Full Text of HR0594 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 103rd General | 5 | | Assembly are amended by changing Rules 10 and 18 as follows: | 6 | | (House Rule 10) | 7 | | 10. Committees. | 8 | | (a) The committees of the House are: (i) the standing | 9 | | committees listed in Rule 11; (ii) the special committees | 10 | | created under Rule 13; (iii) any subcommittees created under | 11 | | these Rules; (iv) the Rules Committee created under Rule 15; | 12 | | (v) any committees created under Article X or Article XII; and | 13 | | (vi) any Committee of the Whole. Committees of the Whole shall | 14 | | consist of all Representatives. | 15 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Rule and subject | 16 | | to Rules 12 and 13, all committees shall have a Chairperson and | 17 | | Minority Spokesperson, who may be of the same political party. | 18 | | A Minority Spokesperson may not be appointed until after a | 19 | | Chairperson has been appointed. Standing committees that have | 20 | | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties shall not | 21 | | have a Minority Spokesperson. Special committees that have | 22 | | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties shall not | 23 | | have a Minority Spokesperson. No member may be appointed to |
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| 1 | | serve as a Chairperson, Minority Spokesperson, or | 2 | | Co-Chairperson of any committee unless the member is serving | 3 | | in at least his or her third term as a member of the General | 4 | | Assembly, including any terms in which the member was | 5 | | appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative or | 6 | | Senator. Each committee may have a Vice-Chairperson appointed | 7 | | by the Speaker. The number of majority caucus members and | 8 | | minority caucus members of all committees, except the Rules | 9 | | Committee created under Rule 15 and as otherwise provided by | 10 | | these Rules, shall be determined by the Speaker. The Speaker | 11 | | shall file a notice with the Clerk setting forth the number of | 12 | | majority caucus and minority caucus members of each committee, | 13 | | which shall be journalized. A member may be temporarily | 14 | | replaced on a committee if the member is otherwise | 15 | | unavailable. The appointment of a member as a temporary | 16 | | replacement shall remain in effect until (i) the permanent | 17 | | member who was replaced is in attendance at the hearing and has | 18 | | been added to the committee roll, (ii) the appointing | 19 | | authority withdraws the temporary replacement appointment or | 20 | | appoints a different member to serve as the temporary | 21 | | replacement, or (iii) the hearing is adjourned or the | 22 | | authority has expired for a re-convened hearing following a | 23 | | recess of the committee, whichever occurs first. All leaders | 24 | | are non-voting ex-officio members of each standing committee | 25 | | and each special committee, except that the leaders may also | 26 | | be appointed to standing committees or special committees as |
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| 1 | | voting members. The Speaker may also appoint any member of the | 2 | | majority caucus, and the Minority Leader may appoint any | 3 | | member of the minority caucus, as a non-voting member of any | 4 | | standing committee or special committee. | 5 | | (c) The Chairperson of a committee has the authority to | 6 | | call the committee to order, designate which legislative | 7 | | measures and subject matters posted for hearing shall be taken | 8 | | up and in what order, order a record vote to be taken on each | 9 | | legislative measure called for a vote, preserve order and | 10 | | decorum during committee meetings, establish procedural rules | 11 | | (subject to approval by the Speaker) governing the | 12 | | presentation and consideration of legislative measures and | 13 | | subject matters, and generally supervise the affairs of the | 14 | | committee. Any such procedural rules must be filed with the | 15 | | Clerk and copies provided to all members of the committee. The | 16 | | Vice-Chairperson of a committee or other member of the | 17 | | committee from the majority caucus may preside over its | 18 | | meetings in the absence or at the direction of the | 19 | | Chairperson. In the case of standing or special committees | 20 | | with Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the | 21 | | "Chairperson" for purposes of this Rule is the Co-Chairperson | 22 | | from the majority caucus. | 23 | | (c-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, | 24 | | the Chairperson of a committee shall order a hearing to be held | 25 | | and a record vote to be taken on each bill that is referred to | 26 | | the committee as a member-sponsored initiative under Rule 18. |
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| 1 | | This subsection (c-5) may not be suspended. | 2 | | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the position of | 3 | | Chairperson, Co-Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, or Minority | 4 | | Spokesperson on a committee, exists when a member resigns from | 5 | | the position, ceases to be a Representative, or changes | 6 | | political party affiliation. Resignations and notices of a | 7 | | change in political party affiliation shall be made in writing | 8 | | to the Clerk, who shall promptly notify the Speaker and | 9 | | Minority Leader. Replacement members shall be of the same | 10 | | political party as that of the member who resigns, and shall be | 11 | | appointed in the same manner as the original appointment, | 12 | | except that in the case of a vacancy in the position of | 13 | | Chairperson or Co-Chairperson, the replacement member need not | 14 | | be from the same political party. The Speaker or Minority | 15 | | Leader may appoint a temporary replacement to fill a vacancy | 16 | | until such time as a permanent member has been appointed. In | 17 | | the case of vacancies on subcommittees, the parent committee | 18 | | shall fill the vacancy in the same manner as the original | 19 | | appointment. | 20 | | (e) The Chairperson of a committee has the authority to | 21 | | call meetings of that committee, subject to the approval of | 22 | | the Speaker. In the case of standing or special committees | 23 | | with Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the | 24 | | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus has the authority to | 25 | | call meetings of the special committee, subject to the | 26 | | approval of the Speaker. Except as otherwise provided by these |
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| 1 | | Rules, committee meetings shall be convened in accordance with | 2 | | Rule 21. | 3 | | (f) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended, | 4 | | this This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | 5 | | 71 members elected. | 6 | | (Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.) | 7 | | (House Rule 18) | 8 | | 18. Referrals to Committees. | 9 | | (a) All House bills and Senate bills, after being | 10 | | initially read by the Clerk, are automatically referred to the | 11 | | Rules Committee. | 12 | | (b) The Rules Committee may refer any such bill before it | 13 | | to a standing committee or a special committee. During | 14 | | even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall refer to a | 15 | | standing committee or a special committee only appropriation | 16 | | bills implementing the budget and bills deemed by the Rules | 17 | | Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority of those | 18 | | appointed, to be of an emergency nature or to be of substantial | 19 | | importance to the operation of government. This subsection (b) | 20 | | applies equally to House Bills and Senate Bills introduced | 21 | | into or received by the House. | 22 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee | 23 | | may refer any legislative measure to a joint committee of the | 24 | | House and Senate created by joint resolution. That joint |
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| 1 | | committee shall report back to the Rules Committee any | 2 | | recommendation for action made by that joint committee. The | 3 | | Rules Committee may, at any time, however, refer the | 4 | | legislative measure to a standing or special committee of the | 5 | | House. | 6 | | (c) The Chairperson of a standing committee or a special | 7 | | committee may refer a subject matter or a legislative measure | 8 | | pending in that committee to a subcommittee of that committee, | 9 | | regardless of whether the subject matter or legislative | 10 | | measure has been posted for hearing. | 11 | | (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a | 12 | | standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from | 13 | | a standing committee or a special committee under Rule 58, | 14 | | shall be referred to the House and placed on the appropriate | 15 | | order of business, which shall appear on the Daily Calendar. | 16 | | (e) All committee amendments, floor amendments, joint | 17 | | action motions for final action, conference committee reports, | 18 | | and motions to table committee amendments, upon filing with | 19 | | the Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules Committee. | 20 | | The Rules Committee may refer any committee amendment to the | 21 | | standing committee or the special committee to which the bill | 22 | | or resolution it amends has been referred for its review and | 23 | | consideration. The Rules Committee may refer any floor | 24 | | amendment, joint action motion for final action, conference | 25 | | committee report, or motion to table a committee amendment to | 26 | | the House or to a standing committee or a special committee for |
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| 1 | | its review and consideration. Any floor amendment, joint | 2 | | action motion for final action, conference committee report, | 3 | | or motion to table a committee amendment that is not referred | 4 | | to the House by, or discharged from, the Rules Committee is out | 5 | | of order, except that any floor amendment, joint action motion | 6 | | for final action, conference committee report, or motion to | 7 | | table a committee amendment favorably reported by, or | 8 | | discharged from, a standing committee or a special committee | 9 | | is deemed referred to the House by the Rules Committee for | 10 | | purposes of this Rule. | 11 | | (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or re-refer a | 12 | | legislative measure from a committee to a Committee of the | 13 | | Whole or to any other committee. If a bill or resolution is | 14 | | re-referred from a standing or special committee to a | 15 | | Committee of the Whole or to any other committee pursuant to | 16 | | this Rule, any committee amendments pending in the standing or | 17 | | special committee shall be automatically re-referred with the | 18 | | bill or resolution. | 19 | | (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, | 20 | | any bill pending before the Rules Committee shall be | 21 | | immediately discharged and referred to a standing committee, | 22 | | special committee, or order of the Daily Calendar, as provided | 23 | | in this Rule, if the Principal Sponsor of the bill files a | 24 | | motion that is signed by no less than three-fifths of the | 25 | | members of both the majority and minority caucuses, provided | 26 | | each member signing the motion is a sponsor of the underlying |
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| 1 | | bill subject to the motion and the motion specifies the | 2 | | appropriate standing committee, special committee, or order on | 3 | | the Daily Calendar to which the bill shall be referred. Such a | 4 | | motion shall be filed, in writing, with the Clerk. All other | 5 | | legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules | 6 | | Committee only by unanimous consent of the House. A bill or | 7 | | resolution discharged from the Rules Committee shall be | 8 | | referred as follows: (i) a bill or resolution that was not | 9 | | previously referred shall be referred to the standing | 10 | | committee or special committee designated on the motion, | 11 | | subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; (ii) a bill or | 12 | | resolution re-referred to the Rules Committee from a standing | 13 | | committee or special committee shall be re-referred to that | 14 | | committee, subject to the notice requirement of Rule 21; and | 15 | | (iii) a bill or resolution re-referred to the Rules Committee | 16 | | from an order of business on the Daily Calendar shall be | 17 | | re-referred to the same order of business, provided the bill | 18 | | or resolution shall be carried on the Daily Calendar for at | 19 | | least one legislative day prior to consideration by the House. | 20 | | Legislative measures, other than bills or resolutions, that | 21 | | are discharged from the Rules Committee shall be referred as | 22 | | follows: (i) an amendment, joint action motion for final | 23 | | action, or conference committee report shall be referred to | 24 | | the committee that considered the underlying bill or | 25 | | resolution and (ii) any other legislative measure shall be | 26 | | referred to the proper order of business on the Daily |
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| 1 | | Calendar, provided the legislative measure shall be carried on | 2 | | the Daily Calendar for at least one legislative day prior to | 3 | | consideration by the House. Rulings of the Presiding Officer | 4 | | related to this subsection (g) may not be appealed. This | 5 | | subsection may not be suspended. | 6 | | (g-5) During each calendar year, each Representative may | 7 | | designate up to 5 bills as a member-sponsored initiative by | 8 | | filing with the Clerk of the House a written motion to have the | 9 | | bill recognized as a member-sponsored initiative and referred | 10 | | to the standing committee or special committee requested in | 11 | | the motion. Any bill that is designated as a member-sponsored | 12 | | initiative by written motion under this subsection (g-5) shall | 13 | | be immediately discharged and referred to the standing | 14 | | committee or special committee designated in the motion | 15 | | notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules. This | 16 | | subsection (g-5) may not be suspended. | 17 | | (h) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended, | 18 | | this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of 71 | 19 | | members elected. | 20 | | (Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.) |
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