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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate | 4 | | of the 101st General Assembly are amended by changing Rules | 5 | | 3-8, 5-4, and 10-2 as follows:
| 6 | | (Senate Rule 3-8)
| 7 | | 3-8. Referrals to Committees.
| 8 | | (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall,
after having | 9 | | been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically
referred | 10 | | to the Committee on Assignments, which may thereafter refer any | 11 | | bill
before it to a committee. The Committee on Assignments may | 12 | | refer any
resolution before it to a committee. No bill or | 13 | | resolution may be
referred to a
committee except pursuant to | 14 | | this Rule or Rule 7-17. A standing
or special committee may | 15 | | refer a matter pending in that committee to a special
| 16 | | subcommittee of
that committee. The Committee on Assignments | 17 | | may not refer a legislative measure to any subcommittee of a | 18 | | standing or special committee.
| 19 | | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | 20 | | action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | 21 | | with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee | 22 | | on Assignments. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or |
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| 1 | | conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | 2 | | unless approved
for consideration by the
Committee on | 3 | | Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for | 4 | | consideration to the
Senate any floor amendment, joint
action | 5 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report that: | 6 | | (i)
consists of language that has previously been
favorably | 7 | | reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of | 8 | | technical or
clarifying language; or (iii) consists of
language | 9 | | deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an emergency | 10 | | nature, of
substantial importance to the operation of | 11 | | government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The Committee | 12 | | on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint action
| 13 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report to a | 14 | | committee
for
its review and consideration (in those instances, | 15 | | and notwithstanding any other
provision of these Senate Rules, | 16 | | the committee may
hold a hearing on and consider those | 17 | | legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
advance notice). Any | 18 | | floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
| 19 | | conference committee report that is not
approved for | 20 | | consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, and | 21 | | is attempted
to be acted upon by a committee shall be out of | 22 | | order, except as provided for
under
Rule 8-4.
| 23 | | (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 24 | | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 25 | | from which the bill was reported (or to another standing |
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| 1 | | committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon | 2 | | adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day | 3 | | following the day on which the floor amendment was filed, | 4 | | unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor | 5 | | amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor | 6 | | amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate | 7 | | for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before | 8 | | the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject of | 9 | | appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on | 10 | | Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor | 11 | | amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the | 12 | | underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a | 13 | | determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the | 14 | | Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the | 15 | | floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 16 | | floor amendment to any other committee.
| 17 | | (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | 18 | | Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Committee on | 19 | | Assignments. No committee amendment may be
considered by a | 20 | | committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
| 21 | | committee by the
Committee on Assignments and the committee | 22 | | amendment has first been made available electronically or | 23 | | otherwise for not less than one hour. Any committee amendment | 24 | | referred by the
Committee on Assignments shall be referred
to | 25 | | the committee before which the underlying bill or resolution is
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| 1 | | pending.
Any committee amendment that is not referred by the
| 2 | | Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is attempted to be | 3 | | acted upon by a committee
shall be out of order.
| 4 | | (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 5 | | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 6 | | to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of the Senate | 7 | | on the third regular session day following the day on which the | 8 | | committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the Committee on | 9 | | Assignments referred the committee amendment to the standing | 10 | | committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) the bill is no | 11 | | longer pending before the committee; (iii) the committee | 12 | | amendment deals with the subject of appropriations or State | 13 | | revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has determined by | 14 | | a majority vote that the committee amendment substantively | 15 | | alters the nature and scope of the underlying bill. If the | 16 | | Committee on Assignments makes a determination under item (iv) | 17 | | of this subsection, then the Committee on Assignments may, in | 18 | | its discretion, (A) refer both the bill and the committee | 19 | | amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 20 | | committee amendment to any other committee. | 21 | | (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer a | 22 | | legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | 23 | | Whole or to any other committee . However, the Committee on | 24 | | Assignments may not re-refer a bill from a committee to a |
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| 1 | | Committee of the Whole or any other committee unless the | 2 | | chairperson of the committee to which the bill was originally | 3 | | referred consents in writing to the re-referral .
| 4 | | (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 5 | | Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments | 6 | | shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing | 7 | | committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge | 8 | | motion for that bill that is signed by no less than | 9 | | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | 10 | | caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion is | 11 | | a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to bills | 12 | | dealing with the subject of appropriations or State revenue. | 13 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 14 | | the members
elected.
| 15 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
| 16 | | (Senate Rule 5-4)
| 17 | | 5-4. Amendments.
| 18 | | (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted either by a
| 19 | | standing committee when the bill is before that committee, or | 20 | | by the Senate
when a bill is on the order of Second
Reading. | 21 | | The former shall be known as a "committee amendment" and the | 22 | | latter
as a "floor amendment". All amendments must be in | 23 | | writing. All amendments
still pending in a committee upon the |
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| 1 | | passage or defeat of a bill on Third
Reading shall | 2 | | automatically be tabled.
| 3 | | (b) Committee amendments , except for committee amendments | 4 | | that amend appropriation bills, may only be offered by the | 5 | | principal sponsor or a
member of the
committee while the | 6 | | affected bill is before the committee, and shall be
adopted by | 7 | | a majority of those appointed. Committee amendments that amend | 8 | | appropriation bills may be offered by any Senator. Floor | 9 | | amendments may only be
offered by a Senator while the bill is | 10 | | on the order of Second
Reading, and shall be adopted by a | 11 | | majority vote of the Senate. An amendment
may be the subject of | 12 | | a motion to "do adopt" or "do not adopt", and may only be
| 13 | | adopted pursuant to a successful motion to "do adopt".
| 14 | | (c) Committee amendments and
floor amendments shall be | 15 | | filed with the Secretary, and shall
be in order only when six | 16 | | copies have been filed.
The Secretary shall provide copies of | 17 | | committee amendments to the Chairperson
and Minority | 18 | | Spokesperson of the appropriate committee as soon as | 19 | | practicable, such copies may be made available electronically.
| 20 | | (d) The Secretary shall have printed all adopted committee | 21 | | amendments that
come before
the Senate pursuant to Rule 3-12. | 22 | | The Secretary shall also have
printed all
adopted floor | 23 | | amendments. No floor amendment may be adopted by the
Senate |
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| 1 | | unless it has been first reproduced and placed on the members' | 2 | | desks or made available electronically.
| 3 | | (e) No floor or committee amendment shall be in order | 4 | | unless approved or
referred by the
Committee on Assignments in | 5 | | accordance with Rule 3-8 or brought before the Senate pursuant | 6 | | to
Rule 7-9.
| 7 | | (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall | 8 | | set forth
completely the statutory Sections amended, and shall | 9 | | conform to the
requirements of Rule 5-1(e).
| 10 | | (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the | 11 | | committee
amendments shall be deemed adopted by the committee | 12 | | action and shall be
reproduced and placed on the members' desks | 13 | | or made available electronically before the bill may be read a
| 14 | | second time.
| 15 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.) | 16 | | (Senate Rule 10-2) | 17 | | 10-2. Appointment Messages. | 18 | | (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of | 19 | | the Senate
shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment | 20 | | Message from
the appointing officer or appointing authority in | 21 | | accordance
with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form | 22 | | provided
in this Rule, containing all of the required |
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| 1 | | information, and
accompanied by a cover letter signed by the | 2 | | appointing officer
or on behalf of the appointing authority. | 3 | | (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
| 4 | | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided
in | 5 | | this Rule. | 6 | | (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
| 7 | | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
| 8 | | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
| 9 | | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
| 10 | | President of the Senate. An Appointment Message is received by | 11 | | the
Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned | 12 | | a
sequential number. A perfunctory session day shall not be | 13 | | deemed to be a session day for the purpose of Article V, | 14 | | Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution. | 15 | | (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
| 16 | | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the | 17 | | President of the Senate, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no | 18 | | legal effect and (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the | 19 | | Senate to the
appointing officer or authority that filed it. | 20 | | (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
| 21 | | accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
| 22 | | supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
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| 1 | | superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential | 2 | | number the
Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing | 3 | | of a
superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table | 4 | | the
Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded | 5 | | Appointment Message shall
have no further legal effect. The | 6 | | filing of a
superseding Appointment Message shall not have the | 7 | | effect of restarting the 60 session day period within which the | 8 | | Senate must confirm or reject the appointee under Article V, | 9 | | Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution, Senate | 10 | | Rule 10-1, or any applicable law. | 11 | | (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an | 12 | | appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an | 13 | | Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or | 14 | | received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been | 15 | | withdrawn shall have no further legal effect. The filing of an | 16 | | Appointment Message appointing the same person to the same | 17 | | office and for a term ending on the same date as that of an | 18 | | Appointment Message that was previously filed and later | 19 | | withdrawn shall not have the effect of restarting the 60 | 20 | | session day period within which the Senate must confirm or | 21 | | reject the appointee under Article V, Section 9, subsection (a) | 22 | | of the Illinois Constitution, Senate Rule 10-1, or any | 23 | | applicable law. | 24 | | (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a |
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| 1 | | committee-sponsored
legislative measure that is unamendable | 2 | | and (ii) shall be
controlled by the Chairperson of the | 3 | | Executive Appointments
Committee, who for purposes of these | 4 | | Senate Rules shall be
deemed the principal sponsor. In the | 5 | | absence of the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the | 6 | | Executive
Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal | 7 | | sponsor.
Messages may not have individual cosponsors. | 8 | | (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
| 9 | | adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General | 10 | | Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by | 11 | | the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as | 12 | | provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment | 13 | | Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall | 14 | | retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into | 15 | | the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this | 16 | | Rule. | 17 | | (i) Form. | 18 | | APPOINTMENT MESSAGE | 19 | | To the Honorable Members of the Senate, One Hundredth General | 20 | | Assembly: |
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| 1 | | (I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of | 2 | | the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the | 3 | | advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following | 4 | | named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and | 5 | | consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested. | 6 | | Title of Office: (Insert Title and Position) | 7 | | Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or | 8 | | other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made) | 9 | | Start Date: (Insert Start Date) | 10 | | End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable") | 11 | | Name: (Name of Nominee) | 12 | | Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee) | 13 | | Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify | 14 | | "Unsalaried") | 15 | | Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable") | 16 | | Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District |
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| 1 | | the Nominee Resides)
| 2 | | Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New | 3 | | Position") | 4 | | Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of | 5 | | Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable") | 6 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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