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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | ||||||
| 4 | Rules of the House of Representatives of the 100th General
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| 5 | Assembly are amended by changing Rule 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (House Rule 1)
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| 7 | 1. Election of the Speaker.
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| 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. As | ||||||
| 12 | the first item of business each day
before the election of the | ||||||
| 13 | Speaker, the Secretary of State shall
order the Temporary Clerk | ||||||
| 14 | to call roll members to
establish the presence of a quorum as | ||||||
| 15 | required by the
Constitution. If a majority of those elected | ||||||
| 16 | are not
present, the House shall stand adjourned until
the next | ||||||
| 17 | calendar day, excepting weekends, at the hour prescribed in | ||||||
| 18 | Rule 29.
If
a quorum of members elected is present, the | ||||||
| 19 | Secretary of
State shall then call for nominations of members | ||||||
| 20 | for the
Office of Speaker. All nominations require a
second. | ||||||
| 21 | When the nominations are completed, the Secretary of
State | ||||||
| 22 | shall direct the Temporary Clerk to distribute a single ballot | ||||||
| 23 | to each member call the roll of
the members to elect the | ||||||
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| 1 | Speaker. The Temporary Clerk shall then (i) collect a single | ||||||
| 2 | completed ballot from each member casting a vote in a manner | ||||||
| 3 | that maintains the secrecy of the ballot, and (ii) deliver each | ||||||
| 4 | ballot to a Tellers' Committee of 6 members appointed by the | ||||||
| 5 | Secretary of State. The Tellers' Committee membership shall not | ||||||
| 6 | include (i) any member nominated for Speaker, or (ii) more than | ||||||
| 7 | 3 members who are affiliated with the same political party. The | ||||||
| 8 | Tellers' Committee, while remaining in the House chamber, shall | ||||||
| 9 | count the votes and provide a written report to the Secretary | ||||||
| 10 | of State who shall immediately announce the total votes cast | ||||||
| 11 | for each candidate.
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| 12 | (b) The election of the Speaker shall be conducted by | ||||||
| 13 | secret ballot and requires the
affirmative vote of a majority | ||||||
| 14 | of those elected. Debate
is not in order following nominations | ||||||
| 15 | and preceding or
during the vote. No motion to reconsider the | ||||||
| 16 | vote for Speaker shall be in order.
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| 17 | Upon the completion of the election of a Clerk, the | ||||||
| 18 | Temporary Clerk shall immediately transfer to the Clerk the | ||||||
| 19 | ballots, tally sheets, and report of the Tellers' Committee for | ||||||
| 20 | the election of the Speaker, and the report of the Tellers' | ||||||
| 21 | Committee shall be entered in full in the Journal. | ||||||
| 22 | This subsection may not be suspended. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) No legislative measure may be considered and no | ||||||
| 24 | committees may be
appointed or meet before the election of the | ||||||
| 25 | Speaker.
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| 26 | (d) When a vacancy in the Office of Speaker
occurs, the | ||||||
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| 1 | foregoing procedure shall be employed to elect a
new Speaker; | ||||||
| 2 | when the Secretary of State is of
a political party other than | ||||||
| 3 | that of the majority caucus, however, the
Majority Leader shall | ||||||
| 4 | preside during the nomination and
election of the successor | ||||||
| 5 | Speaker. No legislative measures,
other than for the nomination | ||||||
| 6 | and election of a successor Speaker, may be
considered
by the | ||||||
| 7 | House during a vacancy in the Office of Speaker.
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| 8 | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
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