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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0011 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Limits a person's total service in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate to a total of 10 years. Effective upon being declared adopted and applies to service on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2021.
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 4 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| 5 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the |
| 6 | | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general |
| 7 | | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption |
| 8 | | of this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the |
| 9 | | Illinois Constitution by changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE IV
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| 11 | | THE LEGISLATURE
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)
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| 13 | | SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION
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| 14 | | (a) A majority of the members elected to each house |
| 15 | | constitutes a
quorum.
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| 16 | | (b) On the first day of the January session of the General |
| 17 | | Assembly
in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall |
| 18 | | convene the House of
Representatives to elect from its |
| 19 | | membership a Speaker of the House of
Representatives as |
| 20 | | presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the
Senate |
| 21 | | to elect from its membership a President of the Senate as
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| 22 | | presiding officer. A person may not serve more than a total of |
| 23 | | 10 years in the office of Speaker of the House of |
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| 1 | | Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of |
| 2 | | the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the |
| 3 | | Senate; provided that service before the second Wednesday in |
| 4 | | January of 2021 shall not be considered in the calculation of a |
| 5 | | person's service.
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| 6 | | (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by |
| 7 | | this
Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a |
| 8 | | member of the
numerically strongest political party other than |
| 9 | | the party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the |
| 10 | | case may be.
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| 11 | | (d) Each house shall determine the rules of its |
| 12 | | proceedings, judge
the elections, returns and qualifications |
| 13 | | of its members and choose its
officers. No member shall be |
| 14 | | expelled by either house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the |
| 15 | | members elected to that house. A member may be
expelled only |
| 16 | | once for the same offense. Each house may punish by
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| 17 | | imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to |
| 18 | | the house
by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its |
| 19 | | presence. Imprisonment
shall not extend beyond twenty-four |
| 20 | | hours at one time unless the person
persists in disorderly or |
| 21 | | contemptuous behavior.
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| 22 | | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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| 23 | | SCHEDULE
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| 24 | | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being |
| 25 | | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois |