Full Text of SR0164 96th General Assembly
SR0164 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Senate Rules of the | 4 |
| 96th General Assembly are amended by changing Rules 2-2, 3-1, | 5 |
| and 3-8 as follows:
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| (Senate Rule 2-2)
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| 2-2. Election of the President.
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| (a) Prior to the election of the
President, the Governor | 9 |
| shall convene the Senate, designate a Temporary
Secretary of | 10 |
| the Senate, and preside during the nomination and election of | 11 |
| the
President. As the first item of business each day prior to | 12 |
| the election of the
President, the Governor shall order the | 13 |
| Temporary Secretary to call the roll of
the members to | 14 |
| establish the presence of a quorum as required by the
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| Constitution. If a majority of those elected are not present, | 16 |
| the Senate shall
stand adjourned until the hour of 12:00 noon | 17 |
| on the next calendar day,
excepting weekends and official State | 18 |
| Holidays . If a quorum of members is present, the Governor shall | 19 |
| then
call for nominations of members for the Office of | 20 |
| President. All such
nominations shall require a second. When | 21 |
| the nominations are completed, the
Governor shall direct the | 22 |
| Temporary Secretary to call the roll of the members
to elect | 23 |
| the President.
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| (b) The election of the President shall require the | 2 |
| affirmative vote of a
majority of those elected. Debate shall | 3 |
| not be in order following nominations
and preceding or during | 4 |
| the vote, and Senators may not explain their vote on
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| election of the President.
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| (c) No bills may be considered and no committees may be | 7 |
| appointed or meet
prior to the election of the President.
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| (d) When a vacancy in the Office of President occurs, the | 9 |
| foregoing
procedure shall be employed to elect a new President; | 10 |
| however, when the
Governor is of a political party other than | 11 |
| that of the majority caucus,
the Assistant Majority Leader | 12 |
| having the greatest seniority of service in the
Senate shall | 13 |
| preside
during the nomination and election of the successor | 14 |
| President. No legislative
measures, other than such | 15 |
| nominations and election, may be considered by the
Senate | 16 |
| during a vacancy in the Office of President.
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| (Source: S.R. 2, 96th G.A.)
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| (Senate Rule 3-1)
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| 3-1. Committees.
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| (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | 21 |
| committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | 22 |
| by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
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| subcommittees created by standing committees or by special |
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| committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | 2 |
| subcommittees.
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| (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | 4 |
| Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | 5 |
| provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | 6 |
| all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | 7 |
| minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | 8 |
| other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | 9 |
| accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | 10 |
| President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | 11 |
| members shall become final upon the
President filing with the | 12 |
| Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
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| (c) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 14 |
| to call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | 15 |
| measures that are assigned to the committee
shall be taken up, | 16 |
| order the roll call vote to be taken on each
legislative | 17 |
| measure called for a vote, preserve order and decorum during
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| committee meetings, assign legislative measures to special | 19 |
| subcommittees of the parent committee, jointly sign and issue | 20 |
| subpoenas with the President, and implement and supervise the | 21 |
| business of the committee.
The
Vice-Chairperson of a committee | 22 |
| may preside over its meetings in the absence or
at
the
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| direction of the Chairperson.
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| (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chairperson or | 2 |
| Minority Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a | 3 |
| member resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | 4 |
| Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | 5 |
| shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
Absent | 6 |
| concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as otherwise | 7 |
| provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a committee | 8 |
| shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the remainder of the | 9 |
| term. Replacement members shall be of the same caucus
as that | 10 |
| of the member who resigns, and shall be appointed by the
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| President or Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the
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| resigning member. In the case of vacancies on special | 13 |
| subcommittees that were
created by committees, the parent | 14 |
| committee shall fill the vacancy by motion.
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| (e) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 16 |
| to call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | 17 |
| the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(19). Except as | 18 |
| otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings | 19 |
| shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11.
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| (Source: S.R. 2, 96th G.A.)
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| (Senate Rule 3-8)
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| 3-8. Referrals to Committees.
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| (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall,
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| been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically
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| to the Committee on Assignments, which may thereafter refer any | 2 |
| bill
before it to a committee. The Committee on Assignments may | 3 |
| refer any
resolution before it to a committee. No bill or | 4 |
| resolution may be
referred to a
committee except pursuant to | 5 |
| this Rule or Rule 7-17. A standing
or special committee may | 6 |
| refer a matter pending in that committee to a special
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| subcommittee of
that committee.
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| (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | 9 |
| action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | 10 |
| with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee | 11 |
| on Assignments. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or | 12 |
| conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | 13 |
| unless approved
for consideration by the
Committee on | 14 |
| Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for | 15 |
| consideration to the
Senate any floor amendment, joint
action | 16 |
| motion for final action, or conference committee report that: | 17 |
| (i)
consists of language that has previously been
favorably | 18 |
| reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of | 19 |
| technical or
clarifying language; or (iii) consists of
language | 20 |
| deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an emergency | 21 |
| nature, of
substantial importance to the operation of | 22 |
| government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The Committee | 23 |
| on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint action
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| motion for final action, or conference committee report to a | 25 |
| committee
for
its review and consideration (in those instances, |
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| and notwithstanding any other
provision of these Senate Rules, | 2 |
| the committee may
hold a hearing on and consider those | 3 |
| legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
advance notice). Any | 4 |
| floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
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| conference committee report that is not
approved for | 6 |
| consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, and | 7 |
| is attempted
to be acted upon by a committee shall be out of | 8 |
| order, except as provided for
under
Rule 8-4.
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| (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 10 |
| bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 11 |
| from which the bill was reported (or to another standing | 12 |
| committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon | 13 |
| adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day | 14 |
| following the day on which the floor amendment was filed, | 15 |
| unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor | 16 |
| amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor | 17 |
| amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate | 18 |
| for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before | 19 |
| the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject of | 20 |
| appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on | 21 |
| Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor | 22 |
| amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the | 23 |
| underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a | 24 |
| determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the | 25 |
| Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the |
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| floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 2 |
| floor amendment to any other committee.
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| (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | 4 |
| Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Committee on | 5 |
| Assignments. No committee amendment may be
considered by a | 6 |
| committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
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| committee by the
Committee on Assignments. Any committee | 8 |
| amendment referred by the
Committee on Assignments shall be | 9 |
| referred
to the committee before which the underlying bill or | 10 |
| resolution is
pending.
Any committee amendment that is not | 11 |
| referred by the
Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is | 12 |
| attempted to be acted upon by a committee
shall be out of | 13 |
| order.
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| (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 15 |
| bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 16 |
| to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of the Senate | 17 |
| on the third regular session day following the day on which the | 18 |
| committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the Committee on | 19 |
| Assignments referred the committee amendment to the standing | 20 |
| committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) the bill is no | 21 |
| longer pending before the committee; (iii) the committee | 22 |
| amendment deals with the subject of appropriations or State | 23 |
| revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has determined by | 24 |
| a majority vote that the committee amendment substantively |
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| alters the nature and scope of the underlying bill. If the | 2 |
| Committee on Assignments makes a determination under item (iv) | 3 |
| of this subsection, then the Committee on Assignments may, in | 4 |
| its discretion, (A) refer both the bill and the committee | 5 |
| amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 6 |
| committee amendment to any other committee. | 7 |
| (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer a | 8 |
| legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | 9 |
| Whole or to any other committee.
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| (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 11 |
| Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments | 12 |
| shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing | 13 |
| committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge | 14 |
| motion for that bill that is signed by no less than | 15 |
| three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | 16 |
| caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion is | 17 |
| a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to bills | 18 |
| dealing with the subject of appropriations or State revenue. | 19 |
| (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 20 |
| the members
elected.
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| (Source: S.R. 2, 96th G.A.)
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