Full Text of HR0831 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | 4 | | Rules of the House of Representatives of the 100th General
| 5 | | Assembly are amended by changing Rules 16 and 67, and adding by | 6 | | Rule 15.5 as follows:
| 7 | | (House Rule 15.5 new)
| 8 | | 15.5 Committee on Rules of Organization and Procedure.
| 9 | | (a) The Committee on Rules of Organization and Procedure is | 10 | | created as a permanent committee. The Committee shall consist | 11 | | of 6 members, 3 appointed by the Speaker and 3 appointed by the | 12 | | Minority Leader. The Speaker and the Minority Leader are each | 13 | | eligible to be appointed to the Committee. The Committee may | 14 | | conduct business when a majority of the total number of its | 15 | | members has been appointed.
| 16 | | (b) The majority caucus members of the Committee shall | 17 | | serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority caucus | 18 | | members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority Leader. | 19 | | Appointments shall be by notice filed with the Clerk, and shall | 20 | | be effective for the balance of the term or until a replacement | 21 | | appointment is made, whichever first occurs. Appointments take | 22 | | effect upon filing with the Clerk, regardless of whether the | 23 | | House is in session .
| 24 | | The Committee may, with the concurrence of a majority of |
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| 1 | | those appointed, sponsor resolutions to adopt or amend rules of | 2 | | organization and procedure for the House or Joint House-Senate | 3 | | Rules. Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, any resolution | 4 | | approved for consideration by the Committee, pursuant to a vote | 5 | | of a majority of those appointed, may be immediately considered | 6 | | by the House without referral to any committee. | 7 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
| 8 | | (House Rule 16)
| 9 | | 16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
| 10 | | (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and | 11 | | resolutions
considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this | 12 | | Rule, after being initially read
by the
Clerk, shall be ordered | 13 | | reproduced and distributed as provided in Rule 39 and | 14 | | automatically referred to the Rules
Committee, which may | 15 | | thereafter refer any resolution
before it to the House or to a | 16 | | standing committee or special committee. No
resolution, except | 17 | | adjournment resolutions and resolutions considered under
| 18 | | subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Rule, may be considered by | 19 | | the House
unless (i) referred to the House by the Rules | 20 | | Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably reported by a
standing | 21 | | committee or special committee, (iii) authorized under Article | 22 | | XII, or (iv) discharged from committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) | 23 | | or Rule 58 , or (v) approved for consideration by the Committee | 24 | | on Rules of Organization and Procedure under subsection (a) of | 25 | | Rule 67. An adjournment resolution is subject
to Rule 66.
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| 1 | | (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death | 2 | | resolution for consideration by the
House. The Principal | 3 | | Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
| 4 | | reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of | 5 | | the Speaker, to
offset the actual cost of producing the | 6 | | congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may
be paid from | 7 | | the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General | 8 | | Assembly
Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to | 9 | | the member.
Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority | 10 | | Leader, congratulatory or death
resolutions may be immediately | 11 | | considered and adopted by the House
without referral to the | 12 | | Rules Committee. Those resolutions may be adopted as a
group by | 13 | | a single motion pursuant to a voice vote. A member may record a | 14 | | vote of "present" or "no" for a particular resolution by filing | 15 | | a notice with the Clerk to be included in the House Journal. | 16 | | Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be
entered on the | 17 | | Journal only by number, sponsorship, and subject. The
| 18 | | provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor | 19 | | to pay a
reasonable fee may not be suspended.
| 20 | | (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the | 21 | | General Assembly
and
former
constitutional officers, upon | 22 | | introduction, may be immediately considered by
the House | 23 | | without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions | 24 | | shall be
entered on the Journal in full.
| 25 | | (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor
issued | 26 | | under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution,
upon being read |
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| 1 | | into the record by the Clerk, are
automatically referred to the | 2 | | Rules Committee for its
referral to a standing committee or a | 3 | | special committee, which may
issue a recommendation to the | 4 | | House with respect to the
Executive Order. The Rules Committee | 5 | | may refer a resolution to disapprove an Executive Order to the | 6 | | House if a
standing committee or a special committee has | 7 | | reported to the House on the
Executive Order, or if the | 8 | | Executive Order has
been discharged under Rule 58. The House | 9 | | may disapprove of an
Executive Order by resolution adopted by a | 10 | | majority of
those elected.
| 11 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
| 12 | | (House Rule 67)
| 13 | | 67. Adoption and Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
| 14 | | (a) Adoption of Rules. At the commencement of a term,
the | 15 | | House shall adopt new rules of organization and procedure
by | 16 | | resolution setting forth those rules in their entirety. The
| 17 | | resolution must have been sponsored and approved for | 18 | | consideration by the Committee on Rules of Organization and | 19 | | Procedure, and it shall not be subject to amendment by the | 20 | | House. The resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote | 21 | | of a majority of those
elected.
These Rules of the House of | 22 | | Representatives
are subject to revision or amendment
only in | 23 | | accordance with this Rule.
| 24 | | (b) Rules may be amended only by resolution sponsored by | 25 | | the Committee on Rules of Organization and Procedure . Any
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| 1 | | resolution to amend these Rules or Joint House-Senate Rules | 2 | | shall show the proposed changes in the
existing rules by | 3 | | underscoring all new matter and by crossing
out with a line all | 4 | | matter that is to be omitted or
superseded.
| 5 | | (b-5) For the purpose of the organization and operation of | 6 | | the House of Representatives, the rules adopted by and | 7 | | applicable to the regular session of the House of | 8 | | Representatives of the preceding General Assembly, insofar as | 9 | | such rules may be applicable, shall prevail and be the rules | 10 | | governing the House of Representatives of the General Assembly | 11 | | then convened, until (i) such rules are changed or new rules | 12 | | adopted, or (ii) the sixteenth day in the month of February in | 13 | | the odd-numbered year. | 14 | | (c) (Blank.) Any resolution proposing to amend a House Rule | 15 | | or
any Joint House-Senate Rule, upon initial reading by
the | 16 | | Clerk, is automatically referred to the Rules Committee.
| 17 | | Resolutions to amend the House Rules or any Joint
House-Senate | 18 | | Rules may be initiated and sponsored by the
Rules Committee and | 19 | | may be amended by the Rules Committee; those resolutions shall | 20 | | not be referred to a
committee and may be immediately | 21 | | considered and adopted by the House.
Those resolutions shall be | 22 | | assigned standard debate status,
subject to Rule 52.
| 23 | | (d) (Blank.) A resolution to amend the House Rules or any | 24 | | Joint
House-Senate Rules that has been reported "be adopted" or | 25 | | "be adopted as amended" by a majority of those appointed to the
| 26 | | Rules Committee requires the affirmative vote of a
majority of |
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| 1 | | those elected for adoption by the House. Any
other resolution | 2 | | proposing to amend the House Rules or any
Joint House-Senate | 3 | | Rules requires the affirmative vote
of 71 of the members | 4 | | elected for adoption by the House.
| 5 | | (e) No House Rule or any Joint House-Senate Rule may be
| 6 | | suspended except by unanimous consent of the members
present or | 7 | | upon a motion supported by the affirmative vote of a
majority | 8 | | of those elected unless a higher number is required
in the Rule | 9 | | sought to be suspended. A committee may not
suspend any Rule.
| 10 | | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 11 | | of 71 members
elected.
| 12 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
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