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

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