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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 96th General
5Assembly are amended by changing Rules 4, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19,
621, 22, 31, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 75, and 102 and by adding Rules
742.1 and 76.5 as follows:
 
8    (House Rule 4)
9    4. The Speaker.
10    (a) The Speaker has those powers conferred upon him or her
11by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any motions or
12resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the House and
13Senate.
14    (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker is the
15chief administrative officer of the House and has those powers
16necessary to carry out those functions. The Speaker may
17delegate administrative duties as he or she deems appropriate.
18    (c) The duties of the Speaker include the following:
19        (1) To preside at all sessions of the House, although
20    the Speaker may call on any member to preside temporarily
21    as Presiding Officer.
22        (2) To open the session at the time at which the House
23    is to meet by taking the chair and calling the members to
24    order. The Speaker may call on any member to open the

 

 

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1    session as Presiding Officer.
2        (3) To announce the business before the House in the
3    order upon which it is to be acted, except as limited by
4    these House Rules. The Presiding Officer shall perform this
5    duty during the period that he or she is presiding.
6        (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
7        (5) To state and put to a vote all questions that are
8    regularly moved or that necessarily arise in the course of
9    the proceedings, and to announce the result of the vote.
10        (6) To preserve order and decorum.
11        (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal,
12    and to speak on these points in preference to other
13    members.
14        (8) To inform the House when necessary, or when any
15    question is raised, on any point of order or practice
16    pertinent to the pending business.
17        (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or
18    orders of the House. All writs, warrants, and subpoenae
19    issued by order of the House, or any of its committees,
20    shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk.
21        (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the
22    General Assembly to certify that the procedural
23    requirements for passage have been met.
24        (11) To have general supervision of the House Chamber,
25    House galleries, House committee rooms and chapel, and
26    adjoining and connecting hallways and passages, including

 

 

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1    the duty to protect their security and safety and the power
2    to clear them when necessary. The House Chamber shall not
3    be used without permission of the Speaker.
4        (12) To have general supervision of the Clerk and his
5    or her assistants, the Doorkeeper and his or her
6    assistants, the majority caucus staff, the
7    parliamentarians, and all employees of the House except the
8    minority caucus staff.
9        (13) To determine the number of majority caucus members
10    and minority caucus members to be appointed to all
11    committees, except the Rules Committee created by Rule 15
12    and those committees that may be created under Article XII
13    of these Rules.
14        (14) To appoint all Chairpersons, Co-Chairpersons, and
15    Vice-Chairpersons of committees (from either the majority
16    or minority caucus), and to appoint all majority caucus
17    members of committees.
18        (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions,
19    statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to the House.
20        (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the House
21    subject to the control and will of the members.
22        (17) To direct the Clerk to correct non-substantive
23    errors in the Journal.
24        (18) To assign meeting places and meeting times to
25    committees and subcommittees.
26        (19) To perform any other duties assigned to the

 

 

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1    Speaker by these House Rules or jointly by the House and
2    Senate.
3        (20) To decide, subject to these House Rules and the
4    control and will of the members, all questions relating to
5    the priority of business.
6        (21) To issue, in cooperation with the Comptroller and
7    after clearance with the United States Internal Revenue
8    Service, written regulations covering administration of
9    contingent expense allowances of members of the House.
10        (22) To appoint one or more parliamentarians to serve
11    at the pleasure of the Speaker.
12    (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
13of 71 members elected.
14(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
15    (House Rule 9)
16    9. Schedule.
17    (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule of
18days on which the House shall convene in regular, perfunctory,
19and veto session, with that schedule subject to revision at the
20discretion of the Speaker.
21    (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines at his
22or her discretion for any action on any category of legislative
23measure as the Speaker deems appropriate, including deadlines
24for the following legislative actions:
25        (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative

 

 

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1    Reference Bureau.
2        (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
3        (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to
4    report House bills, except House appropriation bills.
5        (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to
6    report House appropriation bills.
7        (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
8    bills, except House appropriation bills.
9        (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
10    appropriation bills.
11        (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to
12    report Senate appropriation bills.
13        (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to
14    report Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
15        (9) Final day for special committees to report to the
16    House.
17        (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
18    appropriation bills.
19        (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
20    bills, except appropriation bills.
21        (12) Final day for consideration of joint action
22    motions and conference committee reports.
23    Deadlines do not apply to legislative measures on the
24Petition Calendar.
25    (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary
26deadlines for legislative action during any special session of

 

 

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1the House. The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business
2or a Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and
3approximate time at which specific legislative measures may be
4considered by the House. The Weekly Order of Business or Daily
5Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the Speaker
6with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of
7business for the amount of time necessary for its completion.
8Nothing in this Rule, however, limits the Speaker's or
9Presiding Officer's powers under Rule 4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a);
10however, this Rule is subject to the limitations of Rule 31.
11    (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those
12deadlines, are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
13the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
14    (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
15of 71 members elected.
16(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
17    (House Rule 15)
18    15. Rules Committee.
19    (a) The Rules Committee is created as a permanent
20committee. The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members, 3
21appointed by the Speaker and 2 appointed by the Minority
22Leader. The Speaker and the Minority Leader are each eligible
23to be appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may
24conduct business when a majority of the total number of its
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1    (b) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee
2shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority
3caucus members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority
4Leader. Appointments shall be by notice filed with the Clerk,
5and shall be effective for the balance of the term or until a
6replacement appointment is made, whichever first occurs.
7Appointments take effect upon filing with the Clerk, regardless
8of whether the House is in session. Notwithstanding any other
9provision of these Rules, any Representative who is replaced on
10the Rules Committee may be re-appointed to the Rules Committee
11without concurrence of the House.
12    (c) The Rules Committee shall not consider or conduct a
13hearing with respect to a subject matter or a legislative
14measure absent notice first being given as follows:
15        (1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of
16    any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
17    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
18    amendment.
19        (2) Seventy-two hours advance notice to consider the
20    referral of bills to committees of the House or joint
21    committees of the House and Senate.
22        (3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held
23    for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this
24    subsection (c).
25    (c-1) The Chairperson of the Rules Committee shall post the
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1board identifying each subject matter and each legislative
2measure that may be considered during the hearing. The notice
3shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing. This
4subsection may not be suspended.
5    (c-2) The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of
6subsection (c) of this Rule may be reduced to a one-hour
7advance notice upon the adoption of a motion by 71 members
8elected. The posting requirement of item (1) of subsection (c)
9of this Rule may not be suspended.
10    Notice requirements for hearings may be suspended only as
11authorized by this subsection, and no hearing shall be
12conducted with less than a one-hour advance notice. This
13subsection may not be suspended. Notwithstanding any other
14provision of these Rules, the Rules Committee may meet upon
15reasonable public notice that includes a statement of the
16subjects to be considered. All legislative measures pending
17before the Rules Committee are eligible for consideration at
18any of its meetings, and all of those legislative measures are
19deemed posted for hearing by the Rules Committee for all of its
20meetings.
21    (d) Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed, the
22Rules Committee may advance any legislative measure pending
23before it to the House, without referral to another committee;
24except that (i) the Rules Committee, however, shall not so
25report any bill that has never been favorably reported by or
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1the House or recommended for action by a joint committee of the
2House and Senate and (ii) a two-thirds vote of those appointed
3to the Rules Committee shall be required to refer to the House
4any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
5conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
6amendment. A bill advanced to the House shall be placed on the
7Daily Calendar on the order on which it appeared before it was
8re-referred to the Rules Committee.
9    (e) Except for those provisions that cannot be suspended,
10this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of
1171 members elected.
12(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
13    (House Rule 16)
14    16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
15    (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and
16resolutions considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this
17Rule, after being initially read by the Clerk, shall be ordered
18reproduced and automatically referred to the Rules Committee,
19which may thereafter refer any resolution before it to the
20House or to a standing committee or special committee. No
21resolution, except adjournment resolutions and resolutions
22considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this Rule, may be
23considered by the House unless (i) referred to the House by the
24Rules Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably reported by a
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1under Article XII, or (iv) discharged from committee pursuant
2to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. An adjournment resolution is subject
3to Rule 66.
4    (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death
5resolution for consideration by the House. The Principal
6Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
7reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of
8the Speaker, to offset the actual cost of producing the
9congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may be paid from
10the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General
11Assembly Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to
12the member. Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority
13Leader, congratulatory or death resolutions may be immediately
14considered and adopted by the House without referral to the
15Rules Committee, unless a member removes a resolution from
16consideration under this subsection (b) by filing an objection
17with the Clerk before the vote of the House. Any resolution
18that is removed under this subsection (b) shall be
19automatically referred to the Rules Committee and shall be
20eligible for consideration under subsection (a). The remaining
21Those resolutions, not removed from consideration under this
22subsection (b), may be adopted as a group by a single motion.
23Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be entered on the
24Journal only by number, sponsorship, and subject. The
25provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor
26to pay a reasonable fee may not be suspended.

 

 

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1    (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the
2General Assembly and former constitutional officers, upon
3introduction, may be immediately considered by the House
4without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions
5shall be entered on the Journal in full.
6    (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor issued
7under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution, upon being read
8into the record by the Clerk, are automatically referred to the
9Rules Committee for its referral to a standing committee or a
10special committee, which may issue a recommendation to the
11House with respect to the Executive Order. The House may
12disapprove of an Executive Order only by resolution adopted by
13a majority of those elected; no such resolution is in order
14until a standing committee or a special committee has reported
15to the House on the executive reorganization, or until the
16Executive Order has been discharged under Rule 58.
17(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
18    (House Rule 18)
19    18. Referrals to Committees.
20    (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being initially
21read by the Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules
22Committee.
23    (b) During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
24thereafter refer any such bill before it to a standing
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1provided that referral shall not be required for a House bill
2that is introduced after the introduction deadline for House
3bills or a Senate bill that is referred to the Rules Committee
4after the deadline for House committee consideration of Senate
5bills. During even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
6refer to a standing committee or a special committee only
7appropriation bills implementing the budget and bills deemed by
8the Rules Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority
9appointed, to be of an emergency nature or to be of substantial
10importance to the operation of government. This subsection (b)
11applies equally to House Bills and Senate Bills introduced into
12or received by the House.
13    (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee
14may refer bills to a joint committee of the House and Senate
15created by joint resolution. That joint committee shall report
16back to the Rules Committee any recommendation for action made
17by that joint committee. The Rules committee may, at any time,
18however, refer the bill to a standing or special committee of
19the House.
20    (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a
21subject matter or a legislative measure pending in that
22committee to a subcommittee of that committee.
23    (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
24standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a
25standing committee or a special committee under Rule 58, shall
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1business, which shall appear on the daily calendar. All
2legislative measures, except bills or resolutions on the
3Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
4status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
5amendments, so referred are automatically assigned standard
6debate status, subject to Rule 52.
7    (e) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final
8action, conference committee reports, and motions to table
9committee amendments, upon filing with the Clerk, are
10automatically referred to the Rules Committee. The Rules
11Committee may refer any floor amendment, joint action motion
12for final action, conference committee report, or motion to
13table a committee amendment to the House or to a standing
14committee or a special committee for its review and
15consideration (in those instances, and notwithstanding any
16other provision of these Rules, the standing committee or
17special committee may hold a hearing on and consider those
18legislative measures pursuant to a one-hour advance notice
19given no later than the calendar day before the date of the
20hearing). Any floor amendment, joint action motion for final
21action, conference committee report, or motion to table a
22committee amendment that is not referred to the House by, or
23discharged from, the Rules Committee is out of order, except
24that any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action,
25conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
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1committee or a special committee is deemed referred to the
2House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All
3joint action motions for final action, conference committee
4reports and motions to table committee amendments so referred
5are automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
6Rule 52. Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule
7are automatically assigned amendment debate status.
8    (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or re-refer a
9legislative measure from a committee to a Committee of the
10Whole or to any other committee.
11    (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules
12Committee upon the affirmative vote of 71 members elected only
13by unanimous consent of the House. Any bill discharged from the
14Rules Committee shall be placed on the order of Second Reading
15and assigned standard debate status, subject to Rule 52.
16    (h) Except for those provisions that require unanimous
17consent, this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
18vote of 71 members elected.
19(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
20    (House Rule 19)
21    19. Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
22    (a) All legislative measures that fail to meet the
23applicable deadline established under Rule 9 for reporting to
24the House by a standing committee or a special committee, for
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1motions and conference committee reports are automatically
2re-referred to the Rules Committee unless: (i) the deadline has
3been suspended or revised by the Speaker, with re-referral to
4the Rules Committee to occur if the bill has not been reported
5to the House in accordance with a revised deadline; or (ii) the
6Rules Committee has issued a written exception to the Clerk
7with respect to a particular bill before the reporting
8deadline, with re-referral to occur, if at all, in accordance
9with the written exception; or (iii) the bill or resolution is
10pending before the House on the Petition Calendar.
11    (b) All legislative measures pending before the House or
12any of its committees are automatically re-referred to the
13Rules Committee on the 31st consecutive day that the House has
14not convened for session unless: (i) any deadline applicable to
15the bill or resolution that has been designated by the Speaker
16under Rule 9 exceeds 31 days, with re-referral to occur, if at
17all, in accordance with that deadline; (ii) this Rule is
18suspended under Rule 67; or (iii) the Rules Committee, by the
19affirmative vote of a majority appointed, issues a written
20exception to the Clerk before that 31st day; or (iv) the bill
21or resolution is pending before the House on the Petition
22Calendar.
23(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
24    (House Rule 21)
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1    (a) Except as provided in Rule 18(e) or unless this Rule is
2suspended under Rule 67 or unless the Rules Committee by
3majority vote waives the notice requirement for a subject
4matter hearing of any committee, standing committees, special
5committees, committees created under Article X of these Rules,
6and subcommittees of those committees shall not consider or
7conduct a hearing with respect to a subject matter or a
8legislative measure absent notice first being given as follows:
9        (1) The Chairperson of the committee, or the
10    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus of a standing or
11    special committee, shall, no later than 6 days before any
12    proposed hearing, post a notice on the House bulletin board
13    identifying each subject matter and each legislative
14    measure, other than a committee amendment upon initial
15    consideration under Rule 40, that may be considered during
16    that hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and
17    place of the hearing. Legislative measures and subject
18    matters posted for hearing as provided in this item (1) may
19    also be considered at any committee hearing re-convened
20    following a recess of the committee for which notice was
21    posted, but only if the House has met or was scheduled to
22    meet in regular, veto, or special session on each calendar
23    day from the time of the original committee hearing to the
24    re-convened committee hearing.
25        (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called under
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1    committees to consider floor amendments, joint action
2    motions for final action consideration, conference
3    committee reports, and motions to table committee
4    amendments may be called under Rule 18.
5        (3) The Chairperson, or Co-Chairperson from the
6    majority caucus of a standing or special committee, shall,
7    in advance of a committee hearing, notify all Principal
8    Sponsors of legislative measures posted for that hearing of
9    the date, time, and place of hearing. When practical, the
10    Clerk shall include a notice of all scheduled hearings,
11    together with all posted bills and resolutions, in the
12    Daily Calendar of the House. Regardless of whether a
13    particular legislative measure or subject matter has been
14    posted for hearing, it is in order for a committee during
15    any of its meetings to refer a subject matter or
16    legislative measure pending before it to a subcommittee of
17    that committee.
18    (b) Other than the Rules Committee, no committee may meet
19during any session of the House, and no commission created by
20Illinois law that has legislative membership may meet during
21any session of the House.
22    (c) Each standing appropriations committee shall meet at
23least once during each month of the calendar year. When the
24House is not in session, each standing appropriations committee
25shall hold each month at least one hearing in Illinois at a
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1Chicago.
2    (d) (c) Regardless of whether notice has been previously
3given, it is always in order for a committee to table any
4legislative measure pending before it when the Principal
5Sponsor so requests, subject to Rule 60.
6    (e) (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
7vote of 71 members elected, subject to Rule 25.
8(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
9    (House Rule 22)
10    22. Committee Procedure.
11    (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
12referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may
13make with respect to that legislative measure one of the
14following reports to the House or to the parent committee, as
15appropriate:
16        (1) that the bill "do pass";
17        (2) that the bill "do not pass";
18        (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
19        (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
20        (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
21        (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
22        (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
23        (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
24        (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion,
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1    amendment referred by the Rules Committee "be adopted";
2        (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion,
3    conference committee report, or motion to table a committee
4    amendment referred by the Rules Committee "be not adopted";
5        (11) "without recommendation"; or
6        (12) "tabled".
7    Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
8concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All legislative
9measures reported "do pass", "do pass as amended", "be
10adopted", or "be adopted as amended" are favorably reported to
11the House. Except as otherwise provided by these Rules, any
12legislative measure referred or re-referred to a committee and
13not reported under this Rule shall remain in that committee.
14    (b) No bill or committee amendment that provides for an
15appropriation of money from the State Treasury may be
16considered by an Appropriations Committee unless the bill or
17committee amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
18department, office, or institution; this provision does not
19apply to floor amendments, joint action motions, or conference
20committee reports.
21    No bill that provides for an appropriation of money from
22the State Treasury may be considered for passage by the House
23unless it has first been favorably reported by an
24Appropriations Committee or:
25        (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
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1        (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
2    majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee; or
3        (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
4    Standing appropriations committees shall conduct hearings
5for the purpose of reviewing (i) performance data compiled by
6departments of State government pursuant to Section 50-15 of
7the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
8Illinois and (ii) other performance data that is requested by
9the committees from departments of State government and other
10recipients of State appropriations.
11    (c) The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson
12from the majority caucus of a standing or special committee,
13shall keep, or cause to be kept by the Clerk's Office, a record
14in which there shall be entered:
15        (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
16    committee.
17        (2) The attendance of committee members at each
18    meeting.
19        (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
20    legislative measures acted on by the committee.
21        (4) The "Record of Committee Witness" forms executed by
22    each person appearing or registering in each committee
23    meeting, which shall include identification of the
24    witness, the person, group, or firm represented by
25    appearance and the capacity in which the representation is
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1    himself or herself), his or her position on the legislation
2    under consideration, and the nature of his or her desired
3    testimony.
4        (5) An audio recording of the proceedings.
5        (6) Such additional information as may be requested by
6    the Clerk.
7    (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from
8the majority caucus of a standing or special committee, shall
9file with the Clerk, along with every legislative measure
10reported upon, a written report containing such information as
11required by the Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and
12procedures with respect to the preparation, filing, and
13maintenance of the reports.
14    (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative measure
15pending before it to the House, or when a committee fails to
16hold a public hearing on a legislative measure pending before
17it, the exclusive means to bring that legislative measure
18directly before the House for its consideration is as provided
19in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
20    (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a
21standing committee or special committee in the absence of the
22Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the committee
23Minority Spokesperson, or a chief co-sponsor may present a bill
24or resolution in committee with the approval of the Principal
25Sponsor when the committee consents. In the case of standing or
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1political parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson
2from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means
3the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus. This subsection
4may not be suspended.
5    (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions
6are renewable, provided that no bill or resolution may be voted
7on more than twice in any committee on motions to report the
8bill or resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by
9which the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
10resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed to
11receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record votes
12shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
13unfavorable recommendation.
14    (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
15by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was
16favorably reported by a three-fifths vote of the members
17present and voting, including those voting "present". Bills and
18resolutions receiving favorable reports may be placed upon the
19Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
20    (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
21of 71 members elected.
22(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
23    (House Rule 31)
24    31. Standing Order of Business. The Unless otherwise
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1of business of the House is as follows:
2        (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance,
3    and Roll Call.
4        (2) Petition Calendar.
5        (3) (2) Approval of the Journal.
6        (4) (3) Reading of House Bills a first time.
7        (5) (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the
8    Rules Committee ordinarily made at any time.
9        (6) (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and
10    Messages.
11        (7) (6) Introduction of House Bills.
12        (8) (7) Messages from the Senate, not including reading
13    Senate Bills a first time.
14        (9) (8) Reading of House Bills a second time.
15        (10) (9) Reading of House Bills a third time.
16        (11) (10) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
17        (12) (11) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
18        (13) (12) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
19        (14) (13) House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
20        (15) (14) Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
21        (16) (15) Conference Committee Reports.
22        (17) (16) Motions in Writing.
23        (18) (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
24        (19) (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
25        (20) (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
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1        (22) (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
2        (23) (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
3        (24) (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of
4    Postponed Consideration.
5    The Presiding Officer may vary the daily order of business
6of the House, but only with respect to items (3) through (24);
7items (1) and (2) must always be the first orders of business.
8The House may also return to the order of business under item
9(2) at the direction of the Presiding Officer or upon the
10adoption of a motion to change the order of business.
11    This rule may not be suspended.
12(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
13    (House Rule 37)
14    37. Bills.
15    (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship of
16one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on the
17reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
18the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
19first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
20than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
21Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
22Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma. The
23Principal Sponsor may change the sponsorship of a bill to that
24of one or more other Representatives, or to that of the
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1referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change may
2be made at any time the bill is pending before the House or any
3of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided
4that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief
5co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
6This subsection may not be suspended.
7    (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that bill. A
8committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the Chairperson, or
9if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson
10from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is
11deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may
12not have individual co-sponsors.
13    (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the Senate
14may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill by filing
15a notice with the Clerk; such a notice is automatically
16referred to the Rules Committee and deemed adopted if approved
17by the Rules Committee. If disapproved by the Rules Committee,
18the notice shall lie on the table. If the Rules Committee fails
19to act on a notice, that notice may be discharged by unanimous
20consent.
21    (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
22title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
23referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18.
24After a Senate Bill is received and a House member has
25submitted notification to the Clerk of sponsorship of that
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1automatically referred to the Rules Committee in accordance
2with Rule 18.
3    (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
4accompanied by 6 copies. Any bill that amends a statute shall
5indicate the particular changes in the following manner:
6        (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
7        (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
8    shall be shown crossed with a line.
9    (e-5) Appropriation bills for the operation of State
10government shall make appropriations pursuant to the
11standardized line items identified as items (1) through (18) of
12Section 13 of the State Finance Act with specific appropriation
13amounts for each item. Appropriations for other purposes may be
14included in an appropriation bill only if required by law or if
15it has been a custom and practice as documented by
16appropriations enacted for State fiscal year 2009.
17    This subsection (e-5) may be suspended only by the
18affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
19    (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a record
20vote of a majority of those elected, subject to Rule 69. A bill
21that has lost on third reading and has not been reconsidered
22may not thereafter be revived. If a motion for the adoption of
23a first conference committee report fails and the motion is not
24reconsidered, then a second conference committee may be
25appointed as provided in Rule 76(c). If a motion for the
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1not reconsidered, then the bill may not thereafter be revived.
2    (g) An appropriation bill that is amended in the House may
3not be considered on Third Reading until the third calendar day
4following the adoption or tabling of any House committee or
5House floor amendments to the bill.
6    This subsection (g) may be suspended only by the
7affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
8(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
9    (House Rule 39)
10    39. Reproduction and Distribution. The Clerk shall, as soon
11as any bill or amendment is reproduced, cause the bill to be
12placed upon the desks of the members. Reproduction and
13distribution may be done electronically, or the Clerk may
14establish a method that any member may use to secure a copy of
15any bill. The Clerk shall record the date and time at which
16each amendment is filed and distributed.
17(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
18    (House Rule 40)
19    40. Amendments.
20    (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted by a standing
21committee or special committee when the bill is before that
22committee. An amendment to a bill may be adopted by the House
23when a bill is on the order of Second Reading if: (i) the Rules
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1consideration under Rule 18; (ii) a standing committee or
2special committee has referred the floor amendment to the
3House; or (iii) the floor amendment has been discharged from
4committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. All amendments
5must be in writing. All committee amendments that are in
6compliance with the requirements of these House Rules have been
7timely filed, as determined by the Chairperson, shall be
8considered by the committee or a subcommittee of that committee
9prior to consideration by the committee of the bill to which
10the amendment relates. All amendments not adopted to a bill and
11that are still pending in a committee or before the House upon
12the passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading are
13automatically tabled.
14    (b) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, committee
15amendments may be offered only by the Principal Sponsor or a
16member of the committee while the affected bill is assigned to
17before that committee, and shall be adopted by a majority of
18those appointed. If a committee amendment is filed by a member
19who is not authorized to do so, that amendment shall be
20recorded by the Clerk as out of order. Floor amendments may be
21offered for adoption only by a Representative while the bill is
22on the order of Second Reading, subject to Rule 18, and shall
23be adopted by a majority vote of the House. The sponsor of a
24committee or floor amendment may change the sponsorship of the
25amendment to that of another member, with that other member's
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1pending before the House or any of its committees by filing
2notice with the Clerk. A committee amendment may be the subject
3of a motion to "do adopt" or "do not adopt". A committee
4amendment may be adopted only by a successful motion to "do
5adopt". The Chairperson of a committee may refer any committee
6amendment to a subcommittee of that committee.
7    (c) Committee amendments shall be filed with the Clerk of
8the House and shall be automatically referred to the committee
9before which the underlying bill or resolution is pending
10Chairperson of the committee, and are in order only when
11sufficient copies have been filed to provide each member of the
12committee with a copy (which may be done in the same manner as
13distribution of bills under Rule 39) and 6 additional copies
14for the Chairperson. Floor amendments shall be filed with the
15Clerk only while the bill is on the order of Second Reading or
16Third Reading. Amendments shall not be considered filed until
17they are entered into the General Assembly's computer system by
18the Clerk as a filed amendment. Amendments , and are in order
19only when 6 copies have been filed. The Clerk shall number
20amendments sequentially in the order submitted, and all
21amendments that are in order shall be considered in ascending
22numerical order.
23    (d) The Clerk shall have reproduced, as expeditiously as
24possible, all adopted committee amendments that are filed
25pursuant to these Rules come before the House. The Clerk shall
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1by a committee. No committee or floor amendment may be adopted
2by the House unless it has been reproduced and placed on the
3members' desks pursuant to in the same manner as for bills
4under Rule 39, except that no committee amendment may be
5adopted by a committee during the 24-hour time period
6immediately following the filing of the amendment.
7    This subsection (d) may be suspended only by the
8affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
9    (e) No floor amendment is in order unless it has been first
10referred to the House for consideration by the Rules Committee
11under Rule 18, or favorably reported by, or discharged from, a
12standing committee or special committee. A floor amendment may
13be referred to the House for consideration, or to a standing or
14special committee, only while the bill is on the order of
15Second Reading or Third Reading.
16    (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall
17conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
18    (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the
19committee amendments are deemed adopted by the committee action
20and shall be reproduced and placed on the members' desks (which
21may be done in the same manner as provided for bills under Rule
2239) before the bill may be read a second time.
23    (h) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons
24from different political parties, the "Chairperson" for the
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1    (i) No committee amendment shall be filed with the Clerk
2while a bill is assigned to the Rules Committee. Committee
3amendments may be filed for a resolution pending in the Rules
4Committee only if the resolution would adopt or amend House
5Rules or Joint House-Senate Rules pursuant to Rule 67.
6(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
7    (House Rule 42.1 new)
8    42.1. Petition Motion Calendar.
9    (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution may file
10with the Clerk a motion signed by 71 members requesting
11placement of that bill or resolution on the Petition Calendar
12with regard to any bill or resolution pending in a House
13Committee or pending on an order of business on the Daily
14Calendar.
15    (b) The Clerk shall include a Petition Calendar on the
16Daily Calendar and designate it as a separate part of the Daily
17Calendar. A bill that is pending in a committee when a petition
18motion is filed shall be placed on the Petition Calendar order
19of Second Reading. A resolution that is pending in a committee
20when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on the Petition
21Calendar order of Resolutions. A bill or resolution that is on
22an order of business on the Daily Calendar when a petition
23motion is filed shall be placed on the same order of business
24on the Petition Calendar.
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1moved between the orders of Second Reading, Third Reading, and
2Postponed Consideration at the request of the Principal
3Sponsor, except as limited by Rule 41.
4    (d) Whenever the House is on this order of business, the
5principal sponsor of each legislative measure on the Petition
6Calendar shall have the right to call that measure for
7consideration by the House.
8    (e) This rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
9of 71 members elected.
 
10    (House Rule 43)
11    43. Changing Order of Business.
12    (a) Any order of business may be changed at any time by the
13Speaker or Presiding Officer, except as limited by Rule 31.
14    (b) Any order of business may be changed at any time upon
15the motion of any member, supported by 5 additional members, if
16the motion is adopted by an affirmative vote of 71 members
17elected.
18    (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
19of 71 members elected.
20(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
21    (House Rule 44)
22    44. Special Orders; Rules Committee.
23    (a) A special order of business may be set by the Rules
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1resolution must consent to the placement of the bill or
2resolution on a special order. A special order shall fix the
3day to which it applies and the matters to be included. The
4Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of a majority of the
5members appointed, may establish time limits for a special
6order and may establish limitations on debate during a special
7order (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the allotted
8time shall be fairly divided between proponents and opponents
9of the legislation to be considered. A special order of
10business takes the place of the standing order for such time as
11may be necessary for its completion but may occur no earlier
12than after the completion of standing order (2) of Rule 31.
13Only matters that may otherwise properly be before the House
14may be included in a special order.
15    (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar for
163 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be suspended only
17by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
18    (c) A special order may be suspended, amended, or modified
19by motion adopted by an affirmative vote of 60 members. A
20special order shall be suspended by a written objection signed
21by 3 members of the Rules Committee and filed during the first
22legislative day on which the special order appears on the
23calendar.
24    (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote
25of 71 members elected.
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1    (House Rule 75)
2    75. House Consideration of Joint Action.
3    (a) No joint action motion for final action or conference
4committee report may be considered by the House unless it has
5first been referred to the House by the Rules Committee or a
6standing committee or special committee in accordance with Rule
718, or unless the joint action motion or conference committee
8report has been discharged from the Rules Committee under Rule
918. Joint action motions for final action consideration and
10conference committee reports referred to a standing committee
11or special committee by the Rules Committee may not be
12discharged from the standing committee or special committee.
13This subsection (a) may be suspended by unanimous consent.
14    (b) No conference committee report may be considered by the
15House unless it has been reproduced and placed on the members'
16desks, in the same manner as provided for bills under Rule 39,
17for one full day during the period beginning with the convening
18of the House on the 2nd Wednesday of January each year and
19ending on the 30th day prior to the scheduled adjournment of
20the regular session established each year by the Speaker
21pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full hour on any other day.
22    (c) Before any conference committee report on an
23appropriation bill is considered by the House, the conference
24committee report shall first be the subject of a public hearing
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1(the conference committee report need not be referred to an
2Appropriations Committee or special committee, but instead may
3remain before the Rules Committee or the House, as the case may
4be). The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one
5hour advance notice by announcement on the House floor, or one
6day advance notice by posting on the House bulletin board. An
7Appropriations Committee or special committee shall not issue
8any report with respect to the conference committee report
9following the hearing.
10    (d) Any House Bill amended in the Senate and returned to
11the House for concurrence in the Senate amendment shall lie
12upon the desk of the Clerk for not less than one hour before
13being further considered.
14    (e) No House Bill that is returned to the House with Senate
15amendments may be called except by the Principal Sponsor, or by
16a chief co-sponsor with the consent of the Principal Sponsor.
17This subsection may not be suspended.
18    (f) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the report of
19a conference committee on a non-appropriation bill or
20resolution shall be confined to the subject of the bill or
21resolution referred to the conference committee. The report of
22a conference committee on an appropriation bill shall be
23confined to the subject of appropriations.
24(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
 
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1    76.5. Appropriation Bills. Joint action motions for final
2action on the order of Concurrence regarding an appropriation
3bill shall not be considered by the House until the third
4calendar day following the day that the bill was received back
5in the House with one or more amendments added by the Senate.
6Joint action motions for final action on the order of
7Non-concurrence regarding an appropriation bill shall not be
8considered by the House until the third calendar day following
9the day that the bill was received back in the House with a
10message requesting the House to recede from one or more of its
11amendments. Joint action motions for final action on the order
12of Conference Committee Reports regarding an appropriation
13bill shall not be considered by the House until the third
14calendar day following the day that the conference report to
15which the motion applies was filed with the Clerk.
16    Nothing in this Rule limits consideration of a joint action
17motion for final action by a committee of the House or a joint
18committee of the House and Senate.
19    This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of
2071 members elected.
 
21    (House Rule 102)
22    102. Definitions. As used in these Rules, terms have the
23meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the context
24clearly requires a different meaning:
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1    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as chair
2    of a committee.
3        (2) Co-Chairperson. "Co-Chairperson" means a
4    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
5    co-chair of a standing or special committee.
6        (3) Clerk. "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
7    House.
8        (4) Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the
9    House and includes a standing committee, the Rules
10    Committee, a special committee, committees created under
11    Article X and Article XII of these Rules, and a
12    subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean a
13    conference committee, and the procedural and notice
14    requirements applicable to committees do not apply to
15    conference committees.
16        (5) Constitution. "Constitution" means the
17    Constitution of the State of Illinois.
18        (6) General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the
19    current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
20        (7) House. "House" means the House of Representatives
21    of the General Assembly.
22        (8) Joint Action Motions. "Joint action motions" means
23    the following motions before the House: to concur in a
24    Senate amendment, to non-concur in a Senate amendment, to
25    recede from a House amendment, to refuse to recede from a
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1    appointed, and to adopt a conference committee report.
2        (8.5) Joint Action Motions for Final Action. "Joint
3    action motions for final action" means the following
4    motions before the House: to concur in a Senate amendment,
5    to recede from a House amendment, and to adopt a conference
6    committee report.
7        (9) Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the
8    Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the
9    Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
10        (10) Legislative Measures. "Legislative measures"
11    means all matters brought before the House for
12    consideration, whether originated in the House or Senate,
13    and includes bills, amendments, resolutions, conference
14    committee reports, motions, messages, notices, and
15    Executive Orders from the executive branch.
16        (11) Majority. "Majority" means a majority of those
17    members present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise
18    specified with respect to a particular House Rule, for
19    purposes of determining the number of members present and
20    voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be
21    counted.
22        (12) Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that
23    group of Representatives from the numerically strongest
24    political party in the House.
25        (13) Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those
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1    Representatives authorized under these Rules to be
2    appointed to a committee.
3        (14) Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those
4    elected" means a majority of the total number of
5    Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
6    regardless of the number of elected or appointed
7    Representatives actually serving in office. So long as 118
8    Representatives are entitled to be elected to the House,
9    "majority of those elected" means 60 affirmative votes; 71
10    affirmative votes means three-fifths of the members
11    elected; and 79 affirmative votes means two-thirds of the
12    members elected.
13        (15) Member. "Member" means a Representative. Where
14    the context so requires, "member" may also mean a Senator
15    of the Illinois Senate.
16        (16) Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the
17    total number of Representatives authorized under these
18    Rules to be appointed to a committee.
19        (17) Members Elected. "Members elected" means the 118
20    Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
21    regardless of the number of elected or appointed
22    Representatives actually serving in office.
23        (18) Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that
24    group of Representatives from the second numerically
25    strongest political party in the House.
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1    Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
2        (20) Minority Spokesperson. "Minority spokesperson"
3    means that Representative designated by the Minority
4    Leader to serve as the minority spokesperson of a
5    committee.
6        (21) Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means
7    the convening of the House, pursuant to the scheduling of
8    the Speaker, for purposes consistent with Rule 28.
9        (22) Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that
10    Representative serving as the presiding officer of the
11    House, whether that Representative is the Speaker or
12    another Representative designated by the Speaker under
13    Rule 4.
14        (23) Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the
15    first listed House sponsor of any legislative measure; with
16    respect to a committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it
17    means the Chairperson of the committee or the
18    Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
19        (24) Record Vote. "Record vote" means a vote by ayes
20    and nays entered on the journal.
21        (25) Representative. "Representative" means any duly
22    elected or duly appointed Illinois State Representative,
23    and means the same as "member".
24        (26) Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General
25    Assembly.
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1    elected as provided in Rule 1.
2        (28) Term. "Term" means the 2-year term of a General
3    Assembly.
4        (29) Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that
5    Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
6    Vice-Chairperson of a committee.
7(Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)