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SB2114 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2114

 

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Matt Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 10/8 new

    Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the Rules Committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.


LRB095 18760 RCE 44880 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2114 LRB095 18760 RCE 44880 b

1     AN ACT concerning the legislature.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended
5 by adding Section 8 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 10/8 new)
7     Sec. 8. Legislative measures; majority of members sponsor.
8 If a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or
9 co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the
10 chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then
11 resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be
12 referred by the Rules Committee of that chamber to a standing
13 committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure
14 must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days
15 or prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that
16 has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.