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 1                        SENATE RESOLUTION  2 

 2    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

 3            RULES OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

 4                              ARTICLE I

 5                             DEFINITIONS

 6        As used in these Senate Rules, the following  terms  have
 7    the  meanings  ascribed to them in this Article I, unless the
 8    context clearly requires a different meaning:

 9        1-1.   Chairperson.   "Chairperson"  means  that  Senator
10    designated by the President to serve as chair of a committee.

11        1-2.  Committee.  "Committee" means a  committee  of  the
12    Senate   and   includes   a  standing  committee,  a  special
13    committee,  and  a  special  subcommittee  of  a   committee.
14    "Committee"  shall  not  mean a conference committee, and the
15    procedural and notice requirements applicable  to  committees
16    shall not apply to conference committees.

17        1-3.     Constitution.     "Constitution"    means    the
18    Constitution of the State of Illinois.

19        1-4.   General  Assembly.   "General  Assembly" means the
20    92nd General Assembly of the State of Illinois.

21        1-5.  House.  "House" means the House of  Representatives
22    of the General Assembly.

23        1-6.  Joint Action Motions.  "Joint action motions" shall
24    mean any or all of the following motions before  the  Senate:
25    to  concur  in  a  House  amendment, to non-concur in a House
26    amendment, to recede from a Senate amendment,  to  refuse  to
27    recede  from  a  Senate  amendment,  and  to  request  that a
 
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 1    conference committee be appointed.

 2        1-7.  Legislative Digest.  "Legislative Digest" means the
 3    Legislative Synopsis and  Digest  that  is  prepared  by  the
 4    Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.

 5        1-8.  Legislative Measures.  "Legislative measures" means
 6    all  matters  brought  before  the  Senate for consideration,
 7    whether originated in  the  Senate  or  House,  and  includes
 8    bills, amendments, resolutions, conference committee reports,
 9    motions and messages from the executive branch.

10        1-9.   Majority.   "Majority"  means a simple majority of
11    those members present  and  voting  on  a  question.   Unless
12    otherwise specified with respect to a particular Senate Rule,
13    for purposes of determining the number of members present and
14    voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be counted.

15        1-10.   Majority  Caucus.   "Majority  caucus" means that
16    group of Senators from the  numerically  strongest  political
17    party in the Senate.

18        1-11.   Majority  of those Appointed.  "Majority of those
19    appointed" means an absolute majority of the total number  of
20    Senators appointed to a committee.

21        1-12.   Majority  of  those  Elected.  "Majority of those
22    elected" means an absolute majority of the  total  number  of
23    Senators  entitled  to be elected to the Senate, irrespective
24    of the number  of  elected  or  appointed  Senators  actually
25    serving in office.  So long as 59 Senators are entitled to be
26    elected to the Senate, "majority of those elected" shall mean
27    30 affirmative votes.

28        1-13.   Member.   "Member"  means  a  Senator.  Where the
29    context so requires, "member" may also mean a  Representative
30    of the Illinois House of Representatives.
 
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 1        1-14.   Members Appointed.  "Members appointed" means the
 2    total number of Senators appointed to a committee.

 3        1-15.  Members  Elected.   "Members  elected"  means  the
 4    total  number  of  Senators  entitled  to  be  elected to the
 5    Senate, irrespective of the number of  elected  or  appointed
 6    Senators  actually serving in office.  So long as 59 Senators
 7    are entitled to be elected in the Senate,  "members  elected"
 8    shall mean 59 Senators.

 9        1-16.   Minority  Caucus.   "Minority  caucus" means that
10    group of Senators from other than the  numerically  strongest
11    political party in the Senate.

12        1-17.   Minority  Leader.   "Minority  Leader"  means the
13    Minority Leader of the Senate.

14        1-18.  Minority  Spokesperson.   "Minority  spokesperson"
15    means that Senator designated by the Minority Leader to serve
16    as the minority spokesperson of a committee.

17        1-19.   Perfunctory Session.  "Perfunctory session" means
18    the convening of the Senate, pursuant to  the  scheduling  of
19    the President, for purposes consistent with Rule 4-1(c), (d).

20        1-20.  President.  "President" means the President of the
21    Senate.

22        1-21.  Presiding Officer.  "Presiding Officer" means that
23    Senator  serving  as  the  presiding  officer  of the Senate,
24    whether such Senator be  the  President  or  another  Senator
25    designated  by  the  President,  in  his  or  her capacity as
26    presiding officer.

27        1-22.  Principal Sponsor.  "Principal sponsor" means  the
28    first  listed Senate sponsor of any legislative measure; with
29    respect to a committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it means
30    the Chairperson of the committee.
 
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 1        1-23.   Secretary.    "Secretary"   means   the   elected
 2    Secretary of the Senate.

 3        1-24.   Senate.  "Senate" means the Senate of the General
 4    Assembly.

 5        1-25.  Senator.  "Senator" means any of the duly  elected
 6    or duly appointed Illinois State Senators, and means the same
 7    as "member".

 8        1-26.  Term.  "Term" means the two-year term of a General
 9    Assembly.

10        1-27.   Vice-Chairperson.   "Vice-Chairperson" means that
11    Senator   designated   by   the   President   to   serve   as
12    vice-chairperson of a committee.

13                             ARTICLE II

14                            ORGANIZATION

15        2-1.  Adoption of Rules.  At the commencement of a  term,
16    the   Senate  shall  adopt  new  rules  of  organization  and
17    procedure by resolution setting forth  such  rules  in  their
18    entirety.   Such  resolution must be adopted by a majority of
19    those elected.  These Rules  of  the  Senate  of  the    92nd
20    General  Assembly  shall  be subject to revision or amendment
21    only in accordance with Rule 7-17.

22        2-2.  Election of  the  President.   (a)   Prior  to  the
23    election  of  the  President,  the Governor shall convene the
24    Senate, designate a Temporary Secretary of  the  Senate,  and
25    preside  during the nomination and election of the President.
26    As the first item of business each day prior to the  election
27    of  the  President,  the  Governor  shall order the Temporary
28    Secretary to call the roll of the members  to  establish  the
29    presence  of  a quorum as required by the Constitution.  If a
30    majority of those elected are not present, the  Senate  shall
 
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 1    stand  adjourned  until  the  hour  of 12:00 noon on the next
 2    calendar day, excepting weekends.  If a quorum of members  is
 3    present,  the  Governor  shall  then  call for nominations of
 4    members for the Office of President.   All  such  nominations
 5    shall  require a second.  When the nominations are completed,
 6    the Governor shall direct the Temporary Secretary to call the
 7    roll of the members to elect the President.

 8        (b)  The election of  the  President  shall  require  the
 9    affirmative  vote  of  a  majority  of those elected.  Debate
10    shall not be in order following nominations and preceding  or
11    during  the  vote, and Senators may not explain their vote on
12    the election of the President.

13        (c)  No bills may be considered and no committees may  be
14    appointed or meet prior to the election of the President.

15        (d)   Whenever a vacancy in the Office of President shall
16    occur, the foregoing procedure shall be employed to  elect  a
17    new  President;  however,  when  the  Governor  shall be of a
18    political party other than that of the majority  caucus,  the
19    Assistant  Majority  Leader  having the greatest seniority of
20    service in the Senate shall preside during the nomination and
21    election  of  the  successor   President.    No   legislative
22    measures,  other  than  such nominations and election, may be
23    considered by the Senate during a vacancy in  the  Office  of
24    President.

25        2-3.   Election of the Minority Leader.  The Senate shall
26    elect a Minority Leader  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the
27    Constitution and laws of Illinois.

28        2-4.  Assistant  Leaders.   (a)   The  President  and the
29    Minority Leader shall appoint from  within  their  respective
30    caucuses   the  number  of  Assistant  Majority  Leaders  and
31    Assistant Minority Leaders as are allowed by law.
 
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 1        (b)  Such appointments shall become effective immediately
 2    upon their being filed with the Secretary  and  shall  remain
 3    effective  for  the  duration  of  the  term unless a vacancy
 4    occurs by reason  of  resignation  or  because  an  assistant
 5    leader  has  ceased  to  be  a  Senator.  Successor assistant
 6    leaders shall be  appointed  in  the  same  manner  as  their
 7    predecessors.   Assistant  leaders  shall  have  those powers
 8    delegated to them by the President or Minority Leader, as the
 9    case may be.

10        2-5.  Powers and  Duties  of  the  President.   (a)   The
11    President  shall  have those powers conferred upon him or her
12    by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any motions or
13    resolutions adopted by the Senate or jointly  by  the  Senate
14    and House.

15        (b)  Except as provided by law with respect to the Senate
16    Operations  Commission,  the  President  shall  be  the chief
17    administrative officer of the Senate  and  shall  have  those
18    powers  necessary  to carry out such function.  The President
19    may delegate his or her administrative duties as  he  or  she
20    deems appropriate.

21        (c)  The  duties  of  the  President  shall  include  the
22             following:

23         1.  To  preside  at all sessions of the Senate, although
24             the President may call  on  any  member  to  preside
25             temporarily.

26         2.  To  open the session at the time at which the Senate
27             is to meet by taking  the  podium  and  calling  the
28             members  to  order.   The  President may call on any
29             member, or the  Secretary  in  case  of  perfunctory
30             days, to open the session.

31         3.  To  announce  the  business before the Senate in the
 
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 1             order in which it is to be acted upon.

 2         4.  To recognize those members entitled to the floor.

 3         5.  To state and put to vote  all  questions  which  are
 4             regularly  moved  or  which necessarily arise in the
 5             course of  the  proceedings,  and  to  announce  the
 6             result of the vote.

 7         6.  To preserve order and decorum.

 8         7.  To  decide  all  points of order, subject to appeal,
 9             and to speak thereon in preference to other members.

10         8.  To inform the Senate when  necessary,  or  when  any
11             question  is  raised,  on  any  point  of  order  or
12             practice pertinent to the pending business.

13         9.  To  sign  or  authenticate  all acts, proceedings or
14             orders of the  Senate.    All  writs,  warrants  and
15             subpoenas  issued  by  order  of the Senate shall be
16             signed  by  the  President  and  attested   by   the
17             Secretary.

18        10.  To  sign  all  bills  passed by both chambers of the
19             General  Assembly  in  order  to  certify  that  the
20             procedural requirements for passage have been met.

21        11.  To have general supervision, including the  duty  to
22             protect  the  security  and  safety,  of  the Senate
23             chamber,  galleries  and  adjoining  and  connecting
24             hallways and passages, including the power to  clear
25             them when necessary.

26        12.  To have general supervision of the Secretary and his
27             or  her  assistants, the Sergeant-at-Arms and his or
28             her assistants, the majority caucus  staff  and  all
29             employees  of  the Senate except the minority caucus
30             staff.
 
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 1        13.  To appoint all majority caucus members of committees
 2             and    to    designate    all    Chairpersons    and
 3             Vice-Chairpersons  of  committees,  except  as   the
 4             Senate  shall  otherwise  order  in  accordance with
 5             these Senate Rules.

 6        14.  To enforce all constitutional provisions,  statutes,
 7             rules and regulations applicable to the Senate.

 8        15.  To  guide  and  direct the proceedings of the Senate
 9             subject to the control and will of  the  members  as
10             provided in these Senate Rules.

11        16.  To  direct  the Secretary to correct non-substantive
12             errors in the Journal.

13        17.  To  assign  meeting  places  and  meeting  times  to
14             committees.

15        18.  To decide, subject to the control and  will  of  the
16             members  in  accordance with these Senate Rules, all
17             questions relating to the priority of business.

18        (d)  The  President,  at  his  or  her  discretion,   may
19    designate from among those members serving in the statutorily
20    created  positions of assistant majority leader, no more than
21    one member to serve  as  the  Senate  Majority  Leader.   The
22    Senate  Majority  Leader  shall  serve at the pleasure of the
23    President and shall receive no additional compensation  other
24    than  that provided statutorily for the position of assistant
25    majority leader.

26        (e) This rule may be suspended by a vote of  three-fifths
27    of the members elected.

28        2-6.  Powers and Duties of the Minority Leader.  (a)  The
29    Minority Leader shall have those powers conferred upon him or
30    her  by  the  Constitution,  the  laws  of  Illinois, and any
 
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 1    motions or resolutions adopted by the Senate  or  jointly  by
 2    the Senate and House.

 3        (b)   The Minority Leader shall appoint to all committees
 4    the members from the minority caucus and  shall  designate  a
 5    Minority  Spokesperson  for  each committee, except where the
 6    Senate shall otherwise order in accordance with these  Senate
 7    Rules.

 8        (c)   The  Minority Leader shall have general supervision
 9    of the minority caucus staff.

10        2-7.  Secretary of the Senate.   (a)   The  Senate  shall
11    elect  a  Secretary,  who  may  adopt appropriate policies or
12    procedures for the conduct of  his  or  her  office.   Except
13    where such authority is by law given to the Senate Operations
14    Commission,  the  President shall be the final arbiter of any
15    dispute arising in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
16    Office of the Secretary.

17        (b)  The  duties  of  the  Secretary  shall  include  the
18             following:

19         1.  To  have custody of all bills, papers and records of
20             the Senate, which shall not  be  taken  out  of  the
21             Secretary's  custody except in the regular course of
22             business in the Senate.

23         2.  To endorse on every original bill and each copy  its
24             number, names of sponsors, the date of introduction,
25             and  the  several orders taken on it.  When printed,
26             the names of the sponsors shall appear on the  front
27             page  of  the  bill  in the same order they appeared
28             when introduced.

29         3.  To cause each bill to be placed on the desks of  the
30             members  as  soon as it is printed, or alternatively
31             to provide for a method that any Senator may utilize
 
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 1             to secure a copy of any bill he or she desires.

 2         4.  To keep the journal of the proceedings of the Senate
 3             and, under the direction of the  President,  correct
 4             errors in the Journal.

 5         5.  To keep the transcripts of the debates of the Senate
 6             and   make   them  available  to  the  public  under
 7             reasonable conditions.

 8         6.  To keep the necessary records for the Senate and its
 9             committees and to prepare the  Senate  Calendar  for
10             each legislative day.

11         7.  To  examine  all  Senate  Bills  and  Constitutional
12             Amendment  Resolutions  following Second Reading and
13             prior  to  final  passage,  for   the   purpose   of
14             correcting  any  non-substantive errors therein, and
15             to report the same back to the  President  promptly;
16             to  supervise  the enrolling and engrossing of bills
17             and resolutions, subject to  the  direction  of  the
18             President;  and  to  certify  passage or adoption of
19             legislative measures, and to note thereon  the  date
20             of  final  Senate action.  Any corrections suggested
21             to the President by the  Secretary,  and  thereafter
22             approved  by  the  Senate, shall be entered upon the
23             Journal.

24         8.  To  transmit  bills,  other  documents   and   other
25             messages to the House and secure a receipt therefor,
26             and  to  receive from the House bills, documents and
27             receipts therefore.

28         9.  To file with the Secretary  of  State  those  debate
29             transcripts  and Senate documents as are required by
30             law.

31        10.  To attend every session of the  Senate;  record  the
 
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 1             roll;  and  read  all  bills,  resolutions and other
 2             papers as directed by the Presiding Officer.   Bills
 3             shall  be read by title only.  Upon initial reading,
 4             motions may be read by title and sponsor only.

 5        11.  To supervise all  Assistant  Secretaries  and  other
 6             employees  of  his  or  her  office,  as well as all
 7             committee clerks  in  their  capacity  as  committee
 8             clerks.

 9        12.  To establish the format for all documents, forms and
10             committee records prepared by committee clerks.

11        13.  To   perform   those   duties  as  assigned  by  the
12             President.

13        2-8.  Assistant Secretary  of  the  Senate.   The  Senate
14    shall,  in  a  manner  consistent  with the laws of Illinois,
15    elect an Assistant Secretary, who shall perform those  duties
16    assigned to him or her by the Secretary.

17        2-9.   Sergeant-at-Arms.    The   Senate  shall  elect  a
18    Sergeant-at-Arms who shall perform those duties  assigned  to
19    him  or  her  by  law,  or as are ordered by the President or
20    Presiding Officer.  Such duties shall include the following:

21         1.  To attend the Senate during its sessions and execute
22             the commands of the Senate, together with  all  such
23             process  issued  by  authority  thereof, as shall be
24             directed to him or her by the President or Presiding
25             Officer.

26         2.  To maintain order among spectators admitted into the
27             Senate  chambers,   galleries   and   adjoining   or
28             connecting hallways and passages.

29         3.  To  take  proper measures to prevent interruption of
30             the Senate.
 
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 1         4.  To supervise any Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.

 2         5.  To  perform  those  duties  as   assigned   by   the
 3             President.

 4        2-10.   Schedule.   (a)  The President shall periodically
 5    establish a schedule  of  days  on  which  the  Senate  shall
 6    convene  in  regular  and  veto  session,  with such schedule
 7    subject to revisions at the discretion of the President.  The
 8    President  may  also  at  his  or  her  discretion   schedule
 9    perfunctory  session  days  of the Senate.  The President may
10    establish deadlines for the following legislative actions:

11             Final day for introduction of bills.

12             Final day for standing committees of the  Senate  to
13             report  Senate  bills,  except Senate appropriations
14             bills.

15             Final day for standing committees of the  Senate  to
16             report Senate appropriation bills.

17             Final  day  for  Third Reading and passage of Senate
18             bills, except Senate appropriation bills.

19             Final day for Third Reading and  passage  of  Senate
20             appropriation bills.

21             Final  day  for standing committees of the Senate to
22             report House appropriation bills.

23             Final day for standing committees of the  Senate  to
24             report House bills, except appropriation bills.

25             Final  day  for  Third  reading and passage of House
26             appropriation bills.

27             Final day for Third reading  and  passage  of  House
28             non-appropriation bills.
 
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 1        (b)  The President may establish additional deadlines for
 2    final  action  on conference committee reports and any or all
 3    categories of joint action motions.

 4        (c)  The foregoing  deadlines  shall  become  final  upon
 5    being  filed  by  the  President  with  the  Secretary.   The
 6    Secretary shall Journalize such deadlines.

 7        (d)  The President may schedule alternative deadlines for
 8    legislative  action  during any special session of the Senate
 9    pursuant to written notice filed with the Secretary.

10        (e)  The President may schedule deadlines for  any  other
11    action  on  any  category of legislative measure as he or she
12    deems appropriate.

13                             ARTICLE III

14                             COMMITTEES

15        3-1.  Committees.  (a)   The  committees  of  the  Senate
16    shall  be:   (i)  the standing committees listed in Rule 3-4;
17    (ii) special committees created by  Senate  resolution  under
18    Rule 3-3; and (iii) special subcommittees created by standing
19    committees   or   by   special  committees  under  Rule  3-3.
20    Subcommittees may not create subcommittees.

21        (b)  All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority
22    Spokesperson, who shall not be of the same  political  party.
23    Committees  of  the whole shall consist of all Senators.  The
24    number of majority caucus members and minority caucus members
25    of all standing committees, and all other  committees  unless
26    otherwise  ordered  by  the  Senate  in accordance with these
27    Senate Rules, shall be determined  by  the  President.   Such
28    numbers  of majority caucus and minority caucus members shall
29    become final upon the President filing with the Secretary  an
30    appropriate notice, which shall be Journalized.
 
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 1        (c)   The  Chairperson  of  a  committee  shall  have the
 2    authority to call the committee to order, designate the order
 3    in which bills and resolutions posted for  hearing  shall  be
 4    taken  up,  order  the  roll  call  vote  to be taken on each
 5    legislative measure called for a  vote,  preserve  order  and
 6    decorum  during  committee  meetings, and generally supervise
 7    the affairs of the  committee.   The  Vice-Chairperson  of  a
 8    committee  may preside over its meetings in the absence or at
 9    the  direction of the Chairperson.

10        (d)  A vacancy on a committee, or in the  Chairperson  or
11    Minority  Spokesperson  position  on  a  committee,  shall be
12    created when a member resigns from such position or ceases to
13    be a Senator.  Resignations shall be made in writing  to  the
14    Secretary,  who  shall  promptly  notify  the  President  and
15    Minority  Leader.   Absent concurrence by a majority of those
16    elected, or as otherwise provided in Rule 3-5, no member  who
17    resigns  from  a  committee  shall  be  reappointed  to  such
18    committee for the remainder of the term.  Replacement members
19    shall  be  of  the same political party as that of the member
20    who resigns, and shall  be  appointed  by  the  President  or
21    Minority  Leader,  depending  upon the political party of the
22    resigning member.   In  the  case  of  vacancies  on  special
23    subcommittees  that  were  created  by committees, the parent
24    committee shall fill the vacancy by motion.

25        (e)  The  Chairperson  of  a  committee  shall  have  the
26    authority  to call meetings of that committee, subject to the
27    approval of the President  in  accordance  with  Rule  2-5(c)
28    (17).   Except  as  otherwise provided by these Senate Rules,
29    committee meetings shall be convened in accordance with  Rule
30    3-11.

31        3-2.  Membership and Officers of Standing Committees.  At
32    the  commencement  of  the term, the members of each standing
33    committee shall be appointed for the term  by  the  President
 
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 1    and the Minority Leader, except as provided in Rule 3-5.  The
 2    President  shall  appoint  the  Chairperson and the remaining
 3    committee members of the majority caucus  (one  of  whom  the
 4    President  shall  designate  as  Vice-Chairperson),  and  the
 5    Minority  Leader  shall appoint the Minority Spokesperson and
 6    the remaining committee members of the minority caucus.  Such
 7    appointments shall  become  immediately  effective  upon  the
 8    delivery  of  appropriate  correspondence  from  each  of the
 9    respective leaders to the Secretary,  regardless  of  whether
10    the Senate shall be in session, and such appointments for the
11    committee  members,  shall  be  for the duration of the term.
12    The Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson shall serve at  the
13    pleasure  of the President or Minority Leader as the case may
14    be. The Secretary shall  Journalize  all  such  appointments.
15    All   standing  committees  shall  be  empowered  to  conduct
16    business when a majority of the  total  number  of  committee
17    members has been appointed.

18        3-3.   Special  Committee  and  Subcommittees.   (a)  The
19    Senate may create special committees by resolution adopted by
20    a majority of those elected.  The appointed members of such a
21    special committee shall be designated by  the  President  and
22    the  Minority  Leader in the same manner outlined in Rule 3-2
23    with respect to standing committees.

24        (b)  A committee may create  a  special  subcommittee  by
25    motion adopted by a majority of those appointed.  The members
26    of  a  special subcommittee shall come from the membership of
27    the creating committee, and shall be appointed in the  manner
28    determined by the creating committee.

29        (c)    The   resolution  or  motion  creating  a  special
30    committee or special subcommittee shall specify  the  subject
31    matter  of  the special committee or subcommittee, the number
32    of members  to  be  appointed  thereto,  and  may  specify  a
33    reporting  date  during  the term (in which event the special
 
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 1    committee or subcommittee  shall  be  abolished  as  of  such
 2    date).   Unless an earlier date is specified by resolution or
 3    motion, special committees and subcommittees shall expire  at
 4    the end of the term.

 5        (d)  When the Senate is not in session, Special Temporary
 6    Committees  may  be  created  and appointed by the President.
 7    The actions of the President and of  such  Special  Temporary
 8    Committee  shall stand as the action of the Senate unless the
 9    action shall be amended or modified on a roll call vote by  a
10    majority  of  those  elected  during  the next day the Senate
11    convenes.

12        3-4.  Standing Committees.  The  Standing  Committees  of
13    the Senate are as follows:

14        AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION

15        APPROPRIATIONS

16        COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

17        EDUCATION

18        ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

19        EXECUTIVE

20        EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

21        FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

22        INSURANCE AND PENSIONS

23        JUDICIARY

24        LICENSED ACTIVITIES

25        LOCAL GOVERNMENT

26        PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
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 1        REVENUE

 2        STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

 3        TRANSPORTATION

 4        3-5.    Service  Committee.   (a)   In  addition  to  the
 5    foregoing standing committees, there  shall  be  a  permanent
 6    service  committee known as the "Rules Committee."  The Rules
 7    Committee  shall  have  those  powers  and  duties  that  are
 8    outlined in these Senate Rules, as well as those that may  be
 9    periodically ordered in accordance with these Senate Rules.

10        (b)   The  Rules Committee shall consist of five members,
11    three of whom shall be appointed by the President and two  of
12    whom  shall  be  appointed  by the Minority Leader.  Both the
13    President and the Minority Leader shall  be  eligible  to  be
14    appointed  to the Rules Committee.  The Rules Committee shall
15    be empowered to conduct business when a majority of the total
16    number of its members has been appointed.

17        (c)  The majority caucus members of the  Rules  Committee
18    shall  serve  at  the  pleasure  of  the  President,  and the
19    minority caucus members shall serve at the  pleasure  of  the
20    Minority  Leader.   Appointments  thereto  shall be by notice
21    filed with the Secretary, and  shall  be  effective  for  the
22    balance  of  the  term  or until a replacement appointment is
23    made, whichever shall first occur.  Appointments  shall  take
24    effect  upon  filing with the Secretary regardless of whether
25    the Senate shall be in session.   Notwithstanding  any  other
26    provision  of  these  Senate  Rules, any Senator who shall be
27    replaced on the Rules Committee may  be  reappointed  to  the
28    Rules Committee without concurrence of the Senate.

29        (d)   Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate
30    Rules,  the  Rules  Committee  may  meet  upon  notice.   All
31    legislative measures pending before the Rules Committee shall
 
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 1    be eligible for consideration at any meeting thereof, and all
 2    such legislative measures shall be deemed posted for  hearing
 3    by the Rules Committee for all of its meetings.

 4        (e)  This rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths
 5    of the members elected.

 6        3-6.     Referrals    of    Resolutions,   Messages   and
 7    Reorganization Orders.   (a)  All  resolutions,  after  being
 8    initially  read  by  the  Secretary,  shall  be automatically
 9    referred to the Rules Committee unless the Presiding  Officer
10    determines  that  the  resolution  is  a death resolution and
11    orders that the  resolution  be  placed  on  the  Resolutions
12    Consent   Calendar.   Resolutions  determined  by  the  Rules
13    Committee  to  be  of  a  non-substantive,  commemorative  or
14    congratulatory nature shall  be  returned  to  the  principal
15    sponsor  for  action pursuant to Rule 6-4.  No resolution may
16    be placed on the Resolutions Consent Calendar if  any  member
17    objects.

18        (b)    All  messages  from  the  Governor  or  any  other
19    executive    branch    Constitutional    Officer    regarding
20    appointments that require confirmation by the  Senate  shall,
21    after  having  been  initially  read  by  the  Secretary,  be
22    automatically   referred   to   the   Executive  Appointments
23    Committee.

24        (c)  All executive reorganization orders of the  Governor
25    issued  pursuant to Article V, Section 11 of the Constitution
26    shall, upon being read into the record by the  Secretary,  be
27    automatically   referred  to  the  Rules  Committee  for  its
28    referral to a standing committee, the  latter  of  which  may
29    issue a recommendation to the Senate with respect to any such
30    executive  order.  The  Senate  may  disapprove  of  any such
31    executive order only by resolution adopted by a  majority  of
32    those  elected;  no such resolution shall be in order until a
 
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 1    standing  committee  has  reported  to  the  Senate  on  such
 2    executive reorganization, or until the  executive  order  has
 3    been discharged pursuant to Rule 7-9.
 4        3-7.   Rules  Committee.   (a)   The  Rules Committee may
 5    consider any legislative measure referred to it  pursuant  to
 6    Rules  3-6, 3-8 and 3-9, by motion or resolution, or by order
 7    of the Presiding Officer upon  initial  reading.   The  Rules
 8    Committee  may,  with  the concurrence of a majority of those
 9    appointed, sponsor motions  or  resolutions;  notwithstanding
10    any  other  provision  of  these  Senate Rules, any motion or
11    resolution  sponsored  by  the   Rules   Committee   may   be
12    immediately  considered  by the Senate without reference to a
13    committee.

14        (b)  During  even-numbered  years,  the  Rules  Committee
15    shall  refer  to  a  standing  committee  of  the Senate only
16    appropriation  bills  implementing  the  budget   and   other
17    legislative  measures  deemed by the Rules Committee to be of
18    an emergency nature or to be of substantial importance to the
19    operation of government.  This  subsection  (b)  shall  apply
20    equally  to  Senate  Bills and House Bills introduced into or
21    received by the Senate.

22        3-8.  Referrals to Committees.  (a)  All Senate Bills and
23    House Bills shall, after having been initially  read  by  the
24    Secretary,  be automatically referred to the Rules Committee,
25    which may thereafter refer any  such  bill  before  it  to  a
26    standing  committee.   The  Rules  Committee  may  refer  any
27    resolution  before  it  to  a standing committee.  No bill or
28    resolution may be referred to  a  standing  committee  except
29    pursuant to this rule or Rule 7-17.  A standing committee may
30    refer a matter pending in that committee to a subcommittee of
31    that committee.

32        (b)  All floor amendments, joint action motions for final
33    action  and  conference  committee reports shall, upon filing
 
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 1    with the Secretary, be automatically referred  to  the  Rules
 2    Committee.    No  such  amendment,  joint  action  motion  or
 3    conference committee report may be considered by  the  Senate
 4    unless   approved   for   such  consideration  by  the  Rules
 5    Committee.   The  Rules  Committee  may  approve  any   floor
 6    amendment, joint action motion for final action or conference
 7    committee  report  that:   (i)  consists of language that has
 8    previously  been  favorably  reported  to  the  Senate  by  a
 9    committee; (ii)  consists of technical or clarifying language
10    that is non-substantive in  nature;  or  (iii)   consists  of
11    language  deemed by the Rules Committee to be of an emergency
12    nature or to be of substantial importance to the operation of
13    government or in the best interests of Illinois.   The  Rules
14    Committee  may refer any floor amendment, joint action motion
15    for final action or conference committee report to a standing
16    committee  for  its  review  and   consideration   (in   such
17    instances,  and  notwithstanding any other provision of these
18    Senate Rules, the standing committee may hold  a  hearing  on
19    and  consider  such legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
20    advance notice).  Any floor amendment,  joint  action  motion
21    for  final  action or conference committee report that is not
22    approved by the Rules Committee is out of order.

23        (c)  The Rules Committee  may  at  any  time  re-refer  a
24    legislative  measure  from  a committee to a Committee of the
25    Whole or to any other committee.

26        (d)  This rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths
27    of the members elected.

28        3-9.  Re-Referrals to  the  Rules  Committee.   (a)   All
29    legislative  measures  with  the  exception of resolutions to
30    amend the State Constitution that have  failed  to  meet  the
31    applicable  deadline established in accordance with Rule 2-10
32    for reporting to the Senate by  a  standing  committee  shall
33    automatically  be  re-referred to the Rules Committee unless:
 
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 1    (i)  the deadline has been suspended pursuant to  Rule  7-17,
 2    with  re-referral to the Rules Committee to occur if the bill
 3    has not been reported to the Senate in  accordance  with  the
 4    revised  deadline;  or  (ii) the Rules Committee has issued a
 5    written  exception  to  the  Secretary  with  respect  to   a
 6    particular  bill  prior  to the reporting deadline, with such
 7    re-referral to occur, if at  all,  in  accordance  with  such
 8    written  exception.   Should the President in accordance with
 9    Rules 2-10 establish deadlines for  action  on  joint  action
10    motions   or  conference  committee  reports,  the  foregoing
11    re-referral  provisions  and  exceptions  shall  apply   with
12    respect  to such legislative measures that fail to meet those
13    deadlines.

14        (b)  All  legislative  measures  with  the  exception  of
15    resolutions  to  amend  the State Constitution pending before
16    the Senate or any of its committees  shall  automatically  be
17    re-referred  to  the  Rules Committee on the 31st consecutive
18    day that the Senate has not convened for session unless:  (i)
19    this rule has been suspended in accordance with Rule 7-17; or
20    (ii) the Rules Committee has issued a  written  exception  to
21    the Secretary prior to such 31st day.

22        3-10.  Reporting  by Committees.  Committees shall report
23    to the Senate and subcommittees shall report to their  parent
24    committees.

25        3-11.    Committee   Procedure.   (a)   A  committee  may
26    consider any legislative measure referred to it and may  make
27    with respect to such legislative measure one of the following
28    reports  to  the  Senate  or  to  the  parent  committee,  as
29    appropriate:

30         1.  that the bill "do pass";

31         2.  that the bill "do not pass";
 
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 1         3.  that the bill "do pass as amended";

 2         4.  that the bill "do not pass as amended";

 3         5.  that the resolution "be adopted";

 4         6.  that the resolution "be not adopted";

 5         7.  that the resolution "be adopted as amended";

 6         8.  that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";

 7         9.  that  the  floor  amendment,  joint action motion or
 8             conference committee report "be adopted";

 9        10.  that the floor amendment,  joint  action  motion  or
10             conference committee report "be not adopted";

11        11.  that  the  floor  amendment,  joint action motion or
12             conference  committee  report   "be   approved   for
13             consideration";

14        12.  that  the  floor  amendment,  joint action motion or
15             conference committee report  "be  not  approved  for
16             consideration";

17        13.  "without recommendation"; or

18        14.  that  the legislative measure be "re-referred to the
19             Rules Committee."

20    Any of the foregoing  reports  may  only  be  made  upon  the
21    concurrence   of   a   majority   of  those  appointed.   All
22    legislative  measures  reported  "do  pass,"  "do   pass   as
23    amended,"  "be  adopted,"  "be  adopted  as  amended" and "be
24    approved  for  consideration"  shall  be   deemed   favorably
25    reported  to  the  Senate.   Except  as otherwise provided by
26    these Senate Rules, any legislative  measure  referred  to  a
27    committee and not reported pursuant to this rule shall remain
28    in  such  committee.   Pursuant  to Rules 3-11(g) and 7-10, a
 
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 1    committee may report a legislative measure as tabled.

 2        (b)  No bill  which  provides  for  an  appropriation  or
 3    expenditure   of   money  from  the  State  Treasury  may  be
 4    considered for passage by the Senate unless  it  shall  first
 5    have  been  reported  to  the  Senate  by  the Appropriations
 6    Committee unless:

 7        1.  the  bill  was  discharged  from  the  Appropriations
 8            Committee in accordance with Rule 7-9;

 9        2.  the bill was exempted  from  this  requirement  by  a
10            majority  of  those appointed to the Rules Committee;
11            or

12        3.  this rule was suspended in accordance with Rule 7-17.

13        (c) The Chairperson of  each  committee  shall  keep,  or
14    cause to be kept, a record in which there shall be entered:

15        1.  The time and place of each meeting of such committee.

16        2.  The  attendance  of  committee  members  at each such
17            meeting.

18        3.  The votes  cast  by  the  committee  members  on  all
19            legislative measures acted upon by the committee.

20        4.  Such  additional  information  as may be requested by
21            the Secretary.

22        (d)   The  committee  Chairperson  shall  file  with  the
23    Secretary, along with every bill or resolution reported upon,
24    a sheet containing such information as shall be  required  by
25    the  Secretary.   The Secretary may adopt forms, policies and
26    procedures  with  respect  to  the  preparation,  filing  and
27    maintenance of such reports.

28        (e)  Except as provided in Rules 3-5  or  3-8  or  unless
29    this  rule  is  suspended pursuant to Rule 7-17, no committee
 
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 1    may  consider  or  conduct  a  hearing  with  respect  to   a
 2    legislative  measure  absent  notice  first  being  given  as
 3    follows:

 4        1.  The Chairperson of the committee shall, no later than
 5            six  days  before any proposed hearing, post a notice
 6            on  the  Senate  bulletin  board   identifying   each
 7            legislative  measure  that  may  be considered during
 8            such hearing.  The notice shall contain the day, hour
 9            and place of the hearing.

10        2.  Meetings  of  the  Rules  Committee  may  be   called
11            pursuant  to  Rule  3-5;    meeting  of  the standing
12            committees to consider floor amendments, joint action
13            motions  and  conference  committee  reports  may  be
14            called pursuant to Rule 3-8.

15        3.  The Chairperson shall,  in  advance  of  a  committee
16            hearing, notify all principal sponsors of legislative
17            measures  posted  for  such hearing of the date, time
18            and  place  of  hearing.   Where   practicable,   the
19            Secretary  shall  include  a  notice of all scheduled
20            hearings,  together  with  all   posted   bills   and
21            resolutions, in the Daily Calendar of the Senate.

22    Irrespective  of whether the involved legislative measure has
23    been posted for hearing, it shall be in order for a committee
24    during any of its meetings to  refer  a  legislative  measure
25    pending before it to a subcommittee of such committee.

26        (f)   Other  than  the  Rules Committee, no committee may
27    meet during any session of  the  Senate,  and  no  commission
28    created  by  Illinois  law  which  has legislative membership
29    shall meet during any session of the Senate.

30        (g)   Regardless  of  whether  notice  shall  have   been
31    previously given, it shall always be in order for a committee
 
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 1    to  order any legislative measure pending before it to lie on
 2    the table when  the  principal  sponsor  so  requests.   When
 3    reported  to the Senate, such committee action shall stand as
 4    the action of the Senate.

 5        (h)  Where a committee  fails  to  report  a  legislative
 6    measure pending before it to the Senate, or where a committee
 7    fails  to  hold  a  public  hearing  on a legislative measure
 8    pending before it, the exclusive  means  of  bringing    such
 9    legislative  measure  directly  before  the  Senate  for  its
10    consideration shall be pursuant to Rule 7-9.

11        (i)   No  bill  or resolution may be called for a vote in
12    committee in the absence of the  principal  sponsor,  or  the
13    chief  cosponsor  when the committee so consents, without the
14    approval of the principal sponsor.
15        3-12.   Committee  Reports.   (a)   All  bills  favorably
16    reported to the Senate from a committee, or with  respect  to
17    which  a  committee  has  been discharged, shall stand on the
18    order of Second  Reading  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the
19    Senate,  and  may  be  amended only on Second Reading.  Bills
20    reported to the Senate from committee "do not pass," "do  not
21    pass  as  amended,"  "be  not  approved for consideration" or
22    "without recommendation" shall lie on the table.

23        (b)  All  floor  amendments,  joint  action  motions  and
24    conference committee reports favorably reported to the Senate
25    from  a committee shall be before the Senate and eligible for
26    consideration  by  the  Senate  when  it  shall  be   on   an
27    appropriate  order  of business (floor amendments may only be
28    considered by the Senate when the bill to be  amended  is  on
29    Second  Reading).  All floor amendments, joint action motions
30    and conference committee reports that  are  reported  to  the
31    Senate  from committee "be not adopted," "be not approved for
32    consideration" or "without recommendation" shall lie  on  the
33    table.   Where  the Rules Committee refers a floor amendment,
 
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 1    joint action motion  or  conference  committee  report  to  a
 2    standing  committee,  which thereafter favorably reports such
 3    legislative measure to the Senate,  the  legislative  measure
 4    shall be deemed approved by the Rules Committee.

 5        (c)   All  resolutions  favorably  reported to the Senate
 6    from a committee, or with respect to which  a  committee  has
 7    been  discharged,  shall  stand  on the order of Resolutions.
 8    All  resolutions  that  are  reported  to  the  Senate   from
 9    committee  "be  not  adopted," "be not adopted as amended" or
10    "without recommendation"  shall  lie  on  the  table.   Floor
11    amendments  to  resolutions  shall  be  subject  to  the same
12    procedure applicable to floor amendments to bills.

13                             ARTICLE IV

14                         CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

15        4-1.  Sessions of the Senate.  (a)  The Senate  shall  be
16    deemed   in  session  whenever  it  convenes  in  perfunctory
17    session, regular session, veto session  or  special  session.
18    Members  shall be entitled to per diem expense reimbursements
19    only on those regular, veto and  special  session  days  that
20    they  are in attendance at the Senate.  Attendance by members
21    shall not be required  or  recorded  on  perfunctory  session
22    days.

23        (b)   Regular  and  veto  session days shall be scheduled
24    with notice by the President in accordance  with  Rule  2-10.
25    Special  session  days  shall be scheduled in accordance with
26    the Constitution and laws of Illinois.

27        (c)   The  President  at  his  discretion  may   schedule
28    perfunctory  session days during which the Secretary may read
29    into the Senate record  any  legislative  measure.   Properly
30    convened  committees  may  meet and may consider and act upon
31    legislative measures during a perfunctory  session  day,  and
 
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 1    the Secretary may receive and read committee reports into the
 2    Senate  record  during  a  perfunctory  day.   Excepting  any
 3    automatic  referral  provisions  of  these  Senate  Rules, no
 4    action  may  be  taken  by  the  Senate  with  respect  to  a
 5    legislative measure during a perfunctory session day.

 6        (d)  The President may also schedule perfunctory  session
 7    days for the purpose of affording those members designated by
 8    the President and Minority Leader an opportunity to negotiate
 9    with respect to any unfinished business of the Senate without
10    necessitating  the  presence  of  all members and the related
11    costs to Illinois taxpayers.

12        4-2.  Hour of Meeting.  Unless otherwise ordered  by  the
13    Presiding  Officer  or  by  a  majority of those elected, the
14    Senate shall regularly convene at noon.

15        4-3.   Entitled  to  Floor.   (a)   Except  as  otherwise
16    provided herein, only the following persons shall be admitted
17    to the Senate while it is in session:  members  and  officers
18    of  the  General  Assembly; elected officers of the executive
19    branch; justices of the Supreme Court; the designated aide to
20    the Governor; the parliamentarian; majority staff members and
21    minority staff members, except as limited  by  the  Presiding
22    Officer;  former  Presidents of the Senate, except as limited
23    by the President or prohibited under subsection  (d);  former
24    members  who served in the Senate at any time during the past
25    four years, except as limited by the President or  prohibited
26    under  subsection  (d);  and  employees  of  the  Legislative
27    Reference   Bureau,  except  as  limited  by  the  President.
28    Representatives of the press, while the Senate is in session,
29    may have access to the galleries and places allotted to  them
30    by  the  President.  No person shall be entitled to the floor
31    unless appropriately attired.

32        (b)  On days during which the Senate shall be in session,
 
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 1    the Sergeant-at-Arms shall clear the floor of all persons not
 2    entitled to access  the  floor  a  quarter  hour  before  the
 3    convening  time,  and  he  or  she  shall  enforce  all other
 4    provisions of this rule.

 5        (c)  The Senate  may  authorize,  by  motion  adopted  by
 6    majority  vote,  the  admission  to  the  floor  of any other
 7    person, except as prohibited under subsection (d).

 8        (d)  No person who is directly or  indirectly  interested
 9    in defeating or promoting any pending legislative measure, if
10    required  to  be  registered  as a lobbyist, shall be allowed
11    access to the floor of the Senate  at  any  time  during  the
12    session.

13        (e)    Where  he  or  she  deems  it  necessary  for  the
14    preservation of order, the Presiding  Officer  may  by  order
15    remove  any  person  from the floor of the Senate.  A Senator
16    may be removed from the floor only pursuant to Rule 11-1.

17        4-4.  Daily Order.  Unless otherwise  determined  by  the
18    Presiding  Officer, the daily order of business of the Senate
19    shall be as follows:

20         1.  Call to Order, Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.

21         2.  Reading and Approval of the Journal.

22         3.  Reading of Senate Bills a first time.

23         4.  Reports from committees, with reports from the Rules
24             Committee ordinarily made at any time.

25         5.  Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions and Messages.

26         6.  Introduction of Senate Bills.

27         7.  Messages from the House, not including reading House
28             Bills a first time.
 
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 1         8.  Reading of Senate Bills a second time.

 2         9.  Reading of Senate Bills a third time.

 3        10.  Reading of House Bills a third time.

 4        11.  Reading of House Bills a second time.

 5        12.  Reading of House Bills a first time.

 6        13.  Senate Bills on the Order of Concurrence.

 7        14.  House Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.

 8        15.  Conference Committee Reports.

 9        16.  Motions in Writing.

10        17.  Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.

11        18.  Motions with respect to Vetoes.

12        19.  Consideration of Resolutions.

13        20.  Motions to Discharge Committee.

14        21.  Motions to Take from the Table.

15        22.  Motions to Suspend the Rules.

16        23.  Consideration of Bills on  the  Order  of  Postponed
17             Consideration.

18        4-5.  Quorum.   (a)   A  majority  of those elected shall
19    constitute a quorum of the Senate, and a  majority  of  those
20    appointed  shall  constitute  a  quorum of a committee, but a
21    smaller number may adjourn from day to  day,  or  recess  for
22    less  than  one  day,  and  compel  the  attendance of absent
23    members.  The  attendance  of  absent  members  may  also  be
24    compelled by order of the President.

25        (b)   The  question  of  the  presence of a quorum in any
26    committee may not be raised on consideration of a legislative
 
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 1    measure by the Senate unless the same question was previously
 2    raised before the committee with respect to such  legislative
 3    measure.

 4        4-6.   Approval  of  the  Journal.   The President or his
 5    designee shall periodically examine and report to the  Senate
 6    any corrections he or she deems should be made in the Journal
 7    before  it  is approved.  If such corrections are approved by
 8    the Senate, they shall be made by the Secretary.

 9        4-7.  Executive Sessions.  The  sessions  of  the  Senate
10    shall be open to the public.  Sessions and committee meetings
11    of  the  Senate  may  be closed to the public if, pursuant to
12    Article IV, Section 5 (c) of the Constitution, two-thirds  of
13    the  members  elected  determine  that the public interest so
14    requires.

15        4-8.  Length of Adjournment.   Pursuant  to  Article  IV,
16    Section  15  (a)  of  the  Constitution, the Senate shall not
17    adjourn, without the consent of  the  House,  for  more  than
18    three  days,  nor to another place than that in which the two
19    chambers of the  General  Assembly  shall  be  sitting.   The
20    Senate  shall  be  in  session  on  any day in which it shall
21    convene in perfunctory session, regular session, veto session
22    or special session.

23        4-9.  Transcript  of  the  Senate.   In  accordance  with
24    Article   IV,  Section  7(b)  of  the  Constitution,  nothing
25    contained in the official transcript of the Senate  shall  be
26    changed or expunged except by written request of a Senator to
27    the  Secretary  and Presiding Officer, which request may only
28    be approved on a  roll  call  vote  of  three-fifths  of  the
29    members elected.

30                              ARTICLE V

31                        BILLS AND AMENDMENTS
 
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 1        5-1.  Bills.  (a)  A bill may be introduced in the Senate
 2    by  sponsorship  of  one or more members of the Senate, whose
 3    names shall be on the printed copies of  the  bills,  in  the
 4    Senate Journal, and in the Legislative Digest.  The principal
 5    sponsor shall be the first name to appear on the bill and may
 6    be  joined  by  no  more  than four chief cosponsors with the
 7    approval of the principal sponsor; other cosponsors shall  be
 8    separated from the principal sponsor and any chief cosponsors
 9    by  a  comma.   By  motion,  the sponsorship of a bill may be
10    changed to that of another Senator (or Senators, as the  case
11    may  be),  or  to that of the standing committee to which the
12    bill was referred or from which the bill was reported.   Such
13    a  motion  may be made at any time the bill is pending before
14    the Senate or any of its committees.

15        (b)  The principal sponsor of a bill shall  control  such
16    bill.   A committee-sponsored bill shall be controlled by the
17    Chairperson of the  committee,  who  for  purposes  of  these
18    Senate   Rules   shall   be  deemed  the  principal  sponsor.
19    Committee-sponsored   bills   may   not    have    individual
20    co-sponsors.

21        (c)  The House sponsor of a bill originating in the House
22    may  request  substitute  Senate  sponsorship of that bill by
23    filing a notice with the  Secretary;  such  notice  shall  be
24    automatically  referred  to the Rules Committee and be deemed
25    adopted if approved by the Rules Committee.   If  disapproved
26    by  the Rules Committee, such request shall lie on the table.
27    If the Rules Committee shall fail to act on any such  motion,
28    that motion may be discharged pursuant to Rule 7-9.

29        (d)   All bills introduced in the Senate shall be read by
30    title  a  first  time,  ordered  printed,  and  automatically
31    referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule  3-8.
32    When  a  House Bill is received it shall be taken up, ordered
33    printed, and placed on the order  of  House  Bills  on  first
 
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 1    reading;  after  having  been  read a first time, it shall be
 2    automatically referred to the Rules Committee  in  accordance
 3    with Rule 3-8.

 4        (e)   All  bills  introduced  into  the  Senate  shall be
 5    accompanied by twelve copies.  Any bill that amends a statute
 6    shall  indicate  the  particular  changes  in  the  following
 7    manner:

 8         1.  All new matter shall be underscored.

 9         2.  All matter which is  to  be  omitted  or  superseded
10             shall be shown crossed with a line.

11        (f)  No  bill  shall  be passed by the Senate except on a
12    roll call vote of a majority of those elected.  A bill  which
13    has  lost and has not been reconsidered may not thereafter be
14    revived.

15        5-2.  Reading and Printing of Bills.  Every bill shall be
16    read by title on three different days prior to passage by the
17    Senate, and the bill and all adopted amendments thereto shall
18    be printed before the vote is taken on its final passage.

19        5-3.  Printing and Distribution.  The Secretary shall, as
20    soon as any bill is printed, deliver to the  Sergeant-at-Arms
21    sufficient  copies  to  furnish each Senator with a copy, and
22    the Sergeant-at-Arms shall at once  cause  the  bills  to  be
23    distributed  upon  the desks of the Senators.  Alternatively,
24    and pursuant to Rule 2-7 (b)(3), the Secretary may  establish
25    a method any Senator may utilize to secure a copy of any bill
26    he or she desires.

27        5-4.   Amendments.   (a)   An  amendment to a bill may be
28    adopted either by a  standing  committee  when  the  bill  is
29    before such committee, or by the Senate when a bill is on the
30    order  of  Second  Reading.   The  former shall be known as a
31    "committee amendment" and the latter as a "floor  amendment".
 
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 1    All  amendments  must  be  in  writing.  All amendments still
 2    pending in a committee upon the passage or defeat of  a  bill
 3    on   Third   Reading  shall  automatically  be  tabled.   Any
 4    unadopted amendment still pending before the Senate or any of
 5    its committees shall be automatically tabled when the bill to
 6    which it relates is referred to the Rules Committee  pursuant
 7    to Rule 3-9.

 8        (b)   Committee  amendments  may  only  be offered by the
 9    principal sponsor or a member  of  the  committee  while  the
10    affected  bill is before such committee, and shall be adopted
11    by a majority of those appointed.  Floor amendments may  only
12    be  offered  by  a  Senator while the bill is on the order of
13    Second Reading, and shall be adopted by a  majority  vote  of
14    the  Senate.   An amendment may be the subject of a motion to
15    "do adopt" or  "do  not  adopt",  and  may  only  be  adopted
16    pursuant to a successful motion to "do adopt".

17        (c)    Committee  amendments  shall  be  filed  with  the
18    Chairperson of the committee, and shall only be in order when
19    sufficient copies have been filed to provide each  member  of
20    the  committee  with  a copy and twelve additional copies for
21    the Chairperson.  Floor amendments shall be  filed  with  the
22    Secretary, and shall only be in order when twelve copies have
23    been filed.

24        (d)    The  Secretary  shall  have  printed  all  adopted
25    committee amendments that come before the Senate pursuant  to
26    Rule 3-12.  The Secretary shall also have printed all adopted
27    floor  amendments.   No floor amendment may be adopted by the
28    Senate unless it has been first reproduced and placed on  the
29    members' desks.

30        (e)  No floor amendment shall be in order unless approved
31    by the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 3-8 or brought
32    before the Senate pursuant to Rule 7-9.
 
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 1        (f)   Amendments  that  propose to alter any existing law
 2    shall set forth completely the  statutory  sections  amended,
 3    and shall conform to the requirements of Rule 5-1(e).

 4        (g)   If  a  committee  reports  out  a  bill "do pass as
 5    amended", the committee amendments shall be deemed adopted by
 6    the committee action and shall be reproduced  and  placed  on
 7    the members' desks before the bill may be read a second time.

 8        5-5.   Fiscal  and  Other Notes.  The Senate shall comply
 9    with all effective Illinois laws requiring notes on any bill,
10    including without limitation "An Act requiring  fiscal  notes
11    in  relation  to certain bills", the Pension Impact Note Act,
12    "An Act requiring certain types of bills  introduced  in  the
13    General  Assembly  have provided a note indicating the effect
14    thereon on the  judicial  system  of  the  State,  specifying
15    information  to  be included therein and the requirements for
16    obtaining and preparing such note",  the  State  Debt  Impact
17    Note Act and the Correctional Budget and Impact Note Act, all
18    as amended.  All such notes shall be filed with the Secretary
19    with  a  time stamp endorsing the date and time received, and
20    shall then be attached to the original of  the  bill  and  be
21    available   for  inspection  by  the  members.   As  soon  as
22    practicable, the Secretary shall provide a copy of  the  note
23    to  the  Legislative Reference Bureau, which shall provide an
24    informative summary of the note in subsequent issues  of  the
25    Legislative Digest.

26                             ARTICLE VI

27             RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION

28        6-1.  Resolutions.  (a)  A resolution shall be introduced
29    in  the  Senate  by sponsorship of one or more members of the
30    Senate, and the names of all sponsors shall be printed in the
31    Senate  Journal  and  in  the   Legislative   Digest.    Each
32    resolution introduced shall be accompanied by twelve copies.
 
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 1        (b)   Any resolution calling for the expenditure of state
 2    funds may only be adopted by a roll call vote of  a  majority
 3    of those elected.

 4        (c)  The Secretary shall periodically print a Resolutions
 5    Consent  Calendar,  which  the  Secretary  shall periodically
 6    distribute  prior  to  its  consideration   by   the   Senate
 7    (generally  the  last  daily session of the week).  No debate
 8    shall be in order regarding any resolution appearing  on  the
 9    Resolutions  Consent  Calendar.  All resolutions appearing on
10    the Resolution Consent Calendar may be adopted in one motion;
11    however, any Senator  may  vote  "no"  or  "present"  on  any
12    resolution  appearing  on the Resolutions Consent Calendar by
13    providing written notice of such intention to  the  Secretary
14    prior to the vote on the Resolutions Consent Calendar.  Prior
15    to  the  adoption of any resolution on the Resolution Consent
16    Calendar, if any three members  file  with  the  Secretary  a
17    written  objection  to  the presence of a resolution thereon,
18    such resolution shall be removed from the Resolutions Consent
19    Calendar  and  be  automatically  referred   to   the   Rules
20    Committee.

21        6-2.   State  Constitutional Amendments.  All resolutions
22    introduced  in  the  Senate  proposing  amendments   to   the
23    Constitution  shall  be  printed  in the same manner in which
24    bills are printed.  Every such resolution which originated in
25    the House and is presented to the  Senate  shall  be  ordered
26    printed  in  like  manner  unless  the  resolution  has  been
27    similarly  printed  by the House in the same form in which it
28    was presented to the  Senate.   No  such  resolution  may  be
29    adopted  unless  read  in  full  in  its  final form on three
30    different days.  Amendments to such  resolutions  may  be  in
31    order on the initial first and second readings only.

32        6-3.      Federal     Constitutional    Amendments    and
33    Constitutional  Conventions.    The   affirmative   vote   of
 
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 1    three-fifths  of those elected shall be required to adopt any
 2    resolution:

 3         1.  requesting Congress to call a federal constitutional
 4             convention;

 5         2.  ratifying a proposed amendment to  the  Constitution
 6             of the United States; or

 7         3.  to  call  a  state  convention  to ratify a proposed
 8             amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

 9        6-4.   Certificates  of  Recognition.   Any  member   may
10    sponsor  a  certificate  of  recognition  to be signed by the
11    member and attested by the Secretary to recognize any person,
12    organization or event worthy  of  public  commendation.   The
13    form of the Certificate of Recognition shall be determined by
14    the Secretary with the approval of the President and Minority
15    Leader.

16                             ARTICLE VII

17                       PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE

18        7-1.   Voting  within Bar.  No Senator shall be permitted
19    to vote on any question before the Senate unless on the floor
20    before the vote is announced.  No member of a  committee  may
21    vote  except  in  person  at  the  time  of  the  call of the
22    committee vote.  Any vote of the Senate shall be by roll call
23    whenever two  Senators  shall  so  request  or  whenever  the
24    Presiding Officer shall so order.

25        7-2.  Announcing a Roll Call Vote.  When a roll call vote
26    is  requested,  the  Presiding Officer shall put the question
27    and then announce to the Senate:    "The  voting  is  open.".
28    While  the  roll  call  is being taken, the Presiding Officer
29    shall state:  "Have all voted who wish?".  The voting will be
30    closed when  the  Presiding  Officer  announces:   "Take  the

 
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 1    Record.".   The  Presiding  Officer,  unless  an  intervening
 2    motion  to postpone consideration by the principal sponsor is
 3    made, shall then announce the results of the roll  call.   No
 4    Senator  shall  be  permitted  to  vote or to change his vote
 5    after the Presiding Officer announces:  "Take the Record.".

 6        7-3.  Decorum and Debate.  (a)  When any Senator is about
 7    to speak or deliver any matter to the Senate, he or she shall
 8    rise and address the Presiding Officer as  "Mr.  President.".
 9    Upon  being  recognized by the Chair, the latter will address
10    him or her by name and thereupon, and  not  until  then,  the
11    engineer in charge of operating the microphones in the Senate
12    will  give  the  use of the microphone to the Senator who has
13    been so recognized.  The  later  in  speaking  shall  confine
14    himself or herself to the subject matter under discussion and
15    avoid personalities.

16        (b)   The Presiding Officer may at his or her discretion,
17    and with consideration for the  efficient  operation  of  the
18    Senate,  determine  whether  any member shall be afforded the
19    floor for the  purpose  of  introduction  of  guests  in  the
20    gallery.   Questions  affecting  the  rights,  reputation and
21    conduct of members of  the  Senate  in  their  representative
22    capacity  are  questions  of personal privilege.  A matter of
23    personal  explanation  does  not  constitute  a  question  of
24    personal privilege.

25        (c)   If  any  Senator   in   speaking   (or   otherwise)
26    transgresses these Senate Rules, the Presiding Officer shall,
27    or  any  Senator may, call him or her to order, in which case
28    the Senator  so  called  to  order  shall  sit  down,  unless
29    permitted  to  explain; and the Senate, if appealed to, shall
30    decide on the case without debate.  If  the  decision  be  in
31    favor  of  the Senator called to order, he or she shall be at
32    liberty to proceed.  If otherwise, and the case requires  it,
33    he or she shall be liable to the censure of the Senate.
 
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 1        (d)   If  any Senator be called to order for words spoken
 2    in debate, the person calling  him  or  her  to  order  shall
 3    repeat the words excepted to, and they shall be taken down by
 4    the  Secretary.   No  Senator  shall  be held to answer or be
 5    subject to the censure of the  Senate  for  words  spoken  in
 6    debate  if any Senator has spoken in debate or other business
 7    has intervened after the words spoken and  before  exceptions
 8    to them shall have been taken.

 9        (e)   If two or more Senators rise at once, the Presiding
10    Officer shall name the Senator who is to speak first.

11        (f)  No person shall give any  signs  of  approbation  or
12    disapprobation while the Senate is in session.

13        (g)  No Senator shall speak more than five minutes on the
14    same  question  without  the  consent of the Senate, nor more
15    than twice on that question.  No  Senator  shall  speak  more
16    than  once  until  every Senator choosing to speak shall have
17    spoken.  No Senator may explain his vote.

18        (h)  While the Presiding Officer is putting  a  question,
19    no  Senator  shall  leave  or walk across the Senate Chamber.
20    When a Senator is addressing the Senate, no Senator or  other
21    person   entitled   to  the  floor  shall  entertain  private
22    discourse or pass  between  the  speaker  and  the  Presiding
23    Officer.

24        (i)  In case of any disturbances or disorderly conduct in
25    the  lobby,  gallery  or  hallways adjoining the chamber, the
26    President shall have the  power  to  order  the  same  to  be
27    cleared.

28        (j)   All  material placed on the desks of Senators shall
29    contain the name of the Senator requesting its distribution.

30        7-4.  Motions,  Generally.   The  following  are  general
31    rules for all motions:
 
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 1        1.   Every  motion, except to adjourn, recess or postpone
 2    consideration, shall be reduced to writing if  the  Presiding
 3    Officer  desires  it.   Unless  otherwise  provided  in these
 4    Senate Rules, no second  shall  be  required  to  any  motion
 5    presented to the Senate.  The Presiding Officer may refer any
 6    motion to the Rules Committee.

 7        2.   Before  the  Senate  debates a motion, the Presiding
 8    Officer shall state an oral motion and  the  Secretary  shall
 9    read aloud a written motion.

10        3.   After a motion is stated by the Presiding Officer or
11    read by the Secretary, it shall be deemed in  the  possession
12    of  the  Senate,  but  may  be  withdrawn  at any time before
13    decision by consent of a majority of the Senate.

14        4.  If a motion is divisible, any member may call  for  a
15    division of the question.

16        5.    Any  question  taken  under  consideration  may  be
17    withdrawn, postponed or tabled by unanimous  consent  or,  if
18    unanimous  consent  is  denied,  by  a  motion  adopted  by a
19    majority vote.

20        7-5.  Precedence of Motions.  (a)   When  a  question  is
21    under debate, no motion may be entertained except:

22          1.  to adjourn to a time certain;

23          2.  to adjourn;

24          3.  to question the presence of a quorum;

25          4.  to recess;

26          5.  to lay on the table;

27          6.  for the previous question;

28          7.  to postpone consideration;
 
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 1          8.  to commit or recommit; and

 2          9.   to  amend,  except  as otherwise provided in these
 3             Senate Rules.

 4    The foregoing motions shall have precedence in order in which
 5    they are listed.

 6        (b)  During a roll call, no motion (except  a  motion  to
 7    postpone  consideration)  shall  be  in order until after the
 8    announcement of the result of the vote.

 9        (c)  A  motion  to  commit  or  re-commit,  until  it  is
10    decided, shall preclude all amendments and debate on the main
11    question.   A  motion  to postpone consideration, until it is
12    decided, shall preclude all amendments on the main question.

13        7-6.  Verification. (a)  After any roll call vote, except
14    for a vote which requires a specific  number  of  affirmative
15    votes  and  which  has  not  received the required votes, and
16    before intervening business, it shall be  in  order  for  any
17    Senator  to  request  verification of the results of the roll
18    call.

19        (b)  In verifying a roll call vote, the Presiding Officer
20    shall instruct the Secretary  to  call  the  names  of  those
21    Senators  whose  votes  are  to  be  verified.    The Senator
22    requesting the verification  may  thereafter  identify  those
23    members  he  or  she  wishes to verify.  If a member does not
24    answer, his or her  vote  shall  be  stricken;  however,  the
25    member's  vote  shall  be  restored to the roll if his or her
26    presence is recognized before the verification is  completed.
27    The Presiding Officer shall determine the presence or absence
28    of  each member whose name is called, and shall then announce
29    the results of the verification.

30        (c)  While  the  results  of  any  roll  call  are  being
31    verified,  it  shall  be in order for any Senator to announce
 
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 1    his or her presence on the floor and thereby  have  his  vote
 2    verified.

 3        (d)   A request for a verification of the affirmative and
 4    negative results of a roll call may only be made once on each
 5    roll call.

 6        (e)  No Senator shall be permitted to vote or  to  change
 7    his or her vote on verification.

 8        7-7.   Appealing  a  Ruling.  (a)  If any appeal is taken
 9    from a ruling of the Presiding Officer, the Presiding Officer
10    shall be sustained unless three-fifths of the members elected
11    vote to overrule the Presiding Officer.  The motion to appeal
12    requires a second, and it shall not be  in  order  where  the
13    Senate has conducted intervening business since the ruling at
14    issue was made.

15        (b)   If any appeal is taken from a ruling of a committee
16    Chairperson,  the  Chairperson  shall  be  sustained   unless
17    three-fifths   of   those  appointed  vote  to  overrule  the
18    Chairperson.  The motion to appeal requires a second, and  it
19    shall  not  be  in order where the committee has adjourned or
20    recessed,  so  long  as  intervening  business   shall   have
21    occurred.

22        (c)  In an appeal of a ruling of the Presiding Officer or
23    Chairperson, the question is:  "Shall the ruling of the Chair
24    be sustained?".

25        (d)  This rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of
26    the members elected.

27        7-8.   Previous Question.  (a)  A motion for the previous
28    question may be  made  at  any  time.   The  motion  for  the
29    previous question is not debatable and requires approval of a
30    majority of those elected.
 
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 1        (b)   The  previous  question  shall  be  stated  in  the
 2    following  form:   "Shall  the  main  question  now be put?".
 3    Until the previous question is decided,  all  amendments  and
 4    debate  shall be precluded.  When it is decided that the main
 5    question shall  not  be  put,  the  main  question  shall  be
 6    considered as remaining under debate.

 7        (c)   The effect of the main question being ordered shall
 8    be to put an end to all debate and  bring  the  Senate  to  a
 9    direct  vote  on  the  immediately  pending  motion.  After a
10    motion for the previous question has  been  approved,  unless
11    the  vote on such motion suggests the absence of a quorum, it
12    shall not be in order to move for adjournment or to make  any
13    other motion prior to a decision on the main question.

14        7-9.   Discharge  of  Committee.  (a)  A committee may be
15    discharged  from  further  consideration  of  a   legislative
16    measure  by  a  vote  of three-fifths of the members elected.
17    Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed, the  Rules
18    Committee  may advance any legislative measure pending before
19    it to the  Senate  without  referral  to  another  committee;
20    however,  the  Rules  Committee  shall not so report any bill
21    which has never been  before  a  standing  committee  of  the
22    Senate.

23        (b)  This rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths
24    of the members elected.

25        7-10.   Tabling.   (a)   A  motion  to  lay  on the table
26    applies only to the particular  proposition  and  is  neither
27    debatable nor amendable.

28        (b)   A  motion  to  table  a  bill  or  resolution shall
29    identify the bill or resolution  by  number.   The  principal
30    sponsor  of  a  bill  or  resolution  may,  with leave of the
31    Senate, table his or her bill or resolution at any  time.   A
32    motion  to  table  a committee bill that is before the Senate
 
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 1    may only be adopted by a majority of those elected.

 2        (c)  The principal sponsor of a bill or resolution before
 3    a committee may, with leave of the committee, table the  bill
 4    or  resolution.   Upon  such  tabling, the Chairperson of the
 5    committee  shall  return  the  bill  or  resolution  to   the
 6    Secretary, noting thereon that it has been tabled.

 7        (d)  A motion to table an amendment adopted by the Senate
 8    on a voice vote or by a committee shall be in order on Second
 9    Reading.   A motion to table a committee amendment shall have
10    priority over a floor amendment.  Motions to table amendments
11    are debatable and may be adopted by a majority  vote  of  the
12    Senate.

13        7-11.   Motion to Take from Table.  (a)  A motion to take
14    from the table shall require  a  majority  of  those  elected
15    where  the  Rules Committee shall have previously recommended
16    such action by  written  notice  filed  with  the  Secretary;
17    otherwise,  a  motion  to take from the table shall require a
18    three-fifths vote of the members elected.

19        (b)  A bill taken from the table shall be placed  on  the
20    Daily  Calendar  on  the order on which it appeared before it
21    was tabled.

22        (c)  This rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of
23    the members elected.

24        7-12.  Motion to Postpone  Consideration.   A  motion  to
25    postpone  consideration  on  a legislative measure may not be
26    made more than once on the same bill or proposition.   Unless
27    otherwise  provided  by  these  Senate  Rules,  a  motion  to
28    postpone  consideration  shall  be  granted  as  a  matter of
29    privilege; however, no motion to postpone consideration shall
30    be in order where the involved legislative measure  initially
31    received  a  vote  of  fewer  than  two-fifths of the members
 
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 1    elected.

 2        7-13.  Motion on Different Subject.  No motion  or  other
 3    legislative  measure  on  a subject different from that under
 4    consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.

 5        7-14.  Division of Question.  If the question  in  debate
 6    contains  several  points,  any  Senator  may  have  the same
 7    divided.  On a motion to strike out and insert, it shall  not
 8    be  in  order  to  move  for a division of the question.  The
 9    rejection  of  a  motion  to  strike  out  and   insert   one
10    proposition  shall  not  prevent  a  motion to strike out and
11    insert a different proposition.

12        7-15.  Reconsideration.  (a)  A member who voted  on  the
13    prevailing  side  of  a  record vote on a legislative measure
14    still within the control of the Senate may  on  the  same  or
15    following  day  move  to  reconsider the vote.  The motion to
16    reconsider may be laid on the  table  without  affecting  the
17    vote  to which it referred.  When the motion to reconsider is
18    made during the last three scheduled days of Regular Session,
19    or any time thereafter during the regular session, or at  any
20    time  during  a  veto or special session, any member may move
21    that the vote on reconsideration  be  taken  immediately.   A
22    question  that  requires  the  votes  of  a majority of those
23    elected or more to carry requires a majority of those elected
24    to reconsider.

25        (b)  A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption
26    of an amendment to a bill may only be made on Second Reading.
27    An amendment adopted by the Senate on a record vote  may  not
28    be tabled by motion until its adoption has been reconsidered.

29        (c)   If  a motion to reconsider is made pursuant to this
30    rule and the motion is later tabled, the question  shall  not
31    be   further   reconsidered.   This  subsection  (c)  may  be
32    suspended by a three-fifths vote of the members elected.
 
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 1        (d)  Whenever a motion to reconsider is made  within  the
 2    time  prescribed  by  these Senate Rules, the Secretary shall
 3    not allow the bill or other subject matter of the  motion  to
 4    pass  out  of  the  possession  of the Senate until after the
 5    motion has been decided or withdrawn.  Such a motion shall be
 6    deemed rejected if laid on the table.

 7        (e)  A Senator who voted "present" or failed to vote on a
 8    question   shall   not   have   the   right   to   move   for
 9    reconsideration.

10        (f)  Upon a motion to reconsider the vote  on  the  final
11    passage  of  any  bill, the affirmative vote of a majority of
12    those elected shall be required to reconsider the same.

13        7-16.  Motion to Adjourn.  (a)  A motion to adjourn is in
14    order at any time, except when a prior motion to adjourn  has
15    been defeated and no intervening business has transpired.

16        (b)   A  motion  to  adjourn  is  neither  debatable  nor
17    amendable.

18        (c)  The Secretary shall enter in the Journal the hour at
19    which every motion to adjourn is made.

20        (d)   Unless  the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the
21    standing hour to which the Senate adjourns is 12:00 noon.

22        (e)   A motion to adjourn for more than three days is not
23    in order unless both chambers of the  General  Assembly  have
24    adopted a joint resolution permitting such adjournment.

25        7-17.   Amendment  to or Suspension of Rules.  (a)  Rules
26    may be proposed or amended  only  by  resolution.   Any  such
27    resolution  shall  show  the proposed changes in the existing
28    rules by underscoring all new matter and by crossing out with
29    a line all matter which is to be omitted or superseded.

30        (b)  Any resolution proposing to amend a Senate  Rule  or
 
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 1    any  Joint  Senate-House  Rule shall, upon initial reading by
 2    the  Secretary,  be  automatically  referred  to  the   Rules
 3    Committee.   Resolutions for amendment of the Senate Rules or
 4    any Joint Senate-House Rules may be initiated  and  sponsored
 5    by  the  Rules  Committee;  such  resolutions  shall  not  be
 6    referred to a committee and may be immediately considered and
 7    adopted by the Senate.

 8        (c)   A resolution to amend the Senate Rules or any Joint
 9    Senate-House Rules that has been reported "do adopt"  or  "do
10    adopt  as  amended"  by  a majority of those appointed to the
11    Rules Committee shall  require  the  affirmative  vote  of  a
12    majority  of  those  elected for adoption by the Senate.  Any
13    other resolution proposing to amend the Senate Rules  or  any
14    Joint  Senate-House  Rules shall require the affirmative vote
15    of three-fifths of the members elected for  adoption  by  the
16    Senate.

17        (d)  No Senate Rule or any Joint Senate-House Rule may be
18    suspended except by unanimous consent of the Senators present
19    or  upon a motion supported by affirmative vote of a majority
20    of those elected unless a higher number is  required  in  the
21    rule sought to be suspended.  A committee may not suspend any
22    rule.

23        (e)  This rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of
24    those elected.

25        7-18.  Motion to Commit or Recommit.  No motion to commit
26    or recommit a legislative measure to committee, being decided
27    in  the  negative, shall again be allowed on the same day, or
28    at the same stage of the legislative measure.

29        7-19.  Effective Date.  (a) A bill passed after May 31 of
30    a calendar year shall not become effective prior to June 1 of
31    the next calendar year unless an earlier  effective  date  is
32    specified  in  the  bill and it is approved by a three-fifths
 
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 1    vote of the members elected.

 2        (b) If a  majority  of  those  elected,  but  fewer  than
 3    three-fifths of the members elected, vote affirmatively for a
 4    bill  on Third Reading after May 31, where the bill specifies
 5    an effective date earlier than the following June 1, the bill
 6    shall not be declared passed, and the principal sponsor shall
 7    have the right to have the  bill  automatically  reconsidered
 8    and  returned to the order of Second Reading for an amendment
 9    to remove the earlier  effective  date.   The  amendment,  if
10    offered  and  approved  by  the  Rules  Committee,  shall  be
11    reproduced  and placed on the desks of the members before the
12    bill is taken up again on the order of Third Reading.

13        7-20.  Home Rule.  No bill denies or limits any power  or
14    function  of  a  home  rule unit, pursuant to paragraphs (g),
15    (h), (i), (j) or (k) of Section  6  of  Article  VII  of  the
16    Constitution  unless  there  is specific language limiting or
17    denying the power or function and the  language  specifically
18    sets  forth  in what manner and to what extent it is a denial
19    or limitation of the power or function of a home  rule  unit.
20    If  a  majority of those elected, but fewer than three-fifths
21    of the members elected, vote  affirmatively  for  a  bill  on
22    Third  Reading  which  requires a vote of three-fifths of the
23    members elected to deny or limit a power of a home rule unit,
24    the bill shall not be  declared  passed,  and  the  principal
25    sponsor  shall  have the right to have the bill automatically
26    reconsidered and returned to the order of Second Reading  for
27    an  amendment  to  remove  such  effects  of  the  bill.  The
28    amendment, if offered and approved by  the  Rules  Committee,
29    shall  be  reproduced  and placed on the desks of the members
30    before the bill is taken up  again  on  the  order  of  Third
31    Reading.

32                            ARTICLE VIII
 
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 1                            JOINT ACTION

 2        8-1.  Concurring in or Receding from Amendments.  (a)  If
 3    a  bill  or  resolution  is  received back in the Senate with
 4    amendments added by the House, it shall be in order  for  the
 5    principal  sponsor  only  to  present a motion "to concur" or
 6    "not to concur and ask the House to recede" with  respect  to
 7    those amendments.  Any two members may demand a separate roll
 8    call on any such amendment.

 9        (b)   When  the House has refused to concur in amendments
10    added to a bill or resolution by the Senate and has  returned
11    the   bill  or  resolution  to  the  Senate  with  a  message
12    requesting the Senate to recede from its amendments, it shall
13    be in order to present a motion "to recede" from  the  Senate
14    amendments  or  "not  to recede and to request a conference".
15    Any two members may demand a separate roll call on  any  such
16    amendments.

17        8-2.  Conference Committees.  (a)  A disagreement between
18    the  Senate  and  House  exists  with  respect to any bill or
19    resolution in the following situations:

20        1.  when the House refuses to recede from the adoption of
21            any  amendment,  after  the  Senate  has   previously
22            refused to concur in the amendment; or

23        2.  when  the  Senate refuses to recede from the adoption
24            of any amendment,  after  the  House  has  previously
25            refused to concur in the amendment.

26    In  such  cases of disagreement between the Senate and House,
27    the Senate may request a conference.  When such a request for
28    conference is made, both chambers  of  the  General  Assembly
29    shall  appoint  a  committee  to confer with the other on the
30    subject of  the  bill  or  resolution  giving  rise  to  such
31    disagreement.   The  combined  committees of the two chambers
 
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 1    appointed for such purpose is the conference committee.

 2        (b)  The conference committee shall consist of  an  equal
 3    number  of  members  of each Chamber of the General Assembly.
 4    The number of majority caucus members from each chamber shall
 5    be one more than the number of minority caucus  members  from
 6    each  chamber.   A conference committee shall consist of five
 7    members from each chamber.

 8        (c)  In addition  to  the  House  members  thereof,  each
 9    conference  committee  shall  be  comprised of five Senators,
10    three of whom shall be appointed by the President and two  of
11    whom   shall   be  appointed  by  the  Minority  Leader.   No
12    conference committee report may be filed with  the  Secretary
13    until a majority of the Senate conferees has been appointed.

14        8-3.   Conference  Committee  Reports.   (a)   No subject
15    shall be included in any conference committee report  on  any
16    bill  unless  such  subject  matter  directly  relates to the
17    matters of difference between the Senate and House which have
18    been referred to the conference committee  unless  the  Rules
19    Committee,  by  a  majority  vote  of  the members appointed,
20    determines  that  the  proposed  subject  matter  is  of   an
21    emergency  nature  or  is  of  substantial  importance to the
22    operation of government or in the best interests of Illinois.

23        (b)  No conference committee report shall be received  by
24    the  Secretary or acted upon by the Senate unless it has been
25    signed by at least six  conferees.    Such  report  shall  be
26    signed  in duplicate.  One of the reports shall be filed with
27    the Clerk of the House  and  one  with  the  Secretary.   The
28    report shall contain the agreements reached by the committee.

29        (c)   In  the  event  the conference committee determines
30    that it is unable to reach agreement, the committee shall  so
31    report  to  each  chamber of the General Assembly and request
32    appointment of a second conference committee.  In  the  event
 
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 1    of agreement, the committee shall so report to each chamber.

 2        8-4.   Prerequisites  for  Senate Consideration.  (a)  No
 3    joint action motion for final action or conference  committee
 4    report  may  be  considered by the Senate unless it has first
 5    been approved by the Rules Committee in accordance with  Rule
 6    3-8,   or  unless  the  joint  action  motion  or  conference
 7    committee report shall have first been  discharged  from  the
 8    Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 7-9.

 9        (b)   No conference committee report may be considered by
10    the Senate unless it shall first  have  been  reproduced  and
11    distributed on the members' desks for one full session day.

12        (c)   Prior  to  any  conference  committee  report on an
13    appropriation bill  being  considered  by  the  Senate,  such
14    conference  committee  report shall first be the subject of a
15    public hearing by the standing Appropriations Committee  (the
16    conference  committee  report  need  not  be  referred to the
17    Appropriations Committee, but instead may remain  before  the
18    Rules  Committee  or  the  Senate, as the case may be).  Such
19    hearing shall be held pursuant to  not  less  than  one  hour
20    advance  notice  by  announcement on the Senate floor, or one
21    day advance notice by posting on the Senate  bulletin  board.
22    The  Appropriations Committee shall not issue any report with
23    respect to any conference committee report following any such
24    hearing.

25        (d)  Any Senate Bill amended in the House and returned to
26    the Senate for concurrence in the House amendment  shall  lie
27    upon  the  desk of the Secretary for not less than four hours
28    before being further considered.  No Senate Bill which  shall
29    be  returned  to  the  Senate  with House amendments shall be
30    called except by the principal sponsor.

31        (e)   The  report  of  a  conference   committee   on   a
32    non-appropriation bill or resolution shall be confined to the
 
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 1    subject  of the bill or resolution referred to the conference
 2    committee.  The  report  of  a  conference  committee  on  an
 3    appropriations  bill  shall  be  confined  to  the subject of
 4    appropriations.

 5        8-5.  Action on Conference Committee Reports.  (a)   Each
 6    chamber  of  the  General  Assembly shall inform the other by
 7    message of any action taken  with  respect  to  a  conference
 8    committee  report.   Copies  of  all  papers  necessary  to a
 9    complete understanding of any  such  action  shall  accompany
10    such  message.   The original bill or resolution shall remain
11    in the chamber of origin.

12        (b)  In the event that either chamber  refused  to  adopt
13    the   report  of  the  conference  committee,  or  the  first
14    conference committee is unable  to  reach  agreement,  either
15    chamber may request a second conference committee.  When such
16    a  request  is  made,  each  chamber  shall  again  appoint a
17    conference committee.  In the event either chamber refuses to
18    adopt the report of a second conference  committee,  the  two
19    chambers  shall  have  adhered to their disagreement, and the
20    bill or resolution is lost.

21                             ARTICLE IX

22                               VETOES

23        9-1.  Recording of  Vetoes.   Upon  the  receipt  by  the
24    Senate  of any bill returned by the Governor under any of the
25    provisions of Article IV, Section 9 of the Constitution,  the
26    Secretary  shall  enter the objections of the Governor on the
27    Journal, and shall distribute copies of all veto messages  to
28    each  member's  desk, together with copies of the vetoed bill
29    or item, as soon as practicable.

30        9-2.  Motions to Consider Vetoes.  For purposes  of  this
 
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 1    Article,  the  term  "motions"  shall  mean  those motions to
 2    accept or override a veto  of  the  Governor.   Motions  with
 3    respect  to bills returned by the Governor may be made by the
 4    principal sponsor, the committee chairperson in the case of a
 5    committee bill, or by any member who voted on the  prevailing
 6    side  on  the  vote on final passage of the bill in question.
 7    Every motion shall be filed in writing  with  the  Secretary,
 8    prior  to  any  consideration thereof by the Senate.  If more
 9    than one motion is filed with respect to any bill,  all  such
10    motions  shall  be  heard  at  the  time  the bill is called;
11    however, after such a motion is adopted, no other  motion  on
12    that  veto  may  be  considered.  The motion of the principal
13    sponsor or chairperson, in the case of committee bills, shall
14    be considered first and all other motions considered  in  the
15    order  filed.   If the principal sponsor does not call a bill
16    within eight calendar days after the Governor's objections to
17    such bill are entered in the Journal, thereafter  any  person
18    filing such a motion may call such bill.

19        9-3.    Consideration  of  Motions.   (a)   The  vote  to
20    override a bill vetoed in its entirety shall be by roll  call
21    vote  and shall be entered on the Journal. The form of motion
22    with respect to such bills shall be:   "I  move  that  ______
23    Bill  _____ do pass, the veto of the Governor to the contrary
24    notwithstanding."

25        (b)  The vote to override an item veto shall be  by  roll
26    call  vote as to each item separately and shall be entered on
27    the Journal.  The form of motion with respect  to  such  item
28    shall  be:   "I move that the item on page _____, line _____,
29    of _____ Bill ______, do pass, the item veto of the  Governor
30    to the contrary notwithstanding."

31        (c)   The  vote to restore an item which has been reduced
32    shall be by roll call vote as to  each  item  separately  and
33    shall  be  entered  on  the Journal.  The form of motion with
 
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 1    respect to such items shall be:  "I move  the  item  on  page
 2    _____, line _____, of _____ Bill ______ be restored, the item
 3    reduction of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding."

 4        (d)     A    bill   returned   together   with   specific
 5    recommendations of the Governor may be acted upon  in  either
 6    of the following manners:

 7        1.  By a motion to accept the specific recommendations of
 8            the Governor.  The form of motion in this event shall
 9            be:   "I  move to accept the specific recommendations
10            of the Governor as to _____ Bill _____ in manner  and
11            form  as  follows:   (inserting  herein  the language
12            deemed   necessary   to   effectuate   the   specific
13            recommendations)"; or

14        2.  By  considering  the  bill  as  a  vetoed  bill   and
15            overriding the recommendation and passing the bill in
16            its  original form.  The form of motion in this event
17            shall be:  "I move that _____ Bill _____ do pass, the
18            specific  recommendations  of  the  Governor  to  the
19            contrary notwithstanding."

20        9-4.  Vetoed Bills Considered in Entirety.  In the  event
21    a  bill  is returned by the Governor containing more than one
22    veto,  reduction,  specific  recommendation,  or  combination
23    thereof, the bill shall be acted upon in its entirety  before
24    the bill is released from the custody of the Senate.

25        9-5.   Disposition  of  Vetoes.   When a bill or item has
26    received the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the
27    members elected (as to overrides  of  outright  vetoes,  item
28    vetoes  and  specific  recommendations  for  change)  or  the
29    affirmative  vote of at least a majority of those elected (as
30    to  overrides  of  reductions  or  acceptances  of   specific
31    recommendations  for  change),  the  Presiding  Officer shall
32    declare that the bill or item has  been  passed  or  restored
 
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 1    over   the  veto  of  the  Governor,  or  that  the  specific
 2    recommendations for change have been approved,  as  the  case
 3    may be.  The bill shall then be so certified by the Secretary
 4    who  shall  note  thereon the day the bill passed.  Such bill
 5    and the objections of the  Governor  thereto  shall  then  be
 6    immediately   delivered   to   the   House.    When  specific
 7    recommendations  have  been  accepted,  then  such  accepting
 8    language shall be attached to the original  bill  which  bill
 9    shall be delivered to the House.

10                              ARTICLE X

11                             NOMINATIONS

12        10-1.   Nominations.   (a)   Every  nomination subject to
13    confirmation by the Senate shall be referred to the Executive
14    Appointments  Committee  in   accordance   with   Rule   3-6;
15    nominations  may  also  be  considered by other committees in
16    accordance with these Senate Rules.  Each  nominee  shall  be
17    required  to  appear  in  person  before  that  meeting  of a
18    committee  convened  for  the  purpose  of  considering   the
19    qualifications  of  the  person for the office to which he or
20    she has been nominated.  The appearance of the nominee may be
21    waived by the committee by a vote  of  a  majority  of  those
22    appointed.

23        (b)  The Executive Appointments Committee shall, six days
24    prior  to  any  of  its meetings, post a notice on the Senate
25    bulletin board indicating the nominees to  be  considered  at
26    its  next  meeting  and  the  time,  date  and  place of such
27    meeting.  The Chairperson of such committee shall  provide  a
28    copy  of  such notice to the Governor's Office of Legislative
29    Affairs,  which  shall  be  responsible  for  notifying  each
30    nominee scheduled to be considered  of  the  date,  time  and
31    place of hearing.
 
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 1        (c)    On   considering   the  report  of  the  Executive
 2    Appointments    Committee  on  a  nomination,  the  Presiding
 3    Officer shall put the following question:  "Does  the  Senate
 4    advise  and consent to the nomination just made?"  Whenever a
 5    group of nominees has been submitted together, five  or  more
 6    members  may  request  the  question  be  put  and  the  vote
 7    separately taken upon each of the individuals in said group.
 8    The  Senate  may  determine,  by  a  majority  vote  of those
 9    elected, after having voted upon the question of one or  more
10    of the nominees individually, to act upon the question of the
11    remaining nominees in that group as a unit.

12        (d)   While  any  nomination  remains with the Senate, it
13    shall be in order  to  reconsider  any  vote  taken  thereon,
14    subject  to  the  provisions  of Rule 7-15 not related to the
15    time for making such a motion.

16                             ARTICLE XI

17                       DISCIPLINE AND PROTEST

18        11-1.  Disorderly  Behavior.   (a)   In  accordance  with
19    Article  IV, Section 6(d) of the Constitution, the Senate may
20    punish any of its members for disorderly behavior  and,  with
21    the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected, expel a
22    Senator  (but not for a second time for the same cause).  The
23    reason for such expulsion shall be entered upon  the  Journal
24    with  the  names  and  votes  of those Senators voting on the
25    question.

26        (b)  In accordance with Article IV, Section 6(d)  of  the
27    Constitution,  the  Senate  during  its session may punish by
28    imprisonment any  person  other  than  a  Senator  guilty  of
29    disrespect  of  the  Senate  by  disorderly  or  contemptuous
30    behavior in its presence.  Such imprisonment shall not extend
31    beyond  24  hours  at  one time unless the person persists in
 
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 1    disorderly or contemptuous behavior.

 2        11-2.  Protest.  Any two Senators shall have the right to
 3    dissent and protest, in respectful language, against any  act
 4    or resolution which they may think injurious to the public or
 5    to  any  individual,  and  have  the  reason of their protest
 6    entered upon the Journal.   When  by  motion  a  majority  of
 7    Senators  determine  that  the  language  of a protest is not
 8    respectful, such  protest  shall  be  referred  back  to  the
 9    protesting Senators.

10                             ARTICLE XII

11                          FORCE AND EFFECT

12        12-1.   Applicability.   The  meetings and actions of the
13    Senate, including all of its committees, shall be governed by
14    these Senate Rules.

15        12-2.   Robert's  Rules.   The  rules  of   parliamentary
16    practice  appearing  in the 1981 edition of Robert's Rules of
17    Order shall govern the Senate in all cases to which they  are
18    applicable,  providing  that  they  are not inconsistent with
19    these Senate Rules.

20        12-3.  Certification by President.  With respect  to  any
21    bill  that  has  been  passed  by  the  Senate  and  has been
22    certified by the President in  accordance  with  Article  IV,
23    Section   8(d)   of  the  Constitution,  there  shall  be  an
24    irrebuttable presumption that all of these Senate Rules  have
25    been fully complied with in obtaining such passage.

26        12-4.   Effective  Date.   These  rules  shall be in full
27    force and effect upon their adoption,  and  shall  remain  in
28    full  force  and  effect  except  as  amended  in  accordance
29    herewith, or until superseded by new rules adopted as part of
30    the  organization  of a newly-constituted General Assembly at
 
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 1    the commencement of a term.

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