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 Bill Status of HJRCA0047  100th General Assembly


Short Description:  CON AMEND-TERM LIMITS

House Sponsors
Rep. Jim Durkin - Tim Butler - Tom Demmer - Jerry Lee Long - Lindsay Parkhurst, Thomas M. Bennett, Avery Bourne, Allen Skillicorn and Grant Wehrli

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/8/2019HouseSession Sine Die
 
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new 
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6 
 
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2 


Synopsis As Introduced
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for terms totaling more than 10 years. Limits a person's total service in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate to a total of 8 years in any one office and 10 years combined in 2 or more offices. Provides that service in the General Assembly before the second Wednesday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for terms totaling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  4/24/2018HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin
  4/24/2018HouseRead in Full a First Time
  4/24/2018HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Lee Long
  4/26/2018HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
  1/8/2019HouseSession Sine Die

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