HB4080 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 18428 RJF 26402 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4080

Introduced 5/13/2021, by Rep. Adam Niemerg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

25 ILCS 10/25 new

Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that the wearing of masks shall not be required for any member of the House of Representatives, or the staff thereof, while present on the floor of the House of Representatives. Provides that any such rule or provision of law mandating the wearing of masks on the floor of the House of Representatives is void. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended by adding Section 25 as follows:

(25 ILCS 10/25 new)

Sec. 25. House chamber mask mandate prohibition. Notwithstanding any rule or provision of law to the contrary, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the wearing of masks shall not be required for any member of the House of Representatives, or the staff thereof, while present on the floor of the House of Representatives. Any such rule or provision of law mandating the wearing of masks on the floor of the House of Representatives as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly is void.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.