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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 Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninetieth
5 General Assembly are amended by changing Rules 9, 12, 13, 49,
6 and 53 as follows:
7 (House Rule 9)
8 9. Schedule.
9 (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule
10 of days on which the House shall convene in regular,
11 perfunctory, and veto session, with that schedule subject to
12 revision at the discretion of the Speaker.
13 (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines at
14 his or her discretion for any action on any category of
15 legislative measure as the Speaker deems appropriate,
16 including deadlines for the following legislative actions:
17 (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative
18 Reference Bureau.
19 (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
20 (3) Final day for standing committees of the House
21 to report House bills, except House appropriation bills.
22 (4) Final day for standing committees of the House
23 to report House appropriation bills.
24 (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of
25 House bills, except House appropriation bills.
26 (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of
27 House appropriation bills.
28 (7) Final day for standing committees of the House
29 to report Senate appropriation bills.
30 (8) Final day for standing committees of the House
31 to report Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
32 (9) Final day for special committees to report to
33 the House.
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1 (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of
2 Senate appropriation bills.
3 (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of
4 Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
5 (12) Final day for consideration of joint action
6 motions and conference committee reports.
7 (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary
8 deadlines for legislative action during any special session
9 of the House. The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of
10 Business or a Daily Order of Business setting forth the date
11 and approximate time at which specific legislative measures
12 may be considered by the House. The Weekly Order of Business
13 or Daily Order of Business is effective upon being filed by
14 the Speaker with the Clerk and takes the place of the
15 standing order of business for the amount of time necessary
16 for its completion. Nothing in this Rule, however, limits
17 the Speaker's or Presiding Officer's powers under Rule
18 4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a).
19 (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those
20 deadlines, are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
21 the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
22 (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
23 vote of 71 members elected.
24 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
25 (House Rule 12)
26 12. Members and Officers of Standing Committees. The
27 members of each standing committee shall be appointed for the
28 term by the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The Speaker
29 shall appoint the Chairperson (from either the majority or
30 minority caucus) and the remaining standing committee members
31 of the majority caucus (one of whom the Speaker may designate
32 as Vice-Chairperson), and the Minority Leader shall appoint
33 the remaining standing committee members of the minority
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1 caucus (one of whom the Minority Leader may designate as
2 Minority Spokesperson). Appointments are effective upon the
3 delivery of appropriate correspondence from the respective
4 leader to the Clerk, regardless of whether the House is in
5 session, and shall remain effective for the duration of the
6 term, subject to Rule 10(d). The Clerk shall journalize the
7 appointments. Committees may conduct business when a
8 majority of the total number of committee members has been
9 appointed.
10 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
11 (House Rule 13)
12 13. Special Committees.
13 (a) A Special Committee on Prison Management Reform and
14 a Special Committee on Electrical Utility Deregulation are
15 created. The Speaker may create additional special committees
16 by filing a notice of the creation of the special committee
17 with the Clerk. The notice creating an additional special
18 committee shall specify the subject matter of the special
19 committee and the number of members to be appointed.
20 (b) The Speaker shall determine the number of majority
21 and minority caucus members to be appointed to special
22 committees in accordance with Rule 10(b). The Speaker, at
23 his or her discretion, shall appoint a Chairperson or
24 Co-Chairpersons. The Speaker may appoint any member as a
25 Chairperson or Co-Chairperson of a special committee. If the
26 Chairperson or Co-Chairperson is a member of the majority or
27 minority leadership or the Chairperson or Minority
28 Spokesperson of a standing committee, the member shall
29 receive no additional stipend or compensation for serving as
30 Chairperson or Co-Chairperson of the special committee. For
31 purposes of Section 1 of the General Assembly Compensation
32 Act (25 ILCS 115/1), (i) a special committee under these
33 rules is considered a "select committee" and (ii) one
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1 Co-Chairperson of a special committee shall be considered
2 "Chairman" and the other shall be considered "Minority
3 Spokesman". The appointed members of special committees
4 shall be designated by the Speaker and the Minority Leader in
5 a like manner as provided in Rule 12 with respect to standing
6 committees, except that if the special committee has
7 Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the special
8 committee shall not have a Minority Spokesperson. In that
9 case, the Minority Leader shall appoint the minority caucus
10 members to the special committee, except the Co-Chairperson
11 from the minority caucus who shall be appointed by the
12 Speaker. The Speaker may establish a reporting date during
13 the term for each special committee by filing a notice of the
14 reporting date with the Clerk. Unless an earlier date is
15 specified by the notice, special committees expire at the end
16 of the term.
17 (c) Special committees are empowered to conduct business
18 when a majority of the total number of committee members has
19 been appointed.
20 (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
21 vote of 71 members elected.
22 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
23 (House Rule 49)
24 49. Voting. The Presiding Officer shall put all
25 questions distinctly, as follows: "All those in favor vote
26 AYE, and those opposed vote NAY." No member may vote on any
27 question before the House unless on the floor before the vote
28 is announced. No member of a committee may vote except in
29 person at the time of the call of the committee vote. Any
30 vote of the House shall be by record vote whenever 5
31 Representatives shall so request or whenever the Presiding
32 Officer shall so order.
33 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
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1 (House Rule 53)
2 53. Written Statements.
3 (a) Any member may submit a written statement regarding
4 any bill, resolution, or floor amendment considered by the
5 House, by submitting that statement to the Clerk within one
6 legislative day or 3 business days, whichever is shorter,
7 after the day on which the bill, resolution, or floor
8 amendment to which the comments relate was considered by the
9 House. The Clerk shall affix a time stamp to each statement
10 indicating the date on which the statement was submitted.
11 Each statement shall indicate the member or members on whose
12 behalf the statement is submitted, the bill, resolution, or
13 floor amendment to which it applies, the names of any other
14 members mentioned in the statement, and the person who
15 actually submits the statement to the Clerk. Each member on
16 whose behalf a statement is submitted is under an obligation
17 to ensure that all required information, specifically
18 including the names of any other members mentioned in the
19 statement, is indicated at the time a statement is submitted.
20 Each statement shall comply with standards as may be
21 established by the Clerk with the approval of the Speaker.
22 The standards established by the Clerk, however, shall not
23 relate to the contents of the written statement. The Clerk
24 shall maintain statements that comply with this Rule and
25 established standards in files for each bill and resolution.
26 A statement is not considered filed until the Clerk has
27 determined that it complies with this Rule and established
28 standards. The Clerk shall notify the member or members on
29 whose behalf a statement was submitted if the statement is
30 determined not to comply. Statements filed under this Rule
31 shall be considered part of the transcript and made available
32 to the public.
33 (b) If a statement mentions another member, the
34 statement shall not be considered filed until the member
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1 mentioned has an opportunity to respond as a matter of
2 personal privilege. The Clerk shall notify each member who
3 is identified at the time a statement is submitted as being
4 mentioned in the statement. The member identified as
5 mentioned in the statement shall have one legislative day or
6 3 business days, whichever is shorter, after notification by
7 the Clerk in which to file a written response to the
8 statement. The original statement and any responsive
9 statement shall both be considered filed at the close of
10 business on the final day on which a response may be filed.
11 If, however, a statement is submitted mentioning another
12 member and the name of the member mentioned is not indicated
13 to the Clerk at the time of submission, the statement shall
14 be stricken at the request of the member mentioned in the
15 statement. The Clerk shall notify each member on whose
16 behalf the statement was submitted that the statement has
17 been stricken from the record.
18 (c) (b) This Rule may be suspended only by the
19 affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
20 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)