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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate
4of the 100th General Assembly are amended by changing Rules
53-4, 3-6, 3-9, 3-14, 3-15, 5-1, 5-4, 5-7, 6-1, 9-1, and 10-2 as
6follows:
 
 
7    (Senate Rule 3-4)
8    3-4. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the
9Senate are as follows:
 
10    AGRICULTURE
 
11    APPROPRIATIONS I
 
12    APPROPRIATIONS II
 
13    COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 
14    CRIMINAL LAW
 
15    EDUCATION
 
16    ENERGY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
 

 

 

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1    ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
 
2    EXECUTIVE
 
3    EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
 
4    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
 
5    GAMING
 
6    GOVERNMENT REFORM
 
7    HUMAN SERVICES
 
8    HIGHER EDUCATION
 
9    INSURANCE
 
10    JUDICIARY
 
11    LABOR
 
12    LICENSED ACTIVITIES AND PENSIONS
 
13    LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 

 

 

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1    PUBLIC HEALTH
 
2    REVENUE
 
3    STATE GOVERNMENT
 
4    TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
5    TRANSPORTATION
 
6    VETERANS AFFAIRS
7(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
8    (Senate Rule 3-6)
9    3-6. Referrals of Resolutions, Messages, and
10Reorganization Orders.
11    (a) All resolutions, after being initially read by the
12Secretary, shall be automatically referred to the Committee on
13Assignments unless the Presiding Officer determines that the
14resolution is a death resolution and orders that the resolution
15be placed on the Resolutions Consent Calendar. Resolutions
16determined by the Committee on Assignments to be of a
17non-substantive, commemorative, or congratulatory nature shall
18be returned to the principal sponsor for action pursuant to
19Rule 6-4. No resolution may be placed on the Resolutions

 

 

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1Consent Calendar if any member objects.
 
2    (b) All messages from the Governor or any other executive
3branch Constitutional Officer or other appointing authority
4regarding appointments that require confirmation by the Senate
5shall, after having been initially read by the Secretary,
6automatically be referred to the Executive Appointments
7Committee on Assignments.
 
8    (c) All executive reorganization orders of the Governor
9issued pursuant to Article V, Section 11 of the Constitution,
10after being read into the record by the Secretary, shall
11automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments for
12its referral to a committee, the latter of which may issue a
13recommendation to the Senate with respect to the executive
14order. The Senate may disapprove of any executive order only by
15resolution adopted by a majority of those elected; no such
16resolution is in order until a committee has reported to the
17Senate on the executive reorganization, or until the executive
18order has been discharged pursuant to Rule 7-9.
19(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
20    (Senate Rule 3-9)
21    3-9. Re-Referrals to the Committee on Assignments.
22    (a) All legislative measures, with the exception of
23resolutions to amend the State Constitution and Legislative

 

 

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1Petitions, that have failed to meet the applicable deadline
2established in accordance with Rule 2-10 for reporting to the
3Senate by a standing committee shall automatically be
4re-referred to the Committee on Assignments unless: (i) the
5deadline has been suspended pursuant to Rule 7-17, with
6re-referral to the Committee on Assignments to occur if the
7bill has not been reported to the Senate in accordance with the
8revised deadline; or (ii) the Committee on Assignments has
9issued a written exception to the Secretary with respect to a
10particular bill prior to the reporting deadline, with
11re-referral to occur, if at all, in accordance with the written
12exception. Should the President in accordance with Rule 2-10
13establish deadlines for action on joint action motions or
14conference committee reports, the foregoing re-referral
15provisions and exceptions shall apply with respect to those
16legislative measures that fail to meet those deadlines.
 
17    (b) All legislative measures, with the exception of
18resolutions to amend the State Constitution and Appointment
19Messages, pending before the Senate or any of its committees
20shall automatically be re-referred to the Committee on
21Assignments on the 31st consecutive day that the Senate has not
22convened for session unless: (i) this Rule has been suspended
23in accordance with Rule 7-17; or (ii) the Committee on
24Assignments has issued a written exception to the Secretary
25prior to that 31st day.

 

 

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1(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
2    3-14. (Blank).
3(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
4    3-15. (Blank).
5(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
6    (Senate Rule 5-1)
7    5-1. Bills.
8    (a) A bill may be introduced in the Senate by sponsorship
9of one or more members of the Senate, whose names shall be on
10the printed copies of the bills, in the Senate Journal, and in
11the Legislative Digest. The principal sponsor shall be the
12first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
13than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the principal
14sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the principal
15sponsor and any chief cosponsors by a comma. By motion, the
16sponsorship of a bill may be changed to that of another Senator
17(or Senators, as the case may be), or to that of the standing
18committee to which the bill was referred or from which the bill
19was reported. Such a motion may be made at any time the bill is
20pending before the Senate or any of its committees. If the
21principal sponsor of a measure still pending before the General
22Assembly ceases to be a member of the Senate, sponsorship of
23such pending measures shall be automatically transferred to the

 

 

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1leader of that former member's party or the party with which
2the former member caucused, either the President or Minority
3Leader. If the principal sponsor is not a member of either the
4President or Minority Leader's party, then the sponsorship
5shall be transferred to the President.
 
6    (b) The principal sponsor of a bill shall control the bill
7and may allow a chief cosponsor (i) to present the bill on
8Third Reading with written approval or (ii) to move the bill
9from Second Reading to Third Reading. A committee-sponsored
10bill shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the committee,
11who for purposes of these Senate Rules shall be deemed the
12principal sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may not have
13individual cosponsors.
 
14    (c) (1) The House sponsor of a bill originating in the
15House may request substitute Senate sponsorship of that bill by
16filing a notice with the Secretary; that notice shall
17automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments and
18deemed adopted if approved by the Committee on Assignments.
 
19    (2) The notice shall include the bill number, the name of
20the Senate chief sponsor to be substituted, the signature of
21the House sponsor, the signature of the substitute Senate chief
22sponsor, and a statement that the original Senate sponsor was
23provided with notice of intent to request a substitute Senate

 

 

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1sponsor.
 
2    (3) The Committee on Assignments shall act on any notice
3within three session days (excluding perfunctory session
4days). If the Committee on Assignments fails to act on that
5notice within three session days, then the notice shall be
6deemed approved and the Senate sponsorship of the House Bill
7will be substituted pursuant to the notice. The President of
8the Senate may suspend in writing the operation of the three
9session day automatic approval process set forth under this
10subsection (c) if the President determines that the Rules
11Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to act on
12any Senator's request to substitute House sponsorship of a
13Senate Bill.
 
14    (d) All bills introduced in the Senate shall be read by
15title a first time, ordered printed, and automatically referred
16to the Committee on Assignments in accordance with Rule 3-8.
17When a House Bill is received, it shall be taken up, ordered
18printed, and placed on the order of House Bills on First
19Reading; after having been read a first time, it shall
20automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments in
21accordance with Rule 3-8.
 
22    (e) A bill shall be introduced by filing six copies with
23the Secretary All bills introduced into the Senate shall be

 

 

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1accompanied by six copies. Any bill that amends a statute shall
2indicate the particular changes in the following manner:
 
3        (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
 
4        (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
5    shall be shown crossed with a line.
 
6    (f) No bill shall be passed by the Senate except on a roll
7call vote of a majority of those elected. A bill that has lost
8and has not been reconsidered may not thereafter be revived.
9(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
10    (Senate Rule 5-4)
11    5-4. Amendments.
12    (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted either by a
13standing committee when the bill is before that committee, or
14by the Senate when a bill is on the order of Second Reading.
15The former shall be known as a "committee amendment" and the
16latter as a "floor amendment". All amendments must be in
17writing. All amendments still pending in a committee upon the
18passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading shall
19automatically be tabled.
 
20    (b) Committee amendments may only be offered by the
21principal sponsor or a member of the committee while the

 

 

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1affected bill is before the committee, and shall be adopted by
2a majority of those appointed. Floor amendments may only be
3offered by a Senator while the bill is on the order of Second
4Reading, and shall be adopted by a majority vote of the Senate.
5An amendment may be the subject of a motion to "do adopt" or
6"do not adopt", and may only be adopted pursuant to a
7successful motion to "do adopt".
 
8    (c) Committee amendments and floor amendments shall be
9filed with the Secretary, and shall be in order only when six
10eight copies have been filed. The Secretary shall provide
11copies of committee amendments to the Chairperson and Minority
12Spokesperson of the appropriate committee as soon as
13practicable, such copies may be made available electronically.
 
14    (d) The Secretary shall have printed all adopted committee
15amendments that come before the Senate pursuant to Rule 3-12.
16The Secretary shall also have printed all adopted floor
17amendments. No floor amendment may be adopted by the Senate
18unless it has been first reproduced and placed on the members'
19desks or made available electronically.
 
20    (e) No floor or committee amendment shall be in order
21unless approved or referred by the Committee on Assignments in
22accordance with Rule 3-8 or brought before the Senate pursuant
23to Rule 7-9.
 

 

 

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1    (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall
2set forth completely the statutory Sections amended, and shall
3conform to the requirements of Rule 5-1(e).
 
4    (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the
5committee amendments shall be deemed adopted by the committee
6action and shall be reproduced and placed on the members' desks
7or made available electronically before the bill may be read a
8second time.
9(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
10    5-7. (Blank).
11(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
12    (Senate Rule 6-1)
13    6-1. Resolutions.
14    (a) A resolution shall be introduced in the Senate by
15sponsorship of one or more members of the Senate, and the names
16of all sponsors shall be printed in the Senate Journal and in
17the Legislative Digest. Each resolution, except for a death
18resolution, introduced shall be introduced by filing six
19accompanied by eight copies; each death resolution shall be
20introduced by filing three copies.
 
21    (b) Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State

 

 

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1funds may be adopted only by a roll call vote of a majority of
2those elected.
 
3    (c) The Secretary shall periodically print a Resolutions
4Consent Calendar, the Secretary may provide the Resolutions
5Consent Calendar electronically, which the Secretary shall
6periodically distribute prior to its consideration by the
7Senate (generally the last daily session of the week). No
8debate is in order regarding any resolution appearing on the
9Resolutions Consent Calendar. All resolutions appearing on the
10Resolutions Consent Calendar may be adopted in one motion;
11however, any Senator may vote "no" or "present" on any
12resolution appearing on the Resolutions Consent Calendar by
13providing written notice of that intention to the Secretary
14prior to the vote on the Resolutions Consent Calendar. Prior to
15the adoption of any resolution on the Resolutions Consent
16Calendar, if any three members file with the Secretary a
17written objection to the presence of a resolution thereon, that
18resolution shall be removed from the Resolutions Consent
19Calendar and is automatically referred to the Committee on
20Assignments.
21(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
22    (Senate Rule 9-1)
23    9-1. Recording of Vetoes. Upon the receipt by the Senate of
24any bill returned by the Governor under any of the provisions

 

 

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1of Article IV, Section 9 of the Constitution, the Secretary
2shall enter the objections of the Governor on the Journal, and
3shall distribute copies of all veto messages to each member's
4desk, together with copies of the vetoed bill or item, as soon
5as practicable. Such copies may be made available
6electronically.
7(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)
 
8    (Senate Rule 10-2)
9    10-2. Appointment Messages.
10    (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of
11the Senate shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment
12Message from the appointing officer or appointing authority in
13accordance with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form
14provided in this Rule, containing all of the required
15information, and accompanied by a cover letter signed by the
16appointing officer or on behalf of the appointing authority.
 
17    (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
18Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided in
19this Rule.
 
20    (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
21sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
22the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
23record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the

 

 

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1President of the Senate. An Appointment Message is received by
2the Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned
3a sequential number. A perfunctory session day shall not be
4deemed to be a session day for the purpose of Article V,
5Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution.
 
6    (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
7requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the
8President of the Senate, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no
9legal effect and (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the
10Senate to the appointing officer or authority that filed it.
 
11    (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
12accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
13supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
14superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential
15number the Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing
16of a superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table
17the Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded
18Appointment Message shall have no further legal effect. The
19filing of a superseding Appointment Message shall not have the
20effect of restarting the 60 session day period within which the
21Senate must confirm or reject the appointee under Article V,
22Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution, Senate
23Rule 10-1, or any applicable law.
 

 

 

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1    (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an
2appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an
3Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or
4received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been
5withdrawn shall have no further legal effect. The filing of an
6Appointment Message appointing the same person to the same
7office and for a term ending on the same date as that of an
8Appointment Message that was previously filed and later
9withdrawn shall not have the effect of restarting the 60
10session day period within which the Senate must confirm or
11reject the appointee under Article V, Section 9, subsection (a)
12of the Illinois Constitution, Senate Rule 10-1, or any
13applicable law.
 
14    (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a
15committee-sponsored legislative measure that is unamendable
16and (ii) shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the
17Executive Appointments Committee, who for purposes of these
18Senate Rules shall be deemed the principal sponsor. In the
19absence of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the
20Executive Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal
21sponsor. Messages may not have individual cosponsors.
 
22    (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
23adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General
24Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by

 

 

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1the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as
2provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment
3Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall
4retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into
5the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this
6Rule.
 
 
7    (i) Form.
 
 
8
APPOINTMENT MESSAGE

 
9To the Honorable Members of the Senate, One Hundredth
10Ninety-Ninth General Assembly:
 
11(I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of
12the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the
13advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following
14named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and
15consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested.
 
16Title of Office: (Insert Title and Position)
 
17Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or
18other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made)
 

 

 

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1Start Date: (Insert Start Date)
 
2End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable")
 
3Name: (Name of Nominee)
 
4Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee)
 
5Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify
6"Unsalaried")
 
7Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable")
 
8Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District
9the Nominee Resides)
 
10Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New
11Position")
 
12Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of
13Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable")
14(Source: S.R. 2, 100th G.A.)