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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | ||||||
4 | following (which are the same as the Rules of the House of | ||||||
5 | Representatives of the Ninety-Ninth General Assembly except as | ||||||
6 | indicated by striking and underscoring) are adopted as the | ||||||
7 | Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundredth | ||||||
8 | General Assembly:
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9 | ARTICLE I
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10 | ORGANIZATION
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11 | (House Rule 1)
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12 | 1. Election of the Speaker.
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13 | (a) At the first meeting of the House of each General | ||||||
14 | Assembly,
the Secretary of State shall convene the House at | ||||||
15 | 12:00 noon, designate a
Temporary Clerk of the House, and | ||||||
16 | preside during the nomination
and election of the Speaker. As | ||||||
17 | the first item of business each day
before the election of the | ||||||
18 | Speaker, the Secretary of State shall
order the Temporary Clerk | ||||||
19 | to call the roll of the members to
establish the presence of a | ||||||
20 | quorum as required by the
Constitution. If a majority of those | ||||||
21 | elected are not
present, the House shall stand adjourned until
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22 | the next calendar day, excepting weekends, at the hour |
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1 | prescribed in Rule 29.
If
a quorum of members elected is | ||||||
2 | present, the Secretary of
State shall then call for nominations | ||||||
3 | of members for the
Office of Speaker. All nominations require a
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4 | second. When the nominations are completed, the Secretary of
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5 | State shall direct the Temporary Clerk to call the roll of
the | ||||||
6 | members to elect the Speaker.
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7 | (b) The election of the Speaker requires the
affirmative | ||||||
8 | vote of a majority of those elected. Debate
is not in order | ||||||
9 | following nominations and preceding or
during the vote.
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10 | (c) No legislative measure may be considered and no | ||||||
11 | committees may be
appointed or meet before the election of the | ||||||
12 | Speaker.
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13 | (d) When a vacancy in the Office of Speaker
occurs, the | ||||||
14 | foregoing procedure shall be employed to elect a
new Speaker; | ||||||
15 | when the Secretary of State is of
a political party other than | ||||||
16 | that of the majority caucus, however, the
Majority Leader shall | ||||||
17 | preside during the nomination and
election of the successor | ||||||
18 | Speaker. No legislative measures,
other than for the nomination | ||||||
19 | and election of a successor Speaker, may be
considered
by the | ||||||
20 | House during a vacancy in the Office of Speaker.
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21 | (House Rule 2)
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22 | 2. Election of the Minority Leader.
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23 | (a) The House shall
elect a Minority Leader in a manner | ||||||
24 | consistent with the
laws of Illinois. The Minority Leader is | ||||||
25 | the leader
of the numerically strongest political party other |
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1 | than
the party to which the Speaker belongs.
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2 | (b) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
3 | of 71 members
elected.
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4 | (House Rule 3)
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5 | 3. Majority and Minority Leadership.
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6 | (a) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall appoint
from | ||||||
7 | within their respective caucuses the members of the
Majority | ||||||
8 | and Minority Leaderships as allowed by law.
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9 | (b) Appointments are effective
upon being filed with the | ||||||
10 | Clerk and remain
effective at the pleasure of the Speaker and | ||||||
11 | Minority Leader,
respectively, or until a vacancy occurs by | ||||||
12 | reason of
resignation or because a leader has ceased to be a
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13 | Representative. Successor leaders shall be appointed in the
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14 | same manner as their predecessors. Leaders have those
powers | ||||||
15 | delegated to them by the Speaker or Minority Leader,
as the | ||||||
16 | case may be.
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17 | (House Rule 4)
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18 | 4. The Speaker.
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19 | (a) The Speaker has those powers conferred upon
him or her | ||||||
20 | by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any
motions or | ||||||
21 | resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the House and | ||||||
22 | Senate.
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23 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker is the
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24 | chief administrative officer of the House and has
those powers |
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1 | necessary to carry out those functions. The
Speaker may | ||||||
2 | delegate administrative duties as he
or she deems appropriate.
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3 | (c) The duties of the Speaker include the
following:
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4 | (1) To preside at all sessions of the House, although
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5 | the Speaker may call on any member to preside
temporarily | ||||||
6 | as Presiding Officer.
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7 | (2) To open the session at the time at which the House
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8 | is to meet by taking the chair and calling the
members to | ||||||
9 | order. The Speaker may call on any
member, or the Clerk in | ||||||
10 | the case of perfunctory session, to open the session as | ||||||
11 | Presiding Officer.
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12 | (3) To announce the business before the House in the
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13 | order upon which it is to be acted except as limited by | ||||||
14 | these House Rules .
The Presiding Officer shall
perform this | ||||||
15 | duty during the period that he or she is presiding.
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16 | (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
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17 | (5) To state and put to a vote all questions that are
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18 | regularly moved or that necessarily arise in the
course of | ||||||
19 | the proceedings, and to announce the
result of the vote.
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20 | (6) To preserve order and decorum.
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21 | (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal,
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22 | and to speak on these points in preference to other | ||||||
23 | members.
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24 | (8) To inform the House when necessary, or when any
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25 | question is raised, on any point of order or
practice | ||||||
26 | pertinent to the pending business.
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1 | (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or
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2 | orders of the House. All writs, warrants, and
subpoenae | ||||||
3 | issued by order of the House, or any of its committees,
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4 | shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk.
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5 | (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the
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6 | General Assembly to certify that the procedural
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7 | requirements for passage have been met.
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8 | (11) To have general supervision of the House
Chamber, | ||||||
9 | House galleries, House committee rooms and chapel, and | ||||||
10 | adjoining and connecting
hallways and passages, including | ||||||
11 | the duty to protect their security and safety and the power | ||||||
12 | to clear
them when necessary. The House Chamber shall not | ||||||
13 | be
used without permission of the Speaker.
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14 | (12) To have general supervision of the Clerk and his | ||||||
15 | or
her assistants, the Doorkeeper and his or her
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16 | assistants, the majority caucus staff, the | ||||||
17 | parliamentarians, and all
employees of the House except the | ||||||
18 | minority caucus
staff.
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19 | (13) To determine the number of majority caucus
members | ||||||
20 | and minority caucus members to be
appointed to all | ||||||
21 | committees, except as otherwise provided by these Rules.
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22 | (14) To appoint all Chairpersons, Co-Chairpersons, and
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23 | Vice-Chairpersons of committees (from either the majority | ||||||
24 | or minority caucus),
and to appoint all majority caucus | ||||||
25 | members of committees.
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26 | (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions, |
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1 | statutes,
rules, and regulations applicable to the House.
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2 | (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the House
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3 | subject to the control and will of the members.
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4 | (17) To direct the Clerk to correct non-substantive
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5 | errors in the Journal.
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6 | (18) To assign meeting places and meeting times to
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7 | committees and subcommittees.
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8 | (19) To perform any other duties assigned to the | ||||||
9 | Speaker
by these House Rules or jointly by the House and | ||||||
10 | Senate.
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11 | (20) To decide, subject to the control and will of the
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12 | members, all questions relating to the priority of
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13 | business.
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14 | (21) To issue, in cooperation with the Comptroller and
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15 | after clearance with the United States Internal
Revenue | ||||||
16 | Service, written regulations covering
administration of | ||||||
17 | contingent expense allowances of
members of the House.
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18 | (22) To appoint one or more parliamentarians to serve | ||||||
19 | at the pleasure of
the Speaker.
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20 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
21 | of 71 members
elected.
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22 | (House Rule 5)
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23 | 5. Powers and Duties of the Minority Leader.
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24 | (a) The Minority Leader has those powers conferred
upon him | ||||||
25 | or her by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois,
and any |
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1 | motions or resolutions adopted by the House or
jointly by the | ||||||
2 | House and Senate.
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3 | (b) The Minority Leader shall appoint to all committees
the | ||||||
4 | members from the minority caucus and shall designate a
Minority | ||||||
5 | Spokesperson for each committee, except
that the
Speaker may | ||||||
6 | appoint a minority caucus member to be Chairperson or | ||||||
7 | Co-Chairperson of a standing
committee or a special committee.
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8 | (c) The Minority Leader has general supervision
of the | ||||||
9 | minority caucus staff.
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10 | (House Rule 6)
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11 | 6. Clerk of the House.
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12 | (a) The House shall elect a Clerk, who may adopt
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13 | appropriate policies or procedures for the conduct of his or
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14 | her office. The Speaker is the final arbiter of any
dispute | ||||||
15 | arising in connection with the operation of the
Office of the | ||||||
16 | Clerk.
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17 | (b) The duties of the Clerk include the following:
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18 | (1) To have custody of all bills, papers, and records | ||||||
19 | of
the House, which shall not be taken out of the
Clerk's | ||||||
20 | custody except in the regular course of
business in the | ||||||
21 | House.
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22 | (2) To endorse on every original bill and each copy its
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23 | number, the names of sponsors, the date of introduction,
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24 | and the several orders taken on it. When reproduced,
the | ||||||
25 | names of the sponsors shall appear on the front
page of the |
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1 | bill in the same order they appeared
when introduced.
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2 | (3) To cause each measure subject to such a requirement | ||||||
3 | to be reproduced and placed on the desks of the members as | ||||||
4 | soon as it is reproduced, as provided in Rule 39.
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5 | (4) To keep the Journal of the proceedings of the House
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6 | and, under the direction of the Speaker, correct
errors in | ||||||
7 | the Journal.
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8 | (5) To keep the transcripts of the debates of the House
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9 | and make them available to the public under
reasonable | ||||||
10 | conditions.
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11 | (6) To keep the necessary records for the House and its
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12 | committees; and to prepare the House Calendar for
each | ||||||
13 | legislative day, except perfunctory session days.
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14 | (7) To examine all House Bills and Constitutional
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15 | Amendment Resolutions following Second Reading and
before | ||||||
16 | final passage for the purpose of
correcting any | ||||||
17 | non-substantive errors, and
to report the same back to the | ||||||
18 | Speaker promptly; to
supervise the enrolling and | ||||||
19 | engrossing of bills and
resolutions, subject to the | ||||||
20 | direction of the
Speaker; and to attest to the passage or | ||||||
21 | adoption of
legislative measures, and to note thereon the | ||||||
22 | date
of final House action. Any corrections made by the
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23 | Clerk and approved by the Speaker shall be entered
on the | ||||||
24 | Journal.
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25 | (8) To transmit bills, other documents, and
messages to | ||||||
26 | the Senate and secure a receipt
therefor, and to receive |
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1 | from the Senate bills,
other documents, and messages and | ||||||
2 | give receipt therefor.
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3 | (9) To file with the Secretary of State debate
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4 | transcripts and House documents as required by
law.
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5 | (10) To attend every session of the House; record the
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6 | roll; and read all bills, resolutions, and other
papers as | ||||||
7 | directed by the Speaker. Bills
shall be read by title only.
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8 | (11) To supervise the Assistant Clerk, the Doorkeeper, | ||||||
9 | pages,
messengers, committee clerks, and other employees
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10 | of his or her office.
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11 | (12) To establish the format for all documents, forms, | ||||||
12 | and
committee records and audio recordings prepared by | ||||||
13 | committee
clerks.
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14 | (13) Subject to approval by the Speaker, to establish | ||||||
15 | standards of decorum
and other standards regarding written | ||||||
16 | statements filed under Rule 53.
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17 | (14) To serve as the Speaker's authorized designee for | ||||||
18 | purposes of the Freedom of Information Act. The Clerk shall | ||||||
19 | provide copies of all requests for information under the | ||||||
20 | Freedom of Information Act to the member or staff subject | ||||||
21 | to the request, as well as any responses, notifications, or | ||||||
22 | public records included with responses and notifications. | ||||||
23 | (15) To ensure each motion under consideration for a | ||||||
24 | roll call vote is accurately displayed on the public | ||||||
25 | viewing board. Accurate and appropriate display of items | ||||||
26 | shall be determined by the standard practices set forth by |
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1 | the Speaker within the technological abilities and | ||||||
2 | limitations of the system. | ||||||
3 | (16) To review vouchers to be presented to the | ||||||
4 | Comptroller for payment of expenditures related to the | ||||||
5 | operations of the House, including vouchers for payment | ||||||
6 | from members' office allowances under the General Assembly | ||||||
7 | Compensation Act. The Clerk shall have the authority to | ||||||
8 | deny any such voucher if the expenditure or payment is not | ||||||
9 | properly authorized.
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10 | (17) To perform other duties assigned by the Speaker.
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11 | (c) The Clerk and those under the supervision of the Clerk, | ||||||
12 | including the Assistant Clerk, committee clerks, and other | ||||||
13 | employees, may accept a bill, amendment, conference committee | ||||||
14 | report, amendatory veto acceptance motion, or resolution for | ||||||
15 | filing only if (i) it is a document entered into the General | ||||||
16 | Assembly's computer system, at the direction of or with the | ||||||
17 | approval of a member, by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the | ||||||
18 | House or the Senate Democratic staff, the House or the Senate | ||||||
19 | Republican staff, or House or Senate Enrolling and Engrossing | ||||||
20 | or, with respect to appropriation documents only, entered into | ||||||
21 | the General Assembly's computer system by the Governor's Office | ||||||
22 | of Management and Budget, (ii) it bears a bar coded document | ||||||
23 | number of the drafting entity that is compatible with the | ||||||
24 | computer system used by the House, and (iii) the bar coded | ||||||
25 | document number does not duplicate one on another document that | ||||||
26 | has already been filed in the House or the Senate.
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1 | (House Rule 7)
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2 | 7. Assistant Clerk of the House. The House shall, in
a | ||||||
3 | manner consistent with the laws of Illinois, elect an
Assistant | ||||||
4 | Clerk, who shall perform those duties assigned
by the Clerk.
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5 | (House Rule 8)
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6 | 8. Doorkeeper. The House shall elect a Doorkeeper who
shall | ||||||
7 | perform those duties assigned by law, or
as ordered by the | ||||||
8 | Speaker, Presiding Officer, or Clerk. Those
duties shall | ||||||
9 | include the following:
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10 | (1) To attend the House during its sessions and execute
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11 | the commands of the Speaker or Presiding
Officer.
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12 | (2) To maintain order among spectators admitted into | ||||||
13 | the
House Chamber, galleries, and adjoining or
connecting | ||||||
14 | hallways and passages.
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15 | (3) To take proper measures to prevent interruption of
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16 | the House.
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17 | (4) To remove unruly persons from the House Chamber,
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18 | galleries, and adjoining and connecting hallways
and | ||||||
19 | passages.
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20 | (5) To ensure that only authorized persons have access
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21 | to the House Chamber, galleries, and adjoining hallways
and | ||||||
22 | passages, subject to the direction of the Speaker.
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23 | (6) To supervise any Assistant Doorkeepers.
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24 | (7) To perform other duties assigned by the Speaker.
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1 | (House Rule 9)
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2 | 9. Schedule.
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3 | (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule
of | ||||||
4 | days on which the House shall convene in regular,
perfunctory, | ||||||
5 | and veto session, with that schedule subject to
revision at the | ||||||
6 | discretion of the Speaker.
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7 | (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines
at his | ||||||
8 | or her discretion for any action on any
category of legislative | ||||||
9 | measure as the Speaker deems
appropriate, including deadlines | ||||||
10 | for the following
legislative actions:
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11 | (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | ||||||
12 | Reference
Bureau.
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13 | (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
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14 | (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
15 | report
House bills, except House appropriation bills.
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16 | (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
17 | report
House appropriation bills.
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18 | (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House | ||||||
19 | bills,
except House appropriation bills.
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20 | (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
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21 | appropriation bills.
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22 | (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
23 | report
Senate appropriation bills.
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24 | (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
25 | report
Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
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1 | (9) Final day for special committees to report to the | ||||||
2 | House.
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3 | (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
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4 | appropriation bills.
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5 | (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | ||||||
6 | bills,
except appropriation bills.
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7 | (12) Final day for consideration of joint action | ||||||
8 | motions and conference
committee reports.
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9 | Deadlines do not apply to legislative measures on the | ||||||
10 | Petition Calendar. | ||||||
11 | (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary | ||||||
12 | deadlines for
legislative action during any special session of | ||||||
13 | the House.
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14 | (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those | ||||||
15 | deadlines,
are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
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16 | the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
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17 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
18 | of 71 members
elected.
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19 | ARTICLE II
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20 | COMMITTEES
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21 | (House Rule 10)
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22 | 10. Committees.
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23 | (a) The committees of the House are: (i) the
standing | ||||||
24 | committees listed in Rule 11; (ii) the special
committees |
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1 | created under Rule 13; (iii)
any subcommittees created under | ||||||
2 | these Rules; (iv) the Rules
Committee created under Rule 15; | ||||||
3 | (v)
any committees created under Article X or Article XII; and | ||||||
4 | (vi) any Committee of the Whole.
Committees of the Whole shall | ||||||
5 | consist of all Representatives.
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6 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Rule and subject | ||||||
7 | to Rules 12 and 13, all committees shall have a Chairperson and | ||||||
8 | Minority
Spokesperson, who may be of the same political party. | ||||||
9 | A Minority Spokesperson may not be appointed until after a | ||||||
10 | Chairperson has been appointed. Standing committees that have | ||||||
11 | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties shall not | ||||||
12 | have a Minority Spokesperson.
Special committees
that have | ||||||
13 | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties shall not | ||||||
14 | have a
Minority
Spokesperson.
No member may be appointed to | ||||||
15 | serve as a Chairperson, Minority Spokesperson,
or | ||||||
16 | Co-Chairperson of any committee unless the member is serving in | ||||||
17 | at least his
or her third term as a member of the General | ||||||
18 | Assembly, including any terms in
which the member was appointed | ||||||
19 | to fill a vacancy in the office of
Representative or Senator; | ||||||
20 | provided that this requirement does not apply if the
member | ||||||
21 | received a stipend or additional amount during a previous | ||||||
22 | General
Assembly as an "officer", "committee chairman", or | ||||||
23 | "committee minority
spokesman" as provided
in Section 1 of the | ||||||
24 | General Assembly Compensation Act (25
ILCS 115/1) and in Rule | ||||||
25 | 13(b).
No member initially appointed or elected on and after | ||||||
26 | January 28, 2015 may be appointed to serve as a Chairperson, |
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1 | Minority Spokesperson, or Co-Chairperson of any committee | ||||||
2 | unless the member is serving in at least his or her third | ||||||
3 | elected term as a member of the General Assembly. Each | ||||||
4 | committee may have a Vice-Chairperson appointed
by the Speaker. | ||||||
5 | The number of majority caucus members and
minority caucus | ||||||
6 | members of all committees, except the Rules Committee
created | ||||||
7 | under Rule 15
and as otherwise provided by these Rules, shall
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8 | be determined by the Speaker.
The Speaker shall file a notice | ||||||
9 | with the Clerk setting forth the number
of majority caucus and | ||||||
10 | minority caucus
members of each committee, which shall be | ||||||
11 | journalized.
A member may be temporarily replaced on a | ||||||
12 | committee due to illness
or if the member is otherwise | ||||||
13 | unavailable. All leaders are
non-voting ex-officio members of | ||||||
14 | each standing committee and each special
committee, except
that | ||||||
15 | the leaders may also be appointed to standing committees or | ||||||
16 | special
committees as
voting members.
The Speaker may also | ||||||
17 | appoint any member of the majority caucus, and the
Minority | ||||||
18 | Leader may appoint any member of the minority caucus, as a | ||||||
19 | non-voting
member of any standing committee or special | ||||||
20 | committee.
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21 | (c) The Chairperson of a committee has the
authority to | ||||||
22 | call the committee to order, designate which bills and | ||||||
23 | resolutions posted for hearing shall be
taken up and in what | ||||||
24 | order, order a record vote to be taken on each
legislative | ||||||
25 | measure called for a vote, preserve order and
decorum during | ||||||
26 | committee meetings, establish procedural rules (subject to
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1 | approval by the Speaker) governing the presentation and | ||||||
2 | consideration of
legislative measures, and generally supervise
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3 | the affairs of the committee. Any such procedural rules must be | ||||||
4 | filed with the Clerk and copies provided to all members of the | ||||||
5 | committee. The Vice-Chairperson of a
committee or other member | ||||||
6 | of the committee from the majority
caucus may preside over its | ||||||
7 | meetings in the absence or at the
direction of the Chairperson.
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8 | In the case of standing or special committees with | ||||||
9 | Co-Chairpersons from different
political parties, the | ||||||
10 | "Chairperson" for purposes of this Rule is the
Co-Chairperson | ||||||
11 | from the majority caucus.
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12 | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the position of | ||||||
13 | Chairperson,
Co-Chairperson,
Vice-Chairperson, or Minority | ||||||
14 | Spokesperson on a
committee, exists when a member resigns from | ||||||
15 | the
position, ceases to be a Representative, or changes | ||||||
16 | political party affiliation. Resignations and notices of a | ||||||
17 | change in political party affiliation
shall be made in writing | ||||||
18 | to the Clerk, who shall promptly
notify the Speaker and | ||||||
19 | Minority Leader.
Replacement members shall be of the same | ||||||
20 | political party as
that of the member who resigns, and shall be | ||||||
21 | appointed in the
same manner as the original appointment, | ||||||
22 | except that in the case of the
resignation of a Chairperson or | ||||||
23 | Co-Chairperson, the replacement member need not
be from the | ||||||
24 | same political party. In the case of vacancies on
| ||||||
25 | subcommittees, the
parent committee shall fill the vacancy in | ||||||
26 | the same manner as the original
appointment.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (e) The Chairperson of a committee has the
authority to | ||||||
2 | call meetings of that committee, subject to the
approval of the | ||||||
3 | Speaker. In the case of standing or special committees with
| ||||||
4 | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the | ||||||
5 | Co-Chairperson from the
majority caucus has
the authority to | ||||||
6 | call meetings of the special committee, subject to the
approval
| ||||||
7 | of the Speaker. Except as otherwise provided by
these Rules, | ||||||
8 | committee meetings shall be convened
in accordance with Rule | ||||||
9 | 21.
| ||||||
10 | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
11 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 11)
| ||||||
13 | 11. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of
the | ||||||
14 | House are as follows:
| ||||||
15 | AGRICULTURE & CONSERVATION
| ||||||
16 | APPROPRIATIONS-ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION
| ||||||
17 | APPROPRIATIONS-GENERAL SERVICES
| ||||||
18 | APPROPRIATIONS-HIGHER EDUCATION
| ||||||
19 | APPROPRIATIONS-HUMAN SERVICES
| ||||||
20 | APPROPRIATIONS-PUBLIC SAFETY
| ||||||
21 | BUSINESS & OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES
| ||||||
22 | CITIES & VILLAGES
| ||||||
23 | COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY
| ||||||
24 | CONSUMER PROTECTION
| ||||||
25 | COUNTIES & TOWNSHIPS
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & HOUSING
| ||||||
2 | ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION: SCHOOL CURRICULUM & | ||||||
3 | POLICIES
| ||||||
4 | ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION: CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY
| ||||||
5 | ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION: LICENSING OVERSIGHT
| ||||||
6 | ENERGY
| ||||||
7 | ENVIRONMENT
| ||||||
8 | EXECUTIVE
| ||||||
9 | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
| ||||||
10 | HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY
| ||||||
11 | HEALTH CARE LICENSES
| ||||||
12 | HIGHER EDUCATION
| ||||||
13 | HUMAN SERVICES
| ||||||
14 | INSURANCE
| ||||||
15 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE & COMMERCE
| ||||||
16 | JUDICIARY - CIVIL
| ||||||
17 | JUDICIARY - CRIMINAL
| ||||||
18 | JUVENILE JUSTICE & SYSTEM-INVOLVED YOUTH
| ||||||
19 | LABOR & COMMERCE
| ||||||
20 | PERSONNEL & PENSIONS
| ||||||
21 | PUBLIC UTILITIES
| ||||||
22 | REVENUE & FINANCE
| ||||||
23 | SMALL BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
| ||||||
24 | STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
| ||||||
25 | TRANSPORTATION: REGULATION, ROADS & BRIDGES
| ||||||
26 | TRANSPORTATION: VEHICLES & SAFETY
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 12)
| ||||||
2 | 12. Members and Officers of Standing Committees. The | ||||||
3 | members of each standing committee shall be appointed
for the | ||||||
4 | term by the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The
Speaker, at | ||||||
5 | his or her discretion, shall appoint a
Chairperson or | ||||||
6 | Co-Chairpersons. The Speaker may appoint any member as a | ||||||
7 | Chairperson or Co-Chairperson of a standing committee, subject | ||||||
8 | to Rule 10(b). If the Chairperson or Co-Chairperson is a member | ||||||
9 | of the majority or minority leadership or the Chairperson or | ||||||
10 | Minority Spokesperson of any other standing committee or of a | ||||||
11 | special committee, the member shall receive no additional | ||||||
12 | stipend or compensation for serving as Chairperson or | ||||||
13 | Co-Chairperson of the standing committee. For purposes of | ||||||
14 | Section 1 of the General Assembly Compensation Act (25 ILCS | ||||||
15 | 115/1), one Co-Chairperson of a standing committee shall be | ||||||
16 | considered "Chairman" and the other shall be considered | ||||||
17 | "Minority Spokesman" unless both Co-Chairpersons are members | ||||||
18 | of the majority caucus. The Speaker shall appoint
the remaining
| ||||||
19 | standing committee members of the majority caucus (one of whom | ||||||
20 | the
Speaker may designate as Vice-Chairperson), and the | ||||||
21 | Minority
Leader shall appoint the
remaining standing committee | ||||||
22 | members of the minority caucus (one of whom the
Minority Leader | ||||||
23 | may designate as Minority Spokesperson), except that if the | ||||||
24 | standing committee has Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
25 | political parties, the standing committee shall not have a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Minority Spokesperson. In that case, the Minority Leader shall | ||||||
2 | appoint the minority caucus members to the standing committee, | ||||||
3 | except the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus, who shall | ||||||
4 | be appointed by the Speaker. Appointments are
effective upon | ||||||
5 | the
delivery of appropriate correspondence from the
respective | ||||||
6 | leader to the Clerk, regardless of whether the
House is in | ||||||
7 | session, and shall remain effective for the duration of the | ||||||
8 | term,
subject to Rule 10(d). The Clerk shall journalize
the | ||||||
9 | appointments. Committees may
conduct business when a majority | ||||||
10 | of the total
number of committee members has been appointed.
| ||||||
11 | (House Rule 13)
| ||||||
12 | 13. Special Committees.
| ||||||
13 | (a) The following Special Committees are created:
| ||||||
14 | ADOPTION REFORM | ||||||
15 | BUSINESS GROWTH & INCENTIVES | ||||||
16 | HEALTH & HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES | ||||||
17 | INTERMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE
| ||||||
18 | MUSEUMS, ARTS, & CULTURAL ENHANCEMENT | ||||||
19 | RENEWABLE ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY | ||||||
20 | RESTORATIVE JUSTICE | ||||||
21 | SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES | ||||||
22 | TOLLWAY OVERSIGHT | ||||||
23 | TOURISM & CONVENTIONS | ||||||
24 | VETERANS' AFFAIRS | ||||||
25 | YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | The Speaker may create additional special committees by | ||||||
2 | filing a notice of
the
creation of the special committee with | ||||||
3 | the Clerk.
The notice creating an additional special committee | ||||||
4 | shall specify the subject
matter of the special committee and | ||||||
5 | the number of members to be appointed. Any committee created by | ||||||
6 | a House resolution shall be deemed a special committee, unless | ||||||
7 | otherwise provided, for purposes of these Rules. Such a | ||||||
8 | resolution must be approved by a majority of those elected and | ||||||
9 | may include the number of majority and minority caucus members | ||||||
10 | to be appointed.
| ||||||
11 | (b) The Speaker shall determine the number of majority and
| ||||||
12 | minority caucus members to be appointed to special committees | ||||||
13 | in
accordance with Rule 10(b). The Speaker, at his or her | ||||||
14 | discretion, shall
appoint a Chairperson or
Co-Chairpersons. | ||||||
15 | The Speaker may appoint any
member as a Chairperson or | ||||||
16 | Co-Chairperson of a special committee, subject to Rule 10(b).
| ||||||
17 | If the Chairperson or Co-Chairperson is a member of the | ||||||
18 | majority or minority
leadership or the Chairperson or Minority
| ||||||
19 | Spokesperson of a standing committee, the member shall receive | ||||||
20 | no
additional stipend or compensation for serving as | ||||||
21 | Chairperson or
Co-Chairperson of the special committee.
For | ||||||
22 | purposes of Section 1 of the General Assembly Compensation Act | ||||||
23 | (25 ILCS
115/1), (i) a special committee under these rules is | ||||||
24 | considered a "select
committee" and (ii) one Co-Chairperson of | ||||||
25 | a special committee shall be
considered "Chairman" and the | ||||||
26 | other shall be considered "Minority Spokesman" unless both |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Co-Chairpersons are members of the majority caucus.
The | ||||||
2 | appointed members of special
committees
shall be designated by | ||||||
3 | the Speaker and the Minority Leader in
a like manner as | ||||||
4 | provided in Rule 12 with respect to standing
committees. If
the | ||||||
5 | special committee
has
Co-Chairpersons from
different political | ||||||
6 | parties,
the special
committee shall not have a Minority | ||||||
7 | Spokesperson. In that case, the Minority
Leader shall appoint | ||||||
8 | the minority caucus members to the special committee,
except | ||||||
9 | the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus who shall be | ||||||
10 | appointed by
the Speaker. The Speaker may establish a reporting | ||||||
11 | date during the term for each special
committee by filing a | ||||||
12 | notice of the reporting date with the Clerk. Unless an
earlier
| ||||||
13 | date is specified by the notice, special committees expire at | ||||||
14 | the end of the
term.
| ||||||
15 | (c) Special committees are empowered to conduct business | ||||||
16 | when a
majority of the total number of committee members has | ||||||
17 | been appointed.
| ||||||
18 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
19 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
20 | (House Rule 14)
| ||||||
21 | 14. Subcommittees.
| ||||||
22 | (a) The Chairperson of a standing committee, a special
| ||||||
23 | committee, or a committee created under Article X may create a | ||||||
24 | subcommittee by filing a notice with the Clerk. The notice | ||||||
25 | shall specify the subject matter, the number
of majority caucus |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and minority caucus members to be
appointed to a subcommittee, | ||||||
2 | and the manner in which appointments shall be made,
and may | ||||||
3 | specify a reporting date during the term. In the case of | ||||||
4 | standing or
special committees
with Co-Chairpersons from | ||||||
5 | different political parties, the creation of
subcommittees and | ||||||
6 | the number of majority
caucus and minority caucus members to be | ||||||
7 | appointed to the subcommittee shall
be determined by the | ||||||
8 | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
Members of | ||||||
9 | subcommittees and any temporary replacements must be members of
| ||||||
10 | the parent committee. Subcommittees shall not create | ||||||
11 | subcommittees.
| ||||||
12 | Unless an earlier date is
specified
by the notice, | ||||||
13 | subcommittees expire at the end of the term.
| ||||||
14 | (b) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
15 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
16 | (House Rule 15)
| ||||||
17 | 15. Rules Committee.
| ||||||
18 | (a) The Rules Committee is created as a permanent | ||||||
19 | committee.
The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members,
3 | ||||||
20 | appointed by the Speaker and 2
appointed by the Minority | ||||||
21 | Leader. The
Speaker and the Minority Leader are each eligible | ||||||
22 | to be
appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may
| ||||||
23 | conduct business when a majority of the total
number of its | ||||||
24 | members has been appointed.
| ||||||
25 | (b) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority
| ||||||
2 | caucus members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority
| ||||||
3 | Leader. Appointments shall be by notice filed with
the Clerk, | ||||||
4 | and shall be effective for the balance of the term
or until a | ||||||
5 | replacement appointment is made, whichever
first occurs. | ||||||
6 | Appointments take effect upon filing with
the Clerk, regardless | ||||||
7 | of whether the House is in
session.
| ||||||
8 | (c) The Rules Committee shall not consider or conduct a | ||||||
9 | hearing with respect to a subject matter or a legislative | ||||||
10 | measure absent notice first being given as follows: | ||||||
11 | (1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of | ||||||
12 | any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, | ||||||
13 | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
14 | amendment. | ||||||
15 | (2) Seventy-two hours advance notice to consider the | ||||||
16 | referral of bills to committees of the House or joint | ||||||
17 | committees of the House and Senate. | ||||||
18 | (3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held | ||||||
19 | for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this | ||||||
20 | subsection (c). | ||||||
21 | (c-1) The Chairperson of the Rules Committee shall post the | ||||||
22 | notice required under subsection (c) on the House bulletin | ||||||
23 | board identifying each subject matter and each legislative | ||||||
24 | measure that may be considered during the hearing. The notice | ||||||
25 | shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing. This | ||||||
26 | subsection may not be suspended. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (c-2) The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of | ||||||
2 | subsection (c) of this Rule may be reduced to a one-hour | ||||||
3 | advance notice upon the adoption of a motion by 71 members | ||||||
4 | elected. The posting requirement of item (1) of subsection (c) | ||||||
5 | of this Rule may not be suspended.
Notice requirements for | ||||||
6 | hearings may be suspended only as authorized by this | ||||||
7 | subsection, and no hearing shall be conducted with less than a | ||||||
8 | one-hour advance notice. This subsection may not be suspended. | ||||||
9 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Rules, the Rules | ||||||
10 | Committee may meet upon reasonable public
notice that includes | ||||||
11 | a statement of the subjects to be
considered. All legislative | ||||||
12 | measures pending before the
Rules Committee are eligible for | ||||||
13 | consideration at any
of its meetings, and all of those | ||||||
14 | legislative measures are
deemed posted for hearing by the Rules | ||||||
15 | Committee for all of
its meetings.
| ||||||
16 | (d) Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed,
the | ||||||
17 | Rules Committee may advance any legislative measure
pending | ||||||
18 | before it to the House, without referral to another committee; | ||||||
19 | except that (i)
the Rules Committee , however, shall not so | ||||||
20 | report (i) any committee amendment , or (ii) any bill that has
| ||||||
21 | never been favorably reported by or discharged from a standing | ||||||
22 | committee or a special committee of the House or recommended | ||||||
23 | for action by a joint committee of the House and Senate , and | ||||||
24 | (ii) a two-thirds vote of those appointed shall be required to | ||||||
25 | refer to the House any floor amendment, joint action motion for | ||||||
26 | final action, conference committee report, or motion to table a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committee amendment . A bill advanced to the House shall be | ||||||
2 | placed on the Daily Calendar on the order on which it appeared | ||||||
3 | before it was re-referred to the Rules Committee. | ||||||
4 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, a floor | ||||||
5 | amendment, joint action motion for final action, or conference | ||||||
6 | committee report advanced to the House by the Rules Committee | ||||||
7 | may be considered for adoption no sooner than one hour after | ||||||
8 | the Clerk announces the report of the Rules Committee referring | ||||||
9 | such a legislative measure to the House.
| ||||||
10 | (e) Except for those provisions that cannot be suspended, | ||||||
11 | this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | ||||||
12 | 71
members elected.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 16)
| ||||||
14 | 16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
| ||||||
15 | (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and | ||||||
16 | resolutions
considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this | ||||||
17 | Rule, after being initially read
by the
Clerk, shall be ordered | ||||||
18 | reproduced and distributed as provided in Rule 39 and | ||||||
19 | automatically referred to the Rules
Committee, which may | ||||||
20 | thereafter refer any resolution
before it to the House or to a | ||||||
21 | standing committee or special committee. No
resolution, except | ||||||
22 | adjournment resolutions and resolutions considered under
| ||||||
23 | subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Rule or Rule 42.1 , may be | ||||||
24 | considered by the House
unless (i) referred to the House by the | ||||||
25 | Rules Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably reported by a
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | standing committee or special committee, (iii) authorized | ||||||
2 | under Article XII, or (iv) discharged from committee pursuant | ||||||
3 | to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. An adjournment resolution is subject
| ||||||
4 | to Rule 66.
| ||||||
5 | (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death | ||||||
6 | resolution for consideration by the
House. The Principal | ||||||
7 | Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
| ||||||
8 | reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of | ||||||
9 | the Speaker, to
offset the actual cost of producing the | ||||||
10 | congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may
be paid from | ||||||
11 | the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General | ||||||
12 | Assembly
Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to | ||||||
13 | the member.
Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority | ||||||
14 | Leader, congratulatory or death
resolutions may be immediately | ||||||
15 | considered and adopted by the House
without referral to the | ||||||
16 | Rules Committee. Those resolutions may be adopted as a
group by | ||||||
17 | a single motion pursuant to a voice vote. A member may record a | ||||||
18 | vote of "present" or "no" for a particular resolution by filing | ||||||
19 | a notice with the Clerk to be included in the House Journal. | ||||||
20 | Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be
entered on the | ||||||
21 | Journal only by number, sponsorship, and subject. The
| ||||||
22 | provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor | ||||||
23 | to pay a
reasonable fee may not be suspended.
| ||||||
24 | (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the | ||||||
25 | General Assembly
and
former
constitutional officers, upon | ||||||
26 | introduction, may be immediately considered by
the House |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions | ||||||
2 | shall be
entered on the Journal in full.
| ||||||
3 | (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor
issued | ||||||
4 | under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution,
upon being read | ||||||
5 | into the record by the Clerk, are
automatically referred to the | ||||||
6 | Rules Committee for its
referral to a standing committee or a | ||||||
7 | special committee, which may
issue a recommendation to the | ||||||
8 | House with respect to the
Executive Order. The Rules Committee | ||||||
9 | may refer a resolution to disapprove an Executive Order to the | ||||||
10 | House if a
standing committee or a special committee has | ||||||
11 | reported to the House on the
Executive Order, or if the | ||||||
12 | Executive Order has
been discharged under Rule 58. The House | ||||||
13 | may disapprove of an
Executive Order by resolution adopted by a | ||||||
14 | majority of
those elected.
| ||||||
15 | (House Rule 17)
| ||||||
16 | 17. Sponsorship by the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee | ||||||
17 | may consider any legislative
measure referred to it under these | ||||||
18 | Rules, by
motion or resolution, or by order of the Presiding | ||||||
19 | Officer
upon initial reading. The Rules Committee may, with the
| ||||||
20 | concurrence of a majority of those appointed, sponsor motions
| ||||||
21 | or resolutions; notwithstanding any other provision of these
| ||||||
22 | Rules, any motion or resolution sponsored by the Rules
| ||||||
23 | Committee may be immediately considered by the House without
| ||||||
24 | referral to a committee. Any such motion or resolution shall be | ||||||
25 | assigned
standard debate status, subject to Rule 52.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 18)
| ||||||
2 | 18. Referrals to Committees.
| ||||||
3 | (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being
initially | ||||||
4 | read by the Clerk, are automatically referred
to the Rules | ||||||
5 | Committee. All
bills must be reproduced and distributed as | ||||||
6 | provided in Rule 39.
| ||||||
7 | (b) During odd-numbered years, the The Rules Committee | ||||||
8 | shall thereafter may
refer any such bill before it to a
| ||||||
9 | standing committee or a special committee. During
| ||||||
10 | even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall refer to
a | ||||||
11 | standing committee or a special committee only appropriation | ||||||
12 | bills
implementing the budget and bills deemed by the Rules
| ||||||
13 | Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority of those | ||||||
14 | appointed, to be of an
emergency nature or to be of
substantial | ||||||
15 | importance to the operation of government.
This subsection (b) | ||||||
16 | applies equally to House Bills
and Senate Bills introduced into | ||||||
17 | or received by the House.
| ||||||
18 | (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee | ||||||
19 | may refer any legislative measure to a joint committee of the | ||||||
20 | House and Senate created by joint resolution. That joint | ||||||
21 | committee shall report back to the Rules Committee any | ||||||
22 | recommendation for action made by that joint committee. The | ||||||
23 | Rules committee may, at any time, however, refer the | ||||||
24 | legislative measure to a standing or special committee of the | ||||||
25 | House. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a | ||||||
2 | subject matter
or a legislative measure pending in that | ||||||
3 | committee to a subcommittee of that
committee.
| ||||||
4 | (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
| ||||||
5 | standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a | ||||||
6 | standing
committee or a special committee under Rule 58, shall | ||||||
7 | be referred to the House
and placed on the appropriate order of | ||||||
8 | business, which shall
appear on the daily calendar. All | ||||||
9 | legislative measures, except bills or
resolutions on the | ||||||
10 | Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
| ||||||
11 | status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
| ||||||
12 | amendments,
so referred are automatically assigned standard | ||||||
13 | debate status, subject to
Rule 52.
| ||||||
14 | (e) All committee amendments, floor amendments, joint | ||||||
15 | action motions
for final action, conference committee reports, | ||||||
16 | and motions to table committee
amendments, upon
filing with the | ||||||
17 | Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules
Committee. The | ||||||
18 | Rules Committee may refer any committee amendment to the | ||||||
19 | standing committee or the special committee to which the bill | ||||||
20 | or resolution it amends has been referred for its review and | ||||||
21 | consideration, provided the committee amendment is filed no | ||||||
22 | later than 3:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting at which | ||||||
23 | that bill or resolution may be considered. "Business day" does | ||||||
24 | not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal holidays | ||||||
25 | unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office is | ||||||
26 | otherwise open to the public on that day. The Rules Committee |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | may refer any floor amendment, joint
action motion for final | ||||||
2 | action, conference committee report, or motion to table
a | ||||||
3 | committee amendment
to the House or to a standing committee or | ||||||
4 | a special committee
for its review and consideration (in those | ||||||
5 | instances, and notwithstanding
any other provision of these | ||||||
6 | Rules, the standing committee
or special committee may hold a | ||||||
7 | hearing
on and consider those legislative measures pursuant to
| ||||||
8 | a one-hour advance notice given no later than the calendar day | ||||||
9 | before the date of the hearing , and referrals to the House | ||||||
10 | shall be subject to the notice requirements of Rule 15(d)). Any | ||||||
11 | floor amendment, joint action motion for final
action, | ||||||
12 | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
13 | amendment
that is not referred to the House by, or discharged | ||||||
14 | from, the Rules
Committee
is out of order, except that any | ||||||
15 | floor amendment, joint
action
motion for final action, | ||||||
16 | conference committee report, or motion to table a
committee | ||||||
17 | amendment favorably reported
by, or discharged from, a standing | ||||||
18 | committee or a special committee is deemed referred to
the | ||||||
19 | House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All | ||||||
20 | joint action
motions for final action, conference committee | ||||||
21 | reports and motions to table
committee amendments so referred | ||||||
22 | are
automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
| ||||||
23 | Rule 52.
Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule | ||||||
24 | are automatically
assigned amendment debate status.
| ||||||
25 | (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or
re-refer | ||||||
26 | any a legislative measure , except a committee amendment, from a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committee to a
Committee of the Whole or to any other | ||||||
2 | committee. If a bill or resolution is re-referred from a | ||||||
3 | standing or special committee to a Committee of the Whole or to | ||||||
4 | any other committee pursuant to this Rule, any committee | ||||||
5 | amendments pending in the standing or special committee shall | ||||||
6 | be automatically re-referred with the bill or resolution.
| ||||||
7 | (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules | ||||||
8 | Committee upon the affirmative vote of 71 members elected. Any | ||||||
9 | bill or resolution discharged from the Rules Committee shall be | ||||||
10 | placed on the appropriate order of business of the Petition | ||||||
11 | Calendar as provided in Rule 42.1. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
12 | provision of these Rules, any bill pending before the Rules | ||||||
13 | Committee shall be immediately discharged and referred to a | ||||||
14 | standing committee, special committee, or order of the Daily | ||||||
15 | Calendar, as provided in this Rule, if the Principal Sponsor of | ||||||
16 | the bill files a motion that is signed by no less than | ||||||
17 | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | ||||||
18 | caucuses, provided each member signing the motion is a sponsor | ||||||
19 | of the underlying bill subject to the motion and the motion | ||||||
20 | specifies the appropriate standing committee, special | ||||||
21 | committee, or order on the Daily Calendar to which the bill | ||||||
22 | shall be referred. Such a motion shall be filed, in writing, | ||||||
23 | with the Clerk. All other legislative measures may be | ||||||
24 | discharged from the Rules Committee only by unanimous consent | ||||||
25 | of the House. A bill or resolution discharged from the Rules | ||||||
26 | Committee shall be referred as follows: (i) a bill or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | resolution that was not previously referred shall be referred | ||||||
2 | to the standing committee or special committee designated on | ||||||
3 | the motion, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; (ii) | ||||||
4 | a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules Committee from a | ||||||
5 | standing committee or special committee shall be re-referred to | ||||||
6 | that committee, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; | ||||||
7 | and (iii) a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules | ||||||
8 | Committee from an order of business on the Daily Calendar shall | ||||||
9 | be re-referred to the same order of business, provided the bill | ||||||
10 | or resolution shall be carried on the Daily Calendar for at | ||||||
11 | least one legislative day prior to consideration by the House. | ||||||
12 | Legislative measures, other than bills or resolutions, that are | ||||||
13 | discharged from the Rules Committee shall be referred as | ||||||
14 | follows: (i) an amendment, joint action motion for final | ||||||
15 | action, or conference committee report shall be referred to the | ||||||
16 | committee that considered the underlying bill or resolution and | ||||||
17 | (ii) any other legislative measure shall be referred to the | ||||||
18 | proper order of business on the Daily Calendar, provided the | ||||||
19 | legislative measure shall be carried on the Daily Calendar for | ||||||
20 | at least one legislative day prior to consideration by the | ||||||
21 | House. Rulings of the Presiding Officer related to this | ||||||
22 | subsection (g) may not be appealed. This subsection may not be | ||||||
23 | suspended.
| ||||||
24 | (h) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended, | ||||||
25 | this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71
| ||||||
26 | members elected.
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| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 19)
| ||||||
2 | 19. Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
| ||||||
3 | (a) All legislative measures that fail to meet
the | ||||||
4 | applicable deadline established under Rule
9 for reporting to | ||||||
5 | the House by a standing committee or a special committee,
for | ||||||
6 | Third Reading and passage, or for consideration of joint action | ||||||
7 | motions and
conference committee reports are automatically
| ||||||
8 | re-referred to the Rules Committee unless:
(i) the deadline has | ||||||
9 | been suspended or revised by the Speaker,
with re-referral to | ||||||
10 | the Rules Committee to occur if the bill
has not been reported | ||||||
11 | to the House in accordance with a
revised deadline; or (ii) the | ||||||
12 | Rules Committee has issued a
written exception to the Clerk | ||||||
13 | with respect to a particular
bill before the reporting | ||||||
14 | deadline, with re-referral
to occur, if at all, in accordance | ||||||
15 | with the written
exception; or (iii) the deadline has been | ||||||
16 | automatically suspended because the bill has been passed, but | ||||||
17 | remains subject to further consideration pursuant to Rule 65 ; | ||||||
18 | or (iv) the bill or resolution is pending before the House on | ||||||
19 | the Petition Calendar . When a bill is re-referred to the Rules | ||||||
20 | Committee after failure to meet a committee reporting or Third | ||||||
21 | Reading deadline, any amendment to the bill remaining in a | ||||||
22 | standing or special committee shall also be re-referred to the | ||||||
23 | Rules Committee.
| ||||||
24 | (b) All legislative measures pending before the House or
| ||||||
25 | any of its committees are automatically re-referred to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Rules
Committee on the 31st consecutive day that the House has | ||||||
2 | not
convened for session unless: (i) any deadline applicable to | ||||||
3 | the bill or
resolution that has been designated by the Speaker | ||||||
4 | under Rule 9 exceeds 31
days, with re-referral to occur, if at | ||||||
5 | all, in accordance with that deadline;
(ii) this Rule is
| ||||||
6 | suspended under Rule 67; or (iii) the Rules
Committee, by the | ||||||
7 | affirmative vote of a majority of those appointed, issues a | ||||||
8 | written
exception to the Clerk before that
31st day ; or (iv) | ||||||
9 | the bill or resolution is pending before the House on the | ||||||
10 | Petition Calendar .
| ||||||
11 | (House Rule 20)
| ||||||
12 | 20. Reporting by Committees. Committees shall report
to the | ||||||
13 | House, and subcommittees shall report to their parent
| ||||||
14 | committees.
| ||||||
15 | (House Rule 21)
| ||||||
16 | 21. Notice.
| ||||||
17 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules or unless
| ||||||
18 | this Rule is suspended under Rule 67 or unless the Rules | ||||||
19 | Committee by majority vote waives the notice requirement for a | ||||||
20 | subject matter hearing of any committee, standing committees,
| ||||||
21 | special committees, committees created under Article X of these | ||||||
22 | Rules, and subcommittees of those committees shall not consider | ||||||
23 | or conduct a hearing with respect
to a subject matter or a | ||||||
24 | legislative measure absent notice first being given as
follows:
|
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| |||||||
1 | (1) The Chairperson of the committee, or the | ||||||
2 | Co-Chairperson from the
majority caucus of a standing or | ||||||
3 | special committee, shall, no later
than 6 days before any | ||||||
4 | proposed hearing, post a
notice on the House bulletin board | ||||||
5 | identifying each subject matter and each
legislative | ||||||
6 | measure , other than a committee
amendment upon initial | ||||||
7 | consideration under
Rule 40, that may be considered during | ||||||
8 | that
hearing. Committee amendments filed no later than the | ||||||
9 | deadline established in Rule 40 may be considered pursuant | ||||||
10 | to two hours advance notice. The notice shall contain the | ||||||
11 | day, hour, and
place of the hearing. Legislative measures | ||||||
12 | and subject matters posted for hearing as provided in this | ||||||
13 | item (1) may also be considered at any committee hearing | ||||||
14 | re-convened following a recess of the committee for which | ||||||
15 | notice was posted, but only if the House has met or was | ||||||
16 | scheduled to meet in regular, veto, or special session on | ||||||
17 | each calendar day from the time of the original committee | ||||||
18 | hearing to the re-convened committee hearing.
| ||||||
19 | (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called
under | ||||||
20 | Rule 15; meetings of the standing
committees and special | ||||||
21 | committees to consider floor amendments,
joint action | ||||||
22 | motions for final action, conference committee reports, | ||||||
23 | and
motions to table committee amendments
may be called | ||||||
24 | under Rule 18.
| ||||||
25 | (3) The Chairperson, or Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
26 | majority caucus of a standing or
special committee, shall, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in advance of a committee
hearing, notify all Principal | ||||||
2 | Sponsors of
legislative measures posted for that hearing of | ||||||
3 | the
date, time, and place of hearing. When practical,
the | ||||||
4 | Clerk shall include a notice of all scheduled
hearings, | ||||||
5 | together with all posted bills and
resolutions, in the | ||||||
6 | Daily Calendar of the House.
Regardless of whether a | ||||||
7 | particular legislative
measure or subject matter has been | ||||||
8 | posted for hearing, it is in
order for a committee during | ||||||
9 | any of its meetings to
refer a subject matter or | ||||||
10 | legislative measure pending before it to a
subcommittee of | ||||||
11 | that committee.
| ||||||
12 | (b) Except as authorized under Rule 28, no committee, other | ||||||
13 | than the Rules Committee, may meet during any session
of the | ||||||
14 | House, and no commission created by Illinois law that has | ||||||
15 | legislative
membership may meet during any session of the | ||||||
16 | House.
| ||||||
17 | (b-5) Each standing appropriations committee shall meet at | ||||||
18 | least once during each month of the calendar year. When the | ||||||
19 | House is not in session, each standing appropriations committee | ||||||
20 | shall hold each month at least one hearing in Illinois at a | ||||||
21 | location other than the City of Springfield or the City of | ||||||
22 | Chicago. | ||||||
23 | (c) Regardless of whether notice has been
previously given, | ||||||
24 | it is always in order for a committee
to table any legislative | ||||||
25 | measure pending before it
when the Principal Sponsor so | ||||||
26 | requests, subject to Rule 60.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
2 | of 71 members
elected, subject to Rule 25.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 22)
| ||||||
4 | 22. Committee Procedure.
| ||||||
5 | (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
| ||||||
6 | referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may | ||||||
7 | make with
respect to that legislative
measure one of the | ||||||
8 | following reports to the House or to the
parent committee, as | ||||||
9 | appropriate:
| ||||||
10 | (1) that the bill "do pass";
| ||||||
11 | (2) that the bill "do not pass";
| ||||||
12 | (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
| ||||||
13 | (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
| ||||||
14 | (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
| ||||||
15 | (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
| ||||||
16 | (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
| ||||||
17 | (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
| ||||||
18 | (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | ||||||
19 | conference committee
report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
20 | amendment "be adopted";
| ||||||
21 | (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | ||||||
22 | conference
committee report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
23 | amendment "be not adopted";
| ||||||
24 | (11) that the Executive Order "be disapproved"; | ||||||
25 | (12) that the Executive Order "be not disapproved";
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (13) "without recommendation"; or
| ||||||
2 | (14) "tabled".
| ||||||
3 | Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
| ||||||
4 | concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All
legislative | ||||||
5 | measures reported "do pass", "do pass as
amended", "be | ||||||
6 | adopted", or "be adopted as amended"
are favorably reported to | ||||||
7 | the House.
Except as otherwise provided by these Rules,
any | ||||||
8 | legislative measure referred or re-referred to a
committee and | ||||||
9 | not reported under this Rule shall
remain in that committee.
| ||||||
10 | (b) No bill that provides for an appropriation
of money | ||||||
11 | from the State Treasury may be
considered for passage by the | ||||||
12 | House unless it has first
been favorably reported by an | ||||||
13 | Appropriations
Committee or:
| ||||||
14 | (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
| ||||||
15 | Committee under Rule 58;
| ||||||
16 | (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
| ||||||
17 | majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee;
or
| ||||||
18 | (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
| ||||||
19 | (c) The Clerk shall keep a record in which there shall be | ||||||
20 | entered:
| ||||||
21 | (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
| ||||||
22 | committee.
| ||||||
23 | (2) The attendance of committee members at each | ||||||
24 | meeting.
| ||||||
25 | (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
| ||||||
26 | legislative measures acted on by the committee.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (4) The "Record of Committee Witness" forms executed by
| ||||||
2 | each person appearing or registering in each
committee | ||||||
3 | meeting, which shall include
identification of the | ||||||
4 | witness, the person, group, or
firm represented by | ||||||
5 | appearance and the capacity
in which the representation is | ||||||
6 | made (if the person
is representing someone other than | ||||||
7 | himself or
herself), his or her position on the legislation
| ||||||
8 | under consideration, and the nature of his or her
desired | ||||||
9 | testimony.
| ||||||
10 | (5) An audio recording of the proceedings.
| ||||||
11 | (6) Documents submitted to the committee by persons | ||||||
12 | providing testimony or registering in each committee | ||||||
13 | meeting.
| ||||||
14 | (7) Such additional information as may be requested by
| ||||||
15 | the Clerk.
| ||||||
16 | (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from | ||||||
17 | the majority
caucus
of a standing or special committee, shall | ||||||
18 | file with the Clerk,
along with every legislative measure | ||||||
19 | reported upon, a written report containing
such information as | ||||||
20 | required by the
Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and | ||||||
21 | procedures
with respect to the preparation, filing, and | ||||||
22 | maintenance of
the reports.
| ||||||
23 | (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative
measure | ||||||
24 | pending before it to the House, or when a committee
fails to | ||||||
25 | hold a public hearing on a legislative measure
pending before | ||||||
26 | it, the exclusive means to bring that
legislative measure |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | directly before the House for its
consideration is as provided | ||||||
2 | in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
| ||||||
3 | (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a | ||||||
4 | standing committee
or special
committee in the absence of the | ||||||
5 | Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the
committee | ||||||
6 | Minority Spokesperson, or a chief
co-sponsor may present a bill | ||||||
7 | or resolution in committee with the approval of
the Principal | ||||||
8 | Sponsor when the committee consents.
In the case of standing or | ||||||
9 | special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
10 | political
parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
11 | from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means | ||||||
12 | the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus.
This subsection | ||||||
13 | may not be suspended.
| ||||||
14 | (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions | ||||||
15 | are renewable, provided that no
bill or resolution may be voted | ||||||
16 | on more than
twice in any committee on motions to report the | ||||||
17 | bill or
resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by | ||||||
18 | which
the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
| ||||||
19 | resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed
to | ||||||
20 | receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record
votes | ||||||
21 | shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
| ||||||
22 | unfavorable recommendation.
| ||||||
23 | (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
| ||||||
24 | by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was | ||||||
25 | favorably
reported by a three-fifths vote of the members | ||||||
26 | present and voting, including those voting "present".
Bills and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | resolutions receiving favorable reports may be
placed upon the | ||||||
2 | Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
| ||||||
3 | (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
4 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 23)
| ||||||
6 | 23. Witnesses, Oaths, and Subpoenae.
| ||||||
7 | (a) At the discretion of the Chairperson, standing | ||||||
8 | committees may administer oaths and may compel,
by subpoena, | ||||||
9 | any person to appear and give testimony as a witness before the
| ||||||
10 | standing committee and produce papers, documents, and other
| ||||||
11 | materials relating to a legislative measure pending before the | ||||||
12 | standing
committee.
| ||||||
13 | (b) At the discretion of the Chairperson, special | ||||||
14 | committees may administer oaths and may compel,
by subpoena, | ||||||
15 | any person to appear and give testimony before the special
| ||||||
16 | committee and produce papers, documents, and other materials
| ||||||
17 | relating
to the subject matter for which the special committee | ||||||
18 | was created or relating
to a legislative measure pending before | ||||||
19 | the special committee.
| ||||||
20 | (c) At the discretion of the Speaker, a Committee
of the | ||||||
21 | Whole
may administer oaths and may compel, by
subpoena, any | ||||||
22 | person to appear and give testimony before the committee of the
| ||||||
23 | whole and produce papers, documents, and other materials | ||||||
24 | relating to the
subject matter for which the committee of the | ||||||
25 | whole was created or relating to
a legislative measure pending |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | before the committee of the whole.
| ||||||
2 | (d) Oaths may be administered under this Rule by the | ||||||
3 | Presiding Officer or by
the Chairperson of a committee or any | ||||||
4 | person sitting in his or her stead.
| ||||||
5 | (e) Subpoenae issued under this Rule must be issued and | ||||||
6 | signed by the
Chairperson of the committee and must comply with | ||||||
7 | Rule 4(c)(9).
| ||||||
8 | (f) In the case of
special committees with
Co-Chairpersons | ||||||
9 | from different political parties, the term "Chairperson" for
| ||||||
10 | purposes of this Rule means the Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
11 | majority caucus.
| ||||||
12 | (g) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
13 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 24)
| ||||||
15 | 24. Committee Reports.
| ||||||
16 | (a) All bills favorably reported to the House from a
| ||||||
17 | committee, or with respect to which a committee has been
| ||||||
18 | discharged, shall be reported to the House and shall be placed | ||||||
19 | on the
order of Second Reading and assigned standard debate | ||||||
20 | status, subject to Rule
52. Bills reported to the House from | ||||||
21 | committee
"do not pass", "do not pass as amended", "without | ||||||
22 | recommendation", or "tabled"
shall lie on the table.
| ||||||
23 | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | ||||||
24 | action,
conference committee reports, and motions to table | ||||||
25 | committee amendments
favorably reported from a standing
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committee or special committee shall be referred to the House | ||||||
2 | and eligible for
consideration when the House
is on an | ||||||
3 | appropriate order of business. Amendments to bills that are
not | ||||||
4 | on the order of Second Reading are out of order. All floor
| ||||||
5 | amendments,
joint action motions for final action, conference | ||||||
6 | committee reports, and
motions to table committee amendments | ||||||
7 | that are
reported to the House from committee
"be not adopted", | ||||||
8 | "without recommendation", or "tabled" shall lie on the table.
| ||||||
9 | When the Rules Committee refers a floor amendment, joint action | ||||||
10 | motion for
final action,
conference committee report, or motion | ||||||
11 | to table a committee amendment to a
standing committee or a | ||||||
12 | special committee
that thereafter favorably reports that | ||||||
13 | legislative measure to the
House, the legislative measure shall | ||||||
14 | be referred to the House, assigned
standard debate status | ||||||
15 | subject to Rule 52 (except floor amendments, which
shall be | ||||||
16 | assigned
amendment debate status), and eligible for | ||||||
17 | consideration when the House is on
an appropriate order of | ||||||
18 | business.
| ||||||
19 | (c) All resolutions favorably reported to the House from
| ||||||
20 | the Rules Committee, a standing committee, or a special | ||||||
21 | committee, or with
respect to which the committee has been | ||||||
22 | discharged, shall be referred to the
House and placed on the | ||||||
23 | order of Resolutions and assigned standard debate
status,
| ||||||
24 | subject to Rule 52. All resolutions that are
reported to the | ||||||
25 | House from committee "be not adopted",
"be not adopted as | ||||||
26 | amended", "without
recommendation", or "tabled" shall lie on |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the table.
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 25)
| ||||||
3 | 25. Suspension of Posting Requirements.
| ||||||
4 | (a) A motion to
suspend the posting requirements of Rule 21 | ||||||
5 | must be in
writing, specifying the committee and the bills or
| ||||||
6 | resolutions to which the motion applies, and adopted by the
| ||||||
7 | affirmative vote of 60 members elected. The requirement that | ||||||
8 | the motion be in
writing may not be suspended.
| ||||||
9 | (b) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended | ||||||
10 | or that require
unanimous consent, this Rule may be suspended | ||||||
11 | only by the affirmative vote
of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 26)
| ||||||
13 | 26. Rights of the Public.
| ||||||
14 | (a) If a legislative measure or subject matter has been | ||||||
15 | properly set for
hearing and witnesses are present and wish to | ||||||
16 | testify, the
committee shall hear the witnesses at the | ||||||
17 | scheduled time and
place, subject to Rule 10(c).
| ||||||
18 | (b) Any person wishing to offer testimony to a committee
| ||||||
19 | hearing of a legislative measure or subject matter shall be | ||||||
20 | given a reasonable
opportunity to do so, orally or in writing. | ||||||
21 | The Chairperson
may set time limits for presentation of oral | ||||||
22 | testimony. No
testimony in writing is required of any witness, | ||||||
23 | but any
witness may submit a statement in writing for the | ||||||
24 | committee
record. All persons offering testimony shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | complete a
"Record of Committee Witness" form and submit it to | ||||||
2 | the
committee clerk before testifying.
In the case of standing | ||||||
3 | or special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
4 | political
parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
5 | from the majority caucus.
| ||||||
6 | (c) A motion to foreclose further oral testimony by
| ||||||
7 | witnesses on a matter before a committee may be
adopted only by | ||||||
8 | a three-fifths majority of those voting on
the motion. No such | ||||||
9 | motion is in order until both
proponents and opponents | ||||||
10 | requesting to be heard have been
given a fair and substantial | ||||||
11 | opportunity to express their
positions. No one shall be | ||||||
12 | prohibited from filing for the
record "Record of Committee | ||||||
13 | Witness" forms or written
statements while the matter is before | ||||||
14 | the committee.
| ||||||
15 | (d) Meetings of committees and subcommittees shall be
open | ||||||
16 | to the public. Committee meetings of the House may be
closed to | ||||||
17 | the public if two-thirds of the members elected to
the House | ||||||
18 | determine, by a record vote, that the public interest so | ||||||
19 | requires.
| ||||||
20 | (e) This Rule cannot be suspended retroactively.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 27)
| ||||||
22 | 27. Smoking. Smoking is prohibited at any official
| ||||||
23 | committee hearing, and no committee member, staff member, or
| ||||||
24 | member of the public is permitted to smoke in the room
in which | ||||||
25 | the hearing is being held.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | ARTICLE III
| ||||||
2 | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 28)
| ||||||
4 | 28. Sessions of the House.
| ||||||
5 | (a) The House is in session whenever it
convenes in | ||||||
6 | perfunctory session, regular session, veto
session, special | ||||||
7 | session, or joint session with the Senate. Members are entitled | ||||||
8 | to per
diem expense reimbursements authorized by law only on | ||||||
9 | those regular, veto,
special session, and joint session days | ||||||
10 | that they are in attendance at the
House and either (i) are | ||||||
11 | recorded as present on the quorum roll call or (ii) personally | ||||||
12 | appear before the Clerk or the Clerk's designee after the | ||||||
13 | quorum roll call but prior to the close of the Clerk's Office | ||||||
14 | for the day. Attendance by members is not required or
recorded | ||||||
15 | on perfunctory session days.
| ||||||
16 | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled
with | ||||||
17 | notice by the Speaker under Rule 9.
Special session days shall | ||||||
18 | be scheduled in accordance with
the Constitution and laws of | ||||||
19 | Illinois. The Speaker may convene the House when deemed | ||||||
20 | necessary, regardless of whether a different date or time has | ||||||
21 | been established.
| ||||||
22 | (c) The Speaker may schedule
perfunctory session days | ||||||
23 | during which the Clerk may read into
the House record any | ||||||
24 | legislative measure , except that no bill shall be read for a |
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1 | second time during perfunctory session .
Committees may meet and | ||||||
2 | may consider and act upon legislative
measures during a | ||||||
3 | perfunctory session day, and the Clerk may
receive and read | ||||||
4 | committee reports into the House record
during a perfunctory | ||||||
5 | day. Except for automatic referral
under these Rules, no | ||||||
6 | further action may be taken by
the House with respect to a | ||||||
7 | legislative measure during a
perfunctory session day.
| ||||||
8 | (House Rule 29)
| ||||||
9 | 29. Hour of Meeting. Unless otherwise ordered by the | ||||||
10 | Speaker or Presiding
Officer or as provided in Rule 1, the | ||||||
11 | House
shall regularly convene at 12:30 p.m. on the first day of | ||||||
12 | each week that the
House convenes in regular, veto, or special | ||||||
13 | session and shall convene at
noon on all other days.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 30)
| ||||||
15 | 30. Access to the House Floor.
| ||||||
16 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, only the
| ||||||
17 | following persons shall be admitted to the House while it is
in | ||||||
18 | session: members and officers of the General Assembly;
elected | ||||||
19 | officers of the executive branch; justices of the
Supreme | ||||||
20 | Court; the designated aide to the Governor, except as
limited | ||||||
21 | by the Speaker; the parliamentarian;
majority staff members and | ||||||
22 | minority staff members, except as
limited by the Speaker or | ||||||
23 | Presiding Officer; former members, except as
limited by the | ||||||
24 | Speaker or prohibited under subsection (d);
and employees of |
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| |||||||
1 | the Legislative Reference Bureau, except as
limited by the | ||||||
2 | Speaker. Representatives of the press, while
the House is in | ||||||
3 | session, may have access to the galleries and
places allotted | ||||||
4 | to them by the Speaker. No person is
entitled to the floor | ||||||
5 | unless appropriately attired. Only
members of the General | ||||||
6 | Assembly may use telephones at the
members' desks. Smoking is | ||||||
7 | prohibited on the floor of the House and
in the House | ||||||
8 | galleries.
| ||||||
9 | (b) On days during which the House is in session,
the | ||||||
10 | Doorkeeper shall clear the floor of all persons not
entitled to | ||||||
11 | access to the floor 15 minutes before the
convening time, and | ||||||
12 | the Doorkeeper shall enforce all other
provisions of this Rule.
| ||||||
13 | (c) The Speaker may authorize the admission to the floor of | ||||||
14 | any other
person, except as prohibited under subsection (d).
| ||||||
15 | (d) No person who is directly or indirectly interested
in | ||||||
16 | defeating or promoting any pending legislative measure, if
| ||||||
17 | required to be registered as a lobbyist or compensated by an | ||||||
18 | entity required to register as a lobbyist, shall be allowed
| ||||||
19 | access to the floor of the House at any time during the
| ||||||
20 | session. The Speaker, or his or her designee, shall have the | ||||||
21 | authority to determine whether a person may be granted or | ||||||
22 | denied access in accordance with this subsection.
| ||||||
23 | (e) When he or she deems it necessary for the
preservation | ||||||
24 | of order, the Presiding Officer may by order
remove any person | ||||||
25 | from the floor of the House. A
Representative may be removed | ||||||
26 | from the floor only under
Article XI or XII of these Rules.
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1 | (House Rule 31)
| ||||||
2 | 31. Standing Order of Business. | ||||||
3 | (a) Unless otherwise determined by the
Presiding Officer, | ||||||
4 | the standing daily order of business of the House
is as | ||||||
5 | follows:
| ||||||
6 | (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, | ||||||
7 | and
Roll Call.
| ||||||
8 | (2) Petition Calendar.
| ||||||
9 | (3) (2) Approval of the Journal.
| ||||||
10 | (4) (3) Reading of House Bills a first time.
| ||||||
11 | (5) (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the | ||||||
12 | Rules
Committee ordinarily made at any time.
| ||||||
13 | (6) (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and | ||||||
14 | Messages.
| ||||||
15 | (7) (6) Introduction of House Bills.
| ||||||
16 | (8) (7) Messages from the Senate, not including reading
| ||||||
17 | Senate Bills a first time.
| ||||||
18 | (9) (8) Reading of House Bills a second time.
| ||||||
19 | (10) (9) Reading of House Bills a third time.
| ||||||
20 | (11) (10) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
| ||||||
21 | (12) (11) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
| ||||||
22 | (13) (12) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
| ||||||
23 | (14) (13) House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
| ||||||
24 | (15) (14) Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
| ||||||
25 | (16) (15) Conference Committee Reports.
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| |||||||
1 | (17) (16) Motions in Writing.
| ||||||
2 | (18) (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
| ||||||
3 | (19) (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
| ||||||
4 | (20) (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
| ||||||
5 | (21) (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
| ||||||
6 | (22) (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
| ||||||
7 | (23) (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
| ||||||
8 | (24) (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of | ||||||
9 | Postponed
Consideration.
| ||||||
10 | The Presiding Officer may vary the daily order of business | ||||||
11 | of the House, but only with respect to items (3) through (24); | ||||||
12 | items (1) and (2) must always be the first and second orders of | ||||||
13 | business. The House may also return to the order of business | ||||||
14 | under item (2) at the direction of the Presiding Officer or | ||||||
15 | upon the adoption of a motion to change the order of business. | ||||||
16 | This subsection may not be suspended. | ||||||
17 | (b) The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business or | ||||||
18 | a Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and | ||||||
19 | approximate time at which specific legislative measures may be | ||||||
20 | considered by the House. The Weekly Order of Business or Daily | ||||||
21 | Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the Speaker | ||||||
22 | with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of | ||||||
23 | business for the amount of time necessary for its completion. | ||||||
24 | Nothing in this Rule, however, limits the Speaker's or | ||||||
25 | Presiding Officer's powers under Rule 4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a). | ||||||
26 | (c) A special order of business may be set by the Rules |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Committee or by the Speaker as provided in Rule 44. | ||||||
2 | (d) Except for those provisions that cannot be suspended, | ||||||
3 | this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | ||||||
4 | 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 32)
| ||||||
6 | 32. Quorum.
| ||||||
7 | (a) A majority of those elected constitutes a
quorum of the | ||||||
8 | House, and a majority of those appointed
constitutes a quorum | ||||||
9 | of a committee, but a smaller number may
adjourn from day to | ||||||
10 | day, or recess for less than one day, and
compel the attendance | ||||||
11 | of absent members. The attendance of
absent members may also be | ||||||
12 | compelled by order of the Speaker. This subsection may not be | ||||||
13 | suspended.
| ||||||
14 | (b) The question of the presence of a quorum in any
| ||||||
15 | committee may not be raised on consideration of a legislative
| ||||||
16 | measure by the House unless the same question was previously
| ||||||
17 | raised before the committee with respect to that legislative
| ||||||
18 | measure.
| ||||||
19 | (c) Any member not answering the quorum roll call of the | ||||||
20 | House on any session day who is in attendance and wishes to be | ||||||
21 | added to that quorum roll call must file a request to be shown | ||||||
22 | present on the quorum roll call with the Clerk. The request | ||||||
23 | must be in writing and filed in person by the member on the | ||||||
24 | same calendar day the quorum roll call was taken.
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| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 33)
| ||||||
2 | 33. Approval of the Journal. The Speaker or his or her
| ||||||
3 | designee shall periodically examine and report to the House
any | ||||||
4 | corrections he or she deems should be made in the Journal
| ||||||
5 | before it is approved. If those corrections are approved by
the | ||||||
6 | House, they shall be made by the Clerk.
| ||||||
7 | (House Rule 34)
| ||||||
8 | 34. Executive Sessions. The sessions of the House
shall be | ||||||
9 | open to the public. Sessions and committee meetings
of the | ||||||
10 | House may be closed to the public if two-thirds of the
members | ||||||
11 | elected determine, by a record vote, that the public interest | ||||||
12 | so
requires.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 35)
| ||||||
14 | 35. Length of Adjournment. The House,
without the consent | ||||||
15 | of the Senate, shall not adjourn for more than 3 days
or to a | ||||||
16 | place other than where the 2 chambers of
the General Assembly | ||||||
17 | are sitting. The House is in
session on any day in which it | ||||||
18 | convenes in perfunctory
session, regular session, veto | ||||||
19 | session, special session, or joint session with the Senate.
| ||||||
20 | (House Rule 36)
| ||||||
21 | 36. Transcript of the House. Nothing contained
in the | ||||||
22 | official transcript of the House shall be changed or
expunged | ||||||
23 | except by written request of a Representative to the
Clerk and |
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| |||||||
1 | Speaker, and that request may be approved only by the
record | ||||||
2 | vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
3 | ARTICLE IV
| ||||||
4 | BILLS AND AMENDMENTS
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 37)
| ||||||
6 | 37. Bills.
| ||||||
7 | (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship
of | ||||||
8 | one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on
the | ||||||
9 | reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
| ||||||
10 | the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
| ||||||
11 | first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
| ||||||
12 | than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
| ||||||
13 | Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
| ||||||
14 | Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma.
The | ||||||
15 | Principal Sponsor may change the
sponsorship of a bill to that | ||||||
16 | of one or more other
Representatives, or
to that of the | ||||||
17 | standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
| ||||||
18 | referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change
may | ||||||
19 | be made at any time the bill is pending before the House
or any | ||||||
20 | of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided | ||||||
21 | that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief | ||||||
22 | co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
| ||||||
23 | This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
24 | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that
bill. A |
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| |||||||
1 | committee-sponsored bill is
controlled by the Chairperson, or | ||||||
2 | if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by
the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
3 | from the majority caucus, who for purposes of
these Rules is | ||||||
4 | deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may | ||||||
5 | not
have individual co-sponsors.
| ||||||
6 | (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the
Senate | ||||||
7 | may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill
by filing | ||||||
8 | a notice with the Clerk. Such notice is automatically referred | ||||||
9 | to the Rules Committee. The notice shall include the bill | ||||||
10 | number, signature of the Senate sponsor, signature of the | ||||||
11 | substitute House sponsor, and a statement that the original | ||||||
12 | House sponsor was provided with notice of intent to request a | ||||||
13 | substitute House sponsor. A notice that satisfies the | ||||||
14 | requirements of this subsection shall be approved by the Rules | ||||||
15 | Committee. If the Rules Committee does not act on a notice that | ||||||
16 | satisfies the requirements of this subsection within 3 | ||||||
17 | legislative days after its referral, then the notice is deemed | ||||||
18 | approved and the Clerk shall substitute sponsorship. This | ||||||
19 | subsection shall be in effect if, and only for so long as, the | ||||||
20 | Rules of the Senate include a reciprocal privilege for House | ||||||
21 | sponsors and the Senate complies with the rule. This subsection | ||||||
22 | may not be suspended.
| ||||||
23 | (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
| ||||||
24 | title a first time, ordered reproduced and distributed in | ||||||
25 | accordance with Rule 39, and automatically
referred to the | ||||||
26 | Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18. After
a Senate Bill |
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| |||||||
1 | is received and a House member has submitted notification to | ||||||
2 | the Clerk of sponsorship of that bill, it shall be read by | ||||||
3 | title,
ordered reproduced and distributed in accordance with | ||||||
4 | Rule 39, and
automatically referred to the Rules Committee in
| ||||||
5 | accordance with Rule 18.
| ||||||
6 | (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
| ||||||
7 | accompanied by 1 copy. Any bill that amends a statute
shall | ||||||
8 | indicate the particular changes in the following
manner:
| ||||||
9 | (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
| ||||||
10 | (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
| ||||||
11 | shall be shown crossed with a line.
| ||||||
12 | (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a
record | ||||||
13 | vote of a majority of those elected, subject to Rule 69. A bill | ||||||
14 | that
has
lost on third reading and has not been reconsidered | ||||||
15 | may not thereafter be
revived. If a motion for the adoption of | ||||||
16 | a first conference committee report fails and the motion is not | ||||||
17 | reconsidered, then a second conference committee may be | ||||||
18 | appointed as provided in Rule 76(c). If a motion for the | ||||||
19 | adoption of a second conference committee report fails and is | ||||||
20 | not reconsidered, then the bill may not thereafter be revived.
| ||||||
21 | (g) An appropriation bill that is amended in the House may | ||||||
22 | not be considered on Third Reading until the third calendar day | ||||||
23 | following the adoption or tabling of any House Committee or | ||||||
24 | House floor amendments to the bill. | ||||||
25 | This subsection (g) may be suspended only by the | ||||||
26 | affirmative vote of 71 members elected. |
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| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 37.5) | ||||||
2 | 37.5. Amendments to Taxpayer Accountability and Budget | ||||||
3 | Stabilization Act. | ||||||
4 | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | ||||||
5 | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to Section | ||||||
6 | 201.5 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or that seeks to | ||||||
7 | appropriate or transfer money pursuant to a declaration of a | ||||||
8 | fiscal emergency under Section 201.5 of that Act, may be moved | ||||||
9 | from the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | ||||||
10 | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | ||||||
11 | been adopted by a record vote of 71 members. If such a bill is | ||||||
12 | on the order of concurrence or in the form of a conference | ||||||
13 | committee report, no motion to concur or to adopt that | ||||||
14 | conference committee report is in order unless a motion to | ||||||
15 | approve such measure for consideration has been adopted by a | ||||||
16 | record vote of 71 members. Nothing in this House Rule shall be | ||||||
17 | deemed to alter the vote requirement for final passage of a | ||||||
18 | legislative measure required by the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
19 | (b) Any motion made pursuant to subsection (a) to approve a | ||||||
20 | legislative measure for consideration must be in writing. Upon | ||||||
21 | receipt of the written motion, the Clerk shall immediately | ||||||
22 | notify the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The motion shall | ||||||
23 | not be referred to a committee. The motion must be carried on | ||||||
24 | the calendar before it may be taken up by the House and may | ||||||
25 | then be immediately considered and adopted by the House. The |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, provided that once | ||||||
2 | that motion is adopted, it shall not be reconsidered. | ||||||
3 | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | ||||||
4 | consent. | ||||||
5 | (House Rule 37.6) | ||||||
6 | 37.6. Amendments to State Pension Funds Continuing | ||||||
7 | Appropriation Act. | ||||||
8 | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | ||||||
9 | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to the State | ||||||
10 | Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act may be moved from | ||||||
11 | the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | ||||||
12 | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | ||||||
13 | been adopted by a record vote of 71 members. If such a bill is | ||||||
14 | on the order of concurrence or in the form of a conference | ||||||
15 | committee report, no motion to concur or to adopt that | ||||||
16 | conference committee report is in order unless a motion to | ||||||
17 | approve such measure for consideration has been adopted by a | ||||||
18 | record vote of 71 members. Nothing in this House Rule shall be | ||||||
19 | deemed to alter the vote requirement for final passage of a | ||||||
20 | legislative measure required by the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
21 | (b) Any motion made pursuant to subsection (a) to approve a | ||||||
22 | legislative measure for consideration must be in writing. Upon | ||||||
23 | receipt of the written motion, the Clerk shall immediately | ||||||
24 | notify the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The motion shall | ||||||
25 | not be referred to a committee. The motion must be carried on |
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| |||||||
1 | the calendar before it may be taken up by the House and may | ||||||
2 | then be immediately considered and adopted by the House. The | ||||||
3 | motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, provided that once | ||||||
4 | that motion is adopted, it shall not be reconsidered. | ||||||
5 | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | ||||||
6 | consent. | ||||||
7 | (House Rule 37.7 new) | ||||||
8 | 37.7. Consideration of Bills and Resolutions on or after | ||||||
9 | date of General Election. | ||||||
10 | (a) The House shall not consider any bill or resolution on | ||||||
11 | the order of Third Reading, the order of resolutions, or the | ||||||
12 | order of postponed consideration during the time period | ||||||
13 | beginning on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November | ||||||
14 | in even-numbered years until adjournment sine die unless a | ||||||
15 | motion to approve such measure for consideration has been | ||||||
16 | adopted by a record vote of 71 members elected. If a bill or | ||||||
17 | resolution is on the order of concurrence, the order of | ||||||
18 | non-concurrence, or in the form of a conference committee | ||||||
19 | report, no motion to concur, motion to recede, or conference | ||||||
20 | committee report is in order unless a motion to approve such | ||||||
21 | measure for consideration has been adopted by a record vote of | ||||||
22 | 71 members elected. Nothing in this Rule shall be deemed to | ||||||
23 | alter the vote requirement for final passage of a legislative | ||||||
24 | measure required by the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
25 | (b) Any motion made pursuant to subsection (a) to approve a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | legislative measure for consideration must be in writing. Upon | ||||||
2 | receipt of the written motion, the Clerk shall immediately | ||||||
3 | notify the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The motion shall | ||||||
4 | not be referred to a committee. The motion must be carried on | ||||||
5 | the calendar before it may be taken up by the House and may | ||||||
6 | then be immediately considered and adopted by the House. The | ||||||
7 | motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, provided that once | ||||||
8 | that motion is adopted, it shall not be reconsidered. | ||||||
9 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, any | ||||||
10 | resolution proposing to amend or delete this Rule requires the | ||||||
11 | affirmative vote of 71 members elected for adoption by the | ||||||
12 | House. This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | ||||||
13 | consent.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 38)
| ||||||
15 | 38. Reading of Bills. Every bill shall be
read by title on | ||||||
16 | 3 different days before passage by the
House.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 39)
| ||||||
18 | 39. Reproduction and Distribution. The Clerk shall cause | ||||||
19 | any measure subject to this Rule to be
reproduced and | ||||||
20 | distributed to the members. Reproduction and distribution
may | ||||||
21 | be done electronically, or the Clerk may establish
a method | ||||||
22 | that any
member may use to secure a copy.
| ||||||
23 | (House Rule 40)
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| |||||||
1 | 40. Amendments.
| ||||||
2 | (a) A committee amendment to a bill may be adopted by a
| ||||||
3 | standing committee or special committee when the bill is before | ||||||
4 | that committee. A floor
amendment to a bill may be adopted
by | ||||||
5 | the House when a bill is on the order of Second Reading
if: (i) | ||||||
6 | the Rules Committee has referred the floor amendment to the
| ||||||
7 | House for consideration under Rule 18; (ii) a standing | ||||||
8 | committee or special
committee has referred the floor amendment | ||||||
9 | to the House; or (iii) the floor amendment has been discharged | ||||||
10 | from committee pursuant to Rule 58. All
amendments filed in the | ||||||
11 | House must be accompanied by 1 copy and reproduced and | ||||||
12 | distributed as provided in Rule 39.
All committee amendments | ||||||
13 | for which advance notice was given pursuant to Rule 21 that | ||||||
14 | have been referred to a standing committee or special committee | ||||||
15 | by the Rules Committee shall be considered by the committee or | ||||||
16 | a subcommittee of that
committee prior to consideration by the | ||||||
17 | committee of the bill to which the
amendment relates. All | ||||||
18 | committee amendments not adopted to a bill prior to the | ||||||
19 | favorable reporting of the bill by a standing committee or | ||||||
20 | special committee are automatically tabled.
All floor | ||||||
21 | amendments not adopted to a bill and that are still pending in | ||||||
22 | a committee or before the House upon the
passage or defeat of a | ||||||
23 | bill on Third Reading are automatically
tabled, provided that | ||||||
24 | any floor amendment tabled pursuant to this Rule shall | ||||||
25 | automatically be taken from the table upon the adoption of a | ||||||
26 | motion to reconsider the vote for the passage or defeat of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | bill on Third Reading.
| ||||||
2 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules,
committee | ||||||
3 | amendments : (i) may be offered only by the Principal Sponsor or | ||||||
4 | a member of the committee while the affected bill
is before | ||||||
5 | that committee, (ii) shall be automatically referred to such | ||||||
6 | committee, and (iii) shall be adopted by a majority
of those | ||||||
7 | appointed. Floor amendments may be offered for adoption only by
| ||||||
8 | a Representative while the bill is on the order of Second
| ||||||
9 | Reading, subject to Rule 18, and shall be adopted by a majority | ||||||
10 | vote of the
House. The sponsor of a committee or floor | ||||||
11 | amendment may change the sponsorship of the amendment to that | ||||||
12 | of another member, with that other member's consent. Such | ||||||
13 | change may be made at any time the amendment is pending before | ||||||
14 | the House or any of its committees by filing notice with the | ||||||
15 | Clerk. A committee amendment may be the subject of a motion
to | ||||||
16 | "do adopt" or "do not adopt".
A committee amendment may be | ||||||
17 | adopted only by a successful
motion to "do adopt".
The | ||||||
18 | Chairperson of a committee may refer any committee amendment to | ||||||
19 | a
subcommittee of that committee.
| ||||||
20 | (c) Committee amendments shall be filed with the
Clerk no | ||||||
21 | later than 3:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting at which | ||||||
22 | the bill or resolution it amends may be considered. "Business | ||||||
23 | day" does not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal | ||||||
24 | holidays unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office | ||||||
25 | is otherwise open to the public on that day.
Floor amendments
| ||||||
26 | shall be filed with the Clerk only while the bill is on the |
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| |||||||
1 | order of Second Reading or Third Reading. The Clerk shall | ||||||
2 | number amendments sequentially in the order submitted, and all | ||||||
3 | amendments that are in order shall be considered in ascending | ||||||
4 | numerical order.
| ||||||
5 | (d) No amendment shall be filed with the Clerk while a bill | ||||||
6 | is assigned to the Rules Committee. Committee amendments may be | ||||||
7 | filed for a resolution pending in the Rules Committee only if | ||||||
8 | the resolution would adopt or amend House Rules or Joint | ||||||
9 | House-Senate Rules pursuant to Rule 67.
| ||||||
10 | (e) No floor amendment is in order unless
it has been first | ||||||
11 | referred to the House for consideration by the
Rules Committee | ||||||
12 | under Rule 18, or favorably reported by, or discharged from, a | ||||||
13 | standing committee or special committee. A floor amendment may | ||||||
14 | be referred to the House for consideration, or to a standing or | ||||||
15 | special committee, only while the bill is on the order of | ||||||
16 | Second Reading or Third Reading.
| ||||||
17 | (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law
shall | ||||||
18 | conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
| ||||||
19 | (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as
amended", the | ||||||
20 | committee amendments are deemed adopted by
the committee | ||||||
21 | action.
| ||||||
22 | (h) Floor amendments to resolutions are subject to the same | ||||||
23 | procedure applicable to floor amendments to bills. | ||||||
24 | (i) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons | ||||||
25 | from different
political parties, the "Chairperson" for the | ||||||
26 | purposes of this Rule is the
Co-Chairperson from the majority |
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1 | caucus.
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 41)
| ||||||
3 | 41. Note Requests; Quick Takes.
| ||||||
4 | (a) The House shall comply with all Illinois
laws requiring | ||||||
5 | fiscal or other notes. The
notes shall be filed with the Clerk, | ||||||
6 | who shall affix each note with a
time stamp endorsing the date | ||||||
7 | and time received, and attached to
the original of the bill and | ||||||
8 | available for inspection by the members.
As soon as practical, | ||||||
9 | the Clerk shall provide a copy of the note to the
Legislative
| ||||||
10 | Reference Bureau, which shall provide an informative summary
of | ||||||
11 | the note in subsequent issues of the Legislative Digest.
| ||||||
12 | At the request of the principal sponsor of a bill, a note | ||||||
13 | request for the bill as introduced into the House or received | ||||||
14 | from the Senate shall be automatically deemed inapplicable if | ||||||
15 | (i) one or more House amendments to the bill have been adopted, | ||||||
16 | and (ii) a note of the same type for the bill as amended by each | ||||||
17 | adopted House amendment has been filed with the Clerk. If any | ||||||
18 | such adopted House amendment is later tabled, the note request | ||||||
19 | for the bill as introduced into or received by the House shall | ||||||
20 | immediately become applicable. | ||||||
21 | (b) No bill authorizing or directing the conveyance by
the | ||||||
22 | State of any particular interest in real estate to any
| ||||||
23 | individual or entity other than a governmental unit or agency
| ||||||
24 | may be voted upon in committee or upon Second Reading unless
a | ||||||
25 | certified appraisal of the value of the interest has been
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1 | filed. The appraisal shall be filed with the Clerk of the | ||||||
2 | House, and shall be part of
the permanent record for that bill.
| ||||||
3 | (c) No bill authorizing the State or a unit of local | ||||||
4 | government to
acquire property by eminent domain using | ||||||
5 | "quick-take" powers
under the Eminent Domain Act may be voted | ||||||
6 | upon in committee or on Second Reading unless the State or the
| ||||||
7 | unit
of local government, as applicable, has complied with all | ||||||
8 | of the following
procedures:
| ||||||
9 | (1) The State or the unit of local government must | ||||||
10 | notify each
owner of an interest in the property, by | ||||||
11 | certified mail,
of the intention of the State or the unit | ||||||
12 | of local government to
request
approval of legislation by | ||||||
13 | the General Assembly
authorizing the State or the unit of | ||||||
14 | local government to acquire the
property by eminent domain | ||||||
15 | using "quick-take" powers
under Section 20-5-5 of the | ||||||
16 | Eminent Domain Act.
| ||||||
17 | (2) The State or the unit of local government must | ||||||
18 | cause notice
of its intention to request authorization to | ||||||
19 | acquire the
property by eminent domain using "quick-take" | ||||||
20 | powers to
be published in a newspaper of general | ||||||
21 | circulation in the
territory sought to be acquired by the | ||||||
22 | State or the unit of local
government.
| ||||||
23 | (3) Following the notices required under paragraphs
| ||||||
24 | (1) and (2), the State or the unit of local government must | ||||||
25 | hold at
least one public hearing, at the place where the | ||||||
26 | unit of
local government normally holds its business |
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1 | meetings (or, in the case
of property sought to be acquired | ||||||
2 | by the State: (i) at a location in the
county in which the | ||||||
3 | property sought to be acquired by the State is
located, or
| ||||||
4 | (ii) if the property is located in Cook County, at a | ||||||
5 | location in the township
in which
the property is located, | ||||||
6 | or (iii) if the property is located in 2 adjacent
counties | ||||||
7 | other than
Cook County or in 2 adjacent townships in Cook | ||||||
8 | County, at a location in the
county or in
the township in | ||||||
9 | Cook County in which the majority of the property is | ||||||
10 | located,
or (iv) if
the property is located in Cook County | ||||||
11 | and an adjacent county, at a location in
the other
county | ||||||
12 | or in the township in Cook County
in which the majority of | ||||||
13 | the property is located),
on
the question of the | ||||||
14 | acquisition
of the property by the State or the unit of | ||||||
15 | local government by eminent
domain using
"quick-take" | ||||||
16 | powers.
| ||||||
17 | (4) In the case of property sought to be acquired by a | ||||||
18 | unit of local
government, following the public hearing or | ||||||
19 | hearings held
under paragraph (3), the unit of local | ||||||
20 | government must
adopt, by recorded vote, a resolution to | ||||||
21 | request approval
of legislation by the General Assembly | ||||||
22 | authorizing the
unit of local government to acquire the | ||||||
23 | property by
eminent domain using "quick-take" powers under | ||||||
24 | the Eminent Domain Act. The resolution
must include a | ||||||
25 | statement of the time period within which
the unit of local | ||||||
26 | government requests authority to
exercise "quick-take" |
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1 | powers, which may not exceed one
year.
| ||||||
2 | (5) Following the public hearing or hearings held
under | ||||||
3 | paragraph (3), the head of the appropriate State office, | ||||||
4 | department, or
agency or the chief elected official of the | ||||||
5 | unit of
local government, as applicable, must submit to the | ||||||
6 | Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of the
House
| ||||||
7 | Executive Committee a sworn, notarized affidavit that
| ||||||
8 | contains, or has attached as an incorporated exhibit, all | ||||||
9 | of the following:
| ||||||
10 | (A) The legal description of the property.
| ||||||
11 | (B) The street address of the property.
| ||||||
12 | (C) The name of each State Senator and State
| ||||||
13 | Representative who represents the territory that is | ||||||
14 | the subject of the
proposed
taking.
| ||||||
15 | (D) The date or dates on which the State or the | ||||||
16 | unit of
local government contacted each such State | ||||||
17 | Senator
and State Representative concerning the | ||||||
18 | intention of the State or the
unit of
local government | ||||||
19 | to request approval of
legislation by the General | ||||||
20 | Assembly authorizing the State or the
unit of local | ||||||
21 | government to acquire the property by
eminent domain | ||||||
22 | using "quick-take" powers.
| ||||||
23 | (E) The current name, address, and telephone
| ||||||
24 | number of each owner of an interest in the property.
| ||||||
25 | (F) A summary of all negotiations between the State | ||||||
26 | or the
unit of local government and the owner or owners |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of
the property concerning the sale of the property to
| ||||||
2 | the State or the unit of local government.
| ||||||
3 | (G) A statement of the date and location of
each | ||||||
4 | public hearing held under paragraph (3).
| ||||||
5 | (H) A statement of the public purpose for which
the | ||||||
6 | State or the unit of local government seeks to acquire | ||||||
7 | the
property.
| ||||||
8 | (I) The certification of the head of the
| ||||||
9 | appropriate State office, department, or agency or the | ||||||
10 | chief elected
official of the unit of local government, | ||||||
11 | as applicable, that (i) the property is located
within | ||||||
12 | the territory under the jurisdiction of the State or | ||||||
13 | the unit of
local government and (ii) the State or the | ||||||
14 | unit of local government
seeks
to acquire the property | ||||||
15 | for a public purpose.
| ||||||
16 | (J) A map of the area in which the property to
be | ||||||
17 | acquired is located, showing the location of the
| ||||||
18 | property.
| ||||||
19 | (K) Photographs of the property.
| ||||||
20 | (L) An appraisal of the property by a real
estate | ||||||
21 | appraiser who is certified or licensed under
the Real | ||||||
22 | Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
| ||||||
23 | (M) In the case of property sought to be acquired | ||||||
24 | by a unit of local
government, a copy of the resolution | ||||||
25 | adopted by the
unit of local government under paragraph | ||||||
26 | (4).
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1 | (N) Documentation of the public purpose for
which | ||||||
2 | the State or the unit of local government seeks to | ||||||
3 | acquire
the property.
| ||||||
4 | (O) A copy of each notice sent to an owner of
an | ||||||
5 | interest in the property under paragraph (1).
| ||||||
6 | A request for quick-take authority shall not be considered | ||||||
7 | by a House committee fewer than 30 days after the date of the | ||||||
8 | notice to each property owner as required by paragraph (1).
| ||||||
9 | Every affidavit submitted by the State or a unit of
local | ||||||
10 | government pursuant to this Rule 41(c), together with
all | ||||||
11 | documents and other items submitted with the affidavit,
must be | ||||||
12 | made available to any person upon request for
inspection and | ||||||
13 | copying.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 42)
| ||||||
15 | 42. Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
16 | (a) The Clerk shall include a Consent Calendar on the
daily | ||||||
17 | calendar and designate it as a separate calendar. The
Consent | ||||||
18 | Calendar shall contain 3 orders of business:
Consent Calendar - | ||||||
19 | Second Reading, Consent Calendar - Third
Reading, and Consent | ||||||
20 | Calendar - Resolutions. Within each
order of business, bills or | ||||||
21 | resolutions shall be listed in
separate groups according to the | ||||||
22 | number of required days each
has been on that order of business | ||||||
23 | on the Consent Calendar.
No more than 80 bills and resolutions | ||||||
24 | shall be listed in each
group. All bills or resolutions to | ||||||
25 | which amendments have
been adopted shall be so designated.
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| |||||||
1 | (b) No debate is in order regarding any item on the
Consent | ||||||
2 | Calendar. The Presiding Officer, however, shall allow a
| ||||||
3 | reasonable time for questions from the floor and answers to
| ||||||
4 | those questions. No amendment from the floor is in order
| ||||||
5 | regarding any bill or resolution on the Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
6 | (c) A bill on the Consent Calendar shall stand for 2
| ||||||
7 | legislative days on the order of Consent Calendar - Second
| ||||||
8 | Reading, and for at least 2 legislative days on the order
of | ||||||
9 | Consent Calendar - Third Reading, before a vote on the
final | ||||||
10 | passage may be taken. Resolutions on the Consent
Calendar shall | ||||||
11 | stand for at least 4 legislative days
before a vote on adoption | ||||||
12 | may be taken. One record vote on
final passage shall be taken | ||||||
13 | on those bills called for final
passage. Immediately before a | ||||||
14 | vote on the bills on the
Consent Calendar, the Presiding | ||||||
15 | Officer shall call to the attention of
the members the fact | ||||||
16 | that the next legislative action will be
the vote on the | ||||||
17 | Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
18 | (d) A bill or resolution may be placed on the Consent
| ||||||
19 | Calendar by report of a standing committee upon a motion
| ||||||
20 | adopted by a unanimous vote of the members present. For
| ||||||
21 | purposes of this subsection (d), a unanimous vote on the
motion | ||||||
22 | is a vote with no member voting nay.
| ||||||
23 | (e) No bill regarding revenue or appropriations may be
| ||||||
24 | placed on the Consent Calendar. No resolution requiring more
| ||||||
25 | than 60 affirmative votes for adoption and no bill requiring
| ||||||
26 | more than 60 affirmative votes for passage by the House may
be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | placed on the Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
2 | (f) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall each
appoint | ||||||
3 | 3 members who may challenge the presence of any
bill or | ||||||
4 | resolution on the Consent Calendar. Before a vote
on final | ||||||
5 | passage of any item on the Consent Calendar, an
item shall be | ||||||
6 | removed from the Consent Calendar if
(i) 4 or more members,
| ||||||
7 | (ii) the Principal Sponsor of the bill or resolution, or
(iii) | ||||||
8 | one or more of the appointed challengers
file with the Clerk | ||||||
9 | written objections to the presence of the
bill or resolution on | ||||||
10 | the Consent Calendar. Any bill or
resolution so removed may not | ||||||
11 | be placed thereafter on the
Consent Calendar during that | ||||||
12 | session of the General Assembly,
unless the member or members | ||||||
13 | who objected to the presence of
the bill or resolution on the | ||||||
14 | Consent Calendar consent in
writing to restoration of the bill | ||||||
15 | or resolution on the
Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
16 | Any bill removed from the Consent Calendar shall stand on
| ||||||
17 | the order of Second Reading with short debate status, subject | ||||||
18 | to Rule 52, and
any resolution so removed shall stand on the | ||||||
19 | order of Resolutions with short
debate status, subject to Rule | ||||||
20 | 52.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 42.1 new) | ||||||
22 | 42.1. Petition Calendar. | ||||||
23 | (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution may file | ||||||
24 | with the Clerk a motion signed by 71 members requesting | ||||||
25 | placement of that bill or resolution on the Petition Calendar |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | with regard to any bill or resolution pending in a House | ||||||
2 | Committee or pending on an order of business on the Daily | ||||||
3 | Calendar. | ||||||
4 | (b) The Clerk shall include a Petition Calendar on the | ||||||
5 | Daily Calendar and designate it as a separate part of the Daily | ||||||
6 | Calendar. A bill or joint resolution for a constitutional | ||||||
7 | amendment that is pending in a committee when a petition motion | ||||||
8 | is filed shall be placed on the Petition Calendar order of | ||||||
9 | Second Reading. Any other type of resolution that is pending in | ||||||
10 | a committee when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on | ||||||
11 | the Petition Calendar order of Resolutions. A bill or | ||||||
12 | resolution that is on an order of business on the Daily | ||||||
13 | Calendar when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on the | ||||||
14 | same order of business on the Petition Calendar. | ||||||
15 | (c) A legislative measure on the Petition Calendar shall be | ||||||
16 | moved between Petition Calendar orders of business at the | ||||||
17 | request of the Principal Sponsor, except as otherwise limited | ||||||
18 | by these Rules. | ||||||
19 | (d) Whenever the House is on this order of business, the | ||||||
20 | Principal Sponsor of each legislative measure on the Petition | ||||||
21 | Calendar shall have the right to call that measure for | ||||||
22 | consideration by the House. | ||||||
23 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
24 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
25 | (House Rule 43)
|
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| |||||||
1 | 43. Changing Order of Business.
| ||||||
2 | (a) Any order of business may be changed at any time by
the | ||||||
3 | Speaker or Presiding Officer except as limited by Rule 31 .
| ||||||
4 | (b) Any order of business may be changed at any time
upon | ||||||
5 | the motion of any member, supported by 5 additional
members, if | ||||||
6 | the motion is adopted by an affirmative vote of
71 members | ||||||
7 | elected.
| ||||||
8 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
9 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 44)
| ||||||
11 | 44. Special Orders; Rules Committee.
| ||||||
12 | (a) A special order of business may be set by the Rules | ||||||
13 | Committee
or by the Speaker. The Principal Sponsor of a bill or | ||||||
14 | resolution must consent
to the placement of the bill or | ||||||
15 | resolution on a special order.
A special order shall fix the | ||||||
16 | day to which it applies and the
matters to be included. The | ||||||
17 | Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of
a majority of | ||||||
18 | those appointed, may establish time limits for
a special order | ||||||
19 | and may establish limitations on debate
during a special order | ||||||
20 | (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the allotted
time
| ||||||
21 | shall be fairly divided between proponents and opponents of
the | ||||||
22 | legislation to be considered. A special order of business
takes | ||||||
23 | the place of the standing order for such time as may be | ||||||
24 | necessary
for its completion but may occur no earlier than | ||||||
25 | after the completion of standing order (2) of Rule 31 . Only |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | matters that may otherwise properly be before
the House may be | ||||||
2 | included in a special order.
| ||||||
3 | (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar
for | ||||||
4 | 3 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be
suspended only | ||||||
5 | by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
6 | (c) A special order may be suspended, amended, or
modified | ||||||
7 | by motion adopted by an affirmative vote of 60
members. A | ||||||
8 | special order shall be suspended by a written
objection signed | ||||||
9 | by 3 members of the Rules Committee and
filed during the first | ||||||
10 | legislative day on which the special
order appears on the | ||||||
11 | calendar.
| ||||||
12 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
13 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
14 | ARTICLE IX
| ||||||
15 | VETOES
| ||||||
16 | ARTICLE V
| ||||||
17 | RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
| ||||||
18 | (House Rule 45)
| ||||||
19 | 45. Resolutions.
| ||||||
20 | (a) A resolution may be introduced in the House by
| ||||||
21 | sponsorship of one or more members of the House. The name of | ||||||
22 | the Principal Sponsor shall be included in the House Journal,
| ||||||
23 | and the names of all sponsors shall be included in the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor of a resolution, or | ||||||
2 | the sponsor of an amendment to a resolution, may change the | ||||||
3 | sponsorship of the resolution or amendment, as applicable, to | ||||||
4 | that of another member, with that other member's consent, by | ||||||
5 | filing notice with the Clerk. Each resolution introduced
shall | ||||||
6 | be accompanied by 1 copy.
| ||||||
7 | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a resolution controls that | ||||||
8 | resolution. A standing committee-sponsored resolution is | ||||||
9 | controlled by the Chairperson of the committee, or if | ||||||
10 | Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
11 | from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is | ||||||
12 | deemed the Principal Sponsor. A special committee-sponsored | ||||||
13 | resolution is controlled by the Chairperson, or if | ||||||
14 | Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
15 | from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is | ||||||
16 | deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored resolutions | ||||||
17 | may not have individual co-sponsors.
| ||||||
18 | (c)
Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State
| ||||||
19 | funds may be adopted only by a record vote of a majority of
| ||||||
20 | those elected.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 46)
| ||||||
22 | 46. State Constitutional Amendments. All resolutions
| ||||||
23 | introduced in the House proposing amendments to the Illinois
| ||||||
24 | Constitution shall be reproduced and distributed as provided in | ||||||
25 | Rule 39. Every such resolution that
originated in
the Senate |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and is presented to the House shall be ordered
reproduced and | ||||||
2 | distributed in like manner.
No such resolution shall pass | ||||||
3 | unless read in full in its final form on 3
different days. | ||||||
4 | Amendments are in
order only on First Reading and Second | ||||||
5 | Reading. Upon adoption of any amendment, the Clerk shall read | ||||||
6 | the amended resolution in full form on 3 different days.
Final | ||||||
7 | passage requires the affirmative vote of 71 members elected. No
| ||||||
8 | resolution proposing a change in the Constitution of the State | ||||||
9 | of Illinois may
be considered for passage after the last day | ||||||
10 | preceding the day marking the
beginning of the last 6 months | ||||||
11 | before the general election occurring during
the term of this | ||||||
12 | General Assembly, and all such resolutions still pending shall
| ||||||
13 | be tabled at the end of business on that day.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 47)
| ||||||
15 | 47. Federal Constitutional Amendments and
Constitutional | ||||||
16 | Conventions. | ||||||
17 | (a) The affirmative vote of 71 of the
members elected is | ||||||
18 | required to adopt any resolution:
| ||||||
19 | (1) requesting Congress to call a federal | ||||||
20 | constitutional
convention;
| ||||||
21 | (2) ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution
| ||||||
22 | of the United States; or
| ||||||
23 | (3) calling a State convention to ratify a proposed
| ||||||
24 | amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
| ||||||
25 | (b) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 48)
| ||||||
3 | 48. Certificates of Recognition. Any member may
sponsor a | ||||||
4 | certificate of recognition to be signed by the
Speaker and | ||||||
5 | attested by the Clerk to recognize any person,
organization, or | ||||||
6 | event worthy of public commendation. The form
of the | ||||||
7 | Certificate of Recognition shall be determined by the
Clerk | ||||||
8 | with the approval of the Speaker.
| ||||||
9 | ARTICLE VI
| ||||||
10 | PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
| ||||||
11 | (House Rule 49)
| ||||||
12 | 49. Voting. The Presiding Officer shall put all questions
| ||||||
13 | distinctly, as follows: "All those in favor vote AYE,
and those | ||||||
14 | opposed vote NAY." No member may vote on any question before | ||||||
15 | the
House unless on the floor before the vote is announced. No | ||||||
16 | member of a
committee may vote except in person at the time of | ||||||
17 | the committee vote, provided the member is on the committee | ||||||
18 | roll before the vote is announced. Any vote of the
House shall | ||||||
19 | be by record vote whenever 5
Representatives shall so request | ||||||
20 | or whenever
the Presiding Officer shall so order.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 50)
| ||||||
22 | 50. Announcing a Record Vote. When a record vote is
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | requested, the Presiding Officer shall put the question and
| ||||||
2 | then announce to the House: "The voting is open." While the
| ||||||
3 | vote is being taken, the Presiding Officer shall state:
"Have | ||||||
4 | all voted who wish?" The voting is closed when
the Presiding | ||||||
5 | Officer announces: "Take the Record." The
Presiding Officer, | ||||||
6 | unless an intervening motion to postpone
consideration by the | ||||||
7 | Principal Sponsor is made, shall then
announce the results of | ||||||
8 | the record vote. After
the record is taken, no member may vote, | ||||||
9 | change his
or her vote, or remove his or her vote as recorded; | ||||||
10 | except that when a record vote is taken on more than one | ||||||
11 | legislative measure at the same time, each member has the right | ||||||
12 | to have his or her votes recorded separately for each of those | ||||||
13 | legislative measures by filing a signed document with the Clerk | ||||||
14 | on the same legislative day.
| ||||||
15 | (House Rule 51)
| ||||||
16 | 51. Decorum.
| ||||||
17 | (a) When any member is about to speak
to the House, he or | ||||||
18 | she shall rise and address the
Presiding Officer as "Speaker". | ||||||
19 | The Presiding Officer,
upon recognizing the member, shall | ||||||
20 | address him or
her by name, and thereupon the engineer
in | ||||||
21 | charge of operating the microphones in the House shall give
the | ||||||
22 | use of the microphone to the member who has been
so recognized. | ||||||
23 | The member in speaking shall confine himself
or herself to the | ||||||
24 | subject matter under discussion and avoid
personalities.
| ||||||
25 | (b) Questions affecting the rights, reputation, and
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | conduct of members of the House in their representative
| ||||||
2 | capacity are questions of personal privilege. A matter of
| ||||||
3 | personal explanation does not constitute a question of
personal | ||||||
4 | privilege.
| ||||||
5 | (c) If 2 or more members rise at once, the
Presiding | ||||||
6 | Officer shall name the member who is to
speak first.
| ||||||
7 | (d) No person shall give any signs of approbation or
| ||||||
8 | disapprobation while the House is in session.
| ||||||
9 | (e) Recognition of guests by any member is prohibited | ||||||
10 | during debate on a legislative measure or motion,
except that | ||||||
11 | the Speaker or Presiding Officer may recognize an honored | ||||||
12 | guest.
| ||||||
13 | (f) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question,
no | ||||||
14 | member shall leave or walk across the House
Chamber. When a | ||||||
15 | member is addressing the House, no
member or other person | ||||||
16 | entitled to the floor shall
entertain private discourse or pass | ||||||
17 | between the member speaking and
the Presiding Officer.
| ||||||
18 | (g) In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct, the
| ||||||
19 | Speaker or Presiding Officer may order that the lobby, gallery, | ||||||
20 | or hallways
adjoining the
House Chamber be cleared.
| ||||||
21 | (h) No literature may be distributed on the House floor, | ||||||
22 | except staff may distribute documents to caucus members at the | ||||||
23 | direction of the Speaker or Minority Leader.
| ||||||
24 | (i) No member may be absent from a session of the House
| ||||||
25 | unless he or she has leave or is sick or his or her absence is
| ||||||
26 | unavoidable. The switch to the electrical roll call
recording |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | equipment located on the desk of any member who has
been | ||||||
2 | excused or is absent shall be locked by the Clerk and
shall not | ||||||
3 | be unlocked until the member returns
and files with
the Clerk a
| ||||||
4 | request to be shown as present on the quorum roll
call as | ||||||
5 | provided in Rule 32(c).
| ||||||
6 | (House Rule 52)
| ||||||
7 | 52. Debate.
| ||||||
8 | (a) All legislative measures,
except
those legislative | ||||||
9 | measures that are not debatable as provided in these Rules,
are | ||||||
10 | subject to a debate status as follows:
| ||||||
11 | (1) Short Debate: Debate is limited to a 2-minute
| ||||||
12 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
13 | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute | ||||||
14 | presentation by a member in response,
and one minute for | ||||||
15 | the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other
| ||||||
16 | members; provided that at the request of 7 members before | ||||||
17 | the close of debate,
the debate status shall be opened to | ||||||
18 | standard debate;
| ||||||
19 | (2) Standard Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | ||||||
20 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
21 | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 2 | ||||||
22 | additional
proponents of the legislative
measure and by 3 | ||||||
23 | members in response to the legislative measure,
and 3 | ||||||
24 | minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield | ||||||
25 | to other
members;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (3) Extended Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | ||||||
2 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
3 | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 4 | ||||||
4 | proponents of the
legislative
measure and 5 members in | ||||||
5 | response, and 5 minutes for the
Principal Sponsor to close | ||||||
6 | debate, or yield to other members;
| ||||||
7 | (4) Unlimited Debate: Debate shall consist of a | ||||||
8 | 10-minute
presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
9 | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, debate by each | ||||||
10 | proponent and member in
response
who seeks recognition, and | ||||||
11 | 5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to
close debate, or | ||||||
12 | yield to other members; or
| ||||||
13 | (5) Amendment Debate: Debate on floor amendments
| ||||||
14 | referred to the House from a committee, or discharged from | ||||||
15 | a committee,
is limited to a 3-minute presentation by the | ||||||
16 | Principal Sponsor,
or a member designated by the Principal | ||||||
17 | Sponsor,
debate by one proponent, debate by each of 2
| ||||||
18 | members in response, and 3
minutes for the Principal | ||||||
19 | Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other members.
| ||||||
20 | No debate is in order on bills or resolutions on the order | ||||||
21 | of First Reading
or Second Reading, except for debate on floor | ||||||
22 | amendments as provided in this
Rule.
| ||||||
23 | (b) All legislative measures, except floor amendments, | ||||||
24 | that are (i) referred to the House
from a committee, (ii) or | ||||||
25 | discharged from a committee, or (iii) on the Petition Calendar | ||||||
26 | are
automatically
assigned standard debate status, subject to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subsection
(c) of
this Rule, except those assigned to the | ||||||
2 | Consent Calendar or short debate status
by a standing committee | ||||||
3 | or a special committee. All floor amendments referred
to the | ||||||
4 | House from a committee,
or discharged from a committee, are | ||||||
5 | automatically assigned amendment
debate
status, subject to | ||||||
6 | subsection (c) of this Rule.
| ||||||
7 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules
to | ||||||
8 | the contrary (except Rule 44), the debate status of any | ||||||
9 | legislative measure may be changed
only (i) by the Speaker, as | ||||||
10 | defined in item (27) of Rule 102, by filing a
notice with the | ||||||
11 | Clerk, or (ii) by the Rules Committee
by motion approved by a | ||||||
12 | majority of those appointed. While a legislative
measure is | ||||||
13 | being considered by the House, the debate status may also be
| ||||||
14 | changed by unanimous consent. No legislative measure, however, | ||||||
15 | may be
placed on the Consent Calendar under this Rule.
No | ||||||
16 | legislative measure, except a floor amendment, may be assigned | ||||||
17 | amendment
debate status under this Rule.
| ||||||
18 | (d) The Speaker or Rules Committee, as the case may be, | ||||||
19 | shall notify the
Clerk of any action
to change the debate | ||||||
20 | status of any legislative measure. The Clerk shall cause
that
| ||||||
21 | information to be reflected on the Daily Calendar on subsequent | ||||||
22 | legislative
days,
provided
the legislative measure is still | ||||||
23 | before the House.
| ||||||
24 | (e) No member shall speak longer than 5 minutes at one
time | ||||||
25 | or more than once on the same question except by leave
of the | ||||||
26 | House. The Principal Sponsor of a measure or a member
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | designated by the Principal Sponsor, however, shall be
allowed | ||||||
2 | to open the debate and to close the debate
in accordance with | ||||||
3 | subsection (a) of this Rule. The provisions of this
subsection | ||||||
4 | (e)
are subject to and limited by subsections (a), (b), and (c) | ||||||
5 | of this Rule.
A member may yield to another member the time | ||||||
6 | allotted for the member's debate.
| ||||||
7 | (f) The Presiding Officer shall allocate the debate on each | ||||||
8 | legislative
measure alternately, if possible,
between | ||||||
9 | proponents and opponents of the legislative
measure
under | ||||||
10 | debate.
| ||||||
11 | (g) This Rule may not be suspended.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 53)
| ||||||
13 | 53. Written Statements.
| ||||||
14 | (a) Any member may submit a written statement regarding any | ||||||
15 | bill,
resolution, or floor amendment
considered by the House, | ||||||
16 | by submitting that statement to the Clerk within
one
| ||||||
17 | legislative day or 3 business days, whichever is shorter,
after | ||||||
18 | the
day on which the bill, resolution, or floor
amendment to | ||||||
19 | which the
comments
relate
was considered by the House. The | ||||||
20 | Clerk shall affix a
time
stamp to each statement indicating the | ||||||
21 | date on which the statement was
submitted.
Each
statement shall | ||||||
22 | indicate the member or members on whose behalf the
statement is | ||||||
23 | submitted, the bill, resolution, or floor amendment to which it
| ||||||
24 | applies, the names of any other members mentioned in the | ||||||
25 | statement, and the
person who actually submits the statement to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the Clerk. Each member on whose
behalf a statement is submitted | ||||||
2 | is under an obligation to ensure that all
required information, | ||||||
3 | specifically including the names of any other members
mentioned | ||||||
4 | in the statement, is indicated at the time a statement is
| ||||||
5 | submitted. Each statement shall
comply with standards as may be | ||||||
6 | established by
the Clerk with the approval of the Speaker. The | ||||||
7 | standards established by the
Clerk, however, shall not relate | ||||||
8 | to the contents of the written statement.
The Clerk shall
| ||||||
9 | maintain
statements that comply with this Rule and established | ||||||
10 | standards in files for
each bill and resolution.
A statement is | ||||||
11 | not considered filed until the Clerk has determined that it
| ||||||
12 | complies with this Rule and established standards. The Clerk | ||||||
13 | shall notify the
member or members on whose behalf a statement | ||||||
14 | was submitted if the statement is
determined not to comply. | ||||||
15 | Statements filed under this Rule shall be considered
part of | ||||||
16 | the transcript and made available to the public.
| ||||||
17 | (b) If a statement mentions another member, the statement | ||||||
18 | shall not be
considered filed until the member mentioned has an | ||||||
19 | opportunity to respond as a
matter of personal privilege. The | ||||||
20 | Clerk shall notify each member who is
identified at the time a | ||||||
21 | statement is submitted as being
mentioned in the statement. The | ||||||
22 | member identified as mentioned in the
statement shall have one | ||||||
23 | legislative day or 3 business days, whichever is
shorter,
after | ||||||
24 | notification by the Clerk in which to file a written response | ||||||
25 | to the
statement. The original statement and any responsive | ||||||
26 | statement shall both be
considered filed at the close of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | business on the final day on which a response
may be filed. If, | ||||||
2 | however, a statement is submitted mentioning another member
and
| ||||||
3 | the
name of the member mentioned is not indicated to the Clerk | ||||||
4 | at the time of
submission, the statement shall be stricken at | ||||||
5 | the request of the member
mentioned in the statement. The Clerk | ||||||
6 | shall notify each member on whose behalf
the statement was | ||||||
7 | submitted that the
statement has been stricken from the record.
| ||||||
8 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
9 | of
71 members
elected.
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 54)
| ||||||
11 | 54. Motions.
| ||||||
12 | (a) The following are general rules for all motions:
| ||||||
13 | (1) Every motion, except to adjourn, recess, or | ||||||
14 | postpone
consideration, shall be reduced to writing if | ||||||
15 | ordered by the
Presiding Officer. Unless otherwise
| ||||||
16 | provided in these Rules, no second is
required to any | ||||||
17 | motion presented to the House, or in
any committee. The | ||||||
18 | Presiding Officer may refer any
motion to the Rules | ||||||
19 | Committee.
| ||||||
20 | (2) Before the House debates a motion, the Presiding
| ||||||
21 | Officer shall state an oral motion and the Clerk
shall read | ||||||
22 | aloud a written motion.
Each motion, unless otherwise | ||||||
23 | provided in these Rules, is assigned standard
debate | ||||||
24 | status, subject to Rule 52.
| ||||||
25 | (3) After a motion is stated by the Presiding Officer |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or
read by the Clerk, it is deemed in the
possession of the | ||||||
2 | House, but may be withdrawn at any
time before decision | ||||||
3 | with consent of a majority of the members elected.
| ||||||
4 | (4) If a motion is divisible, any member may call for a
| ||||||
5 | division of the question.
| ||||||
6 | (5) Any question taken under consideration may be
| ||||||
7 | withdrawn, postponed, or tabled by unanimous consent
or, if | ||||||
8 | unanimous consent is denied, by a motion
adopted by a | ||||||
9 | majority of the members elected.
| ||||||
10 | (b) The Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
11 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 55)
| ||||||
13 | 55. Precedence of Motions.
| ||||||
14 | (a) When a question is under debate, no motion may be
| ||||||
15 | entertained except:
| ||||||
16 | (1) to adjourn to a time certain;
| ||||||
17 | (2) to adjourn;
| ||||||
18 | (3) to question the presence of a quorum;
| ||||||
19 | (4) to recess;
| ||||||
20 | (5) to lay on the table;
| ||||||
21 | (6) for the previous question;
| ||||||
22 | (7) to postpone consideration;
| ||||||
23 | (8) to commit or recommit; or
| ||||||
24 | (9) to amend, except as otherwise provided in these
| ||||||
25 | Rules.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | The foregoing motions have precedence in the order in
which | ||||||
2 | they are listed.
| ||||||
3 | (b) During a record vote, no motion (except a motion to
| ||||||
4 | postpone consideration) is in order until after the
| ||||||
5 | announcement of the result of the vote.
| ||||||
6 | (c) A motion to commit or re-commit, until it is
decided, | ||||||
7 | precludes all amendments and debate on the main
question. A | ||||||
8 | motion to postpone consideration, until it is
decided, | ||||||
9 | precludes all amendments and debate on the main question.
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 56)
| ||||||
11 | 56. Verification.
| ||||||
12 | (a) After any record vote, except for a vote that
requires | ||||||
13 | a specific number of affirmative votes and that has
not | ||||||
14 | received the required votes, and before intervening
business, | ||||||
15 | it is in order for any member to
request verification of the | ||||||
16 | results of the record vote, except that (i) a member voting in | ||||||
17 | the affirmative may not request verification of the affirmative | ||||||
18 | votes and (ii) a member voting in the negative may not request | ||||||
19 | a verification of the negative votes. If a member is | ||||||
20 | disqualified from requesting a verification because of his or | ||||||
21 | her vote, a qualifying member who makes a subsequent request | ||||||
22 | for a verification shall be allowed to proceed with the | ||||||
23 | verification.
| ||||||
24 | (b) In verifying a record vote, the Presiding Officer
shall | ||||||
25 | instruct the Clerk to call the names of those
members whose |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | votes are to be verified. The
member requesting the | ||||||
2 | verification may thereafter
identify those members he or she | ||||||
3 | wishes to verify. If a
member does not answer, his or her vote | ||||||
4 | shall be stricken;
the member's vote shall be restored to the | ||||||
5 | roll, however, if
his or her presence is recognized before the | ||||||
6 | Presiding Officer announces the
final result of the | ||||||
7 | verification. The Presiding Officer shall determine the
| ||||||
8 | presence or absence of each member whose name is called, and
| ||||||
9 | shall then announce the results of the verification.
| ||||||
10 | (c) While the results of any record vote are being
| ||||||
11 | verified, it is in order for any member to
announce his or her | ||||||
12 | presence on the floor and thereby have
his or her vote | ||||||
13 | verified.
| ||||||
14 | (d) A request for a verification of the affirmative and
| ||||||
15 | negative results of a record vote may be made only once on
each | ||||||
16 | record vote.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 57)
| ||||||
18 | 57. Appealing a Ruling.
| ||||||
19 | (a) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of the
Presiding | ||||||
20 | Officer, the Presiding Officer shall be sustained
unless 71 of | ||||||
21 | the members elected vote to overrule the
Presiding Officer. | ||||||
22 | Notwithstanding Rule 52, debate on a motion to appeal is
| ||||||
23 | limited to a 2-minute presentation by the Principal Sponsor or | ||||||
24 | a member
designated by the Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute | ||||||
25 | presentation by a member in
response, and one-minute for the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to
other members. A | ||||||
2 | motion to appeal is not in order
if the House has conducted | ||||||
3 | intervening business
since the ruling at issue was made.
| ||||||
4 | (b) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of a committee
| ||||||
5 | Chairperson, the Chairperson shall be sustained unless
| ||||||
6 | three-fifths of those appointed vote to overrule the
| ||||||
7 | Chairperson. A motion to appeal is not
in order if the | ||||||
8 | committee has adjourned or recessed, or if
intervening business | ||||||
9 | has occurred. In the case of special committees with
| ||||||
10 | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the | ||||||
11 | "Chairperson" for
purposes of this Rule is the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
12 | from the majority caucus.
| ||||||
13 | (c) In an appeal of a ruling of the Presiding Officer or
| ||||||
14 | Chairperson, the question is: "Shall the ruling of the Chair
be | ||||||
15 | sustained?"
| ||||||
16 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
17 | of 71
members elected.
| ||||||
18 | (House Rule 58)
| ||||||
19 | 58. Discharge of Committee.
| ||||||
20 | (a) Any member may move that a standing committee or a
| ||||||
21 | special committee be discharged from consideration of any
| ||||||
22 | legislative measure assigned to it and not reported back | ||||||
23 | unfavorably.
| ||||||
24 | (b) The motion must be in writing and shall be carried
on | ||||||
25 | the Daily Calendar for the next legislative day under the
order |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of "Motions". No action shall be taken on the motion
until it | ||||||
2 | is on the calendar.
| ||||||
3 | (c) If the motion receives an affirmative vote of 60
| ||||||
4 | members, the legislative measure subject to the motion
shall be | ||||||
5 | referred to the House and placed on the appropriate
order of | ||||||
6 | business.
| ||||||
7 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
8 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
9 | (House Rule 59)
| ||||||
10 | 59. Previous Question.
| ||||||
11 | (a) A motion for the previous question may be made at
any | ||||||
12 | time, except that a member may not move the previous question | ||||||
13 | while participating in debate pursuant to Rule 52. A motion for | ||||||
14 | the previous question is not
debatable and requires the | ||||||
15 | affirmative vote of 60 members
elected.
| ||||||
16 | (b) The previous question shall be stated in the
following | ||||||
17 | form: "Shall the main question be put?"
Until the previous | ||||||
18 | question is decided, all amendments and
debate are precluded. | ||||||
19 | When it is decided that the main
question shall not be put, the | ||||||
20 | main question
remains under debate.
| ||||||
21 | (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is
to put | ||||||
22 | an end to all debate and bring the House to a
direct vote on the | ||||||
23 | immediately pending motion. After a
motion for the previous | ||||||
24 | question has been approved, it
is not in order to move for | ||||||
25 | adjournment or to make any
other motion before a decision on |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the main question.
| ||||||
2 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
3 | of 71
members elected.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 60)
| ||||||
5 | 60. Tabling.
| ||||||
6 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and | ||||||
7 | (e),
a motion to lay on the table applies only to the | ||||||
8 | particular
proposition and is neither debatable nor amendable.
| ||||||
9 | (b) A motion to table a bill or resolution shall
identify | ||||||
10 | the bill or resolution by number. The Principal Sponsor of a | ||||||
11 | bill or
resolution may, with leave of the House,
table that | ||||||
12 | bill or resolution at any time. A motion to
table a committee | ||||||
13 | bill that is before the House may be
adopted only by the | ||||||
14 | affirmative vote of a majority of those elected.
| ||||||
15 | (c) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution before
a | ||||||
16 | committee may, with leave of the committee, table the bill
or | ||||||
17 | resolution. Upon tabling, the Chairperson of the
committee | ||||||
18 | shall return the bill or resolution to the Clerk,
noting | ||||||
19 | thereon that it has been tabled.
| ||||||
20 | (d) If a floor amendment to a bill has been adopted by the | ||||||
21 | House, then a motion to table that amendment is in order and | ||||||
22 | may be adopted only when the bill is on Second Reading. If a | ||||||
23 | floor amendment to a resolution has been adopted by the House, | ||||||
24 | then a motion to table that amendment is in order and may be | ||||||
25 | adopted only when the resolution is pending before the House. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Motions to table floor amendments are
debatable and may be | ||||||
2 | adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of those
elected.
| ||||||
3 | (e) If a committee amendment to a bill has been adopted by | ||||||
4 | a committee, then a motion to table that amendment is in order | ||||||
5 | and may be adopted (i) by that committee at any time while the | ||||||
6 | bill is before that committee or (ii) by the House only when | ||||||
7 | the bill is on Second Reading. If a committee amendment to a | ||||||
8 | resolution has been adopted by a committee, then a motion to | ||||||
9 | table that amendment is in order and may be adopted (i) by the | ||||||
10 | committee at any time while the resolution is before that | ||||||
11 | committee or (ii) by the House only when the resolution is | ||||||
12 | pending before the House. No motion to table a committee | ||||||
13 | amendment to a bill or resolution before the House is in order | ||||||
14 | unless it has been
first referred to the House for | ||||||
15 | consideration by the Rules Committee under Rule
18, or by a | ||||||
16 | standing or special committee. Motions to table committee
| ||||||
17 | amendments are debatable and may be adopted by the affirmative | ||||||
18 | vote of a
majority of the members
elected to the House or | ||||||
19 | appointed to the committee, as applicable.
| ||||||
20 | (House Rule 61)
| ||||||
21 | 61. Motion to Take from Table.
| ||||||
22 | (a) A motion to take from the table requires the | ||||||
23 | affirmative vote of a
majority of those elected if the Rules | ||||||
24 | Committee has
previously recommended that action by written | ||||||
25 | notice
filed with the Clerk; otherwise, a motion to take from |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the
table requires the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
2 | (b) A bill taken from the table shall, as applicable, (i) | ||||||
3 | be placed on the
Daily Calendar on the order on which it | ||||||
4 | appeared before it
was tabled or (ii) be returned to the | ||||||
5 | committee to which it was assigned before it was tabled.
| ||||||
6 | (b-5) An amendment taken from the table shall be returned | ||||||
7 | to the position it held before it was tabled, provided that an | ||||||
8 | amendment may be taken from the table while the bill is on the | ||||||
9 | order of Second Reading or in a committee, but a committee | ||||||
10 | amendment that has been tabled by a committee may be taken from | ||||||
11 | the table only while the bill is in committee.
| ||||||
12 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
13 | of 71
members elected.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 62)
| ||||||
15 | 62. Motion to Postpone Consideration. A motion to
postpone | ||||||
16 | consideration on a bill or resolution may not be
made more than | ||||||
17 | once on the same bill or resolution. Unless
otherwise provided | ||||||
18 | by these Rules, a motion to postpone
consideration shall be | ||||||
19 | granted as a matter of privilege;
no motion to postpone | ||||||
20 | consideration is in
order, however, if the bill or resolution | ||||||
21 | initially
received an affirmative vote of fewer than 47 of the | ||||||
22 | members elected.
| ||||||
23 | (House Rule 63)
| ||||||
24 | 63. Motion on Different Subject. No motion or other
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | legislative measure on a subject different from that under
| ||||||
2 | consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 64)
| ||||||
4 | 64. Division of Question. If the question under | ||||||
5 | consideration
contains several points, any member may have the | ||||||
6 | question
divided. On a motion to strike out and insert, it is | ||||||
7 | not
in order to move for a division of the question. The
| ||||||
8 | rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one
proposition | ||||||
9 | does not prevent a motion to strike out and
insert a different | ||||||
10 | proposition.
| ||||||
11 | (House Rule 65)
| ||||||
12 | 65. Reconsideration.
| ||||||
13 | (a) A member who voted on the prevailing side of a
record | ||||||
14 | vote on a legislative measure still within the control
of the | ||||||
15 | House may on the same or the following legislative day
move to | ||||||
16 | reconsider the vote. The motion to reconsider may be
laid on | ||||||
17 | the table without affecting the vote to which it
refers. When | ||||||
18 | the motion to reconsider is made during the
last 3 days of | ||||||
19 | April or any time thereafter during the
regular session, or at | ||||||
20 | any time during a veto or special
session, any member may move | ||||||
21 | that the vote on reconsideration
be taken immediately. The | ||||||
22 | member who filed the motion to reconsider may withdraw the | ||||||
23 | motion at any time by filing a notice of withdrawal with the | ||||||
24 | Clerk. A question that requires the affirmative vote of
a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | majority of those elected or more to carry requires a
majority | ||||||
2 | of those elected to reconsider. A question in committee that | ||||||
3 | requires the affirmative vote of a majority of those appointed | ||||||
4 | or more to carry requires a majority of those appointed to | ||||||
5 | reconsider; any other question in committee requires a majority | ||||||
6 | of those voting to reconsider.
| ||||||
7 | (b) A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption
of | ||||||
8 | a floor amendment to a bill may be made only on Second Reading.
| ||||||
9 | (c) If a motion to reconsider is made under this
Rule and | ||||||
10 | the motion is later tabled, the question shall not
be further | ||||||
11 | reconsidered. This subsection (c) may be suspended only by the
| ||||||
12 | affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
13 | (d) When a motion to reconsider is made within the
time | ||||||
14 | prescribed by these Rules, the Clerk shall not
allow the bill | ||||||
15 | or other subject matter of the motion to pass
out of the | ||||||
16 | possession of the House until after the motion has
been decided | ||||||
17 | or withdrawn. Such a motion shall be deemed
rejected if laid on | ||||||
18 | the table.
| ||||||
19 | (e) A Representative who voted "present" or failed to
vote | ||||||
20 | on a question does not have the right to move for
| ||||||
21 | reconsideration.
| ||||||
22 | (House Rule 66)
| ||||||
23 | 66. Motion to Adjourn.
| ||||||
24 | (a) A motion to adjourn is in order at any time, except
| ||||||
25 | when a prior motion to adjourn has been defeated and no
|
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| |||||||
1 | intervening business has transpired.
| ||||||
2 | (b) A motion to adjourn is neither debatable nor
amendable.
| ||||||
3 | (c) The Clerk shall enter in the Journal the hour at
which | ||||||
4 | every motion to adjourn is made.
| ||||||
5 | (d) Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the
| ||||||
6 | standing hour to which the House adjourns is 12:00 noon, except | ||||||
7 | on the last day
of a week in which the House convenes in | ||||||
8 | regular, veto, or special session, in
which case the standing | ||||||
9 | hour to which the House adjourns is 12:30
p.m.
| ||||||
10 | (e) A motion to adjourn for more than 3 days is not
in | ||||||
11 | order unless both chambers of the General Assembly have
adopted | ||||||
12 | a joint resolution permitting that adjournment.
| ||||||
13 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, any such
| ||||||
14 | resolution filed in the House or received from the Senate may | ||||||
15 | be referred to the
Rules Committee by the Presiding Officer or | ||||||
16 | may be immediately considered
and adopted by the House.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 67)
| ||||||
18 | 67. Adoption and Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
| ||||||
19 | (a) Adoption of Rules. At the commencement of a term,
the | ||||||
20 | House shall adopt new rules of organization and procedure
by | ||||||
21 | resolution setting forth those rules in their entirety. The
| ||||||
22 | resolution must be adopted by the affirmative vote of a | ||||||
23 | majority of those
elected.
These Rules of the House of | ||||||
24 | Representatives
are subject to revision or amendment
only in | ||||||
25 | accordance with this Rule.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (b) Rules may be amended only by resolution. Any
resolution | ||||||
2 | to amend these Rules shall show the proposed changes in the
| ||||||
3 | existing rules by underscoring all new matter and by crossing
| ||||||
4 | out with a line all matter that is to be omitted or
superseded.
| ||||||
5 | (c) Any resolution proposing to amend a House Rule or
any | ||||||
6 | Joint House-Senate Rule, upon initial reading by
the Clerk, is | ||||||
7 | automatically referred to the Rules Committee.
Resolutions to | ||||||
8 | amend the House Rules or any Joint
House-Senate Rules may be | ||||||
9 | initiated and sponsored by the
Rules Committee and may be | ||||||
10 | amended by the Rules Committee; those resolutions shall not be | ||||||
11 | referred to a
committee and may be immediately considered and | ||||||
12 | adopted by the House.
Those resolutions shall be assigned | ||||||
13 | standard debate status,
subject to Rule 52.
| ||||||
14 | (d) A resolution to amend the House Rules or any Joint
| ||||||
15 | House-Senate Rules that has been reported "be adopted" or "be | ||||||
16 | adopted as amended" by a majority of those appointed to the
| ||||||
17 | Rules Committee requires the affirmative vote of a
majority of | ||||||
18 | those elected for adoption by the House. Any
other resolution | ||||||
19 | proposing to amend the House Rules or any
Joint House-Senate | ||||||
20 | Rules requires the affirmative vote
of 71 of the members | ||||||
21 | elected for adoption by the House.
| ||||||
22 | (e) No House Rule or any Joint House-Senate Rule may be
| ||||||
23 | suspended except by unanimous consent of the members
present or | ||||||
24 | upon a motion supported by the affirmative vote of a
majority | ||||||
25 | of those elected unless a higher number is required
in the Rule | ||||||
26 | sought to be suspended. A committee may not
suspend any Rule.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
2 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 68)
| ||||||
4 | 68. Motion to Commit or Recommit. A motion to commit or | ||||||
5 | recommit requires an affirmative vote of the majority of those | ||||||
6 | elected. No motion to commit
or recommit a legislative measure | ||||||
7 | to committee, being decided
in the negative, shall again be | ||||||
8 | allowed on the same day, or
at the same stage of the | ||||||
9 | legislative measure.
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 69)
| ||||||
11 | 69. Effective Date.
| ||||||
12 | (a) A bill passed after May 31 of a calendar year shall
not | ||||||
13 | become effective prior to June 1 of the next calendar
year | ||||||
14 | unless an earlier effective date is specified in the
bill and | ||||||
15 | it is approved by the affirmative vote of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
16 | (b) If a majority of those elected, but fewer than 71,
vote | ||||||
17 | affirmatively for a bill on Third
Reading after May 31 and the | ||||||
18 | bill specifies an effective
date earlier than the following | ||||||
19 | June 1, the bill has not
passed, but the Principal Sponsor has | ||||||
20 | the
right to have the bill automatically reconsidered and
| ||||||
21 | returned to the order of Second Reading for an amendment to
| ||||||
22 | remove the earlier effective date. The amendment, if offered
| ||||||
23 | and referred to the House by
a committee, shall be reproduced
| ||||||
24 | and placed on the desks of the members, in the same manner as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | provided for
bills under Rule 39,
before the bill is
taken up | ||||||
2 | again on the order of Third Reading.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 70)
| ||||||
4 | 70. Home Rule. No bill denies or limits any power or
| ||||||
5 | function of a home rule unit under paragraph (g),
(h), (i), | ||||||
6 | (j), or (k) of Sec. 6 of Article VII of the
Constitution unless | ||||||
7 | there is specific language limiting or
denying the power or | ||||||
8 | function and the language specifically
sets forth in what | ||||||
9 | manner and to what extent it is a denial
or limitation of the | ||||||
10 | power or function of a home rule unit.
If a majority of those | ||||||
11 | elected, but fewer than 71,
vote affirmatively for a bill on | ||||||
12 | Third
Reading that requires the affirmative vote of 71 members | ||||||
13 | elected to
deny or limit a power of a home rule unit, the bill | ||||||
14 | has not
passed, but the Principal Sponsor has the
right to have | ||||||
15 | the bill automatically reconsidered and
returned to the order | ||||||
16 | of Second Reading for an amendment to
remove those effects of | ||||||
17 | the bill.
| ||||||
18 | ARTICLE VII
| ||||||
19 | (RESERVED)
| ||||||
20 | (House Rule 71)
| ||||||
21 | 71. (Blank.)
| ||||||
22 | ARTICLE VIII
|
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| |||||||
1 | JOINT ACTION
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 72)
| ||||||
3 | 72. Concurring in or Receding from Amendments.
| ||||||
4 | (a) If a bill or resolution is received back in the
House | ||||||
5 | with one or more amendments added by the Senate, it is in
order | ||||||
6 | for the Principal Sponsor to present a motion "to
concur" or | ||||||
7 | "not to concur and to ask the Senate to recede" with
respect to | ||||||
8 | each, several, or all of those amendments, subject to Rules 18 | ||||||
9 | and 75. A motion to concur shall
be by record vote and shall be | ||||||
10 | adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of
those elected, | ||||||
11 | subject to Rule 69. Any member may demand
a separate vote or a
| ||||||
12 | separate record vote, as applicable, on any of those | ||||||
13 | amendments.
| ||||||
14 | (b) When the Senate has refused to concur in one or more | ||||||
15 | amendments
added to a bill or resolution by the House and has | ||||||
16 | delivered returned
the bill or resolution to the House with a | ||||||
17 | message requesting
the House to recede from one or more of its | ||||||
18 | amendments, it is in order
for the Principal Sponsor to present | ||||||
19 | a motion "to
recede" from the House amendments or "not to | ||||||
20 | recede and to
request a conference", subject to Rules 18 and | ||||||
21 | 75. A motion to recede shall be by record vote and shall be
| ||||||
22 | adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of those elected, | ||||||
23 | subject to Rule
69. Any member may demand a separate vote or a | ||||||
24 | separate
record vote, as applicable, on any of those | ||||||
25 | amendments.
|
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1 | (c) Motions authorized by this Rule
are renewable and may | ||||||
2 | be reconsidered, provided that no such
motion may be voted on | ||||||
3 | more than twice by the House.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 73)
| ||||||
5 | 73. Conference Committees.
| ||||||
6 | (a) A disagreement between the House and Senate exists
with | ||||||
7 | respect to any bill or resolution in the following
situations:
| ||||||
8 | (1) when the Senate refuses to recede from the adoption
| ||||||
9 | of any amendment, after the House has previously
refused to | ||||||
10 | concur in the amendment; or
| ||||||
11 | (2) when the House refuses to recede from the adoption
| ||||||
12 | of any amendment, after the Senate has previously
refused | ||||||
13 | to concur in the amendment.
| ||||||
14 | In those cases of disagreement between the House and
| ||||||
15 | Senate, the House may request a conference.
When such a request | ||||||
16 | is made, both
chambers of the General Assembly shall appoint | ||||||
17 | members to a committee to
confer on the subject of the bill or
| ||||||
18 | resolution giving rise to the disagreement. The combined
| ||||||
19 | membership of the 2 chambers appointed for that purpose is
the | ||||||
20 | conference committee.
| ||||||
21 | (b) The conference committee shall consist of
5 members | ||||||
22 | from each chamber of the General Assembly.
The number of | ||||||
23 | majority caucus members from each chamber shall
be one more | ||||||
24 | than the number of minority caucus members from
each chamber.
| ||||||
25 | (c) Each
conference committee shall be comprised of 5
|
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| |||||||
1 | members of the House, 3 appointed by the
Speaker and 2 | ||||||
2 | appointed by the Minority
Leader. No conference committee | ||||||
3 | report may be filed with the
Clerk until a majority of the | ||||||
4 | House conferees has been
appointed.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 74)
| ||||||
6 | 74. Conference Committee Reports.
| ||||||
7 | (a) No subject matter shall be included in any conference
| ||||||
8 | committee report on any bill unless that subject matter
| ||||||
9 | directly relates to the matters of difference between the
House | ||||||
10 | and Senate that have been referred to the conference
committee | ||||||
11 | unless the Rules Committee, by a majority of those
appointed, | ||||||
12 | determines that the proposed subject
matter is of an emergency | ||||||
13 | nature, is of substantial
importance to the operation of | ||||||
14 | government, or is in the best
interests of Illinois.
| ||||||
15 | (b) No conference committee report shall be received by
the | ||||||
16 | Clerk or acted upon by the House unless it has been
signed by | ||||||
17 | at least 6 conferees. The report shall be signed
in duplicate. | ||||||
18 | One of the reports shall be filed with the
Secretary of the | ||||||
19 | Senate and one with the Clerk. The report
shall contain the | ||||||
20 | agreements reached by the committee.
| ||||||
21 | (c) If the conference committee determines
that it is | ||||||
22 | unable to reach agreement, the committee shall so
report to | ||||||
23 | each chamber of the General Assembly and request
appointment of | ||||||
24 | a second conference committee. If there is
agreement, the | ||||||
25 | committee shall so report to each chamber.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (d) No conference committee report shall be adopted by the | ||||||
2 | House except on a
record vote of a majority of those elected, | ||||||
3 | subject to Rule 69.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 75)
| ||||||
5 | 75. House Consideration of Joint Action.
| ||||||
6 | (a) No joint action motion for final action or
conference | ||||||
7 | committee report may be considered by the House
unless it has | ||||||
8 | first been referred to the House by the Rules Committee or a
| ||||||
9 | standing committee or special committee in
accordance with Rule | ||||||
10 | 18, or unless the joint action motion
or conference committee | ||||||
11 | report has been
discharged from the Rules Committee under Rule | ||||||
12 | 18.
Joint action motions for final action and conference | ||||||
13 | committee reports
referred to a standing committee or special | ||||||
14 | committee by the Rules Committee
may not be discharged from the | ||||||
15 | standing committee or special committee. This
subsection (a) | ||||||
16 | may be suspended by unanimous consent.
| ||||||
17 | (b) No conference committee report may be considered by
the | ||||||
18 | House unless it has been reproduced and distributed
as provided | ||||||
19 | in
Rule 39, for one full day during the period beginning with | ||||||
20 | the convening of the
House on the 2nd Wednesday of January each | ||||||
21 | year and ending on the 30th day
prior to the scheduled | ||||||
22 | adjournment of the regular session established each year
by the | ||||||
23 | Speaker pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full hour on any | ||||||
24 | other day.
| ||||||
25 | (c) Before any conference committee report on an
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | appropriation bill is considered by the House, the
conference | ||||||
2 | committee report shall first be the subject of a
public hearing | ||||||
3 | by a standing Appropriations Committee or a
special committee | ||||||
4 | (the conference committee report need not be referred to an
| ||||||
5 | Appropriations Committee or special committee, but instead may
| ||||||
6 | remain before the Rules Committee or the House, as the case may | ||||||
7 | be).
The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one | ||||||
8 | hour
advance notice by announcement on the House floor, or one | ||||||
9 | day
advance notice by posting on the House bulletin board. An
| ||||||
10 | Appropriations Committee or special committee shall not issue
| ||||||
11 | any report with respect to the conference committee report | ||||||
12 | following the
hearing.
| ||||||
13 | (d) (Blank).
| ||||||
14 | (e) No House Bill that is
returned to the House with Senate | ||||||
15 | amendments may be called
except by the Principal Sponsor, or by | ||||||
16 | a chief co-sponsor with the consent of
the Principal Sponsor.
| ||||||
17 | This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
18 | (f) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the
report of | ||||||
19 | a conference committee on a non-appropriation bill
or | ||||||
20 | resolution shall be confined to the subject of the bill or
| ||||||
21 | resolution referred to the conference committee. The report
of | ||||||
22 | a conference committee on an appropriation bill shall be
| ||||||
23 | confined to the subject of appropriations.
| ||||||
24 | (House Rule 76)
| ||||||
25 | 76. Action on Conference Committee Reports.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) Each chamber of the General Assembly shall inform
the | ||||||
2 | other by message of any action taken with respect to a
| ||||||
3 | conference committee report. Copies of all papers necessary
for | ||||||
4 | a complete understanding of the action shall
accompany the | ||||||
5 | message. The original bill or resolution
shall remain in the | ||||||
6 | chamber of origin.
| ||||||
7 | (b) No conference committee report may be called except by | ||||||
8 | the Principal
Sponsor of the bill for which the conference | ||||||
9 | committee was appointed.
A chief co-sponsor may call a | ||||||
10 | conference committee report with the consent of
the Principal | ||||||
11 | Sponsor.
This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
12 | (c) If either chamber refuses to adopt
the report of the | ||||||
13 | conference committee, the report of the conference committee
is | ||||||
14 | laid on the table, or the first
conference committee is unable | ||||||
15 | to reach agreement, either
chamber may request a second | ||||||
16 | conference committee. When such
a request is made, each chamber | ||||||
17 | shall again appoint a
conference committee. If either chamber | ||||||
18 | refuses to
adopt the report of a second conference committee, | ||||||
19 | the 2
chambers shall have adhered to their disagreement, and | ||||||
20 | the
bill or resolution is lost.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 76.5 new) | ||||||
22 | 76.5. Appropriation Bills. Joint action motions for final | ||||||
23 | action on the order of Concurrence regarding an appropriation | ||||||
24 | bill shall not be considered by the House until the third | ||||||
25 | calendar day following the day that the bill was received back |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in the House with one or more amendments added by the Senate. | ||||||
2 | Joint action motions for final action on the order of | ||||||
3 | Non-concurrence regarding an appropriation bill shall not be | ||||||
4 | considered by the House until the third calendar day following | ||||||
5 | the day that the House received a message from the Senate | ||||||
6 | requesting the House to recede from one or more of its | ||||||
7 | amendments. A conference committee report for an appropriation | ||||||
8 | bill shall not be considered by the House until the third | ||||||
9 | calendar day following the day that the conference committee | ||||||
10 | report was filed with the Clerk. | ||||||
11 | Nothing in this Rule limits consideration of a joint action | ||||||
12 | motion for final action or a conference committee report by a | ||||||
13 | committee of the House or a joint committee of the House and | ||||||
14 | Senate. | ||||||
15 | This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | ||||||
16 | 71 members elected.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 77)
| ||||||
18 | 77. Recording of Vetoes. Upon the receipt by the House
of | ||||||
19 | any bill returned by the Governor under any of the
provisions | ||||||
20 | of Article IV, Sec. 9 of the Constitution, the
Clerk shall | ||||||
21 | enter the objections of the Governor on the
Journal, and shall | ||||||
22 | reproduce and distribute copies of all veto messages, together | ||||||
23 | with copies of the vetoed bill
or item, as provided in Rule 39.
| ||||||
24 | (House Rule 78)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 78. Amendatory Vetoes.
| ||||||
2 | (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill that has been passed by
| ||||||
3 | the General Assembly may request the Clerk to notify the
| ||||||
4 | Governor that the Principal Sponsor wishes to be consulted by | ||||||
5 | the
Governor or his or her designee before the
Governor returns | ||||||
6 | the bill together with specific
recommendations for change | ||||||
7 | under subsection (e) of
Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Constitution.
| ||||||
9 | (b) Any bill returned by the Governor together with
| ||||||
10 | specific recommendations for change under subsection (e)
of | ||||||
11 | Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution
shall | ||||||
12 | automatically be placed on the Daily Calendar on the order of | ||||||
13 | amendatory
vetoes, and shall be considered as provided in this | ||||||
14 | Rule.
| ||||||
15 | (c) The Governor's specific recommendations for change
| ||||||
16 | with respect to a bill returned under subsection (e) of
Section | ||||||
17 | 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution shall be
limited | ||||||
18 | to addressing the Governor's objections to portions
of a bill | ||||||
19 | the general merit of which the Governor recognizes
and shall | ||||||
20 | not alter the fundamental purpose or legislative
scheme set | ||||||
21 | forth in the bill as passed.
| ||||||
22 | (d) Any motion to accept the Governor's
specific | ||||||
23 | recommendations for change shall be automatically referred to | ||||||
24 | the
Rules Committee. The Rules Committee shall examine the
| ||||||
25 | Governor's specific recommendations for change and determine
| ||||||
26 | by a majority of those appointed whether those
recommendations |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | comply with the standard set forth in
subsection (c). Any | ||||||
2 | motion to accept specific recommendations
for change that the | ||||||
3 | Rules Committee determines
are in compliance with subsection | ||||||
4 | (c) of this Rule shall be subject to action
by the Rules | ||||||
5 | Committee in the same manner as floor amendments, joint
action | ||||||
6 | motions, conference committee reports and motions to table | ||||||
7 | committee
amendments under Rule 18(e).
| ||||||
8 | (e) Any motion to override the Governor's specific | ||||||
9 | recommendations for
change shall not be referred to a committee | ||||||
10 | and may be immediately considered
and adopted by the House | ||||||
11 | subject to Rule 80(d).
| ||||||
12 | (f) This rule may not be suspended.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 79)
| ||||||
14 | 79. Motions to Consider Vetoes. For purposes of this
| ||||||
15 | Article, the term "motions" means motions to
accept or override | ||||||
16 | a veto of the Governor. Motions with
respect to bills returned | ||||||
17 | by the Governor may be made by the
Principal Sponsor, the | ||||||
18 | committee Chairperson in the case of a
committee-sponsored | ||||||
19 | bill, or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the
| ||||||
20 | Co-Chairperson of the majority caucus in the case of special
| ||||||
21 | committee-sponsored bills.
Motions shall be filed in writing | ||||||
22 | with the Clerk.
Any motion to override a veto of the Governor | ||||||
23 | shall not be referred to a
committee and may be immediately | ||||||
24 | considered and adopted by the House subject to
Rule 80.
All | ||||||
25 | motions shall be
assigned standard debate status, subject to
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Rule 52, are renewable, and may be reconsidered, provided that | ||||||
2 | no motion may be voted on more than twice by the House.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 80)
| ||||||
4 | 80. Consideration of Motions.
| ||||||
5 | (a) The vote to override a veto of a bill vetoed in its | ||||||
6 | entirety
shall be by record vote and shall be entered on the | ||||||
7 | Journal.
The form of motion with respect to these bills shall | ||||||
8 | be: "I
move that ________ Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding
| ||||||
9 | the veto of the Governor."
| ||||||
10 | (b) The vote to override an item veto shall be by record
| ||||||
11 | vote as to each item separately and shall be entered on the
| ||||||
12 | Journal. The form of motion with respect to an item shall
be: | ||||||
13 | "I move that the item on page ____, line ____, of ____
Bill | ||||||
14 | _____ do pass, notwithstanding the item veto of the Governor."
| ||||||
15 | (c) The vote to override
an item reduction veto and restore | ||||||
16 | an item that has
been reduced shall be by record vote as to | ||||||
17 | each item separately and shall
be entered on the Journal. The | ||||||
18 | form of motion with respect
to an item shall be: "I move that | ||||||
19 | the item on page ____, line
____, of ____ Bill ____ be | ||||||
20 | restored, notwithstanding the item
reduction of the Governor."
| ||||||
21 | (d) A bill returned together with specific
recommendations | ||||||
22 | of the Governor may be acted upon, by record
vote, in either of | ||||||
23 | the following manners:
| ||||||
24 | (1) By a motion to accept the specific recommendations
| ||||||
25 | of the Governor. The form of motion
shall be: "I move to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | accept the specific
recommendations of the Governor as to | ||||||
2 | _____ Bill
_____ in manner and form as follows: (inserting
| ||||||
3 | herein the language deemed necessary to effectuate
the | ||||||
4 | specific recommendations)."; or
| ||||||
5 | (2) By considering the bill as a vetoed bill and
| ||||||
6 | overriding the recommendation and passing the bill
in its | ||||||
7 | original form. The form of motion
shall be: "I move that | ||||||
8 | _____ Bill _____ do
pass, notwithstanding the specific | ||||||
9 | recommendations
of the Governor.".
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 81)
| ||||||
11 | 81. Vetoed Bills Considered in Entirety. If
a bill is | ||||||
12 | returned by the Governor containing more than one
item veto, | ||||||
13 | reduction veto, specific recommendation for change, or
| ||||||
14 | combination of them, the bill shall be acted upon in its
| ||||||
15 | entirety before the bill is released from the custody of the
| ||||||
16 | House.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 82)
| ||||||
18 | 82. Disposition of Vetoes. When a bill or item has
received | ||||||
19 | the affirmative vote of the number of members
elected necessary | ||||||
20 | under the Constitution, the Presiding
Officer shall declare | ||||||
21 | that the bill or item has been
passed or restored over the veto | ||||||
22 | of the Governor,
or that the specific recommendations for | ||||||
23 | change
have been approved, as the case may be. The bill shall | ||||||
24 | then
be attested to by the Clerk who shall note thereon the day
|
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| |||||||
1 | the bill passed. The bill and the objections of the
Governor | ||||||
2 | shall then be immediately delivered to the
Senate. When | ||||||
3 | specific recommendations have been accepted,
then the | ||||||
4 | accepting language shall be attached to the
original bill, and | ||||||
5 | the bill shall be delivered to the Senate.
| ||||||
6 | ARTICLE X
| ||||||
7 | ELECTION CONTESTS AND QUALIFICATIONS CHALLENGES
| ||||||
8 | (House Rule 83)
| ||||||
9 | 83. Election Contests and Qualifications Challenges.
| ||||||
10 | (a) An election contest places in issue only the
validity | ||||||
11 | of the results of an election of a member to the
House in a | ||||||
12 | representative district. An election contest may
result only in | ||||||
13 | a determination of which candidate in that
election was | ||||||
14 | properly elected to the House and shall be
seated.
| ||||||
15 | (b) A qualifications challenge places in issue only
the | ||||||
16 | qualifications of an incumbent member of the House under
the | ||||||
17 | Constitution, or the legality of an appointment of a
person as | ||||||
18 | a member of the House to fill a vacancy. A
qualifications | ||||||
19 | challenge may result only in a determination
of whether a | ||||||
20 | member of the House is properly seated.
| ||||||
21 | (c) Election contests and qualifications challenges
shall | ||||||
22 | be brought and conducted as provided in these Rules.
| ||||||
23 | (d) If an election contest or qualifications challenge is
| ||||||
24 | filed with the Clerk, the Speaker shall create an Election |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Contest or
Qualifications Challenge Committee, as the case may | ||||||
2 | be, within 3 legislative
days by filing a notice with the | ||||||
3 | Clerk. The creation of any committee
under this Rule shall be | ||||||
4 | governed by Rule 10. The election contest or
qualifications | ||||||
5 | challenge shall be automatically referred
to the Election | ||||||
6 | Contest or Qualifications Challenge Committee, as the
case may | ||||||
7 | be.
For purposes of this Article, the term "committee" means | ||||||
8 | only
the Election Contest or Qualifications Challenge | ||||||
9 | Committees created under this
Rule. This subsection may not be | ||||||
10 | suspended.
| ||||||
11 | (e) The committee may adopt rules to govern election
| ||||||
12 | contests and qualifications challenges, but those
committee | ||||||
13 | rules must be consistent with these Rules, must be
filed with | ||||||
14 | the Clerk, and must be made available to all
parties and to the | ||||||
15 | public. Any committee rule shall be
subject to amendment, | ||||||
16 | suspension, or repeal by House
resolution.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 84)
| ||||||
18 | 84. Initiating Election Contests.
| ||||||
19 | (a) Election contests may be brought only by a
registered | ||||||
20 | voter of the representative district or by a
member of the | ||||||
21 | House.
| ||||||
22 | (b) Election contests may be brought only by the
procedures | ||||||
23 | and within the time limits established by the
Election Code. | ||||||
24 | Notice of intention to contest shall be
served on the person | ||||||
25 | certified as elected to the House from
the representative |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | district within the time limits
established by the Election | ||||||
2 | Code. The requirements of this
subsection apply to a member of | ||||||
3 | the House
appointed to fill a vacancy the same as if that | ||||||
4 | member had
been elected to the House.
| ||||||
5 | (c) Within 10 days after the convening of the House in
| ||||||
6 | January following the general election contested, each
| ||||||
7 | contestant shall file with the Clerk a petition of election
| ||||||
8 | contest and shall serve the petition on the incumbent member
of | ||||||
9 | the House from the representative district. A petition of
| ||||||
10 | election contest shall allege the contestant's qualifications
| ||||||
11 | to bring the contest and to serve as a member of the House,
| ||||||
12 | that he or she believes that a mistake or fraud has been
| ||||||
13 | committed in specified precincts in the counting, return, or
| ||||||
14 | canvass of the votes, or that there was some other specified
| ||||||
15 | irregularity in the conduct of the election in specified
| ||||||
16 | precincts. A petition of election contest shall contain a
| ||||||
17 | prayer specifying the relief requested and the precincts in
| ||||||
18 | which a recount or other inquiry is desired. A petition of
| ||||||
19 | election contest shall be verified by affidavit swearing to
the | ||||||
20 | truth of the allegations or based upon information and
belief, | ||||||
21 | and shall be accompanied by proof of service on all
| ||||||
22 | respondents.
| ||||||
23 | (d) A notice of intent to contest may not be amended to
| ||||||
24 | cure a defect under the statutory requirements. A petition
of | ||||||
25 | election contest, if filed and served after the
notice of | ||||||
26 | intention to contest, may not raise points not
expressed in the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | notice.
| ||||||
2 | (e) The incumbent member of the House from the
| ||||||
3 | representative district is a necessary party to the
initiation | ||||||
4 | of an election contest.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 85)
| ||||||
6 | 85. Initiating Qualifications Challenges.
| ||||||
7 | (a) Qualifications challenges may be brought only by a
| ||||||
8 | registered voter of the representative district of the
| ||||||
9 | representative challenged or by a member of the House.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Qualifications challenges must be brought within 90
| ||||||
11 | days after the day the challenged member takes his or her oath
| ||||||
12 | of office as a member of the House, or within 90 days after the
| ||||||
13 | day the petitioner first learns of the information on which
the | ||||||
14 | challenge is based, whichever occurs later.
| ||||||
15 | (c) A qualifications challenge shall be brought by
filing a | ||||||
16 | petition of qualifications challenge with the Clerk,
and by | ||||||
17 | serving a copy of the petition on the respondent
member of the | ||||||
18 | House. The petition must be accompanied by
proof of personal | ||||||
19 | service upon the respondent member and must
be verified by | ||||||
20 | affidavit swearing to the truth of the
allegations or based | ||||||
21 | upon information and belief. A petition
of qualifications | ||||||
22 | challenge shall set forth the grounds on
which the respondent | ||||||
23 | member is alleged to be constitutionally
unqualified, or on | ||||||
24 | which his or her appointment to the House
is claimed to be | ||||||
25 | legally improper, the qualifications of the
petitioner to bring |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the challenge, and a prayer for relief.
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 86)
| ||||||
3 | 86. Contests and Challenges; Due Process.
| ||||||
4 | (a) Election contests and challenges shall be heard and
| ||||||
5 | determined as expeditiously as possible under adversary
| ||||||
6 | procedures wherein each party to the proceedings has a
| ||||||
7 | reasonable opportunity to present his or her claim, to present | ||||||
8 | any
defense and arguments, and to respond to those of his or | ||||||
9 | her
opponents. All parties may be represented by counsel.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Election contests and qualifications challenges
shall | ||||||
11 | be heard and determined in accordance with the
applicable | ||||||
12 | provisions of the Election Code and other Illinois
statutes, | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Constitution, and the United
States Constitution. | ||||||
14 | Judicial decisions that bear on a
point of law in a contest or | ||||||
15 | challenge shall be admissible in
the arguments of the parties | ||||||
16 | and the deliberations and
decisions of the committee. Judicial | ||||||
17 | decisions applicable to
a point of law or to a fact situation | ||||||
18 | to the committee shall
be given weight as precedent.
| ||||||
19 | (c) In addition to notice of meetings required under
these | ||||||
20 | Rules, the committee and any subcommittee shall give
notice to | ||||||
21 | all parties reasonably in advance of each meeting
or other | ||||||
22 | proceeding. The committee shall also give notice of
all rules, | ||||||
23 | timetables, or deadlines adopted by the committee.
Notice under | ||||||
24 | this subsection shall be in writing and shall be
given either | ||||||
25 | personally with receipt, or by certified mail
(return receipt |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | requested) addressed to the party at his or
her place of | ||||||
2 | residence, and to his or her attorney of record
at the | ||||||
3 | attorney's office if so requested by the party.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 87)
| ||||||
5 | 87. Committee Proceedings and Powers in Contests and
| ||||||
6 | Challenges.
| ||||||
7 | (a) All proceedings of the committee and any
subcommittees | ||||||
8 | concerning election contests and qualifications
challenges | ||||||
9 | shall be transcribed by a certified court
reporter. Copies of | ||||||
10 | the transcript shall be made available
to the members of the | ||||||
11 | committee and to the parties.
| ||||||
12 | (b) The committee may dismiss an election contest or
| ||||||
13 | qualifications challenge, or may determine to proceed to a
| ||||||
14 | recount or other inquiry. The committee may limit the issues
to | ||||||
15 | be determined in a contest or challenge, except that when
a | ||||||
16 | recount is conducted in an election contest, any precinct
| ||||||
17 | timely requested by any party to be recounted shall be
| ||||||
18 | recounted by the committee.
| ||||||
19 | (c) In conducting inquiries, investigations, and recounts
| ||||||
20 | in election contests and qualifications challenges, the
| ||||||
21 | committee has the power to send for and compel the
attendance | ||||||
22 | of witnesses and the production of books, papers,
ballots, | ||||||
23 | documents, and records by subpoena signed by the
Chairperson of | ||||||
24 | the committee as provided by law and subject to Rule 4(c)(9).
| ||||||
25 | In
conducting proceedings in election contests and
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | qualifications challenges, the Chairperson of the committee
| ||||||
2 | and the Chairperson of any subcommittee may administer oaths
to | ||||||
3 | witnesses, as provided by law, and for this purpose a
| ||||||
4 | subcommittee is deemed to be a committee of the House.
| ||||||
5 | (d) The committee may issue commissions by its
Chairperson | ||||||
6 | to any officer authorized to take depositions of
any necessary | ||||||
7 | witnesses as may be permitted by law. In
recounting the ballots | ||||||
8 | in any election contest, however, no
person other than a member | ||||||
9 | of the committee shall handle any
ballots, tally sheets, or | ||||||
10 | other election materials without
consent of the committee or | ||||||
11 | subcommittee. The responsibility
for the actual recounting of | ||||||
12 | ballots may not be delegated.
| ||||||
13 | (e) The committee shall maintain an accurate and
complete | ||||||
14 | record of proceedings in every election contest and
| ||||||
15 | qualifications challenge. That record shall include all
| ||||||
16 | notices and pleadings, the transcripts and roll call votes,
all | ||||||
17 | reports and dissents, and all documents that were
admitted into | ||||||
18 | the proceeding. The committee shall file the
record with the | ||||||
19 | Clerk of the House upon the adoption of its
final report. The | ||||||
20 | record shall then be available for
examination in the Clerk's | ||||||
21 | office.
| ||||||
22 | (f) With the approval of the Speaker, the committee may
| ||||||
23 | employ clerks, stenographers, court reporters, professional
| ||||||
24 | staff, and messengers.
| ||||||
25 | (House Rule 88)
|
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| |||||||
1 | 88. Adoption of Reports in Contests and Challenges.
| ||||||
2 | (a) All final decisions of the committee regarding an
| ||||||
3 | election contest or qualification challenge shall be approved | ||||||
4 | by a majority of those
appointed to the committee and reported
| ||||||
5 | in writing to the House. Reports shall include a specific
| ||||||
6 | recommendation to the House as to the disposition of the
| ||||||
7 | contest or challenge. Final reports following full inquiry
on | ||||||
8 | the merits of a contest or challenge shall contain
findings of | ||||||
9 | fact and, when necessary, conclusions of law.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Any member of the committee may file a dissent from
a | ||||||
11 | report of the committee, a minority report, or a special
| ||||||
12 | concurrence with the majority report or with any minority
| ||||||
13 | report.
| ||||||
14 | (c) A subcommittee shall report to the committee in
writing | ||||||
15 | in the same form as required for the committee
report. | ||||||
16 | Subcommittee members may file dissents, reports, and
special | ||||||
17 | concurrences.
| ||||||
18 | (d) Reports shall not be adopted by the committee or a
| ||||||
19 | subcommittee until a hearing has been held thereon, with
notice | ||||||
20 | to all parties and a reasonable opportunity to examine
and | ||||||
21 | respond to a proposed majority report.
| ||||||
22 | (e) Reports of the committee shall be filed with the
Clerk, | ||||||
23 | reproduced, and distributed, along with
any dissents, minority | ||||||
24 | reports, or special concurrences, as
provided in Rule 39. The
| ||||||
25 | report shall be listed on the calendar under the heading
| ||||||
26 | "Report of Election Contest" or "Report of Qualifications
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Challenge". The report shall be carried on the Daily
Calendar | ||||||
2 | for 2 legislative days before any action by the
House.
| ||||||
3 | (f) The House shall adopt the majority report or a
minority | ||||||
4 | report in an election contest or qualifications
challenge or | ||||||
5 | shall refuse to adopt any report filed and
re-refer the contest | ||||||
6 | or challenge to the committee for
further proceedings or for a | ||||||
7 | modified report. A report that
has the effect of unseating an | ||||||
8 | incumbent member of the House
shall be adopted only by the | ||||||
9 | affirmative vote of
60 members elected.
| ||||||
10 | (g) Each party to a contest or challenge shall file with
| ||||||
11 | the Clerk of the committee within 10 days after the filing of
| ||||||
12 | the final report a detailed statement of attorney's fees and
| ||||||
13 | expenses incurred by that party in connection with the case.
| ||||||
14 | The committee shall make recommendations to the House
| ||||||
15 | concerning reimbursement of attorney's fees and the expenses
of | ||||||
16 | the parties. The recommendation shall not exceed a sum
that is | ||||||
17 | reasonable, just, and proper.
| ||||||
18 | ARTICLE XI
| ||||||
19 | DISCIPLINE AND PROTEST
| ||||||
20 | (House Rule 89)
| ||||||
21 | 89. Disorderly Behavior.
| ||||||
22 | (a) In accordance with Article IV, Sec. 6(d) of the
| ||||||
23 | Constitution, the House may punish any of its members for
| ||||||
24 | disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence of two-thirds
of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the members elected, expel a member (but not for a
second time | ||||||
2 | for the same offense). The reason for
expulsion shall be | ||||||
3 | entered upon the Journal with the names
and votes of those | ||||||
4 | members voting on the question.
| ||||||
5 | (b) In accordance with Article IV, Sec. 6(d) of the
| ||||||
6 | Constitution, the House during its session may punish by
| ||||||
7 | imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of
disrespect to | ||||||
8 | the House by disorderly or contemptuous
behavior in its | ||||||
9 | presence. That imprisonment shall not extend
beyond 24 hours at | ||||||
10 | one time unless the person persists in
disorderly or | ||||||
11 | contemptuous behavior.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 90)
| ||||||
13 | 90. Protest. Any 2 members have the
right to dissent and | ||||||
14 | protest, in respectful language, against
any act or resolution | ||||||
15 | that they may think injurious to the
public or to any | ||||||
16 | individual, and have the reason of their
protest entered upon | ||||||
17 | the Journal. When by motion a majority
of members determines | ||||||
18 | that the language of a protest
is not respectful, the protest | ||||||
19 | shall be referred back to the
protesting members.
| ||||||
20 | ARTICLE XII
| ||||||
21 | DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
| ||||||
22 | (House Rule 91)
| ||||||
23 | 91. Special Investigating Committee.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) Disciplinary proceedings may be commenced by filing | ||||||
2 | with the Speaker and the Minority Leader a petition, signed by | ||||||
3 | 3 or more members of the House, for a special investigating | ||||||
4 | committee. The petition shall contain the alleged charge or | ||||||
5 | charges that, if true, may subject the member named in the | ||||||
6 | petition to disciplinary action by the House and may include | ||||||
7 | any other factual information that supports the charge or | ||||||
8 | charges. | ||||||
9 | (b) Upon filing the petition, a special investigating | ||||||
10 | committee consisting of 6 members shall be created. The Speaker | ||||||
11 | shall appoint 3 members from the majority caucus and the | ||||||
12 | Minority Leader shall appoint 3 members from the minority | ||||||
13 | caucus. The Speaker shall appoint the Chairperson from among | ||||||
14 | the 6 members. Members signing the petition may not be | ||||||
15 | appointed to the special investigating committee. The contents | ||||||
16 | of a petition for a special investigating committee shall be | ||||||
17 | confidential until the appointment of all members except as to | ||||||
18 | the member named, the members signing it, the Speaker, the | ||||||
19 | Minority Leader, and the members of a special investigating | ||||||
20 | committee. | ||||||
21 | (c) The Chairperson shall give reasonable notice of all | ||||||
22 | meetings to the member named in the petition and to the public. | ||||||
23 | All meetings of the special investigating committee shall be | ||||||
24 | open to the public, unless, pursuant to Article IV, Section | ||||||
25 | 5(c) of the Illinois Constitution, the House votes by the | ||||||
26 | affirmative vote of 79 members to hold proceedings in executive |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | session. The Clerk shall keep an audio recording and transcript | ||||||
2 | of all meetings. | ||||||
3 | (d) The member named in the petition has the right to | ||||||
4 | counsel during all meetings of the special investigating | ||||||
5 | committee. | ||||||
6 | (e) The Chairperson may establish procedural rules | ||||||
7 | (subject to the approval of the Speaker). The Committee may, in | ||||||
8 | the discretion of the Chairperson, administer oaths and compel | ||||||
9 | by subpoena (subject to Rule 4(c)(9)) any person to appear and | ||||||
10 | give testimony as a witness or produce papers, documents, or | ||||||
11 | other materials relevant to the charge or charges. | ||||||
12 | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by unanimous consent.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 92)
| ||||||
14 | 92. Investigation.
| ||||||
15 | (a) At the initial meeting of the special investigating | ||||||
16 | committee, the Chairperson shall enter the petition into the | ||||||
17 | record. | ||||||
18 | (b) The special investigating committee shall conduct a | ||||||
19 | thorough investigation of all charges alleged in the petition. | ||||||
20 | The special investigating committee shall meet as often as | ||||||
21 | necessary and consider any information or testimony it deems | ||||||
22 | relevant to the charges alleged in the petition, regardless of | ||||||
23 | whether such information was contained in the petition or is | ||||||
24 | discovered through subsequent investigation. | ||||||
25 | (c) The special investigating committee shall give the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | member named in the petition an opportunity to be present at | ||||||
2 | all meetings and to testify or otherwise present any relevant | ||||||
3 | information. | ||||||
4 | (d) The special investigating committee shall determine if | ||||||
5 | reasonable grounds exist to authorize charges against the | ||||||
6 | member named in the petition that may result in disciplinary | ||||||
7 | action by the House. The special investigating committee shall | ||||||
8 | vote on each charge alleged in the petition by record vote. A | ||||||
9 | motion to authorize a charge requires the affirmative vote of a | ||||||
10 | majority of those appointed. | ||||||
11 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
12 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 93)
| ||||||
14 | 93. Report of the Special Investigating Committee.
| ||||||
15 | (a) The special investigating committee shall file with the | ||||||
16 | Clerk a written report that includes, at a minimum, a summary | ||||||
17 | of each charge alleged in the petition, the vote on each charge | ||||||
18 | alleged in the petition, and the reasons the committee did or | ||||||
19 | did not authorize each charge against the member. Any member of | ||||||
20 | the special investigating committee may include a supplemental | ||||||
21 | statement in the report, either concurring with or dissenting | ||||||
22 | from all or part of the report, or explaining a reason for his | ||||||
23 | or her vote on a charge. The report shall be signed by all of | ||||||
24 | the members of the special investigating committee, regardless | ||||||
25 | of their original vote in the committee proceedings on whether |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to authorize charges. | ||||||
2 | (b) If a majority of those appointed determines that | ||||||
3 | reasonable grounds exist to authorize a charge or charges, then | ||||||
4 | for each authorized charge the report shall include a statement | ||||||
5 | of the authorized charge and any factual information supporting | ||||||
6 | that charge. Within the report, the special investigating | ||||||
7 | committee shall appoint 2 members of the House, one from the | ||||||
8 | majority caucus and one from the minority caucus, who are not | ||||||
9 | members of the special investigating committee and did not sign | ||||||
10 | the petition, to be managers for the House at the hearing on | ||||||
11 | the authorized charge or charges. | ||||||
12 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
13 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 94)
| ||||||
15 | 94. Select Committee on Discipline.
| ||||||
16 | (a) If a special investigating committee authorizes | ||||||
17 | charges against any member of the House, the Speaker and the | ||||||
18 | Minority Leader shall appoint a select committee on discipline | ||||||
19 | to hear and determine those charges. The select committee shall | ||||||
20 | consist of 12 members of the House, 6 of whom shall be | ||||||
21 | appointed by the Speaker from the majority caucus and 6 of whom | ||||||
22 | shall be appointed by the Minority Leader from the minority | ||||||
23 | caucus. The Speaker shall appoint a Chairperson from among the | ||||||
24 | 12 members. No member who signed the petition or served on the | ||||||
25 | special investigating committee may be appointed to the select |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committee. | ||||||
2 | (b) All appointments to a select committee shall be | ||||||
3 | completed and the select committee shall convene within 30 days | ||||||
4 | after the filing of a report issued by the special | ||||||
5 | investigating committee. | ||||||
6 | (c) The Chairperson shall give reasonable notice of all | ||||||
7 | meetings to the member named in the petition and to the public. | ||||||
8 | All meetings of the select committee shall be open to the | ||||||
9 | public, unless, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5(c) of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Constitution, the House votes by the affirmative vote | ||||||
11 | of 79 members to hold proceedings in executive session. The | ||||||
12 | Clerk shall keep an audio recording and transcript of all | ||||||
13 | meetings. | ||||||
14 | (d) The Chairperson may establish procedural rules | ||||||
15 | (subject to the approval of the Speaker). The select committee | ||||||
16 | may, at the discretion of the Chairperson, administer oaths and | ||||||
17 | compel by subpoena (subject to Rule 4(c)(9)) any person to | ||||||
18 | appear and give testimony as a witness or produce papers, | ||||||
19 | documents, or other materials relevant to the charge or | ||||||
20 | charges. | ||||||
21 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
22 | of 79 members elected.
| ||||||
23 | (House Rule 95)
| ||||||
24 | 95. Hearings on Disciplinary Charges.
| ||||||
25 | (a) Proceedings before the select committee shall be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | adversarial in form, with the managers for the House presenting | ||||||
2 | the case for disciplinary action. The member subject to charges | ||||||
3 | has the right to counsel during all hearings of the select | ||||||
4 | committee. | ||||||
5 | (b) Stipulations of fact shall be encouraged by the select | ||||||
6 | committee.
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7 | (House Rule 96)
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8 | 96. Report of the Select Committee on Discipline.
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9 | (a) The select committee shall vote on each charge by | ||||||
10 | record vote. For each charge the select committee shall vote on | ||||||
11 | the question, "Is the Member at fault on this charge?" If a | ||||||
12 | majority of those appointed vote in the affirmative, the member | ||||||
13 | shall be found at fault on that charge. If less than a majority | ||||||
14 | of those appointed vote in the affirmative, it shall be | ||||||
15 | reported that there is insufficient evidence to find the member | ||||||
16 | at fault on that charge. | ||||||
17 | (b) If the select committee finds the member at fault on | ||||||
18 | any charge, the committee shall adopt a recommendation for | ||||||
19 | disciplinary action. The committee may recommend a reprimand, a | ||||||
20 | censure, expulsion from the House, or that no penalty be | ||||||
21 | invoked. The recommendation on disciplinary action requires an | ||||||
22 | affirmative vote of the majority of those appointed. If a | ||||||
23 | majority of those appointed cannot, by record vote, agree on a | ||||||
24 | penalty, it shall report a recommendation that no penalty be | ||||||
25 | invoked. |
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1 | (c) The select committee shall file a report of its | ||||||
2 | findings on each charge. The report shall include, at a | ||||||
3 | minimum, the vote of the committee on each charge, the reasons | ||||||
4 | for each conclusion, and any recommendation as to a penalty for | ||||||
5 | a finding of fault on a charge. Any member of the select | ||||||
6 | committee may include a supplemental statement in the report, | ||||||
7 | either concurring with or dissenting from all or part of the | ||||||
8 | report, or explaining a reason for his or her vote on a charge. | ||||||
9 | (d) If the select committee finds the member at fault on | ||||||
10 | any charge, the select committee shall file a resolution that | ||||||
11 | includes its findings, the charge, and the recommended penalty | ||||||
12 | for that charge. Separate resolutions must be filed for each | ||||||
13 | charge. | ||||||
14 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
15 | of 71 members elected.
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16 | (House Rule 97)
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17 | 97. House Action on the Report of the Select Committee on | ||||||
18 | Discipline.
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19 | (a) The report of a select committee and any accompanying | ||||||
20 | resolution shall be filed with the Clerk and reproduced and
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21 | distributed as provided in Rule 39. The report and any | ||||||
22 | accompanying resolutions shall be placed on the calendar under | ||||||
23 | the heading "Report and Resolutions of Select Committee on | ||||||
24 | Discipline". The report and resolutions shall be carried on the | ||||||
25 | Daily Calendar for 2 legislative days before any action by the |
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1 | House. | ||||||
2 | (b) The House shall take action by a record vote on each | ||||||
3 | resolution. The House may amend a resolution for disciplinary | ||||||
4 | action to decrease the recommended penalty by a record vote of | ||||||
5 | 60 members elected. | ||||||
6 | (c) A resolution finding a member at fault regarding a | ||||||
7 | charge may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of 71 | ||||||
8 | members elected, except that a resolution the effect of which | ||||||
9 | is to expel a member may be adopted only by the affirmative | ||||||
10 | vote of 79 members elected. | ||||||
11 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
12 | of 79 members elected, except that paragraph (c) may not be | ||||||
13 | suspended.
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14 | ARTICLE XIII
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15 | FORCE AND EFFECT
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16 | (House Rule 98)
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17 | 98. Applicability. The meetings and actions of the
House, | ||||||
18 | including all of its committees, are governed by
these House | ||||||
19 | Rules.
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20 | (House Rule 99)
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21 | 99. Parliamentary Authority. The rules of
parliamentary
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22 | practice appearing in the latest edition of Robert's Rules of
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23 | Order Newly Revised govern the House in all cases to which they |
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1 | apply
so long as they are not inconsistent with
these Rules.
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2 | (House Rule 100)
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3 | 100. Certification by Speaker. With respect to each
bill | ||||||
4 | that is certified
by the Speaker in accordance with Article IV, | ||||||
5 | Sec. 8(d) of
the Constitution, there is an irrebuttable | ||||||
6 | presumption
that the procedural requirements for passage have | ||||||
7 | been met.
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8 | (House Rule 101)
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9 | 101. Effective Date. These rules are in full
force and | ||||||
10 | effect upon their adoption, and shall remain in
full force and | ||||||
11 | effect except as amended in accordance
with these Rules, or | ||||||
12 | until superseded by new rules adopted as part of
the | ||||||
13 | organization of a newly-constituted General Assembly at
the | ||||||
14 | commencement of a term.
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15 | ARTICLE XIV
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16 | DEFINITIONS
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17 | (House Rule 102)
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18 | 102. Definitions. As used in these Rules, terms have
the | ||||||
19 | meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the
context | ||||||
20 | clearly requires a different meaning:
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21 | (1) Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that
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22 | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as chair |
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1 | of
a committee.
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2 | (2) Co-Chairperson. "Co-Chairperson" means a | ||||||
3 | Representative
designated by the Speaker to serve as | ||||||
4 | co-chair of a standing or special committee.
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5 | (3) Clerk. "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
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6 | House.
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7 | (4) Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the
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8 | House and includes a standing committee, a special | ||||||
9 | committee, any subcommittee of a committee, the Rules | ||||||
10 | Committee,
committees created
under Article X and Article | ||||||
11 | XII of these Rules, and a Committee of the Whole. | ||||||
12 | "Committee" does not mean a conference
committee, and the | ||||||
13 | procedural and notice requirements
applicable to | ||||||
14 | committees do not apply to conference
committees.
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15 | (5) Constitution. "Constitution" means the
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16 | Constitution of the State of Illinois.
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17 | (6) General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the
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18 | current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
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19 | (7) House. "House" means the House of Representatives
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20 | of the General Assembly.
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21 | (8) Joint Action Motions. "Joint action motions"
means | ||||||
22 | the following motions before the House:
(i) to concur in a | ||||||
23 | Senate amendment, (ii) to non-concur in a Senate
amendment | ||||||
24 | and ask the Senate to recede, (iii) to recede from a House | ||||||
25 | amendment, (iv) to not
recede from a House amendment and | ||||||
26 | request that a conference
committee be appointed, (v) to |
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1 | adopt a conference committee
report, or (vi) to refuse to | ||||||
2 | adopt a conference committee report and request | ||||||
3 | appointment of a second conference committee.
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4 | (9) Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the
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5 | Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the
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6 | Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
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7 | (10) Legislative Measures. "Legislative measures" | ||||||
8 | means
all matters brought before the House for | ||||||
9 | consideration,
whether originated in the House or Senate, | ||||||
10 | and includes
bills, amendments, resolutions, conference | ||||||
11 | committee reports,
motions, messages, notices, and | ||||||
12 | Executive Orders from the
executive branch.
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13 | (11) Majority. "Majority" means a majority of those
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14 | members present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise
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15 | specified with respect to a particular House Rule, for
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16 | purposes of determining the number of members present and
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17 | voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be | ||||||
18 | counted.
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19 | (12) Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that
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20 | group of Representatives from the numerically strongest
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21 | political party in the House.
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22 | (13) Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those
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23 | appointed" means a majority of the total number of
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24 | Representatives authorized to be appointed to a committee, | ||||||
25 | but does not include ex-officio or non-voting members.
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26 | (14) Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those
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1 | elected" means a majority of the total number of
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2 | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
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3 | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
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4 | Representatives actually serving in office. So long as 118
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5 | Representatives are entitled to be elected to the House,
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6 | "majority of those elected" means 60 affirmative votes;
71 | ||||||
7 | affirmative votes means three-fifths of the
members | ||||||
8 | elected; and 79 affirmative votes means two-thirds of the
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9 | members elected.
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10 | (15) Member. "Member" means a Representative. Where
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11 | the context so requires, "member" may also mean a Senator | ||||||
12 | of
the Illinois Senate.
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13 | (16) (Blank).
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14 | (17) Members Elected. "Members elected" means the 118
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15 | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
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16 | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
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17 | Representatives actually serving in office.
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18 | (18) Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that
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19 | group of Representatives from the second numerically
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20 | strongest political party in the House.
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21 | (19) Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the
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22 | Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
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23 | (20) Minority Spokesperson. "Minority spokesperson"
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24 | means that Representative designated by the Minority | ||||||
25 | Leader
to serve as the minority spokesperson of a | ||||||
26 | committee.
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1 | (21) Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means
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2 | the convening of the House, pursuant to the scheduling of | ||||||
3 | the
Speaker, for purposes consistent with Rule 28.
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4 | (22) Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that
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5 | Representative serving as the presiding officer of the | ||||||
6 | House,
whether that Representative is the Speaker or | ||||||
7 | another
Representative designated by the Speaker under | ||||||
8 | Rule 4.
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9 | (23) Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the
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10 | first listed House sponsor of any legislative measure; with
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11 | respect to a committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it | ||||||
12 | means
the Chairperson of the committee or the | ||||||
13 | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
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14 | (24) Record Vote. "Record vote" means a vote by ayes
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15 | and nays entered on the journal.
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16 | (25) Representative. "Representative" means any duly
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17 | elected or duly appointed Illinois State Representative, | ||||||
18 | and
means the same as "member".
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19 | (26) Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General
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20 | Assembly.
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21 | (27) Speaker. "Speaker" means the Speaker of the
House | ||||||
22 | elected as provided in Rule 1.
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23 | (28) Term. "Term" means the 2-year term of a General
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24 | Assembly.
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25 | (29) Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that
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26 | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
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1 | Vice-Chairperson of a committee.
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