Full Text of SR1201 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate | 4 | | of the 101st General Assembly are amended by changing Rules | 5 | | 3-1, 3-4, and 4-1 as follows:
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 3-1)
| 7 | | 3-1. Committees.
| 8 | | (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | 9 | | committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | 10 | | by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special | 11 | | subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | 12 | | committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | 13 | | subcommittees.
| 14 | | (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | 15 | | Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | 16 | | provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | 17 | | all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | 18 | | minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | 19 | | other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | 20 | | accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | 21 | | President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | 22 | | members shall become final upon the
President filing with the |
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| 1 | | Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
| 2 | | (c) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 3 | | to call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | 4 | | measures that are assigned to the committee
shall be taken up, | 5 | | order the roll call vote to be taken on each
legislative | 6 | | measure called for a vote, preserve order and decorum during
| 7 | | committee meetings, assign legislative measures to special | 8 | | subcommittees of the parent committee, jointly sign and issue | 9 | | subpoenas with the President, and implement and supervise the | 10 | | business of the committee.
The
Vice-Chairperson of a committee | 11 | | may preside over its meetings in the absence or
at
the
| 12 | | direction of the Chairperson.
| 13 | | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chairperson or | 14 | | Minority Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a | 15 | | member resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | 16 | | Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | 17 | | shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
Absent | 18 | | concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as otherwise | 19 | | provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a committee | 20 | | shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the remainder of the | 21 | | term. Replacement members shall be of the same caucus
as that | 22 | | of the member who resigns, and shall be appointed by the
| 23 | | President or Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the
| 24 | | resigning member. In the case of vacancies on special |
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| 1 | | subcommittees that were
created by committees, any vacancy | 2 | | shall be filled pursuant to the motion adopted to create the | 3 | | subcommittee but if the motion does not specify how a vacancy | 4 | | is filled then the parent committee shall fill the vacancy by | 5 | | motion.
| 6 | | (e) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 7 | | to call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | 8 | | the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(19). Except as | 9 | | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings | 10 | | shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11.
| 11 | | (f) The President, in consultation with the Minority | 12 | | Leader, may establish a process by which Senators and members | 13 | | of the public may participate remotely in hearings for standing | 14 | | committees, special committees, subcommittees or special | 15 | | subcommittees, and service committees. | 16 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
| 17 | | (Senate Rule 3-4)
| 18 | | 3-4. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the | 19 | | Senate are as
follows:
| 20 | | AGRICULTURE
| 21 | | APPROPRIATIONS I
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| 1 | | APPROPRIATIONS II
| 2 | | COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | 3 | | CRIMINAL LAW
| 4 | | EDUCATION
| 5 | | ENERGY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
| 6 | | ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
| 7 | | GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS
| 8 | | EXECUTIVE
| 9 | | EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
| 10 | | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
| 11 | | GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND PENSIONS | 12 | | HUMAN SERVICES
| 13 | | HIGHER EDUCATION
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| 1 | | INSURANCE
| 2 | | JUDICIARY
| 3 | | LABOR
| 4 | | LICENSED ACTIVITIES
| 5 | | LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| 6 | | PENSIONS
| 7 | | PUBLIC HEALTH
| 8 | | REVENUE
| 9 | | STATE GOVERNMENT
| 10 | | TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 11 | | TRANSPORTATION
| 12 | | VETERANS AFFAIRS | 13 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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| 1 | | (Senate Rule 4-1)
| 2 | | 4-1. Sessions of the Senate.
| 3 | | (a) The Senate shall be deemed in session
whenever it | 4 | | convenes in perfunctory session, regular session, veto | 5 | | session, or
special session. Members shall be entitled to per | 6 | | diem expense reimbursements
only on those regular, veto, and | 7 | | special session days that they are in
attendance at the Senate. | 8 | | Attendance by members is not required or
recorded during | 9 | | perfunctory sessions.
| 10 | | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled with | 11 | | notice by the
President in accordance with Rule 2-10. Special | 12 | | session days
shall be scheduled in accordance with the | 13 | | Constitution and laws of Illinois.
| 14 | | (c) The President, at his or her discretion, may schedule | 15 | | perfunctory
sessions
during which the Secretary may read into | 16 | | the Senate record any
legislative measure. Properly convened | 17 | | committees may meet and may consider
and act upon legislative | 18 | | measures during a perfunctory
session, and the Secretary may | 19 | | receive and read committee reports into the
Senate record | 20 | | during a perfunctory session. Excepting any automatic referral
| 21 | | provisions of these Senate Rules, no action may be taken by the
| 22 | | Senate with
respect to a legislative measure during a | 23 | | perfunctory session.
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| 1 | | (d) The President may also schedule perfunctory sessions | 2 | | for the purpose
of affording those members designated by the | 3 | | President and Minority Leader an
opportunity to negotiate with | 4 | | respect to any unfinished business of the Senate
without | 5 | | necessitating the presence of all members and the related costs | 6 | | to
Illinois taxpayers. | 7 | | (e) In times of pestilence or public danger, the Senate may | 8 | | adopt a motion to allow a member to remotely participate and | 9 | | vote in the regular and special sessions of the Senate, | 10 | | provided that at all times a quorum of members is physically | 11 | | present at the location of session.
| 12 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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