the members
elected.
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 7-8)
| 10 | | 7-8. Previous Question.
| 11 | | (a) A motion for the previous question may be
made at any | 12 | | time. The motion for the previous question is not debatable and
| 13 | | requires approval of a majority of those elected.
| 14 | | (b) The previous question shall be stated in the following | 15 | | form: "Shall the
main question now be put?". Until the previous | 16 | | question is decided, all
amendments and debate are precluded. | 17 | | When it is decided that the main
question shall not be put, the | 18 | | main question shall be considered as remaining
under debate.
| 19 | | (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is to put | 20 | | an end to
all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote on | 21 | | the immediately pending
motion. After a motion for the previous |
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| 1 | | question has been approved, unless the
vote on the motion | 2 | | suggests the absence of a quorum,
it is
not in order to move | 3 | | for adjournment or to make any other motion prior to a
decision | 4 | | on the main question.
| 5 | | (Senate Rule 7-9)
| 6 | | 7-9. Discharge of Committee.
| 7 | | (a) A committee may be discharged
from further | 8 | | consideration of a legislative
measure by a vote of | 9 | | three-fifths of the members elected. Upon concurrence of
a
| 10 | | majority of those appointed, the Committee on Assignments may | 11 | | advance any legislative
measure pending before it to the Senate | 12 | | without referral to another
committee;
however, the Committee | 13 | | on Assignments shall not so report any bill that has never been
| 14 | | before a standing committee of the Senate.
| 15 | | (b) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 16 | | the members
elected.
| 17 | | (Senate Rule 7-10)
| 18 | | 7-10. Tabling.
| 19 | | (a) A motion to lay on the table applies only to the
| 20 | | particular proposition and is neither debatable nor amendable.
| 21 | | (b) A motion to table a bill or resolution shall identify | 22 | | the bill or
resolution by number. The principal
sponsor of a |
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| 1 | | bill or resolution may, with leave of the
Senate, table his or | 2 | | her
bill or resolution at any time. A motion to table a | 3 | | committee bill that is
before the Senate may be adopted only by | 4 | | a majority of those elected.
| 5 | | (c) The principal sponsor of a bill or resolution before a
| 6 | | committee may, with
leave
of the committee, table the bill or | 7 | | resolution. Upon such tabling, the
Chairperson of the committee | 8 | | shall return the bill or resolution to the
Secretary, noting | 9 | | thereon that it has been tabled.
| 10 | | (d) A motion to table an amendment adopted by the Senate on | 11 | | a voice vote or
by a committee is in order on Second Reading. A | 12 | | motion to table a
committee amendment has priority over a floor | 13 | | amendment. Motions to
table amendments are debatable and may be | 14 | | adopted by a majority.
| 15 | | (Senate Rule 7-11)
| 16 | | 7-11. Motion to Take from Table.
| 17 | | (a) A motion to take from the table shall
require a | 18 | | majority of those elected if the Committee on Assignments has
| 19 | | previously recommended that action by written notice filed with | 20 | | the Secretary;
otherwise, a motion to take from the table shall | 21 | | require a three-fifths vote of
the members elected.
| 22 | | (b) A bill taken from the table shall be placed on the |
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| 1 | | Daily Calendar on the
order on which it appeared before it was | 2 | | tabled.
| 3 | | (c) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | 4 | | the members
elected.
| 5 | | (Senate Rule 7-12)
| 6 | | 7-12. Motion to Postpone Consideration. A motion to | 7 | | postpone
consideration on a legislative measure may not be made | 8 | | more than once on the
same bill or proposition. Unless | 9 | | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, a
motion to postpone | 10 | | consideration shall be granted as a matter of privilege;
| 11 | | however, no motion to postpone consideration is in order if the
| 12 | | involved legislative measure initially received a vote of fewer | 13 | | than two-fifths
of the members elected.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 7-13)
| 15 | | 7-13. Motion on Different Subject. No motion or other | 16 | | legislative
measure on a subject different from that under | 17 | | consideration shall be admitted
under color of amendment.
| 18 | | (Senate Rule 7-14)
| 19 | | 7-14. Division of Question. If the question in debate | 20 | | contains several
points, any Senator may have the same divided. | 21 | | On a motion to strike out and
insert, it is not in order to move | 22 | | for a division of the question. The
rejection of a motion to |
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| 1 | | strike out and insert one proposition does not
prevent a motion | 2 | | to strike out and insert a different proposition.
| 3 | | (Senate Rule 7-15)
| 4 | | 7-15. Reconsideration.
| 5 | | (a) A member who voted on the prevailing side
of a record | 6 | | vote on a legislative measure still within the control of the
| 7 | | Senate may on the same or following day move to reconsider the | 8 | | vote. The
motion to reconsider may be laid on the table without
| 9 | | affecting the vote to which it referred. When the motion to | 10 | | reconsider is made
during the last three scheduled days of | 11 | | regular session, or any time
thereafter during the regular | 12 | | session, or at any time during a veto or special
session, any | 13 | | member may move that the vote on reconsideration be taken
| 14 | | immediately. A question that requires the votes of a majority | 15 | | of those elected
or more to carry requires a majority of those | 16 | | elected to reconsider.
| 17 | | (b) A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption of | 18 | | an amendment to
a bill may be made only on Second Reading. An | 19 | | amendment adopted by the Senate
on a record vote may not be | 20 | | tabled by motion until its adoption has been
reconsidered.
| 21 | | (c) If a motion to reconsider is made pursuant to this Rule | 22 | | and the motion
is later tabled, the question shall not be | 23 | | further reconsidered. This
subsection (c) may be
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| 1 | | three-fifths vote of the members elected.
| 2 | | (d) When a motion to
reconsider is made within the time | 3 | | prescribed by these Senate Rules, the
Secretary shall not allow | 4 | | the bill or other subject matter of the motion to
pass out of | 5 | | the possession of the Senate until after the motion has been
| 6 | | decided or withdrawn. Such a motion shall be deemed rejected if | 7 | | laid on the
table.
| 8 | | (e) A Senator who voted "present" or failed to vote on a | 9 | | question shall not
have the right to move for reconsideration.
| 10 | | (f) Upon a motion to reconsider the vote on the final | 11 | | passage of any bill,
the affirmative vote of a majority of | 12 | | those elected shall be required to
reconsider the same.
| 13 | | (Senate Rule 7-16)
| 14 | | 7-16. Motion to Adjourn.
| 15 | | (a) A motion to adjourn is in order at any
time, except | 16 | | when a prior motion to adjourn has been defeated and no
| 17 | | intervening business has transpired.
| 18 | | (b) A motion to adjourn is neither debatable nor amendable.
| 19 | | (c) The Secretary shall enter in the Journal the hour at | 20 | | which every motion
to adjourn is made.
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| 1 | | (d) Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the | 2 | | standing hour to
which the Senate adjourns is 12:00 noon.
| 3 | | (e) A motion to adjourn for more than three days is not in | 4 | | order unless
both chambers of the General Assembly have adopted | 5 | | a joint resolution
permitting that adjournment.
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 7-17)
| 7 | | 7-17. Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
| 8 | | (a) Rules may be proposed
or amended only by resolution. | 9 | | Any such resolution shall show the proposed
changes in the | 10 | | existing Rules by underscoring all new matter and by crossing
| 11 | | out with a line all matter that is to be omitted or superseded.
| 12 | | (b) Any resolution proposing to amend a Senate Rule or any | 13 | | Joint
Senate-House Rule shall, upon initial reading by the | 14 | | Secretary,
automatically be referred to the Committee on | 15 | | Assignments. Resolutions for amendment of
the Senate Rules or | 16 | | any Joint Senate-House Rules may be initiated and sponsored
by | 17 | | the Committee on Assignments; these resolutions shall not be | 18 | | referred to a committee
and may be immediately considered and | 19 | | adopted by the Senate.
| 20 | | (c) A resolution to amend the Senate Rules or any Joint | 21 | | Senate-House Rules
that has been reported "do adopt" or "do |
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| 1 | | adopt as amended" by a majority of
those appointed to the | 2 | | Committee on Assignments shall require the
affirmative vote of | 3 | | a majority of those elected for adoption by the Senate.
Any | 4 | | other resolution proposing to amend the Senate Rules or any | 5 | | Joint
Senate-House Rules shall require the affirmative vote of | 6 | | three-fifths of the
members elected for adoption by the Senate.
| 7 | | (d) No Senate Rule or any Joint Senate-House Rule may be | 8 | | suspended except by
unanimous consent of the Senators present | 9 | | or upon a motion supported by
affirmative vote of a majority of | 10 | | those elected unless a higher number is
required in the Rule | 11 | | sought to be suspended. A committee may not suspend any
Rule.
| 12 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | 13 | | those elected.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 7-18)
| 15 | | 7-18. Motion to Commit or Recommit. No motion to commit or | 16 | | recommit a
legislative measure to committee, being decided in | 17 | | the negative, shall again be
allowed on the same day, or at the | 18 | | same stage of the legislative measure.
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 7-19)
| 20 | | 7-19. Effective Date.
| 21 | | (a) A bill passed after May 31 of
a calendar
year shall not | 22 | | become effective prior to June 1 of the next
calendar year
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| 1 | | unless an earlier effective date is specified in the bill and | 2 | | it is approved by
a three-fifths vote of the members elected.
| 3 | | (b) If a majority of those elected, but fewer than | 4 | | three-fifths of the
members elected, vote affirmatively for a | 5 | | bill on Third Reading after May 31,
where the bill specifies an | 6 | | effective date earlier than the following June 1,
the bill | 7 | | shall not be declared passed, and the principal sponsor shall | 8 | | have the
right to have the bill automatically reconsidered and | 9 | | returned to the order of
Second Reading for an amendment to | 10 | | remove the earlier effective date. The
amendment, if offered | 11 | | and approved by the Committee on Assignments, shall be | 12 | | reproduced
and placed on the desks of the members before the | 13 | | bill is taken up again on the
order of Third Reading.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 7-20)
| 15 | | 7-20. Home Rule. No bill denies or limits any power or | 16 | | function of a
home rule unit, pursuant to paragraph (g), (h), | 17 | | (i), (j), or (k) of Section 6
of Article VII of the | 18 | | Constitution, unless there is specific language limiting
or | 19 | | denying the power or function and the language specifically | 20 | | sets forth in
what manner and to what extent it is a denial or | 21 | | limitation of the power or
function of a home rule unit. If a | 22 | | majority of those elected, but fewer than
three-fifths of the | 23 | | members elected, vote affirmatively for a bill on Third
Reading | 24 | | that requires a vote of three-fifths of the members elected to |
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| 1 | | deny
or limit a power of a home rule unit, the bill shall not be | 2 | | declared passed,
and
the principal sponsor shall have the right | 3 | | to have the bill automatically
reconsidered and returned to the | 4 | | order of Second Reading for an amendment to
remove those | 5 | | effects of the bill.
The amendment, if offered and approved by | 6 | | the Committee on Assignments, shall be
reproduced and placed on | 7 | | the desks of the members before the bill is taken up
again on | 8 | | the order of Third Reading. The Committee on Assignments may | 9 | | also refer the
amendment to a committee.
| 10 | | ARTICLE VIII
| 11 | | JOINT ACTION
| 12 | | (Senate Rule 8-1)
| 13 | | 8-1. Concurring in or Receding from Amendments.
| 14 | | (a) If a bill or
resolution is received back in the Senate | 15 | | with amendments added by the House,
it shall be in order for | 16 | | the principal sponsor or chief cosponsor of the bill who has | 17 | | been designated in writing by the principal sponsor to present | 18 | | a motion "to
concur" or "not to concur and ask the House to | 19 | | recede" with respect to those
amendments. Any two members may | 20 | | demand a separate roll call on any such
amendment.
| 21 | | (b) When the House has refused to concur in amendments | 22 | | added to a bill or
resolution by the Senate and has returned |
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| 1 | | the bill or resolution to the Senate
with a message
requesting | 2 | | the Senate to recede from its amendments, it shall be in order | 3 | | for
the
principal sponsor or chief cosponsor of the bill who | 4 | | has been designated in writing by the principal sponsor to
| 5 | | present a motion "to recede" from the Senate amendments or "not | 6 | | to recede and
to request a conference". Any two members may | 7 | | demand a separate roll call on
any such amendments.
| 8 | | (Senate Rule 8-2)
| 9 | | 8-2. Conference Committees.
| 10 | | (a) A disagreement between the Senate and
House exists with | 11 | | respect to any bill or resolution in the following
situations:
| 12 | | (1) when the House refuses to recede from the adoption | 13 | | of any amendment,
after
the Senate has previously refused | 14 | | to concur in the amendment; or
| 15 | | (2) when the Senate refuses to recede from the adoption | 16 | | of any amendment,
after the House has previously refused to | 17 | | concur in the amendment.
| 18 | | In these cases of disagreement between the Senate and House, | 19 | | the Senate may
request a conference. When a request for | 20 | | conference is made, both
chambers of the General Assembly shall | 21 | | appoint a committee to confer with the
other on the subject of | 22 | | the bill or resolution giving rise to the
disagreement. The |
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| 1 | | combined committees of the two chambers appointed for this
| 2 | | purpose is the conference committee.
| 3 | | (b) The conference committee shall consist of an equal | 4 | | number of members of
each Chamber of the General Assembly. The | 5 | | number of majority caucus members
from each chamber shall be | 6 | | one more than the number of minority caucus members
from each | 7 | | chamber. A conference committee shall consist of five members | 8 | | from
each chamber.
| 9 | | (c) In addition to the House members thereof, each | 10 | | conference committee
shall be comprised of five Senators, three | 11 | | of whom shall be appointed by the
President and two of whom | 12 | | shall be appointed by the Minority Leader. No
conference | 13 | | committee report may be filed with the Secretary until a | 14 | | majority of
the Senate conferees has been appointed.
| 15 | | (Senate Rule 8-3)
| 16 | | 8-3. Conference Committee Reports.
| 17 | | (a) No subject shall be included in
any conference | 18 | | committee report on any bill unless that subject matter | 19 | | directly
relates to the matters of difference between the | 20 | | Senate and House that have
been referred to the conference | 21 | | committee unless the Committee on Assignments, by a
majority | 22 | | vote of the members appointed, determines that the proposed | 23 | | subject
matter is of an emergency nature, of substantial |
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| 1 | | importance to the
operation of government, or in the best | 2 | | interests of Illinois.
| 3 | | (b) No conference committee report shall be received by the | 4 | | Secretary or
acted upon by the Senate unless it has been signed | 5 | | by at least six conferees.
The report shall be signed in | 6 | | duplicate. One of the reports shall be filed
with the Clerk of | 7 | | the House and one with the Secretary. The report shall
contain | 8 | | the agreements reached by the committee.
| 9 | | (c) If the conference committee determines that it is | 10 | | unable to
reach
agreement, the committee shall so report to | 11 | | each chamber of the General
Assembly and request appointment of | 12 | | a second conference committee. In the
event of agreement, the | 13 | | committee shall so report to each chamber.
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 8-4)
| 15 | | 8-4. Prerequisites for Senate Consideration.
| 16 | | (a) No joint action
motion for final action or conference | 17 | | committee report may be considered by the
Senate unless it
has | 18 | | first been referred or approved by the Committee on Assignments | 19 | | in accordance with
Rule 3-8, or
unless the joint action motion | 20 | | or conference committee report has first
been discharged from | 21 | | the Committee on Assignments pursuant to Rule 7-9.
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| 1 | | Senate unless it
has first been made available electronically | 2 | | or otherwise for not less than one hour.
| 3 | | (c) Prior to any conference committee report on an | 4 | | appropriation bill being
considered by the Senate, that | 5 | | conference committee report shall first be the
subject of a | 6 | | public hearing by a standing Appropriations Committee (the
| 7 | | conference committee report need not be referred to an | 8 | | Appropriations
Committee, but instead may remain before the | 9 | | Committee on Assignments or the Senate, as
the case may be). | 10 | | The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one
hour | 11 | | advance
notice by
announcement on the Senate floor, or one day | 12 | | advance notice by posting on the
Senate bulletin board or other | 13 | | electronic means. The Appropriations Committee shall not issue | 14 | | any report
with respect to any conference committee report | 15 | | following any such hearing.
| 16 | | (d) Any Senate Bill amended in the House and returned to | 17 | | the Senate for
concurrence in the House amendment shall be made | 18 | | available electronically or otherwise for not less than one | 19 | | hour before being further considered. No Senate Bill
that is | 20 | | returned to the Senate with House amendments shall be called | 21 | | except by
the principal sponsor or chief cosponsor of the bill | 22 | | who has been designated in writing by the principal sponsor.
| 23 | | (e) The report of a conference committee on a |
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| 1 | | non-appropriation bill or
resolution shall be confined to the | 2 | | subject of the bill or resolution referred
to the conference | 3 | | committee. The report of a conference committee on an
| 4 | | appropriations bill shall be confined to the subject of | 5 | | appropriations.
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 8-5)
| 7 | | 8-5. Action on Conference Committee Reports.
| 8 | | (a) Each chamber of the
General Assembly shall inform the | 9 | | other by message of any action taken with
respect to a | 10 | | conference committee report. Copies of all papers necessary to | 11 | | a
complete understanding of any such action shall accompany the | 12 | | message. The
original bill or resolution shall remain in the | 13 | | chamber of origin.
| 14 | | (b) If either chamber refused to adopt the report of the
| 15 | | conference
committee, or the first conference committee is | 16 | | unable to reach agreement,
either chamber may request a second | 17 | | conference committee. When such a request
is made, each chamber | 18 | | shall again appoint a conference committee. If
either
chamber
| 19 | | refuses to adopt the report of a second conference committee, | 20 | | the two chambers
have adhered to their disagreement, and the | 21 | | bill or resolution is lost.
| 22 | | ARTICLE IX
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| 1 | | VETOES
| 2 | | (Senate Rule 9-1)
| 3 | | 9-1. Recording of Vetoes. Upon the receipt by the Senate of | 4 | | any bill
returned by the Governor under any of the provisions | 5 | | of Article IV, Section 9
of the Constitution, the Secretary | 6 | | shall enter the objections of the Governor
on the Journal, and | 7 | | shall distribute copies of all veto messages to each
member's | 8 | | desk, together with copies of the vetoed bill or item, as soon | 9 | | as
practicable.
| 10 | | (Senate Rule 9-2)
| 11 | | 9-2. Amendatory Vetoes.
| 12 | | (a) The Governor's specific recommendations for change
| 13 | | with respect to a bill returned under subsection (e) of
Section | 14 | | 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution shall be
limited | 15 | | to addressing the Governor's objections to portions
of a bill, | 16 | | the general merit of which the Governor recognizes,
and shall | 17 | | not alter the fundamental purpose or legislative
scheme set | 18 | | forth in the bill as passed.
| 19 | | (b) Any motion to accept the Governor's
specific | 20 | | recommendations for change shall automatically be referred to | 21 | | the
Committee on Assignments. The Committee on Assignments | 22 | | shall examine the
Governor's specific recommendations for | 23 | | change and determine
by a majority of the members appointed |
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| 1 | | whether those
recommendations comply with the standard set | 2 | | forth in
subsection (a). Any motion to accept specific | 3 | | recommendations
for change that the Committee on Assignments | 4 | | determines
shall be in compliance with subsection (a) of this | 5 | | Rule are subject to action
by the Committee on Assignments in | 6 | | the same manner as floor amendments, joint
action motions, and | 7 | | conference committee reports under Rule 3-8(b).
| 8 | | (c) This Rule may not be suspended.
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 9-3)
| 10 | | 9-3. Motions to Consider Vetoes. For purposes of this | 11 | | Article, the term
"motions" shall mean those motions to accept | 12 | | or override a veto of the
Governor. Motions with respect to | 13 | | bills returned by the Governor may be made
by the principal | 14 | | sponsor, the committee chairperson in the case of a committee
| 15 | | bill, or
by any member who voted on the prevailing side on the | 16 | | vote on final passage of
the bill in question. Every motion | 17 | | shall be filed in writing with the
Secretary, prior to any | 18 | | consideration thereof by the Senate. If more than one
motion is | 19 | | filed with respect to any bill, all such motions shall be heard | 20 | | at
the time the bill is called; however, after such a motion is | 21 | | adopted, no other
motion on that veto may be considered. The | 22 | | motion of the principal sponsor or
chairperson, in the case of | 23 | | committee bills, shall be considered first and all
other | 24 | | motions considered in the
order filed. If the principal sponsor |
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| 1 | | does not call a bill within eight
calendar days
after the | 2 | | Governor's objections to the bill are entered in the Journal,
| 3 | | thereafter any person filing such a motion may call the bill.
| 4 | | (Senate Rule 9-4)
| 5 | | 9-4. Consideration of Motions.
| 6 | | (a) The vote to override a bill vetoed
in its entirety | 7 | | shall be by roll call vote and shall be entered on the Journal.
| 8 | | The form of motion with respect to such bills shall be: "I move | 9 | | that ______
Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding the veto of the | 10 | | Governor."
| 11 | | (b) The vote to override an item veto shall be by roll call | 12 | | vote as to each
item separately and shall be entered on the | 13 | | Journal. The form of motion with
respect to such item shall be: | 14 | | "I move that the item on page _____, line
_____, of _____ Bill | 15 | | ______ do pass, notwithstanding the item veto of the
Governor."
| 16 | | (c) The vote to restore an item which has been reduced | 17 | | shall be by roll call
vote as to each item separately and shall | 18 | | be entered on the Journal. The form
of motion with respect to | 19 | | such items shall be: "I move the item on page _____,
line | 20 | | _____, of _____ Bill ______ be restored, notwithstanding the | 21 | | item
reduction of the
Governor."
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| 1 | | of the Governor
may be acted upon in either of the following | 2 | | manners:
| 3 | | (1) By a motion to accept the specific recommendations | 4 | | of the Governor. The
form of motion in this event shall be: | 5 | | "I move to accept the specific
recommendations of the | 6 | | Governor as to _____ Bill _____ in manner and form as
| 7 | | follows: (inserting herein the language deemed necessary | 8 | | to effectuate the
specific recommendations)"; or
| 9 | | (2) By considering the bill as a vetoed bill and | 10 | | overriding the
recommendation and passing the bill in its | 11 | | original form. The form of motion
in
this event shall be: | 12 | | "I move that _____ Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding
the | 13 | | specific
recommendations of the Governor."
| 14 | | (Senate Rule 9-5)
| 15 | | 9-5. Vetoed Bills Considered in Entirety. If a bill is
| 16 | | returned by the Governor containing more than one veto, | 17 | | reduction, specific
recommendation, or combination thereof, | 18 | | the bill shall be acted upon in its
entirety before the bill is | 19 | | released from the custody of the Senate.
| 20 | | (Senate Rule 9-6)
| 21 | | 9-6. Disposition of Vetoes. When a bill or item has | 22 | | received the
affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the |
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| 1 | | members elected (as to
overrides of
outright vetoes, item | 2 | | vetoes, and specific recommendations for change) or the
| 3 | | affirmative vote of at least a majority of those
elected (as to | 4 | | overrides of reductions or acceptances of specific
| 5 | | recommendations for
change), the Presiding Officer shall | 6 | | declare that the bill or item has been
passed or restored over | 7 | | the veto of the Governor, or that the specific
recommendations | 8 | | for change have been approved, as the case may be. The bill
| 9 | | shall then be so certified by the Secretary who shall note | 10 | | thereon the day the
bill passed. The bill and the objections of | 11 | | the Governor thereto shall then
be immediately delivered to the | 12 | | House. When specific recommendations have been
accepted, then | 13 | | such accepting language shall be attached to the original bill
| 14 | | and the bill shall be delivered to the House.
| 15 | | ARTICLE X
| 16 | | NOMINATIONS
| 17 | | (Senate Rule 10-1)
| 18 | | 10-1. Nominations.
| 19 | | (a) Every nomination subject to confirmation by the
Senate | 20 | | shall be referred to the Committee on Assignments in accordance | 21 | | with Rule 3-6;
nominations may be
considered by the Executive | 22 | | Appointments Committee or other committees in accordance with | 23 | | these Senate Rules. Each
nominee shall be required to
appear in |
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| 1 | | person before that meeting of a
committee convened for the | 2 | | purpose of
considering the qualifications of the person for
the | 3 | | office to which he or she has been nominated. The appearance of | 4 | | the
nominee may be waived by the committee by a vote of a
| 5 | | majority of those appointed.
| 6 | | (b) The Executive Appointments Committee
shall, six days | 7 | | prior to any of
its meetings, post a notice on the Senate | 8 | | bulletin board or make the notice electronically available | 9 | | indicating the
nominees to be considered at its next meeting | 10 | | and the time, date, and place of
the meeting. The Chairperson | 11 | | of the committee shall provide a copy of the
notice to the | 12 | | Governor's Office of Legislative Affairs, which shall be
| 13 | | responsible for notifying each nominee scheduled to be | 14 | | considered of the date,
time, and place of hearing.
| 15 | | (c) On considering the report of the Executive Appointments
| 16 | | Committee on a
nomination,
the Presiding Officer shall put the | 17 | | following question: "Does the Senate
advise and consent to the | 18 | | nomination just made?". The Chairman of the Executive | 19 | | Appointments Committee may, by a motion in writing approved by | 20 | | a majority of the members present and voting compile a list of | 21 | | individual appointment messages to be acted on together by a | 22 | | single vote. Whenever a list of Appointment Messages has been | 23 | | so compiled, five or more members may request the question be
| 24 | | put and the vote separately taken upon each of the Appointment |
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| 1 | | Messages on that list.
The Senate may determine, by a majority | 2 | | vote of those elected, after having
voted upon the question of | 3 | | one or more of the Appointment Messages individually, to act
| 4 | | upon the question of the remaining Appointment Messages on that | 5 | | list as a unit.
| 6 | | (d) While any nomination remains with the Senate, it is in | 7 | | order to
reconsider any vote taken thereon, subject to the | 8 | | provisions of Rule 7-15 not
related to the time for making such | 9 | | a motion.
| 10 | | (Senate Rule 10-2) | 11 | | 10-2. Appointment Messages. | 12 | | (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of | 13 | | the Senate
shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment | 14 | | Message from
the appointing officer or appointing authority in | 15 | | accordance
with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form | 16 | | provided
in this Rule, containing all of the required | 17 | | information, and
accompanied by a cover letter signed by the | 18 | | appointing officer
or on behalf of the appointing authority. | 19 | | (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
| 20 | | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided
in | 21 | | this Rule. | 22 | | (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
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| 1 | | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
| 2 | | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
| 3 | | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
| 4 | | Senate President. An Appointment Message is received by the
| 5 | | Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a
| 6 | | sequential number. A perfunctory session day shall not be | 7 | | deemed to be a session day for the purpose of Article V, | 8 | | Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution. | 9 | | (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
| 10 | | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the Senate
| 11 | | President, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no legal effect | 12 | | and (ii) returned by the Secretary of the Senate to the
| 13 | | appointing officer or authority that filed it. | 14 | | (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
| 15 | | accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
| 16 | | supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
| 17 | | superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential | 18 | | number the
Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing | 19 | | of a
superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table | 20 | | the
Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded | 21 | | Appointment Message shall
have no further legal effect. | 22 | | (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an | 23 | | appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an |
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| 1 | | Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or | 2 | | received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been | 3 | | withdrawn shall have no further legal effect. | 4 | | (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a | 5 | | committee-sponsored
legislative measure that is unamendable | 6 | | and (ii) shall be
controlled by the Chairperson of the | 7 | | Executive Appointments
Committee, who for purposes of these | 8 | | Senate Rules shall be
deemed the principal sponsor. In the | 9 | | absence of the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the | 10 | | Executive
Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal | 11 | | sponsor.
Messages may not have individual cosponsors. | 12 | | (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
| 13 | | adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General | 14 | | Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by | 15 | | the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as | 16 | | provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment | 17 | | Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall | 18 | | retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into | 19 | | the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this | 20 | | Rule. | 21 | | (i) Notwithstanding the requirements contained in this | 22 | | Rule, any Appointment Message submitted to the 96th General | 23 | | Assembly and not acted upon by the 96th General Assembly is |
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| 1 | | deemed to be carried over to the 97th General Assembly. The | 2 | | Senate may take action on any Appointment Message carried over | 3 | | from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly. Nothing in this | 4 | | Rule shall be construed to prohibit an appointing officer or | 5 | | authority from withdrawing in writing an Appointment Message | 6 | | that was previously submitted to or received by the Senate of | 7 | | the 96th General Assembly and carried over into the Senate of | 8 | | the 97th General Assembly. An Appointment Message carried over | 9 | | from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly that has been | 10 | | withdrawn in the Senate of the 97th General Assembly shall have | 11 | | no further legal effect. | 12 | | (j) Form. | 13 | | APPOINTMENT MESSAGE | 14 | | To the Honorable Members of the Senate, Ninety-Seventh General | 15 | | Assembly: | 16 | | (I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of | 17 | | the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the | 18 | | advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following | 19 | | named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and | 20 | | consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested. |
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| 1 | | Title of Office: (Insert Title) | 2 | | Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or | 3 | | other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made) | 4 | | Start Date: (Insert Start Date) | 5 | | End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable") | 6 | | Name: (Name of Nominee) | 7 | | Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee) | 8 | | Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify | 9 | | "Unsalaried") | 10 | | Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable") | 11 | | Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District | 12 | | the Nominee Resides)
| 13 | | Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New | 14 | | Position") | 15 | | Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of | 16 | | Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable")
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| 1 | | ARTICLE XI
| 2 | | DISCIPLINE AND PROTEST
| 3 | | (Senate Rule 11-1)
| 4 | | 11-1. Disorderly Behavior.
| 5 | | (a) In accordance with Article IV, Section
6(d) of the | 6 | | Constitution, the Senate may punish any of its members for
| 7 | | disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of | 8 | | the members
elected, expel a Senator (but not for a second time | 9 | | for the same cause). The
reason for the expulsion shall be | 10 | | entered upon the Journal with the names and
votes of those | 11 | | Senators voting on the question.
| 12 | | (b) In accordance with Article IV, Section 6(d) of the | 13 | | Constitution, the
Senate during its session may punish by | 14 | | imprisonment any person other than a
Senator guilty of | 15 | | disrespect of the Senate by disorderly or contemptuous
behavior | 16 | | in its presence. The imprisonment shall not extend beyond 24 | 17 | | hours
at one time unless the person persists in disorderly or | 18 | | contemptuous behavior.
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 11-2)
| 20 | | 11-2. Protest. Any two Senators shall have the right to | 21 | | dissent and
protest, in respectful language, against any act or |
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| 1 | | resolution that they may
think injurious to the public or to | 2 | | any individual, and have the reason of
their protest entered | 3 | | upon the Journal. When by motion a majority of Senators
| 4 | | determine that the language of a protest is not respectful, the | 5 | | protest shall
be referred back to the protesting Senators.
| 6 | | ARTICLE XII
| 7 | | FORCE AND EFFECT
| 8 | | (Senate Rule 12-1)
| 9 | | 12-1. Applicability. The meetings and actions of the | 10 | | Senate, including
all of its committees, shall be governed by | 11 | | these Senate Rules.
| 12 | | (Senate Rule 12-2)
| 13 | | 12-2. Robert's Rules. The rules of parliamentary practice | 14 | | appearing in
the 10th edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall | 15 | | govern the Senate in all
cases to which they are applicable, | 16 | | providing that they are not inconsistent
with these Senate | 17 | | Rules.
| 18 | | (Senate Rule 12-3)
| 19 | | 12-3. Certification by President. With respect to any bill | 20 | | that has
been passed by the Senate and has been certified by | 21 | | the President in
accordance
with Article IV, Section 8(d) of |
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| 1 | | the Constitution, there shall be an
irrebuttable presumption | 2 | | that all of these Senate Rules have been fully
complied with in | 3 | | obtaining such passage.
| 4 | | (Senate Rule 12-4)
| 5 | | 12-4. Effective Date. These Rules shall be in full force | 6 | | and effect
upon their adoption, and shall remain in full force | 7 | | and effect except as
amended in accordance with these Senate | 8 | | Rules, or until superseded by new Rules
adopted as part of the | 9 | | organization of a newly constituted General Assembly at
the | 10 | | commencement of a term.
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