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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1114 Introduced 02/07/11, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or before any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.
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| | HB1114 | | LRB097 06067 RLJ 46140 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (25 ILCS 10/8 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Legislative measures; majority of members sponsor. |
| 8 | | If a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or |
| 9 | | co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the |
| 10 | | chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then |
| 11 | | resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be |
| 12 | | referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a |
| 13 | | standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative |
| 14 | | measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 |
| 15 | | session days or before any committee action or floor action |
| 16 | | deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is |
| 17 | | sooner.
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