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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 3    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 4    the following are adopted  as  the  Rules  of  the  House  of
 5    Representatives of the Ninety-third General Assembly:

 6                              ARTICLE I
 7                            ORGANIZATION

 8        (House Rule 1)
 9        1.  Election of the Speaker.
10        (a)  At  the  first  meeting of the House of each General
11    Assembly, the Secretary of State shall convene the  House  at
12    12:00  noon,  designate  a  Temporary Clerk of the House, and
13    preside during the nomination and election  of  the  Speaker.
14    As the first item of business each day before the election of
15    the Speaker, the Secretary of State shall order the Temporary
16    Clerk  to  call  the  roll  of  the  members to establish the
17    presence of a quorum as required by the Constitution.   If  a
18    majority  of  those  elected are not present, the House shall
19    stand  adjourned  until  the  next  calendar  day,  excepting
20    weekends, at the hour prescribed in Rule 29.  If a quorum  of
21    members elected is present, the Secretary of State shall then
22    call  for  nominations  of members for the Office of Speaker.
23    All nominations require a second.  When the  nominations  are
24    completed,  the Secretary of State shall direct the Temporary
25    Clerk to call the roll of the members to elect the Speaker.
26        (b)  The election of the Speaker requires the affirmative
27    vote of a majority of those elected.  Debate is not in  order
28    following nominations and preceding or during the vote.
29        (c)  No  legislative  measure  may  be  considered and no
30    committees may be appointed or meet before  the  election  of
31    the Speaker.
32        (d)  When  a vacancy in the Office of Speaker occurs, the
 
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 1    foregoing procedure shall be employed to elect a new Speaker;
 2    when the Secretary of State is of  a  political  party  other
 3    than  that  of  the  majority  caucus,  however, the Majority
 4    Leader shall preside during the nomination  and  election  of
 5    the  successor  Speaker.  No legislative measures, other than
 6    for the nomination and election of a successor  Speaker,  may
 7    be  considered by the House during a vacancy in the Office of
 8    Speaker.

 9        (House Rule 2)
10        2.  Election of the Minority Leader.
11        (a)  The House shall elect a Minority Leader in a  manner
12    consistent with the laws of Illinois.  The Minority Leader is
13    the leader of the numerically strongest political party other
14    than the party to which the Speaker belongs.
15        (b)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
16    vote of 71 members elected.

17        (House Rule 3)
18        3.  Majority and Minority Leadership.
19        (a)  The Speaker and the Minority  Leader  shall  appoint
20    from  within  their  respective  caucuses  the members of the
21    Majority and Minority Leaderships as allowed by law.
22        (b)  Appointments are effective upon being filed with the
23    Clerk and remain effective at the pleasure of the Speaker and
24    Minority Leader, respectively, or until a vacancy  occurs  by
25    reason  of resignation or because a leader has ceased to be a
26    Representative.  Successor leaders shall be appointed in  the
27    same manner as their predecessors.  Leaders have those powers
28    delegated  to  them by the Speaker or Minority Leader, as the
29    case may be.

30        (House Rule 4)
31        4.  The Speaker.
 
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 1        (a)  The Speaker has those powers conferred upon  him  or
 2    her  by  the  Constitution,  the  laws  of  Illinois, and any
 3    motions or resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the
 4    House and Senate.
 5        (b)  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker  is
 6    the  chief  administrative officer of the House and has those
 7    powers necessary to carry out those functions.   The  Speaker
 8    may  delegate  administrative  duties  as  he  or  she  deems
 9    appropriate.
10        (c)  The duties of the Speaker include the following:
11             (1)  To  preside  at  all  sessions  of  the  House,
12        although  the  Speaker  may call on any member to preside
13        temporarily as Presiding Officer.
14             (2)  To open the session at the time  at  which  the
15        House  is  to  meet  by  taking the chair and calling the
16        members to order.  The Speaker may call on any member  to
17        open the session as Presiding Officer.
18             (3)  To  announce  the  business before the House in
19        the order upon which it is to  be  acted.  The  Presiding
20        Officer shall perform this duty during the period that he
21        or she is presiding.
22             (4)  To  recognize  those  members  entitled  to the
23        floor.
24             (5)  To state and put to a vote all  questions  that
25        are  regularly  moved  or  that  necessarily arise in the
26        course of the proceedings, and to announce the result  of
27        the vote.
28             (6)  To preserve order and decorum.
29             (7)  To  decide  all  points  of  order,  subject to
30        appeal, and to speak on these  points  in  preference  to
31        other members.
32             (8)  To inform the House when necessary, or when any
33        question  is  raised,  on  any point of order or practice
34        pertinent to the pending business.
 
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 1             (9)  To sign or authenticate all acts,  proceedings,
 2        or  orders  of  the  House.   All  writs,  warrants,  and
 3        subpoenae  issued  by  order  of the House, or any of its
 4        committees, shall be signed by the Speaker  and  attested
 5        by the Clerk.
 6             (10)  To  sign  all bills passed by both chambers of
 7        the General  Assembly  to  certify  that  the  procedural
 8        requirements for passage have been met.
 9             (11)  To  have  general  supervision,  including the
10        duty to protect the security and  safety,  of  the  House
11        Chamber, galleries, and adjoining and connecting hallways
12        and  passages,  including  the  power  to clear them when
13        necessary.  The House Chamber shall not be  used  without
14        permission of the Speaker.
15             (12)  To  have  general supervision of the Clerk and
16        his or her assistants, the  Doorkeeper  and  his  or  her
17        assistants,    the    majority    caucus    staff,    the
18        parliamentarians,  and  all employees of the House except
19        the minority caucus staff.
20             (13)  To determine the  number  of  majority  caucus
21        members  and  minority  caucus members to be appointed to
22        all committees, except the  Rules  Committee  created  by
23        Rule  15,  the Committee on Conflicts of Interest created
24        by Rule 71, and those  committees  that  may  be  created
25        under Article XII of these Rules.
26             (14)  To  appoint all Chairpersons, Co-Chairpersons,
27        and Vice-Chairpersons  of  committees  (from  either  the
28        majority or minority caucus), and to appoint all majority
29        caucus members of committees.
30             (15)  To   enforce  all  constitutional  provisions,
31        statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to the House.
32             (16)  To guide and direct  the  proceedings  of  the
33        House subject to the control and will of the members.
34             (17)  To direct the Clerk to correct non-substantive
 
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 1        errors in the Journal.
 2             (18)  To  assign meeting places and meeting times to
 3        committees and subcommittees.
 4             (19)  To perform any other duties  assigned  to  the
 5        Speaker  by these House Rules or jointly by the House and
 6        Senate.
 7             (20)  To decide, subject to the control and will  of
 8        the  members,  all  questions relating to the priority of
 9        business.
10             (21)  To issue, in cooperation with the  Comptroller
11        and  after  clearance  with  the  United  States Internal
12        Revenue    Service,    written    regulations    covering
13        administration  of  contingent  expense   allowances   of
14        members of the House.
15             (22)  To  appoint  one  or  more parliamentarians to
16        serve at the pleasure of the Speaker.
17        (d)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
18    vote of 71 members elected.

19        (House Rule 5)
20        5.  Powers and Duties of the Minority Leader.
21        (a)  The  Minority Leader has those powers conferred upon
22    him or her by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any
23    motions or resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the
24    House and Senate.
25        (b)  The Minority Leader shall appoint to all  committees
26    the  members  from  the minority caucus and shall designate a
27    Minority Spokesperson for each  committee,  except  that  the
28    Speaker   may   appoint   a  minority  caucus  member  to  be
29    Chairperson  of  a  standing  committee  or  Chairperson   or
30    Co-Chairperson of a special committee.
31        (c)  The  Minority  Leader has general supervision of the
32    minority caucus staff.
 
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 1        (House Rule 6)
 2        6.  Clerk of the House.
 3        (a)  The  House  shall  elect  a  Clerk,  who  may  adopt
 4    appropriate policies or procedures for the conduct of his  or
 5    her  office.  The Speaker is the final arbiter of any dispute
 6    arising in connection with the operation of the Office of the
 7    Clerk.
 8        (b)  The duties of the Clerk include the following:
 9             (1)  To have  custody  of  all  bills,  papers,  and
10        records of the House, which shall not be taken out of the
11        Clerk's  custody except in the regular course of business
12        in the House.
13             (2)  To endorse on every original bill and each copy
14        its  number,  the  names  of  sponsors,   the   date   of
15        introduction,  and  the several orders taken on it.  When
16        reproduced, the names of the sponsors shall appear on the
17        front page of the bill in the same  order  they  appeared
18        when introduced.
19             (3)  To  cause each bill to be reproduced and placed
20        on the desks of the members as soon as it is  reproduced,
21        as provided in Rule 39.
22             (4)  To  keep  the Journal of the proceedings of the
23        House and, under the direction of  the  Speaker,  correct
24        errors in the Journal.
25             (5)  To  keep  the transcripts of the debates of the
26        House  and  make  them  available  to  the  public  under
27        reasonable conditions.
28             (6)  To keep the necessary records for the House and
29        its committees and to prepare the House Calendar for each
30        legislative day.
31             (7)  To examine all House Bills  and  Constitutional
32        Amendment Resolutions following Second Reading and before
33        final   passage   for   the  purpose  of  correcting  any
34        non-substantive errors, and to report the  same  back  to
 
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 1        the  Speaker  promptly;  to  supervise  the enrolling and
 2        engrossing of  bills  and  resolutions,  subject  to  the
 3        direction of the Speaker; and to attest to the passage or
 4        adoption of legislative measures, and to note thereon the
 5        date  of final House action.  Any corrections made by the
 6        Clerk and approved by the Speaker shall be entered on the
 7        Journal.
 8             (8)  To  transmit  bills,   other   documents,   and
 9        messages to the Senate and secure a receipt therefor, and
10        to  receive  from  the Senate bills, other documents, and
11        messages and give receipt therefor.
12             (9)  To file with  the  Secretary  of  State  debate
13        transcripts and House documents as required by law.
14             (10)  To  attend  every session of the House; record
15        the roll; and read  all  bills,  resolutions,  and  other
16        papers  as  directed by the Speaker.  Bills shall be read
17        by title only.
18             (11)  To  supervise   the   Assistant   Clerk,   the
19        Doorkeeper,  pages,  messengers,  committee  clerks,  and
20        other employees of his or her office.
21             (12)  To  establish  the  format  for all documents,
22        forms,  and  committee  records  and  tapes  prepared  by
23        committee clerks.
24             (13)  Subject  to  approval  by  the   Speaker,   to
25        establish   standards  of  decorum  and  other  standards
26        regarding written statements filed under Rule 53.
27             (14)  To  perform  other  duties  assigned  by   the
28        Speaker.

29        (House Rule 7)
30        7.  Assistant  Clerk of the House.  The House shall, in a
31    manner  consistent  with  the  laws  of  Illinois,  elect  an
32    Assistant Clerk, who shall perform those duties  assigned  by
33    the Clerk.
 
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 1        (House Rule 8)
 2        8.  Doorkeeper.   The  House shall elect a Doorkeeper who
 3    shall perform those duties assigned by law, or as ordered  by
 4    the Speaker, Presiding Officer, or Clerk.  Those duties shall
 5    include the following:
 6             (1)  To  attend  the  House  during its sessions and
 7        execute the commands of the Speaker or Presiding Officer.
 8             (2)  To maintain  order  among  spectators  admitted
 9        into  the  House  Chamber,  galleries,  and  adjoining or
10        connecting hallways and passages.
11             (3)  To take proper measures to prevent interruption
12        of the House.
13             (4)  To  remove  unruly  persons  from   the   House
14        Chamber, galleries, and adjoining and connecting hallways
15        and passages.
16             (5)  To  ensure  that  only  authorized persons have
17        access to the House  Chamber,  galleries,  and  adjoining
18        hallways  and  passages,  subject to the direction of the
19        Speaker.
20             (6)  To supervise any Assistant Doorkeepers.
21             (7)  To  perform  other  duties  assigned   by   the
22        Speaker.

23        (House Rule 9)
24        9.  Schedule.
25        (a)  The  Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule
26    of  days  on  which  the  House  shall  convene  in  regular,
27    perfunctory, and veto session, with that schedule subject  to
28    revision at the discretion of the Speaker.
29        (b)  The  Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines at
30    his or her discretion for  any  action  on  any  category  of
31    legislative   measure   as  the  Speaker  deems  appropriate,
32    including deadlines for the following legislative actions:
33             (1)  Final day to request bills from the Legislative
 
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 1        Reference Bureau.
 2             (2)  Final day for introduction of bills.
 3             (3)  Final day for standing committees of the  House
 4        to report House bills, except House appropriation bills.
 5             (4)  Final  day for standing committees of the House
 6        to report House appropriation bills.
 7             (5)  Final day for  Third  Reading  and  passage  of
 8        House bills, except House appropriation bills.
 9             (6)  Final  day  for  Third  Reading  and passage of
10        House appropriation bills.
11             (7)  Final day for standing committees of the  House
12        to report Senate appropriation bills.
13             (8)  Final  day for standing committees of the House
14        to report Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
15             (9)  Final day for special committees to  report  to
16        the House.
17             (10)  Final  day  for  Third  Reading and passage of
18        Senate appropriation bills.
19             (11)  Final day for Third  Reading  and  passage  of
20        Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
21             (12)  Final  day  for  consideration of joint action
22        motions and conference committee reports.
23        (c)  The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary
24    deadlines for legislative action during any  special  session
25    of  the  House.  The  Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of
26    Business or a Daily Order of Business setting forth the  date
27    and  approximate  time at which specific legislative measures
28    may be considered by the House.  The Weekly Order of Business
29    or Daily Order of Business is effective upon being  filed  by
30    the  Speaker  with  the  Clerk  and  takes  the  place of the
31    standing order of business for the amount of  time  necessary
32    for  its  completion.   Nothing in this Rule, however, limits
33    the  Speaker's  or  Presiding  Officer's  powers  under  Rule
34    4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a).
 
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 1        (d)  The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions  to  those
 2    deadlines, are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
 3    the Clerk.  The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
 4        (e)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
 5    vote of 71 members elected.

 6                             ARTICLE II
 7                             COMMITTEES

 8        (House Rule 10)
 9        10. Committees.
10        (a)  The committees of the House are:  (i)  the  standing
11    committees  listed  in  Rule  11; (ii) the special committees
12    created  under  Rule  13;  (iii)  subcommittees  created   by
13    standing  committees or by special committees; (iv) the Rules
14    Committee  created  under  Rule  15;  (v)  the  Committee  on
15    Conflicts  of  Interest  created  under  Rule  71;  (vi)  the
16    Election Contest or Qualifications Challenge  Committees,  if
17    any,  created  under  Article  X;  and  (vii)  any committees
18    created under  Article  XII.  Subcommittees  may  not  create
19    subcommittees.
20        (b)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Rule, all
21    committees, except special committees created under Rule  13,
22    shall  have  a Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson, who may
23    be of the same political party.  Special  committees  created
24    under  Rule  13  that  have  Co-Chairpersons  from  different
25    political  parties  shall  not  have a Minority Spokesperson.
26    Each committee may have a Vice-Chairperson appointed  by  the
27    Speaker.   Committees  of  the  Whole  shall  consist  of all
28    Representatives.  The number of majority caucus  members  and
29    minority  caucus  members of all committees, except the Rules
30    Committee created under Rule 15, the Committee  on  Conflicts
31    of  Interest  created  under Rule 71, and any committees that
32    may be created under Article XII, shall be determined by  the
 
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 1    Speaker.  The  Speaker  shall  file  a  notice with the Clerk
 2    setting forth the number  of  majority  caucus  and  minority
 3    caucus members of each committee, which shall be journalized.
 4    A  member  may  be temporarily replaced on a committee due to
 5    illness or if  the  member  is  otherwise  unavailable.   All
 6    leaders  are  non-voting  ex-officio members of each standing
 7    committee and each special committee, except that the leaders
 8    may also be  appointed  to  standing  committees  or  special
 9    committees  as  voting  members. The Speaker may also appoint
10    any member of the majority caucus, and  the  Minority  Leader
11    may   appoint  any  member  of  the  minority  caucus,  as  a
12    non-voting ex-officio member of  any  standing  committee  or
13    special committee.
14        (c)  The  Chairperson of a committee has the authority to
15    call the committee to order, designate  the  order  in  which
16    bills  and  resolutions posted for hearing shall be taken up,
17    order a record vote to be taken on each  legislative  measure
18    called   for  a  vote,  preserve  order  and  decorum  during
19    committee meetings, establish procedural  rules  (subject  to
20    approval  by  the  Speaker)  governing  the  presentation and
21    consideration  of   legislative   measures,   and   generally
22    supervise the affairs of the committee.  The Vice-Chairperson
23    of  a  committee  or  other  member of the committee from the
24    majority caucus may preside over its meetings in the  absence
25    or  at  the  direction  of  the  Chairperson.  In the case of
26    special  committees  with  Co-Chairpersons   from   different
27    political  parties,  the  "Chairperson"  for purposes of this
28    Rule is the Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
29        (d)  A vacancy on a committee,  or  in  the  position  of
30    Chairperson,  Co-Chairperson,  Vice-Chairperson,  or Minority
31    Spokesperson on a committee, exists  when  a  member  resigns
32    from   the   position  or  ceases  to  be  a  Representative.
33    Resignations shall be made in writing to the Clerk, who shall
34    promptly notify the  Speaker  and  Minority  Leader.   Absent
 
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 1    concurrence  by  a  majority  of  those  elected,  except  as
 2    otherwise  provided  in Rule 15 and except in connection with
 3    temporary  replacements  under  Rule  10(b),  no  member  who
 4    resigns from  a  committee  shall  be  re-appointed  to  that
 5    committee  for the remainder of the term. Replacement members
 6    shall be of the same political party as that  of  the  member
 7    who resigns, and shall be appointed in the same manner as the
 8    original   appointment,  except  that  in  the  case  of  the
 9    resignation  of  a   Chairperson   or   Co-Chairperson,   the
10    replacement member need not be from the same political party.
11    In  the  case of vacancies on subcommittees that were created
12    by committees, the parent committee shall fill the vacancy in
13    the same manner as the original appointment.
14        (e)  The Chairperson of a committee has the authority  to
15    call  meetings  of that committee, subject to the approval of
16    the  Speaker.   In  the  case  of  special  committees   with
17    Co-Chairpersons   from   different   political  parties,  the
18    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus has the authority  to
19    call  meetings  of  the  special  committee,  subject  to the
20    approval of the Speaker.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by
21    these   Rules,   committee  meetings  shall  be  convened  in
22    accordance with Rule 21.
23        (f)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
24    vote of 71 members elected.

25        (House Rule 11)
26        11.  Standing Committees.  The Standing Committees of the
27    House are as follows:
28        AGING
29        AGRICULTURE & CONSERVATION
30        APPROPRIATIONS-ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION
31        APPROPRIATIONS-GENERAL SERVICES
32        APPROPRIATIONS-HIGHER EDUCATION
33        APPROPRIATIONS-HUMAN SERVICES
 
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 1        APPROPRIATIONS-PUBLIC SAFETY
 2        COMMERCE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
 3        COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
 4        CONSUMER PROTECTION
 5        ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN REFORM
 6        ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION
 7        ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
 8        EXECUTIVE
 9        FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
10        HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY & ACCESS
11        HIGHER EDUCATION
12        HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
13        HUMAN SERVICES
14        INSURANCE
15        JUDICIARY I-CIVIL LAW
16        JUDICIARY II-CRIMINAL LAW
17        JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM
18        LABOR
19        LOCAL GOVERNMENT
20        PERSONNEL & PENSIONS
21        PUBLIC UTILITIES
22        REGISTRATION & REGULATION
23        REVENUE
24        STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
25        TRANSPORTATION & MOTOR VEHICLES
26        VETERANS' AFFAIRS

27        (House Rule 12)
28        12.  Members  and  Officers  of  Standing Committees. The
29    members of each standing committee shall be appointed for the
30    term by the Speaker and the  Minority  Leader.   The  Speaker
31    shall  appoint  the  Chairperson (from either the majority or
32    minority caucus) and the remaining standing committee members
33    of the majority caucus (one of whom the Speaker may designate
 
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 1    as Vice-Chairperson), and the Minority Leader  shall  appoint
 2    the  remaining  standing  committee  members  of the minority
 3    caucus (one of whom the  Minority  Leader  may  designate  as
 4    Minority  Spokesperson).  Appointments are effective upon the
 5    delivery of appropriate correspondence  from  the  respective
 6    leader  to  the  Clerk, regardless of whether the House is in
 7    session, and shall remain effective for the duration  of  the
 8    term,  subject to Rule 10(d).  The Clerk shall journalize the
 9    appointments.   Committees  may  conduct  business   when   a
10    majority  of  the  total number of committee members has been
11    appointed.

12        (House Rule 13)
13        13.  Special Committees.
14        (a)  The following Special Committees are created:
15        GAMING
16        TOURISM
17        The Speaker may create additional special  committees  by
18    filing a notice of the creation of the special committee with
19    the   Clerk.   The  notice  creating  an  additional  special
20    committee shall specify the subject  matter  of  the  special
21    committee and the number of members to be appointed.
22        (b)  The  Speaker  shall determine the number of majority
23    and minority  caucus  members  to  be  appointed  to  special
24    committees  in  accordance  with Rule 10(b).  The Speaker, at
25    his  or  her  discretion,  shall  appoint  a  Chairperson  or
26    Co-Chairpersons.  The Speaker may appoint  any  member  as  a
27    Chairperson  or Co-Chairperson of a special committee. If the
28    Chairperson or Co-Chairperson is a member of the majority  or
29    minority   leadership   or   the   Chairperson   or  Minority
30    Spokesperson  of  a  standing  committee,  the  member  shall
31    receive no additional stipend or compensation for serving  as
32    Chairperson  or  Co-Chairperson of the special committee. For
33    purposes of Section 1 of the  General  Assembly  Compensation
 
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 1    Act  (25  ILCS  115/1),  (i)  a special committee under these
 2    rules  is  considered  a  "select  committee"  and  (ii)  one
 3    Co-Chairperson of a special  committee  shall  be  considered
 4    "Chairman"  and  the  other  shall  be  considered  "Minority
 5    Spokesman". The appointed members of special committees shall
 6    be  designated  by  the  Speaker and the Minority Leader in a
 7    like manner as provided in Rule 12 with respect  to  standing
 8    committees,   except   that  if  the  special  committee  has
 9    Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the special
10    committee shall not have a Minority  Spokesperson.   In  that
11    case,  the  Minority Leader shall appoint the minority caucus
12    members to the special committee, except  the  Co-Chairperson
13    from  the  minority  caucus  who  shall  be  appointed by the
14    Speaker. The Speaker may establish a  reporting  date  during
15    the term for each special committee by filing a notice of the
16    reporting  date  with  the  Clerk.  Unless an earlier date is
17    specified by the notice, special committees expire at the end
18    of the term.
19        (c)  Special committees are empowered to conduct business
20    when a majority of the total number of committee members  has
21    been appointed.
22        (d)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
23    vote of 71 members elected.

24        (House Rule 14)
25        14.  Subcommittees.
26        (a)  The Chairperson of a standing committee or a special
27    committee may create a subcommittee by filing a  notice  with
28    the  Clerk  and  the committee clerk.  The number of majority
29    caucus and minority caucus  members  to  be  appointed  to  a
30    subcommittee   shall   be   determined   by   the   Committee
31    Chairperson,  and  filed  with  the  Clerk  and the committee
32    clerk.     In   the   case   of   special   committees   with
33    Co-Chairpersons   from   different   political  parties,  the
 
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 1    creation of subcommittees and the number of  majority  caucus
 2    and   minority   caucus   members  to  be  appointed  to  the
 3    subcommittee shall be determined by the  Co-Chairperson  from
 4    the majority caucus. Members of subcommittees must be members
 5    of the parent committee, and shall be appointed in the manner
 6    determined  by  the  committee Chairperson, or in the case of
 7    special  committees  with  Co-Chairpersons   from   different
 8    political  parties,  by  the Co-Chairperson from the majority
 9    caucus.
10        The notice creating  a  subcommittee  shall  specify  the
11    subject  matter of the subcommittee and the number of members
12    to be appointed, and may specify a reporting date during  the
13    term.   Unless  an  earlier  date is specified by the notice,
14    subcommittees expire at the end of the term.
15        (b)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
16    vote of 71 members elected.

17        (House Rule 15)
18        15.  Rules Committee.
19        (a)  The  Rules  Committee  is  created  as  a  permanent
20    committee.  The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members, 3
21    appointed by the Speaker and  2  appointed  by  the  Minority
22    Leader.   The  Speaker  and  the  Minority  Leader  are  each
23    eligible  to  be appointed to the Rules Committee.  The Rules
24    Committee may conduct business when a majority of  the  total
25    number of its members has been appointed.
26        (b)  The  majority  caucus members of the Rules Committee
27    shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the  minority
28    caucus  members  shall  serve at the pleasure of the Minority
29    Leader.  Appointments shall  be  by  notice  filed  with  the
30    Clerk,  and shall be effective for the balance of the term or
31    until a replacement  appointment  is  made,  whichever  first
32    occurs.  Appointments take effect upon filing with the Clerk,
33    regardless   of   whether   the   House   is   in    session.
 
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 1    Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  these  Rules, any
 2    Representative who is replaced on the Rules Committee may  be
 3    re-appointed  to  the  Rules Committee without concurrence of
 4    the House.
 5        (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of these  Rules,
 6    the  Rules  Committee  may meet upon reasonable public notice
 7    that includes a statement of the subjects to  be  considered.
 8    All  legislative  measures pending before the Rules Committee
 9    are eligible for consideration at any of  its  meetings,  and
10    all  of  those  legislative  measures  are  deemed posted for
11    hearing by the Rules Committee for all of its meetings.
12        (d)  Upon concurrence of a majority of  those  appointed,
13    the  Rules  Committee  may  advance  any  legislative measure
14    pending before it to the House, without referral  to  another
15    committee;  the Rules Committee, however, shall not so report
16    any bill that has never been before a standing committee or a
17    special committee of the House.
18        (e)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
19    vote of 71 members elected.

20        (House Rule 16)
21        16.  Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
22        (a)  All  resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and
23    resolutions considered under subsection (b) or  (c)  of  this
24    Rule,   after   being   initially  read  by  the  Clerk,  are
25    automatically referred to  the  Rules  Committee,  which  may
26    thereafter  refer any resolution before it to the House or to
27    a standing committee or special  committee.   No  resolution,
28    except  adjournment  resolutions  and  resolutions considered
29    under subsection (b) or (c) of this Rule, may  be  considered
30    by  the  House  unless  referred  to  the  House by the Rules
31    Committee under Rule  18,  or  by  a  standing  committee  or
32    special  committee.   An adjournment resolution is subject to
33    Rule 66.
 
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 1        (b)  Any member may file a congratulatory resolution  for
 2    consideration  by  the  House.  The Principal Sponsor of each
 3    congratulatory  resolution  shall  pay  a   reasonable   fee,
 4    determined  by the Clerk with the approval of the Speaker, to
 5    offset  the  actual  cost  of  producing  the  congratulatory
 6    resolution.  The fee may be paid from  the  office  allowance
 7    provided  by  Section  4 of the General Assembly Compensation
 8    Act, or from any other funds available to  the  member.  Upon
 9    agreement   of   the   Speaker   and   the  Minority  Leader,
10    congratulatory resolutions may be immediately considered  and
11    adopted by the House without referral to the Rules Committee.
12    Those  resolutions  may  be  adopted  as  a group by a single
13    motion.  Congratulatory resolutions shall be entered  on  the
14    Journal  only  by  number,  sponsorship,  and  subject.   The
15    provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor
16    to pay a reasonable fee may not be suspended.
17        (c)  Death resolutions in memory of former members of the
18    General  Assembly  and  former  constitutional officers, upon
19    introduction, may be  immediately  considered  by  the  House
20    without  referral  to the Rules Committee.  Those resolutions
21    shall be entered on the Journal in full.
22        (d)  Executive  reorganization  orders  of  the  Governor
23    issued under Article V, Sec. 11  of  the  Constitution,  upon
24    being  read  into  the record by the Clerk, are automatically
25    referred to  the  Rules  Committee  for  its  referral  to  a
26    standing  committee or a special committee, which may issue a
27    recommendation to the House with  respect  to  the  Executive
28    Order. The House may disapprove of an Executive Order only by
29    resolution  adopted  by  a majority of those elected; no such
30    resolution is in  order  until  a  standing  committee  or  a
31    special  committee has reported to the House on the executive
32    reorganization,  or  until  the  Executive  Order  has   been
33    discharged under Rule 58.
 
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 1        (House Rule 17)
 2        17.  Sponsorship   by  the  Rules  Committee.  The  Rules
 3    Committee may consider any legislative measure referred to it
 4    under these Rules, by motion or resolution, or  by  order  of
 5    the  Presiding  Officer  upon  initial  reading.   The  Rules
 6    Committee  may,  with  the concurrence of a majority of those
 7    appointed, sponsor motions  or  resolutions;  notwithstanding
 8    any  other provision of these Rules, any motion or resolution
 9    sponsored  by  the  Rules  Committee   may   be   immediately
10    considered by the House without referral to a committee.  Any
11    such  motion  or resolution shall be assigned standard debate
12    status, subject to Rule 52.

13        (House Rule 18)
14        18.  Referrals to Committees.
15        (a)  All  House  Bills  and  Senate  Bills,  after  being
16    initially read by the Clerk, are  automatically  referred  to
17    the Rules Committee.
18        (b)  During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
19    thereafter  refer  any  such  bill  before  it  to a standing
20    committee or a special committee within 3  legislative  days.
21    During  even-numbered  years, the Rules Committee shall refer
22    to  a  standing  committee  or  a  special   committee   only
23    appropriation  bills implementing the budget and bills deemed
24    by the Rules Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority
25    appointed,  to  be  of  an  emergency  nature  or  to  be  of
26    substantial importance to the operation of  government.  This
27    subsection  (b)  applies  equally  to  House Bills and Senate
28    Bills introduced into or received by the House.
29        (c)  A standing committee  or  a  special  committee  may
30    refer  a  subject  matter or a legislative measure pending in
31    that committee to a subcommittee of that committee.
32        (d)  All legislative measures  favorably  reported  by  a
33    standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from
 
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 1    a  standing  committee  or a special committee under Rule 58,
 2    shall be referred to the House and placed on the  appropriate
 3    order  of business, which shall appear on the daily calendar.
 4    All legislative measures, except bills or resolutions on  the
 5    Consent  Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
 6    status by a standing  committee  or  special  committee,  and
 7    floor  amendments,  so  referred  are  automatically assigned
 8    standard debate status, subject to Rule 52.
 9        (e)  All floor amendments, joint action motions for final
10    action, conference committee reports, and  motions  to  table
11    committee   amendments,  upon  filing  with  the  Clerk,  are
12    automatically referred to  the  Rules  Committee.  The  Rules
13    Committee  may refer any floor amendment, joint action motion
14    for final action, conference committee report, or  motion  to
15    table  a  committee  amendment  to the House or to a standing
16    committee  or  a  special  committee  for  its   review   and
17    consideration  (in  those  instances, and notwithstanding any
18    other provision of these Rules,  the  standing  committee  or
19    special  committee  may  hold a hearing on and consider those
20    legislative measures pursuant to a one-hour advance  notice).
21    Any  floor  amendment,  joint action motion for final action,
22    conference committee report, or motion to table  a  committee
23    amendment  that  is  not  referred  to the House by the Rules
24    Committee is out of order, except that any  floor  amendment,
25    joint  action  motion  for final action, conference committee
26    report, or motion to table a  committee  amendment  favorably
27    approved  by  a  standing committee or a special committee is
28    deemed referred to the  House  by  the  Rules  Committee  for
29    purposes  of  this  Rule.  All joint action motions for final
30    action, conference committee reports  and  motions  to  table
31    committee  amendments  so referred are automatically assigned
32    standard debate status, subject to Rule 52. Floor  amendments
33    referred  to  the  House  under  this  Rule are automatically
34    assigned amendment debate status.
 
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 1        (f)  The  Rules  Committee  may  at  any  time  refer  or
 2    re-refer  a  legislative  measure  from  a  committee  to   a
 3    Committee of the Whole or to any other committee.
 4        (g)  Legislative  measures  may  be  discharged  from the
 5    Rules Committee only by unanimous consent of the House.   Any
 6    bill  discharged  from the Rules Committee shall be placed on
 7    the order of Second  Reading  and  assigned  standard  debate
 8    status, subject to Rule 52.
 9        (h)  Except  for  those provisions that require unanimous
10    consent, this Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
11    vote of 71 members elected.

12        (House Rule 19)
13        19.  Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
14        (a)  All  legislative  measures  that  fail  to  meet the
15    applicable deadline established under Rule 9 for reporting to
16    the House by a standing committee or a special committee, for
17    Third Reading and passage,  or  for  consideration  of  joint
18    action   motions   and   conference   committee  reports  are
19    automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee unless:  (i)
20    the  deadline  has  been suspended or revised by the Speaker,
21    with re-referral to the Rules Committee to occur if the  bill
22    has  not  been  reported  to  the  House in accordance with a
23    revised deadline; or (ii) the Rules Committee  has  issued  a
24    written  exception  to the Clerk with respect to a particular
25    bill before  the  reporting  deadline,  with  re-referral  to
26    occur, if at all, in accordance with the written exception.
27        (b)  All legislative measures pending before the House or
28    any  of  its  committees are automatically re-referred to the
29    Rules Committee on the 31st consecutive day  that  the  House
30    has  not  convened  for  session  unless:  (i)  any  deadline
31    applicable to the bill or resolution that has been designated
32    by the Speaker under Rule 9 exceeds 31 days, with re-referral
33    to  occur,  if at all, in accordance with that deadline; (ii)
 
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 1    this Rule is suspended under Rule  67;  or  (iii)  the  Rules
 2    Committee,  by  the affirmative vote of a majority appointed,
 3    issues a written exception to the Clerk before that 31st day.

 4        (House Rule 20)
 5        20.  Reporting by Committees.  Committees shall report to
 6    the House, and subcommittees shall  report  to  their  parent
 7    committees.

 8        (House Rule 21)
 9        21.  Notice.
10        (a)  Except as provided in Rule 18 or unless this Rule is
11    suspended  under  Rule  67,  no standing committee or special
12    committee may consider or conduct a hearing with respect to a
13    legislative  measure  absent  notice  first  being  given  as
14    follows:
15             (1)  The  Chairperson  of  the  committee,  or   the
16        Co-Chairperson  from  the  majority  caucus  of a special
17        committee,  shall,  no  later  than  6  days  before  any
18        proposed hearing, post a notice  on  the  House  bulletin
19        board  identifying each legislative measure, other than a
20        committee amendment upon initial consideration under Rule
21        40, that may be  considered  during  that  hearing.   The
22        notice  shall  contain  the  day,  hour, and place of the
23        hearing.
24             (2)  Meetings of the Rules Committee may  be  called
25        under  Rule  15;  meetings of the standing committees and
26        special committees to consider  floor  amendments,  joint
27        action   motions   for  final  consideration,  conference
28        committee  reports,  and  motions  to   table   committee
29        amendments may be called under Rule 18.
30             (3)  The  Chairperson,  or  Co-Chairperson  from the
31        majority caucus of a special committee, shall, in advance
32        of a committee hearing, notify all Principal Sponsors  of
 
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 1        legislative measures posted for that hearing of the date,
 2        time,  and  place  of hearing.  When practical, the Clerk
 3        shall  include  a  notice  of  all  scheduled   hearings,
 4        together  with  all  posted bills and resolutions, in the
 5        Daily Calendar of the  House.  Regardless  of  whether  a
 6        particular legislative measure or subject matter has been
 7        posted for hearing, it is in order for a committee during
 8        any  of  its  meetings  to  refer  a  subject  matter  or
 9        legislative  measure  pending before it to a subcommittee
10        of that committee.
11        (b)  Other than the Rules  Committee,  no  committee  may
12    meet  during  any  session  of  the  House, and no commission
13    created by Illinois law that has legislative  membership  may
14    meet during any session of the House.
15        (c)  Regardless  of  whether  notice  has been previously
16    given, it is always in order for a  committee  to  table  any
17    legislative  measure  pending  before  it  when the Principal
18    Sponsor so requests.
19        (d)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
20    vote of 71 members elected.

21        (House Rule 22)
22        22.  Committee Procedure.
23        (a)  A  committee  may  consider  any legislative measure
24    referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may
25    make with respect to that  legislative  measure  one  of  the
26    following reports to the House or to the parent committee, as
27    appropriate:
28             (1)  that the bill "do pass";
29             (2)  that the bill "do not pass";
30             (3)  that the bill "do pass as amended";
31             (4)  that the bill "do not pass as amended";
32             (5)  that the resolution "be adopted";
33             (6)  that the resolution "be not adopted";
 
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 1             (7)  that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
 2             (8)  that   the   resolution   "be  not  adopted  as
 3        amended";
 4             (9)  that the floor amendment, joint action  motion,
 5        conference   committee  report,  or  motion  to  table  a
 6        committee amendment referred by the Rules  Committee  "be
 7        adopted";
 8             (10)  that the floor amendment, joint action motion,
 9        conference   committee  report,  or  motion  to  table  a
10        committee amendment referred by the Rules  Committee  "be
11        not adopted";
12             (11)  "without recommendation"; or
13             (12)  "tabled".
14        Any  of  the  foregoing reports may be made only upon the
15    concurrence  of  a  majority   of   those   appointed.    All
16    legislative   measures   reported  "do  pass",  "do  pass  as
17    amended", "be  adopted",  or  "be  adopted  as  amended"  are
18    favorably reported to the House. Except as otherwise provided
19    by   these   Rules,   any  legislative  measure  referred  or
20    re-referred to a committee and not reported under  this  Rule
21    shall remain in that committee.
22        (b)  No  bill or committee amendment that provides for an
23    appropriation  of  money  from  the  State  Treasury  may  be
24    considered by an Appropriations Committee unless the bill  or
25    committee  amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
26    department, office, or institution; this provision  does  not
27    apply   to   floor   amendments,  joint  action  motions,  or
28    conference committee reports.
29        No bill that provides for an appropriation of money  from
30    the State Treasury may be considered for passage by the House
31    unless   it   has   first   been  favorably  reported  by  an
32    Appropriations Committee or:
33             (1)  the bill was discharged from an  Appropriations
34        Committee under Rule 58;
 
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 1             (2)  the  bill was exempted from this requirement by
 2        a majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee; or
 3             (3)  this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
 4        (c)  The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson
 5    from the majority caucus of a special committee, shall  keep,
 6    or  cause  to  be  kept,  a  record  in  which there shall be
 7    entered:
 8             (1)  The time and  place  of  each  meeting  of  the
 9        committee.
10             (2)  The  attendance  of  committee  members at each
11        meeting.
12             (3)  The votes cast by the committee members on  all
13        legislative measures acted on by the committee.
14             (4)  The   "Record   of   Committee  Witness"  forms
15        executed by each person appearing or registering in  each
16        committee  meeting, which shall include identification of
17        the witness, the person, group, or  firm  represented  by
18        appearance  and  the capacity in which the representation
19        is made (if the person is representing someone other than
20        himself  or  herself),  his  or  her  position   on   the
21        legislation under consideration, and the nature of his or
22        her desired testimony.
23             (5)  A tape recording of the proceedings.
24             (6)  Such additional information as may be requested
25        by the Clerk.
26        (d)  The  committee  Chairperson,  or  the Co-Chairperson
27    from the majority caucus of a special committee,  shall  file
28    with  the Clerk, along with every bill or resolution reported
29    upon,  a  written  report  containing  such  information   as
30    required  by the Clerk.  The Clerk may adopt forms, policies,
31    and procedures with respect to the preparation,  filing,  and
32    maintenance of the reports.
33        (e)  When  a  committee  fails  to  report  a legislative
34    measure pending before it to the House, or when  a  committee
 
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 1    fails  to  hold  a  public  hearing  on a legislative measure
 2    pending  before  it,  the  exclusive  means  to  bring   that
 3    legislative   measure  directly  before  the  House  for  its
 4    consideration is as provided in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
 5        (f)  No bill or resolution may be called for a vote in  a
 6    standing committee or special committee in the absence of the
 7    Principal Sponsor.  The Chairperson of a committee or a chief
 8    co-sponsor may present a bill or resolution in committee with
 9    the  approval  of  the  Principal  Sponsor when the committee
10    consents.  In   the   case   of   special   committees   with
11    Co-Chairpersons   from   different   political  parties,  the
12    "Chairperson" means  the  Co-Chairperson  from  the  majority
13    caucus. This subsection may not be suspended.
14        (g)  No  bill  or  resolution  may  be voted on more than
15    twice in any committee on  motions  to  report  the  bill  or
16    resolution  favorably, or to reconsider the vote by which the
17    committee adopted a motion to report the bill  or  resolution
18    unfavorably.  A bill or resolution having failed to receive a
19    favorable  recommendation  after 2 such record votes shall be
20    automatically  reported  with  the  appropriate   unfavorable
21    recommendation.
22        (h)  A  bill  or  resolution  shall be given short debate
23    status by report of the committee if the bill  or  resolution
24    was  favorably reported by a three-fifths vote of the members
25    present. Bills and resolutions  receiving  favorable  reports
26    may  be  placed upon the Consent Calendar as provided in Rule
27    42.
28        (i)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
29    vote of 71 members elected.

30        (House Rule 23)
31        23.  Witnesses, Oaths, and Subpoenae.
32        (a)  Standing  committees  may  administer  oaths and may
33    compel, by subpoena, any person to appear and give  testimony
 
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 1    as  a  witness  before  the  standing  committee  and produce
 2    papers,  documents,  and  other  materials  relating   to   a
 3    legislative measure pending before the standing committee.
 4        (b)  Special  committees  may  administer  oaths  and may
 5    compel, by subpoena, any person to appear and give  testimony
 6    before  the  special committee and produce papers, documents,
 7    and other materials relating to the subject matter for  which
 8    the   special   committee   was  created  or  relating  to  a
 9    legislative measure pending before the special committee.
10        (c)  A committee of the whole may  administer  oaths  and
11    may  compel,  by  subpoena,  any  person  to  appear and give
12    testimony before the  committee  of  the  whole  and  produce
13    papers,  documents,  and  other  materials  relating  to  the
14    subject  matter  for  which  the  committee  of the whole was
15    created or relating to a legislative measure  pending  before
16    the committee of the whole.
17        (d)  Oaths  may  be  administered  under this Rule by the
18    Presiding Officer or by the Chairperson of a committee or any
19    person sitting in his or her stead.
20        (e)  Subpoenae issued under this Rule must be issued  and
21    signed  by  the  Chairperson of the committee and must comply
22    with Rule 4(c)(9).
23        (f)  In   the   case   of   special    committees    with
24    Co-Chairpersons  from  different  political parties, the term
25    "Chairperson"  for  purposes   of   this   Rule   means   the
26    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
27        (g)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
28    vote of 71 members elected.

29        (House Rule 24)
30        24.  Committee Reports.
31        (a)  All bills favorably reported to  the  House  from  a
32    committee,  or  with  respect  to  which a committee has been
33    discharged, shall be reported  to  the  House  and  shall  be
 
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 1    placed  on  the order of Second Reading and assigned standard
 2    debate status, subject to Rule 52.   Bills  reported  to  the
 3    House from committee "do not pass", "do not pass as amended",
 4    "without recommendation", or "tabled" shall lie on the table.
 5        (b)  All floor amendments, joint action motions for final
 6    action,  conference  committee  reports, and motions to table
 7    committee  amendments  favorably  reported  from  a  standing
 8    committee or special committee shall be referred to the House
 9    and eligible for  consideration  when  the  House  is  on  an
10    appropriate  order of business.  Amendments to bills that are
11    not on the order of Second Reading are  out  of  order.   All
12    floor  amendments,  joint  action  motions  for final action,
13    conference committee reports, and motions to table  committee
14    amendments  that are reported to the House from committee "be
15    not adopted", "without recommendation", or "tabled" shall lie
16    on the  table.  When  the  Rules  Committee  refers  a  floor
17    amendment,  joint  action motion for final action, conference
18    committee report, or motion to table a committee amendment to
19    a standing committee or a special committee  that  thereafter
20    favorably  reports that legislative measure to the House, the
21    legislative measure shall be referred to the House,  assigned
22    standard  debate  status  subject  to  Rule  52 (except floor
23    amendments, which shall be assigned amendment debate status),
24    and eligible for  consideration  when  the  House  is  on  an
25    appropriate order of business.
26        (c)  All resolutions favorably reported to the House from
27    the  Rules  Committee,  a  standing  committee,  or a special
28    committee, or with respect to which the  committee  has  been
29    discharged,  shall be referred to the House and placed on the
30    order of Resolutions and  assigned  standard  debate  status,
31    subject to Rule 52.  All resolutions that are reported to the
32    House  from  committee  "be  not adopted", "be not adopted as
33    amended", "without recommendation", or "tabled" shall lie  on
34    the  table.   Floor  amendments to resolutions are subject to
 
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 1    the same procedure applicable to floor amendments to bills.

 2        (House Rule 25)
 3        25.  Suspension of Posting Requirements.
 4        (a)  A motion to suspend the posting requirements of Rule
 5    21 must be in writing, specifying the committee and the bills
 6    or resolutions to which the motion applies, be carried on the
 7    calendar before it may be taken up by the House, and  adopted
 8    by  the affirmative vote of 60 members elected.  The calendar
 9    requirements of this Rule may be suspended only by  unanimous
10    consent.   The  requirement that the motion be in writing may
11    not be suspended.
12        (b)  Except  for  those  provisions  that  may   not   be
13    suspended or that require unanimous consent, this Rule may be
14    suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.

15        (House Rule 26)
16        26.  Rights of the Public.
17        (a)  If  a  bill  or resolution has been properly set for
18    hearing and witnesses are present and wish  to  testify,  the
19    committee  shall hear the witnesses at the scheduled time and
20    place.
21        (b)  Any person wishing to offer testimony to a committee
22    hearing of a bill or resolution shall be given  a  reasonable
23    opportunity  to do so, orally or in writing.  The Chairperson
24    may set time limits for presentation of oral  testimony.   No
25    testimony  in  writing  is  required  of any witness, but any
26    witness may submit a statement in writing for  the  committee
27    record.   All  persons  offering  testimony  shall complete a
28    "Record of Committee Witness"  form  and  submit  it  to  the
29    committee  clerk  before  testifying.  In the case of special
30    committees  with  Co-Chairpersons  from  different  political
31    parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson from  the
32    majority caucus.
 
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 1        (c)  A  motion  to  foreclose  further  oral testimony by
 2    witnesses on a matter before a committee may be adopted  only
 3    by a three-fifths majority of those voting on the motion.  No
 4    such  motion  is in order until both proponents and opponents
 5    requesting to be heard have been given a fair and substantial
 6    opportunity to express their  positions.   No  one  shall  be
 7    prohibited  from  filing  for the record "Record of Committee
 8    Witness" forms or written  statements  while  the  matter  is
 9    before the committee.
10        (d)  Meetings  of  committees  and subcommittees shall be
11    open to the public.  Committee meetings of the House  may  be
12    closed  to the public if two-thirds of the members elected to
13    the House determine,  by  a  record  vote,  that  the  public
14    interest so requires.
15        (e)  This Rule cannot be suspended retroactively.

16        (House Rule 27)
17        27.  Smoking.  Smoking  is  prohibited  at  any  official
18    committee  hearing, and no committee member, staff member, or
19    member of the public is permitted to smoke  in  the  room  in
20    which the hearing is being held.

21                             ARTICLE III
22                         CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

23        (House Rule 28)
24        28.  Sessions of the House.
25        (a)  The  House  is  in  session  whenever it convenes in
26    perfunctory  session,  regular  session,  veto  session,   or
27    special  session.   Members  are entitled to per diem expense
28    reimbursements only  on  those  regular,  veto,  and  special
29    session  days  that  they  are  in  attendance  at the House.
30    Attendance  by  members  is  not  required  or  recorded   on
31    perfunctory session days.
 
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 1        (b)  Regular  and  veto  session  days shall be scheduled
 2    with notice by the Speaker under Rule 9. Special session days
 3    shall be scheduled in accordance with  the  Constitution  and
 4    laws of Illinois.
 5        (c)  The  Speaker  may  schedule perfunctory session days
 6    during which the Clerk may read into  the  House  record  any
 7    legislative measure. Committees may meet and may consider and
 8    act  upon  legislative  measures during a perfunctory session
 9    day, and the Clerk may receive  and  read  committee  reports
10    into  the  House record during a perfunctory day.  Except for
11    automatic referral under these Rules, no further  action  may
12    be  taken  by the House with respect to a legislative measure
13    during a perfunctory session day.

14        (House Rule 29)
15        29.  Hour of Meeting.  Unless otherwise  ordered  by  the
16    Speaker  or  Presiding  Officer or as provided in Rule 1, the
17    House shall regularly convene at 12:30 p.m. on the first  day
18    of  each  week  that  the House convenes in regular, veto, or
19    special session and shall convene at noon on all other days.

20        (House Rule 30)
21        30.  Access to the House Floor.
22        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in  these  Rules,  only
23    the following persons shall be admitted to the House while it
24    is  in session: members and officers of the General Assembly;
25    elected officers of the executive  branch;  justices  of  the
26    Supreme Court; the designated aide to the Governor, except as
27    limited  by  the Speaker; the parliamentarian; majority staff
28    members and minority staff members, except as limited by  the
29    Speaker  or  Presiding  Officer;  former  members,  except as
30    limited by the Speaker or prohibited  under  subsection  (d);
31    and  employees of the Legislative Reference Bureau, except as
32    limited by the Speaker.  Representatives of the press,  while
 
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 1    the House is in session, may have access to the galleries and
 2    places  allotted  to  them  by  the  Speaker.   No  person is
 3    entitled to the floor  unless  appropriately  attired.   Only
 4    members  of  the  General  Assembly may use telephones at the
 5    members' desks or in the telephone booths at the rear of  the
 6    House  Chamber.   Smoking  is  prohibited on the floor of the
 7    House and in the House galleries.
 8        (b)  On days during which the House is  in  session,  the
 9    Doorkeeper  shall clear the floor of all persons not entitled
10    to access to the floor 15 minutes before the convening  time,
11    and the Doorkeeper shall enforce all other provisions of this
12    Rule.
13        (c)  The Speaker may authorize the admission to the floor
14    of  any  other  person, except as prohibited under subsection
15    (d).
16        (d)  No person who is directly or  indirectly  interested
17    in defeating or promoting any pending legislative measure, if
18    required  to  be  registered  as a lobbyist, shall be allowed
19    access to the floor of the  House  at  any  time  during  the
20    session.
21        (e)  When   he   or   she  deems  it  necessary  for  the
22    preservation of order, the Presiding  Officer  may  by  order
23    remove   any   person   from   the  floor  of  the  House.  A
24    Representative may be  removed  from  the  floor  only  under
25    Article XI or XII of these Rules.

26        (House Rule 31)
27        31.  Standing   Order   of  Business.   Unless  otherwise
28    determined by the Presiding Officer, the standing daily order
29    of business of the House is as follows:
30             (1)  Call   to   Order,   Invocation,   Pledge    of
31        Allegiance, and Roll Call.
32             (2)  Approval of the Journal.
33             (3)  Reading of House Bills a first time.
 
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 1             (4)  Reports  from committees, with reports from the
 2        Rules Committee ordinarily made at any time.
 3             (5)  Presentation  of  Resolutions,  Petitions,  and
 4        Messages.
 5             (6)  Introduction of House Bills.
 6             (7)  Messages from the Senate, not including reading
 7        Senate Bills a first time.
 8             (8)  Reading of House Bills a second time.
 9             (9)  Reading of House Bills a third time.
10             (10)  Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
11             (11)  Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
12             (12)  Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
13             (13)  House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
14             (14)  Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
15             (15)  Conference Committee Reports.
16             (16)  Motions in Writing.
17             (17)  Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
18             (18)  Motions with respect to Vetoes.
19             (19)  Consideration of Resolutions.
20             (20)  Motions to Discharge Committee.
21             (21)  Motions to Take from the Table.
22             (22)  Motions to Suspend the Rules.
23             (23)  Consideration  of  Bills  on  the   Order   of
24        Postponed Consideration.

25        (House Rule 32)
26        32.  Quorum.
27        (a)  A  majority of those elected constitutes a quorum of
28    the House, and a majority of those  appointed  constitutes  a
29    quorum  of a committee, but a smaller number may adjourn from
30    day to day, or recess for less than one day, and  compel  the
31    attendance  of  absent  members.   The  attendance  of absent
32    members may also be compelled by order of the Speaker.
33        (b)  The question of the presence  of  a  quorum  in  any
 
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 1    committee may not be raised on consideration of a legislative
 2    measure  by the House unless the same question was previously
 3    raised before the committee with respect to that  legislative
 4    measure.

 5        (House Rule 33)
 6        33.  Approval  of the Journal.  The Speaker or his or her
 7    designee shall periodically examine and report to  the  House
 8    any corrections he or she deems should be made in the Journal
 9    before  it is approved.  If those corrections are approved by
10    the House, they shall be made by the Clerk.

11        (House Rule 34)
12        34.  Executive Sessions.  The sessions of the House shall
13    be open to the public.  Sessions and  committee  meetings  of
14    the  House  may  be closed to the public if two-thirds of the
15    members elected determine, by a record vote, that the  public
16    interest so requires.

17        (House Rule 35)
18        35.  Length  of  Adjournment.   The  House,  without  the
19    consent of the Senate, shall not adjourn for more than 3 days
20    or  to a place other than where the 2 chambers of the General
21    Assembly are sitting.  The House is in session on any day  in
22    which  it  convenes  in perfunctory session, regular session,
23    veto session, or special session.

24        (House Rule 36)
25        36.  Transcript of the House.  Nothing contained  in  the
26    official transcript of the House shall be changed or expunged
27    except  by  written  request of a Representative to the Clerk
28    and Speaker, and that request may be  approved  only  by  the
29    record vote of 71 members elected.
 
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 1                             ARTICLE IV
 2                        BILLS AND AMENDMENTS

 3        (House Rule 37)
 4        37.  Bills.
 5        (a)  A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship
 6    of  one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on
 7    the reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and
 8    in the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
 9    first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
10    than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of  the  Principal
11    Sponsor;  other  co-sponsors  shall  be  separated  from  the
12    Principal  Sponsor  and any chief co-sponsors by a comma. The
13    Principal Sponsor may change the sponsorship  of  a  bill  to
14    that  of one or more other Representatives, or to that of the
15    standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
16    referred or from which the bill was  reported.   Such  change
17    may  be made at any time the bill is pending before the House
18    or any of its committees by filing a notice with  the  Clerk.
19    This subsection may not be suspended.
20        (b)  The  Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that bill.
21    A standing committee-sponsored  bill  is  controlled  by  the
22    Chairperson of the committee, who for purposes of these Rules
23    is    deemed    the    Principal    Sponsor.     A    special
24    committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the Chairperson, or
25    if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson
26    from  the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is
27    deemed the Principal Sponsor.  Committee-sponsored bills  may
28    not have individual co-sponsors.
29        (c)  The  Senate  sponsor  of  a  bill originating in the
30    Senate may request substitute House sponsorship of that  bill
31    by  filing  a  notice  with  the  Clerk;  such  a  notice  is
32    automatically  referred  to  the  Rules  Committee and deemed
33    adopted if approved by the Rules Committee.   If  disapproved
 
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 1    by the Rules Committee, the notice shall lie on the table. If
 2    the Rules Committee fails to act on a notice, that notice may
 3    be discharged by unanimous consent.
 4        (d)  All  bills  introduced in the House shall be read by
 5    title a first time,  ordered  reproduced,  and  automatically
 6    referred  to  the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18.
 7    When a Senate Bill is received, it shall be  read  by  title,
 8    ordered  reproduced,  and placed on the order of Senate Bills
 9    on first reading; after  being  read  a  first  time,  it  is
10    automatically  referred  to the Rules Committee in accordance
11    with Rule 18.
12        (e)  All  bills  introduced  into  the  House  shall   be
13    accompanied  by  9  copies.   Any  bill that amends a statute
14    shall  indicate  the  particular  changes  in  the  following
15    manner:
16             (1)  All new matter shall be underscored.
17             (2)  All matter that is to be omitted or  superseded
18        shall be shown crossed with a line.
19        (f)  No  bill  shall  be  passed by the House except on a
20    record vote of a majority of those elected, subject  to  Rule
21    69.   A  bill that has lost and has not been reconsidered may
22    not thereafter be revived.

23        (House Rule 38)
24        38.  Reading and Reproduction of Bills.  Every bill shall
25    be read by title on 3 different days before  passage  by  the
26    House, and the bill and all amendments adopted to it shall be
27    reproduced,  under  Rule  39, before the vote is taken on its
28    final passage.

29        (House Rule 39)
30        39.  Reproduction and Distribution.  The Clerk shall,  as
31    soon  as  any bill is reproduced, cause the bill to be placed
32    upon the desks of the members.  Reproduction and distribution
 
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 1    may be done electronically, or  the  Clerk  may  establish  a
 2    method that any member may use to secure a copy of any bill.

 3        (House Rule 40)
 4        40.  Amendments.
 5        (a)  An  amendment to a bill may be adopted by a standing
 6    committee or special committee when the bill is  before  that
 7    committee. An amendment to a bill may be adopted by the House
 8    when  a  bill  is  on the order of Second Reading if: (i) the
 9    Rules Committee has referred the floor amendment to the House
10    for consideration under Rule 18; or (ii) a standing committee
11    or special committee has referred the floor amendment to  the
12    House.   All  amendments  must  be  in writing. All committee
13    amendments that have been timely filed, as determined by  the
14    Chairperson,  shall  be  considered  by  the  committee  or a
15    subcommittee of that committee prior to consideration by  the
16    committee  of  the  bill  to which the amendment relates. All
17    amendments still pending in a committee upon the  passage  or
18    defeat of a bill on Third Reading are automatically tabled.
19        (b)  Except   as   otherwise  provided  in  these  Rules,
20    committee amendments may be offered  only  by  the  Principal
21    Sponsor  or a member of the committee while the affected bill
22    is before that committee, and shall be adopted by a  majority
23    of  those appointed.  Floor amendments may be offered only by
24    a Representative while the bill is on  the  order  of  Second
25    Reading,  subject  to  Rule  18,  and  shall  be adopted by a
26    majority vote of the House.  A committee amendment may be the
27    subject of a motion to  "do  adopt"  or  "do  not  adopt".  A
28    committee  amendment  may  be  adopted  only  by a successful
29    motion to "do adopt". The  Chairperson  of  a  committee  may
30    refer  any  committee  amendment  to  a  subcommittee of that
31    committee.
32        (c)  Committee  amendments  shall  be  filed   with   the
33    Chairperson  of  the  committee,  and  are in order only when
 
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 1    sufficient copies have been filed to provide each  member  of
 2    the  committee  with  a  copy  (which may be done in the same
 3    manner  as  distribution  of  bills  under  Rule  39)  and  9
 4    additional copies for the Chairperson. Floor amendments shall
 5    be filed with the Clerk, and are in order only when 9  copies
 6    have been filed.
 7        (d)  The   Clerk   shall   have  reproduced  all  adopted
 8    committee amendments that come before the  House.  The  Clerk
 9    shall  also  have reproduced all floor amendments referred to
10    the House by a committee.  No floor amendment may be  adopted
11    by  the House unless it has been reproduced and placed on the
12    members' desks in the same manner as for bills under Rule 39.
13        (e)  No floor amendment is in order unless  it  has  been
14    first  referred  to  the House for consideration by the Rules
15    Committee under Rule  18,  or  by  a  standing  committee  or
16    special committee.
17        (f)  Amendments  that  propose  to alter any existing law
18    shall conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
19        (g)  If a committee reports a bill "do pass as  amended",
20    the  committee amendments are deemed adopted by the committee
21    action and shall be reproduced and  placed  on  the  members'
22    desks  (which  may be done in the same manner as provided for
23    bills under Rule 39) before the bill may  be  read  a  second
24    time.
25        (h)  In    the    case   of   special   committees   with
26    Co-Chairpersons  from  different   political   parties,   the
27    "Chairperson"   for   the   purposes  of  this  Rule  is  the
28    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.

29        (House Rule 41)
30        41.  Fiscal and Other Notes.
31        (a)  The  House  shall  comply  with  all  Illinois  laws
32    requiring fiscal or other notes.  The notes  shall  be  filed
33    with  the  Clerk, who shall affix each note with a time stamp
 
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 1    endorsing the date and time received,  and  attached  to  the
 2    original  of  the  bill  and  available for inspection by the
 3    members. As soon as practical, the Clerk shall provide a copy
 4    of the note to the Legislative Reference Bureau, which  shall
 5    provide  an  informative  summary  of  the note in subsequent
 6    issues of the Legislative Digest.
 7        (b)  No bill authorizing or directing the  conveyance  by
 8    the  State  of  any particular interest in real estate to any
 9    individual or entity other than a governmental unit or agency
10    may be voted upon in committee or upon Second Reading  unless
11    a  certified  appraisal of the value of the interest has been
12    filed.  The appraisal shall be filed with the  clerk  of  the
13    committee to which the bill is assigned, and shall be part of
14    the  permanent  committee record, unless the bill is advanced
15    without reference to committee, or discharged under Rule  58,
16    in which event the appraisal shall be filed with the Clerk of
17    the House.

18        (House Rule 42)
19        42.  Consent Calendar.
20        (a)  The  Clerk  shall  include a Consent Calendar on the
21    daily calendar and designate it as a separate calendar.   The
22    Consent  Calendar shall contain 3 orders of business: Consent
23    Calendar - Second Reading, Consent Calendar - Third  Reading,
24    and  Consent  Calendar  -  Resolutions.  Within each order of
25    business, bills or resolutions shall be  listed  in  separate
26    groups according to the number of required days each has been
27    on  that  order  of business on the Consent Calendar. No more
28    than 80 bills and resolutions shall be listed in each  group.
29    All  bills  or  resolutions  to  which  amendments  have been
30    adopted shall be so designated.
31        (b)  No debate is in order  regarding  any  item  on  the
32    Consent  Calendar.   The  Presiding  Officer,  however, shall
33    allow a reasonable time for  questions  from  the  floor  and
 
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 1    answers  to  those questions.  No amendment from the floor is
 2    in order regarding any bill  or  resolution  on  the  Consent
 3    Calendar.
 4        (c)  A  bill  on  the  Consent Calendar shall stand for 2
 5    legislative days on the order of Consent  Calendar  -  Second
 6    Reading,  and for at least 2 legislative days on the order of
 7    Consent Calendar - Third Reading, before a vote on the  final
 8    passage  may  be  taken.  Resolutions on the Consent Calendar
 9    shall stand for at least 4 legislative days before a vote  on
10    adoption  may  be  taken.   One  record vote on final passage
11    shall be taken on  those  bills  called  for  final  passage.
12    Immediately  before  a  vote  on  the  bills  on  the Consent
13    Calendar, the Presiding Officer shall call to  the  attention
14    of the members the fact that the next legislative action will
15    be the vote on the Consent Calendar.
16        (d)  A  bill  or  resolution may be placed on the Consent
17    Calendar by report of a  standing  committee  upon  a  motion
18    adopted  by  a  unanimous  vote  of the members present.  For
19    purposes of this subsection (d),  a  unanimous  vote  on  the
20    motion is a vote with no member voting nay.
21        (e)  No  bill  regarding revenue or appropriations may be
22    placed on the Consent Calendar.  No resolution requiring more
23    than 60 affirmative votes for adoption and no bill  requiring
24    more  than  60 affirmative votes for passage by the House may
25    be placed on the Consent Calendar.
26        (f)  The Speaker  and  the  Minority  Leader  shall  each
27    appoint  3 members who may challenge the presence of any bill
28    or resolution on the Consent  Calendar.   Before  a  vote  on
29    final  passage  of  any item on the Consent Calendar, an item
30    shall be removed from the Consent Calendar if (i) 4  or  more
31    members,   (ii)   the   Principal  Sponsor  of  the  bill  or
32    resolution, or (iii) one or more of the appointed challengers
33    file with the Clerk written objections to the presence of the
34    bill or resolution on the  Consent  Calendar.   Any  bill  or
 
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 1    resolution  so  removed  may  not be placed thereafter on the
 2    Consent Calendar during that session of the General Assembly,
 3    unless the member or members who objected to the presence  of
 4    the  bill  or  resolution  on the Consent Calendar consent in
 5    writing to restoration of  the  bill  or  resolution  on  the
 6    Consent Calendar.
 7        Any bill removed from the Consent Calendar shall stand on
 8    the order of Second Reading with short debate status, subject
 9    to  Rule 52, and any resolution so removed shall stand on the
10    order of Resolutions with short  debate  status,  subject  to
11    Rule 52.

12        (House Rule 43)
13        43.  Changing Order of Business.
14        (a)  Any  order of business may be changed at any time by
15    the Speaker or Presiding Officer.
16        (b)  Any order of business may be  changed  at  any  time
17    upon  the  motion  of  any  member, supported by 5 additional
18    members, if the motion is adopted by an affirmative  vote  of
19    71 members elected.
20        (c)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
21    vote of 71 members elected.

22        (House Rule 44)
23        44.  Special Orders; Rules Committee.
24        (a)  A special order of business may be set by the  Rules
25    Committee or by the Speaker.  The Principal Sponsor of a bill
26    or  resolution  must  consent to the placement of the bill or
27    resolution on a special order. A special order shall fix  the
28    day  to which it applies and the matters to be included.  The
29    Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of  a  majority  of
30    the  members  appointed,  may  establish  time  limits  for a
31    special order and may establish limitations on debate  during
32    a special order (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the
 
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 1    allotted  time shall be fairly divided between proponents and
 2    opponents of the legislation to  be  considered.   A  special
 3    order  of  business takes the place of the standing order for
 4    such time as may  be  necessary  for  its  completion.   Only
 5    matters  that  may otherwise properly be before the House may
 6    be included in a special order.
 7        (b)  A special order shall appear on the  Daily  Calendar
 8    for   3   legislative  days.   This  subsection  (b)  may  be
 9    suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
10        (c)  A  special  order  may  be  suspended,  amended,  or
11    modified by motion adopted  by  an  affirmative  vote  of  60
12    members.   A  special  order  shall be suspended by a written
13    objection signed by 3 members  of  the  Rules  Committee  and
14    filed  during  the first legislative day on which the special
15    order appears on the calendar.

16                              ARTICLE V
17             RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION

18        (House Rule 45)
19        45.  Resolutions.
20        (a)  A resolution may  be  introduced  in  the  House  by
21    sponsorship  of  one  or  more  members of the House, and the
22    names of all sponsors shall be included in the House  Journal
23    and  in  the  Legislative  Digest. Each resolution introduced
24    shall  be  accompanied  by   9   copies.   Consideration   of
25    resolutions shall be governed by Rule 16 and Rule 66.
26        (b)  Any  resolution calling for the expenditure of State
27    funds may be adopted only by a record vote of a  majority  of
28    those elected.

29        (House Rule 46)
30        46.  State  Constitutional  Amendments.   All resolutions
31    introduced in the House proposing amendments to the  Illinois
 
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 1    Constitution  shall be reproduced and distributed in the same
 2    manner in which bills are reproduced  and  distributed  under
 3    Rule 39.  Every such resolution that originated in the Senate
 4    and is presented to the House shall be ordered reproduced and
 5    distributed  in  like  manner.  No such resolution shall pass
 6    unless read in full in its final form on  3  different  days.
 7    Amendments  are  in  order  only  on First Reading and Second
 8    Reading. Final passage requires the affirmative  vote  of  71
 9    members  elected.   No  resolution  proposing a change in the
10    Constitution of the State of Illinois may be  considered  for
11    passage  after  the  last  day  preceding the day marking the
12    beginning of the last 6 months before  the  general  election
13    occurring  during  the term of this General Assembly, and all
14    such resolutions still pending shall be tabled at the end  of
15    business on that day.

16        (House Rule 47)
17        47.  Federal Constitutional Amendments and Constitutional
18    Conventions.  The  affirmative  vote  of  71  of  the members
19    elected is required to adopt any resolution:
20             (1)  requesting   Congress   to   call   a   federal
21        constitutional convention;
22             (2)  ratifying   a   proposed   amendment   to   the
23        Constitution of the United States; or
24             (3)  calling a State convention to ratify a proposed
25        amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

26        (House Rule 48)
27        48.  Certificates of Recognition.  Any member may sponsor
28    a certificate of recognition to be signed by the Speaker  and
29    attested  by the Clerk to recognize any person, organization,
30    or event worthy of  public  commendation.  The  form  of  the
31    Certificate  of  Recognition shall be determined by the Clerk
32    with the approval of the Speaker.
 
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 1                             ARTICLE VI
 2                       PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE

 3        (House Rule 49)
 4        49.  Voting.  The  Presiding  Officer   shall   put   all
 5    questions  distinctly,  as follows:  "All those in favor vote
 6    AYE, and those opposed vote NAY."  No member may vote on  any
 7    question before the House unless on the floor before the vote
 8    is  announced.  No  member  of a committee may vote except in
 9    person at the time of the call of the  committee  vote.   Any
10    vote  of  the  House  shall  be  by  record  vote  whenever 5
11    Representatives shall so request or  whenever  the  Presiding
12    Officer shall so order.

13        (House Rule 50)
14        50.  Announcing  a  Record  Vote.   When a record vote is
15    requested, the Presiding Officer shall put the  question  and
16    then  announce to the House: "The voting is open."  While the
17    vote is being taken, the Presiding Officer shall state: "Have
18    all voted who wish?"  The voting is closed when the Presiding
19    Officer  announces:   "Take  the  Record."    The   Presiding
20    Officer,   unless   an   intervening   motion   to   postpone
21    consideration  by  the  Principal Sponsor is made, shall then
22    announce the results of the record vote.  After the record is
23    taken, no member may vote, change his or her vote, or  remove
24    his or her vote as recorded.

25        (House Rule 51)
26        51.  Decorum.
27        (a)  When  any  member is about to speak to the House, he
28    or she shall  rise  and  address  the  Presiding  Officer  as
29    "Speaker".   The  Presiding  Officer,  upon  recognizing  the
30    member,  shall  address him or her by name, and thereupon the
31    engineer in charge of operating the microphones in the  House
 
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 1    shall  give  the  use of the microphone to the member who has
 2    been so recognized.  The member  in  speaking  shall  confine
 3    himself or herself to the subject matter under discussion and
 4    avoid personalities.
 5        (b)  Questions  affecting  the  rights,  reputation,  and
 6    conduct  of  members  of  the  House  in their representative
 7    capacity are questions of personal privilege.   A  matter  of
 8    personal  explanation  does  not  constitute  a  question  of
 9    personal privilege.
10        (c)  If  2  or  more  members rise at once, the Presiding
11    Officer shall name the member who is to speak first.
12        (d)  No person shall give any  signs  of  approbation  or
13    disapprobation while the House is in session.
14        (e)  Recognition  of  guests by any member is prohibited,
15    except that the Speaker or Presiding Officer may recognize an
16    honored guest.
17        (f)  While the Presiding Officer is putting  a  question,
18    no member shall leave or walk across the House Chamber.  When
19    a  member  is addressing the House, no member or other person
20    entitled to the floor shall entertain  private  discourse  or
21    pass between the member speaking and the Presiding Officer.
22        (g)  In  case  of  any disturbance or disorderly conduct,
23    the Speaker or Presiding Officer may order  that  the  lobby,
24    gallery, or hallways adjoining the House Chamber be cleared.
25        (h)  No literature may be distributed on the House floor.
26        (i)  No  member may be absent from a session of the House
27    unless he or she has leave or is sick or his or  her  absence
28    is  unavoidable.   The  switch  to  the  electrical roll call
29    recording equipment located on the desk of any member who has
30    been excused or is absent shall be locked by  the  Clerk  and
31    shall not be unlocked until the member returns and files with
32    the Clerk a request to be shown as present on the quorum roll
33    call.
 
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 1        (House Rule 52)
 2        52.  Debate.
 3        (a)  All  legislative  measures, except those legislative
 4    measures placed on the Consent Calendar under  Rule  42,  are
 5    subject to a debate status as follows:
 6             (1)  Short  Debate:  Debate is limited to a 2-minute
 7        presentation  by  the  Principal  Sponsor  or  a   member
 8        designated   by   the   Principal   Sponsor,  a  2-minute
 9        presentation by a member in response, and one minute  for
10        the  Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other
11        members; provided that at the request of 7 members before
12        the close of debate, the debate status shall be opened to
13        standard debate;
14             (2)  Standard  Debate:   Debate  is  limited  to   a
15        5-minute  presentation  by  the  Principal  Sponsor  or a
16        member designated by the  Principal  Sponsor,  debate  by
17        each  of  2  additional  proponents  of  the  legislative
18        measure  and  by 3 members in response to the legislative
19        measure, and 3 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close
20        debate, or yield to other members;
21             (3)  Extended  Debate:   Debate  is  limited  to   a
22        5-minute  presentation  by  the  Principal  Sponsor  or a
23        member designated by the  Principal  Sponsor,  debate  by
24        each  of  4  proponents  of the legislative measure and 5
25        members in response, and  5  minutes  for  the  Principal
26        Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other members;
27             (4)  Unlimited  Debate:   Debate  shall consist of a
28        10-minute presentation by  the  Principal  Sponsor  or  a
29        member  designated  by  the  Principal Sponsor, debate by
30        each  proponent  and  member  in   response   who   seeks
31        recognition,  and  5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to
32        close debate, or yield to other members; or
33             (5)  Amendment Debate:  Debate on  floor  amendments
34        referred  to  the  House  from a committee, or discharged
 
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 1        from a committee, is limited to a  3-minute  presentation
 2        by  the  Principal Sponsor, or a member designated by the
 3        Principal Sponsor, debate by  one  proponent,  debate  by
 4        each  of  2  members  in  response, and 3 minutes for the
 5        Principal Sponsor to close  debate,  or  yield  to  other
 6        members.
 7        No  debate  is  in  order  on bills or resolutions on the
 8    order of First Reading or Second Reading, except  for  debate
 9    on floor amendments as provided in this Rule.
10        (b)  All  legislative  measures, except floor amendments,
11    referred to the House from a committee, or discharged from  a
12    committee, are automatically assigned standard debate status,
13    subject to subsection (c) of this Rule, except those assigned
14    to  the Consent Calendar or short debate status by a standing
15    committee or  a  special  committee.   All  floor  amendments
16    referred  to the House from a committee, or discharged from a
17    committee,  are  automatically  assigned   amendment   debate
18    status, subject to subsection (c) of this Rule.
19        (c)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of these Rules
20    to the contrary, the debate status of any legislative measure
21    may be changed only (i) by the Speaker, as  defined  in  item
22    (27)  of Rule 102, by filing a notice with the Clerk, or (ii)
23    by the Rules Committee by motion approved by  a  majority  of
24    those  appointed.   While  a  legislative  measure  is  being
25    considered  by  the  House,  the  debate  status  may also be
26    changed  by  unanimous  consent.   No  legislative   measure,
27    however,  may  be  placed  on the Consent Calendar under this
28    Rule. No legislative measure, except a floor  amendment,  may
29    be assigned amendment debate status under this Rule.
30        (d)  The  Speaker or Rules Committee, as the case may be,
31    shall notify the Clerk of any action  to  change  the  debate
32    status  of  any  legislative  measure.  The Clerk shall cause
33    that information to be reflected on  the  Daily  Calendar  on
34    subsequent legislative days, provided the legislative measure
 
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 1    is still before the House.
 2        (e)  No  member  shall speak longer than 5 minutes at one
 3    time or more than once on the same question except  by  leave
 4    of  the  House.   The  Principal   Sponsor  of a measure or a
 5    member designated by the Principal Sponsor, however, shall be
 6    allowed to open  the  debate  and  to  close  the  debate  in
 7    accordance  with subsection (a) of this Rule.  The provisions
 8    of  this  subsection  (e)  are  subject  to  and  limited  by
 9    subsections (a), (b), and (c) of  this  Rule.  A  member  may
10    yield  to  another  member the time allotted for the member's
11    debate.
12        (f)  The Presiding Officer shall allocate the  debate  on
13    each  legislative  measure  alternately, if possible, between
14    proponents and opponents of  the  legislative  measure  under
15    debate.
16        (g)  This Rule may not be suspended.

17        (House Rule 53)
18        53.  Written Statements.
19        (a)  Any  member may submit a written statement regarding
20    any bill, resolution, or floor amendment  considered  by  the
21    House,  by  submitting that statement to the Clerk within one
22    legislative day or 3 business  days,  whichever  is  shorter,
23    after  the  day  on  which  the  bill,  resolution,  or floor
24    amendment to which the comments relate was considered by  the
25    House.   The Clerk shall affix a time stamp to each statement
26    indicating the date on which  the  statement  was  submitted.
27    Each  statement shall indicate the member or members on whose
28    behalf the statement is submitted, the bill,  resolution,  or
29    floor  amendment  to which it applies, the names of any other
30    members mentioned  in  the  statement,  and  the  person  who
31    actually  submits the statement to the Clerk.  Each member on
32    whose behalf a statement is submitted is under an  obligation
33    to   ensure   that  all  required  information,  specifically
 
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 1    including the names of any other  members  mentioned  in  the
 2    statement, is indicated at the time a statement is submitted.
 3    Each   statement  shall  comply  with  standards  as  may  be
 4    established by the Clerk with the approval  of  the  Speaker.
 5    The  standards  established  by the Clerk, however, shall not
 6    relate to the contents of the written  statement.  The  Clerk
 7    shall  maintain  statements  that  comply  with this Rule and
 8    established standards in files for each bill and  resolution.
 9    A  statement  is  not  considered  filed  until the Clerk has
10    determined that it complies with this  Rule  and  established
11    standards.   The  Clerk shall notify the member or members on
12    whose behalf a statement was submitted if  the  statement  is
13    determined  not  to comply.  Statements filed under this Rule
14    shall be considered part of the transcript and made available
15    to the public.
16        (b)  If  a  statement  mentions   another   member,   the
17    statement  shall  not  be  considered  filed until the member
18    mentioned has an  opportunity  to  respond  as  a  matter  of
19    personal  privilege.   The Clerk shall notify each member who
20    is identified at the time a statement is submitted  as  being
21    mentioned   in  the  statement.   The  member  identified  as
22    mentioned in the statement shall have one legislative day  or
23    3  business days, whichever is shorter, after notification by
24    the Clerk  in  which  to  file  a  written  response  to  the
25    statement.    The   original  statement  and  any  responsive
26    statement shall both be considered  filed  at  the  close  of
27    business  on  the final day on which a response may be filed.
28    If, however, a  statement  is  submitted  mentioning  another
29    member  and the name of the member mentioned is not indicated
30    to the Clerk at the time of submission, the  statement  shall
31    be  stricken  at  the  request of the member mentioned in the
32    statement.  The Clerk  shall  notify  each  member  on  whose
33    behalf  the  statement  was  submitted that the statement has
34    been stricken from the record.
 
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 1        (c)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
 2    vote of 71 members elected.

 3        (House Rule 54)
 4        54.  Motions.
 5        (a)  The following are general rules for all motions:
 6             (1)  Every  motion,  except  to  adjourn, recess, or
 7        postpone consideration, shall be reduced  to  writing  if
 8        ordered  by  the  Presiding  Officer.   Unless  otherwise
 9        provided  in  these  Rules,  no second is required to any
10        motion presented to the House, or in any committee.   The
11        Presiding  Officer  may  refer  any  motion  to the Rules
12        Committee.
13             (2)  Before  the  House  debates   a   motion,   the
14        Presiding  Officer  shall  state  an  oral motion and the
15        Clerk shall read aloud a  written  motion.  Each  motion,
16        unless  otherwise  provided  in  these Rules, is assigned
17        standard debate status, subject to Rule 52.
18             (3)  After a  motion  is  stated  by  the  Presiding
19        Officer  or  read  by  the  Clerk,  it  is  deemed in the
20        possession of the House, but may be withdrawn at any time
21        before decision with consent of a majority of the members
22        elected.
23             (4)  If a motion is divisible, any member  may  call
24        for a division of the question.
25             (5)  Any  question  taken under consideration may be
26        withdrawn, postponed, or tabled by unanimous consent  or,
27        if  unanimous consent is denied, by a motion adopted by a
28        majority of the members elected.
29        (b)  The Rule may be suspended only  by  the  affirmative
30    vote of 71 members elected.

31        (House Rule 55)
32        55.  Precedence of Motions.
 
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 1        (a)  When  a  question  is under debate, no motion may be
 2    entertained except:
 3             (1)  to adjourn to a time certain;
 4             (2)  to adjourn;
 5             (3)  to question the presence of a quorum;
 6             (4)  to recess;
 7             (5)  to lay on the table;
 8             (6)  for the previous question;
 9             (7)  to postpone consideration;
10             (8)  to commit or recommit; or
11             (9)  to amend, except as otherwise provided in these
12        Rules.
13        The foregoing motions have precedence  in  the  order  in
14    which they are listed.
15        (b)  During  a record vote, no motion (except a motion to
16    postpone  consideration)  is  in  order   until   after   the
17    announcement of the result of the vote.
18        (c)  A  motion  to  commit  or  re-commit,  until  it  is
19    decided,  precludes  all  amendments  and  debate on the main
20    question.  A motion to postpone consideration,  until  it  is
21    decided,  precludes  all  amendments  and  debate on the main
22    question.

23        (House Rule 56)
24        56.  Verification.
25        (a)  After any  record  vote,  except  for  a  vote  that
26    requires  a specific number of affirmative votes and that has
27    not received  the  required  votes,  and  before  intervening
28    business,   it   is  in  order  for  any  member  to  request
29    verification of the results of the record vote.
30        (b)  In verifying a record vote,  the  Presiding  Officer
31    shall  instruct  the Clerk to call the names of those members
32    whose votes are to be verified.  The  member  requesting  the
33    verification  may thereafter identify those members he or she
 
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 1    wishes to verify.  If a member does not answer,  his  or  her
 2    vote  shall  be stricken; the member's vote shall be restored
 3    to the roll, however, if his or her  presence  is  recognized
 4    before  the  Presiding  Officer announces the final result of
 5    the verification.  The Presiding Officer shall determine  the
 6    presence  or absence of each member whose name is called, and
 7    shall then announce the results of the verification.
 8        (c)  While the results  of  any  record  vote  are  being
 9    verified,  it  is  in order for any member to announce his or
10    her presence on the floor and thereby have his  or  her  vote
11    verified.
12        (d)  A  request for a verification of the affirmative and
13    negative results of a record vote may be made  only  once  on
14    each record vote.

15        (House Rule 57)
16        57.  Appealing a Ruling.
17        (a)  If  any  appeal  is  taken  from  a  ruling  of  the
18    Presiding  Officer,  the Presiding Officer shall be sustained
19    unless 71  of  the  members  elected  vote  to  overrule  the
20    Presiding  Officer.   Notwithstanding  Rule  52,  debate on a
21    motion to appeal is limited to a 2-minute presentation by the
22    Principal Sponsor or a member  designated  by  the  Principal
23    Sponsor, a 2-minute presentation by a member in response, and
24    one-minute  for  the  Principal  Sponsor  to close debate, or
25    yield to other members.  A motion to appeal is not  in  order
26    if  the  House  has  conducted intervening business since the
27    ruling at issue was made.
28        (b)  If any appeal is taken from a ruling of a  committee
29    Chairperson,   the  Chairperson  shall  be  sustained  unless
30    three-fifths  of  those  appointed  vote  to   overrule   the
31    Chairperson.   A  motion  to  appeal  is  not in order if the
32    committee  has  adjourned  or  recessed,  or  if  intervening
33    business has occurred.  In the  case  of  special  committees
 
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 1    with  Co-Chairpersons  from  different political parties, the
 2    "Chairperson" for purposes of this Rule is the Co-Chairperson
 3    from the majority caucus.
 4        (c)  In an appeal of a ruling of the Presiding Officer or
 5    Chairperson, the question is:  "Shall the ruling of the Chair
 6    be sustained?"
 7        (d)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
 8    vote of 71 members elected.

 9        (House Rule 58)
10        58.  Discharge of Committee.
11        (a)  Any  member  may move that a standing committee or a
12    special committee be discharged  from  consideration  of  any
13    legislative  measure  assigned  to  it  and not reported back
14    unfavorably.
15        (b)  The motion must be in writing and shall  be  carried
16    on  the Daily Calendar for the next legislative day under the
17    order of "Motions".  No action shall be taken on  the  motion
18    until it is on the calendar.
19        (c)  If  the  motion  receives  an affirmative vote of 60
20    members, the legislative measure subject to the motion  shall
21    be  referred to the House and placed on the appropriate order
22    of business.
23        (d)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
24    vote of 71 members elected.

25        (House Rule 59)
26        59.  Previous Question.
27        (a)  A  motion  for  the previous question may be made at
28    any  time.   A  motion  for  the  previous  question  is  not
29    debatable and requires the affirmative  vote  of  60  members
30    elected.
31        (b)  The   previous  question  shall  be  stated  in  the
32    following form:  "Shall the main question be put?" Until  the
 
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 1    previous  question  is decided, all amendments and debate are
 2    precluded.  When it is decided that the main  question  shall
 3    not be put, the main question remains under debate.
 4        (c)  The  effect of the main question being ordered is to
 5    put an end to all debate and bring the House to a direct vote
 6    on the immediately pending motion.  After a  motion  for  the
 7    previous  question has been approved, unless the vote on that
 8    motion suggests the absence of a quorum, it is not  in  order
 9    to  move for adjournment or to make any other motion before a
10    decision on the main question.
11        (d)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
12    vote of 71 members elected.

13        (House Rule 60)
14        60.  Tabling.
15        (a)  Except  as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and
16    (e), a motion to  lay  on  the  table  applies  only  to  the
17    particular   proposition   and   is   neither  debatable  nor
18    amendable.
19        (b)  A  motion  to  table  a  bill  or  resolution  shall
20    identify the bill or resolution  by  number.   The  Principal
21    Sponsor of a bill or resolution may, with leave of the House,
22    table that bill or resolution at any time.  A motion to table
23    a committee bill that is before the House may be adopted only
24    by the affirmative vote of a majority of those elected.
25        (c)  The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution before
26    a  committee may, with leave of the committee, table the bill
27    or  resolution.   Upon  tabling,  the  Chairperson   of   the
28    committee  shall  return the bill or resolution to the Clerk,
29    noting thereon that it has been tabled.
30        (d)  Motions to table floor amendments are debatable  and
31    may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of those
32    elected.
33        (e)  No motion to table a committee amendment is in order
 
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 1    unless   it   has  been  first  referred  to  the  House  for
 2    consideration by the Rules Committee under Rule 18, or  by  a
 3    standing  or  special  committee.  Motions to table committee
 4    amendments  are  debatable  and  may  be   adopted   by   the
 5    affirmative vote of a majority of those elected.

 6        (House Rule 61)
 7        61.  Motion to Take from Table.
 8        (a)  A  motion  to  take  from  the  table  requires  the
 9    affirmative  vote of a majority of those elected if the Rules
10    Committee has previously recommended that action  by  written
11    notice filed with the Clerk; otherwise, a motion to take from
12    the  table  requires  the  affirmative  vote  of  71  members
13    elected.
14        (b)  A  bill  taken from the table shall be placed on the
15    Daily Calendar on the order on which it  appeared  before  it
16    was tabled.
17        (c)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
18    vote of 71 members elected.

19        (House Rule 62)
20        62.  Motion  to  Postpone  Consideration.   A  motion  to
21    postpone consideration on a bill or  resolution  may  not  be
22    made  more  than once on the same bill or resolution.  Unless
23    otherwise provided by  these  Rules,  a  motion  to  postpone
24    consideration  shall  be granted as a matter of privilege; no
25    motion to postpone consideration is in order, however, if the
26    bill or resolution initially received a vote of fewer than 47
27    of the members elected.

28        (House Rule 63)
29        63.  Motion on Different Subject.   No  motion  or  other
30    legislative  measure  on  a subject different from that under
31    consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
 
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 1        (House Rule 64)
 2        64.  Division of Question.  If  the  question  in  debate
 3    contains  several  points,  any  member may have the question
 4    divided.  On a motion to strike out and insert, it is not  in
 5    order  to move for a division of the question.  The rejection
 6    of a motion to strike out and insert one proposition does not
 7    prevent a  motion  to  strike  out  and  insert  a  different
 8    proposition.

 9        (House Rule 65)
10        65.  Reconsideration.
11        (a)  A  member  who  voted  on  the  prevailing side of a
12    record vote on a legislative measure still within the control
13    of the House  may on the same or  the  following  legislative
14    day  move  to  reconsider the vote.  The motion to reconsider
15    may be laid on the table without affecting the vote to  which
16    it  refers.  When the motion to reconsider is made during the
17    last 3 days of  April  or  any  time  thereafter  during  the
18    regular  session,  or  at  any  time during a veto or special
19    session, any member may move that the vote on reconsideration
20    be  taken  immediately.   A  question   that   requires   the
21    affirmative  vote  of  a majority of those elected or more to
22    carry requires a majority of those elected to reconsider.
23        (b)  A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption
24    of an amendment to a bill may be made only on Second Reading.
25        (c)  If a motion to reconsider is made  under  this  Rule
26    and  the  motion  is  later tabled, the question shall not be
27    further reconsidered.  This subsection (c) may  be  suspended
28    only by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
29        (d)  When  a motion to reconsider is made within the time
30    prescribed by these Rules, the Clerk shall not allow the bill
31    or other subject matter of the motion  to  pass  out  of  the
32    possession  of  the  House  until  after  the motion has been
33    decided or withdrawn.  Such a motion shall be deemed rejected
 
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 1    if laid on the table.
 2        (e)  A Representative who voted "present"  or  failed  to
 3    vote  on  a  question  does  not  have  the right to move for
 4    reconsideration.
 5        (f)  Upon a motion to reconsider the vote  on  the  final
 6    passage  of  any  bill, the affirmative vote of a majority of
 7    those elected is required to reconsider.

 8        (House Rule 66)
 9        66.  Motion to Adjourn.
10        (a)  A motion to adjourn is in order at any time,  except
11    when  a  prior  motion  to  adjourn  has been defeated and no
12    intervening business has transpired.
13        (b)  A  motion  to  adjourn  is  neither  debatable   nor
14    amendable.
15        (c)  The  Clerk  shall  enter  in the Journal the hour at
16    which every motion to adjourn is made.
17        (d)  Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise  orders,  the
18    standing  hour  to  which  the  House adjourns is 12:00 noon,
19    except on the last day of a week in which the House  convenes
20    in  regular,  veto,  or  special  session,  in which case the
21    standing hour to which the House adjourns is 12:30 p.m.
22        (e)  A motion to adjourn for more than 3 days is  not  in
23    order  unless  both  chambers  of  the  General Assembly have
24    adopted  a  joint  resolution  permitting  that  adjournment.
25    Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  these  Rules,   a
26    resolution filed under this Rule may be referred to the Rules
27    Committee  by  the  Presiding  Officer  or may be immediately
28    considered and adopted by the House.

29        (House Rule 67)
30        67.  Adoption and Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
31        (a)  Adoption of Rules.  At the commencement of  a  term,
32    the House shall adopt new rules of organization and procedure
 
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 1    by  resolution  setting  forth those rules in their entirety.
 2    The resolution must be adopted by the affirmative vote  of  a
 3    majority  of  those  elected.  These  Rules  of  the House of
 4    Representatives are subject to revision or amendment only  in
 5    accordance with this Rule.
 6        (b)  Rules  may  be  amended  only  by  resolution.   Any
 7    resolution  to  amend  these  Rules  shall  show the proposed
 8    changes in the existing rules by underscoring all new  matter
 9    and  by  crossing  out  with  a line all matter that is to be
10    omitted or superseded.
11        (c)  Any resolution proposing to amend a  House  Rule  or
12    any  Joint  House-Senate  Rule,  upon  initial reading by the
13    Clerk, is automatically  referred  to  the  Rules  Committee.
14    Resolutions   to   amend   the   House  Rules  or  any  Joint
15    House-Senate Rules may be  initiated  and  sponsored  by  the
16    Rules Committee; those resolutions shall not be referred to a
17    committee  and  may  be immediately considered and adopted by
18    the House.  Those  resolutions  shall  be  assigned  standard
19    debate status, subject to Rule 52.
20        (d)  A  resolution  to amend the House Rules or any Joint
21    House-Senate Rules that has been reported "do adopt"  or  "do
22    adopt  as  amended"  by  a majority of those appointed to the
23    Rules Committee requires the affirmative vote of  a  majority
24    of  those  elected  for  adoption  by  the  House.  Any other
25    resolution proposing to amend the House Rules  or  any  Joint
26    House-Senate Rules requires the affirmative vote of 71 of the
27    members elected for adoption by the House.
28        (e)  No  House Rule or any Joint House-Senate Rule may be
29    suspended except by unanimous consent of the members  present
30    or  upon a motion supported by affirmative vote of a majority
31    of those elected unless a higher number is  required  in  the
32    Rule sought to be suspended.  A committee may not suspend any
33    Rule.
34        (f)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
 
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 1    vote of 71 members elected.

 2        (House Rule 68)
 3        68.  Motion to Commit or Recommit.  No motion  to  commit
 4    or recommit a legislative measure to committee, being decided
 5    in  the  negative, shall again be allowed on the same day, or
 6    at the same stage of the legislative measure.

 7        (House Rule 69)
 8        69.  Effective Date.
 9        (a)  A bill passed after May 31 of a calendar year  shall
10    not  become  effective  prior  to June 1 of the next calendar
11    year unless an earlier effective date  is  specified  in  the
12    bill and it is approved by the affirmative vote of 71 members
13    elected.
14        (b)  If  a  majority of those elected, but fewer than 71,
15    vote affirmatively for a bill on Third Reading after  May  31
16    and  the  bill  specifies  an effective date earlier than the
17    following June 1, the bill has not passed, but the  Principal
18    Sponsor   has  the  right  to  have  the  bill  automatically
19    reconsidered and returned to the order of Second Reading  for
20    an  amendment  to  remove  the  earlier  effective  date. The
21    amendment,  if  offered  and  referred  to  the  House  by  a
22    committee, shall be reproduced and placed on the desks of the
23    members, in the same manner as provided for bills under  Rule
24    39,  before  the bill is taken up again on the order of Third
25    Reading.

26        (House Rule 70)
27        70.  Home Rule.  No bill denies or limits  any  power  or
28    function  of  a home rule unit under paragraph (g), (h), (i),
29    (j), or (k) of Sec. 6 of  Article  VII  of  the  Constitution
30    unless  there  is  specific  language limiting or denying the
31    power or function and the language specifically sets forth in
 
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 1    what manner and to what extent it is a denial  or  limitation
 2    of  the  power or function of a home rule unit. If a majority
 3    of those elected, but fewer than 71, vote affirmatively for a
 4    bill on Third Reading that requires the affirmative  vote  of
 5    71  members  elected  to deny or limit a power of a home rule
 6    unit, the bill has not passed, but the Principal Sponsor  has
 7    the  right  to  have  the bill automatically reconsidered and
 8    returned to the order of Second Reading for an  amendment  to
 9    remove  those effects of the bill. The amendment, if referred
10    to the House by a committee, shall be reproduced  and  placed
11    on  the  desks of the members, in the same manner as provided
12    for bills under Rule 39, before the bill is taken up again on
13    the order of Third Reading.

14                             ARTICLE VII
15                        CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

16        (House Rule 71)
17        71.  Conflicts of Interest.
18        (a)  A Committee on Conflicts of Interest is created.  It
19    shall consist of 4 members appointed by  the  Speaker  and  4
20    members  appointed by the Minority Leader.  The Speaker shall
21    designate one of the members  as  Chairperson.  The  Minority
22    Leader  shall designate one of the minority caucus members as
23    Minority  Spokesperson.  The  Committee  shall  not  have   a
24    Vice-Chairperson.
25        (b)  The  Committee shall study the problems of conflicts
26    of  interest  in  relation   to   the   responsibilities   of
27    legislators  and  the  laws  relating  thereto, including the
28    Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act.   The  Committee   shall
29    develop  guidelines  for  the conduct of members in regard to
30    conflicts of interest, including procedures  for  appropriate
31    disclosure  of  the  existence  of  conflicts.  The Committee
32    shall also recommend changes in  the  law  determined  to  be
 
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 1    desirable  to  assure  members  appropriate guidance in their
 2    conduct. Any report of the Committee shall be filed with  the
 3    Clerk,  who  shall  reproduce the report and distribute it to
 4    each member, in the same manner as provided for  bills  under
 5    Rule 39.

 6                            ARTICLE VIII
 7                            JOINT ACTION

 8        (House Rule 72)
 9        72.  Concurring in or Receding from Amendments.
10        (a)  If  a  bill  or  resolution  is received back in the
11    House with one or more amendments added by the Senate, it  is
12    in  order  for  the Principal Sponsor to present a motion "to
13    concur" or "not to concur and to ask the  Senate  to  recede"
14    with  respect to each, several, or all of those amendments. A
15    motion to concur shall be by record vote and shall be adopted
16    by the affirmative vote  of  a  majority  of  those  elected,
17    subject to Rule 69.  Any 2 members may demand a separate vote
18    or  a  separate  record  vote, as applicable, on any of those
19    amendments.
20        (b)  When the Senate has refused to concur in one or more
21    amendments added to a bill or resolution by the House and has
22    returned the bill or resolution to the House with  a  message
23    requesting  the  House  to  recede  from  one  or more of its
24    amendments, it is in  order  for  the  Principal  Sponsor  to
25    present  a  motion  "to  recede" from the House amendments or
26    "not to recede and to request  a  conference".  A  motion  to
27    recede  shall  be  by record vote and shall be adopted by the
28    affirmative vote of a majority of those elected,  subject  to
29    Rule  69.   Any  2  members  may  demand a separate vote or a
30    separate  record  vote,  as  applicable,  on  any  of   those
31    amendments.
 
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 1        (House Rule 73)
 2        73.  Conference Committees.
 3        (a)  A  disagreement  between the House and Senate exists
 4    with respect to any  bill  or  resolution  in  the  following
 5    situations:
 6             (1)  when  the  Senate  refuses  to  recede from the
 7        adoption of any amendment, after the House has previously
 8        refused to concur in the amendment; or
 9             (2)  when the  House  refuses  to  recede  from  the
10        adoption   of   any   amendment,  after  the  Senate  has
11        previously refused to concur in the amendment.
12        In those cases of  disagreement  between  the  House  and
13    Senate,  the  House  may  request  a  conference. When such a
14    request is made, both chambers of the General Assembly  shall
15    appoint  members  to  a committee to confer on the subject of
16    the bill or resolution giving rise to the disagreement.   The
17    combined  membership  of  the  2  chambers appointed for that
18    purpose is the conference committee.
19        (b)  The conference committee shall consist of 5  members
20    from  each  chamber  of  the  General Assembly. The number of
21    majority caucus members from each chamber shall be  one  more
22    than the number of minority caucus members from each chamber.
23        (c)  Each  conference  committee  shall be comprised of 5
24    members of the House,  3  appointed  by  the  Speaker  and  2
25    appointed  by  the  Minority Leader.  No conference committee
26    report may be filed with the Clerk until a  majority  of  the
27    House conferees has been appointed.

28        (House Rule 74)
29        74.  Conference Committee Reports.
30        (a)  No   subject   matter   shall  be  included  in  any
31    conference committee report on any bill unless  that  subject
32    matter  directly relates to the matters of difference between
33    the  House  and  Senate  that  have  been  referred  to   the
 
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 1    conference   committee  unless  the  Rules  Committee,  by  a
 2    majority vote of the members appointed, determines  that  the
 3    proposed  subject  matter  is  of  an emergency nature, is of
 4    substantial importance to the operation of government, or  is
 5    in the best interests of Illinois.
 6        (b)  No  conference committee report shall be received by
 7    the Clerk or acted upon by  the  House  unless  it  has  been
 8    signed by at least 6 conferees. The report shall be signed in
 9    duplicate.   One  of  the  reports  shall  be  filed with the
10    Secretary of the Senate and one with the Clerk.   The  report
11    shall contain the agreements reached by the committee.
12        (c)  If  the  conference  committee determines that it is
13    unable to reach agreement, the committee shall so  report  to
14    each  chamber of the General Assembly and request appointment
15    of a second conference committee.  If there is agreement, the
16    committee shall so report to each chamber.
17        (d)  No conference committee report shall be  adopted  by
18    the  House  except  on  a  record vote of a majority of those
19    elected, subject to Rule 69.

20        (House Rule 75)
21        75.  House Consideration of Joint Action.
22        (a)  No  joint  action  motion  for   final   action   or
23    conference  committee  report  may be considered by the House
24    unless it has first been referred to the House by  the  Rules
25    Committee  or  a  standing  committee or special committee in
26    accordance with Rule 18, or unless the joint action motion or
27    conference committee report  has  been  discharged  from  the
28    Rules Committee under Rule 18. Joint action motions for final
29    consideration  and conference committee reports referred to a
30    standing  committee  or  special  committee  by   the   Rules
31    Committee  may  not be discharged from the standing committee
32    or special committee.  This subsection (a) may  be  suspended
33    by unanimous consent.
 
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 1        (b)  No  conference committee report may be considered by
 2    the House unless it has been reproduced  and  placed  on  the
 3    members'  desks,  in  the  same  manner as provided for bills
 4    under Rule 39, for one full day during the  period  beginning
 5    with  the  convening  of  the  House  on the 2nd Wednesday of
 6    January each year and ending on the 30th  day  prior  to  the
 7    scheduled adjournment of the regular session established each
 8    year  by  the Speaker pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full
 9    hour on any other day.
10        (c)  Before  any  conference  committee  report   on   an
11    appropriation bill is considered by the House, the conference
12    committee  report  shall  first  be  the  subject of a public
13    hearing by a standing Appropriations Committee or  a  special
14    committee  (the  conference  committee  report  need  not  be
15    referred to an Appropriations Committee or special committee,
16    but  instead  may  remain  before  the Rules Committee or the
17    House, as the  case  may  be).  The  hearing  shall  be  held
18    pursuant  to  not  less  than  one  hour  advance  notice  by
19    announcement on the House floor, or one day advance notice by
20    posting  on  the  House  bulletin  board.   An Appropriations
21    Committee or special committee shall  not  issue  any  report
22    with respect to the conference committee report following the
23    hearing.
24        (d)  Any House Bill amended in the Senate and returned to
25    the  House  for concurrence in the Senate amendment shall lie
26    upon the desk of the Clerk for not less than one hour  before
27    being further considered.
28        (e)  No  House  Bill  that  is returned to the House with
29    Senate amendments may  be  called  except  by  the  Principal
30    Sponsor,  or  by  a  chief co-sponsor with the consent of the
31    Principal Sponsor. This subsection may not be suspended.
32        (f)  Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the  report
33    of  a  conference  committee  on  a non-appropriation bill or
34    resolution shall be confined to the subject of  the  bill  or
 
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 1    resolution  referred to the conference committee.  The report
 2    of a conference committee on an appropriation bill  shall  be
 3    confined to the subject of appropriations.

 4        (House Rule 76)
 5        76.  Action on Conference Committee Reports.
 6        (a)  Each  chamber  of  the General Assembly shall inform
 7    the other by message of any action taken with  respect  to  a
 8    conference  committee report.  Copies of all papers necessary
 9    for a complete understanding of the  action  shall  accompany
10    the message.  The original bill or resolution shall remain in
11    the chamber of origin.
12        (b)  No  conference committee report may be called except
13    by the Principal Sponsor of the bill for which the conference
14    committee was  appointed.  A  chief  co-sponsor  may  call  a
15    conference committee report with the consent of the Principal
16    Sponsor. This subsection may not be suspended.
17        (c)  If either chamber refuses to adopt the report of the
18    conference  committee, the report of the conference committee
19    is laid on the table, or the first  conference  committee  is
20    unable  to  reach  agreement,  either  chamber  may request a
21    second conference committee.  When such a  request  is  made,
22    each  chamber shall again appoint a conference committee.  If
23    either chamber refuses  to  adopt  the  report  of  a  second
24    conference  committee,  the  2 chambers shall have adhered to
25    their disagreement, and the bill or resolution is lost.

26                             ARTICLE IX
27                               VETOES

28        (House Rule 77)
29        77.  Recording of Vetoes.  Upon the receipt by the  House
30    of  any  bill  returned  by  the  Governor  under  any of the
31    provisions of Article IV, Sec. 9  of  the  Constitution,  the
 
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 1    Clerk  shall  enter  the  objections  of  the Governor on the
 2    Journal, and shall distribute copies of all veto messages  to
 3    each  member's  desk, together with copies of the vetoed bill
 4    or item, as soon as practical, in  the  same  manner  as  for
 5    bills under Rule 39.

 6        (House Rule 78)
 7        78.  Amendatory Vetoes.
 8        (a)  The Principal Sponsor of a bill that has been passed
 9    by  the  General Assembly may request the Clerk to notify the
10    Governor that the Principal Sponsor wishes to be consulted by
11    the Governor or his  or  her  designee  before  the  Governor
12    returns  the  bill together with specific recommendations for
13    change under subsection (e) of Section 9 of Article IV of the
14    Illinois Constitution.
15        (b)  Any bill returned  by  the  Governor  together  with
16    specific  recommendations  for change under subsection (e) of
17    Section 9 of Article IV of the  Illinois  Constitution  shall
18    automatically be placed on the Daily Calendar on the order of
19    amendatory  vetoes,  and  shall  be considered as provided in
20    this Rule.
21        (c)  The Governor's specific recommendations  for  change
22    with  respect  to  a  bill  returned  under subsection (e) of
23    Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution shall be
24    limited to addressing the Governor's objections  to  portions
25    of  a bill the general merit of which the Governor recognizes
26    and shall not alter the fundamental  purpose  or  legislative
27    scheme set forth in the bill as passed.
28        (d)  Any   motion   to  accept  the  Governor's  specific
29    recommendations for change shall be automatically referred to
30    the Rules Committee.  The Rules Committee shall  examine  the
31    Governor's  specific recommendations for change and determine
32    by  a  majority  of  the  members  appointed  whether   those
33    recommendations   comply  with  the  standard  set  forth  in
 
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 1    subsection   (c).    Any   motion    to    accept    specific
 2    recommendations   for   change   that   the  Rules  Committee
 3    determines are in compliance with subsection (c) of this Rule
 4    shall be subject to action by the Rules Committee in the same
 5    manner as floor amendments, joint action motions,  conference
 6    committee  reports  and motions to table committee amendments
 7    under Rule 18(e).
 8        (e)  Any  motion  to  override  the  Governor's  specific
 9    recommendations  for  change  shall  not  be  referred  to  a
10    committee and may be immediately considered  and  adopted  by
11    the House subject to Rule 80(d).
12        (f)  This rule may not be suspended.

13        (House Rule 79)
14        79.  Motions  to  Consider  Vetoes.  For purposes of this
15    Article, the  term  "motions"  means  motions  to  accept  or
16    override  a  veto  of  the Governor.  Motions with respect to
17    bills returned by the Governor may be made by  the  Principal
18    Sponsor,   the   committee  Chairperson  in  the  case  of  a
19    committee-sponsored bill, or  if  Co-Chairpersons  have  been
20    appointed,  by  the  Co-Chairperson of the majority caucus in
21    the case of special committee-sponsored bills.  Motions shall
22    be filed in writing with the Clerk.  Any motion to override a
23    veto of the Governor shall not be referred to a committee and
24    may be  immediately  considered  and  adopted  by  the  House
25    subject  to  Rule 80.  All motions shall be assigned standard
26    debate status, subject to Rule 52.

27        (House Rule 80)
28        80.  Consideration of Motions.
29        (a)  The vote to override a veto of a bill vetoed in  its
30    entirety  shall be by record vote and shall be entered on the
31    Journal. The form of motion with respect to these bills shall
32    be:   "I   move   that   ________   Bill   _____   do   pass,
 
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 1    notwithstanding the veto of the Governor."
 2        (b)  The vote to override an item veto shall be by record
 3    vote  as  to each item separately and shall be entered on the
 4    Journal.  The form of motion with respect to  an  item  shall
 5    be:   "I  move that the item on page ____, line ____, of ____
 6    Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding  the  item  veto  of  the
 7    Governor."
 8        (c)  The  vote  to  override  an  item reduction veto and
 9    restore an item that has been reduced shall be by record vote
10    as to each item  separately  and  shall  be  entered  on  the
11    Journal.   The  form  of motion with respect to an item shall
12    be:  "I move that the item on page ____, line ____,  of  ____
13    Bill  ____ be restored, notwithstanding the item reduction of
14    the Governor."
15        (d)  A   bill    returned    together    with    specific
16    recommendations  of the Governor may be acted upon, by record
17    vote, in either of the following manners:
18             (1)  By   a   motion   to   accept   the    specific
19        recommendations of the Governor. The form of motion shall
20        be:   "I  move  to accept the specific recommendations of
21        the Governor as to _____ Bill _____ in manner and form as
22        follows:  (inserting herein the language deemed necessary
23        to effectuate the specific recommendations)."; or
24             (2)  By considering the bill as a  vetoed  bill  and
25        overriding the recommendation and passing the bill in its
26        original  form.   The  form  of motion shall be:  "I move
27        that  _____  Bill  _____  do  pass,  notwithstanding  the
28        specific recommendations of the Governor.".

29        (House Rule 81)
30        81.  Vetoed Bills Considered in Entirety.  If a  bill  is
31    returned  by the Governor containing more than one item veto,
32    reduction  veto,  specific  recommendation  for  change,   or
33    combination  of  them,  the  bill  shall be acted upon in its
 
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 1    entirety before the bill is released from the custody of  the
 2    House.

 3        (House Rule 82)
 4        82.  Disposition  of  Vetoes.   When  a  bill or item has
 5    received the  affirmative  vote  of  the  number  of  members
 6    elected  necessary  under  the  Constitution,  the  Presiding
 7    Officer  shall  declare that the bill or item has been passed
 8    or restored over the  veto  of  the  Governor,  or  that  the
 9    specific  recommendations  for  change have been approved, as
10    the case may be.  The bill shall then be attested to  by  the
11    Clerk  who  shall  note thereon the day the bill passed.  The
12    bill and  the  objections  of  the  Governor  shall  then  be
13    immediately   delivered   to   the   Senate.   When  specific
14    recommendations  have  been  accepted,  then  the   accepting
15    language shall be attached to the original bill, and the bill
16    shall be delivered to the Senate.

17                              ARTICLE X
18           ELECTION CONTESTS AND QUALIFICATIONS CHALLENGES

19        (House Rule 83)
20        83.  Election Contests and Qualifications Challenges.
21        (a)  An   election  contest  places  in  issue  only  the
22    validity of the results of an election of  a  member  to  the
23    House  in a representative district.  An election contest may
24    result only in a determination of  which  candidate  in  that
25    election  was  properly  elected  to  the  House and shall be
26    seated.
27        (b)  A qualifications challenge places in issue only  the
28    qualifications  of an incumbent member of the House under the
29    Constitution, or the legality of an appointment of  a  person
30    as a member of the House to fill a vacancy.  A qualifications
31    challenge  may  result  only  in a determination of whether a
 
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 1    member of the House is properly seated.
 2        (c)  Election  contests  and  qualifications   challenges
 3    shall be brought and conducted as provided in these Rules.
 4        (d)  If  an  election contest or qualifications challenge
 5    is filed with the Clerk, the Speaker shall create an Election
 6    Contest or Qualifications Challenge Committee,  as  the  case
 7    may be, within 3 legislative days by filing a notice with the
 8    Clerk.   The  creation of any committee under this Rule shall
 9    be  governed  by  Rule   10.    The   election   contest   or
10    qualifications  challenge  shall be automatically referred to
11    the Election Contest or Qualifications  Challenge  Committee,
12    as  the  case  may be. For purposes of this Article, the term
13    "committee" means only the Election Contest or Qualifications
14    Challenge  Committees  created   under   this   Rule.    This
15    subsection may not be suspended.
16        (e)  The  committee  may  adopt  rules to govern election
17    contests and qualifications challenges, but  those  committee
18    rules must be consistent with these Rules, must be filed with
19    the  Clerk,  and must be made available to all parties and to
20    the  public.   Any  committee  rule  shall  be   subject   to
21    amendment, suspension, or repeal by House resolution.

22        (House Rule 84)
23        84.  Initiating Election Contests.
24        (a)  Election   contests   may   be  brought  only  by  a
25    registered voter of  the  representative  district  or  by  a
26    member of the House.
27        (b)  Election   contests  may  be  brought  only  by  the
28    procedures and within the  time  limits  established  by  the
29    Election  Code.   Notice  of  intention  to  contest shall be
30    served on the person certified as elected to the  House  from
31    the   representative   district   within   the   time  limits
32    established by the Election Code.  The requirements  of  this
33    subsection apply to a member of the House appointed to fill a
 
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 1    vacancy  the  same  as if that member had been elected to the
 2    House.
 3        (c)  Within 10 days after the convening of the  House  in
 4    January   following  the  general  election  contested,  each
 5    contestant shall file with the Clerk a petition  of  election
 6    contest  and shall serve the petition on the incumbent member
 7    of the House from the representative district.  A petition of
 8    election contest shall allege the contestant's qualifications
 9    to bring the contest and to serve as a member of  the  House,
10    that  he  or  she  believes  that a mistake or fraud has been
11    committed in specified precincts in the counting, return,  or
12    canvass  of the votes, or that there was some other specified
13    irregularity in the conduct  of  the  election  in  specified
14    precincts.   A  petition  of election contest shall contain a
15    prayer specifying the relief requested and the  precincts  in
16    which  a  recount or other inquiry is desired.  A petition of
17    election contest shall be verified by affidavit  swearing  to
18    the  truth  of  the allegations or based upon information and
19    belief, and shall be accompanied by proof of service  on  all
20    respondents.
21        (d)  A  notice of intent to contest may not be amended to
22    cure a defect under the statutory requirements.   A  petition
23    of  election contest, if filed and served after the notice of
24    intention to contest, may not raise points not  expressed  in
25    the notice.
26        (e)  The   incumbent   member   of  the  House  from  the
27    representative  district  is  a  necessary   party   to   the
28    initiation of an election contest.

29        (House Rule 85)
30        85.  Initiating Qualifications Challenges.
31        (a)  Qualifications  challenges  may be brought only by a
32    registered  voter  of  the  representative  district  of  the
33    representative challenged or by a member of the House.
 
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 1        (b)  Qualifications challenges must be brought within  90
 2    days  after  the  day  the challenged member takes his or her
 3    oath of office as a member of the House, or  within  90  days
 4    after  the day the petitioner first learns of the information
 5    on which the challenge is based, whichever occurs later.
 6        (c)  A  qualifications  challenge  shall  be  brought  by
 7    filing a petition of qualifications challenge with the Clerk,
 8    and by serving a copy  of  the  petition  on  the  respondent
 9    member  of  the  House.   The petition must be accompanied by
10    proof of personal service upon the respondent member and must
11    be verified  by  affidavit  swearing  to  the  truth  of  the
12    allegations or based upon information and belief.  A petition
13    of  qualifications  challenge  shall set forth the grounds on
14    which the respondent member is alleged to be constitutionally
15    unqualified, or on which his or her appointment to the  House
16    is  claimed to be legally improper, the qualifications of the
17    petitioner to bring the challenge, and a prayer for relief.

18        (House Rule 86)
19        86.  Contests and Challenges; Due Process.
20        (a)  Election contests and challenges shall be heard  and
21    determined  as  expeditiously  as  possible  under  adversary
22    procedures  wherein  each  party  to  the  proceedings  has a
23    reasonable opportunity  to  present  his  or  her  claim,  to
24    present any defense and arguments, and to respond to those of
25    his  or  her  opponents.   All  parties may be represented by
26    counsel.
27        (b)  Election  contests  and  qualifications   challenges
28    shall   be  heard  and  determined  in  accordance  with  the
29    applicable provisions of the Election Code and other Illinois
30    statutes,  the Illinois Constitution, and the  United  States
31    Constitution.  Judicial decisions that bear on a point of law
32    in  a  contest  or  challenge  shall  be  admissible  in  the
33    arguments  of the parties and the deliberations and decisions
 
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 1    of the committee.  Judicial decisions applicable to  a  point
 2    of law or to a fact situation to the committee shall be given
 3    weight as precedent.
 4        (c)  In  addition  to  notice  of meetings required under
 5    these Rules, the committee and any  subcommittee  shall  give
 6    notice  to  all parties reasonably in advance of each meeting
 7    or other proceeding.  The committee shall also give notice of
 8    all rules, timetables, or deadlines adopted by the committee.
 9    Notice under this subsection shall be in writing and shall be
10    given either personally with receipt, or  by  certified  mail
11    (return  receipt requested)  addressed to the party at his or
12    her place of residence, and to his or her attorney of  record
13    at the attorney's office if so requested by the party.

14        (House Rule 87)
15        87.  Committee  Proceedings  and  Powers  in Contests and
16    Challenges.
17        (a)  All   proceedings   of   the   committee   and   any
18    subcommittees concerning election contests and qualifications
19    challenges  shall  be  transcribed  by  a   certified   court
20    reporter.   Copies  of the transcript shall be made available
21    to the members of the committee and to the parties.
22        (b)  The committee may dismiss  an  election  contest  or
23    qualifications  challenge,  or  may determine to proceed to a
24    recount or other inquiry.  The committee may limit the issues
25    to be determined in a contest or challenge, except that  when
26    a  recount  is conducted in an election contest, any precinct
27    timely requested by  any  party  to  be  recounted  shall  be
28    recounted by the committee.
29        (c)  In   conducting   inquiries,   investigations,   and
30    recounts  in election contests and qualifications challenges,
31    the committee has the  power  to  send  for  and  compel  the
32    attendance  of witnesses and the production of books, papers,
33    ballots, documents, and records by  subpoena  signed  by  the
 
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 1    Chairperson  of  the committee as provided by law and subject
 2    to Rule 4(c)(9).    In  conducting  proceedings  in  election
 3    contests  and  qualifications  challenges, the Chairperson of
 4    the committee and the Chairperson  of  any  subcommittee  may
 5    administer  oaths  to  witnesses, as provided by law, and for
 6    this purpose a subcommittee is deemed to be  a  committee  of
 7    the House.
 8        (d)  The   committee   may   issue   commissions  by  its
 9    Chairperson to any officer authorized to take depositions  of
10    any  necessary  witnesses  as  may  be  permitted by law.  In
11    recounting the ballots in any election contest,  however,  no
12    person  other than a member of the committee shall handle any
13    ballots, tally sheets, or other  election  materials  without
14    consent of the committee or subcommittee.  The responsibility
15    for the actual recounting of ballots may not be delegated.
16        (e)  The   committee   shall  maintain  an  accurate  and
17    complete record of proceedings in every election contest  and
18    qualifications  challenge.   That  record  shall  include all
19    notices and pleadings, the transcripts and roll  call  votes,
20    all  reports  and  dissents,  and  all  documents  that  were
21    admitted  into  the proceeding.  The committee shall file the
22    record with the Clerk of the House upon the adoption  of  its
23    final  report.   The  record  shall  then  be  available  for
24    examination in the Clerk's office.
25        (f)  With  the approval of the Speaker, the committee may
26    employ clerks, stenographers, court  reporters,  professional
27    staff, and messengers.

28        (House Rule 88)
29        88.  Adoption of Reports in Contests and Challenges.
30        (a)  All  final  decisions  of the committee regarding an
31    election contest or qualification challenge shall be approved
32    by a majority of the members appointed to the  committee  and
33    reported  in  writing  to the House.  Reports shall include a
 
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 1    specific recommendation to the House as to the disposition of
 2    the contest  or  challenge.   Final  reports  following  full
 3    inquiry on the merits of a contest or challenge shall contain
 4    findings of fact and, when necessary, conclusions of law.
 5        (b)  Any  member of the committee may file a dissent from
 6    a report of the committee, a minority report,  or  a  special
 7    concurrence  with  the  majority  report or with any minority
 8    report.
 9        (c)  A subcommittee shall  report  to  the  committee  in
10    writing  in  the  same  form  as  required  for the committee
11    report.  Subcommittee members may file dissents, reports, and
12    special concurrences.
13        (d)  Reports shall not be adopted by the committee  or  a
14    subcommittee  until  a  hearing  has  been held thereon, with
15    notice to all parties and a reasonable opportunity to examine
16    and respond to a proposed majority report.
17        (e)  Reports of the committee shall  be  filed  with  the
18    Clerk,  reproduced,  and  placed on the members' desks, along
19    with any dissents, minority reports, or special concurrences,
20    in the same manner as provided for bills under Rule 39.   The
21    report  shall  be  listed  on  the calendar under the heading
22    "Report of Election Contest"  or  "Report  of  Qualifications
23    Challenge".   The  report  shall  be  carried  on  the  Daily
24    Calendar  for  2  legislative  days  before any action by the
25    House.
26        (f)  The House shall  adopt  the  majority  report  or  a
27    minority  report  in  an  election  contest or qualifications
28    challenge or shall refuse  to  adopt  any  report  filed  and
29    re-refer  the  contest  or  challenge  to  the  committee for
30    further proceedings or for a modified report.  A report  that
31    has  the effect of unseating an incumbent member of the House
32    shall be adopted only by the affirmative vote of  60  members
33    elected.
34        (g)  Each party to a contest or challenge shall file with
 
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 1    the Clerk of the committee within 10 days after the filing of
 2    the  final report a detailed statement of attorney's fees and
 3    expenses incurred by that party in connection with the  case.
 4    The   committee  shall  make  recommendations  to  the  House
 5    concerning reimbursement of attorney's fees and the  expenses
 6    of  the  parties.   The recommendation shall not exceed a sum
 7    that is reasonable, just, and proper.

 8                             ARTICLE XI
 9                       DISCIPLINE AND PROTEST

10        (House Rule 89)
11        89.  Disorderly Behavior.
12        (a)  In accordance with Article  IV,  Sec.  6(d)  of  the
13    Constitution,  the  House  may  punish any of its members for
14    disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence  of  two-thirds
15    of  the members elected, expel a member (but not for a second
16    time for the same offense).  The reason for  expulsion  shall
17    be entered upon the Journal with the names and votes of those
18    members voting on the question.
19        (b)  In  accordance  with  Article  IV, Sec. 6(d)  of the
20    Constitution, the House during  its  session  may  punish  by
21    imprisonment  any  person, not a member, guilty of disrespect
22    to the House by disorderly or contemptuous  behavior  in  its
23    presence.  That imprisonment shall not extend beyond 24 hours
24    at  one  time  unless  the  person  persists in disorderly or
25    contemptuous behavior.

26        (House Rule 90)
27        90.  Protest.  Any 2 members have the  right  to  dissent
28    and  protest,  in  respectful  language,  against  any act or
29    resolution that they may think injurious to the public or  to
30    any  individual, and have the reason of their protest entered
31    upon the Journal.  When  by  motion  a  majority  of  members
 
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 1    determines  that the language of a protest is not respectful,
 2    the protest shall be referred back to the protesting members.

 3                             ARTICLE XII
 4                      DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

 5        (House Rule 91)
 6        91.  Initiating Disciplinary Proceedings.
 7        (a)  Disciplinary proceedings may be commenced by  filing
 8    with  the  Speaker  a  petition  for  a special investigating
 9    committee. The petition must be signed by at least one member
10    of the House, and shall contain suggested charges  which,  if
11    true,  may  subject  the  member  named  in  the  petition to
12    disciplinary action by the House.  If the petition is  signed
13    by  3 or more members of the House, the Speaker shall appoint
14    3 members of the majority  caucus  and  the  Minority  Leader
15    shall  appoint  3 members of the minority caucus to a special
16    investigating committee.  If the petition is signed by  fewer
17    than  3  members  of the House, the Speaker shall consult the
18    member named in the petition, and unless that member  objects
19    in writing, the Speaker and the Minority Leader shall appoint
20    a  special  investigating  committee.  If the member named in
21    the  petition  objects  to  the  appointment  of  a   special
22    investigating committee, any member who signed a petition for
23    an  investigation  under this Rule may introduce a resolution
24    to initiate disciplinary proceedings.   Unless  a  resolution
25    initiating  disciplinary proceedings is introduced under this
26    Rule, the contents of a petition for a special  investigating
27    committee  shall  be  confidential  except  as  to the member
28    named, the members signing it, the Speaker, and  the  members
29    of a special investigating committee.
30        (b)  A  resolution  to  initiate disciplinary proceedings
31    shall be substantially in the following form:
32        "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 
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 1    ______________  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
 2    that  a  Special  Investigating  Committee  be  appointed  to
 3    investigate   allegations   concerning   the    conduct    of
 4    Representative  _______________________,  which, if true, may
 5    subject that member to disciplinary action by  the  House  of
 6    Representatives."
 7        A  resolution to initiate disciplinary proceedings may be
 8    introduced only as permitted under this Rule.  It is improper
 9    to attempt to initiate disciplinary proceedings in any manner
10    not authorized by this Rule.
11        (c)  A resolution to  initiate  disciplinary  proceedings
12    shall  not  be  assigned  to  committee,  notwithstanding the
13    provisions of Rule  15.  The  resolution  shall  lie  on  the
14    Speaker's  Table  and  shall  be  called within 5 legislative
15    days.
16        (d)  A resolution to initiate disciplinary proceedings is
17    debatable.
18        (e)  A resolution initiating disciplinary proceedings may
19    be adopted  only  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  60  members
20    elected.
21        (f)  This   Rule  may  be  suspended  only  by  unanimous
22    consent.

23        (House Rule 92)
24        92.  Preliminary Investigation.
25        (a)  Pursuant to a petition or upon  the  adoption  of  a
26    resolution  initiating  disciplinary proceedings, as provided
27    in Rule 91, a special investigating committee consisting of 6
28    members shall be appointed, of whom 3 shall be  appointed  by
29    the Speaker from the majority caucus and 3 shall be appointed
30    by the Minority Leader from the minority caucus.  The Speaker
31    shall  appoint  the  Chairperson of the special investigating
32    committee  from  among  the  6  members.  Sponsors   of   the
33    initiating  resolution  may  not  be appointed to the special
 
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 1    investigating committee.
 2        (b)  The special investigating committee shall conduct  a
 3    thorough  investigation  of  all  allegations  and charges of
 4    impropriety concerning the member  named  in  the  initiating
 5    resolution  that are brought to its attention to determine if
 6    reasonable grounds exist to bring charges against the  member
 7    for  formal  disciplinary  proceedings  by  the  House.   The
 8    special investigating committee shall meet with the Principal
 9    Sponsor of the initiating resolution at its initial meeting.
10        At  the  initial  meeting,  the  Principal Sponsor of the
11    initiating   resolution   shall   submit   to   the   special
12    investigating committee a written list of suggested  charges.
13    The   list   shall   define  the  scope  of  the  inquiry  or
14    investigation pursuant to the initiating resolution.  If  the
15    Principal  Sponsor  of  the  initiating  resolution  fails to
16    submit  a  list,  the  special  committee  shall   report   a
17    resolution of exoneration.
18        The  Principal Sponsor of the initiating resolution shall
19    also  submit  to  the  special  investigating  committee  all
20    information he or she may have relevant to  the  charges  and
21    allegations.
22        (c)  The  special  investigating  committee shall conduct
23    all of  its  proceedings  in  executive  session,  and  shall
24    maintain  strict  confidence as to all of its proceedings and
25    all witnesses, testimony, information, and exhibits that  may
26    come before it.  No transcript or record of proceedings shall
27    be  taken.   This  subsection  shall be adopted and effective
28    upon an affirmative vote of 79 members.  This subsection  may
29    not be suspended.
30        (d)  Except  for  its  initial  meeting,  any  posting or
31    notice requirements do not apply to meetings of  the  special
32    investigating  committee,  but  the  Chairperson  shall  give
33    notice  of  all  meetings  to  the  member  named  in and the
34    Principal Sponsor of the initiating resolution and shall give
 
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 1    reasonable notice to the  public.   The  member  who  is  the
 2    subject of the initiating resolution has the right to counsel
 3    during proceedings of the special investigating committee.
 4        (e)  Except   for   subsection  (c),  this  Rule  may  be
 5    suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.

 6        (House Rule 93)
 7        93.  Report of Special Investigating Committee.
 8        (a)  The special investigating committee shall report  in
 9    writing.    All  reports  shall  be  signed  by  the  members
10    supporting the report.
11        (b)  If  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the   special
12    committee  determines  to  prefer charges, it shall file with
13    the Clerk a formal statement of charges  and  specifications,
14    and  shall  appoint  2  members  of  the  House, one from the
15    majority caucus and one from the minority caucus, who are not
16    members of the special investigating committee to be managers
17    for the House at the hearing on the charges.   The  statement
18    of  charges  shall  constitute  the  report  of  the  special
19    committee,  but  the  special committee in its discretion may
20    file a supplementary  report  stating  its  reasons  for  not
21    bringing  any  other  charges that may have been suggested to
22    it.
23        (c)  If the special committee determines  not  to  prefer
24    charges,   it   shall   file  with  the  Clerk  a  resolution
25    exonerating the member named  in  the  initiating  resolution
26    together with a report stating its reasons for not preferring
27    charges.
28        (d)  If  the special committee cannot by majority vote of
29    its  members  determine  whether  to  prefer   charges,   the
30    committee   shall   file  with  the  Clerk  a  resolution  of
31    exoneration and a report stating the affirmative reasons  for
32    not  preferring  charges.  That report shall be signed by all
33    members of the special investigating committee, regardless of
 
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 1    their original vote in the committee proceedings  on  whether
 2    to prefer charges.
 3        (e)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
 4    vote of 71 members elected.

 5        (House Rule 94)
 6        94.  Select Committee on Discipline.
 7        (a)  When charges are preferred against any member of the
 8    House under Rule 93, the  Speaker  and  the  Minority  Leader
 9    shall  appoint a committee, to be known as a select committee
10    on discipline, to hear and determine the charges. The  select
11    committee shall consist of 12 members of the House, 6 of whom
12    shall  be  appointed  by the Speaker from the majority caucus
13    and 6 of whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader  from
14    the minority caucus.  The Speaker shall appoint a Chairperson
15    of the select committee from among the 12 members.  No member
16    who  served  on  the  special  investigating committee or any
17    sponsor of the initiating resolution may be appointed to  the
18    select committee.
19        (b)  All appointments to a select committee on discipline
20    shall  be  completed  and  the select committee shall convene
21    within 30 days after the filing  of  charges  for  which  the
22    committee is appointed.
23        (c)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
24    vote of 79 members elected.

25        (House Rule 95)
26        95.  Hearings on Disciplinary Charges.
27        (a)  Proceedings   before   the   select   committee   on
28    discipline shall be adversary in form, with the managers  for
29    the  House  presenting the case for disciplinary action.  The
30    respondent member may be represented by counsel.
31        (b)  Stipulations of fact  shall  be  encouraged  by  the
32    select committee.
 
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 1        (c)  The   rules   of  evidence  applicable  to  criminal
 2    proceedings apply except as may be waived by the managers  or
 3    respondent, as may be appropriate.

 4        (House Rule 96)
 5        96.  Report of Select Committee.
 6        (a)  The  committee  shall vote on each specification and
 7    charge, except that a vote of exoneration on a  charge  shall
 8    be  a  vote  as to all specifications under that charge.  All
 9    final votes on the merits of a charge or specification  shall
10    be by record vote.
11        (b)  A   finding   of   fault   or   exoneration  on  any
12    specification or charge requires an  affirmative  vote  of  a
13    majority of the members appointed to the select committee.
14        (c)  The committee shall file a report of its findings on
15    each  specification  and  charge  and  a recommendation as to
16    penalty with the Clerk.  The report shall state  the  reasons
17    for  each  conclusion  and  recommendation.  If the committee
18    finds the respondent member exonerated regarding any  charge,
19    it shall report a resolution of exoneration together with its
20    report.   If the select committee finds the respondent member
21    at fault regarding any charge, it shall report  a  resolution
22    embodying its findings and recommended penalty.
23        (d)  If  a  select  committee  reports a finding of fault
24    regarding any charge, any member of the select committee  may
25    file  a minority report with the Clerk either dissenting from
26    a finding, reason, or recommendation in the  majority  report
27    or  stating a concurrence on different grounds.  A dissenting
28    report may include a resolution  of  exoneration  as  to  any
29    charge or specifications.
30        (e)  When  a select committee has found a member at fault
31    regarding   a   charge,   the   committee   shall   adopt   a
32    recommendation for disciplinary action.   The  committee  may
33    recommend  a  reprimand, a censure, expulsion from the House,
 
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 1    or  that  no  penalty  be  invoked.   The  recommendation  on
 2    disciplinary action  requires  an  affirmative  vote  of  the
 3    majority of the members appointed to the select committee.
 4        (f)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
 5    vote of 71 members elected.

 6        (House Rule 97)
 7        97.  House Action on Disciplinary Reports.
 8        (a)  The report of a select committee, together with  any
 9    dissenting   or  concurring  reports,  and  any  accompanying
10    resolution, shall be reproduced and placed  on  the  members'
11    desks,  in  the  same manner as for bills under Rule 39.  The
12    report shall be placed on  the  calendar  under  the  heading
13    "Report of Select Committee on Discipline".  The report shall
14    be  carried  on  the  Daily  Calendar  for 2 legislative days
15    before any action by the House.
16        (b)  If the report of a select  committee  or  a  special
17    investigating committee exonerates the respondent member, the
18    House  shall  take  up the resolution or re-refer the case to
19    the committee for further proceedings.
20        (c)  If the select committee reports a finding  of  fault
21    as  to any charge, the House shall take up the resolution for
22    disciplinary action together with any  minority  resolutions.
23    The  House  may amend a resolution for disciplinary action to
24    decrease the recommended penalty.
25        (d)  The House shall take action by a record vote on each
26    resolution.  Adoption of a resolution finding the  respondent
27    member  at  fault  regarding charges and specifications shall
28    dispose of any minority resolution of  exoneration  on  those
29    charges and specifications.  If the House adopts a resolution
30    of  exoneration as to any charge or specification, a majority
31    resolution shall be amended in accord with  that  disposition
32    of  those  charges and specifications before it may be called
33    for a final vote.  If the adoption of exoneration resolutions
 
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 1    disposes of all the charges and specifications in a  majority
 2    resolution  for  disciplinary action, the majority resolution
 3    shall be tabled.
 4        (e)  Following record votes on all majority and  minority
 5    resolutions  arising  out  of  a  select committee finding of
 6    fault on a charge or  specification,  if  there  remains  any
 7    charge  or  specification  on  which  the  House  has neither
 8    exonerated the member or adopted a finding of fault, then any
 9    member may introduce and move a resolution of exoneration  on
10    that charge or specification.
11        (f)  A  resolution  finding a member at fault regarding a
12    charge may be adopted only by  the  affirmative  vote  of  71
13    members elected, except that a resolution the effect of which
14    is  to  expel a member may be adopted only by the affirmative
15    vote of 79 members elected.
16        (g)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
17    vote of 79 members elected.

18                            ARTICLE XIII
19                          FORCE AND EFFECT

20        (House Rule 98)
21        98.  Applicability.   The  meetings  and  actions  of the
22    House, including all of its committees, are governed by these
23    House Rules.

24        (House Rule 99)
25        99.  Parliamentary Authority.  The rules of parliamentary
26    practice appearing in the latest edition of Robert's Rules of
27    Order govern the House in all cases to which  they  apply  so
28    long as they are not inconsistent with these Rules.

29        (House Rule 100)
30        100.  Certification  by  Speaker.   With  respect to each
 
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 1    bill that is certified by  the  Speaker  in  accordance  with
 2    Article  IV,  Sec.  8(d)  of  the  Constitution,  there is an
 3    irrebuttable presumption that the procedural requirements for
 4    passage have been met.

 5        (House Rule 101)
 6        101.  Effective Date.  These rules are in full force  and
 7    effect  upon  their  adoption, and shall remain in full force
 8    and effect except as amended in accordance with these  Rules,
 9    or  until  superseded  by  new  rules  adopted as part of the
10    organization of a newly-constituted General Assembly  at  the
11    commencement of a term.

12                             ARTICLE XIV
13                             DEFINITIONS

14        (House Rule 102)
15        102.  Definitions.   As  used  in these Rules, terms have
16    the meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the  context
17    clearly requires a different meaning:
18             (1)  Chairperson.     "Chairperson"    means    that
19        Representative  designated  by  the  Speaker  to serve as
20        chair of a committee.
21             (2)  Co-Chairperson.    "Co-Chairperson"   means   a
22        Representative designated by  the  Speaker  to  serve  as
23        co-chair of a special committee.
24             (3)  Clerk.   "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
25        House.
26             (4)  Committee.  "Committee" means  a  committee  of
27        the  House  and  includes a standing committee, the Rules
28        Committee,  a  special  committee,   the   Committee   on
29        Conflicts of Interest, committees created under Article X
30        and  Article  XII of these Rules, and a subcommittee of a
31        committee.   "Committee"  does  not  mean  a   conference
 
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 1        committee,  and  the  procedural  and notice requirements
 2        applicable to  committees  do  not  apply  to  conference
 3        committees.
 4             (5)  Constitution.     "Constitution"    means   the
 5        Constitution of the State of Illinois.
 6             (6)  General Assembly.  "General Assembly" means the
 7        current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
 8             (7)  House.    "House"   means    the    House    of
 9        Representatives of the General Assembly.
10             (8)  Joint  Action  Motions.  "Joint action motions"
11        means the following motions before the House:  to  concur
12        in   a  Senate  amendment,  to  non-concur  in  a  Senate
13        amendment, to recede from a House amendment, to refuse to
14        recede  from  a  House  amendment,  to  request  that   a
15        conference   committee  be  appointed,  and  to  adopt  a
16        conference committee report.
17             (9)  Legislative Digest.  "Legislative Digest" means
18        the Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is  prepared  by
19        the Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
20             (10)  Legislative  Measures.  "Legislative measures"
21        means  all  matters  brought   before   the   House   for
22        consideration, whether originated in the House or Senate,
23        and  includes  bills, amendments, resolutions, conference
24        committee  reports,  motions,  messages,   notices,   and
25        Executive Orders from the executive branch.
26             (11)  Majority.   "Majority"  means  a  majority  of
27        those  members  present and voting on a question.  Unless
28        otherwise specified with respect to  a  particular  House
29        Rule,  for  purposes of determining the number of members
30        present and voting on a question, a "present" vote  shall
31        not be counted.
32             (12)  Majority Caucus.  "Majority caucus" means that
33        group  of  Representatives from the numerically strongest
34        political party in the House.
 
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 1             (13)  Majority of  those  Appointed.   "Majority  of
 2        those  appointed" means a majority of the total number of
 3        Representatives  authorized  under  these  Rules  to   be
 4        appointed to a committee.
 5             (14)  Majority of those Elected.  "Majority of those
 6        elected"   means  a  majority  of  the  total  number  of
 7        Representatives entitled to  be  elected  to  the  House,
 8        regardless   of   the  number  of  elected  or  appointed
 9        Representatives actually serving in office.  So  long  as
10        118  Representatives  are  entitled  to be elected to the
11        House, "majority of those elected" means  60  affirmative
12        votes;  71  affirmative  votes  means three-fifths of the
13        members  elected;  and   79   affirmative   votes   means
14        two-thirds of the members elected.
15             (15)  Member.    "Member"  means  a  Representative.
16        Where the context so requires, "member" may also  mean  a
17        Senator of the Illinois Senate.
18             (16)  Members  Appointed.  "Members appointed" means
19        the total  number  of  Representatives  authorized  under
20        these Rules to be appointed to a committee.
21             (17)  Members  Elected.  "Members elected" means the
22        118 Representatives entitled to be elected to the  House,
23        regardless   of   the  number  of  elected  or  appointed
24        Representatives actually serving in office.
25             (18)  Minority Caucus.  "Minority caucus" means that
26        group of  Representatives  from  the  second  numerically
27        strongest political party in the House.
28             (19)  Minority  Leader.  "Minority Leader" means the
29        Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
30             (20)  Minority       Spokesperson.         "Minority
31        spokesperson" means that Representative designated by the
32        Minority  Leader to serve as the minority spokesperson of
33        a committee.
34             (21)  Perfunctory  Session.   "Perfunctory  session"
 
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 1        means  the  convening  of  the  House,  pursuant  to  the
 2        scheduling of the Speaker, for purposes  consistent  with
 3        Rule 28.
 4             (22)  Presiding  Officer.  "Presiding Officer" means
 5        that Representative serving as the presiding  officer  of
 6        the  House, whether that Representative is the Speaker or
 7        another Representative designated by  the  Speaker  under
 8        Rule 4.
 9             (23)  Principal  Sponsor.  "Principal sponsor" means
10        the  first  listed  House  sponsor  of  any   legislative
11        measure;  with  respect to a standing committee-sponsored
12        bill or resolution,  it  means  the  Chairperson  of  the
13        committee;  with respect to a special committee-sponsored
14        bill or resolution, it means the Co-Chairperson from  the
15        majority caucus.
16             (24)  Record  Vote.   "Record  vote" means a vote by
17        ayes and nays entered on the journal.
18             (25)  Representative.   "Representative"  means  any
19        duly   elected   or   duly   appointed   Illinois   State
20        Representative, and means the same as "member".
21             (26)  Senate.  "Senate"  means  the  Senate  of  the
22        General Assembly.
23             (27)  Speaker.   "Speaker"  means the Speaker of the
24        House elected as provided in Rule 1.
25             (28)  Term.  "Term"  means  the  2-year  term  of  a
26        General Assembly.
27             (29)  Vice-Chairperson.    "Vice-Chairperson"  means
28        that Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
29        Vice-Chairperson of a committee.