Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HR0016

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General Assembly are amended by changing Rule 66 as follows:

(House Rule 66)

66. Motion to Adjourn or Adjourn to a Time Certain.

(a) A motion to adjourn or adjourn to a time certain is in order at any time, except when a prior motion to adjourn or adjourn to a time certain has been defeated and no intervening business has transpired.

(b) A motion to adjourn or adjourn to a time certain is neither debatable nor amendable.

(c) The Clerk shall enter in the Journal the hour at which every motion to adjourn or adjourn to a time certain is made.

(d) Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the standing hour to which the House adjourns is 12:00 noon.

(d-5) A motion to adjourn to a time certain shall include the date and time to which the House shall adjourn and must be limited to the same or next scheduled legislative day. A motion to adjourn to a time certain on a date the House is not scheduled to convene shall be out of order.

(e) A motion to adjourn for more than 3 days is not in order unless both chambers of the General Assembly have adopted a joint resolution permitting that adjournment. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, any such resolution filed in the House or received from the Senate may be referred to the Rules Committee by the Presiding Officer or may be immediately placed on the Daily Calendar for consideration considered and adopted by the House.

(Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.)