SR0168 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate of the 97th General Assembly are amended by changing Rule 5-1 as follows:

(Senate Rule 5-1)

5-1. Bills.

(a) A bill may be introduced in the Senate by sponsorship of one or more members of the Senate, whose names shall be on the printed copies of the bills, in the Senate Journal, and in the Legislative Digest. The principal sponsor shall be the first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the principal sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the principal sponsor and any chief cosponsors by a comma. By motion, the sponsorship of a bill may be changed to that of another Senator (or Senators, as the case may be), or to that of the standing committee to which the bill was referred or from which the bill was reported. Such a motion may be made at any time the bill is pending before the Senate or any of its committees.

(b) The principal sponsor of a bill shall control the bill and may allow a chief cosponsor (i) to present the bill on Third Reading with written approval or (ii) to move the bill from Second Reading to Third Reading. A committee-sponsored bill shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the committee, who for purposes of these Senate Rules shall be deemed the principal sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may not have individual cosponsors.

(c) (1) The House sponsor of a bill originating in the House may request substitute Senate sponsorship of that bill by filing a notice with the Secretary; that notice shall automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments and deemed adopted if approved by the Committee on Assignments.

(2) The notice shall include the bill number, the name of the Senate chief sponsor to be substituted, the signature of the House sponsor, the signature of the substitute Senate chief sponsor, and a statement that the original Senate sponsor was provided with notice of intent to request a substitute Senate sponsor.

(3) The Committee on Assignments shall act on any notice within three session days (excluding perfunctory session days). If the Committee on Assignments fails to act on that notice within three session days, then the notice shall be deemed approved and the Senate sponsorship of the House Bill will be substituted pursuant to the notice. The Senate President may suspend in writing the operation of the three session day automatic approval process set forth under this subsection (c) if the President determines that the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to act on any Senator's request to substitute House sponsorship of a Senate Bill. If disapproved by the Committee on Assignments, the notice shall lie on the table. If the Committee on Assignments fails to act on any such notice, that notice may be discharged pursuant to Rule 7-9.

(d) All bills introduced in the Senate shall be read by title a first time, ordered printed, and automatically referred to the Committee on Assignments in accordance with Rule 3-8. When a House Bill is received, it shall be taken up, ordered printed, and placed on the order of House Bills on First Reading; after having been read a first time, it shall automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments in accordance with Rule 3-8.

(e) All bills introduced into the Senate shall be accompanied by eight copies. Any bill that amends a statute shall indicate the particular changes in the following manner:

(1) All new matter shall be underscored.

(2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded shall be shown crossed with a line.

(f) No bill shall be passed by the Senate except on a roll call vote of a majority of those elected. A bill that has lost and has not been reconsidered may not thereafter be revived.

(Source: S.R. 2, 97th G.A.)