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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 97th General | ||||||
| 5 | Assembly are amended by changing House Rule 9 as follows:
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| 6 | (House Rule 9)
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| 7 | 9. Schedule.
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| 8 | (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule
of | ||||||
| 9 | days on which the House shall convene in regular,
perfunctory, | ||||||
| 10 | and veto session, with that schedule subject to
revision at the | ||||||
| 11 | discretion of the Speaker.
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| 12 | (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines
at his | ||||||
| 13 | or her discretion for any action on any
category of legislative | ||||||
| 14 | measure as the Speaker deems
appropriate, including deadlines | ||||||
| 15 | for the following
legislative actions:
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| 16 | (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | ||||||
| 17 | Reference
Bureau.
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| 18 | (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
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| 19 | (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
| 20 | report
House bills, except House appropriation bills.
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| 21 | (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
| 22 | report
House appropriation bills.
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| 23 | (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House | ||||||
| 24 | bills,
except House appropriation bills.
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| 1 | (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
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| 2 | appropriation bills.
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| 3 | (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
| 4 | report
Senate appropriation bills.
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| 5 | (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
| 6 | report
Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
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| 7 | (9) Final day for special committees to report to the | ||||||
| 8 | House.
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| 9 | (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
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| 10 | appropriation bills.
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| 11 | (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | ||||||
| 12 | bills,
except appropriation bills.
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| 13 | (12) Final day for consideration of joint action | ||||||
| 14 | motions and conference
committee reports.
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| 15 | (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary | ||||||
| 16 | deadlines for
legislative action during any special session of | ||||||
| 17 | the House.
The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business | ||||||
| 18 | or a
Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and | ||||||
| 19 | approximate time at which
specific
legislative measures may be | ||||||
| 20 | considered by the House. The Weekly Order of
Business or Daily | ||||||
| 21 | Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the
Speaker | ||||||
| 22 | with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of
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| 23 | business for the amount of time necessary for its completion. | ||||||
| 24 | Nothing in this
Rule, however, limits the Speaker's or | ||||||
| 25 | Presiding Officer's powers under Rule
4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a).
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| 26 | (c-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) | ||||||
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| 1 | and (c) of this Rule, the Speaker or the Minority Leader may | ||||||
| 2 | revise the deadlines scheduled under subsections (b) and (c) of | ||||||
| 3 | this Rule for a specific bill or bills by filing the revision | ||||||
| 4 | in writing with the Clerk. | ||||||
| 5 | (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those | ||||||
| 6 | deadlines,
are effective upon being filed by the Speaker or | ||||||
| 7 | Minority Leader with
the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize | ||||||
| 8 | those deadlines.
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| 9 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
| 10 | of 71 members
elected.
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| 11 | (Source: H.R. 35, 97th G.A.)
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