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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate
4of the 101st General Assembly are amended by changing Rules
53-8, 5-4, and 10-2 as follows:
 
 
6    (Senate Rule 3-8)
7    3-8. Referrals to Committees.
8    (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall, after having
9been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically referred
10to the Committee on Assignments, which may thereafter refer any
11bill before it to a committee. The Committee on Assignments may
12refer any resolution before it to a committee. No bill or
13resolution may be referred to a committee except pursuant to
14this Rule or Rule 7-17. A standing or special committee may
15refer a matter pending in that committee to a special
16subcommittee of that committee. The Committee on Assignments
17may not refer a legislative measure to any subcommittee of a
18standing or special committee.
 
19    (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final
20action, and conference committee reports shall, upon filing
21with the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee
22on Assignments. No such amendment, joint action motion, or

 

 

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1conference committee report may be considered by the Senate
2unless approved for consideration by the Committee on
3Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for
4consideration to the Senate any floor amendment, joint action
5motion for final action, or conference committee report that:
6(i) consists of language that has previously been favorably
7reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of
8technical or clarifying language; or (iii) consists of language
9deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an emergency
10nature, of substantial importance to the operation of
11government, or in the best interests of Illinois. The Committee
12on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint action
13motion for final action, or conference committee report to a
14committee for its review and consideration (in those instances,
15and notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate Rules,
16the committee may hold a hearing on and consider those
17legislative measures pursuant to one-hour advance notice). Any
18floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
19conference committee report that is not approved for
20consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, and
21is attempted to be acted upon by a committee shall be out of
22order, except as provided for under Rule 8-4.
 
23    (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a
24bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee
25from which the bill was reported (or to another standing

 

 

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1committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon
2adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day
3following the day on which the floor amendment was filed,
4unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor
5amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor
6amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate
7for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before
8the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject of
9appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on
10Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor
11amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the
12underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a
13determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the
14Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the
15floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the
16floor amendment to any other committee.
 
17    (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the
18Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee on
19Assignments. No committee amendment may be considered by a
20committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
21committee by the Committee on Assignments and the committee
22amendment has first been made available electronically or
23otherwise for not less than one hour. Any committee amendment
24referred by the Committee on Assignments shall be referred to
25the committee before which the underlying bill or resolution is

 

 

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1pending. Any committee amendment that is not referred by the
2Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is attempted to be
3acted upon by a committee shall be out of order.
 
4    (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a
5bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee
6to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of the Senate
7on the third regular session day following the day on which the
8committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the Committee on
9Assignments referred the committee amendment to the standing
10committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) the bill is no
11longer pending before the committee; (iii) the committee
12amendment deals with the subject of appropriations or State
13revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has determined by
14a majority vote that the committee amendment substantively
15alters the nature and scope of the underlying bill. If the
16Committee on Assignments makes a determination under item (iv)
17of this subsection, then the Committee on Assignments may, in
18its discretion, (A) refer both the bill and the committee
19amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the
20committee amendment to any other committee.
 
21    (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer a
22legislative measure from a committee to a Committee of the
23Whole or to any other committee. However, the Committee on
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1Committee of the Whole or any other committee unless the
2chairperson of the committee to which the bill was originally
3referred consents in writing to the re-referral.
 
4    (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate
5Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments
6shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing
7committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge
8motion for that bill that is signed by no less than
9three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority
10caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion is
11a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to bills
12dealing with the subject of appropriations or State revenue.
 
13    (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of
14the members elected.
15(Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
 
16    (Senate Rule 5-4)
17    5-4. Amendments.
18    (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted either by a
19standing committee when the bill is before that committee, or
20by the Senate when a bill is on the order of Second Reading.
21The former shall be known as a "committee amendment" and the
22latter as a "floor amendment". All amendments must be in
23writing. All amendments still pending in a committee upon the

 

 

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1passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading shall
2automatically be tabled.
 
3    (b) Committee amendments, except for committee amendments
4that amend appropriation bills, may only be offered by the
5principal sponsor or a member of the committee while the
6affected bill is before the committee, and shall be adopted by
7a majority of those appointed. Committee amendments that amend
8appropriation bills may be offered by any Senator. Floor
9amendments may only be offered by a Senator while the bill is
10on the order of Second Reading, and shall be adopted by a
11majority vote of the Senate. An amendment may be the subject of
12a motion to "do adopt" or "do not adopt", and may only be
13adopted pursuant to a successful motion to "do adopt".
 
14    (c) Committee amendments and floor amendments shall be
15filed with the Secretary, and shall be in order only when six
16copies have been filed. The Secretary shall provide copies of
17committee amendments to the Chairperson and Minority
18Spokesperson of the appropriate committee as soon as
19practicable, such copies may be made available electronically.
 
20    (d) The Secretary shall have printed all adopted committee
21amendments that come before the Senate pursuant to Rule 3-12.
22The Secretary shall also have printed all adopted floor
23amendments. No floor amendment may be adopted by the Senate

 

 

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1unless it has been first reproduced and placed on the members'
2desks or made available electronically.
 
3    (e) No floor or committee amendment shall be in order
4unless approved or referred by the Committee on Assignments in
5accordance with Rule 3-8 or brought before the Senate pursuant
6to Rule 7-9.
 
7    (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall
8set forth completely the statutory Sections amended, and shall
9conform to the requirements of Rule 5-1(e).
 
10    (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the
11committee amendments shall be deemed adopted by the committee
12action and shall be reproduced and placed on the members' desks
13or made available electronically before the bill may be read a
14second time.
15(Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
 
16    (Senate Rule 10-2)
17    10-2. Appointment Messages.
18    (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of
19the Senate shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment
20Message from the appointing officer or appointing authority in
21accordance with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form
22provided in this Rule, containing all of the required

 

 

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1information, and accompanied by a cover letter signed by the
2appointing officer or on behalf of the appointing authority.
 
3    (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
4Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided in
5this Rule.
 
6    (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
7sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
8the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
9record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
10President of the Senate. An Appointment Message is received by
11the Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned
12a sequential number. A perfunctory session day shall not be
13deemed to be a session day for the purpose of Article V,
14Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution.
 
15    (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
16requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the
17President of the Senate, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no
18legal effect and (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the
19Senate to the appointing officer or authority that filed it.
 
20    (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
21accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
22supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A

 

 

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1superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential
2number the Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing
3of a superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table
4the Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded
5Appointment Message shall have no further legal effect. The
6filing of a superseding Appointment Message shall not have the
7effect of restarting the 60 session day period within which the
8Senate must confirm or reject the appointee under Article V,
9Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution, Senate
10Rule 10-1, or any applicable law.
 
11    (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an
12appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an
13Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or
14received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been
15withdrawn shall have no further legal effect. The filing of an
16Appointment Message appointing the same person to the same
17office and for a term ending on the same date as that of an
18Appointment Message that was previously filed and later
19withdrawn shall not have the effect of restarting the 60
20session day period within which the Senate must confirm or
21reject the appointee under Article V, Section 9, subsection (a)
22of the Illinois Constitution, Senate Rule 10-1, or any
23applicable law.
 
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1committee-sponsored legislative measure that is unamendable
2and (ii) shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the
3Executive Appointments Committee, who for purposes of these
4Senate Rules shall be deemed the principal sponsor. In the
5absence of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the
6Executive Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal
7sponsor. Messages may not have individual cosponsors.
 
8    (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
9adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General
10Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by
11the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as
12provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment
13Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall
14retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into
15the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this
16Rule.
 
 
17    (i) Form.
 
 
18
APPOINTMENT MESSAGE

 
19To the Honorable Members of the Senate, One Hundredth General
20Assembly:
 

 

 

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1(I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of
2the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the
3advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following
4named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and
5consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested.
 
6Title of Office: (Insert Title and Position)
 
7Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or
8other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made)
 
9Start Date: (Insert Start Date)
 
10End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable")
 
11Name: (Name of Nominee)
 
12Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee)
 
13Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify
14"Unsalaried")
 
15Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable")
 
16Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District

 

 

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1the Nominee Resides)
 
2Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New
3Position")
 
4Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of
5Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable")
6(Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)