Full Text of SR0184 101st General Assembly
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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 3-8 | 5 | | and 5-2 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.
| 17 | | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | 18 | | action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | 19 | | with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee | 20 | | on Assignments. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or | 21 | | conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | 22 | | unless approved
for consideration by the
Committee on |
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| 1 | | Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for | 2 | | consideration to the
Senate any floor amendment, joint
action | 3 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report that: | 4 | | (i)
consists of language that has previously been
favorably | 5 | | reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of | 6 | | technical or
clarifying language; or (iii) consists of
language | 7 | | deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an emergency | 8 | | nature, of
substantial importance to the operation of | 9 | | government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The Committee | 10 | | on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint action
| 11 | | motion for final action, or conference committee report to a | 12 | | committee
for
its review and consideration (in those instances, | 13 | | and notwithstanding any other
provision of these Senate Rules, | 14 | | the committee may
hold a hearing on and consider those | 15 | | legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
advance notice). Any | 16 | | floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
| 17 | | conference committee report that is not
approved for | 18 | | consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, and | 19 | | is attempted
to be acted upon by a committee shall be out of | 20 | | order, except as provided for
under
Rule 8-4.
| 21 | | (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 22 | | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 23 | | from which the bill was reported (or to another standing | 24 | | committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon | 25 | | adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day |
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| 1 | | following the day on which the floor amendment was filed, | 2 | | unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor | 3 | | amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor | 4 | | amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate | 5 | | for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before | 6 | | the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject of | 7 | | appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on | 8 | | Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor | 9 | | amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the | 10 | | underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a | 11 | | determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the | 12 | | Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the | 13 | | floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 14 | | floor amendment to any other committee.
| 15 | | (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | 16 | | Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Committee on | 17 | | Assignments. No committee amendment may be
considered by a | 18 | | committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
| 19 | | committee by the
Committee on Assignments and the committee | 20 | | amendment has first been made available electronically or | 21 | | otherwise for not less than one hour. Any committee amendment | 22 | | referred by the
Committee on Assignments shall be referred
to | 23 | | the committee before which the underlying bill or resolution is
| 24 | | pending.
Any committee amendment that is not referred by the
| 25 | | Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is attempted to be |
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| 1 | | acted upon by a committee
shall be out of order.
| 2 | | (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | 3 | | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | 4 | | to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of the Senate | 5 | | on the third regular session day following the day on which the | 6 | | committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the Committee on | 7 | | Assignments referred the committee amendment to the standing | 8 | | committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) the bill is no | 9 | | longer pending before the committee; (iii) the committee | 10 | | amendment deals with the subject of appropriations or State | 11 | | revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has determined by | 12 | | a majority vote that the committee amendment substantively | 13 | | alters the nature and scope of the underlying bill. If the | 14 | | Committee on Assignments makes a determination under item (iv) | 15 | | of this subsection, then the Committee on Assignments may, in | 16 | | its discretion, (A) refer both the bill and the committee | 17 | | amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | 18 | | committee amendment to any other committee. | 19 | | (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer a | 20 | | legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | 21 | | Whole or to any other committee.
| 22 | | (d-3) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 23 | | Rules: |
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| 1 | | (1) Upon written request of the chief sponsor, any bill | 2 | | not otherwise assigned to a standing committee shall be | 3 | | assigned to a standing committee. | 4 | | (2) Upon written request of the chief sponsor, any bill | 5 | | not otherwise called for hearing in the standing committee | 6 | | to which it has been assigned shall be heard (and called | 7 | | for a vote, if so requested by the chief sponsor) in that | 8 | | standing committee. | 9 | | (3) Each chief sponsor may make a total of 3 written | 10 | | requests under paragraph (1) or (2) during any calendar | 11 | | year (for purposes of this provision, the period from | 12 | | January 1 until the next General Assembly convenes in the | 13 | | odd-numbered year following a general election shall be | 14 | | considered part of the previous calendar year).
| 15 | | (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 16 | | Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments | 17 | | shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing | 18 | | committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge | 19 | | motion for that bill that is signed by no less than | 20 | | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | 21 | | caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion is | 22 | | a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to bills | 23 | | dealing with the subject of appropriations or State revenue. | 24 | | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of |
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| 1 | | the members
elected.
| 2 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
| 3 | | (Senate Rule 5-2)
| 4 | | 5-2. Reading and Printing of Bills. Every bill shall be | 5 | | read by title
on three different days prior to passage by the | 6 | | Senate, and the bill and all
adopted amendments thereto shall | 7 | | be printed before the vote is taken on its
final passage. No | 8 | | bill that provides for an appropriation
or expenditure of money | 9 | | from the State Treasury may be read a third time until at least | 10 | | 72 hours have elapsed since the language to be voted upon was | 11 | | filed.
| 12 | | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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