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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 98th General | 5 | | Assembly are amended by changing Rules 4, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, | 6 | | 21, 22, 28, 31, 37, 37.5, 40, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 75, and 102 | 7 | | and by adding Rules 42.1 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 | 11 | | by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any
motions or | 12 | | resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the House and | 13 | | Senate.
| 14 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker is the
| 15 | | chief administrative officer of the House and has
those powers | 16 | | necessary to carry out those functions. The
Speaker may | 17 | | delegate 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 | 13 | | of 71 members
elected.
| 14 | | (House Rule 9)
| 15 | | 9. Schedule.
| 16 | | (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule
of | 17 | | days on which the House shall convene in regular,
perfunctory, | 18 | | and veto session, with that schedule subject to
revision at the | 19 | | discretion of the Speaker.
| 20 | | (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines
at his | 21 | | or her discretion for any action on any
category of legislative | 22 | | measure as the Speaker deems
appropriate, including deadlines | 23 | | for the following
legislative actions:
| 24 | | (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | 25 | | Reference
Bureau.
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| 1 | | (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
| 2 | | (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to | 3 | | report
House bills, except House appropriation bills.
| 4 | | (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to | 5 | | report
House appropriation bills.
| 6 | | (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House | 7 | | bills,
except House appropriation bills.
| 8 | | (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
| 9 | | appropriation bills.
| 10 | | (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to | 11 | | report
Senate appropriation bills.
| 12 | | (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to | 13 | | report
Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
| 14 | | (9) Final day for special committees to report to the | 15 | | House.
| 16 | | (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
| 17 | | appropriation bills.
| 18 | | (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | 19 | | bills,
except appropriation bills.
| 20 | | (12) Final day for consideration of joint action | 21 | | motions and conference
committee reports.
| 22 | | Deadlines do not apply to legislative measures on the | 23 | | Petition Calendar. | 24 | | (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary | 25 | | deadlines for
legislative action during any special session of | 26 | | the House.
The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business |
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| 1 | | or a
Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and | 2 | | approximate time at which
specific
legislative measures may be | 3 | | considered by the House. The Weekly Order of
Business or Daily | 4 | | Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the
Speaker | 5 | | with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of
| 6 | | business for the amount of time necessary for its completion. | 7 | | Nothing in this
Rule , however, limits the Speaker's or | 8 | | Presiding Officer's powers under Rule
4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a) ; | 9 | | however, this Rule is subject to the limitations of Rule 31 .
| 10 | | (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those | 11 | | deadlines,
are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
| 12 | | the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
| 13 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 14 | | of 71 members
elected.
| 15 | | (House Rule 15)
| 16 | | 15. Rules Committee.
| 17 | | (a) The Rules Committee is created as a permanent | 18 | | committee.
The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members,
3 | 19 | | appointed by the Speaker and 2
appointed by the Minority | 20 | | Leader. The
Speaker and the Minority Leader are each eligible | 21 | | to be
appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may
| 22 | | conduct business when a majority of the total
number of its | 23 | | members has been appointed.
| 24 | | (b) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee
| 25 | | shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority
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| 1 | | caucus members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority
| 2 | | Leader. Appointments shall be by notice filed with
the Clerk, | 3 | | and shall be effective for the balance of the term
or until a | 4 | | replacement appointment is made, whichever
first occurs. | 5 | | Appointments take effect upon filing with
the Clerk, regardless | 6 | | of whether the House is in
session. Notwithstanding any other | 7 | | provision of these
Rules, any Representative who is replaced on | 8 | | the Rules
Committee may be re-appointed to the Rules Committee | 9 | | without
concurrence of the House.
| 10 | | (c) The Rules Committee shall not consider or conduct a | 11 | | hearing with respect to a subject matter or a legislative | 12 | | measure absent notice first being given as follows: | 13 | | (1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of | 14 | | any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, | 15 | | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | 16 | | amendment. | 17 | | (2) Seventy-two hours advance notice to consider the | 18 | | referral of bills to committees of the House or joint | 19 | | committees of the House and Senate. | 20 | | (3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held | 21 | | for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this | 22 | | subsection (c). | 23 | | (c-1) The Chairperson of the Rules Committee shall post the | 24 | | notice required under subsection (c) on the House bulletin | 25 | | board identifying each subject matter and each legislative | 26 | | measure that may be considered during the hearing. The notice |
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| 1 | | shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing. This | 2 | | subsection may not be suspended. | 3 | | (c-2) The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of | 4 | | subsection (c) of this Rule may be reduced to a one-hour | 5 | | advance notice upon the adoption of a motion by 71 members | 6 | | elected. The posting requirement of item (1) of subsection (c) | 7 | | of this Rule may not be suspended.
Notice requirements for | 8 | | hearings may be suspended only as authorized by this | 9 | | subsection, and no hearing shall be conducted with less than a | 10 | | one-hour advance notice. This subsection may not be suspended. | 11 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Rules, the Rules | 12 | | Committee may meet upon reasonable public
notice that includes | 13 | | a statement of the subjects to be
considered. All legislative | 14 | | measures pending before the
Rules Committee are eligible for | 15 | | consideration at any
of its meetings, and all of those | 16 | | legislative measures are
deemed posted for hearing by the Rules | 17 | | Committee for all of
its meetings.
| 18 | | (d) Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed,
the | 19 | | Rules Committee may advance any legislative measure
pending | 20 | | before it to the House, without referral to another committee; | 21 | | except that (i)
the Rules Committee , however, shall not so | 22 | | report any bill that has
never been favorably reported by or | 23 | | discharged from a standing committee or a special committee of | 24 | | the House or recommended for action by a joint committee of the | 25 | | House and Senate and (ii) a two-thirds vote of those appointed | 26 | | to the Rules Committee shall be required to refer to the House |
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| 1 | | any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, | 2 | | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | 3 | | amendment . A bill advanced to the House shall be placed on the | 4 | | Daily Calendar on the order on which it appeared before it was | 5 | | re-referred to the Rules Committee. Notwithstanding any other | 6 | | provision of these Rules, a floor amendment, joint action | 7 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report | 8 | | advanced to the House by the Rules Committee may be considered | 9 | | for adoption no sooner than one hour after the Clerk announces | 10 | | the report of the Rules Committee referring such a legislative | 11 | | measure to the House.
| 12 | | (e) Except for those provisions that cannot be suspended, | 13 | | this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | 14 | | 71
members elected.
| 15 | | (House Rule 16)
| 16 | | 16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
| 17 | | (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and | 18 | | resolutions
considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this | 19 | | Rule, after being initially read
by the
Clerk, shall be ordered | 20 | | reproduced and automatically referred to the Rules
Committee, | 21 | | which may thereafter refer any resolution
before it to the | 22 | | House or to a standing committee or special committee. No
| 23 | | resolution, except adjournment resolutions and resolutions | 24 | | considered under
subsection (b) or (c) of this Rule or Rule | 25 | | 42.1 , may be considered by the House
unless (i) referred to the |
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| 1 | | House by the Rules Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably | 2 | | reported by a
standing committee or special committee, (iii) | 3 | | authorized under Article XII, or (iv) discharged from committee | 4 | | pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. An adjournment resolution is | 5 | | subject
to Rule 66.
| 6 | | (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death | 7 | | resolution for consideration by the
House. The Principal | 8 | | Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
| 9 | | reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of | 10 | | the Speaker, to
offset the actual cost of producing the | 11 | | congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may
be paid from | 12 | | the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General | 13 | | Assembly
Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to | 14 | | the member.
Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority | 15 | | Leader, congratulatory or death
resolutions may be immediately | 16 | | considered and adopted by the House
without referral to the | 17 | | Rules Committee , unless a member removes a resolution from | 18 | | consideration under this subsection (b) by filing an objection | 19 | | with the Clerk before the vote of the House. Any resolution | 20 | | that is removed under this subsection (b) shall be | 21 | | automatically referred to the Rules Committee and shall be | 22 | | eligible for consideration under subsection (a) . The remaining | 23 | | Those resolutions , not removed from consideration under this | 24 | | subsection (b), may be adopted as a
group by a single motion. | 25 | | Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be
entered on the | 26 | | Journal only by number, sponsorship, and subject. The
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| 1 | | provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor | 2 | | to pay a
reasonable fee may not be suspended.
| 3 | | (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the | 4 | | General Assembly
and
former
constitutional officers, upon | 5 | | introduction, may be immediately considered by
the House | 6 | | without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions | 7 | | shall be
entered on the Journal in full.
| 8 | | (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor
issued | 9 | | under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution,
upon being read | 10 | | into the record by the Clerk, are
automatically referred to the | 11 | | Rules Committee for its
referral to a standing committee or a | 12 | | special committee, which may
issue a recommendation to the | 13 | | House with respect to the
Executive Order. The House may | 14 | | disapprove of an
Executive Order only by resolution adopted by | 15 | | a majority of
those elected; no such resolution is in order | 16 | | until a
standing committee or a special committee has reported | 17 | | to the House on the
executive reorganization, or until the | 18 | | Executive Order has
been discharged under Rule 58.
| 19 | | (House Rule 18)
| 20 | | 18. Referrals to Committees.
| 21 | | (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being
initially | 22 | | read by the Clerk, are automatically referred
to the Rules | 23 | | Committee.
| 24 | | (b) During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee
shall | 25 | | thereafter refer any such bill before it to a
standing |
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| 1 | | committee or a special committee within 3 legislative days, | 2 | | provided that referral shall not be required for a House bill | 3 | | that is introduced after the introduction deadline for House | 4 | | bills or a Senate bill that is referred to the Rules Committee | 5 | | after the deadline for House committee consideration of Senate | 6 | | bills. During
even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall | 7 | | refer to
a standing committee or a special committee only | 8 | | appropriation bills
implementing the budget and bills deemed by | 9 | | the Rules
Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority | 10 | | appointed, to be of an
emergency nature or to be of
substantial | 11 | | importance to the operation of government.
This subsection (b) | 12 | | applies equally to House Bills
and Senate Bills introduced into | 13 | | or received by the House.
| 14 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee | 15 | | may refer bills to a joint committee of the House and Senate | 16 | | created by joint resolution. That joint committee shall report | 17 | | back to the Rules Committee any recommendation for action made | 18 | | by that joint committee. The Rules committee may, at any time, | 19 | | however, refer the bill to a standing or special committee of | 20 | | the House. | 21 | | (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a | 22 | | subject matter
or a legislative measure pending in that | 23 | | committee to a subcommittee of that
committee.
| 24 | | (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
| 25 | | standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a | 26 | | standing
committee or a special committee under Rule 58, shall |
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| 1 | | be referred to the House
and placed on the appropriate order of | 2 | | business, which shall
appear on the daily calendar. All | 3 | | legislative measures, except bills or
resolutions on the | 4 | | Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
| 5 | | status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
| 6 | | amendments,
so referred are automatically assigned standard | 7 | | debate status, subject to
Rule 52.
| 8 | | (e) All committee amendments, floor amendments, joint | 9 | | action motions
for final action, conference committee reports, | 10 | | and motions to table committee
amendments, upon
filing with the | 11 | | Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules
Committee. The | 12 | | Rules Committee may refer any committee amendment to the | 13 | | standing committee or the special committee to which the bill | 14 | | or resolution it amends has been referred for its review and | 15 | | consideration, provided the committee amendment is filed no | 16 | | later than 3:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting at which | 17 | | that bill or resolution may be considered. "Business day" does | 18 | | not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal holidays | 19 | | unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office is | 20 | | otherwise open to the public on that day. The Rules Committee | 21 | | may refer any floor amendment, joint
action motion for final | 22 | | action, conference committee report, or motion to table
a | 23 | | committee amendment
to the House or to a standing committee or | 24 | | a special committee
for its review and consideration (in those | 25 | | instances, and notwithstanding
any other provision of these | 26 | | Rules, the standing committee
or special committee may hold a |
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| 1 | | hearing
on and consider those legislative measures pursuant to
| 2 | | a two-hour advance notice given no later than the calendar day | 3 | | before the date of the hearing , and referrals to the House | 4 | | shall be subject to the notice requirements of Rule 15(d)). Any | 5 | | committee amendment, floor amendment, joint action motion for | 6 | | final
action, conference committee report, or motion to table a | 7 | | committee amendment
that is not referred to the House by, or | 8 | | discharged from, the Rules
Committee
is out of order, except | 9 | | that any floor amendment, joint
action
motion for final action, | 10 | | conference committee report, or motion to table a
committee | 11 | | amendment favorably reported
by, or discharged from, a standing | 12 | | committee or a special committee is deemed referred to
the | 13 | | House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All | 14 | | joint action
motions for final action, conference committee | 15 | | reports and motions to table
committee amendments so referred | 16 | | are
automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
| 17 | | Rule 52.
Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule | 18 | | are automatically
assigned amendment debate status.
| 19 | | (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or
re-refer | 20 | | any a legislative measure , except a committee amendment, from a | 21 | | committee to a
Committee of the Whole or to any other | 22 | | committee. When a bill or resolution is re-referred to a | 23 | | committee pursuant to this Rule, any committee amendment for | 24 | | the bill or resolution pending in committee with the bill or | 25 | | resolution shall be automatically re-referred with the bill or | 26 | | resolution.
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| 1 | | (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules | 2 | | Committee upon the affirmative vote of 71 members elected. Any | 3 | | bill or resolution discharged from the Rules Committee shall be | 4 | | placed on the appropriate order of business of the Petition | 5 | | Calendar as provided in Rule 42.1. Notwithstanding any other | 6 | | provision of these Rules, any bill pending before the Rules | 7 | | Committee shall be immediately discharged and referred to a | 8 | | standing committee, special committee, or order of the Daily | 9 | | Calendar, as provided in this Rule, if the Principal Sponsor of | 10 | | the bill files a motion that is signed by no less than | 11 | | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | 12 | | caucuses, provided each member signing the motion is a sponsor | 13 | | of the underlying bill subject to the motion and the motion | 14 | | specifies the appropriate standing committee, special | 15 | | committee, or order on the Daily Calendar to which the bill | 16 | | shall be referred. Such a motion shall be filed, in writing, | 17 | | with the Clerk. All other legislative measures may be | 18 | | discharged from the Rules Committee only by unanimous consent | 19 | | of the House. A bill or resolution discharged from the Rules | 20 | | Committee shall be referred as follows: (i) a bill or | 21 | | resolution that was not previously referred shall be referred | 22 | | to the standing committee or special committee designated on | 23 | | the motion, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; (ii) | 24 | | a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules Committee from a | 25 | | standing committee or special committee shall be re-referred to | 26 | | that committee, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; |
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| 1 | | and (iii) a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules | 2 | | Committee from Second Reading or Third Reading shall be | 3 | | re-referred to the proper order of business on the Daily | 4 | | Calendar, provided the bill or resolution shall be carried on | 5 | | the Daily Calendar for at least one legislative day prior to | 6 | | consideration by the House. Legislative measures, other than | 7 | | bills or resolutions, that are discharged from the Rules | 8 | | Committee shall be referred as follows: (i) an amendment, joint | 9 | | action motion for final action, or conference committee report | 10 | | shall be referred to the committee that considered the | 11 | | underlying bill or resolution and (ii) any other legislative | 12 | | measure shall be referred to the proper order of business on | 13 | | the Daily Calendar, provided the legislative measure shall be | 14 | | carried on the Daily Calendar for at least one legislative day | 15 | | prior to consideration by the House. Rulings of the Presiding | 16 | | Officer related to this subsection (g) may not be appealed. | 17 | | This subsection may not be suspended.
| 18 | | (h) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended, | 19 | | this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71
| 20 | | members elected.
| 21 | | (House Rule 19)
| 22 | | 19. Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
| 23 | | (a) All legislative measures that fail to meet
the | 24 | | applicable deadline established under Rule
9 for reporting to | 25 | | the House by a standing committee or a special committee,
for |
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| 1 | | Third Reading and passage, or for consideration of joint action | 2 | | motions and
conference committee reports are automatically
| 3 | | re-referred to the Rules Committee unless:
(i) the deadline has | 4 | | been suspended or revised by the Speaker,
with re-referral to | 5 | | the Rules Committee to occur if the bill
has not been reported | 6 | | to the House in accordance with a
revised deadline; or (ii) the | 7 | | Rules Committee has issued a
written exception to the Clerk | 8 | | with respect to a particular
bill before the reporting | 9 | | deadline, with re-referral
to occur, if at all, in accordance | 10 | | with the written
exception ; or (iii) the bill or resolution is | 11 | | pending before the House on the Petition Calendar . When a bill | 12 | | is re-referred to the Rules Committee after failure to meet the | 13 | | Third Reading deadline, any floor amendment to the bill | 14 | | remaining in a standing or special committee shall also be | 15 | | re-referred to the Rules Committee.
| 16 | | (b) All legislative measures pending before the House or
| 17 | | any of its committees are automatically re-referred to the | 18 | | Rules
Committee on the 31st consecutive day that the House has | 19 | | not
convened for session unless: (i) any deadline applicable to | 20 | | the bill or
resolution that has been designated by the Speaker | 21 | | under Rule 9 exceeds 31
days, with re-referral to occur, if at | 22 | | all, in accordance with that deadline;
(ii) this Rule is
| 23 | | suspended under Rule 67; or (iii) the Rules
Committee, by the | 24 | | affirmative vote of a majority appointed, issues a written
| 25 | | exception to the Clerk before that
31st day ; or (iv) the bill | 26 | | or resolution is pending before the House on the Petition |
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| 1 | | Calendar .
| 2 | | (House Rule 21)
| 3 | | 21. Notice.
| 4 | | (a) Except as provided in Rule 18(e) or unless
this Rule is | 5 | | suspended under Rule 67 or unless the Rules Committee by | 6 | | majority vote waives the notice requirement for a subject | 7 | | matter hearing of any committee, standing committees,
special | 8 | | committees, committees created under Article X of these Rules, | 9 | | and subcommittees of those committees shall not consider or | 10 | | conduct a hearing with respect
to a subject matter or a | 11 | | legislative measure absent notice first being given as
follows:
| 12 | | (1) The Chairperson of the committee, or the | 13 | | Co-Chairperson from the
majority caucus of a standing or | 14 | | special committee, shall, no later
than 6 days before any | 15 | | proposed hearing, post a
notice on the House bulletin board | 16 | | identifying each subject matter and each
legislative | 17 | | measure , other than a committee
amendment upon initial | 18 | | consideration under
Rule 40, that may be considered during | 19 | | that
hearing. Committee amendments filed no later than the | 20 | | deadline established in Rule 40 may be considered pursuant | 21 | | to two hours advance notice. The notice shall contain the | 22 | | day, hour, and
place of the hearing. Legislative measures | 23 | | and subject matters posted for hearing as provided in this | 24 | | item (1) may also be considered at any committee hearing | 25 | | re-convened following a recess of the committee for which |
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| 1 | | notice was posted, but only if the House has met or was | 2 | | scheduled to meet in regular, veto, or special session on | 3 | | each calendar day from the time of the original committee | 4 | | hearing to the re-convened committee hearing.
| 5 | | (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called
under | 6 | | Rule 15; meetings of the standing
committees and special | 7 | | committees to consider floor amendments,
joint action | 8 | | motions for final action consideration , conference | 9 | | committee reports, and
motions to table committee | 10 | | amendments
may be called under Rule 18.
| 11 | | (3) The Chairperson, or Co-Chairperson from the | 12 | | majority caucus of a standing or
special committee, shall, | 13 | | in advance of a committee
hearing, notify all Principal | 14 | | Sponsors of
legislative measures posted for that hearing of | 15 | | the
date, time, and place of hearing. When practical,
the | 16 | | Clerk shall include a notice of all scheduled
hearings, | 17 | | together with all posted bills and
resolutions, in the | 18 | | Daily Calendar of the House.
Regardless of whether a | 19 | | particular legislative
measure or subject matter has been | 20 | | posted for hearing, it is in
order for a committee during | 21 | | any of its meetings to
refer a subject matter or | 22 | | legislative measure pending before it to a
subcommittee of | 23 | | that committee.
| 24 | | (b) Other than the Rules Committee, no committee may meet | 25 | | during any session
of the House, and no commission created by | 26 | | Illinois law that has legislative
membership may meet during |
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| 2 | | (c) Each standing appropriations committee shall meet at | 3 | | least once during each month of the calendar year. When the | 4 | | House is not in session, each standing appropriations committee | 5 | | shall hold each month at least one hearing in Illinois at a | 6 | | location other than the City of Springfield or the City of | 7 | | Chicago. | 8 | | (d) (c) Regardless of whether notice has been
previously | 9 | | given, it is always in order for a committee
to table any | 10 | | legislative measure pending before it
when the Principal | 11 | | Sponsor so requests, subject to Rule 60.
| 12 | | (e) (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative | 13 | | vote of 71 members
elected, subject to Rule 25.
| 14 | | (House Rule 22)
| 15 | | 22. Committee Procedure.
| 16 | | (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
| 17 | | referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may | 18 | | make with
respect to that legislative
measure one of the | 19 | | following reports to the House or to the
parent committee, as | 20 | | appropriate:
| 21 | | (1) that the bill "do pass";
| 22 | | (2) that the bill "do not pass";
| 23 | | (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
| 24 | | (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
| 25 | | (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
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| 1 | | (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
| 2 | | (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
| 3 | | (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
| 4 | | (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | 5 | | conference committee
report, or motion to table a committee | 6 | | amendment referred by the Rules
Committee "be adopted";
| 7 | | (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | 8 | | conference
committee report, or motion to table a committee | 9 | | amendment referred by the
Rules Committee "be not adopted";
| 10 | | (11) "without recommendation"; or
| 11 | | (12) "tabled".
| 12 | | Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
| 13 | | concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All
legislative | 14 | | measures reported "do pass", "do pass as
amended", "be | 15 | | adopted", or "be adopted as amended"
are favorably reported to | 16 | | the House.
Except as otherwise provided by these Rules,
any | 17 | | legislative measure referred or re-referred to a
committee and | 18 | | not reported under this Rule shall
remain in that committee.
| 19 | | (b) No bill or committee amendment that provides for an | 20 | | appropriation of
money from the State Treasury may be | 21 | | considered by an Appropriations Committee
unless the bill or | 22 | | committee amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
| 23 | | department, office, or institution; this provision does not | 24 | | apply to floor
amendments, joint action motions, or conference | 25 | | committee reports.
| 26 | | No bill that provides for an appropriation
of money from |
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| 1 | | the State Treasury may be
considered for passage by the House | 2 | | unless it has first
been favorably reported by an | 3 | | Appropriations
Committee or:
| 4 | | (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
| 5 | | Committee under Rule 58;
| 6 | | (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
| 7 | | majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee;
or
| 8 | | (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
| 9 | | Standing appropriations committees shall conduct hearings | 10 | | for the purpose of reviewing (i) performance data compiled by | 11 | | departments of State government pursuant to Section 50-15 of | 12 | | the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | 13 | | Illinois and (ii) other performance data that is requested by | 14 | | the committees from departments of State government and other | 15 | | recipients of State appropriations. | 16 | | (c) The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson | 17 | | from the majority
caucus of a standing or special committee, | 18 | | shall keep, or
cause to be kept by the Clerk's Office, a record | 19 | | in which there shall be entered:
| 20 | | (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
| 21 | | committee.
| 22 | | (2) The attendance of committee members at each | 23 | | meeting.
| 24 | | (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
| 25 | | legislative measures acted on by the committee.
| 26 | | (4) The "Record of Committee Witness" forms executed by
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| 1 | | each person appearing or registering in each
committee | 2 | | meeting, which shall include
identification of the | 3 | | witness, the person, group, or
firm represented by | 4 | | appearance and the capacity
in which the representation is | 5 | | made (if the person
is representing someone other than | 6 | | himself or
herself), his or her position on the legislation
| 7 | | under consideration, and the nature of his or her
desired | 8 | | testimony.
| 9 | | (5) An audio recording of the proceedings.
| 10 | | (6) Such additional information as may be requested by
| 11 | | the Clerk.
| 12 | | (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from | 13 | | the majority
caucus
of a standing or special committee, shall | 14 | | file with the Clerk,
along with every legislative measure | 15 | | reported upon, a written report containing
such information as | 16 | | required by the
Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and | 17 | | procedures
with respect to the preparation, filing, and | 18 | | maintenance of
the reports.
| 19 | | (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative
measure | 20 | | pending before it to the House, or when a committee
fails to | 21 | | hold a public hearing on a legislative measure
pending before | 22 | | it, the exclusive means to bring that
legislative measure | 23 | | directly before the House for its
consideration is as provided | 24 | | in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
| 25 | | (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a | 26 | | standing committee
or special
committee in the absence of the |
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| 1 | | Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the
committee | 2 | | Minority Spokesperson, or a chief
co-sponsor may present a bill | 3 | | or resolution in committee with the approval of
the Principal | 4 | | Sponsor when the committee consents.
In the case of standing or | 5 | | special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different | 6 | | political
parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson | 7 | | from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means | 8 | | the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus.
This subsection | 9 | | may not be suspended.
| 10 | | (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions | 11 | | are renewable, provided that no
bill or resolution may be voted | 12 | | on more than
twice in any committee on motions to report the | 13 | | bill or
resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by | 14 | | which
the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
| 15 | | resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed
to | 16 | | receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record
votes | 17 | | shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
| 18 | | unfavorable recommendation.
| 19 | | (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
| 20 | | by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was | 21 | | favorably
reported by a three-fifths vote of the members | 22 | | present and voting, including those voting "present".
Bills and | 23 | | resolutions receiving favorable reports may be
placed upon the | 24 | | Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
| 25 | | (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 26 | | of 71 members
elected.
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| 1 | | (House Rule 28)
| 2 | | 28. Sessions of the House.
| 3 | | (a) The House is in session whenever it
convenes in | 4 | | perfunctory session, regular session, veto
session, special | 5 | | session, or joint session with the Senate. Members are entitled | 6 | | to per
diem expense reimbursements authorized by law only on | 7 | | those regular, veto,
special session, and joint session days | 8 | | that they are in attendance at the
House and either (i) are | 9 | | recorded as present on the quorum roll call or (ii) personally | 10 | | appear before the Clerk or the Clerk's designee after the | 11 | | quorum roll call but prior to the close of the Clerk's Office | 12 | | for the day. Attendance by members is not required or
recorded | 13 | | on perfunctory session days.
| 14 | | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled
with | 15 | | notice by the Speaker under Rule 9.
Special session days shall | 16 | | be scheduled in accordance with
the Constitution and laws of | 17 | | Illinois. The Speaker may convene the House when deemed | 18 | | necessary, regardless of whether a different date or time has | 19 | | been established.
| 20 | | (c) The Speaker may schedule
perfunctory session days | 21 | | during which the Clerk may read into
the House record any | 22 | | legislative measure , except that no bill shall be read for a | 23 | | second time during perfunctory session .
Committees may meet and | 24 | | may consider and act upon legislative
measures during a | 25 | | perfunctory session day, and the Clerk may
receive and read |
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| 1 | | committee reports into the House record
during a perfunctory | 2 | | day. Except for automatic referral
under these Rules, no | 3 | | further action may be taken by
the House with respect to a | 4 | | legislative measure during a
perfunctory session day.
| 5 | | (House Rule 31)
| 6 | | 31. Standing Order of Business. The Unless otherwise | 7 | | determined by the
Presiding Officer, the standing daily order | 8 | | of business of the House
is as follows:
| 9 | | (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, | 10 | | and
Roll Call.
| 11 | | (2) Petition Calendar.
| 12 | | (3) (2) Approval of the Journal.
| 13 | | (4) (3) Reading of House Bills a first time.
| 14 | | (5) (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the | 15 | | Rules
Committee ordinarily made at any time.
| 16 | | (6) (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and | 17 | | Messages.
| 18 | | (7) (6) Introduction of House Bills.
| 19 | | (8) (7) Messages from the Senate, not including reading
| 20 | | Senate Bills a first time.
| 21 | | (9) (8) Reading of House Bills a second time.
| 22 | | (10) (9) Reading of House Bills a third time.
| 23 | | (11) (10) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
| 24 | | (12) (11) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
| 25 | | (13) (12) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
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| 1 | | (14) (13) House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
| 2 | | (15) (14) Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
| 3 | | (16) (15) Conference Committee Reports.
| 4 | | (17) (16) Motions in Writing.
| 5 | | (18) (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
| 6 | | (19) (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
| 7 | | (20) (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
| 8 | | (21) (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
| 9 | | (22) (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
| 10 | | (23) (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
| 11 | | (24) (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of | 12 | | Postponed
Consideration.
| 13 | | The Presiding Officer may vary the daily order of business | 14 | | of the House, but only with respect to items (3) through (24); | 15 | | items (1) and (2) must always be the first and second orders of | 16 | | business. The House may also return to the order of business | 17 | | under item (2) at the direction of the Presiding Officer or | 18 | | upon the adoption of a motion to change the order of business. | 19 | | This rule may not be suspended.
| 20 | | (House Rule 37)
| 21 | | 37. Bills.
| 22 | | (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship
of | 23 | | one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on
the | 24 | | reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
| 25 | | the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
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| 1 | | first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
| 2 | | than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
| 3 | | Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
| 4 | | Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma.
The | 5 | | Principal Sponsor may change the
sponsorship of a bill to that | 6 | | of one or more other
Representatives, or
to that of the | 7 | | standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
| 8 | | referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change
may | 9 | | be made at any time the bill is pending before the House
or any | 10 | | of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided | 11 | | that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief | 12 | | co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
| 13 | | This subsection may not be suspended.
| 14 | | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that
bill. A | 15 | | committee-sponsored bill is
controlled by the Chairperson, or | 16 | | if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by
the Co-Chairperson | 17 | | from the majority caucus, who for purposes of
these Rules is | 18 | | deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may | 19 | | not
have individual co-sponsors.
| 20 | | (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the
Senate | 21 | | may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill
by filing | 22 | | a notice with the Clerk. Such notice is automatically referred | 23 | | to the Rules Committee. The notice shall include the bill | 24 | | number, signature of the Senate sponsor, signature of the | 25 | | substitute House sponsor, and a statement that the original | 26 | | House sponsor was provided with notice of intent to request a |
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| 1 | | substitute House sponsor. A notice that satisfies the | 2 | | requirements of this subsection shall be approved by the Rules | 3 | | Committee. If the Rules Committee does not act on a notice that | 4 | | satisfies the requirements of this subsection within 3 | 5 | | legislative days after its referral, then the notice is deemed | 6 | | approved and the Clerk shall substitute sponsorship. This | 7 | | subsection shall be in effect if, and only for so long as, the | 8 | | Rules of the Senate include a reciprocal privilege for House | 9 | | sponsors and the Senate complies with the rule. This subsection | 10 | | may not be suspended.
| 11 | | (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
| 12 | | title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
| 13 | | referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18. | 14 | | After
a Senate Bill is received and a House member has | 15 | | submitted notification to the Clerk of sponsorship of that | 16 | | bill, it shall be read by title,
ordered reproduced, and
| 17 | | automatically referred to the Rules Committee in
accordance | 18 | | with Rule 18.
| 19 | | (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
| 20 | | accompanied by 6
copies. Any bill that amends a statute
shall | 21 | | indicate the particular changes in the following
manner:
| 22 | | (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
| 23 | | (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
| 24 | | shall be shown crossed with a line.
| 25 | | (e-5) Appropriation bills for the operation of State | 26 | | government shall make appropriations pursuant to the |
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| 1 | | standardized line items identified as items (1) through (18) of | 2 | | Section 13 of the State Finance Act with specific appropriation | 3 | | amounts for each item. Appropriations for other purposes may be | 4 | | included in an appropriation bill only if required by law or if | 5 | | it has been a custom and practice as documented by | 6 | | appropriations enacted for state fiscal year 2009. | 7 | | This subsection (e-5) may be suspended only by the | 8 | | affirmative vote of 71 members elected. | 9 | | (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a
record | 10 | | vote of a majority of those elected, subject to Rule 69. A bill | 11 | | that
has
lost on third reading and has not been reconsidered | 12 | | may not thereafter be
revived. If a motion for the adoption of | 13 | | a first conference committee report fails and the motion is not | 14 | | reconsidered, then a second conference committee may be | 15 | | appointed as provided in Rule 76(c). If a motion for the | 16 | | adoption of a second conference committee report fails and is | 17 | | not reconsidered, then the bill may not thereafter be revived.
| 18 | | (g) An appropriation bill that is amended in the House may | 19 | | not be considered on Third Reading until the third calendar day | 20 | | following the adoption or tabling of any House Committee or | 21 | | House floor amendments to the bill. | 22 | | This subsection (g) may be suspended only by the | 23 | | affirmative vote of 71 members elected | 24 | | (House Rule 37.5) | 25 | | 37.5. Amendments to Taxpayer Accountability and Budget |
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| 1 | | Stabilization Act. | 2 | | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | 3 | | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to Section | 4 | | 201.5 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or that seeks to | 5 | | appropriate or transfer money pursuant to a declaration of a | 6 | | fiscal emergency under Section 201.5 of that Act, may be moved | 7 | | from the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | 8 | | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | 9 | | been adopted by a record vote of 71 members , provided that a | 10 | | bill that amends or refers to Section 201.5 of the Illinois | 11 | | Income Tax Act and decreases a rate of taxation shall not be | 12 | | subject to this subsection (a) . If such a bill is on the order | 13 | | of concurrence or in the form of a conference committee report, | 14 | | no motion to concur or to adopt that conference committee | 15 | | report is in order unless a motion to approve such measure for | 16 | | consideration has been adopted by a record vote of 71 members. | 17 | | Nothing in this House Rule shall be deemed to alter the vote | 18 | | requirement for final passage of a legislative measure required | 19 | | by the Illinois Constitution. | 20 | | (b) Any motion made pursuant to subsection (a) to approve a | 21 | | legislative measure for consideration must be in writing. Upon | 22 | | receipt of the written motion, the Clerk shall immediately | 23 | | notify the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The motion shall | 24 | | not be referred to a committee. The motion must be carried on | 25 | | the calendar before it may be taken up by the House and may | 26 | | then be immediately considered and adopted by the House. The |
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| 1 | | motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, provided that once | 2 | | that motion is adopted, it shall not be reconsidered. | 3 | | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | 4 | | consent.
| 5 | | (House Rule 40)
| 6 | | 40. Amendments.
| 7 | | (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted by a
standing | 8 | | committee or special committee when the bill is before that | 9 | | committee.
An amendment to a bill may be adopted
by the House | 10 | | when a bill is on the order of Second Reading
if: (i) the Rules | 11 | | Committee has referred the floor amendment to the
House for | 12 | | consideration under Rule 18; (ii) a standing committee or | 13 | | special
committee has referred the floor amendment to the | 14 | | House; or (iii) the floor amendment has been discharged from | 15 | | committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58. All
amendments | 16 | | must be in
writing.
All committee amendments for which advance | 17 | | notice was given pursuant to Rule 21 that have been referred to | 18 | | a standing committee or special committee by the Rules | 19 | | Committee shall be considered by the committee or a | 20 | | subcommittee of that
committee prior to consideration by the | 21 | | committee of the bill to which the
amendment relates. All | 22 | | committee amendments not adopted to a bill prior to the | 23 | | favorable reporting of the bill by a standing committee or | 24 | | special committee or its re-referral to the Rules Committee are | 25 | | automatically tabled.
All floor amendments not adopted to a |
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| 1 | | bill and that are still pending in a committee or before the | 2 | | House upon the
passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading are | 3 | | automatically
tabled, provided that any floor amendment tabled | 4 | | pursuant to this Rule shall automatically be taken from the | 5 | | table upon the adoption of a motion to reconsider the vote for | 6 | | the passage or defeat of the bill on Third Reading.
| 7 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules,
committee | 8 | | amendments (i) may be offered only by the Principal Sponsor or | 9 | | a member of the committee while the affected bill
is before | 10 | | that committee, (ii) shall be automatically referred to such | 11 | | committee, and (iii) shall be adopted by a majority
of those | 12 | | appointed. Floor amendments may be offered for adoption only by
| 13 | | a Representative while the bill is on the order of Second
| 14 | | Reading, subject to Rule 18, and shall be adopted by a majority | 15 | | vote of the
House. The sponsor of a committee or floor | 16 | | amendment may change the sponsorship of the amendment to that | 17 | | of another member, with that other member's consent. Such | 18 | | change may be made at any time the amendment is pending before | 19 | | the House or any of its committees by filing notice with the | 20 | | Clerk. A committee amendment may be the subject of a motion
to | 21 | | "do adopt" or "do not adopt".
A committee amendment may be | 22 | | adopted only by a successful
motion to "do adopt".
The | 23 | | Chairperson of a committee may refer any committee amendment to | 24 | | a
subcommittee of that committee.
| 25 | | (c) Committee amendments shall be filed with the
Clerk no | 26 | | later than 3:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting at which |
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| 1 | | the bill or resolution it amends may be considered.
"Business | 2 | | day" does not include Saturday, Sunday, or State or federal | 3 | | holidays unless the House is in session or the Clerk's office | 4 | | is otherwise open to the public on that day. Floor amendments
| 5 | | shall be filed with the Clerk only while the bill is on the | 6 | | order of Second Reading or Third Reading. Amendments are in | 7 | | order only when 6
copies have
been filed. The Clerk shall | 8 | | number amendments sequentially in the order submitted, and all | 9 | | amendments that are in order shall be considered in ascending | 10 | | numerical order.
| 11 | | (d) When an amendment is filed with the Clerk it shall be | 12 | | ordered reproduced. No committee amendment may be adopted by a | 13 | | committee, and no The Clerk shall have reproduced all adopted | 14 | | committee
amendments that come before the House.
The Clerk | 15 | | shall also have reproduced all floor amendments referred to the | 16 | | House
by a committee. No floor amendment may be considered by a | 17 | | committee or adopted by the House
unless it has been reproduced | 18 | | and placed on the members' desks in the same
manner as for | 19 | | bills under Rule 39.
| 20 | | (e) No floor amendment is in order unless
it has been first | 21 | | referred to the House for consideration by the
Rules Committee | 22 | | under Rule 18, or favorably reported by, or discharged from, a | 23 | | standing committee or special committee. A floor amendment may | 24 | | be referred to the House for consideration, or to a standing or | 25 | | special committee, only while the bill is on the order of | 26 | | Second Reading or Third Reading.
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| 1 | | (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law
shall | 2 | | conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
| 3 | | (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as
amended", the | 4 | | committee amendments are deemed adopted by
the committee action | 5 | | and shall be reproduced and placed on
the members' desks (which | 6 | | may be done in the same manner as provided for bills
under Rule | 7 | | 39) before the bill may be read a second time .
| 8 | | (h) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons | 9 | | from different
political parties, the "Chairperson" for the | 10 | | purposes of this Rule is the
Co-Chairperson from the majority | 11 | | caucus.
| 12 | | (i) Amendments to resolutions are subject to the same | 13 | | procedural requirements that apply to amendments to bills. | 14 | | (House Rule 42.1 new) | 15 | | 42.1. Petition Calendar. | 16 | | (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution may file | 17 | | with the Clerk a motion signed by 71 members requesting | 18 | | placement of that bill or resolution on the Petition Calendar | 19 | | with regard to any bill or resolution pending in a House | 20 | | Committee or pending on an order of business on the Daily | 21 | | Calendar. | 22 | | (b) The Clerk shall include a Petition Calendar on the | 23 | | Daily Calendar and designate it as a separate part of the Daily | 24 | | Calendar. A bill or joint resolution for a constitutional | 25 | | amendment that is pending in a committee when a petition motion |
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| 1 | | is filed shall be placed on the Petition Calendar order of | 2 | | Second Reading. Any other type of resolution that is pending in | 3 | | a committee when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on | 4 | | the Petition Calendar order of Resolutions. A bill or | 5 | | resolution that is on an order of business on the Daily | 6 | | Calendar when a petition motion is filed shall be placed on the | 7 | | same order of business on the Petition Calendar. | 8 | | (c) A legislative measure on the Petition Calendar shall be | 9 | | moved between Petition Calendar orders of business at the | 10 | | request of the Principal Sponsor, except as otherwise limited | 11 | | by these Rules. | 12 | | (d) Whenever the House is on this order of business, the | 13 | | principal sponsor of each legislative measure on the Petition | 14 | | Calendar shall have the right to call that measure for | 15 | | consideration by the House. | 16 | | (e) This rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 17 | | of 71 members elected.
| 18 | | (House Rule 43)
| 19 | | 43. Changing Order of Business.
| 20 | | (a) Any order of business may be changed at any time by
the | 21 | | Speaker or Presiding Officer , except as limited by Rule 31 .
| 22 | | (b) Any order of business may be changed at any time
upon | 23 | | the motion of any member, supported by 5 additional
members, if | 24 | | the motion is adopted by an affirmative vote of
71 members | 25 | | elected.
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| 1 | | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 2 | | of 71 members
elected.
| 3 | | (House Rule 44)
| 4 | | 44. Special Orders; Rules Committee.
| 5 | | (a) A special order of business may be set by the Rules | 6 | | Committee
or by the Speaker. The Principal Sponsor of a bill or | 7 | | resolution must consent
to the placement of the bill or | 8 | | resolution on a special order.
A special order shall fix the | 9 | | day to which it applies and the
matters to be included. The | 10 | | Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of
a majority of the | 11 | | members appointed, may establish time limits for
a special | 12 | | order and may establish limitations on debate
during a special | 13 | | order (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the allotted
| 14 | | time
shall be fairly divided between proponents and opponents | 15 | | of
the legislation to be considered. A special order of | 16 | | business
takes the place of the standing order for such time as | 17 | | may be necessary
for its completion but may occur no earlier | 18 | | than after the completion of standing order (2) of Rule 31 . | 19 | | Only matters that may otherwise properly be before
the House | 20 | | may be included in a special order.
| 21 | | (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar
for | 22 | | 3 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be
suspended only | 23 | | by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| 24 | | (c) A special order may be suspended, amended, or
modified | 25 | | by motion adopted by an affirmative vote of 60
members. A |
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| 1 | | special order shall be suspended by a written
objection signed | 2 | | by 3 members of the Rules Committee and
filed during the first | 3 | | legislative day on which the special
order appears on the | 4 | | calendar.
| 5 | | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 6 | | of 71 members elected.
| 7 | | (House Rule 45)
| 8 | | 45. Resolutions.
| 9 | | (a) A resolution may be introduced in the House by
| 10 | | sponsorship of one or more members of the House, and the
names | 11 | | of all sponsors shall be included in the House Journal
and in | 12 | | the Legislative Digest. Each resolution introduced
shall be | 13 | | accompanied by 6
copies.
Consideration of resolutions shall be | 14 | | governed by Rule 16 and Rule 66.
| 15 | | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a resolution controls that | 16 | | resolution. The Principal Sponsor of a resolution, or the | 17 | | sponsor of an amendment to a resolution, may change the | 18 | | sponsorship of the resolution or amendment, as applicable, to | 19 | | that of another member, with that other member's consent, by | 20 | | filing notice with the Clerk. A standing committee-sponsored | 21 | | resolution is controlled by the Chairperson of the committee, | 22 | | or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the | 23 | | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of | 24 | | these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor. A special | 25 | | committee-sponsored resolution is controlled by the |
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| 1 | | Chairperson, or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the | 2 | | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of | 3 | | these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor. | 4 | | Committee-sponsored resolutions may not have individual | 5 | | co-sponsors.
| 6 | | (c)
Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State
| 7 | | funds may be adopted only by a record vote of a majority of
| 8 | | those elected.
| 9 | | (House Rule 51)
| 10 | | 51. Decorum.
| 11 | | (a) When any member is about to speak
to the House, he or | 12 | | she shall rise and address the
Presiding Officer as "Speaker". | 13 | | The Presiding Officer,
upon recognizing the member, shall | 14 | | address him or
her by name, and thereupon the engineer
in | 15 | | charge of operating the microphones in the House shall give
the | 16 | | use of the microphone to the member who has been
so recognized. | 17 | | The member in speaking shall confine himself
or herself to the | 18 | | subject matter under discussion and avoid
personalities.
| 19 | | (b) Questions affecting the rights, reputation, and
| 20 | | conduct of members of the House in their representative
| 21 | | capacity are questions of personal privilege. A matter of
| 22 | | personal explanation does not constitute a question of
personal | 23 | | privilege.
| 24 | | (c) If 2 or more members rise at once, the
Presiding | 25 | | Officer shall name the member who is to
speak first.
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| 1 | | (d) No person shall give any signs of approbation or
| 2 | | disapprobation while the House is in session.
| 3 | | (e) Recognition of guests by any member is prohibited,
| 4 | | except that the Speaker or Presiding Officer may recognize an | 5 | | honored guest.
| 6 | | (f) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question,
no | 7 | | member shall leave or walk across the House
Chamber. When a | 8 | | member is addressing the House, no
member or other person | 9 | | entitled to the floor shall
entertain private discourse or pass | 10 | | between the member speaking and
the Presiding Officer. When the | 11 | | House is on any of the following orders of business, no | 12 | | messages from individuals located outside the House Chamber | 13 | | shall be delivered in the Chamber by a doorkeeper, page, or any | 14 | | other person: Reading of House Bills a third time, Reading of | 15 | | Senate Bills a third time, House Bills on the Order of | 16 | | Concurrence, Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence, and | 17 | | Conference Committee Reports.
| 18 | | (g) In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct, the
| 19 | | Speaker or Presiding Officer may order that the lobby, gallery, | 20 | | or hallways
adjoining the
House Chamber be cleared.
| 21 | | (h) No literature may be distributed on the House floor.
| 22 | | (i) No member may be absent from a session of the House
| 23 | | unless he or she has leave or is sick or his or her absence is
| 24 | | unavoidable. The switch to the electrical roll call
recording | 25 | | equipment located on the desk of any member who has
been | 26 | | excused or is absent shall be locked by the Clerk and
shall not |
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| 1 | | be unlocked until the member returns
and files with
the Clerk a
| 2 | | request to be shown as present on the quorum roll
call as | 3 | | provided in Rule 32(c).
| 4 | | (House Rule 52)
| 5 | | 52. Debate.
| 6 | | (a) All legislative measures,
except
those legislative | 7 | | measures that are not debatable as provided in these Rules,
are | 8 | | subject to a debate status as follows:
| 9 | | (1) Short Debate: Debate is limited to a 2-minute
| 10 | | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | 11 | | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute | 12 | | presentation by a member in response,
and one minute for | 13 | | the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other
| 14 | | members; provided that at the request of 7 members before | 15 | | the close of debate,
the debate status shall be opened to | 16 | | standard debate;
| 17 | | (2) Standard Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | 18 | | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | 19 | | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 2 | 20 | | additional
proponents of the legislative
measure and by 3 | 21 | | members in response to the legislative measure,
and 3 | 22 | | minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield | 23 | | to other
members;
| 24 | | (3) Extended Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | 25 | | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member |
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| 1 | | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 4 | 2 | | proponents of the
legislative
measure and 5 members in | 3 | | response, and 5 minutes for the
Principal Sponsor to close | 4 | | debate, or yield to other members;
| 5 | | (4) Unlimited Debate: Debate shall consist of a | 6 | | 10-minute
presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | 7 | | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, debate by each | 8 | | proponent and member in
response
who seeks recognition, and | 9 | | 5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to
close debate, or | 10 | | yield to other members; or
| 11 | | (5) Amendment Debate: Debate on floor amendments
| 12 | | referred to the House from a committee, or discharged from | 13 | | a committee,
is limited to a 3-minute presentation by the | 14 | | Principal Sponsor,
or a member designated by the Principal | 15 | | Sponsor,
debate by one proponent, debate by each of 2
| 16 | | members in response, and 3
minutes for the Principal | 17 | | Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other members.
| 18 | | No debate is in order on bills or resolutions on the order | 19 | | of First Reading
or Second Reading, except for debate on floor | 20 | | amendments as provided in this
Rule.
| 21 | | (b) All legislative measures, except floor amendments, | 22 | | that are (i) referred to the House
from a committee, (ii) or | 23 | | discharged from a committee, or (iii) on the Petition Calendar | 24 | | are
automatically
assigned standard debate status, subject to | 25 | | subsection
(c) of
this Rule, except those assigned to the | 26 | | Consent Calendar or short debate status
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| 1 | | or a special committee. All floor amendments referred
to the | 2 | | House from a committee,
or discharged from a committee, are | 3 | | automatically assigned amendment
debate
status, subject to | 4 | | subsection (c) of this Rule.
| 5 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules
to | 6 | | the contrary, the debate status of any legislative measure may | 7 | | be changed
only (i) by the Speaker, as defined in item (27) of | 8 | | Rule 102, by filing a
notice with the Clerk, or (ii) by the | 9 | | Rules Committee
by motion approved by a majority of those | 10 | | appointed. While a legislative
measure is being considered by | 11 | | the House, the debate status may also be
changed by unanimous | 12 | | consent. No legislative measure, however, may be
placed on the | 13 | | Consent Calendar under this Rule.
No legislative measure, | 14 | | except a floor amendment, may be assigned amendment
debate | 15 | | status under this Rule.
| 16 | | (d) The Speaker or Rules Committee, as the case may be, | 17 | | shall notify the
Clerk of any action
to change the debate | 18 | | status of any legislative measure. The Clerk shall cause
that
| 19 | | information to be reflected on the Daily Calendar on subsequent | 20 | | legislative
days,
provided
the legislative measure is still | 21 | | before the House.
| 22 | | (e) No member shall speak longer than 5 minutes at one
time | 23 | | or more than once on the same question except by leave
of the | 24 | | House. The Principal Sponsor of a measure or a member
| 25 | | designated by the Principal Sponsor, however, shall be
allowed | 26 | | to open the debate and to close the debate
in accordance with |
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| 1 | | subsection (a) of this Rule. The provisions of this
subsection | 2 | | (e)
are subject to and limited by subsections (a), (b), and (c) | 3 | | of this Rule.
A member may yield to another member the time | 4 | | allotted for the member's debate.
| 5 | | (f) The Presiding Officer shall allocate the debate on each | 6 | | legislative
measure alternately, if possible,
between | 7 | | proponents and opponents of the legislative
measure
under | 8 | | debate.
| 9 | | (g) This Rule may not be suspended.
| 10 | | (House Rule 75)
| 11 | | 75. House Consideration of Joint Action.
| 12 | | (a) No joint action motion for final action or
conference | 13 | | committee report may be considered by the House
unless it has | 14 | | first been referred to the House by the Rules Committee or a
| 15 | | standing committee or special committee in
accordance with Rule | 16 | | 18, or unless the joint action motion
or conference committee | 17 | | report has been
discharged from the Rules Committee under Rule | 18 | | 18.
Joint action motions for final consideration and conference | 19 | | committee reports
referred to a standing committee or special | 20 | | committee by the Rules Committee
may not be discharged from the | 21 | | standing committee or special committee. This
subsection (a) | 22 | | may be suspended by unanimous consent.
| 23 | | (b) No conference committee report may be considered by
the | 24 | | House unless it has been reproduced and
placed on the members' | 25 | | desks, in the same manner as provided for bills under
Rule 39, |
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| 1 | | for one full day during the period beginning with the convening | 2 | | of the
House on the 2nd Wednesday of January each year and | 3 | | ending on the 30th day
prior to the scheduled adjournment of | 4 | | the regular session established each year
by the Speaker | 5 | | pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full hour on any other day.
| 6 | | (c) Before any conference committee report on an
| 7 | | appropriation bill is considered by the House, the
conference | 8 | | committee report shall first be the subject of a
public hearing | 9 | | by a standing Appropriations Committee or a
special committee | 10 | | (the conference committee report need not be referred to an
| 11 | | Appropriations Committee or special committee, but instead may
| 12 | | remain before the Rules Committee or the House, as the case may | 13 | | be).
The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one | 14 | | hour
advance notice by announcement on the House floor, or one | 15 | | day
advance notice by posting on the House bulletin board. An
| 16 | | Appropriations Committee or special committee shall not issue
| 17 | | any report with respect to the conference committee report | 18 | | following the
hearing.
| 19 | | (d) Any House Bill amended in the Senate and returned to
| 20 | | the House for concurrence in the Senate amendment shall lie
| 21 | | upon the desk of the Clerk for not less than one hour before
| 22 | | being further considered.
| 23 | | (e) No House Bill that is
returned to the House with Senate | 24 | | amendments may be called
except by the Principal Sponsor, or by | 25 | | a chief co-sponsor with the consent of
the Principal Sponsor.
| 26 | | This subsection may not be suspended.
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| 1 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the
report of | 2 | | a conference committee on a non-appropriation bill
or | 3 | | resolution shall be confined to the subject of the bill or
| 4 | | resolution referred to the conference committee. The report
of | 5 | | a conference committee on an appropriation bill shall be
| 6 | | confined to the subject of appropriations.
| 7 | | (House Rule 76.5 new) | 8 | | 76.5. Appropriation Bills. Joint action motions for final | 9 | | action on the order of Concurrence regarding an appropriation | 10 | | bill shall not be considered by the House until the third | 11 | | calendar day following the day that the bill was received back | 12 | | in the House with one or more amendments added by the Senate. | 13 | | Joint action motions for final action on the order of | 14 | | Non-concurrence regarding an appropriation bill shall not be | 15 | | considered by the House until the third calendar day following | 16 | | the day that the bill was received back in the House with a | 17 | | message requesting the House to recede from one or more of its | 18 | | amendments. Joint action motions for final action on the order | 19 | | of Conference Committee Reports regarding an appropriation | 20 | | bill shall not be considered by the House until the third | 21 | | calendar day following the day that the conference report to | 22 | | which the motion applies was filed with the Clerk. | 23 | | Nothing in this rule limits consideration of a joint action | 24 | | motion for final action by a committee of the House or a joint | 25 | | committee of the House and Senate. |
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| 1 | | This rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | 2 | | 71 members elected.
| 3 | | (House Rule 102)
| 4 | | 102. Definitions. As used in these Rules, terms have
the | 5 | | meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the
context | 6 | | clearly requires a different meaning:
| 7 | | (1) Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that
| 8 | | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as chair | 9 | | of
a committee.
| 10 | | (2) Co-Chairperson. "Co-Chairperson" means a | 11 | | Representative
designated by the Speaker to serve as | 12 | | co-chair of a standing or special committee.
| 13 | | (3) Clerk. "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
| 14 | | House.
| 15 | | (4) Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the
| 16 | | House and includes a standing committee, the Rules | 17 | | Committee,
a special committee, committees created
under | 18 | | Article X and Article XII of these Rules, and a
| 19 | | subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean a | 20 | | conference
committee, and the procedural and notice | 21 | | requirements
applicable to committees do not apply to | 22 | | conference
committees.
| 23 | | (4.5) Committee amendment. "Committee amendment" means | 24 | | an amendment referred by the Rules Committee to a standing | 25 | | committee or special committee while the bill or resolution |
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| 1 | | it amends is before that committee .
| 2 | | (5) Constitution. "Constitution" means the
| 3 | | Constitution of the State of Illinois.
| 4 | | (6) General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the
| 5 | | current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
| 6 | | (7) House. "House" means the House of Representatives
| 7 | | of the General Assembly.
| 8 | | (8) Joint Action Motions. "Joint action motions"
means | 9 | | the following motions before the House:
to concur in a | 10 | | Senate amendment, to non-concur in a Senate
amendment, to | 11 | | recede from a House amendment, to refuse to
recede from a | 12 | | House amendment, to request that a conference
committee be | 13 | | appointed, and to adopt a conference committee
report.
| 14 | | (8.5) Joint Action Motions for Final Action. "Joint | 15 | | action motions for final action" means the following | 16 | | motions before the House: to concur in a Senate amendment, | 17 | | to recede from a House amendment, and to adopt a conference | 18 | | committee report.
| 19 | | (9) Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the
| 20 | | Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the
| 21 | | Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
| 22 | | (10) Legislative Measures. "Legislative measures" | 23 | | means
all matters brought before the House for | 24 | | consideration,
whether originated in the House or Senate, | 25 | | and includes
bills, amendments, resolutions, conference | 26 | | committee reports,
motions, messages, notices, and |
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| 1 | | Executive Orders from the
executive branch.
| 2 | | (11) Majority. "Majority" means a majority of those
| 3 | | members present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise
| 4 | | specified with respect to a particular House Rule, for
| 5 | | purposes of determining the number of members present and
| 6 | | voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be | 7 | | counted.
| 8 | | (12) Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that
| 9 | | group of Representatives from the numerically strongest
| 10 | | political party in the House.
| 11 | | (13) Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those
| 12 | | appointed" means a majority of the total number of
| 13 | | Representatives authorized under these Rules to be | 14 | | appointed to a committee.
| 15 | | (14) Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those
| 16 | | elected" means a majority of the total number of
| 17 | | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
| 18 | | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
| 19 | | Representatives actually serving in office. So long as 118
| 20 | | Representatives are entitled to be elected to the House,
| 21 | | "majority of those elected" means 60 affirmative votes;
71 | 22 | | affirmative votes means three-fifths of the
members | 23 | | elected; and 79 affirmative votes means two-thirds of the
| 24 | | members elected.
| 25 | | (15) Member. "Member" means a Representative. Where
| 26 | | the context so requires, "member" may also mean a Senator |
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| 1 | | of
the Illinois Senate.
| 2 | | (16) Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the
| 3 | | total number of Representatives authorized under these | 4 | | Rules to be appointed to
a committee.
| 5 | | (17) Members Elected. "Members elected" means the 118
| 6 | | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
| 7 | | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
| 8 | | Representatives actually serving in office.
| 9 | | (18) Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that
| 10 | | group of Representatives from the second numerically
| 11 | | strongest political party in the House.
| 12 | | (19) Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the
| 13 | | Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
| 14 | | (20) Minority Spokesperson. "Minority spokesperson"
| 15 | | means that Representative designated by the Minority | 16 | | Leader
to serve as the minority spokesperson of a | 17 | | committee.
| 18 | | (21) Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means
| 19 | | the convening of the House, pursuant to the scheduling of | 20 | | the
Speaker, for purposes consistent with Rule 28.
| 21 | | (22) Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that
| 22 | | Representative serving as the presiding officer of the | 23 | | House,
whether that Representative is the Speaker or | 24 | | another
Representative designated by the Speaker under | 25 | | Rule 4.
| 26 | | (23) Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the
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| 1 | | first listed House sponsor of any legislative measure; with
| 2 | | respect to a committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it | 3 | | means
the Chairperson of the committee or the | 4 | | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus.
| 5 | | (24) Record Vote. "Record vote" means a vote by ayes
| 6 | | and nays entered on the journal.
| 7 | | (25) Representative. "Representative" means any duly
| 8 | | elected or duly appointed Illinois State Representative, | 9 | | and
means the same as "member".
| 10 | | (26) Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General
| 11 | | Assembly.
| 12 | | (27) Speaker. "Speaker" means the Speaker of the
House | 13 | | elected as provided in Rule 1.
| 14 | | (28) Term. "Term" means the 2-year term of a General
| 15 | | Assembly.
| 16 | | (29) Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that
| 17 | | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
| 18 | | Vice-Chairperson of a committee.
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