Full Text of HJRCA0020 100th General Assembly
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0020 Introduced , by Rep. Grant Wehrli SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Proposes to amend The Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that each house shall have a Committee on Assignments composed of 6 members, with 3 members appointed by the presiding officer of that house and 3 members appointed by the minority leader of that house. Provides that no legislation shall be assigned to a committee except by an affirmative vote of at least 4 members of a Committee on Assignments. Provides specific notice and posting requirements for subject matters and legislative measures. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 5 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | 6 | | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | 7 | | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | 8 | | this resolution a proposition to amend Section 6 of The | 9 | | Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
| 10 | | ARTICLE IV
| 11 | | THE LEGISLATURE
| 12 | | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)
| 13 | | SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION
| 14 | | (a) A majority of the members elected to each house | 15 | | constitutes a
quorum.
| 16 | | (b) On the first day of the January session of the General | 17 | | Assembly
in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall | 18 | | convene the House of
Representatives to elect from its | 19 | | membership a Speaker of the House of
Representatives as | 20 | | presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the
Senate to | 21 | | elect from its membership a President of the Senate as
| 22 | | presiding officer.
| 23 | | (c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this
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| 1 | | Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member | 2 | | of the
numerically strongest political party other than the | 3 | | party to which the
Speaker or the President belongs, as the | 4 | | case may be.
| 5 | | (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), each | 6 | | Each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings, judge
| 7 | | the elections, returns and qualifications of its members and | 8 | | choose its
officers. No member shall be expelled by either | 9 | | house, except by a vote
of two-thirds of the members elected to | 10 | | that house. A member may be
expelled only once for the same | 11 | | offense. Each house may punish by
imprisonment any person, not | 12 | | a member, guilty of disrespect to the house
by disorderly or | 13 | | contemptuous behavior in its presence. Imprisonment
shall not | 14 | | extend beyond twenty-four hours at one time unless the person
| 15 | | persists in disorderly or contemptuous behavior. | 16 | | (e) Each house shall have a Committee on Assignments, which | 17 | | shall be the sole committee in each house with the power to | 18 | | determine the assignment of legislation to a committee. Each | 19 | | Committee on Assignments shall be composed of six members, with | 20 | | three members appointed by the presiding officer of that house | 21 | | and three members appointed by the Minority Leader of that | 22 | | house. No legislation shall be assigned to a committee except | 23 | | by the affirmative vote of at least four members of a Committee | 24 | | on Assignments. | 25 | | (f) A Committee on Assignments shall not consider or | 26 | | conduct a hearing with respect to a subject matter or a |
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| 1 | | legislative measure absent notice first being given as follows: | 2 | | (1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of | 3 | | any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, | 4 | | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | 5 | | amendment. | 6 | | (2) Seventy-two hours advance notice to consider the | 7 | | referral of bills to committees of the House or joint | 8 | | committees of the House and Senate. | 9 | | (3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held | 10 | | for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this | 11 | | subsection (f). | 12 | | The Chairperson of the Committee on Assignments shall post | 13 | | the notice required under this subsection (f) on the House | 14 | | bulletin board identifying each subject matter and each | 15 | | legislative measure that may be considered during the hearing. | 16 | | The notice shall contain the day, hour, and place of the | 17 | | hearing. | 18 | | The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of this | 19 | | subsection (f) may be reduced to a one-hour advance notice upon | 20 | | the adoption of a motion by three-fifths of the members | 21 | | elected; however, the posting requirement of item (1) of this | 22 | | subsection (f) may not be suspended.
Notice requirements for | 23 | | hearings may be suspended only as authorized by this subsection | 24 | | (f), and no hearing shall be conducted with less than a | 25 | | one-hour advance notice.
| 26 | | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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| 1 | | SCHEDULE
| 2 | | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | 3 | | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | 4 | | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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