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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate | 4 | | of the 103rd General Assembly are amended by changing Rules | 5 | | 1-28, 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6, 3-8, 3-12, 5-5, 6-1, 7-5, 7-15, 10-1, | 6 | | and 10-2 as follows:
| 7 | | (Senate Rule 1-28)
| 8 | | 1-28. Celebration of Life Resolution. "Celebration of Life | 9 | | Resolution" means a resolution filed by a Senator celebrating | 10 | | the memory of an individual who has died to commemorate an | 11 | | event of a nonpolitical nature in the State or to congratulate | 12 | | a person with a connection to the State on an outstanding | 13 | | achievement .
| 14 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 15 | | (Senate Rule 3-1)
| 16 | | 3-1. Committees.
| 17 | | (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | 18 | | committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | 19 | | by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special | 20 | | subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | 21 | | committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | 22 | | subcommittees.
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| 1 | | (b) All committees shall have a Chair and Minority | 2 | | Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | 3 | | provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | 4 | | all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | 5 | | minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | 6 | | other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | 7 | | accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | 8 | | President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | 9 | | members shall become final upon the
President filing with the | 10 | | Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
| 11 | | (c) The Chair of a committee shall have the authority to | 12 | | call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | 13 | | measures that are assigned to the committee
shall be taken up, | 14 | | order the roll call vote to be taken on each
legislative | 15 | | measure called for a vote, preserve order and decorum during
| 16 | | committee meetings, assign legislative measures to special | 17 | | subcommittees of the parent committee, jointly sign and issue | 18 | | subpoenas with the President, and implement and supervise the | 19 | | business of the committee.
The Vice-Chair
of a committee may | 20 | | preside over its meetings in the absence or
at
the
direction of | 21 | | the Chair.
| 22 | | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chair or Minority | 23 | | Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a member |
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| 1 | | resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | 2 | | Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | 3 | | shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
| 4 | | Absent concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as | 5 | | otherwise provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a | 6 | | committee shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the | 7 | | remainder of the term. Replacement members shall be of the | 8 | | same caucus
as that of the member who resigns, and shall be | 9 | | appointed by the
President or Minority Leader, depending upon | 10 | | the caucus of the
resigning member. In the case of vacancies on | 11 | | special subcommittees that were
created by committees, any | 12 | | vacancy shall be filled pursuant to the motion adopted to | 13 | | create the subcommittee but if the motion does not specify how | 14 | | a vacancy is filled then the parent committee shall fill the | 15 | | vacancy by motion.
| 16 | | (e) The Chair of a committee shall have the authority to | 17 | | call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | 18 | | the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(19). Except as | 19 | | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings | 20 | | shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11. The Chair of a | 21 | | committee shall have the authority to adjourn any meetings of | 22 | | that committee and, in the absence of the Chair or at the | 23 | | direction of the Chair, a Vice-Chair or Co-Chair of that | 24 | | committee who is appointed by the President from the majority | 25 | | caucus shall also have the authority to adjourn any meetings |
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| 1 | | of that committee.
| 2 | | (f) The President, in consultation with the Minority | 3 | | Leader, may establish a process by which Senators and members | 4 | | of the public may participate remotely, including voting, in | 5 | | hearings for standing committees, special committees, | 6 | | subcommittees or special subcommittees, and service | 7 | | committees. | 8 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 3-2)
| 10 | | 3-2. Membership and Officers of Standing Committees.
| 11 | | (a) At the
commencement of the term, the members of each | 12 | | standing committee shall be
appointed
by the President and the | 13 | | Minority
Leader, except as provided in subsection (c) of this | 14 | | Rule or in Rule 3-5. The majority caucus
members of a standing | 15 | | committee shall serve at the pleasure of
the President, and | 16 | | the minority caucus members of a standing
committee shall | 17 | | serve at the pleasure of the Minority Leader. The
President | 18 | | shall appoint the Chair
and the remaining
committee members of | 19 | | the majority caucus (one of whom the President shall
designate | 20 | | as Vice-Chair), and the Minority Leader shall appoint the
| 21 | | Minority Spokesperson and the remaining committee members of | 22 | | the minority
caucus, except as provided in paragraph (b) of | 23 | | this Rule. The appointments
shall become immediately effective | 24 | | upon the delivery
of
appropriate correspondence from each of |
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| 1 | | the respective leaders to the
Secretary, regardless of whether | 2 | | the Senate is in session.
The Chair and Minority Spokesperson | 3 | | shall serve at the pleasure of the
President or Minority | 4 | | Leader, as the case may be. The Secretary shall
Journalize all | 5 | | appointments. A
standing committee is empowered to conduct
| 6 | | business when a majority of the total number of committee | 7 | | members has been
appointed.
| 8 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 9 | | Rules, the
President may appoint any two members to serve as | 10 | | Co-Chairs of a
standing committee. Co-Chairs shall not be of | 11 | | the same caucus
and shall serve at the pleasure of the | 12 | | President.
A standing committee with Co-Chairs shall not have | 13 | | a Minority
Spokesperson. For purposes of Section 1 of the | 14 | | General Assembly Compensation
Act (25 ILCS 115/1),
one | 15 | | Co-Chair shall be considered "chairman" and
the other shall be | 16 | | considered "minority spokesperson". Co-Chair
appointments | 17 | | shall become immediately
effective upon the delivery of | 18 | | appropriate correspondence
from the President to the | 19 | | Secretary, regardless of whether the Senate is
in session. The | 20 | | Secretary shall Journalize all appointments.
| 21 | | (c) To maintain the efficient operation of the Senate, any | 22 | | committee member
may be temporarily replaced due to illness or | 23 | | an unforeseen absence from the Capitol at the time of the | 24 | | committee hearing. The temporary appointment is
effective upon |
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| 1 | | delivery of appropriate correspondence from the President or
| 2 | | Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the member | 3 | | affected, and shall
remain effective for the duration of the | 4 | | illness or temporary absence from the Capitol. If the member | 5 | | returns to the Capitol while the committee is meeting, then | 6 | | the temporary appointment shall remain effective until the | 7 | | committee recesses or adjourns.
| 8 | | (d) To maintain the efficient operation of the Senate, the | 9 | | President may temporarily appoint a member to serve in the | 10 | | President's place on any committee to which the President has | 11 | | been appointed, and the Minority Leader may temporarily | 12 | | appoint a member to serve in the Minority Leader's place on any | 13 | | committee to which the Minority Leader has been appointed. The | 14 | | temporary appointment under this subsection (d) is
effective | 15 | | upon delivery of appropriate correspondence from the President | 16 | | or
Minority Leader, as is applicable, and shall
remain | 17 | | effective for the duration specified in the correspondence. | 18 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 19 | | (Senate Rule 3-4)
| 20 | | 3-4. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the | 21 | | Senate are as
follows:
| 22 | | AGRICULTURE
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| 1 | | APPROPRIATIONS
| 2 | | APPROPRIATIONS-EDUCATION | 3 | | APPROPRIATIONS-HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 4 | | APPROPRIATIONS-PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
| 5 | | BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
| 6 | | CRIMINAL LAW
| 7 | | EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | 8 | | EDUCATION
| 9 | | ENERGY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
| 10 | | ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
| 11 | | EXECUTIVE
| 12 | | EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
| 13 | | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
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| 1 | | HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 2 | | HIGHER EDUCATION | 3 | | HUMAN RIGHTS
| 4 | | INSURANCE
| 5 | | JUDICIARY
| 6 | | LABOR
| 7 | | LICENSED ACTIVITIES
| 8 | | LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| 9 | | PUBLIC HEALTH
| 10 | | REVENUE
| 11 | | STATE GOVERNMENT
| 12 | | TRANSPORTATION
| 13 | | VETERANS AFFAIRS | 14 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
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| 1 | | (Senate Rule 3-6)
| 2 | | 3-6. Referrals of Resolutions, Messages, and | 3 | | Reorganization Orders.
| 4 | | (a) All resolutions, after being initially read by the | 5 | | Secretary, shall be
automatically referred to the Committee on | 6 | | Assignments unless the
Presiding Officer
determines that the | 7 | | resolution is a celebration of life resolution or a
| 8 | | congratulatory resolution and
orders that the
resolution be | 9 | | placed on the
Resolutions Consent Calendar. The principal
| 10 | | sponsor of a congratulatory resolution shall pay a reasonable
| 11 | | fee, determined by the Secretary with approval of the
| 12 | | President, to offset the actual cost of producing the
| 13 | | congratulatory resolution. No
resolution may be placed on the
| 14 | | Resolutions
Consent Calendar if any member objects.
| 15 | | (b) All messages from the Governor or any other executive | 16 | | branch
Constitutional Officer or other appointing authority | 17 | | regarding appointments that require confirmation by the
Senate | 18 | | shall, after having been initially read by the Secretary,
| 19 | | automatically be referred to the Executive Appointments | 20 | | Committee.
| 21 | | (c) All executive reorganization orders of the Governor | 22 | | issued pursuant to
Article V, Section 11 of the Constitution, | 23 | | after being read into the
record by the Secretary, shall |
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| 1 | | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments
for
| 2 | | its referral to a committee, the latter of which may issue a
| 3 | | recommendation to the Senate with respect to the executive | 4 | | order.
The Senate may disapprove of any executive order only | 5 | | by resolution
adopted by a majority of those elected; no such | 6 | | resolution is in order
until a committee has reported to the | 7 | | Senate on the executive
reorganization, or until the executive | 8 | | order has been discharged pursuant to
Rule 7-9.
| 9 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 10 | | (Senate Rule 3-8)
| 11 | | 3-8. Referrals to Committees.
| 12 | | (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall,
after having | 13 | | been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically
| 14 | | referred to the Committee on Assignments, which may thereafter | 15 | | refer any bill
before it to a committee. The Committee on | 16 | | Assignments may refer any
resolution before it to a committee. | 17 | | No bill or resolution may be
referred to a
committee except | 18 | | pursuant to this Rule or Rule 7-17. A standing
or special | 19 | | committee may refer a matter pending in that committee to a
| 20 | | subcommittee of
that committee. When the Committee on | 21 | | Assignments is of the opinion that a legislative measure | 22 | | should be considered by more than one committee, at the time of | 23 | | referring it, the Committee may direct that when the committee | 24 | | to which it is referred completes its consideration thereof | 25 | | and makes a recommendation with respect thereto, the |
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| 1 | | committee's report shall also recommend that it be referred to | 2 | | the additional committee or committees as directed by the | 3 | | Committee on Assignments. When a legislative measure is so | 4 | | reported, it shall automatically be referred as directed. | 5 | | Except for subcommittees created under Rule 3-3(a-5), the | 6 | | Committee on Assignments may not refer a legislative measure | 7 | | to any subcommittee of a standing or special committee.
| 8 | | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | 9 | | action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | 10 | | with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee | 11 | | on Assignments. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or | 12 | | conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | 13 | | unless approved
for consideration by the
Committee on | 14 | | Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for | 15 | | consideration to the
Senate any floor amendment, joint
action | 16 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report that: | 17 | | (i)
consists of language that has previously been
favorably | 18 | | reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of | 19 | | technical or
clarifying language; or (iii) consists of
| 20 | | language deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an | 21 | | emergency nature, of
substantial importance to the operation | 22 | | of government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The | 23 | | Committee on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint | 24 | | action
motion for final action, or conference committee report | 25 | | to a committee
for
its review and consideration (in those |
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| 1 | | instances, and notwithstanding any other
provision of these | 2 | | Senate Rules, the committee may
hold a hearing on and consider | 3 | | those legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
advance | 4 | | notice). Any floor amendment, joint action motion for final | 5 | | action, or
conference committee report that is not
approved | 6 | | for consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, | 7 | | and is attempted
to be acted upon by a committee shall be out | 8 | | of order, except as provided for
under
Rule 8-4.
| 9 | | (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 10 | | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 11 | | from which the bill was reported (or to another standing | 12 | | committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon | 13 | | adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day | 14 | | following the day on which the floor amendment was filed, | 15 | | unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor | 16 | | amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor | 17 | | amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate | 18 | | for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before | 19 | | the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject | 20 | | of appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on | 21 | | Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor | 22 | | amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the | 23 | | underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a | 24 | | determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the | 25 | | Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the |
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| 1 | | floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 2 | | floor amendment to any other committee.
| 3 | | (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | 4 | | Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Committee on | 5 | | Assignments. No committee amendment may be
considered by a | 6 | | committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
| 7 | | committee by the
Committee on Assignments and the committee | 8 | | amendment has first been made available electronically or | 9 | | otherwise for not less than one hour. Any committee amendment | 10 | | referred by the
Committee on Assignments shall be referred
to | 11 | | the committee before which the underlying bill or resolution | 12 | | is
pending.
Any committee amendment that is not referred by | 13 | | the
Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is attempted | 14 | | to be acted upon by a committee
shall be out of order.
| 15 | | (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of | 16 | | a bill shall be automatically referred to the standing | 17 | | committee to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of | 18 | | the Senate on the third regular session day following the day | 19 | | on which the committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the | 20 | | Committee on Assignments referred the committee amendment to | 21 | | the standing committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) | 22 | | the bill is no longer pending before the committee; (iii) the | 23 | | committee amendment deals with the subject of appropriations | 24 | | or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has |
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| 1 | | determined by a majority vote that the committee amendment | 2 | | substantively alters the nature and scope of the underlying | 3 | | bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a determination | 4 | | under item (iv) of this subsection, then the Committee on | 5 | | Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer both the bill | 6 | | and the committee amendment to any standing committee or (B) | 7 | | not refer the committee amendment to any other committee. | 8 | | (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer | 9 | | a legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | 10 | | Whole or to any other committee. However, the Committee on | 11 | | Assignments may not re-refer a bill from a committee to a | 12 | | Committee of the Whole or any other committee unless the Chair | 13 | | of the committee to which the bill was originally referred | 14 | | consents in writing to the re-referral.
| 15 | | (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 16 | | Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments | 17 | | shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing | 18 | | committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge | 19 | | motion for that bill that is signed by no less than | 20 | | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | 21 | | caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion | 22 | | is a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to | 23 | | bills dealing with the subject of appropriations or State | 24 | | revenue. |
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| 1 | | (d-10) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 2 | | Rules, if the Parliamentarian determines that an amendment is | 3 | | technical in nature, then the amendment shall be deemed | 4 | | approved for consideration by the Senate without referral to | 5 | | the Committee on Assignments. | 6 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 7 | | the members
elected.
| 8 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 3-12)
| 10 | | 3-12. Committee Reports.
| 11 | | (a) All bills favorably reported to the
Senate
from a | 12 | | committee or directed committees, or with respect to which a | 13 | | committee has been discharged,
shall stand on the order of | 14 | | Second Reading unless otherwise ordered by the
Senate, and may | 15 | | be amended only on Second Reading. Bills reported to the
| 16 | | Senate from committee "do not pass", "do not pass as amended", | 17 | | or "without recommendation"
shall lie on
the table.
| 18 | | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions, and | 19 | | conference committee
reports favorably reported to the Senate | 20 | | from a committee shall be before the
Senate and eligible for | 21 | | consideration by the Senate when it is on an
appropriate order | 22 | | of business (floor amendments may be considered
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| 1 | | only when the bill to be amended is on Second
Reading). All | 2 | | floor
amendments, joint action motions, and conference | 3 | | committee reports that are
reported to the Senate from | 4 | | committee "recommend do not adopt" or "without recommendation" | 5 | | shall lie on the table.
| 6 | | (c) Except in the case of congratulatory resolutions, all | 7 | | All resolutions favorably reported to the Senate from a | 8 | | committee, or
with respect to which a committee has been | 9 | | discharged, shall stand on the order
of Resolutions. All | 10 | | congratulatory resolutions favorably reported to the Senate | 11 | | from a committee, or
with respect to which a committee has been | 12 | | discharged, shall stand on the order
of the Congratulatory | 13 | | Resolutions Consent Calendar. All resolutions that are | 14 | | reported to the Senate from committee
"be not adopted", "be | 15 | | not adopted as amended", or "without recommendation"
shall
lie | 16 | | on the table. Floor amendments to resolutions shall be subject | 17 | | to the same
procedure applicable to floor amendments to bills.
| 18 | | (d) All Appointment Messages reported to the Senate from a | 19 | | committee or directed committees, or with respect to which a | 20 | | committee has been discharged, shall stand on the order of | 21 | | Executive Appointments. | 22 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 23 | | (Senate Rule 5-5)
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| 1 | | 5-5. Fiscal and Other Notes. The Senate shall comply with | 2 | | all effective
Illinois laws requiring notes on any bill, | 3 | | including without limitation the
Fiscal Note Act, the Pension | 4 | | Impact Note
Act, the Judicial Note Act,
the State Debt Impact | 5 | | Note
Act, the Correctional Budget and Impact Note Act, the | 6 | | Home Rule Note Act, the
Balanced Budget Note Act, the Housing | 7 | | Affordability Impact Note Act, the Racial Impact Note Act, and | 8 | | the
State Mandates Act, all as amended. All such
notes shall be | 9 | | filed with the Secretary with a time stamp endorsing the date
| 10 | | and time received, and shall then be attached to the original | 11 | | of the bill and
be available for inspection by the members. As | 12 | | soon as practicable, the
Secretary shall provide a copy of the | 13 | | note to the Legislative Reference Bureau,
which shall provide | 14 | | an informative summary of the note in subsequent issues of
the | 15 | | Legislative Digest.
| 16 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 17 | | (Senate Rule 6-1)
| 18 | | 6-1. Resolutions.
| 19 | | (a) A resolution shall be introduced in the Senate
by
| 20 | | sponsorship of one or more members of the Senate, and the names | 21 | | of all sponsors
shall be printed in the Senate Journal and in | 22 | | the Legislative Digest. Each
resolution, except for a | 23 | | celebration of life resolution or congratulatory resolution , | 24 | | shall be introduced by filing six copies; each celebration of | 25 | | life resolution and congratulatory resolution shall be |
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| 1 | | introduced by filing three copies.
| 2 | | (b) Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State | 3 | | funds may be
adopted only by a roll call vote of a majority of | 4 | | those elected.
| 5 | | (c) The Secretary shall periodically print a Resolutions | 6 | | Consent Calendar, the Secretary may provide the Resolutions | 7 | | Consent Calendar electronically,
which the Secretary shall | 8 | | periodically distribute prior to its consideration by
the | 9 | | Senate (generally the last
daily session of the week). No | 10 | | debate is in order regarding any
resolution appearing on the | 11 | | Resolutions Consent Calendar. All resolutions
appearing on the | 12 | | Resolutions Consent Calendar may be adopted in one motion;
| 13 | | however, any Senator may vote "no" or "present" on any | 14 | | resolution appearing on
the Resolutions Consent Calendar by | 15 | | providing written notice of that intention
to the Secretary | 16 | | prior to the vote on the Resolutions Consent Calendar. Prior
| 17 | | to the adoption of any resolution on the Resolutions Consent | 18 | | Calendar, if any
three members file with the Secretary a | 19 | | written objection to the presence of a
resolution thereon, | 20 | | that resolution shall be removed from the Resolutions
Consent | 21 | | Calendar and is automatically referred to the Committee on | 22 | | Assignments.
| 23 | | (d) The Secretary shall periodically print a |
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| 1 | | Congratulatory Resolutions Consent Calendar, the Secretary may | 2 | | provide the Congratulatory Resolutions Consent Calendar | 3 | | electronically,
which the Secretary shall periodically | 4 | | distribute prior to its consideration by
the Senate. No debate | 5 | | is in order regarding any
congratulatory resolution appearing | 6 | | on the Congratulatory Resolutions Consent Calendar. All | 7 | | congratulatory resolutions
appearing on the Congratulatory | 8 | | Resolutions Consent Calendar may be adopted in one motion;
| 9 | | however, any Senator may vote "no" or "present" on any | 10 | | resolution appearing on
the Congratulatory Resolutions Consent | 11 | | Calendar by providing written notice of that intention
to the | 12 | | Secretary prior to the vote on the Congratulatory Resolutions | 13 | | Consent Calendar. Prior
to the adoption of any congratulatory | 14 | | resolution on the Congratulatory Resolutions Consent Calendar, | 15 | | if any
three members file with the Secretary a written | 16 | | objection to the presence of a
congratulatory resolution | 17 | | thereon, that congratulatory resolution shall be removed from | 18 | | the Congratulatory Resolutions
Consent Calendar and is | 19 | | automatically referred to the Committee on Assignments. | 20 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 21 | | (Senate Rule 7-5)
| 22 | | 7-5. Precedence of Motions.
| 23 | | (a) When a question is under debate, no
motion may be | 24 | | entertained except:
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| 1 | | (1) to adjourn to a time certain;
| 2 | | (2) to adjourn;
| 3 | | (3) to question the presence of a quorum;
| 4 | | (4) to recess;
| 5 | | (5) to lay on the table;
| 6 | | (6) for the previous question;
| 7 | | (7) to postpone consideration;
| 8 | | (8) to commit or recommit; and
| 9 | | (9) to amend, except as otherwise provided in these | 10 | | Senate Rules.
| 11 | | The foregoing motions shall have precedence in the order in | 12 | | which they are
listed.
| 13 | | (b) During a roll call, no motion (except a motion to | 14 | | postpone
consideration) shall be in order until after the | 15 | | announcement of the result of
the vote.
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| 1 | | (c) A motion to commit or recommit re-commit , until it is | 2 | | decided, precludes all
amendments and debate on the main | 3 | | question. A motion to postpone
consideration, until it is | 4 | | decided, precludes all amendments on the
main question.
| 5 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 7-15)
| 7 | | 7-15. Reconsideration.
| 8 | | (a) A member who voted on the prevailing side
of a record | 9 | | vote on a legislative measure that failed and that is still | 10 | | within the control of the
Senate may on the same or following | 11 | | day move to reconsider the vote. A chief sponsor or a chief | 12 | | cosponsor co-sponsor who voted on the prevailing side of a | 13 | | record vote for a legislative measure that passed or was | 14 | | adopted by the Senate may on the same or following day move to | 15 | | reconsider the vote if the legislative measure is still within | 16 | | the control of the Senate. The
motion to reconsider may be laid | 17 | | on the table without
affecting the vote to which it referred. | 18 | | When the motion to reconsider is made
during the last three | 19 | | scheduled days of regular session, or any time
thereafter | 20 | | during the regular session, or at any time during a veto or | 21 | | special
session, any member may move that the vote on | 22 | | reconsideration be taken
immediately. A question that requires | 23 | | the votes of a majority of those elected
or more to carry | 24 | | requires a majority of those elected to reconsider.
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| 1 | | (b) A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption of | 2 | | an amendment to
a bill may be made only on Second Reading. An | 3 | | amendment adopted by the Senate
on a record vote may not be | 4 | | tabled by motion until its adoption has been
reconsidered.
| 5 | | (c) If a motion to reconsider is made pursuant to this Rule | 6 | | and the motion
is later tabled, the question shall not be | 7 | | further reconsidered. This
subsection (c) may be
suspended by | 8 | | a three-fifths vote of the members elected.
| 9 | | (d) When a motion to
reconsider is made within the time | 10 | | prescribed by these Senate Rules, the
Secretary shall not | 11 | | allow the bill or other subject matter of the motion to
pass | 12 | | out of the possession of the Senate until after the motion has | 13 | | been
decided or withdrawn. Such a motion shall be deemed | 14 | | rejected if laid on the
table.
| 15 | | (e) A Senator who voted "present" or failed to vote on a | 16 | | question shall not
have the right to move for reconsideration.
| 17 | | (f) Upon a motion to reconsider the vote on the final | 18 | | passage of any bill,
the affirmative vote of a majority of | 19 | | those elected shall be required to
reconsider the same.
| 20 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
| 21 | | (Senate Rule 10-1)
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| 1 | | 10-1. Nominations.
| 2 | | (a) Every nomination subject to confirmation by the
Senate | 3 | | shall be referred to the Committee on Assignments in | 4 | | accordance with Rule 3-6;
nominations may be
considered by the | 5 | | Executive Appointments Committee or other committees in | 6 | | accordance with these Senate Rules. Each
nominee shall be | 7 | | required to
appear in person before that meeting of a
| 8 | | committee convened for the purpose of
considering the | 9 | | qualifications of the person for
the office to which he or she | 10 | | has been nominated. The appearance of the
nominee may be | 11 | | waived by the Chair of the committee without objection by the | 12 | | other members of the committee. If a member of the committee | 13 | | objects to the waiver of the nominee's appearance by the | 14 | | Chair, the committee by a vote of a
majority of those appointed | 15 | | may waive such appearance.
| 16 | | (b) The Executive Appointments Committee
or another | 17 | | committee in accordance with these Senate Rules shall, six | 18 | | days prior to any of
its meetings, post a notice on the Senate | 19 | | bulletin board or make the notice electronically available | 20 | | indicating the
nominees to be considered at its next meeting | 21 | | and the time, date, and place of
the meeting. The Chair of the | 22 | | committee shall provide a copy of the
notice to the Governor's | 23 | | Office of Legislative Affairs or other proper appointing | 24 | | officer or authority, if applicable, which shall be
| 25 | | responsible for notifying each nominee scheduled to be |
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| 1 | | considered of the date,
time, and place of hearing.
| 2 | | (c) Except for Appointment Messages placed on the Denial | 3 | | of Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | 4 | | Appointments, on considering the report of the Executive | 5 | | Appointments
Committee or another committee in accordance with | 6 | | these Senate Rules on a
nomination,
the Presiding Officer | 7 | | shall put the following question: "Does the Senate
consent to | 8 | | the nomination just made?". The Chair of the Executive | 9 | | Appointments Committee may, by a motion in writing approved by | 10 | | a majority of the members present and voting compile a list of | 11 | | individual Appointment Messages appointment messages to be | 12 | | acted on together by a single vote. Whenever a list of | 13 | | Appointment Messages has been so compiled, five or more | 14 | | members may request the question be
put and the vote | 15 | | separately taken upon each of the Appointment Messages on that | 16 | | list.
The Senate may determine, by a majority vote of those | 17 | | elected, after having
voted upon the question of one or more of | 18 | | the Appointment Messages individually, to act
upon the | 19 | | question of the remaining Appointment Messages on that list as | 20 | | a unit.
| 21 | | (c-5) After a committee has reported to the Senate any | 22 | | Appointment Message "do not recommend consent" pursuant to | 23 | | subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chair of the Executive | 24 | | Appointments Committee shall move that the Appointment Message |
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| 1 | | (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the Denial of | 2 | | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | 3 | | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | 4 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject | 5 | | to division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to | 6 | | reconsider under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put | 7 | | the following question: "Shall the Senate place Appointment | 8 | | Message (or Messages) (insert number or numbers) on the Denial | 9 | | of Appointment Calendar which shall constitute the Senate's | 10 | | rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on its 60th | 11 | | session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the motion by a | 12 | | majority vote, the Secretary shall place an Appointment | 13 | | Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order | 14 | | of Executive Appointments. | 15 | | After a committee has reported to the Senate any | 16 | | Appointment Message "without recommendation" pursuant to | 17 | | subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chair of the Executive | 18 | | Appointments Committee may move that the Appointment Message | 19 | | (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the Denial of | 20 | | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | 21 | | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | 22 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject | 23 | | to division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to | 24 | | reconsider under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put | 25 | | the following question: "Shall the Senate place the | 26 | | Appointment Message (or Messages) (insert number or numbers) |
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| 1 | | on the Denial of Appointment Calendar which shall constitute | 2 | | the Senate's rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on | 3 | | its 60th session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the | 4 | | motion by majority vote, the Secretary shall place an | 5 | | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar | 6 | | under the order of Executive Appointments. | 7 | | The Secretary shall set forth for each applicable | 8 | | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar the | 9 | | number, name of the nominee, and the title of the office, | 10 | | agency or other body to which nomination is being made. The | 11 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar shall also state the number of | 12 | | session days that have elapsed since each Appointment Message | 13 | | was received by the Senate. The Secretary shall distribute the | 14 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar to each member of the Senate as | 15 | | a component of the Senate Calendar for each session day other | 16 | | than a perfunctory session day. The Secretary shall make the | 17 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar available to the public. | 18 | | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | 19 | | Appointment Calendar if a written objection stating the number | 20 | | of the Appointment Message to be removed is filed with the | 21 | | Secretary on or before the 59th session day after the day the | 22 | | Appointment Message was received by the Senate, and the | 23 | | objection contains the signature of a majority of the members | 24 | | elected. Upon the filing of a proper written objection, the | 25 | | Secretary shall remove the relevant Appointment Message from | 26 | | the Denial of Appointment Calendar and automatically place the |
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| 1 | | Appointment Message on the Senate Calendar under the order of | 2 | | Executive Appointments. | 3 | | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | 4 | | Appointment Calendar if, upon concurrence of a majority of | 5 | | those appointed, the Committee on Assignments adopts a motion | 6 | | to remove that Appointment Message on or before the 59th | 7 | | session day after the day the Appointment Message was received | 8 | | by the Senate. Upon this action of the Committee on | 9 | | Assignments, the Secretary shall remove the relevant | 10 | | Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment Calendar | 11 | | and automatically place the Appointment Message on the Senate | 12 | | Calendar under the order of Executive Appointments, unless the | 13 | | Committee on Assignments has referred the Appointment Message | 14 | | to a committee for further action. | 15 | | If neither the Committee on Assignments takes action to | 16 | | remove an Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment | 17 | | Calendar, nor a proper written objection to an Appointment | 18 | | Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar is filed with | 19 | | the Secretary as required under this Rule, then that | 20 | | Appointment Message shall remain on the Denial of Appointment | 21 | | Calendar. A motion to place an Appointment Message (or | 22 | | Appointment Messages) on the Denial of Appointment Calendar | 23 | | adopted by the Senate shall constitute the Senate's rejection | 24 | | of each Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment | 25 | | Calendar on the 60th session day after the day the Appointment | 26 | | Message was received by the Senate. Each Appointment Message |
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| 1 | | remaining on the Denial of Appointment Calendar on the 60th | 2 | | session day after the day the Appointment Message was received | 3 | | by the Senate shall be deemed to have not received the advice | 4 | | and consent of the Senate and thereby rejected by the Senate | 5 | | pursuant to Article V, Section 9 of the Illinois Constitution. | 6 | | On the 60th session day for each Appointment Message on | 7 | | the Denial of Appointment Calendar, the Presiding Officer | 8 | | shall make the following inquiry of the Secretary: "Please | 9 | | identify each Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment | 10 | | Calendar that is on its 60th session day." After the Secretary | 11 | | identifies the relevant Appointment Message or Appointment | 12 | | Messages, the Presiding Officer shall make the following | 13 | | declaration: "Each Appointment Message just read is on its | 14 | | 60th session day and remains on the Denial of Appointment | 15 | | Calendar; therefore each such Message, pursuant to our Rules, | 16 | | is deemed to have not received the advice and consent of the | 17 | | Senate and is hereby rejected by the Senate pursuant to | 18 | | Article V, Section 9 of the Illinois Constitution. The Journal | 19 | | shall reflect that the Senate has rejected each such | 20 | | nomination and the Secretary shall inform the relevant | 21 | | appointing authority of the Senate's action in rejecting that | 22 | | authority's nomination." | 23 | | (d) Except as otherwise provided for in this Rule, while | 24 | | any nomination remains with the Senate, it is in order to
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| 1 | | of Rule 7-15 not
related to the time for making such a motion.
| 2 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.) | 3 | | (Senate Rule 10-2) | 4 | | 10-2. Appointment Messages. | 5 | | (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of | 6 | | the Senate
shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment | 7 | | Message from
the appointing officer or appointing authority in | 8 | | accordance
with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form | 9 | | provided
in this Rule, containing all of the required | 10 | | information, and
accompanied by a cover letter signed by the | 11 | | appointing officer
or on behalf of the appointing authority. | 12 | | (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
| 13 | | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided
| 14 | | in this Rule. | 15 | | (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
| 16 | | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
| 17 | | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
| 18 | | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
| 19 | | President of the Senate. An Appointment Message is received by | 20 | | the
Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned | 21 | | a
sequential number. A perfunctory session day shall not be | 22 | | deemed to be a session day for the purpose of Article V, | 23 | | Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution. |
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| 1 | | (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
| 2 | | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the | 3 | | President of the Senate, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no | 4 | | legal effect and (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the | 5 | | Senate to the
appointing officer or authority that filed it. | 6 | | (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
| 7 | | accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
| 8 | | supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
| 9 | | superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential | 10 | | number the
Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing | 11 | | of a
superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table | 12 | | the
Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that | 13 | | superseded Appointment Message shall
have no further legal | 14 | | effect. The filing of a
superseding Appointment Message shall | 15 | | not have the effect of restarting the 60 session day period | 16 | | within which the Senate must confirm or reject the appointee | 17 | | under Article V, Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois | 18 | | Constitution, Senate Rule 10-1, or any applicable law. | 19 | | (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an | 20 | | appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an | 21 | | Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or | 22 | | received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been | 23 | | withdrawn shall have no further legal effect. The filing of an |
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| 1 | | Appointment Message appointing the same person to the same | 2 | | office and for a term ending on the same date as that of an | 3 | | Appointment Message that was previously filed and later | 4 | | withdrawn shall have the effect of restarting the 60 session | 5 | | day period within which the Senate must confirm or reject the | 6 | | appointee under Article V, Section 9, subsection (a) of the | 7 | | Illinois Constitution, Senate Rule 10-1, or any applicable | 8 | | law. | 9 | | (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a | 10 | | committee-sponsored
legislative measure that is unamendable | 11 | | and (ii) shall be
controlled by the Chair of the Executive | 12 | | Appointments
Committee, who for purposes of these Senate Rules | 13 | | shall be
deemed the principal sponsor. In the absence of the
| 14 | | Chair, the Vice-Chair of the Executive
Appointments Committee | 15 | | shall be deemed the principal sponsor.
Messages may not have | 16 | | individual cosponsors. | 17 | | (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
| 18 | | adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General | 19 | | Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by | 20 | | the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as | 21 | | provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment | 22 | | Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall | 23 | | retain the sequential number assigned when originally read | 24 | | into the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of |
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| 1 | | this Rule. | 2 | | (i) Form. | 3 | | APPOINTMENT MESSAGE | 4 | | To the Honorable Members of the Senate, One Hundred Third | 5 | | Second General Assembly: | 6 | | (I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of | 7 | | the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, having sought | 8 | | the advice of the Senate and by and with the consent of the | 9 | | Senate, appointing the following named individual to the | 10 | | office enumerated below. The consent of this Honorable Body is | 11 | | respectfully requested. | 12 | | Title of Office: (Insert Title and Position) | 13 | | Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or | 14 | | other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made) | 15 | | Start Date: (Insert Start Date) | 16 | | End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable") |
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| 1 | | Name: (Name of Nominee) | 2 | | Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee) | 3 | | Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify | 4 | | "Unsalaried") | 5 | | Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable") | 6 | | Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District | 7 | | the Nominee Resides)
| 8 | | Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New | 9 | | Position") | 10 | | Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of | 11 | | Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable") | 12 | | (Source: S.R. 8, 103rd G.A.)
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