95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1854

 

Introduced 7/10/2007, by Sen. Kwame Raoul - Susan Garrett - M. Maggie Crotty - Pamela J. Althoff - James T. Meeks, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 15/2.5 new

    Amends the Special Session Act. Provides that on each day that both houses of the General Assembly are convened in special session, (i) the Governor, President of the Senate, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, and House Minority Leader must meet at the State Capitol and discuss the purpose for which the special session was called, including proposed and pending legislation to resolve the situation, and other relevant pending legislative matters and (ii) after the Governor and leaders have met, the 2 houses must convene in joint session. Further provides that the Governor, President of the Senate, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, and House Minority Leader must attend the joint session, each must brief the members of the General Assembly concerning the discussion at their meeting on that day, and each must take questions from the members of the General Assembly concerning all relevant legislative matters then pending, whether within the specific purpose of the special session or not, for as long as any member has a question. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning special sessions.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Special Session Act is amended by adding
5 Section 2.5 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 15/2.5 new)
7     Sec. 2.5. Daily meetings and responses to questions. On
8 each day that both houses of the General Assembly are convened
9 in special session, (i) the Governor, President of the Senate,
10 Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, and House
11 Minority Leader must meet at the State Capitol and discuss the
12 purpose for which the special session was called, including
13 proposed and pending legislation to resolve the situation, and
14 other relevant pending legislative matters and (ii) after the
15 Governor and leaders have met, the 2 houses must convene in
16 joint session. The Governor, President of the Senate, Senate
17 Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, and House Minority
18 Leader must attend the joint session, each must brief the
19 members of the General Assembly concerning the discussion at
20 their meeting that day, and each must take questions from the
21 members of the General Assembly concerning all relevant
22 legislative matters then pending, whether within the specific
23 purpose of the special session or not, for as long as any

 

 

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1 member has a question.
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.