96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0299

 

Introduced 1/23/2009, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 10/8 new

    Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the Rules Committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.


LRB096 03229 RCE 13246 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0299 LRB096 03229 RCE 13246 b

1     AN ACT concerning the legislature.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended
5 by adding Section 8 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 10/8 new)
7     Sec. 8. Legislative measures; majority of members sponsor.
8 If a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or
9 co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the
10 chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then
11 resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be
12 referred by the Rules Committee of that chamber to a standing
13 committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure
14 must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days
15 or prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that
16 has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.