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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 54
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate | 4 | | of the 98th General Assembly are amended by changing Rules 3-1, | 5 | | 3-5, 3-9, 7-2, 7-3, 7-12, 10-1, and 10-2 and by adding Rules | 6 | | 3-14 and 3-15 as follows:
| 7 | | (Senate Rule 3-1)
| 8 | | 3-1. Committees.
| 9 | | (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | 10 | | committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | 11 | | by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special | 12 | | subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | 13 | | committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | 14 | | subcommittees.
| 15 | | (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | 16 | | Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | 17 | | provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | 18 | | all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | 19 | | minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | 20 | | other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | 21 | | accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | 22 | | President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | 23 | | members shall become final upon the
President filing with the |
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| 1 | | Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
| 2 | | (c) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 3 | | to call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | 4 | | measures that are assigned to the committee
shall be taken up, | 5 | | order the roll call vote to be taken on each
legislative | 6 | | measure called for a vote, preserve order and decorum during
| 7 | | committee meetings, assign legislative measures to special | 8 | | subcommittees of the parent committee, jointly sign and issue | 9 | | subpoenas with the President, and implement and supervise the | 10 | | business of the committee.
The
Vice-Chairperson of a committee | 11 | | may preside over its meetings in the absence or
at
the
| 12 | | direction of the Chairperson.
| 13 | | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chairperson or | 14 | | Minority Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a | 15 | | member resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | 16 | | Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | 17 | | shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
Absent | 18 | | concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as otherwise | 19 | | provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a committee | 20 | | shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the remainder of the | 21 | | term. Replacement members shall be of the same caucus
as that | 22 | | of the member who resigns, and shall be appointed by the
| 23 | | President or Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the
| 24 | | resigning member. In the case of vacancies on special |
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| 1 | | subcommittees that were
created by committees, any vacancy | 2 | | shall be filled pursuant to the motion adopted to create the | 3 | | subcommittee but if the motion does not specify how a vacancy | 4 | | is filled then the parent committee shall fill the vacancy by | 5 | | motion.
| 6 | | (e) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 7 | | to call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | 8 | | the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(19). Except as | 9 | | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings | 10 | | shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11.
| 11 | | (Senate Rule 3-5)
| 12 | | 3-5. Service Committees Committee .
| 13 | | (a) In addition to the standing
committees, there are 2 is | 14 | | a permanent service
committees committee known as the | 15 | | "Committee on Assignments" and the "Committee on Legislative | 16 | | Petitions" . The Committee on Assignments shall have those
| 17 | | powers and duties that are outlined in these Senate Rules, as | 18 | | well as those
that may be periodically ordered in accordance | 19 | | with these Senate
Rules. The Committee on Legislative Petitions | 20 | | shall have those powers and duties outlined in Senate Rule | 21 | | 3-14, as well as those that may be periodically ordered in | 22 | | accordance with these Senate Rules.
| 23 | | (b) The Committee on Assignments shall consist of five |
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| 1 | | members, three of whom shall
be
appointed by the President and | 2 | | two of whom shall be appointed by the Minority
Leader. Both the | 3 | | President and the Minority Leader shall be eligible to be
| 4 | | appointed to the Committee on Assignments. The Committee on | 5 | | Assignments shall be empowered to
conduct business when a | 6 | | majority of the total number of its members has been
appointed.
| 7 | | (c) The majority caucus members of the Committee on | 8 | | Assignments shall serve at the
pleasure of the President, and | 9 | | the minority caucus members shall serve at the
pleasure of the | 10 | | Minority Leader. Appointments thereto shall be by notice filed
| 11 | | with the Secretary, and shall be effective for the balance of | 12 | | the term or until
a replacement appointment is made, whichever | 13 | | first occurs. Appointments shall
take effect upon filing with | 14 | | the Secretary regardless of whether the
Senate is in session. | 15 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Senate Rules, any | 16 | | Senator who is replaced on the Committee on Assignments may be
| 17 | | reappointed to the Committee on Assignments without | 18 | | concurrence of the Senate.
| 19 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 20 | | Rules, the
Committee on Assignments and the Committee on | 21 | | Legislative Petitions may meet upon reasonable public notice. | 22 | | All legislative measures
pending before
the Committee on | 23 | | Assignments or Legislative Petitions pending before the | 24 | | Committee on Legislative Petitions shall be eligible for |
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| 1 | | consideration at any meeting thereof,
and
all such legislative | 2 | | measures shall be deemed posted for hearing by the
Committee on | 3 | | Assignments for all of its meetings.
| 4 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 5 | | the members
elected.
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 3-9)
| 7 | | 3-9. Re-Referrals to the Committee on Assignments.
| 8 | | (a) All legislative
measures, with the exception of | 9 | | resolutions to amend the State Constitution and Legislative | 10 | | Petitions ,
that have
failed to meet the applicable deadline | 11 | | established in accordance with Rule 2-10
for reporting to the | 12 | | Senate by a standing committee shall automatically be
| 13 | | re-referred to the Committee on Assignments unless: (i) the | 14 | | deadline has been
suspended
pursuant to Rule 7-17, with | 15 | | re-referral to the Committee on Assignments to occur if the
| 16 | | bill has not been reported to the Senate in accordance with the | 17 | | revised
deadline; or (ii) the Committee on Assignments has | 18 | | issued a written exception to the
Secretary with respect to a | 19 | | particular bill prior to the reporting deadline,
with | 20 | | re-referral to occur, if at all, in accordance with the written
| 21 | | exception. Should the President in accordance with Rule 2-10 | 22 | | establish
deadlines for action on joint action motions or | 23 | | conference
committee reports, the foregoing re-referral
| 24 | | provisions and exceptions shall apply with respect to those |
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| 1 | | legislative
measures
that fail to meet those deadlines.
| 2 | | (b) All legislative measures, with the exception of | 3 | | resolutions to amend the
State Constitution and Appointment | 4 | | Messages, pending before the Senate or any of its committees | 5 | | shall
automatically be re-referred to the Committee on | 6 | | Assignments on the 31st consecutive day
that the Senate has not | 7 | | convened for session unless: (i) this Rule has been
suspended | 8 | | in accordance with Rule 7-17; or (ii) the Committee on | 9 | | Assignments has issued
a written exception to the Secretary | 10 | | prior to that 31st day.
| 11 | | (Senate Rule 3-14 new) | 12 | | 3-14. Legislative Petitions. | 13 | | (a) The Senate recognizes that the people of Illinois have | 14 | | a right to petition their government to make known their | 15 | | opinions and to apply for redress of grievances, and encourages | 16 | | them to do so. For that reason, the Senate hereby creates a | 17 | | process by which the people may propose legislative action | 18 | | through the filing of petitions. | 19 | | (b) The people may submit these petitions to any Senator or | 20 | | to the Chairperson of the Committee on Legislative Petitions. | 21 | | (c) Any petition submitted shall succinctly state the | 22 | | relevant subject matter, the underlying factual circumstances, |
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| 1 | | and a proposed legislative remedy. The petition shall also | 2 | | contain the signatures of at least ten Illinois residents (in | 3 | | print or electronic format). At least one original petition and | 4 | | one copy must be presented to the Senator or Chairperson of the | 5 | | Committee. | 6 | | (d) Upon receipt of a petition, a member may file a | 7 | | Legislative Petition with the Secretary of the Senate. Each | 8 | | Legislative Petition shall have one principal sponsor whose | 9 | | name shall appear on the Legislative Petition and may be joined | 10 | | by no more than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the | 11 | | principal sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the | 12 | | principal sponsor and any chief cosponsor by a comma. All | 13 | | Legislative Petitions introduced into the Senate shall be | 14 | | accompanied by the original petition received by the Senator | 15 | | and eight copies of the petition drafted by the Legislative | 16 | | Reference Bureau. The Secretary shall retain the original | 17 | | petition for archive purposes. | 18 | | (e) All Legislative Petitions shall be drafted by the | 19 | | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided in | 20 | | this Rule. | 21 | | (f) Legislative Petitions submitted shall be assigned a | 22 | | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating | 23 | | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate |
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| 1 | | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the | 2 | | Senate President. A Legislative Petition is received by the | 3 | | Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a | 4 | | sequential number. | 5 | | (g) All Legislative Petitions shall, after having been read | 6 | | into the Senate record, be automatically referred to the | 7 | | Committee on Legislative Petitions. | 8 | | (h) A Legislative Petition that does not conform to the | 9 | | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the Senate | 10 | | President, (i) be ruled non-compliant and out of order, and | 11 | | (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the Senate to the Senator | 12 | | who filed it. | 13 | | (i) A Legislative Petition shall be unamendable, and any | 14 | | Legislative Petition pending when the Senate adjourns sine die | 15 | | shall not carry over into the next General Assembly. | 16 | | (j) Form. | 17 | | SENATE PETITION | 18 | | The undersigned petitioner, individually and on behalf of those | 19 | | residents of the State of Illinois supporting this petition, |
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| 1 | | hereby petitions the Chairperson and Members of the Senate | 2 | | Committee on Legislative Petitions to hold one or more public | 3 | | hearings to consider whether the following proposal should be | 4 | | introduced as legislation in the Illinois State Senate: | 5 | | Primary Petitioner: (Insert name of first person signing | 6 | | petition) | 7 | | Brief Summary of Proposal: (Insert Summary) | 8 | | Summary provided by petitioner and reproduced without | 9 | | alteration. | 10 | | Detailed Description of Proposal: (Insert Description or | 11 | | Specify "Not Provided") | 12 | | Description provided by petitioner and reproduced without | 13 | | alteration. | 14 | | (Senate Rule 3-15 new) | 15 | | 3-15. Committee on Legislative Petitions. | 16 | | (a) In addition to standing committees and the Committee on | 17 | | Assignments, there shall be a permanent service committee known | 18 | | as the "Committee on Legislative Petitions". The Committee on | 19 | | Legislative Petitions shall have those powers and duties that | 20 | | are outlined in these Senate Rules, as well as those that may |
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| 1 | | be periodically ordered in accordance with these Senate Rules. | 2 | | (b) The appointed members of the Committee on Legislative | 3 | | Petitions shall be designated by the President and the Minority | 4 | | Leader in the same manner outlined in Rule 3-2 with respect to | 5 | | standing committees. In accordance with Section 1 of the | 6 | | General Assembly Compensation Act (25 ILCS 115/1), no | 7 | | Chairperson or Minority Spokesperson of the Committee on | 8 | | Legislative Petitions shall receive additional compensation | 9 | | for his or her service. The Committee may create subcommittees | 10 | | under Rule 3-3. | 11 | | (c) It shall be the duty of the Committee on Legislative | 12 | | Petitions to consider petitions for legislation submitted to | 13 | | the Senate under these Senate Rules. After conducting one or | 14 | | more public hearings and receiving testimony, the Committee on | 15 | | Legislative Petitions may, by a majority of those appointed, | 16 | | issue a report to the full Senate outlining the testimony | 17 | | received, the positions of any witnesses, and any | 18 | | recommendations made by Committee members regarding the | 19 | | petition.
| 20 | | (Senate Rule 7-2)
| 21 | | 7-2. Announcing a Roll Call Vote. When a roll call vote is | 22 | | requested,
the Presiding Officer shall put the question and | 23 | | then announce to the Senate:
"The voting is open.". While the |
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| 1 | | roll call is being taken, the Presiding
Officer shall state: | 2 | | "Have all voted who wish?". The voting is
closed when the | 3 | | Presiding Officer announces: "Take the Record.". The
Presiding | 4 | | Officer , unless an intervening motion to postpone | 5 | | consideration by
the principal sponsor is made, shall then | 6 | | announce the results of the roll
call. No
Senator is permitted | 7 | | to vote or to change his or her vote after the Presiding
| 8 | | Officer announces: "Take the Record.".
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 7-3)
| 10 | | 7-3. Decorum and Debate.
| 11 | | (a) When any Senator is about to speak or
deliver any | 12 | | matter to the Senate, he or she shall rise and address the
| 13 | | Presiding Officer as "Mister President" or "Madam President", | 14 | | as the case may
be. Upon being recognized by the Chair, the
| 15 | | latter will address the Senator by name and thereupon, and not | 16 | | until then, the
engineer in charge of operating the microphones | 17 | | in the Senate will give the use
of the microphone to the | 18 | | Senator who has been so recognized. The Senator in
speaking | 19 | | shall confine himself or herself to the subject matter under
| 20 | | discussion and avoid personalities.
| 21 | | (b) The Presiding Officer may at his or her discretion, and | 22 | | with
consideration for the efficient operation of the Senate, | 23 | | determine whether
any member shall be afforded the floor for | 24 | | the purpose of introduction of
guests in the gallery. Questions |
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| 1 | | affecting the rights,
reputation, and conduct of members of the | 2 | | Senate in their representative
capacity are questions of | 3 | | personal privilege. A matter of personal explanation
does not | 4 | | constitute a question of personal privilege.
| 5 | | (c) If any Senator in speaking (or otherwise) transgresses | 6 | | these Senate
Rules, the Presiding Officer shall, or any Senator | 7 | | may, call him or her to
order, in which case the Senator so | 8 | | called to order shall sit down, unless
permitted to explain; | 9 | | and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide on the case
| 10 | | without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Senator | 11 | | called to order, he
or she is at liberty to proceed. If | 12 | | otherwise, and the case requires it,
he or she is liable to the | 13 | | censure of the Senate.
| 14 | | (d) If any Senator is called to order for words spoken in | 15 | | debate, the person
calling him or her to order shall repeat the | 16 | | words excepted to, and they shall
be taken down by the | 17 | | Secretary. No Senator shall be held to answer or be
subject to | 18 | | the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate if any | 19 | | Senator
has spoken in debate or other business has intervened | 20 | | after the words spoken
and
before exceptions to them shall have | 21 | | been taken.
| 22 | | (e) If two or more Senators rise at once, the Presiding | 23 | | Officer shall name
the Senator who is to speak first.
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| 1 | | (f) No person shall give any signs of approbation or | 2 | | disapprobation while
the
Senate is in session.
| 3 | | (g) No Senator shall speak more than five minutes on the | 4 | | same question
without the consent of the Senate, nor more than | 5 | | twice on that question. No
Senator shall speak more than once | 6 | | until every Senator choosing to speak has
spoken. However, the | 7 | | Presiding Officer, in his or her discretion, may set time | 8 | | limits for the presentation of a legislative measure by the | 9 | | principal
sponsor or a member designated by the principal | 10 | | sponsor and debate by Senators seeking to debate the | 11 | | legislative measure. No Senator may explain his or her vote.
| 12 | | (h) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question, no | 13 | | Senator shall
leave
or walk across the Senate Chamber. When a | 14 | | Senator is addressing the Senate, no
Senator or other person | 15 | | entitled to the floor shall entertain private discourse
or pass | 16 | | between the speaker and the Presiding Officer.
| 17 | | (i) In case of any disturbances or disorderly conduct in | 18 | | the lobby, gallery,
or hallways adjoining the chamber, the | 19 | | President shall have the power to order
the same to be cleared.
| 20 | | (j) All material placed on the desks of Senators shall | 21 | | contain the name of
the Senator requesting its distribution.
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| 1 | | (Senate Rule 7-12)
| 2 | | 7-12. Motion to Postpone Consideration. A motion to | 3 | | postpone
consideration on a legislative measure may not be made | 4 | | more than once on the
same bill or proposition. Unless | 5 | | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, a
motion to postpone | 6 | | consideration shall be made prior to intervening business and | 7 | | shall be granted as a matter of privilege . However ;
however , no | 8 | | motion to postpone consideration is in order if the
involved | 9 | | legislative measure (1) initially received a vote of fewer than | 10 | | two-fifths
of the members elected or (2) is an Appointment | 11 | | Message .
| 12 | | (Senate Rule 10-1)
| 13 | | 10-1. Nominations.
| 14 | | (a) Every nomination subject to confirmation by the
Senate | 15 | | shall be referred to the Committee on Assignments in accordance | 16 | | with Rule 3-6;
nominations may be
considered by the Executive | 17 | | Appointments Committee or other committees in accordance with | 18 | | these Senate Rules. Each
nominee shall be required to
appear in | 19 | | person before that meeting of a
committee convened for the | 20 | | purpose of
considering the qualifications of the person for
the | 21 | | office to which he or she has been nominated. The appearance of | 22 | | the
nominee may be waived by the committee by a vote of a
| 23 | | majority of those appointed.
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| 1 | | (b) The Executive Appointments Committee
or another | 2 | | committee in accordance with these Senate Rules shall, six days | 3 | | prior to any of
its meetings, post a notice on the Senate | 4 | | bulletin board or make the notice electronically available | 5 | | indicating the
nominees to be considered at its next meeting | 6 | | and the time, date, and place of
the meeting. The Chairperson | 7 | | of the committee shall provide a copy of the
notice to the | 8 | | Governor's Office of Legislative Affairs or other proper | 9 | | appointing officer or authority, if applicable , which shall be
| 10 | | responsible for notifying each nominee scheduled to be | 11 | | considered of the date,
time, and place of hearing.
| 12 | | (c) Except for Appointment Messages placed on the Denial of | 13 | | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | 14 | | Appointments, on On considering the report of the Executive | 15 | | Appointments
Committee or another committee in accordance with | 16 | | these Senate Rules on a
nomination,
the Presiding Officer shall | 17 | | put the following question: "Does the Senate
advise and consent | 18 | | to the nomination just made?". The Chairman of the Executive | 19 | | Appointments Committee may, by a motion in writing approved by | 20 | | a majority of the members present and voting compile a list of | 21 | | individual appointment messages to be acted on together by a | 22 | | single vote. Whenever a list of Appointment Messages has been | 23 | | so compiled, five or more members may request the question be
| 24 | | put and the vote separately taken upon each of the Appointment | 25 | | Messages on that list.
The Senate may determine, by a majority |
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| 1 | | vote of those elected, after having
voted upon the question of | 2 | | one or more of the Appointment Messages individually, to act
| 3 | | upon the question of the remaining Appointment Messages on that | 4 | | list as a unit.
| 5 | | (c-5) After a committee has reported to the Senate any | 6 | | Appointment Message "do not recommend advise and consent" | 7 | | pursuant to subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chairman of the | 8 | | Executive Appointments Committee shall move that the | 9 | | Appointment Message (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the | 10 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | 11 | | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | 12 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject to | 13 | | division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to reconsider | 14 | | under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put the following | 15 | | question: "Shall the Senate place Appointment Message (or | 16 | | Messages) (insert number or numbers) on the Denial of | 17 | | Appointment Calendar which shall constitute the Senate's | 18 | | rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on its 60th | 19 | | session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the motion by a | 20 | | majority vote, the Secretary shall place an Appointment Message | 21 | | on the Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of | 22 | | Executive Appointments. | 23 | | After a committee has reported to the Senate any | 24 | | Appointment Message "without recommendation" pursuant to | 25 | | subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chairman of the Executive |
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| 1 | | Appointments Committee may move that the Appointment Message | 2 | | (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the Denial of | 3 | | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | 4 | | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | 5 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject to | 6 | | division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to reconsider | 7 | | under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put the following | 8 | | question: "Shall the Senate place the Appointment Message (or | 9 | | Messages) (insert number or numbers) on the Denial of | 10 | | Appointment Calendar which shall constitute the Senate's | 11 | | rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on its 60th | 12 | | session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the motion by | 13 | | majority vote, the Secretary shall place an Appointment Message | 14 | | on the Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of | 15 | | Executive Appointments. | 16 | | The Secretary shall set forth for each applicable | 17 | | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar the | 18 | | number, name of the nominee, and the title of the office, | 19 | | agency or other body to which nomination is being made. The | 20 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar shall also state the number of | 21 | | session days that have elapsed since each Appointment Message | 22 | | was received by the Senate. The Secretary shall distribute the | 23 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar to each member of the Senate as | 24 | | a component of the Senate Calendar for each session day other | 25 | | than a perfunctory session day. The Secretary shall make the | 26 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar available to the public. |
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| 1 | | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | 2 | | Appointment Calendar if a written objection stating the number | 3 | | of the Appointment Message to be removed is filed with the | 4 | | Secretary on or before the 59th session day after the day the | 5 | | Appointment Message was received by the Senate, and the | 6 | | objection contains the signature of a majority of the members | 7 | | elected. Upon the filing of a proper written objection, the | 8 | | Secretary shall remove the relevant Appointment Message from | 9 | | the Denial of Appointment Calendar and automatically place the | 10 | | Appointment Message on the Senate Calendar under the order of | 11 | | Executive Appointments. | 12 | | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | 13 | | Appointment Calendar if, upon concurrence of a majority of | 14 | | those appointed, the Committee on Assignments adopts a motion | 15 | | to remove that Appointment Message on or before the 59th | 16 | | session day after the day the Appointment Message was received | 17 | | by the Senate. Upon this action of the Committee on | 18 | | Assignments, the Secretary shall remove the relevant | 19 | | Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment Calendar and | 20 | | automatically place the Appointment Message on the Senate | 21 | | Calendar under the order of Executive Appointments, unless the | 22 | | Committee on Assignments has referred the Appointment Message | 23 | | to a committee for further action. | 24 | | If neither the Committee on Assignments takes action to | 25 | | remove an Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment | 26 | | Calendar, nor a proper written objection to an Appointment |
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| 1 | | Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar is filed with the | 2 | | Secretary as required under this Rule, then that Appointment | 3 | | Message shall remain on the Denial of Appointment Calendar. A | 4 | | motion to place an Appointment Message (or Appointment | 5 | | Messages) on the Denial of Appointment Calendar adopted by the | 6 | | Senate shall constitute the Senate's rejection of each | 7 | | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar on | 8 | | the 60th session day after the day the Appointment Message was | 9 | | received by the Senate. Each Appointment Message remaining on | 10 | | the Denial of Appointment Calendar on the 60th session day | 11 | | after the day the Appointment Message was received by the | 12 | | Senate shall be deemed to have not received the advice and | 13 | | consent of the Senate and thereby rejected by the Senate | 14 | | pursuant to Article V, Section 9 of the Illinois Constitution. | 15 | | On the 60th session day for each Appointment Message on the | 16 | | Denial of Appointment Calendar, the Presiding Officer shall | 17 | | make the following inquiry of the Secretary: "Please identify | 18 | | each Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar | 19 | | that is on its 60th session day." After the Secretary | 20 | | identifies the relevant Appointment Message or Appointment | 21 | | Messages, the Presiding Officer shall make the following | 22 | | declaration: "Each Appointment Message just read is on its 60th | 23 | | session day and remains on the Denial of Appointment Calendar; | 24 | | therefore each such Message, pursuant to our Rules, is deemed | 25 | | to have not received the advice and consent of the Senate and | 26 | | is hereby rejected by the Senate pursuant to Article V, Section |
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| 1 | | 9 of the Illinois Constitution. The Journal shall reflect that | 2 | | the Senate has rejected each such nomination and the Secretary | 3 | | shall inform the relevant appointing authority of the Senate's | 4 | | action in rejecting that authority's nomination." | 5 | | (d) Except as otherwise provided for in this Rule, while | 6 | | While any nomination remains with the Senate, it is in order to
| 7 | | reconsider any vote taken thereon, subject to the provisions of | 8 | | Rule 7-15 not
related to the time for making such a motion.
| 9 | | (Senate Rule 10-2) | 10 | | 10-2. Appointment Messages. | 11 | | (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of | 12 | | the Senate
shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment | 13 | | Message from
the appointing officer or appointing authority in | 14 | | accordance
with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form | 15 | | provided
in this Rule, containing all of the required | 16 | | information, and
accompanied by a cover letter signed by the | 17 | | appointing officer
or on behalf of the appointing authority. | 18 | | (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
| 19 | | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided
in | 20 | | this Rule. | 21 | | (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
| 22 | | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
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| 1 | | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
| 2 | | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
| 3 | | Senate President. An Appointment Message is received by the
| 4 | | Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a
| 5 | | sequential number. A perfunctory session day shall not be | 6 | | deemed to be a session day for the purpose of Article V, | 7 | | Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution. | 8 | | (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
| 9 | | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the Senate
| 10 | | President, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no legal effect | 11 | | and (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the Senate to the
| 12 | | appointing officer or authority that filed it. | 13 | | (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
| 14 | | accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
| 15 | | supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
| 16 | | superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential | 17 | | number the
Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing | 18 | | of a
superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table | 19 | | the
Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded | 20 | | Appointment Message shall
have no further legal effect. | 21 | | (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an | 22 | | appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an | 23 | | Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or |
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| 1 | | received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been | 2 | | withdrawn shall have no further legal effect. | 3 | | (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a | 4 | | committee-sponsored
legislative measure that is unamendable | 5 | | and (ii) shall be
controlled by the Chairperson of the | 6 | | Executive Appointments
Committee, who for purposes of these | 7 | | Senate Rules shall be
deemed the principal sponsor. In the | 8 | | absence of the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the | 9 | | Executive
Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal | 10 | | sponsor.
Messages may not have individual cosponsors. | 11 | | (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
| 12 | | adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General | 13 | | Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by | 14 | | the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as | 15 | | provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment | 16 | | Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall | 17 | | retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into | 18 | | the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this | 19 | | Rule. | 20 | | (i) Notwithstanding the requirements contained in this | 21 | | Rule, any Appointment Message submitted to the 96th General | 22 | | Assembly and not acted upon by the 96th General Assembly is | 23 | | deemed to be carried over to the 97th General Assembly. The |
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| 1 | | Senate may take action on any Appointment Message carried over | 2 | | from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly. Nothing in this | 3 | | Rule shall be construed to prohibit an appointing officer or | 4 | | authority from withdrawing in writing an Appointment Message | 5 | | that was previously submitted to or received by the Senate of | 6 | | the 96th General Assembly and carried over into the Senate of | 7 | | the 97th General Assembly. An Appointment Message carried over | 8 | | from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly that has been | 9 | | withdrawn in the Senate of the 97th General Assembly shall have | 10 | | no further legal effect. | 11 | | (i) (j) Form. | 12 | | APPOINTMENT MESSAGE | 13 | | To the Honorable Members of the Senate, Ninety-Eighth | 14 | | Ninety-Seventh General Assembly: | 15 | | (I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of | 16 | | the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the | 17 | | advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following | 18 | | named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and | 19 | | consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested. | 20 | | Title of Office: (Insert Title and Position ) |
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| 1 | | Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or | 2 | | other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made) | 3 | | Start Date: (Insert Start Date) | 4 | | End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable") | 5 | | Name: (Name of Nominee) | 6 | | Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee) | 7 | | Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify | 8 | | "Unsalaried") | 9 | | Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable") | 10 | | Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District | 11 | | the Nominee Resides)
| 12 | | Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New | 13 | | Position") | 14 | | Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of | 15 | | Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable")
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