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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 34
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 34 by replacing | ||||||
3 | lines 2 through 23 of page 1 and all of pages 2 through 138 with | ||||||
4 | the following:
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5 | "RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 98th General | ||||||
8 | Assembly are amended by changing Rules 4, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, | ||||||
9 | 21, 22, 28, 31, 37, 37.5, 40, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 75, and 102 | ||||||
10 | and by adding Rules 42.1 and 76.5 as follows:
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11 | (House Rule 4)
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12 | 4. The Speaker.
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13 | (a) The Speaker has those powers conferred upon
him or her | ||||||
14 | by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any
motions or | ||||||
15 | resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the House and | ||||||
16 | Senate.
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1 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker is the
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2 | chief administrative officer of the House and has
those powers | ||||||
3 | necessary to carry out those functions. The
Speaker may | ||||||
4 | delegate administrative duties as he
or she deems appropriate.
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5 | (c) The duties of the Speaker include the
following:
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6 | (1) To preside at all sessions of the House, although
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7 | the Speaker may call on any member to preside
temporarily | ||||||
8 | as Presiding Officer.
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9 | (2) To open the session at the time at which the House
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10 | is to meet by taking the chair and calling the
members to | ||||||
11 | order. The Speaker may call on any
member to open the | ||||||
12 | session as Presiding Officer.
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13 | (3) To announce the business before the House in the
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14 | order upon which it is to be acted , except as limited by | ||||||
15 | these House Rules .
The Presiding Officer shall
perform this | ||||||
16 | duty during the period that he or she is presiding.
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17 | (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
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18 | (5) To state and put to a vote all questions that are
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19 | regularly moved or that necessarily arise in the
course of | ||||||
20 | the proceedings, and to announce the
result of the vote.
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21 | (6) To preserve order and decorum.
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22 | (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal,
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23 | and to speak on these points in preference to other | ||||||
24 | members.
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25 | (8) To inform the House when necessary, or when any
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26 | question is raised, on any point of order or
practice |
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1 | pertinent to the pending business.
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2 | (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or
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3 | orders of the House. All writs, warrants, and
subpoenae | ||||||
4 | issued by order of the House, or any of its committees,
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5 | shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk.
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6 | (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the
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7 | General Assembly to certify that the procedural
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8 | requirements for passage have been met.
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9 | (11) To have general supervision of the House
Chamber, | ||||||
10 | House galleries, House committee rooms and chapel, and | ||||||
11 | adjoining and connecting
hallways and passages, including | ||||||
12 | the duty to protect their security and safety and the power | ||||||
13 | to clear
them when necessary. The House Chamber shall not | ||||||
14 | be
used without permission of the Speaker.
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15 | (12) To have general supervision of the Clerk and his | ||||||
16 | or
her assistants, the Doorkeeper and his or her
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17 | assistants, the majority caucus staff, the | ||||||
18 | parliamentarians, and all
employees of the House except the | ||||||
19 | minority caucus
staff.
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20 | (13) To determine the number of majority caucus
members | ||||||
21 | and minority caucus members to be
appointed to all | ||||||
22 | committees, except the Rules
Committee created by Rule 15 | ||||||
23 | and those committees that may be created under Article XII | ||||||
24 | of these
Rules.
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25 | (14) To appoint all Chairpersons, Co-Chairpersons, and
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26 | Vice-Chairpersons of committees (from either the majority |
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1 | or minority caucus),
and to appoint all majority caucus | ||||||
2 | members of committees.
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3 | (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions, | ||||||
4 | statutes,
rules, and regulations applicable to the House.
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5 | (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the House
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6 | subject to the control and will of the members.
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7 | (17) To direct the Clerk to correct non-substantive
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8 | errors in the Journal.
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9 | (18) To assign meeting places and meeting times to
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10 | committees and subcommittees.
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11 | (19) To perform any other duties assigned to the | ||||||
12 | Speaker
by these House Rules or jointly by the House and | ||||||
13 | Senate.
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14 | (20) To decide, subject to these House Rules and the | ||||||
15 | control and will of the
members, all questions relating to | ||||||
16 | the priority of
business.
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17 | (21) To issue, in cooperation with the Comptroller and
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18 | after clearance with the United States Internal
Revenue | ||||||
19 | Service, written regulations covering
administration of | ||||||
20 | contingent expense allowances of
members of the House.
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21 | (22) To appoint one or more parliamentarians to serve | ||||||
22 | at the pleasure of
the Speaker.
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23 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
24 | of 71 members
elected.
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25 | (House Rule 9)
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1 | 9. Schedule.
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2 | (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule
of | ||||||
3 | days on which the House shall convene in regular,
perfunctory, | ||||||
4 | and veto session, with that schedule subject to
revision at the | ||||||
5 | discretion of the Speaker.
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6 | (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines
at his | ||||||
7 | or her discretion for any action on any
category of legislative | ||||||
8 | measure as the Speaker deems
appropriate, including deadlines | ||||||
9 | for the following
legislative actions:
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10 | (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | ||||||
11 | Reference
Bureau.
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12 | (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
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13 | (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
14 | report
House bills, except House appropriation bills.
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15 | (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
16 | report
House appropriation bills.
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17 | (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House | ||||||
18 | bills,
except House appropriation bills.
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19 | (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
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20 | appropriation bills.
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21 | (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
22 | report
Senate appropriation bills.
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23 | (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
24 | report
Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
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25 | (9) Final day for special committees to report to the | ||||||
26 | House.
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1 | (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
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2 | appropriation bills.
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3 | (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | ||||||
4 | bills,
except appropriation bills.
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5 | (12) Final day for consideration of joint action | ||||||
6 | motions and conference
committee reports.
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7 | Deadlines do not apply to legislative measures on the | ||||||
8 | Petition Calendar. | ||||||
9 | (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary | ||||||
10 | deadlines for
legislative action during any special session of | ||||||
11 | the House.
The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business | ||||||
12 | or a
Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and | ||||||
13 | approximate time at which
specific
legislative measures may be | ||||||
14 | considered by the House. The Weekly Order of
Business or Daily | ||||||
15 | Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the
Speaker | ||||||
16 | with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of
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17 | business for the amount of time necessary for its completion. | ||||||
18 | Nothing in this
Rule , however, limits the Speaker's or | ||||||
19 | Presiding Officer's powers under Rule
4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a) ; | ||||||
20 | however, this Rule is subject to the limitations of Rule 31 .
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21 | (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those | ||||||
22 | deadlines,
are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
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23 | the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
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24 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
25 | of 71 members
elected.
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1 | (House Rule 15)
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2 | 15. Rules Committee.
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3 | (a) The Rules Committee is created as a permanent | ||||||
4 | committee.
The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members,
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5 | appointed by the Speaker and 2
appointed by the Minority | ||||||
6 | Leader. The
Speaker and the Minority Leader are each eligible | ||||||
7 | to be
appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may
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8 | conduct business when a majority of the total
number of its | ||||||
9 | members has been appointed.
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10 | (b) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee
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11 | shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority
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12 | caucus members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority
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13 | Leader. Appointments shall be by notice filed with
the Clerk, | ||||||
14 | and shall be effective for the balance of the term
or until a | ||||||
15 | replacement appointment is made, whichever
first occurs. | ||||||
16 | Appointments take effect upon filing with
the Clerk, regardless | ||||||
17 | of whether the House is in
session. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
18 | provision of these
Rules, any Representative who is replaced on | ||||||
19 | the Rules
Committee may be re-appointed to the Rules Committee | ||||||
20 | without
concurrence of the House.
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21 | (c) The Rules Committee shall not consider or conduct a | ||||||
22 | hearing with respect to a subject matter or a legislative | ||||||
23 | measure absent notice first being given as follows: | ||||||
24 | (1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of | ||||||
25 | any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, | ||||||
26 | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee |
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1 | amendment. | ||||||
2 | (2) Seventy-two hours advance notice to consider the | ||||||
3 | referral of bills to committees of the House or joint | ||||||
4 | committees of the House and Senate. | ||||||
5 | (3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held | ||||||
6 | for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this | ||||||
7 | subsection (c). | ||||||
8 | (c-1) The Chairperson of the Rules Committee shall post the | ||||||
9 | notice required under subsection (c) on the House bulletin | ||||||
10 | board identifying each subject matter and each legislative | ||||||
11 | measure that may be considered during the hearing. The notice | ||||||
12 | shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing. This | ||||||
13 | subsection may not be suspended. | ||||||
14 | (c-2) The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of | ||||||
15 | subsection (c) of this Rule may be reduced to a one-hour | ||||||
16 | advance notice upon the adoption of a motion by 71 members | ||||||
17 | elected. The posting requirement of item (1) of subsection (c) | ||||||
18 | of this Rule may not be suspended.
Notice requirements for | ||||||
19 | hearings may be suspended only as authorized by this | ||||||
20 | subsection, and no hearing shall be conducted with less than a | ||||||
21 | one-hour advance notice. This subsection may not be suspended. | ||||||
22 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Rules, the Rules | ||||||
23 | Committee may meet upon reasonable public
notice that includes | ||||||
24 | a statement of the subjects to be
considered. All legislative | ||||||
25 | measures pending before the
Rules Committee are eligible for | ||||||
26 | consideration at any
of its meetings, and all of those |
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1 | legislative measures are
deemed posted for hearing by the Rules | ||||||
2 | Committee for all of
its meetings.
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3 | (d) Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed,
the | ||||||
4 | Rules Committee may advance any legislative measure
pending | ||||||
5 | before it to the House, without referral to another committee; | ||||||
6 | except that (i)
the Rules Committee , however, shall not so | ||||||
7 | report any bill that has
never been favorably reported by or | ||||||
8 | discharged from a standing committee or a special committee of | ||||||
9 | the House or recommended for action by a joint committee of the | ||||||
10 | House and Senate and (ii) a two-thirds vote of those appointed | ||||||
11 | to the Rules Committee shall be required to refer to the House | ||||||
12 | any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, | ||||||
13 | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
14 | amendment . A bill advanced to the House shall be placed on the | ||||||
15 | Daily Calendar on the order on which it appeared before it was | ||||||
16 | re-referred to the Rules Committee. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
17 | provision of these Rules, a floor amendment, joint action | ||||||
18 | motion for final action, or conference committee report | ||||||
19 | advanced to the House by the Rules Committee may be considered | ||||||
20 | for adoption no sooner than one hour after the Clerk announces | ||||||
21 | the report of the Rules Committee referring such a legislative | ||||||
22 | measure to the House.
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23 | (e) Except for those provisions that cannot be suspended, | ||||||
24 | this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | ||||||
25 | 71
members elected.
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1 | (House Rule 16)
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2 | 16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
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3 | (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and | ||||||
4 | resolutions
considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this | ||||||
5 | Rule, after being initially read
by the
Clerk, shall be ordered | ||||||
6 | reproduced and automatically referred to the Rules
Committee, | ||||||
7 | which may thereafter refer any resolution
before it to the | ||||||
8 | House or to a standing committee or special committee. No
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9 | resolution, except adjournment resolutions and resolutions | ||||||
10 | considered under
subsection (b) or (c) of this Rule or Rule | ||||||
11 | 42.1 , may be considered by the House
unless (i) referred to the | ||||||
12 | House by the Rules Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably | ||||||
13 | reported by a
standing committee or special committee, (iii) | ||||||
14 | authorized under Article XII, or (iv) discharged from committee | ||||||
15 | pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. An adjournment resolution is | ||||||
16 | subject
to Rule 66.
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17 | (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death | ||||||
18 | resolution for consideration by the
House. The Principal | ||||||
19 | Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
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20 | reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of | ||||||
21 | the Speaker, to
offset the actual cost of producing the | ||||||
22 | congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may
be paid from | ||||||
23 | the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General | ||||||
24 | Assembly
Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to | ||||||
25 | the member.
Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority | ||||||
26 | Leader, congratulatory or death
resolutions may be immediately |
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1 | considered and adopted by the House
without referral to the | ||||||
2 | Rules Committee , unless a member removes a resolution from | ||||||
3 | consideration under this subsection (b) by filing an objection | ||||||
4 | with the Clerk before the vote of the House. Any resolution | ||||||
5 | that is removed under this subsection (b) shall be | ||||||
6 | automatically referred to the Rules Committee and shall be | ||||||
7 | eligible for consideration under subsection (a) . The remaining | ||||||
8 | Those resolutions , not removed from consideration under this | ||||||
9 | subsection (b), may be adopted as a
group by a single motion. | ||||||
10 | Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be
entered on the | ||||||
11 | Journal only by number, sponsorship, and subject. The
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12 | provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor | ||||||
13 | to pay a
reasonable fee may not be suspended.
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14 | (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the | ||||||
15 | General Assembly
and
former
constitutional officers, upon | ||||||
16 | introduction, may be immediately considered by
the House | ||||||
17 | without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions | ||||||
18 | shall be
entered on the Journal in full.
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19 | (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor
issued | ||||||
20 | under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution,
upon being read | ||||||
21 | into the record by the Clerk, are
automatically referred to the | ||||||
22 | Rules Committee for its
referral to a standing committee or a | ||||||
23 | special committee, which may
issue a recommendation to the | ||||||
24 | House with respect to the
Executive Order. The House may | ||||||
25 | disapprove of an
Executive Order only by resolution adopted by | ||||||
26 | a majority of
those elected; no such resolution is in order |
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1 | until a
standing committee or a special committee has reported | ||||||
2 | to the House on the
executive reorganization, or until the | ||||||
3 | Executive Order has
been discharged under Rule 58.
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4 | (House Rule 18)
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5 | 18. Referrals to Committees.
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6 | (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being
initially | ||||||
7 | read by the Clerk, are automatically referred
to the Rules | ||||||
8 | Committee.
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9 | (b) During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee
shall | ||||||
10 | thereafter refer any such bill before it to a
standing | ||||||
11 | committee or a special committee within 3 legislative days, | ||||||
12 | provided that referral shall not be required for a House bill | ||||||
13 | that is introduced after the introduction deadline for House | ||||||
14 | bills or a Senate bill that is referred to the Rules Committee | ||||||
15 | after the deadline for House committee consideration of Senate | ||||||
16 | bills. During
even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall | ||||||
17 | refer to
a standing committee or a special committee only | ||||||
18 | appropriation bills
implementing the budget and bills deemed by | ||||||
19 | the Rules
Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority | ||||||
20 | appointed, to be of an
emergency nature or to be of
substantial | ||||||
21 | importance to the operation of government.
This subsection (b) | ||||||
22 | applies equally to House Bills
and Senate Bills introduced into | ||||||
23 | or received by the House.
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24 | (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee | ||||||
25 | may refer bills to a joint committee of the House and Senate |
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1 | created by joint resolution. That joint committee shall report | ||||||
2 | back to the Rules Committee any recommendation for action made | ||||||
3 | by that joint committee. The Rules committee may, at any time, | ||||||
4 | however, refer the bill to a standing or special committee of | ||||||
5 | the House. | ||||||
6 | (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a | ||||||
7 | subject matter
or a legislative measure pending in that | ||||||
8 | committee to a subcommittee of that
committee.
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9 | (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
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10 | standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a | ||||||
11 | standing
committee or a special committee under Rule 58, shall | ||||||
12 | be referred to the House
and placed on the appropriate order of | ||||||
13 | business, which shall
appear on the daily calendar. All | ||||||
14 | legislative measures, except bills or
resolutions on the | ||||||
15 | Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
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16 | status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
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17 | amendments,
so referred are automatically assigned standard | ||||||
18 | debate status, subject to
Rule 52.
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19 | (e) All committee amendments, floor amendments, joint | ||||||
20 | action motions
for final action, conference committee reports, | ||||||
21 | and motions to table committee
amendments, upon
filing with the | ||||||
22 | Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules
Committee. The | ||||||
23 | Rules Committee may refer any committee amendment to the | ||||||
24 | standing committee or the special committee to which the bill | ||||||
25 | or resolution it amends has been referred for its review and | ||||||
26 | consideration, provided the committee amendment is filed no |
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1 | later than 3:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting at which | ||||||
2 | that bill or resolution may be considered. "Business day" does | ||||||
3 | not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal holidays | ||||||
4 | unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office is | ||||||
5 | otherwise open to the public on that day. The Rules Committee | ||||||
6 | may refer any floor amendment, joint
action motion for final | ||||||
7 | action, conference committee report, or motion to table
a | ||||||
8 | committee amendment
to the House or to a standing committee or | ||||||
9 | a special committee
for its review and consideration (in those | ||||||
10 | instances, and notwithstanding
any other provision of these | ||||||
11 | Rules, the standing committee
or special committee may hold a | ||||||
12 | hearing
on and consider those legislative measures pursuant to
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13 | a two-hour advance notice given no later than the calendar day | ||||||
14 | before the date of the hearing , and referrals to the House | ||||||
15 | shall be subject to the notice requirements of Rule 15(d)). Any | ||||||
16 | committee amendment, floor amendment, joint action motion for | ||||||
17 | final
action, conference committee report, or motion to table a | ||||||
18 | committee amendment
that is not referred to the House by, or | ||||||
19 | discharged from, the Rules
Committee
is out of order, except | ||||||
20 | that any floor amendment, joint
action
motion for final action, | ||||||
21 | conference committee report, or motion to table a
committee | ||||||
22 | amendment favorably reported
by, or discharged from, a standing | ||||||
23 | committee or a special committee is deemed referred to
the | ||||||
24 | House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All | ||||||
25 | joint action
motions for final action, conference committee | ||||||
26 | reports and motions to table
committee amendments so referred |
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1 | are
automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
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2 | Rule 52.
Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule | ||||||
3 | are automatically
assigned amendment debate status.
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4 | (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or
re-refer | ||||||
5 | any a legislative measure , except a committee amendment, from a | ||||||
6 | committee to a
Committee of the Whole or to any other | ||||||
7 | committee. When a bill or resolution is re-referred to a | ||||||
8 | committee pursuant to this Rule, any committee amendment for | ||||||
9 | the bill or resolution pending in committee with the bill or | ||||||
10 | resolution shall be automatically re-referred with the bill or | ||||||
11 | resolution.
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12 | (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules | ||||||
13 | Committee upon the affirmative vote of 71 members elected. Any | ||||||
14 | bill or resolution discharged from the Rules Committee shall be | ||||||
15 | placed on the appropriate order of business of the Petition | ||||||
16 | Calendar as provided in Rule 42.1. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
17 | provision of these Rules, any bill pending before the Rules | ||||||
18 | Committee shall be immediately discharged and referred to a | ||||||
19 | standing committee, special committee, or order of the Daily | ||||||
20 | Calendar, as provided in this Rule, if the Principal Sponsor of | ||||||
21 | the bill files a motion that is signed by no less than | ||||||
22 | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | ||||||
23 | caucuses, provided each member signing the motion is a sponsor | ||||||
24 | of the underlying bill subject to the motion and the motion | ||||||
25 | specifies the appropriate standing committee, special | ||||||
26 | committee, or order on the Daily Calendar to which the bill |
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1 | shall be referred. Such a motion shall be filed, in writing, | ||||||
2 | with the Clerk. All other legislative measures may be | ||||||
3 | discharged from the Rules Committee only by unanimous consent | ||||||
4 | of the House. A bill or resolution discharged from the Rules | ||||||
5 | Committee shall be referred as follows: (i) a bill or | ||||||
6 | resolution that was not previously referred shall be referred | ||||||
7 | to the standing committee or special committee designated on | ||||||
8 | the motion, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; (ii) | ||||||
9 | a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules Committee from a | ||||||
10 | standing committee or special committee shall be re-referred to | ||||||
11 | that committee, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; | ||||||
12 | and (iii) a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules | ||||||
13 | Committee from Second Reading or Third Reading shall be | ||||||
14 | re-referred to the proper order of business on the Daily | ||||||
15 | Calendar, provided the bill or resolution shall be carried on | ||||||
16 | the Daily Calendar for at least one legislative day prior to | ||||||
17 | consideration by the House. Legislative measures, other than | ||||||
18 | bills or resolutions, that are discharged from the Rules | ||||||
19 | Committee shall be referred as follows: (i) an amendment, joint | ||||||
20 | action motion for final action, or conference committee report | ||||||
21 | shall be referred to the committee that considered the | ||||||
22 | underlying bill or resolution and (ii) any other legislative | ||||||
23 | measure shall be referred to the proper order of business on | ||||||
24 | the Daily Calendar, provided the legislative measure shall be | ||||||
25 | carried on the Daily Calendar for at least one legislative day | ||||||
26 | prior to consideration by the House. Rulings of the Presiding |
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1 | Officer related to this subsection (g) may not be appealed. | ||||||
2 | This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
3 | (h) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended, | ||||||
4 | this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71
| ||||||
5 | members elected.
| ||||||
6 | (House Rule 19)
| ||||||
7 | 19. Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
| ||||||
8 | (a) All legislative measures that fail to meet
the | ||||||
9 | applicable deadline established under Rule
9 for reporting to | ||||||
10 | the House by a standing committee or a special committee,
for | ||||||
11 | Third Reading and passage, or for consideration of joint action | ||||||
12 | motions and
conference committee reports are automatically
| ||||||
13 | re-referred to the Rules Committee unless:
(i) the deadline has | ||||||
14 | been suspended or revised by the Speaker,
with re-referral to | ||||||
15 | the Rules Committee to occur if the bill
has not been reported | ||||||
16 | to the House in accordance with a
revised deadline; or (ii) the | ||||||
17 | Rules Committee has issued a
written exception to the Clerk | ||||||
18 | with respect to a particular
bill before the reporting | ||||||
19 | deadline, with re-referral
to occur, if at all, in accordance | ||||||
20 | with the written
exception ; or (iii) the bill or resolution is | ||||||
21 | pending before the House on the Petition Calendar . When a bill | ||||||
22 | is re-referred to the Rules Committee after failure to meet the | ||||||
23 | Third Reading deadline, any floor amendment to the bill | ||||||
24 | remaining in a standing or special committee shall also be | ||||||
25 | re-referred to the Rules Committee.
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1 | (b) All legislative measures pending before the House or
| ||||||
2 | any of its committees are automatically re-referred to the | ||||||
3 | Rules
Committee on the 31st consecutive day that the House has | ||||||
4 | not
convened for session unless: (i) any deadline applicable to | ||||||
5 | the bill or
resolution that has been designated by the Speaker | ||||||
6 | under Rule 9 exceeds 31
days, with re-referral to occur, if at | ||||||
7 | all, in accordance with that deadline;
(ii) this Rule is
| ||||||
8 | suspended under Rule 67; or (iii) the Rules
Committee, by the | ||||||
9 | affirmative vote of a majority appointed, issues a written
| ||||||
10 | exception to the Clerk before that
31st day ; or (iv) the bill | ||||||
11 | or resolution is pending before the House on the Petition | ||||||
12 | Calendar .
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 21)
| ||||||
14 | 21. Notice.
| ||||||
15 | (a) Except as provided in Rule 18(e) or unless
this Rule is | ||||||
16 | suspended under Rule 67 or unless the Rules Committee by | ||||||
17 | majority vote waives the notice requirement for a subject | ||||||
18 | matter hearing of any committee, standing committees,
special | ||||||
19 | committees, committees created under Article X of these Rules, | ||||||
20 | and subcommittees of those committees shall not consider or | ||||||
21 | conduct a hearing with respect
to a subject matter or a | ||||||
22 | legislative measure absent notice first being given as
follows:
| ||||||
23 | (1) The Chairperson of the committee, or the | ||||||
24 | Co-Chairperson from the
majority caucus of a standing or | ||||||
25 | special committee, shall, no later
than 6 days before any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | proposed hearing, post a
notice on the House bulletin board | ||||||
2 | identifying each subject matter and each
legislative | ||||||
3 | measure , other than a committee
amendment upon initial | ||||||
4 | consideration under
Rule 40, that may be considered during | ||||||
5 | that
hearing. Committee amendments filed no later than the | ||||||
6 | deadline established in Rule 40 may be considered pursuant | ||||||
7 | to two hours advance notice. The notice shall contain the | ||||||
8 | day, hour, and
place of the hearing. Legislative measures | ||||||
9 | and subject matters posted for hearing as provided in this | ||||||
10 | item (1) may also be considered at any committee hearing | ||||||
11 | re-convened following a recess of the committee for which | ||||||
12 | notice was posted, but only if the House has met or was | ||||||
13 | scheduled to meet in regular, veto, or special session on | ||||||
14 | each calendar day from the time of the original committee | ||||||
15 | hearing to the re-convened committee hearing.
| ||||||
16 | (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called
under | ||||||
17 | Rule 15; meetings of the standing
committees and special | ||||||
18 | committees to consider floor amendments,
joint action | ||||||
19 | motions for final action consideration , conference | ||||||
20 | committee reports, and
motions to table committee | ||||||
21 | amendments
may be called under Rule 18.
| ||||||
22 | (3) The Chairperson, or Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
23 | majority caucus of a standing or
special committee, shall, | ||||||
24 | in advance of a committee
hearing, notify all Principal | ||||||
25 | Sponsors of
legislative measures posted for that hearing of | ||||||
26 | the
date, time, and place of hearing. When practical,
the |
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| |||||||
1 | Clerk shall include a notice of all scheduled
hearings, | ||||||
2 | together with all posted bills and
resolutions, in the | ||||||
3 | Daily Calendar of the House.
Regardless of whether a | ||||||
4 | particular legislative
measure or subject matter has been | ||||||
5 | posted for hearing, it is in
order for a committee during | ||||||
6 | any of its meetings to
refer a subject matter or | ||||||
7 | legislative measure pending before it to a
subcommittee of | ||||||
8 | that committee.
| ||||||
9 | (b) Other than the Rules Committee, no committee may meet | ||||||
10 | during any session
of the House, and no commission created by | ||||||
11 | Illinois law that has legislative
membership may meet during | ||||||
12 | any session of the House.
| ||||||
13 | (c) Each standing appropriations committee shall meet at | ||||||
14 | least once during each month of the calendar year. When the | ||||||
15 | House is not in session, each standing appropriations committee | ||||||
16 | shall hold each month at least one hearing in Illinois at a | ||||||
17 | location other than the City of Springfield or the City of | ||||||
18 | Chicago. | ||||||
19 | (d) (c) Regardless of whether notice has been
previously | ||||||
20 | given, it is always in order for a committee
to table any | ||||||
21 | legislative measure pending before it
when the Principal | ||||||
22 | Sponsor so requests, subject to Rule 60.
| ||||||
23 | (e) (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative | ||||||
24 | vote of 71 members
elected, subject to Rule 25.
| ||||||
25 | (House Rule 22)
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| |||||||
1 | 22. Committee Procedure.
| ||||||
2 | (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
| ||||||
3 | referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may | ||||||
4 | make with
respect to that legislative
measure one of the | ||||||
5 | following reports to the House or to the
parent committee, as | ||||||
6 | appropriate:
| ||||||
7 | (1) that the bill "do pass";
| ||||||
8 | (2) that the bill "do not pass";
| ||||||
9 | (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
| ||||||
10 | (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
| ||||||
11 | (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
| ||||||
12 | (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
| ||||||
13 | (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
| ||||||
14 | (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
| ||||||
15 | (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | ||||||
16 | conference committee
report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
17 | amendment referred by the Rules
Committee "be adopted";
| ||||||
18 | (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | ||||||
19 | conference
committee report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
20 | amendment referred by the
Rules Committee "be not adopted";
| ||||||
21 | (11) "without recommendation"; or
| ||||||
22 | (12) "tabled".
| ||||||
23 | Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
| ||||||
24 | concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All
legislative | ||||||
25 | measures reported "do pass", "do pass as
amended", "be | ||||||
26 | adopted", or "be adopted as amended"
are favorably reported to |
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| |||||||
1 | the House.
Except as otherwise provided by these Rules,
any | ||||||
2 | legislative measure referred or re-referred to a
committee and | ||||||
3 | not reported under this Rule shall
remain in that committee.
| ||||||
4 | (b) No bill or committee amendment that provides for an | ||||||
5 | appropriation of
money from the State Treasury may be | ||||||
6 | considered by an Appropriations Committee
unless the bill or | ||||||
7 | committee amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
| ||||||
8 | department, office, or institution; this provision does not | ||||||
9 | apply to floor
amendments, joint action motions, or conference | ||||||
10 | committee reports.
| ||||||
11 | No bill that provides for an appropriation
of money from | ||||||
12 | the State Treasury may be
considered for passage by the House | ||||||
13 | unless it has first
been favorably reported by an | ||||||
14 | Appropriations
Committee or:
| ||||||
15 | (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
| ||||||
16 | Committee under Rule 58;
| ||||||
17 | (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
| ||||||
18 | majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee;
or
| ||||||
19 | (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
| ||||||
20 | Standing appropriations committees shall conduct hearings | ||||||
21 | for the purpose of reviewing (i) performance data compiled by | ||||||
22 | departments of State government pursuant to Section 50-15 of | ||||||
23 | the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
24 | Illinois and (ii) other performance data that is requested by | ||||||
25 | the committees from departments of State government and other | ||||||
26 | recipients of State appropriations. |
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| |||||||
1 | (c) The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson | ||||||
2 | from the majority
caucus of a standing or special committee, | ||||||
3 | shall keep, or
cause to be kept by the Clerk's Office, a record | ||||||
4 | in which there shall be entered:
| ||||||
5 | (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
| ||||||
6 | committee.
| ||||||
7 | (2) The attendance of committee members at each | ||||||
8 | meeting.
| ||||||
9 | (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
| ||||||
10 | legislative measures acted on by the committee.
| ||||||
11 | (4) The "Record of Committee Witness" forms executed by
| ||||||
12 | each person appearing or registering in each
committee | ||||||
13 | meeting, which shall include
identification of the | ||||||
14 | witness, the person, group, or
firm represented by | ||||||
15 | appearance and the capacity
in which the representation is | ||||||
16 | made (if the person
is representing someone other than | ||||||
17 | himself or
herself), his or her position on the legislation
| ||||||
18 | under consideration, and the nature of his or her
desired | ||||||
19 | testimony.
| ||||||
20 | (5) An audio recording of the proceedings.
| ||||||
21 | (6) Such additional information as may be requested by
| ||||||
22 | the Clerk.
| ||||||
23 | (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from | ||||||
24 | the majority
caucus
of a standing or special committee, shall | ||||||
25 | file with the Clerk,
along with every legislative measure | ||||||
26 | reported upon, a written report containing
such information as |
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| |||||||
1 | required by the
Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and | ||||||
2 | procedures
with respect to the preparation, filing, and | ||||||
3 | maintenance of
the reports.
| ||||||
4 | (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative
measure | ||||||
5 | pending before it to the House, or when a committee
fails to | ||||||
6 | hold a public hearing on a legislative measure
pending before | ||||||
7 | it, the exclusive means to bring that
legislative measure | ||||||
8 | directly before the House for its
consideration is as provided | ||||||
9 | in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
| ||||||
10 | (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a | ||||||
11 | standing committee
or special
committee in the absence of the | ||||||
12 | Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the
committee | ||||||
13 | Minority Spokesperson, or a chief
co-sponsor may present a bill | ||||||
14 | or resolution in committee with the approval of
the Principal | ||||||
15 | Sponsor when the committee consents.
In the case of standing or | ||||||
16 | special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
17 | political
parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
18 | from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means | ||||||
19 | the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus.
This subsection | ||||||
20 | may not be suspended.
| ||||||
21 | (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions | ||||||
22 | are renewable, provided that no
bill or resolution may be voted | ||||||
23 | on more than
twice in any committee on motions to report the | ||||||
24 | bill or
resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by | ||||||
25 | which
the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
| ||||||
26 | resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed
to |
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| |||||||
1 | receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record
votes | ||||||
2 | shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
| ||||||
3 | unfavorable recommendation.
| ||||||
4 | (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
| ||||||
5 | by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was | ||||||
6 | favorably
reported by a three-fifths vote of the members | ||||||
7 | present and voting, including those voting "present".
Bills and | ||||||
8 | resolutions receiving favorable reports may be
placed upon the | ||||||
9 | Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
| ||||||
10 | (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
11 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 28)
| ||||||
13 | 28. Sessions of the House.
| ||||||
14 | (a) The House is in session whenever it
convenes in | ||||||
15 | perfunctory session, regular session, veto
session, special | ||||||
16 | session, or joint session with the Senate. Members are entitled | ||||||
17 | to per
diem expense reimbursements authorized by law only on | ||||||
18 | those regular, veto,
special session, and joint session days | ||||||
19 | that they are in attendance at the
House and either (i) are | ||||||
20 | recorded as present on the quorum roll call or (ii) personally | ||||||
21 | appear before the Clerk or the Clerk's designee after the | ||||||
22 | quorum roll call but prior to the close of the Clerk's Office | ||||||
23 | for the day. Attendance by members is not required or
recorded | ||||||
24 | on perfunctory session days.
| ||||||
25 | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled
with |
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| |||||||
1 | notice by the Speaker under Rule 9.
Special session days shall | ||||||
2 | be scheduled in accordance with
the Constitution and laws of | ||||||
3 | Illinois. The Speaker may convene the House when deemed | ||||||
4 | necessary, regardless of whether a different date or time has | ||||||
5 | been established.
| ||||||
6 | (c) The Speaker may schedule
perfunctory session days | ||||||
7 | during which the Clerk may read into
the House record any | ||||||
8 | legislative measure , except that no bill shall be read for a | ||||||
9 | second time during perfunctory session .
Committees may meet and | ||||||
10 | may consider and act upon legislative
measures during a | ||||||
11 | perfunctory session day, and the Clerk may
receive and read | ||||||
12 | committee reports into the House record
during a perfunctory | ||||||
13 | day. Except for automatic referral
under these Rules, no | ||||||
14 | further action may be taken by
the House with respect to a | ||||||
15 | legislative measure during a
perfunctory session day.
| ||||||
16 | (House Rule 31)
| ||||||
17 | 31. Standing Order of Business. The Unless otherwise | ||||||
18 | determined by the
Presiding Officer, the standing daily order | ||||||
19 | of business of the House
is as follows:
| ||||||
20 | (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, | ||||||
21 | and
Roll Call.
| ||||||
22 | (2) Petition Calendar.
| ||||||
23 | (3) (2) Approval of the Journal.
| ||||||
24 | (4) (3) Reading of House Bills a first time.
| ||||||
25 | (5) (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Rules
Committee ordinarily made at any time.
| ||||||
2 | (6) (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and | ||||||
3 | Messages.
| ||||||
4 | (7) (6) Introduction of House Bills.
| ||||||
5 | (8) (7) Messages from the Senate, not including reading
| ||||||
6 | Senate Bills a first time.
| ||||||
7 | (9) (8) Reading of House Bills a second time.
| ||||||
8 | (10) (9) Reading of House Bills a third time.
| ||||||
9 | (11) (10) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
| ||||||
10 | (12) (11) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
| ||||||
11 | (13) (12) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
| ||||||
12 | (14) (13) House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
| ||||||
13 | (15) (14) Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
| ||||||
14 | (16) (15) Conference Committee Reports.
| ||||||
15 | (17) (16) Motions in Writing.
| ||||||
16 | (18) (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
| ||||||
17 | (19) (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
| ||||||
18 | (20) (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
| ||||||
19 | (21) (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
| ||||||
20 | (22) (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
| ||||||
21 | (23) (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
| ||||||
22 | (24) (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of | ||||||
23 | Postponed
Consideration.
| ||||||
24 | The Presiding Officer may vary the daily order of business | ||||||
25 | of the House, but only with respect to items (3) through (24); | ||||||
26 | items (1) and (2) must always be the first and second orders of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | business. The House may also return to the order of business | ||||||
2 | under item (2) at the direction of the Presiding Officer or | ||||||
3 | upon the adoption of a motion to change the order of business. | ||||||
4 | This rule may not be suspended.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 37)
| ||||||
6 | 37. Bills.
| ||||||
7 | (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship
of | ||||||
8 | one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on
the | ||||||
9 | reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
| ||||||
10 | the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
| ||||||
11 | first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
| ||||||
12 | than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
| ||||||
13 | Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
| ||||||
14 | Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma.
The | ||||||
15 | Principal Sponsor may change the
sponsorship of a bill to that | ||||||
16 | of one or more other
Representatives, or
to that of the | ||||||
17 | standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
| ||||||
18 | referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change
may | ||||||
19 | be made at any time the bill is pending before the House
or any | ||||||
20 | of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided | ||||||
21 | that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief | ||||||
22 | co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
| ||||||
23 | This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
24 | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that
bill. A | ||||||
25 | committee-sponsored bill is
controlled by the Chairperson, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by
the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
2 | from the majority caucus, who for purposes of
these Rules is | ||||||
3 | deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may | ||||||
4 | not
have individual co-sponsors.
| ||||||
5 | (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the
Senate | ||||||
6 | may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill
by filing | ||||||
7 | a notice with the Clerk. Such notice is automatically referred | ||||||
8 | to the Rules Committee. The notice shall include the bill | ||||||
9 | number, signature of the Senate sponsor, signature of the | ||||||
10 | substitute House sponsor, and a statement that the original | ||||||
11 | House sponsor was provided with notice of intent to request a | ||||||
12 | substitute House sponsor. A notice that satisfies the | ||||||
13 | requirements of this subsection shall be approved by the Rules | ||||||
14 | Committee. If the Rules Committee does not act on a notice that | ||||||
15 | satisfies the requirements of this subsection within 3 | ||||||
16 | legislative days after its referral, then the notice is deemed | ||||||
17 | approved and the Clerk shall substitute sponsorship. This | ||||||
18 | subsection shall be in effect if, and only for so long as, the | ||||||
19 | Rules of the Senate include a reciprocal privilege for House | ||||||
20 | sponsors and the Senate complies with the rule. This subsection | ||||||
21 | may not be suspended.
| ||||||
22 | (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
| ||||||
23 | title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
| ||||||
24 | referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18. | ||||||
25 | After
a Senate Bill is received and a House member has | ||||||
26 | submitted notification to the Clerk of sponsorship of that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | bill, it shall be read by title,
ordered reproduced, and
| ||||||
2 | automatically referred to the Rules Committee in
accordance | ||||||
3 | with Rule 18.
| ||||||
4 | (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
| ||||||
5 | accompanied by 6
copies. Any bill that amends a statute
shall | ||||||
6 | indicate the particular changes in the following
manner:
| ||||||
7 | (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
| ||||||
8 | (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
| ||||||
9 | shall be shown crossed with a line.
| ||||||
10 | (e-5) Appropriation bills for the operation of State | ||||||
11 | government shall make appropriations pursuant to the | ||||||
12 | standardized line items identified as items (1) through (18) of | ||||||
13 | Section 13 of the State Finance Act with specific appropriation | ||||||
14 | amounts for each item. Appropriations for other purposes may be | ||||||
15 | included in an appropriation bill only if required by law or if | ||||||
16 | it has been a custom and practice as documented by | ||||||
17 | appropriations enacted for state fiscal year 2009. | ||||||
18 | This subsection (e-5) may be suspended only by the | ||||||
19 | affirmative vote of 71 members elected. | ||||||
20 | (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a
record | ||||||
21 | vote of a majority of those elected, subject to Rule 69. A bill | ||||||
22 | that
has
lost on third reading and has not been reconsidered | ||||||
23 | may not thereafter be
revived. If a motion for the adoption of | ||||||
24 | a first conference committee report fails and the motion is not | ||||||
25 | reconsidered, then a second conference committee may be | ||||||
26 | appointed as provided in Rule 76(c). If a motion for the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | adoption of a second conference committee report fails and is | ||||||
2 | not reconsidered, then the bill may not thereafter be revived.
| ||||||
3 | (g) An appropriation bill that is amended in the House may | ||||||
4 | not be considered on Third Reading until the third calendar day | ||||||
5 | following the adoption or tabling of any House Committee or | ||||||
6 | House floor amendments to the bill. | ||||||
7 | This subsection (g) may be suspended only by the | ||||||
8 | affirmative vote of 71 members elected | ||||||
9 | (House Rule 37.5) | ||||||
10 | 37.5. Amendments to Taxpayer Accountability and Budget | ||||||
11 | Stabilization Act. | ||||||
12 | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | ||||||
13 | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to Section | ||||||
14 | 201.5 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or that seeks to | ||||||
15 | appropriate or transfer money pursuant to a declaration of a | ||||||
16 | fiscal emergency under Section 201.5 of that Act, may be moved | ||||||
17 | from the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | ||||||
18 | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | ||||||
19 | been adopted by a record vote of 71 members , provided that a | ||||||
20 | bill that amends or refers to Section 201.5 of the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Income Tax Act and decreases a rate of taxation shall not be | ||||||
22 | subject to this subsection (a) . If such a bill is on the order | ||||||
23 | of concurrence or in the form of a conference committee report, | ||||||
24 | no motion to concur or to adopt that conference committee | ||||||
25 | report is in order unless a motion to approve such measure for |
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| |||||||
1 | consideration has been adopted by a record vote of 71 members. | ||||||
2 | Nothing in this House Rule shall be deemed to alter the vote | ||||||
3 | requirement for final passage of a legislative measure required | ||||||
4 | by the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
5 | (b) Any motion made pursuant to subsection (a) to approve a | ||||||
6 | legislative measure for consideration must be in writing. Upon | ||||||
7 | receipt of the written motion, the Clerk shall immediately | ||||||
8 | notify the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The motion shall | ||||||
9 | not be referred to a committee. The motion must be carried on | ||||||
10 | the calendar before it may be taken up by the House and may | ||||||
11 | then be immediately considered and adopted by the House. The | ||||||
12 | motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, provided that once | ||||||
13 | that motion is adopted, it shall not be reconsidered. | ||||||
14 | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | ||||||
15 | consent.
| ||||||
16 | (House Rule 40)
| ||||||
17 | 40. Amendments.
| ||||||
18 | (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted by a
standing | ||||||
19 | committee or special committee when the bill is before that | ||||||
20 | committee.
An amendment to a bill may be adopted
by the House | ||||||
21 | when a bill is on the order of Second Reading
if: (i) the Rules | ||||||
22 | Committee has referred the floor amendment to the
House for | ||||||
23 | consideration under Rule 18; (ii) a standing committee or | ||||||
24 | special
committee has referred the floor amendment to the | ||||||
25 | House; or (iii) the floor amendment has been discharged from |
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1 | committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. All
amendments | ||||||
2 | must be in
writing.
All committee amendments for which advance | ||||||
3 | notice was given pursuant to Rule 21 that have been referred to | ||||||
4 | a standing committee or special committee by the Rules | ||||||
5 | Committee shall be considered by the committee or a | ||||||
6 | subcommittee of that
committee prior to consideration by the | ||||||
7 | committee of the bill to which the
amendment relates. All | ||||||
8 | committee amendments not adopted to a bill prior to the | ||||||
9 | favorable reporting of the bill by a standing committee or | ||||||
10 | special committee or its re-referral to the Rules Committee are | ||||||
11 | automatically tabled.
All floor amendments not adopted to a | ||||||
12 | bill and that are still pending in a committee or before the | ||||||
13 | House upon the
passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading are | ||||||
14 | automatically
tabled, provided that any floor amendment tabled | ||||||
15 | pursuant to this Rule shall automatically be taken from the | ||||||
16 | table upon the adoption of a motion to reconsider the vote for | ||||||
17 | the passage or defeat of the bill on Third Reading.
| ||||||
18 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules,
committee | ||||||
19 | amendments (i) may be offered only by the Principal Sponsor or | ||||||
20 | a member of the committee while the affected bill
is before | ||||||
21 | that committee, (ii) shall be automatically referred to such | ||||||
22 | committee, and (iii) shall be adopted by a majority
of those | ||||||
23 | appointed. Floor amendments may be offered for adoption 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 majority | ||||||
26 | vote of the
House. The sponsor of a committee or floor |
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1 | amendment may change the sponsorship of the amendment to that | ||||||
2 | of another member, with that other member's consent. Such | ||||||
3 | change may be made at any time the amendment is pending before | ||||||
4 | the House or any of its committees by filing notice with the | ||||||
5 | Clerk. A committee amendment may be the subject of a motion
to | ||||||
6 | "do adopt" or "do not adopt".
A committee amendment may be | ||||||
7 | adopted only by a successful
motion to "do adopt".
The | ||||||
8 | Chairperson of a committee may refer any committee amendment to | ||||||
9 | a
subcommittee of that committee.
| ||||||
10 | (c) Committee amendments shall be filed with the
Clerk no | ||||||
11 | later than 3:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting at which | ||||||
12 | the bill or resolution it amends may be considered.
"Business | ||||||
13 | day" does not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal | ||||||
14 | holidays unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office | ||||||
15 | is otherwise open to the public on that day. Floor amendments
| ||||||
16 | shall be filed with the Clerk only while the bill is on the | ||||||
17 | order of Second Reading or Third Reading. Amendments are in | ||||||
18 | order only when 6
copies have
been filed. The Clerk shall | ||||||
19 | number amendments sequentially in the order submitted, and all | ||||||
20 | amendments that are in order shall be considered in ascending | ||||||
21 | numerical order.
| ||||||
22 | (d) When an amendment is filed with the Clerk it shall be | ||||||
23 | ordered reproduced. No committee amendment may be adopted by a | ||||||
24 | committee, and no The Clerk shall have reproduced all adopted | ||||||
25 | committee
amendments that come before the House.
The Clerk | ||||||
26 | shall also have reproduced all floor amendments referred to the |
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| |||||||
1 | House
by a committee. No floor amendment may be considered by a | ||||||
2 | committee or adopted by the House
unless it has been reproduced | ||||||
3 | and placed on the members' desks in the same
manner as for | ||||||
4 | bills under Rule 39.
| ||||||
5 | (e) No floor amendment is in order unless
it has been first | ||||||
6 | referred to the House for consideration by the
Rules Committee | ||||||
7 | under Rule 18, or favorably reported by, or discharged from, a | ||||||
8 | standing committee or special committee. A floor amendment may | ||||||
9 | be referred to the House for consideration, or to a standing or | ||||||
10 | special committee, only while the bill is on the order of | ||||||
11 | Second Reading or Third Reading.
| ||||||
12 | (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law
shall | ||||||
13 | conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
| ||||||
14 | (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as
amended", the | ||||||
15 | committee amendments are deemed adopted by
the committee action | ||||||
16 | and shall be reproduced and placed on
the members' desks (which | ||||||
17 | may be done in the same manner as provided for bills
under Rule | ||||||
18 | 39) before the bill may be read a second time .
| ||||||
19 | (h) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons | ||||||
20 | from different
political parties, the "Chairperson" for the | ||||||
21 | purposes of this Rule is the
Co-Chairperson from the majority | ||||||
22 | caucus.
| ||||||
23 | (i) Amendments to resolutions are subject to the same | ||||||
24 | procedural requirements that apply to amendments to bills. | ||||||
25 | (House Rule 42.1 new) |
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1 | 42.1. Petition Calendar. | ||||||
2 | (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution may file | ||||||
3 | with the Clerk a motion signed by 71 members requesting | ||||||
4 | placement of that bill or resolution on the Petition Calendar | ||||||
5 | with regard to any bill or resolution pending in a House | ||||||
6 | Committee or pending on an order of business on the Daily | ||||||
7 | Calendar. | ||||||
8 | (b) The Clerk shall include a Petition Calendar on the | ||||||
9 | Daily Calendar and designate it as a separate part of the Daily | ||||||
10 | Calendar. A bill or joint resolution for a constitutional | ||||||
11 | amendment that is pending in a committee when a petition motion | ||||||
12 | is filed shall be placed on the Petition Calendar order of | ||||||
13 | Second Reading. Any other type of resolution that is pending in | ||||||
14 | a committee when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on | ||||||
15 | the Petition Calendar order of Resolutions. A bill or | ||||||
16 | resolution that is on an order of business on the Daily | ||||||
17 | Calendar when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on the | ||||||
18 | same order of business on the Petition Calendar. | ||||||
19 | (c) A legislative measure on the Petition Calendar shall be | ||||||
20 | moved between Petition Calendar orders of business at the | ||||||
21 | request of the Principal Sponsor, except as otherwise limited | ||||||
22 | by these Rules. | ||||||
23 | (d) Whenever the House is on this order of business, the | ||||||
24 | principal sponsor of each legislative measure on the Petition | ||||||
25 | Calendar shall have the right to call that measure for | ||||||
26 | consideration by the House. |
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1 | (e) This rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
2 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 43)
| ||||||
4 | 43. Changing Order of Business.
| ||||||
5 | (a) Any order of business may be changed at any time by
the | ||||||
6 | Speaker or Presiding Officer , except as limited by Rule 31 .
| ||||||
7 | (b) Any order of business may be changed at any time
upon | ||||||
8 | the motion of any member, supported by 5 additional
members, if | ||||||
9 | the motion is adopted by an affirmative vote of
71 members | ||||||
10 | elected.
| ||||||
11 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
12 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 44)
| ||||||
14 | 44. Special Orders; Rules Committee.
| ||||||
15 | (a) A special order of business may be set by the Rules | ||||||
16 | Committee
or by the Speaker. The Principal Sponsor of a bill or | ||||||
17 | resolution must consent
to the placement of the bill or | ||||||
18 | resolution on a special order.
A special order shall fix the | ||||||
19 | day to which it applies and the
matters to be included. The | ||||||
20 | Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of
a majority of the | ||||||
21 | members appointed, may establish time limits for
a special | ||||||
22 | order and may establish limitations on debate
during a special | ||||||
23 | order (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the allotted
| ||||||
24 | time
shall be fairly divided between proponents and opponents |
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| |||||||
1 | of
the legislation to be considered. A special order of | ||||||
2 | business
takes the place of the standing order for such time as | ||||||
3 | may be necessary
for its completion but may occur no earlier | ||||||
4 | than after the completion of standing order (2) of Rule 31 . | ||||||
5 | Only matters that may otherwise properly be before
the House | ||||||
6 | may be included in a special order.
| ||||||
7 | (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar
for | ||||||
8 | 3 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be
suspended only | ||||||
9 | by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
10 | (c) A special order may be suspended, amended, or
modified | ||||||
11 | by motion adopted by an affirmative vote of 60
members. A | ||||||
12 | special order shall be suspended by a written
objection signed | ||||||
13 | by 3 members of the Rules Committee and
filed during the first | ||||||
14 | legislative day on which the special
order appears on the | ||||||
15 | calendar.
| ||||||
16 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
17 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
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
names | ||||||
22 | of all sponsors shall be included in the House Journal
and in | ||||||
23 | the Legislative Digest. Each resolution introduced
shall be | ||||||
24 | accompanied by 6
copies.
Consideration of resolutions shall be | ||||||
25 | governed by Rule 16 and Rule 66.
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1 | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a resolution controls that | ||||||
2 | resolution. The Principal Sponsor of a resolution, or the | ||||||
3 | sponsor of an amendment to a resolution, may change the | ||||||
4 | sponsorship of the resolution or amendment, as applicable, to | ||||||
5 | that of another member, with that other member's consent, by | ||||||
6 | filing notice with the Clerk. A standing committee-sponsored | ||||||
7 | resolution is controlled by the Chairperson of the committee, | ||||||
8 | or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the | ||||||
9 | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of | ||||||
10 | these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor. A special | ||||||
11 | committee-sponsored resolution is controlled by the | ||||||
12 | Chairperson, or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the | ||||||
13 | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of | ||||||
14 | these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor. | ||||||
15 | Committee-sponsored resolutions may not have individual | ||||||
16 | co-sponsors.
| ||||||
17 | (c)
Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State
| ||||||
18 | funds may be adopted only by a record vote of a majority of
| ||||||
19 | those elected.
| ||||||
20 | (House Rule 51)
| ||||||
21 | 51. Decorum.
| ||||||
22 | (a) When any member is about to speak
to the House, he or | ||||||
23 | she shall rise and address the
Presiding Officer as "Speaker". | ||||||
24 | The Presiding Officer,
upon recognizing the member, shall | ||||||
25 | address him or
her by name, and thereupon the engineer
in |
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| |||||||
1 | charge of operating the microphones in the House shall give
the | ||||||
2 | use of the microphone to the member who has been
so recognized. | ||||||
3 | The member in speaking shall confine himself
or herself to the | ||||||
4 | subject matter under discussion and 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
personal | ||||||
9 | 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,
no | ||||||
18 | member shall leave or walk across the House
Chamber. When a | ||||||
19 | member is addressing the House, no
member or other person | ||||||
20 | entitled to the floor shall
entertain private discourse or pass | ||||||
21 | between the member speaking and
the Presiding Officer. When the | ||||||
22 | House is on any of the following orders of business, no | ||||||
23 | messages from individuals located outside the House Chamber | ||||||
24 | shall be delivered in the Chamber by a doorkeeper, page, or any | ||||||
25 | other person: Reading of House Bills a third time, Reading of | ||||||
26 | Senate Bills a third time, House Bills on the Order of |
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| |||||||
1 | Concurrence, Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence, and | ||||||
2 | Conference Committee Reports.
| ||||||
3 | (g) In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct, the
| ||||||
4 | Speaker or Presiding Officer may order that the lobby, gallery, | ||||||
5 | or hallways
adjoining the
House Chamber be cleared.
| ||||||
6 | (h) No literature may be distributed on the House floor.
| ||||||
7 | (i) No member may be absent from a session of the House
| ||||||
8 | unless he or she has leave or is sick or his or her absence is
| ||||||
9 | unavoidable. The switch to the electrical roll call
recording | ||||||
10 | equipment located on the desk of any member who has
been | ||||||
11 | excused or is absent shall be locked by the Clerk and
shall not | ||||||
12 | be unlocked until the member returns
and files with
the Clerk a
| ||||||
13 | request to be shown as present on the quorum roll
call as | ||||||
14 | provided in Rule 32(c).
| ||||||
15 | (House Rule 52)
| ||||||
16 | 52. Debate.
| ||||||
17 | (a) All legislative measures,
except
those legislative | ||||||
18 | measures that are not debatable as provided in these Rules,
are | ||||||
19 | subject to a debate status as follows:
| ||||||
20 | (1) Short Debate: Debate is limited to a 2-minute
| ||||||
21 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
22 | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute | ||||||
23 | presentation by a member in response,
and one minute for | ||||||
24 | the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other
| ||||||
25 | members; provided that at the request of 7 members before |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the close of debate,
the debate status shall be opened to | ||||||
2 | standard debate;
| ||||||
3 | (2) Standard Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | ||||||
4 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
5 | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 2 | ||||||
6 | additional
proponents of the legislative
measure and by 3 | ||||||
7 | members in response to the legislative measure,
and 3 | ||||||
8 | minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield | ||||||
9 | to other
members;
| ||||||
10 | (3) Extended Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | ||||||
11 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
12 | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 4 | ||||||
13 | proponents of the
legislative
measure and 5 members in | ||||||
14 | response, and 5 minutes for the
Principal Sponsor to close | ||||||
15 | debate, or yield to other members;
| ||||||
16 | (4) Unlimited Debate: Debate shall consist of a | ||||||
17 | 10-minute
presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
18 | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, debate by each | ||||||
19 | proponent and member in
response
who seeks recognition, and | ||||||
20 | 5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to
close debate, or | ||||||
21 | yield to other members; or
| ||||||
22 | (5) Amendment Debate: Debate on floor amendments
| ||||||
23 | referred to the House from a committee, or discharged from | ||||||
24 | a committee,
is limited to a 3-minute presentation by the | ||||||
25 | Principal Sponsor,
or a member designated by the Principal | ||||||
26 | Sponsor,
debate by one proponent, debate by each of 2
|
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| |||||||
1 | members in response, and 3
minutes for the Principal | ||||||
2 | Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other members.
| ||||||
3 | No debate is in order on bills or resolutions on the order | ||||||
4 | of First Reading
or Second Reading, except for debate on floor | ||||||
5 | amendments as provided in this
Rule.
| ||||||
6 | (b) All legislative measures, except floor amendments, | ||||||
7 | that are (i) referred to the House
from a committee, (ii) or | ||||||
8 | discharged from a committee, or (iii) on the Petition Calendar | ||||||
9 | are
automatically
assigned standard debate status, subject to | ||||||
10 | subsection
(c) of
this Rule, except those assigned to the | ||||||
11 | Consent Calendar or short debate status
by a standing committee | ||||||
12 | or a special committee. All floor amendments referred
to the | ||||||
13 | House from a committee,
or discharged from a committee, are | ||||||
14 | automatically assigned amendment
debate
status, subject to | ||||||
15 | subsection (c) of this Rule.
| ||||||
16 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules
to | ||||||
17 | the contrary, the debate status of any legislative measure may | ||||||
18 | be changed
only (i) by the Speaker, as defined in item (27) of | ||||||
19 | Rule 102, by filing a
notice with the Clerk, or (ii) by the | ||||||
20 | Rules Committee
by motion approved by a majority of those | ||||||
21 | appointed. While a legislative
measure is being considered by | ||||||
22 | the House, the debate status may also be
changed by unanimous | ||||||
23 | consent. No legislative measure, however, may be
placed on the | ||||||
24 | Consent Calendar under this Rule.
No legislative measure, | ||||||
25 | except a floor amendment, may be assigned amendment
debate | ||||||
26 | status under this Rule.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (d) The Speaker or Rules Committee, as the case may be, | ||||||
2 | shall notify the
Clerk of any action
to change the debate | ||||||
3 | status of any legislative measure. The Clerk shall cause
that
| ||||||
4 | information to be reflected on the Daily Calendar on subsequent | ||||||
5 | legislative
days,
provided
the legislative measure is still | ||||||
6 | before the House.
| ||||||
7 | (e) No member shall speak longer than 5 minutes at one
time | ||||||
8 | or more than once on the same question except by leave
of the | ||||||
9 | House. The Principal Sponsor of a measure or a member
| ||||||
10 | designated by the Principal Sponsor, however, shall be
allowed | ||||||
11 | to open the debate and to close the debate
in accordance with | ||||||
12 | subsection (a) of this Rule. The provisions of this
subsection | ||||||
13 | (e)
are subject to and limited by subsections (a), (b), and (c) | ||||||
14 | of this Rule.
A member may yield to another member the time | ||||||
15 | allotted for the member's debate.
| ||||||
16 | (f) The Presiding Officer shall allocate the debate on each | ||||||
17 | legislative
measure alternately, if possible,
between | ||||||
18 | proponents and opponents of the legislative
measure
under | ||||||
19 | debate.
| ||||||
20 | (g) This Rule may not be suspended.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 75)
| ||||||
22 | 75. House Consideration of Joint Action.
| ||||||
23 | (a) No joint action motion for final action or
conference | ||||||
24 | committee report may be considered by the House
unless it has | ||||||
25 | first been referred to the House by the Rules Committee or a
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | standing committee or special committee in
accordance with Rule | ||||||
2 | 18, or unless the joint action motion
or conference committee | ||||||
3 | report has been
discharged from the Rules Committee under Rule | ||||||
4 | 18.
Joint action motions for final consideration and conference | ||||||
5 | committee reports
referred to a standing committee or special | ||||||
6 | committee by the Rules Committee
may not be discharged from the | ||||||
7 | standing committee or special committee. This
subsection (a) | ||||||
8 | may be suspended by unanimous consent.
| ||||||
9 | (b) No conference committee report may be considered by
the | ||||||
10 | House unless it has been reproduced and
placed on the members' | ||||||
11 | desks, in the same manner as provided for bills under
Rule 39, | ||||||
12 | for one full day during the period beginning with the convening | ||||||
13 | of the
House on the 2nd Wednesday of January each year and | ||||||
14 | ending on the 30th day
prior to the scheduled adjournment of | ||||||
15 | the regular session established each year
by the Speaker | ||||||
16 | pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full hour on any other day.
| ||||||
17 | (c) Before any conference committee report on an
| ||||||
18 | appropriation bill is considered by the House, the
conference | ||||||
19 | committee report shall first be the subject of a
public hearing | ||||||
20 | by a standing Appropriations Committee or a
special committee | ||||||
21 | (the conference committee report need not be referred to an
| ||||||
22 | Appropriations Committee or special committee, but instead may
| ||||||
23 | remain before the Rules Committee or the House, as the case may | ||||||
24 | be).
The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one | ||||||
25 | hour
advance notice by announcement on the House floor, or one | ||||||
26 | day
advance notice by posting on the House bulletin board. An
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| |||||||
1 | Appropriations Committee or special committee shall not issue
| ||||||
2 | any report with respect to the conference committee report | ||||||
3 | following the
hearing.
| ||||||
4 | (d) Any House Bill amended in the Senate and returned to
| ||||||
5 | the House for concurrence in the Senate amendment shall lie
| ||||||
6 | upon the desk of the Clerk for not less than one hour before
| ||||||
7 | being further considered.
| ||||||
8 | (e) No House Bill that is
returned to the House with Senate | ||||||
9 | amendments may be called
except by the Principal Sponsor, or by | ||||||
10 | a chief co-sponsor with the consent of
the Principal Sponsor.
| ||||||
11 | This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
12 | (f) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the
report of | ||||||
13 | a conference committee on a non-appropriation bill
or | ||||||
14 | resolution shall be confined to the subject of the bill or
| ||||||
15 | resolution referred to the conference committee. The report
of | ||||||
16 | a conference committee on an appropriation bill shall be
| ||||||
17 | confined to the subject of appropriations.
| ||||||
18 | (House Rule 76.5 new) | ||||||
19 | 76.5. Appropriation Bills. Joint action motions for final | ||||||
20 | action on the order of Concurrence regarding an appropriation | ||||||
21 | bill shall not be considered by the House until the third | ||||||
22 | calendar day following the day that the bill was received back | ||||||
23 | in the House with one or more amendments added by the Senate. | ||||||
24 | Joint action motions for final action on the order of | ||||||
25 | Non-concurrence regarding an appropriation bill shall not be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | considered by the House until the third calendar day following | ||||||
2 | the day that the bill was received back in the House with a | ||||||
3 | message requesting the House to recede from one or more of its | ||||||
4 | amendments. Joint action motions for final action on the order | ||||||
5 | of Conference Committee Reports regarding an appropriation | ||||||
6 | bill shall not be considered by the House until the third | ||||||
7 | calendar day following the day that the conference report to | ||||||
8 | which the motion applies was filed with the Clerk. | ||||||
9 | Nothing in this rule limits consideration of a joint action | ||||||
10 | motion for final action by a committee of the House or a joint | ||||||
11 | committee of the House and Senate. | ||||||
12 | This rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | ||||||
13 | 71 members elected.
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14 | (House Rule 102)
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15 | 102. Definitions. As used in these Rules, terms have
the | ||||||
16 | meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the
context | ||||||
17 | clearly requires a different meaning:
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18 | (1) Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that
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19 | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as chair | ||||||
20 | of
a committee.
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21 | (2) Co-Chairperson. "Co-Chairperson" means a | ||||||
22 | Representative
designated by the Speaker to serve as | ||||||
23 | co-chair of a standing or special committee.
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24 | (3) Clerk. "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
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25 | House.
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1 | (4) Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the
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2 | House and includes a standing committee, the Rules | ||||||
3 | Committee,
a special committee, committees created
under | ||||||
4 | Article X and Article XII of these Rules, and a
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5 | subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean a | ||||||
6 | conference
committee, and the procedural and notice | ||||||
7 | requirements
applicable to committees do not apply to | ||||||
8 | conference
committees.
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9 | (4.5) Committee amendment. "Committee amendment" means | ||||||
10 | an amendment referred by the Rules Committee to a standing | ||||||
11 | committee or special committee while the bill or resolution | ||||||
12 | it amends is before that committee .
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13 | (5) Constitution. "Constitution" means the
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14 | Constitution of the State of Illinois.
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15 | (6) General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the
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16 | current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
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17 | (7) House. "House" means the House of Representatives
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18 | of the General Assembly.
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19 | (8) Joint Action Motions. "Joint action motions"
means | ||||||
20 | the following motions before the House:
to concur in a | ||||||
21 | Senate amendment, to non-concur in a Senate
amendment, to | ||||||
22 | recede from a House amendment, to refuse to
recede from a | ||||||
23 | House amendment, to request that a conference
committee be | ||||||
24 | appointed, and to adopt a conference committee
report.
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25 | (8.5) Joint Action Motions for Final Action. "Joint | ||||||
26 | action motions for final action" means the following |
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1 | motions before the House: to concur in a Senate amendment, | ||||||
2 | to recede from a House amendment, and to adopt a conference | ||||||
3 | committee report.
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4 | (9) Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the
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5 | Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the
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6 | Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
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7 | (10) Legislative Measures. "Legislative measures" | ||||||
8 | means
all matters brought before the House for | ||||||
9 | consideration,
whether originated in the House or Senate, | ||||||
10 | and includes
bills, amendments, resolutions, conference | ||||||
11 | committee reports,
motions, messages, notices, and | ||||||
12 | Executive Orders from the
executive branch.
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13 | (11) Majority. "Majority" means a majority of those
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14 | members present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise
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15 | specified with respect to a particular House Rule, for
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16 | purposes of determining the number of members present and
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17 | voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be | ||||||
18 | counted.
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19 | (12) Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that
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20 | group of Representatives from the numerically strongest
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21 | political party in the House.
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22 | (13) Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those
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23 | appointed" means a majority of the total number of
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24 | Representatives authorized under these Rules to be | ||||||
25 | appointed to a committee.
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26 | (14) Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those
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1 | elected" means a majority of the total number of
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2 | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
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3 | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
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4 | Representatives actually serving in office. So long as 118
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5 | Representatives are entitled to be elected to the House,
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6 | "majority of those elected" means 60 affirmative votes;
71 | ||||||
7 | affirmative votes means three-fifths of the
members | ||||||
8 | elected; and 79 affirmative votes means two-thirds of the
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9 | members elected.
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10 | (15) Member. "Member" means a Representative. Where
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11 | the context so requires, "member" may also mean a Senator | ||||||
12 | of
the Illinois Senate.
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13 | (16) Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the
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14 | total number of Representatives authorized under these | ||||||
15 | Rules to be appointed to
a committee.
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16 | (17) Members Elected. "Members elected" means the 118
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17 | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
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18 | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
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19 | Representatives actually serving in office.
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20 | (18) Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that
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21 | group of Representatives from the second numerically
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22 | strongest political party in the House.
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23 | (19) Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the
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24 | Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
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25 | (20) Minority Spokesperson. "Minority spokesperson"
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26 | means that Representative designated by the Minority |
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1 | Leader
to serve as the minority spokesperson of a | ||||||
2 | committee.
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3 | (21) Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means
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4 | the convening of the House, pursuant to the scheduling of | ||||||
5 | the
Speaker, for purposes consistent with Rule 28.
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6 | (22) Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that
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7 | Representative serving as the presiding officer of the | ||||||
8 | House,
whether that Representative is the Speaker or | ||||||
9 | another
Representative designated by the Speaker under | ||||||
10 | Rule 4.
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11 | (23) Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the
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12 | first listed House sponsor of any legislative measure; with
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13 | respect to a committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it | ||||||
14 | means
the Chairperson of the committee or the | ||||||
15 | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
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16 | (24) Record Vote. "Record vote" means a vote by ayes
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17 | and nays entered on the journal.
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18 | (25) Representative. "Representative" means any duly
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19 | elected or duly appointed Illinois State Representative, | ||||||
20 | and
means the same as "member".
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21 | (26) Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General
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22 | Assembly.
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23 | (27) Speaker. "Speaker" means the Speaker of the
House | ||||||
24 | elected as provided in Rule 1.
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25 | (28) Term. "Term" means the 2-year term of a General
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26 | Assembly.
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1 | (29) Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that
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2 | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
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3 | Vice-Chairperson of a committee.".
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