Full Text of HR0452 96th General Assembly
HR0452 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 |
| the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-Sixth | 5 |
| General Assembly are amended by changing House Rules 18 and 22 | 6 |
| as follows:
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| (House Rule 18)
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| 18. Referrals to Committees.
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| (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being
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| read by the Clerk, are automatically referred
to the Rules | 11 |
| Committee.
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| (b) The During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee
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| shall thereafter refer any such bill before it to a
standing | 14 |
| committee or a special committee within 3 legislative days, | 15 |
| provided that referral shall not be required for a House bill | 16 |
| that is introduced after the introduction deadline for House | 17 |
| bills or a Senate bill that is referred to the Rules Committee | 18 |
| after the deadline for House committee consideration of Senate | 19 |
| bills. During
even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall | 20 |
| refer to
a standing committee or a special committee only | 21 |
| appropriation bills
implementing the budget and bills deemed by | 22 |
| the Rules
Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority | 23 |
| appointed, to be of an
emergency nature or to be of
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| importance to the operation of government.
This subsection (b) | 2 |
| applies equally to House Bills
and Senate Bills introduced into | 3 |
| or received by the House.
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| (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee | 5 |
| may refer bills to a joint committee of the House and Senate | 6 |
| created by joint resolution. That joint committee shall report | 7 |
| back to the Rules Committee any recommendation for action made | 8 |
| by that joint committee. The Rules committee may, at any time, | 9 |
| however, refer the bill to a standing or special committee of | 10 |
| the House. | 11 |
| (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a | 12 |
| subject matter
or a legislative measure pending in that | 13 |
| committee to a subcommittee of that
committee.
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| (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
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| standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a | 16 |
| standing
committee or a special committee under Rule 58, shall | 17 |
| be referred to the House
and placed on the appropriate order of | 18 |
| business, which shall
appear on the daily calendar. All | 19 |
| legislative measures, except bills or
resolutions on the | 20 |
| Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
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| status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
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| amendments,
so referred are automatically assigned standard | 23 |
| debate status, subject to
Rule 52.
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| (e) All floor amendments, joint action motions
for final | 25 |
| action, conference committee reports, and motions to table | 26 |
| committee
amendments, upon
filing with the Clerk, are |
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| automatically referred to the Rules
Committee. The Rules | 2 |
| Committee may refer any floor amendment, joint
action motion | 3 |
| for final action, conference committee report, or motion to | 4 |
| table
a committee amendment
to the House or to a standing | 5 |
| committee or a special committee
for its review and | 6 |
| consideration (in those instances, and notwithstanding
any | 7 |
| other provision of these Rules, the standing committee
or | 8 |
| special committee may hold a hearing
on and consider those | 9 |
| legislative measures pursuant to
a one-hour advance notice). | 10 |
| Any floor amendment, joint action motion for final
action, | 11 |
| conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | 12 |
| amendment
that is not referred to the House by, or discharged | 13 |
| from, the Rules
Committee
is out of order, except that any | 14 |
| floor amendment, joint
action
motion for final action, | 15 |
| conference committee report, or motion to table a
committee | 16 |
| amendment favorably reported
by, or discharged from, a standing | 17 |
| committee or a special committee is deemed referred to
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| House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All | 19 |
| joint action
motions for final action, conference committee | 20 |
| reports and motions to table
committee amendments so referred | 21 |
| are
automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
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| Rule 52.
Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule | 23 |
| are automatically
assigned amendment debate status.
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| (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or
re-refer a | 25 |
| legislative measure from a committee to a
Committee of the | 26 |
| Whole or to any other committee.
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| (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules
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| Committee only by unanimous consent of the House. Any bill
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| discharged from the Rules Committee shall be placed on the
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| order of Second Reading and assigned standard debate status, | 5 |
| subject to
Rule 52.
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| (h) Except for those provisions that require unanimous
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| consent, this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative | 8 |
| vote of 71
members elected.
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| (Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
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| (House Rule 22)
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| 22. Committee Procedure.
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| (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
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| referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may | 14 |
| make with
respect to that legislative
measure one of the | 15 |
| following reports to the House or to the
parent committee, as | 16 |
| appropriate:
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| (1) that the bill "do pass";
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| (2) that the bill "do not pass";
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| (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
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| (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
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| (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
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| (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
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| (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
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| (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
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| (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, |
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| conference committee
report, or motion to table a committee | 2 |
| amendment referred by the Rules
Committee "be adopted";
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| (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | 4 |
| conference
committee report, or motion to table a committee | 5 |
| amendment referred by the
Rules Committee "be not adopted";
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| (11) "without recommendation"; or
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| (12) "tabled".
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| If a legislative measure has at least 16 co-sponsors, then | 9 |
| the committee must consider it and must make one of the | 10 |
| foregoing reports to the House. | 11 |
| Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
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| concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All
legislative | 13 |
| measures reported "do pass", "do pass as
amended", "be | 14 |
| adopted", or "be adopted as amended"
are favorably reported to | 15 |
| the House.
Except as otherwise provided by these Rules,
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| legislative measure referred or re-referred to a
committee and | 17 |
| not reported under this Rule shall
remain in that committee.
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| (b) No bill or committee amendment that provides for an | 19 |
| appropriation of
money from the State Treasury may be | 20 |
| considered by an Appropriations Committee
unless the bill or | 21 |
| committee amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
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| department, office, or institution; this provision does not | 23 |
| apply to floor
amendments, joint action motions, or conference | 24 |
| committee reports.
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| No bill that provides for an appropriation
of money from | 26 |
| the State Treasury may be
considered for passage by the House |
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| unless it has first
been favorably reported by an | 2 |
| Appropriations
Committee or:
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| (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
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| Committee under Rule 58;
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| (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
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| majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee;
or
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| (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
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| (c) The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson | 9 |
| from the majority
caucus of a standing or special committee, | 10 |
| shall keep, or
cause to be kept by the Clerk's Office, a record | 11 |
| in which there shall be entered:
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| (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
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| committee.
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| (2) The attendance of committee members at each | 15 |
| meeting.
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| (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
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| legislative measures acted on by the committee.
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| (4) The "Record of Committee Witness" forms executed by
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| each person appearing or registering in each
committee | 20 |
| meeting, which shall include
identification of the | 21 |
| witness, the person, group, or
firm represented by | 22 |
| appearance and the capacity
in which the representation is | 23 |
| made (if the person
is representing someone other than | 24 |
| himself or
herself), his or her position on the legislation
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| under consideration, and the nature of his or her
desired | 26 |
| testimony.
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| (5) An audio recording of the proceedings.
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| (6) Such additional information as may be requested by
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| the Clerk.
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| (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from | 5 |
| the majority
caucus
of a standing or special committee, shall | 6 |
| file with the Clerk,
along with every legislative measure | 7 |
| reported upon, a written report containing
such information as | 8 |
| required by the
Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and | 9 |
| procedures
with respect to the preparation, filing, and | 10 |
| maintenance of
the reports.
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| (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative
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| pending before it to the House, or when a committee
fails to | 13 |
| hold a public hearing on a legislative measure
pending before | 14 |
| it, the exclusive means to bring that
legislative measure | 15 |
| directly before the House for its
consideration is as provided | 16 |
| in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
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| (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a | 18 |
| standing committee
or special
committee in the absence of the | 19 |
| Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the
committee | 20 |
| Minority Spokesperson, or a chief
co-sponsor may present a bill | 21 |
| or resolution in committee with the approval of
the Principal | 22 |
| Sponsor when the committee consents.
In the case of standing or | 23 |
| special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different | 24 |
| political
parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson | 25 |
| from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means | 26 |
| the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus.
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| may not be suspended.
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| (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions | 3 |
| are renewable, provided that no
bill or resolution may be voted | 4 |
| on more than
twice in any committee on motions to report the | 5 |
| bill or
resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by | 6 |
| which
the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
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| resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed
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| receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record
votes | 9 |
| shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
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| unfavorable recommendation.
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| (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
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| by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was | 13 |
| favorably
reported by a three-fifths vote of the members | 14 |
| present and voting, including those voting "present".
Bills and | 15 |
| resolutions receiving favorable reports may be
placed upon the | 16 |
| Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
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| (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 18 |
| of 71 members
elected.
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| (Source: H.R. 45, 96th G.A.)
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