HR0829 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 100th General Assembly are amended by changing Rule 1 as follows:

(House Rule 1)

1. Election of the Speaker.

(a) At the first meeting of the House of each General Assembly, the Secretary of State shall convene the House at 12:00 noon, designate a Temporary Clerk of the House, and preside during the nomination and election of the Speaker. As the first item of business each day before the election of the Speaker, the Secretary of State shall order the Temporary Clerk to call roll members to establish the presence of a quorum as required by the Constitution. If a majority of those elected are not present, the House shall stand adjourned until the next calendar day, excepting weekends, at the hour prescribed in Rule 29. If a quorum of members elected is present, the Secretary of State shall then call for nominations of members for the Office of Speaker. All nominations require a second. When the nominations are completed, the Secretary of State shall direct the Temporary Clerk to distribute a single ballot to each member call the roll of the members to elect the Speaker. The Temporary Clerk shall then (i) collect a single completed ballot from each member casting a vote in a manner that maintains the secrecy of the ballot, and (ii) deliver each ballot to a Tellers' Committee of 6 members appointed by the Secretary of State. The Tellers' Committee membership shall not include (i) any member nominated for Speaker, or (ii) more than 3 members who are affiliated with the same political party. The Tellers' Committee, while remaining in the House chamber, shall count the votes and provide a written report to the Secretary of State who shall immediately announce the total votes cast for each candidate.

(b) The election of the Speaker shall be conducted by secret ballot and requires the affirmative vote of a majority of those elected. Debate is not in order following nominations and preceding or during the vote. No motion to reconsider the vote for Speaker shall be in order.

Upon the completion of the election of a Clerk, the Temporary Clerk shall immediately transfer to the Clerk the ballots, tally sheets, and report of the Tellers' Committee for the election of the Speaker, and the report of the Tellers' Committee shall be entered in full in the Journal.

This subsection may not be suspended.

(c) No legislative measure may be considered and no committees may be appointed or meet before the election of the Speaker.

(d) When a vacancy in the Office of Speaker occurs, the foregoing procedure shall be employed to elect a new Speaker; when the Secretary of State is of a political party other than that of the majority caucus, however, the Majority Leader shall preside during the nomination and election of the successor Speaker. No legislative measures, other than for the nomination and election of a successor Speaker, may be considered by the House during a vacancy in the Office of Speaker.

(Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)