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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 3 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 4 | | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 102nd General |
| 5 | | Assembly are amended by adding Rule 18.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (House Rule 18.5 new)
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| 7 | | 18.5. Bipartisan Bills. Notwithstanding any other |
| 8 | | provision of these Rules, any bill pending before the Rules |
| 9 | | Committee shall be immediately discharged and referred to a |
| 10 | | standing committee or special committee, as provided in Rule |
| 11 | | 18, if the Principal Sponsor of the bill notifies the Clerk in |
| 12 | | writing that the bill has, in addition to the Principal |
| 13 | | Sponsor, 5 or more chief co-sponsors or co-sponsors from the |
| 14 | | majority caucus and 5 or more chief co-sponsors or co-sponsors |
| 15 | | from the minority caucus. The written notice shall specify the |
| 16 | | standing committee or special committee to which the bill |
| 17 | | shall be referred. Such a bill must be heard before the |
| 18 | | standing committee or special committee to which it is |
| 19 | | referred under this Rule and must be called for a vote in that |
| 20 | | standing committee or special committee.
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