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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 98th General
5Assembly are amended by changing Rules 4, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19,
621, 22, 28, 31, 37, 37.5, 40, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 75, and 102
7and by adding Rules 42.1 and 76.5 as follows:
 
8    (House Rule 4)
9    4. The Speaker.
10    (a) The Speaker has those powers conferred upon him or her
11by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any motions or
12resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the House and
13Senate.
14    (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker is the
15chief administrative officer of the House and has those powers
16necessary to carry out those functions. The Speaker may
17delegate administrative duties as he or she deems appropriate.
18    (c) The duties of the Speaker include the following:
19        (1) To preside at all sessions of the House, although
20    the Speaker may call on any member to preside temporarily
21    as Presiding Officer.
22        (2) To open the session at the time at which the House
23    is to meet by taking the chair and calling the members to
24    order. The Speaker may call on any member to open the

 

 

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1    session as Presiding Officer.
2        (3) To announce the business before the House in the
3    order upon which it is to be acted, except as limited by
4    these House Rules. The Presiding Officer shall perform this
5    duty during the period that he or she is presiding.
6        (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
7        (5) To state and put to a vote all questions that are
8    regularly moved or that necessarily arise in the course of
9    the proceedings, and to announce the result of the vote.
10        (6) To preserve order and decorum.
11        (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal,
12    and to speak on these points in preference to other
13    members.
14        (8) To inform the House when necessary, or when any
15    question is raised, on any point of order or practice
16    pertinent to the pending business.
17        (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or
18    orders of the House. All writs, warrants, and subpoenae
19    issued by order of the House, or any of its committees,
20    shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk.
21        (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the
22    General Assembly to certify that the procedural
23    requirements for passage have been met.
24        (11) To have general supervision of the House Chamber,
25    House galleries, House committee rooms and chapel, and
26    adjoining and connecting hallways and passages, including

 

 

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1    the duty to protect their security and safety and the power
2    to clear them when necessary. The House Chamber shall not
3    be used without permission of the Speaker.
4        (12) To have general supervision of the Clerk and his
5    or her assistants, the Doorkeeper and his or her
6    assistants, the majority caucus staff, the
7    parliamentarians, and all employees of the House except the
8    minority caucus staff.
9        (13) To determine the number of majority caucus members
10    and minority caucus members to be appointed to all
11    committees, except the Rules Committee created by Rule 15
12    and those committees that may be created under Article XII
13    of these Rules.
14        (14) To appoint all Chairpersons, Co-Chairpersons, and
15    Vice-Chairpersons of committees (from either the majority
16    or minority caucus), and to appoint all majority caucus
17    members of committees.
18        (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions,
19    statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to the House.
20        (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the House
21    subject to the control and will of the members.
22        (17) To direct the Clerk to correct non-substantive
23    errors in the Journal.
24        (18) To assign meeting places and meeting times to
25    committees and subcommittees.
26        (19) To perform any other duties assigned to the

 

 

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1    Speaker by these House Rules or jointly by the House and
2    Senate.
3        (20) To decide, subject to these House Rules and the
4    control and will of the members, all questions relating to
5    the priority of business.
6        (21) To issue, in cooperation with the Comptroller and
7    after clearance with the United States Internal Revenue
8    Service, written regulations covering administration of
9    contingent expense allowances of members of the House.
10        (22) To appoint one or more parliamentarians to serve
11    at the pleasure of the Speaker.
12    (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
13of 71 members elected.
 
14    (House Rule 9)
15    9. Schedule.
16    (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule of
17days on which the House shall convene in regular, perfunctory,
18and veto session, with that schedule subject to revision at the
19discretion of the Speaker.
20    (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines at his
21or her discretion for any action on any category of legislative
22measure as the Speaker deems appropriate, including deadlines
23for the following legislative actions:
24        (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative
25    Reference Bureau.

 

 

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1        (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
2        (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to
3    report House bills, except House appropriation bills.
4        (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to
5    report House appropriation bills.
6        (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
7    bills, except House appropriation bills.
8        (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
9    appropriation bills.
10        (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to
11    report Senate appropriation bills.
12        (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to
13    report Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
14        (9) Final day for special committees to report to the
15    House.
16        (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
17    appropriation bills.
18        (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
19    bills, except appropriation bills.
20        (12) Final day for consideration of joint action
21    motions and conference committee reports.
22    Deadlines do not apply to legislative measures on the
23Petition Calendar.
24    (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary
25deadlines for legislative action during any special session of
26the House. The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business

 

 

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1or a Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and
2approximate time at which specific legislative measures may be
3considered by the House. The Weekly Order of Business or Daily
4Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the Speaker
5with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of
6business for the amount of time necessary for its completion.
7Nothing in this Rule, however, limits the Speaker's or
8Presiding Officer's powers under Rule 4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a);
9however, this Rule is subject to the limitations of Rule 31.
10    (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those
11deadlines, are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
12the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
13    (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
14of 71 members elected.
 
15    (House Rule 15)
16    15. Rules Committee.
17    (a) The Rules Committee is created as a permanent
18committee. The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members, 3
19appointed by the Speaker and 2 appointed by the Minority
20Leader. The Speaker and the Minority Leader are each eligible
21to be appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may
22conduct business when a majority of the total number of its
23members has been appointed.
24    (b) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee
25shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority

 

 

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1caucus members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority
2Leader. Appointments shall be by notice filed with the Clerk,
3and shall be effective for the balance of the term or until a
4replacement appointment is made, whichever first occurs.
5Appointments take effect upon filing with the Clerk, regardless
6of whether the House is in session. Notwithstanding any other
7provision of these Rules, any Representative who is replaced on
8the Rules Committee may be re-appointed to the Rules Committee
9without concurrence of the House.
10    (c) The Rules Committee shall not consider or conduct a
11hearing with respect to a subject matter or a legislative
12measure absent notice first being given as follows:
13        (1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of
14    any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
15    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
16    amendment.
17        (2) Seventy-two hours advance notice to consider the
18    referral of bills to committees of the House or joint
19    committees of the House and Senate.
20        (3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held
21    for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this
22    subsection (c).
23    (c-1) The Chairperson of the Rules Committee shall post the
24notice required under subsection (c) on the House bulletin
25board identifying each subject matter and each legislative
26measure that may be considered during the hearing. The notice

 

 

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1shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing. This
2subsection may not be suspended.
3    (c-2) The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of
4subsection (c) of this Rule may be reduced to a one-hour
5advance notice upon the adoption of a motion by 71 members
6elected. The posting requirement of item (1) of subsection (c)
7of this Rule may not be suspended. Notice requirements for
8hearings may be suspended only as authorized by this
9subsection, and no hearing shall be conducted with less than a
10one-hour advance notice. This subsection may not be suspended.
11Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, the Rules
12Committee may meet upon reasonable public notice that includes
13a statement of the subjects to be considered. All legislative
14measures pending before the Rules Committee are eligible for
15consideration at any of its meetings, and all of those
16legislative measures are deemed posted for hearing by the Rules
17Committee for all of its meetings.
18    (d) Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed, the
19Rules Committee may advance any legislative measure pending
20before it to the House, without referral to another committee;
21except that (i) the Rules Committee, however, shall not so
22report any bill that has never been favorably reported by or
23discharged from a standing committee or a special committee of
24the House or recommended for action by a joint committee of the
25House and Senate and (ii) a two-thirds vote of those appointed
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1any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
2conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
3amendment. A bill advanced to the House shall be placed on the
4Daily Calendar on the order on which it appeared before it was
5re-referred to the Rules Committee. Notwithstanding any other
6provision of these Rules, a floor amendment, joint action
7motion for final action, or conference committee report
8advanced to the House by the Rules Committee may be considered
9for adoption no sooner than one hour after the Clerk announces
10the report of the Rules Committee referring such a legislative
11measure to the House.
12    (e) Except for those provisions that cannot be suspended,
13this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of
1471 members elected.
 
15    (House Rule 16)
16    16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
17    (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and
18resolutions considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this
19Rule, after being initially read by the Clerk, shall be ordered
20reproduced and automatically referred to the Rules Committee,
21which may thereafter refer any resolution before it to the
22House or to a standing committee or special committee. No
23resolution, except adjournment resolutions and resolutions
24considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this Rule or Rule
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1House by the Rules Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably
2reported by a standing committee or special committee, (iii)
3authorized under Article XII, or (iv) discharged from committee
4pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. An adjournment resolution is
5subject to Rule 66.
6    (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death
7resolution for consideration by the House. The Principal
8Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
9reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of
10the Speaker, to offset the actual cost of producing the
11congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may be paid from
12the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General
13Assembly Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to
14the member. Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority
15Leader, congratulatory or death resolutions may be immediately
16considered and adopted by the House without referral to the
17Rules Committee, unless a member removes a resolution from
18consideration under this subsection (b) by filing an objection
19with the Clerk before the vote of the House. Any resolution
20that is removed under this subsection (b) shall be
21automatically referred to the Rules Committee and shall be
22eligible for consideration under subsection (a). The remaining
23Those resolutions, not removed from consideration under this
24subsection (b), may be adopted as a group by a single motion.
25Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be entered on the
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1provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor
2to pay a reasonable fee may not be suspended.
3    (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the
4General Assembly and former constitutional officers, upon
5introduction, may be immediately considered by the House
6without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions
7shall be entered on the Journal in full.
8    (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor issued
9under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution, upon being read
10into the record by the Clerk, are automatically referred to the
11Rules Committee for its referral to a standing committee or a
12special committee, which may issue a recommendation to the
13House with respect to the Executive Order. The House may
14disapprove of an Executive Order only by resolution adopted by
15a majority of those elected; no such resolution is in order
16until a standing committee or a special committee has reported
17to the House on the executive reorganization, or until the
18Executive Order has been discharged under Rule 58.
 
19    (House Rule 18)
20    18. Referrals to Committees.
21    (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being initially
22read by the Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules
23Committee.
24    (b) During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
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1committee or a special committee within 3 legislative days,
2provided that referral shall not be required for a House bill
3that is introduced after the introduction deadline for House
4bills or a Senate bill that is referred to the Rules Committee
5after the deadline for House committee consideration of Senate
6bills. During even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
7refer to a standing committee or a special committee only
8appropriation bills implementing the budget and bills deemed by
9the Rules Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority
10appointed, to be of an emergency nature or to be of substantial
11importance to the operation of government. This subsection (b)
12applies equally to House Bills and Senate Bills introduced into
13or received by the House.
14    (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee
15may refer bills to a joint committee of the House and Senate
16created by joint resolution. That joint committee shall report
17back to the Rules Committee any recommendation for action made
18by that joint committee. The Rules committee may, at any time,
19however, refer the bill to a standing or special committee of
20the House.
21    (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a
22subject matter or a legislative measure pending in that
23committee to a subcommittee of that committee.
24    (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
25standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a
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1be referred to the House and placed on the appropriate order of
2business, which shall appear on the daily calendar. All
3legislative measures, except bills or resolutions on the
4Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
5status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
6amendments, so referred are automatically assigned standard
7debate status, subject to Rule 52.
8    (e) All committee amendments, floor amendments, joint
9action motions for final action, conference committee reports,
10and motions to table committee amendments, upon filing with the
11Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules Committee. The
12Rules Committee may refer any committee amendment to the
13standing committee or the special committee to which the bill
14or resolution it amends has been referred for its review and
15consideration, provided the committee amendment is filed no
16later than 3:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting at which
17that bill or resolution may be considered. "Business day" does
18not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal holidays
19unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office is
20otherwise open to the public on that day. The Rules Committee
21may refer any floor amendment, joint action motion for final
22action, conference committee report, or motion to table a
23committee amendment to the House or to a standing committee or
24a special committee for its review and consideration (in those
25instances, and notwithstanding any other provision of these
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1hearing on and consider those legislative measures pursuant to
2a two-hour advance notice given no later than the calendar day
3before the date of the hearing, and referrals to the House
4shall be subject to the notice requirements of Rule 15(d)). Any
5committee amendment, floor amendment, joint action motion for
6final action, conference committee report, or motion to table a
7committee amendment that is not referred to the House by, or
8discharged from, the Rules Committee is out of order, except
9that any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
10conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
11amendment favorably reported by, or discharged from, a standing
12committee or a special committee is deemed referred to the
13House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All
14joint action motions for final action, conference committee
15reports and motions to table committee amendments so referred
16are automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
17Rule 52. Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule
18are automatically assigned amendment debate status.
19    (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or re-refer
20any a legislative measure, except a committee amendment, from a
21committee to a Committee of the Whole or to any other
22committee. When a bill or resolution is re-referred to a
23committee pursuant to this Rule, any committee amendment for
24the bill or resolution pending in committee with the bill or
25resolution shall be automatically re-referred with the bill or
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1    (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules
2Committee upon the affirmative vote of 71 members elected. Any
3bill or resolution discharged from the Rules Committee shall be
4placed on the appropriate order of business of the Petition
5Calendar as provided in Rule 42.1. Notwithstanding any other
6provision of these Rules, any bill pending before the Rules
7Committee shall be immediately discharged and referred to a
8standing committee, special committee, or order of the Daily
9Calendar, as provided in this Rule, if the Principal Sponsor of
10the bill files a motion that is signed by no less than
11three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority
12caucuses, provided each member signing the motion is a sponsor
13of the underlying bill subject to the motion and the motion
14specifies the appropriate standing committee, special
15committee, or order on the Daily Calendar to which the bill
16shall be referred. Such a motion shall be filed, in writing,
17with the Clerk. All other legislative measures may be
18discharged from the Rules Committee only by unanimous consent
19of the House. A bill or resolution discharged from the Rules
20Committee shall be referred as follows: (i) a bill or
21resolution that was not previously referred shall be referred
22to the standing committee or special committee designated on
23the motion, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; (ii)
24a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules Committee from a
25standing committee or special committee shall be re-referred to
26that committee, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21;

 

 

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1and (iii) a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules
2Committee from Second Reading or Third Reading shall be
3re-referred to the proper order of business on the Daily
4Calendar, provided the bill or resolution shall be carried on
5the Daily Calendar for at least one legislative day prior to
6consideration by the House. Legislative measures, other than
7bills or resolutions, that are discharged from the Rules
8Committee shall be referred as follows: (i) an amendment, joint
9action motion for final action, or conference committee report
10shall be referred to the committee that considered the
11underlying bill or resolution and (ii) any other legislative
12measure shall be referred to the proper order of business on
13the Daily Calendar, provided the legislative measure shall be
14carried on the Daily Calendar for at least one legislative day
15prior to consideration by the House. Rulings of the Presiding
16Officer related to this subsection (g) may not be appealed.
17This subsection may not be suspended.
18    (h) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended,
19this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71
20members elected.
 
21    (House Rule 19)
22    19. Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
23    (a) All legislative measures that fail to meet the
24applicable deadline established under Rule 9 for reporting to
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1Third Reading and passage, or for consideration of joint action
2motions and conference committee reports are automatically
3re-referred to the Rules Committee unless: (i) the deadline has
4been suspended or revised by the Speaker, with re-referral to
5the Rules Committee to occur if the bill has not been reported
6to the House in accordance with a revised deadline; or (ii) the
7Rules Committee has issued a written exception to the Clerk
8with respect to a particular bill before the reporting
9deadline, with re-referral to occur, if at all, in accordance
10with the written exception; or (iii) the bill or resolution is
11pending before the House on the Petition Calendar. When a bill
12is re-referred to the Rules Committee after failure to meet the
13Third Reading deadline, any floor amendment to the bill
14remaining in a standing or special committee shall also be
15re-referred to the Rules Committee.
16    (b) All legislative measures pending before the House or
17any of its committees are automatically re-referred to the
18Rules Committee on the 31st consecutive day that the House has
19not convened for session unless: (i) any deadline applicable to
20the bill or resolution that has been designated by the Speaker
21under Rule 9 exceeds 31 days, with re-referral to occur, if at
22all, in accordance with that deadline; (ii) this Rule is
23suspended under Rule 67; or (iii) the Rules Committee, by the
24affirmative vote of a majority appointed, issues a written
25exception to the Clerk before that 31st day; or (iv) the bill
26or resolution is pending before the House on the Petition

 

 

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1Calendar.
 
2    (House Rule 21)
3    21. Notice.
4    (a) Except as provided in Rule 18(e) or unless this Rule is
5suspended under Rule 67 or unless the Rules Committee by
6majority vote waives the notice requirement for a subject
7matter hearing of any committee, standing committees, special
8committees, committees created under Article X of these Rules,
9and subcommittees of those committees shall not consider or
10conduct a hearing with respect to a subject matter or a
11legislative measure absent notice first being given as follows:
12        (1) The Chairperson of the committee, or the
13    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus of a standing or
14    special committee, shall, no later than 6 days before any
15    proposed hearing, post a notice on the House bulletin board
16    identifying each subject matter and each legislative
17    measure, other than a committee amendment upon initial
18    consideration under Rule 40, that may be considered during
19    that hearing. Committee amendments filed no later than the
20    deadline established in Rule 40 may be considered pursuant
21    to two hours advance notice. The notice shall contain the
22    day, hour, and place of the hearing. Legislative measures
23    and subject matters posted for hearing as provided in this
24    item (1) may also be considered at any committee hearing
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1    notice was posted, but only if the House has met or was
2    scheduled to meet in regular, veto, or special session on
3    each calendar day from the time of the original committee
4    hearing to the re-convened committee hearing.
5        (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called under
6    Rule 15; meetings of the standing committees and special
7    committees to consider floor amendments, joint action
8    motions for final action consideration, conference
9    committee reports, and motions to table committee
10    amendments may be called under Rule 18.
11        (3) The Chairperson, or Co-Chairperson from the
12    majority caucus of a standing or special committee, shall,
13    in advance of a committee hearing, notify all Principal
14    Sponsors of legislative measures posted for that hearing of
15    the date, time, and place of hearing. When practical, the
16    Clerk shall include a notice of all scheduled hearings,
17    together with all posted bills and resolutions, in the
18    Daily Calendar of the House. Regardless of whether a
19    particular legislative measure or subject matter has been
20    posted for hearing, it is in order for a committee during
21    any of its meetings to refer a subject matter or
22    legislative measure pending before it to a subcommittee of
23    that committee.
24    (b) Other than the Rules Committee, no committee may meet
25during any session of the House, and no commission created by
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1any session of the House.
2    (c) Each standing appropriations committee shall meet at
3least once during each month of the calendar year. When the
4House is not in session, each standing appropriations committee
5shall hold each month at least one hearing in Illinois at a
6location other than the City of Springfield or the City of
7Chicago.
8    (d) (c) Regardless of whether notice has been previously
9given, it is always in order for a committee to table any
10legislative measure pending before it when the Principal
11Sponsor so requests, subject to Rule 60.
12    (e) (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
13vote of 71 members elected, subject to Rule 25.
 
14    (House Rule 22)
15    22. Committee Procedure.
16    (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
17referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may
18make with respect to that legislative measure one of the
19following reports to the House or to the parent committee, as
20appropriate:
21        (1) that the bill "do pass";
22        (2) that the bill "do not pass";
23        (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
24        (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
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1        (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
2        (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
3        (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
4        (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion,
5    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
6    amendment referred by the Rules Committee "be adopted";
7        (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion,
8    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
9    amendment referred by the Rules Committee "be not adopted";
10        (11) "without recommendation"; or
11        (12) "tabled".
12    Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
13concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All legislative
14measures reported "do pass", "do pass as amended", "be
15adopted", or "be adopted as amended" are favorably reported to
16the House. Except as otherwise provided by these Rules, any
17legislative measure referred or re-referred to a committee and
18not reported under this Rule shall remain in that committee.
19    (b) No bill or committee amendment that provides for an
20appropriation of money from the State Treasury may be
21considered by an Appropriations Committee unless the bill or
22committee amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
23department, office, or institution; this provision does not
24apply to floor amendments, joint action motions, or conference
25committee reports.
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1the State Treasury may be considered for passage by the House
2unless it has first been favorably reported by an
3Appropriations Committee or:
4        (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
5    Committee under Rule 58;
6        (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
7    majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee; or
8        (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
9    Standing appropriations committees shall conduct hearings
10for the purpose of reviewing (i) performance data compiled by
11departments of State government pursuant to Section 50-15 of
12the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
13Illinois and (ii) other performance data that is requested by
14the committees from departments of State government and other
15recipients of State appropriations.
16    (c) The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson
17from the majority caucus of a standing or special committee,
18shall keep, or cause to be kept by the Clerk's Office, a record
19in which there shall be entered:
20        (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
21    committee.
22        (2) The attendance of committee members at each
23    meeting.
24        (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
25    legislative measures acted on by the committee.
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1    each person appearing or registering in each committee
2    meeting, which shall include identification of the
3    witness, the person, group, or firm represented by
4    appearance and the capacity in which the representation is
5    made (if the person is representing someone other than
6    himself or herself), his or her position on the legislation
7    under consideration, and the nature of his or her desired
8    testimony.
9        (5) An audio recording of the proceedings.
10        (6) Such additional information as may be requested by
11    the Clerk.
12    (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from
13the majority caucus of a standing or special committee, shall
14file with the Clerk, along with every legislative measure
15reported upon, a written report containing such information as
16required by the Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and
17procedures with respect to the preparation, filing, and
18maintenance of the reports.
19    (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative measure
20pending before it to the House, or when a committee fails to
21hold a public hearing on a legislative measure pending before
22it, the exclusive means to bring that legislative measure
23directly before the House for its consideration is as provided
24in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
25    (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a
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1Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the committee
2Minority Spokesperson, or a chief co-sponsor may present a bill
3or resolution in committee with the approval of the Principal
4Sponsor when the committee consents. In the case of standing or
5special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different
6political parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson
7from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means
8the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus. This subsection
9may not be suspended.
10    (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions
11are renewable, provided that no bill or resolution may be voted
12on more than twice in any committee on motions to report the
13bill or resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by
14which the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
15resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed to
16receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record votes
17shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
18unfavorable recommendation.
19    (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
20by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was
21favorably reported by a three-fifths vote of the members
22present and voting, including those voting "present". Bills and
23resolutions receiving favorable reports may be placed upon the
24Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
25    (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
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1    (House Rule 28)
2    28. Sessions of the House.
3    (a) The House is in session whenever it convenes in
4perfunctory session, regular session, veto session, special
5session, or joint session with the Senate. Members are entitled
6to per diem expense reimbursements authorized by law only on
7those regular, veto, special session, and joint session days
8that they are in attendance at the House and either (i) are
9recorded as present on the quorum roll call or (ii) personally
10appear before the Clerk or the Clerk's designee after the
11quorum roll call but prior to the close of the Clerk's Office
12for the day. Attendance by members is not required or recorded
13on perfunctory session days.
14    (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled with
15notice by the Speaker under Rule 9. Special session days shall
16be scheduled in accordance with the Constitution and laws of
17Illinois. The Speaker may convene the House when deemed
18necessary, regardless of whether a different date or time has
19been established.
20    (c) The Speaker may schedule perfunctory session days
21during which the Clerk may read into the House record any
22legislative measure, except that no bill shall be read for a
23second time during perfunctory session. Committees may meet and
24may consider and act upon legislative measures during a
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1committee reports into the House record during a perfunctory
2day. Except for automatic referral under these Rules, no
3further action may be taken by the House with respect to a
4legislative measure during a perfunctory session day.
 
5    (House Rule 31)
6    31. Standing Order of Business. The Unless otherwise
7determined by the Presiding Officer, the standing daily order
8of business of the House is as follows:
9        (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance,
10    and Roll Call.
11        (2) Petition Calendar.
12        (3) (2) Approval of the Journal.
13        (4) (3) Reading of House Bills a first time.
14        (5) (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the
15    Rules Committee ordinarily made at any time.
16        (6) (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and
17    Messages.
18        (7) (6) Introduction of House Bills.
19        (8) (7) Messages from the Senate, not including reading
20    Senate Bills a first time.
21        (9) (8) Reading of House Bills a second time.
22        (10) (9) Reading of House Bills a third time.
23        (11) (10) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
24        (12) (11) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
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1        (14) (13) House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
2        (15) (14) Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
3        (16) (15) Conference Committee Reports.
4        (17) (16) Motions in Writing.
5        (18) (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
6        (19) (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
7        (20) (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
8        (21) (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
9        (22) (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
10        (23) (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
11        (24) (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of
12    Postponed Consideration.
13    The Presiding Officer may vary the daily order of business
14of the House, but only with respect to items (3) through (24);
15items (1) and (2) must always be the first and second orders of
16business. The House may also return to the order of business
17under item (2) at the direction of the Presiding Officer or
18upon the adoption of a motion to change the order of business.
19    This rule may not be suspended.
 
20    (House Rule 37)
21    37. Bills.
22    (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship of
23one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on the
24reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
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1first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
2than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
3Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
4Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma. The
5Principal Sponsor may change the sponsorship of a bill to that
6of one or more other Representatives, or to that of the
7standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
8referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change may
9be made at any time the bill is pending before the House or any
10of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided
11that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief
12co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
13This subsection may not be suspended.
14    (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that bill. A
15committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the Chairperson, or
16if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson
17from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is
18deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may
19not have individual co-sponsors.
20    (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the Senate
21may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill by filing
22a notice with the Clerk. Such notice is automatically referred
23to the Rules Committee. The notice shall include the bill
24number, signature of the Senate sponsor, signature of the
25substitute House sponsor, and a statement that the original
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1substitute House sponsor. A notice that satisfies the
2requirements of this subsection shall be approved by the Rules
3Committee. If the Rules Committee does not act on a notice that
4satisfies the requirements of this subsection within 3
5legislative days after its referral, then the notice is deemed
6approved and the Clerk shall substitute sponsorship. This
7subsection shall be in effect if, and only for so long as, the
8Rules of the Senate include a reciprocal privilege for House
9sponsors and the Senate complies with the rule. This subsection
10may not be suspended.
11    (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
12title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
13referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18.
14After a Senate Bill is received and a House member has
15submitted notification to the Clerk of sponsorship of that
16bill, it shall be read by title, ordered reproduced, and
17automatically referred to the Rules Committee in accordance
18with Rule 18.
19    (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
20accompanied by 6 copies. Any bill that amends a statute shall
21indicate the particular changes in the following manner:
22        (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
23        (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
24    shall be shown crossed with a line.
25    (e-5) Appropriation bills for the operation of State
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1standardized line items identified as items (1) through (18) of
2Section 13 of the State Finance Act with specific appropriation
3amounts for each item. Appropriations for other purposes may be
4included in an appropriation bill only if required by law or if
5it has been a custom and practice as documented by
6appropriations enacted for state fiscal year 2009.
7    This subsection (e-5) may be suspended only by the
8affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
9    (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a record
10vote of a majority of those elected, subject to Rule 69. A bill
11that has lost on third reading and has not been reconsidered
12may not thereafter be revived. If a motion for the adoption of
13a first conference committee report fails and the motion is not
14reconsidered, then a second conference committee may be
15appointed as provided in Rule 76(c). If a motion for the
16adoption of a second conference committee report fails and is
17not reconsidered, then the bill may not thereafter be revived.
18    (g) An appropriation bill that is amended in the House may
19not be considered on Third Reading until the third calendar day
20following the adoption or tabling of any House Committee or
21House floor amendments to the bill.
22    This subsection (g) may be suspended only by the
23affirmative vote of 71 members elected
 
24    (House Rule 37.5)
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1Stabilization Act.
2    (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly
3until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to Section
4201.5 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or that seeks to
5appropriate or transfer money pursuant to a declaration of a
6fiscal emergency under Section 201.5 of that Act, may be moved
7from the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading
8unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has
9been adopted by a record vote of 71 members, provided that a
10bill that amends or refers to Section 201.5 of the Illinois
11Income Tax Act and decreases a rate of taxation shall not be
12subject to this subsection (a). If such a bill is on the order
13of concurrence or in the form of a conference committee report,
14no motion to concur or to adopt that conference committee
15report is in order unless a motion to approve such measure for
16consideration has been adopted by a record vote of 71 members.
17Nothing in this House Rule shall be deemed to alter the vote
18requirement for final passage of a legislative measure required
19by the Illinois Constitution.
20    (b) Any motion made pursuant to subsection (a) to approve a
21legislative measure for consideration must be in writing. Upon
22receipt of the written motion, the Clerk shall immediately
23notify the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The motion shall
24not be referred to a committee. The motion must be carried on
25the calendar before it may be taken up by the House and may
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1motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, provided that once
2that motion is adopted, it shall not be reconsidered.
3    (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous
4consent.
 
5    (House Rule 40)
6    40. Amendments.
7    (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted by a standing
8committee or special committee when the bill is before that
9committee. An amendment to a bill may be adopted by the House
10when a bill is on the order of Second Reading if: (i) the Rules
11Committee has referred the floor amendment to the House for
12consideration under Rule 18; (ii) a standing committee or
13special committee has referred the floor amendment to the
14House; or (iii) the floor amendment has been discharged from
15committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. All amendments
16must be in writing. All committee amendments for which advance
17notice was given pursuant to Rule 21 that have been referred to
18a standing committee or special committee by the Rules
19Committee shall be considered by the committee or a
20subcommittee of that committee prior to consideration by the
21committee of the bill to which the amendment relates. All
22committee amendments not adopted to a bill prior to the
23favorable reporting of the bill by a standing committee or
24special committee or its re-referral to the Rules Committee are
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1bill and that are still pending in a committee or before the
2House upon the passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading are
3automatically tabled, provided that any floor amendment tabled
4pursuant to this Rule shall automatically be taken from the
5table upon the adoption of a motion to reconsider the vote for
6the passage or defeat of the bill on Third Reading.
7    (b) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, committee
8amendments (i) may be offered only by the Principal Sponsor or
9a member of the committee while the affected bill is before
10that committee, (ii) shall be automatically referred to such
11committee, and (iii) shall be adopted by a majority of those
12appointed. Floor amendments may be offered for adoption only by
13a Representative while the bill is on the order of Second
14Reading, subject to Rule 18, and shall be adopted by a majority
15vote of the House. The sponsor of a committee or floor
16amendment may change the sponsorship of the amendment to that
17of another member, with that other member's consent. Such
18change may be made at any time the amendment is pending before
19the House or any of its committees by filing notice with the
20Clerk. A committee amendment may be the subject of a motion to
21"do adopt" or "do not adopt". A committee amendment may be
22adopted only by a successful motion to "do adopt". The
23Chairperson of a committee may refer any committee amendment to
24a subcommittee of that committee.
25    (c) Committee amendments shall be filed with the Clerk no
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1the bill or resolution it amends may be considered. "Business
2day" does not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal
3holidays unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office
4is otherwise open to the public on that day. Floor amendments
5shall be filed with the Clerk only while the bill is on the
6order of Second Reading or Third Reading. Amendments are in
7order only when 6 copies have been filed. The Clerk shall
8number amendments sequentially in the order submitted, and all
9amendments that are in order shall be considered in ascending
10numerical order.
11    (d) When an amendment is filed with the Clerk it shall be
12ordered reproduced. No committee amendment may be adopted by a
13committee, and no The Clerk shall have reproduced all adopted
14committee amendments that come before the House. The Clerk
15shall also have reproduced all floor amendments referred to the
16House by a committee. No floor amendment may be considered by a
17committee or adopted by the House unless it has been reproduced
18and placed on the members' desks in the same manner as for
19bills under Rule 39.
20    (e) No floor amendment is in order unless it has been first
21referred to the House for consideration by the Rules Committee
22under Rule 18, or favorably reported by, or discharged from, a
23standing committee or special committee. A floor amendment may
24be referred to the House for consideration, or to a standing or
25special committee, only while the bill is on the order of
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1    (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall
2conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
3    (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the
4committee amendments are deemed adopted by the committee action
5and shall be reproduced and placed on the members' desks (which
6may be done in the same manner as provided for bills under Rule
739) before the bill may be read a second time.
8    (h) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons
9from different political parties, the "Chairperson" for the
10purposes of this Rule is the Co-Chairperson from the majority
11caucus.
12    (i) Amendments to resolutions are subject to the same
13procedural requirements that apply to amendments to bills.
 
14    (House Rule 42.1 new)
15    42.1. Petition Calendar.
16    (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution may file
17with the Clerk a motion signed by 71 members requesting
18placement of that bill or resolution on the Petition Calendar
19with regard to any bill or resolution pending in a House
20Committee or pending on an order of business on the Daily
21Calendar.
22    (b) The Clerk shall include a Petition Calendar on the
23Daily Calendar and designate it as a separate part of the Daily
24Calendar. A bill or joint resolution for a constitutional
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1is filed shall be placed on the Petition Calendar order of
2Second Reading. Any other type of resolution that is pending in
3a committee when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on
4the Petition Calendar order of Resolutions. A bill or
5resolution that is on an order of business on the Daily
6Calendar when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on the
7same order of business on the Petition Calendar.
8    (c) A legislative measure on the Petition Calendar shall be
9moved between Petition Calendar orders of business at the
10request of the Principal Sponsor, except as otherwise limited
11by these Rules.
12    (d) Whenever the House is on this order of business, the
13principal sponsor of each legislative measure on the Petition
14Calendar shall have the right to call that measure for
15consideration by the House.
16    (e) This rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
17of 71 members elected.
 
18    (House Rule 43)
19    43. Changing Order of Business.
20    (a) Any order of business may be changed at any time by the
21Speaker or Presiding Officer, except as limited by Rule 31.
22    (b) Any order of business may be changed at any time upon
23the motion of any member, supported by 5 additional members, if
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1    (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
2of 71 members elected.
 
3    (House Rule 44)
4    44. Special Orders; Rules Committee.
5    (a) A special order of business may be set by the Rules
6Committee or by the Speaker. The Principal Sponsor of a bill or
7resolution must consent to the placement of the bill or
8resolution on a special order. A special order shall fix the
9day to which it applies and the matters to be included. The
10Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of a majority of the
11members appointed, may establish time limits for a special
12order and may establish limitations on debate during a special
13order (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the allotted
14time shall be fairly divided between proponents and opponents
15of the legislation to be considered. A special order of
16business takes the place of the standing order for such time as
17may be necessary for its completion but may occur no earlier
18than after the completion of standing order (2) of Rule 31.
19Only matters that may otherwise properly be before the House
20may be included in a special order.
21    (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar for
223 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be suspended only
23by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
24    (c) A special order may be suspended, amended, or modified
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1special order shall be suspended by a written objection signed
2by 3 members of the Rules Committee and filed during the first
3legislative day on which the special order appears on the
4calendar.
5    (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
6of 71 members elected.
 
7    (House Rule 45)
8    45. Resolutions.
9    (a) A resolution may be introduced in the House by
10sponsorship of one or more members of the House, and the names
11of all sponsors shall be included in the House Journal and in
12the Legislative Digest. Each resolution introduced shall be
13accompanied by 6 copies. Consideration of resolutions shall be
14governed by Rule 16 and Rule 66.
15    (b) The Principal Sponsor of a resolution controls that
16resolution. The Principal Sponsor of a resolution, or the
17sponsor of an amendment to a resolution, may change the
18sponsorship of the resolution or amendment, as applicable, to
19that of another member, with that other member's consent, by
20filing notice with the Clerk. A standing committee-sponsored
21resolution is controlled by the Chairperson of the committee,
22or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the
23Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of
24these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor. A special
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1Chairperson, or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the
2Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of
3these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor.
4Committee-sponsored resolutions may not have individual
5co-sponsors.
6    (c) Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State
7funds may be adopted only by a record vote of a majority of
8those elected.
 
9    (House Rule 51)
10    51. Decorum.
11    (a) When any member is about to speak to the House, he or
12she shall rise and address the Presiding Officer as "Speaker".
13The Presiding Officer, upon recognizing the member, shall
14address him or her by name, and thereupon the engineer in
15charge of operating the microphones in the House shall give the
16use of the microphone to the member who has been so recognized.
17The member in speaking shall confine himself or herself to the
18subject matter under discussion and avoid personalities.
19    (b) Questions affecting the rights, reputation, and
20conduct of members of the House in their representative
21capacity are questions of personal privilege. A matter of
22personal explanation does not constitute a question of personal
23privilege.
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1    (d) No person shall give any signs of approbation or
2disapprobation while the House is in session.
3    (e) Recognition of guests by any member is prohibited,
4except that the Speaker or Presiding Officer may recognize an
5honored guest.
6    (f) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question, no
7member shall leave or walk across the House Chamber. When a
8member is addressing the House, no member or other person
9entitled to the floor shall entertain private discourse or pass
10between the member speaking and the Presiding Officer. When the
11House is on any of the following orders of business, no
12messages from individuals located outside the House Chamber
13shall be delivered in the Chamber by a doorkeeper, page, or any
14other person: Reading of House Bills a third time, Reading of
15Senate Bills a third time, House Bills on the Order of
16Concurrence, Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence, and
17Conference Committee Reports.
18    (g) In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct, the
19Speaker or Presiding Officer may order that the lobby, gallery,
20or hallways adjoining the House Chamber be cleared.
21    (h) No literature may be distributed on the House floor.
22    (i) No member may be absent from a session of the House
23unless he or she has leave or is sick or his or her absence is
24unavoidable. The switch to the electrical roll call recording
25equipment located on the desk of any member who has been
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1be unlocked until the member returns and files with the Clerk a
2request to be shown as present on the quorum roll call as
3provided in Rule 32(c).
 
4    (House Rule 52)
5    52. Debate.
6    (a) All legislative measures, except those legislative
7measures that are not debatable as provided in these Rules, are
8subject to a debate status as follows:
9        (1) Short Debate: Debate is limited to a 2-minute
10    presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member
11    designated by the Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute
12    presentation by a member in response, and one minute for
13    the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other
14    members; provided that at the request of 7 members before
15    the close of debate, the debate status shall be opened to
16    standard debate;
17        (2) Standard Debate: Debate is limited to a 5-minute
18    presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member
19    designated by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 2
20    additional proponents of the legislative measure and by 3
21    members in response to the legislative measure, and 3
22    minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield
23    to other members;
24        (3) Extended Debate: Debate is limited to a 5-minute
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1    designated by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 4
2    proponents of the legislative measure and 5 members in
3    response, and 5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close
4    debate, or yield to other members;
5        (4) Unlimited Debate: Debate shall consist of a
6    10-minute presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member
7    designated by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each
8    proponent and member in response who seeks recognition, and
9    5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or
10    yield to other members; or
11        (5) Amendment Debate: Debate on floor amendments
12    referred to the House from a committee, or discharged from
13    a committee, is limited to a 3-minute presentation by the
14    Principal Sponsor, or a member designated by the Principal
15    Sponsor, debate by one proponent, debate by each of 2
16    members in response, and 3 minutes for the Principal
17    Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other members.
18    No debate is in order on bills or resolutions on the order
19of First Reading or Second Reading, except for debate on floor
20amendments as provided in this Rule.
21    (b) All legislative measures, except floor amendments,
22that are (i) referred to the House from a committee, (ii) or
23discharged from a committee, or (iii) on the Petition Calendar
24are automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
25subsection (c) of this Rule, except those assigned to the
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1or a special committee. All floor amendments referred to the
2House from a committee, or discharged from a committee, are
3automatically assigned amendment debate status, subject to
4subsection (c) of this Rule.
5    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules to
6the contrary, the debate status of any legislative measure may
7be changed only (i) by the Speaker, as defined in item (27) of
8Rule 102, by filing a notice with the Clerk, or (ii) by the
9Rules Committee by motion approved by a majority of those
10appointed. While a legislative measure is being considered by
11the House, the debate status may also be changed by unanimous
12consent. No legislative measure, however, may be placed on the
13Consent Calendar under this Rule. No legislative measure,
14except a floor amendment, may be assigned amendment debate
15status under this Rule.
16    (d) The Speaker or Rules Committee, as the case may be,
17shall notify the Clerk of any action to change the debate
18status of any legislative measure. The Clerk shall cause that
19information to be reflected on the Daily Calendar on subsequent
20legislative days, provided the legislative measure is still
21before the House.
22    (e) No member shall speak longer than 5 minutes at one time
23or more than once on the same question except by leave of the
24House. The Principal Sponsor of a measure or a member
25designated by the Principal Sponsor, however, shall be allowed
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1subsection (a) of this Rule. The provisions of this subsection
2(e) are subject to and limited by subsections (a), (b), and (c)
3of this Rule. A member may yield to another member the time
4allotted for the member's debate.
5    (f) The Presiding Officer shall allocate the debate on each
6legislative measure alternately, if possible, between
7proponents and opponents of the legislative measure under
8debate.
9    (g) This Rule may not be suspended.
 
10    (House Rule 75)
11    75. House Consideration of Joint Action.
12    (a) No joint action motion for final action or conference
13committee report may be considered by the House unless it has
14first been referred to the House by the Rules Committee or a
15standing committee or special committee in accordance with Rule
1618, or unless the joint action motion or conference committee
17report has been discharged from the Rules Committee under Rule
1818. Joint action motions for final consideration and conference
19committee reports referred to a standing committee or special
20committee by the Rules Committee may not be discharged from the
21standing committee or special committee. This subsection (a)
22may be suspended by unanimous consent.
23    (b) No conference committee report may be considered by the
24House unless it has been reproduced and placed on the members'
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1for one full day during the period beginning with the convening
2of the House on the 2nd Wednesday of January each year and
3ending on the 30th day prior to the scheduled adjournment of
4the regular session established each year by the Speaker
5pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full hour on any other day.
6    (c) Before any conference committee report on an
7appropriation bill is considered by the House, the conference
8committee report shall first be the subject of a public hearing
9by a standing Appropriations Committee or a special committee
10(the conference committee report need not be referred to an
11Appropriations Committee or special committee, but instead may
12remain before the Rules Committee or the House, as the case may
13be). The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one
14hour advance notice by announcement on the House floor, or one
15day advance notice by posting on the House bulletin board. An
16Appropriations Committee or special committee shall not issue
17any report with respect to the conference committee report
18following the hearing.
19    (d) Any House Bill amended in the Senate and returned to
20the House for concurrence in the Senate amendment shall lie
21upon the desk of the Clerk for not less than one hour before
22being further considered.
23    (e) No House Bill that is returned to the House with Senate
24amendments may be called except by the Principal Sponsor, or by
25a chief co-sponsor with the consent of the Principal Sponsor.
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1    (f) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the report of
2a conference committee on a non-appropriation bill or
3resolution shall be confined to the subject of the bill or
4resolution referred to the conference committee. The report of
5a conference committee on an appropriation bill shall be
6confined to the subject of appropriations.
 
7    (House Rule 76.5 new)
8    76.5. Appropriation Bills. Joint action motions for final
9action on the order of Concurrence regarding an appropriation
10bill shall not be considered by the House until the third
11calendar day following the day that the bill was received back
12in the House with one or more amendments added by the Senate.
13Joint action motions for final action on the order of
14Non-concurrence regarding an appropriation bill shall not be
15considered by the House until the third calendar day following
16the day that the bill was received back in the House with a
17message requesting the House to recede from one or more of its
18amendments. Joint action motions for final action on the order
19of Conference Committee Reports regarding an appropriation
20bill shall not be considered by the House until the third
21calendar day following the day that the conference report to
22which the motion applies was filed with the Clerk.
23    Nothing in this rule limits consideration of a joint action
24motion for final action by a committee of the House or a joint
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1    This rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of
271 members elected.
 
3    (House Rule 102)
4    102. Definitions. As used in these Rules, terms have the
5meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the context
6clearly requires a different meaning:
7        (1) Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that
8    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as chair
9    of a committee.
10        (2) Co-Chairperson. "Co-Chairperson" means a
11    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
12    co-chair of a standing or special committee.
13        (3) Clerk. "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
14    House.
15        (4) Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the
16    House and includes a standing committee, the Rules
17    Committee, a special committee, committees created under
18    Article X and Article XII of these Rules, and a
19    subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean a
20    conference committee, and the procedural and notice
21    requirements applicable to committees do not apply to
22    conference committees.
23        (4.5) Committee amendment. "Committee amendment" means
24    an amendment referred by the Rules Committee to a standing
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1    it amends is before that committee.
2        (5) Constitution. "Constitution" means the
3    Constitution of the State of Illinois.
4        (6) General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the
5    current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
6        (7) House. "House" means the House of Representatives
7    of the General Assembly.
8        (8) Joint Action Motions. "Joint action motions" means
9    the following motions before the House: to concur in a
10    Senate amendment, to non-concur in a Senate amendment, to
11    recede from a House amendment, to refuse to recede from a
12    House amendment, to request that a conference committee be
13    appointed, and to adopt a conference committee report.
14        (8.5) Joint Action Motions for Final Action. "Joint
15    action motions for final action" means the following
16    motions before the House: to concur in a Senate amendment,
17    to recede from a House amendment, and to adopt a conference
18    committee report.
19        (9) Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the
20    Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the
21    Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
22        (10) Legislative Measures. "Legislative measures"
23    means all matters brought before the House for
24    consideration, whether originated in the House or Senate,
25    and includes bills, amendments, resolutions, conference
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1    Executive Orders from the executive branch.
2        (11) Majority. "Majority" means a majority of those
3    members present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise
4    specified with respect to a particular House Rule, for
5    purposes of determining the number of members present and
6    voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be
7    counted.
8        (12) Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that
9    group of Representatives from the numerically strongest
10    political party in the House.
11        (13) Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those
12    appointed" means a majority of the total number of
13    Representatives authorized under these Rules to be
14    appointed to a committee.
15        (14) Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those
16    elected" means a majority of the total number of
17    Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
18    regardless of the number of elected or appointed
19    Representatives actually serving in office. So long as 118
20    Representatives are entitled to be elected to the House,
21    "majority of those elected" means 60 affirmative votes; 71
22    affirmative votes means three-fifths of the members
23    elected; and 79 affirmative votes means two-thirds of the
24    members elected.
25        (15) Member. "Member" means a Representative. Where
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1    of the Illinois Senate.
2        (16) Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the
3    total number of Representatives authorized under these
4    Rules to be appointed to a committee.
5        (17) Members Elected. "Members elected" means the 118
6    Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
7    regardless of the number of elected or appointed
8    Representatives actually serving in office.
9        (18) Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that
10    group of Representatives from the second numerically
11    strongest political party in the House.
12        (19) Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the
13    Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
14        (20) Minority Spokesperson. "Minority spokesperson"
15    means that Representative designated by the Minority
16    Leader to serve as the minority spokesperson of a
17    committee.
18        (21) Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means
19    the convening of the House, pursuant to the scheduling of
20    the Speaker, for purposes consistent with Rule 28.
21        (22) Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that
22    Representative serving as the presiding officer of the
23    House, whether that Representative is the Speaker or
24    another Representative designated by the Speaker under
25    Rule 4.
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1    first listed House sponsor of any legislative measure; with
2    respect to a committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it
3    means the Chairperson of the committee or the
4    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
5        (24) Record Vote. "Record vote" means a vote by ayes
6    and nays entered on the journal.
7        (25) Representative. "Representative" means any duly
8    elected or duly appointed Illinois State Representative,
9    and means the same as "member".
10        (26) Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General
11    Assembly.
12        (27) Speaker. "Speaker" means the Speaker of the House
13    elected as provided in Rule 1.
14        (28) Term. "Term" means the 2-year term of a General
15    Assembly.
16        (29) Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that
17    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
18    Vice-Chairperson of a committee.