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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the following (which | 4 |
| are the same as the Rules of the Senate of the 93rd General | 5 |
| Assembly except as indicated by striking and underscoring) are | 6 |
| adopted as the Rules of the Senate of the Ninety-fourth General | 7 |
| Assembly:
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| ARTICLE I
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| DEFINITIONS
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| As used in these Senate Rules, the following terms have the | 11 |
| meanings ascribed
to them in this Article I, unless the context | 12 |
| clearly requires a different
meaning:
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| (Senate Rule 1-1)
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| 1-1. Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that Senator | 15 |
| designated by the
President to serve as chair of a committee.
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| (Senate Rule 1-2)
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| 1-2. Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the Senate | 18 |
| and
includes a standing committee, a special committee, and a | 19 |
| special
subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean | 20 |
| a conference
committee,
and the procedural and notice | 21 |
| requirements applicable to committees do not
apply to | 22 |
| conference committees.
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| (Senate Rule 1-3)
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| 1-3. Constitution. "Constitution" means the Constitution | 25 |
| of the
State of Illinois.
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| (Senate Rule 1-4)
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| 1-4. General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the | 2 |
| current
General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
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| (Senate Rule 1-5)
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| 1-5. House. "House" means the House of Representatives of | 5 |
| the General
Assembly.
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| (Senate Rule 1-6)
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| 1-6. Joint Action Motion. "Joint action motion" means any
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| of the following motions before the Senate: to concur in a | 9 |
| House amendment, to
non-concur in a House amendment, to recede | 10 |
| from a Senate amendment, to refuse
to recede from a Senate | 11 |
| amendment,
and to request that a conference committee be | 12 |
| appointed.
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| (Senate Rule 1-7)
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| 1-7. Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the | 15 |
| Legislative
Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the | 16 |
| Legislative Reference Bureau of
the General Assembly.
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| (Senate Rule 1-8)
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| 1-8. Legislative Measure. "Legislative measure" means any | 19 |
| matter
brought before the Senate for consideration, whether | 20 |
| originated in the Senate
or House, and includes bills, | 21 |
| amendments, resolutions, conference committee
reports, | 22 |
| motions, and messages from the executive branch.
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| (Senate Rule 1-9)
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| 1-9. Majority. "Majority" means a simple majority of those | 25 |
| members
present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise | 26 |
| specified with respect to
a particular Senate Rule, for | 27 |
| purposes of determining the number of members
present and | 28 |
| voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be counted.
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| (Senate Rule 1-10)
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| 1-10. Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that group |
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| of Senators
from the numerically strongest political party in | 2 |
| the Senate. "Majority
caucus" also includes any Senator who is | 3 |
| not from the numerically strongest
or numerically second | 4 |
| strongest political party in the Senate but who casts his
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| her final vote for Senate President for the person who is | 6 |
| elected Senate
President.
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| (Senate Rule 1-11)
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| 1-11. Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those | 9 |
| appointed" means
an absolute majority of the total number of | 10 |
| Senators appointed to a committee.
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| (Senate Rule 1-12)
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| 1-12. Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those | 13 |
| elected" means an
absolute majority of the total number of | 14 |
| Senators entitled to be elected to the
Senate, irrespective of | 15 |
| the number of elected or appointed Senators actually
serving in | 16 |
| office. So long as 59 Senators are entitled to be elected to | 17 |
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Senate, "majority of those elected" shall mean 30 | 18 |
| affirmative votes.
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| (Senate Rule 1-13)
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| 1-13. Member. "Member" means a Senator. Where the context | 21 |
| so requires,
"member" may also mean a Representative of the | 22 |
| Illinois House of
Representatives.
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| (Senate Rule 1-14)
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| 1-14. Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the | 25 |
| total number of
Senators appointed to a committee.
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| (Senate Rule 1-15)
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| 1-15. Members Elected. "Members elected" means the total | 28 |
| number of
Senators entitled to be elected to the Senate, | 29 |
| irrespective of the number of
elected or appointed Senators | 30 |
| actually serving in office. So long as 59
Senators are entitled | 31 |
| to be elected in the Senate, "members elected" shall mean
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| Senators.
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| (Senate Rule 1-16)
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| 1-16. Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that group | 4 |
| of Senators
from other than the majority caucus.
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| (Senate Rule 1-17)
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| 1-17. Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the | 7 |
| Minority Leader of
the Senate.
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| (Senate Rule 1-18)
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| 1-18. Minority Spokesperson. "Minority Spokesperson" means | 10 |
| that Senator
designated by the Minority Leader to serve as the | 11 |
| Minority Spokesperson of a
committee.
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| (Senate Rule 1-19)
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| 1-19. Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means the | 14 |
| convening of
the Senate, pursuant to the scheduling of the | 15 |
| President, for purposes
consistent with Rule 4-1(c) or (d).
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| (Senate Rule 1-20)
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| 1-20. President. "President" means the President of the | 18 |
| Senate.
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| (Senate Rule 1-21)
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| 1-21. Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that | 21 |
| Senator serving
as the presiding officer of the Senate, whether | 22 |
| that Senator is the President
or another Senator designated by | 23 |
| the President, in his or her capacity as
presiding officer.
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| (Senate Rule 1-22)
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| 1-22. Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the | 26 |
| first listed
Senate sponsor of any legislative measure; with | 27 |
| respect to a
committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it means | 28 |
| the Chairperson of the
committee.
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| (Senate Rule 1-23)
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| 1-23. Secretary. "Secretary" means the elected Secretary | 3 |
| of the Senate.
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| (Senate Rule 1-24)
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| 1-24. Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General | 6 |
| Assembly.
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| (Senate Rule 1-25)
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| 1-25. Senator. "Senator" means any of the duly elected or | 9 |
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appointed Illinois State Senators, and means the same as | 10 |
| "member".
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| (Senate Rule 1-26)
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| 1-26. Term. "Term" means the two-year term of a General | 13 |
| Assembly.
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| (Senate Rule 1-27)
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| 1-27. Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that | 16 |
| Senator
designated by the President to serve as | 17 |
| Vice-Chairperson of a committee.
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| ARTICLE II
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| ORGANIZATION
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| (Senate Rule 2-1)
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| 2-1. Adoption of Rules. At the commencement of a term, the | 22 |
| Senate shall
adopt new Rules of organization and procedure by | 23 |
| resolution setting forth those
Rules in their entirety. The | 24 |
| resolution must be adopted by a majority of
those elected. | 25 |
| These Rules of the Senate are
subject to revision or amendment | 26 |
| only in accordance with Rule 7-17.
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| (Senate Rule 2-2)
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| 2-2. Election of the President.
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| (a) Prior to the election of the
President, the Governor | 4 |
| shall convene the Senate, designate a Temporary
Secretary of | 5 |
| the Senate, and preside during the nomination and election of | 6 |
| the
President. As the first item of business each day prior to | 7 |
| the election of the
President, the Governor shall order the | 8 |
| Temporary Secretary to call the roll of
the members to | 9 |
| establish the presence of a quorum as required by the
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| Constitution. If a majority of those elected are not present, | 11 |
| the Senate shall
stand adjourned until the hour of 12:00 noon | 12 |
| on the next calendar day,
excepting weekends. If a quorum of | 13 |
| members is present, the Governor shall then
call for | 14 |
| nominations of members for the Office of President. All such
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| nominations shall require a second. When the nominations are | 16 |
| completed, the
Governor shall direct the Temporary Secretary to | 17 |
| call the roll of the members
to elect the President.
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| (b) The election of the President shall require the | 19 |
| affirmative vote of a
majority of those elected. Debate shall | 20 |
| not be in order following nominations
and preceding or during | 21 |
| the vote, and Senators may not explain their vote on
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| election of the President.
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| (c) No bills may be considered and no committees may be | 24 |
| appointed or meet
prior to the election of the President.
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| (d) When a vacancy in the Office of President occurs, the | 26 |
| foregoing
procedure shall be employed to elect a new President; | 27 |
| however, when the
Governor is of a political party other than | 28 |
| that of the majority caucus,
the Assistant Majority Leader | 29 |
| having the greatest seniority of service in the
Senate shall | 30 |
| preside
during the nomination and election of the successor | 31 |
| President. No legislative
measures, other than such | 32 |
| nominations and election, may be considered by the
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| during a vacancy in the Office of President.
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| (Senate Rule 2-3)
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| 2-3. Election of the Minority Leader. The Senate shall | 4 |
| elect a Minority
Leader in a manner consistent with the | 5 |
| Constitution and laws of Illinois.
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| (Senate Rule 2-4)
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| 2-4. Assistant Leaders.
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| (a) The President and the Minority Leader shall
appoint | 9 |
| from within their respective caucuses the number of Assistant | 10 |
| Majority
Leaders and Assistant Minority Leaders as are allowed | 11 |
| by law.
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| (b) These appointments shall take effect upon their being
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| filed with the Secretary and shall remain effective for the | 14 |
| duration of the
term unless
a vacancy occurs by
reason of | 15 |
| resignation or because an assistant
leader has ceased to be a | 16 |
| Senator. Successor assistant leaders shall be
appointed in the | 17 |
| same manner as their predecessors. Assistant leaders
shall have | 18 |
| those powers delegated to them by the President or Minority | 19 |
| Leader,
as the
case may be.
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| (Senate Rule 2-5)
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| 2-5. Powers and Duties of the President.
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| (a) The President shall have
those powers conferred upon | 23 |
| him or her by the Constitution, the laws of
Illinois, and any | 24 |
| motions or resolutions adopted by the Senate or jointly by
the | 25 |
| Senate and House.
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| (b) Except as provided by law with respect to the Senate | 27 |
| Operations
Commission, the President is the chief | 28 |
| administrative officer of the
Senate and shall have those | 29 |
| powers necessary to carry out that function. The
President may | 30 |
| delegate his or her administrative duties as he or she deems
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| appropriate.
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| (c) The powers and duties of the President shall include, | 2 |
| but are not
limited to, the following:
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| (1) To preside at all sessions of the Senate, although | 4 |
| the President may
call
on any member to preside | 5 |
| temporarily.
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| (2) To open the session at the time at which the Senate | 7 |
| is to meet by
taking
the podium and calling the members to | 8 |
| order. The President may call on any
member, or the | 9 |
| Secretary in case of perfunctory days, to open the session.
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| (3) To announce the business before the Senate in the | 11 |
| order in which it is
to be acted upon.
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| (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
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| (5) To state and put to vote all questions that are | 14 |
| regularly moved or
that necessarily arise in the course of | 15 |
| the proceedings, and to announce the
result of the vote.
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| (6) To preserve order and decorum.
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| (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal, | 18 |
| and to speak thereon
in
preference to other members.
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| (8) To inform the Senate when necessary, or when any | 20 |
| question is raised,
on any point of order or practice | 21 |
| pertinent to the pending business.
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| (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or | 23 |
| orders of the
Senate. All writs, warrants, and subpoenas | 24 |
| issued by order of the Senate or one of its committees | 25 |
| shall
be signed by the President and attested by the | 26 |
| Secretary.
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| (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the | 2 |
| General Assembly
in order to certify that the procedural | 3 |
| requirements for passage have been met.
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| (11) To have general supervision, including the duty to | 5 |
| protect the security
and safety, of the Senate chamber, | 6 |
| galleries, and adjoining and connecting
hallways and | 7 |
| passages, including the power to clear them when necessary.
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| (12) To have general supervision of the Secretary and | 9 |
| his or her assistants,
the Sergeant-at-Arms and his or her | 10 |
| assistants, the majority caucus staff, and
all employees of | 11 |
| the Senate except the minority caucus staff.
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| (13) To determine the number of majority caucus members | 13 |
| and minority caucus members to be appointed to all | 14 |
| committees, except the Rules Committee created by Rule 3-5.
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| (14)
(13) To appoint all majority caucus members of | 16 |
| committees and to designate
all Chairpersons , | 17 |
| Co-Chairpersons, and Vice-Chairpersons of committees, | 18 |
| except as the Senate
otherwise orders in accordance with | 19 |
| these Senate Rules.
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| (15)
(14) To enforce all constitutional provisions, | 21 |
| statutes, rules, and
regulations applicable to the Senate.
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| (16)
(15) To guide and direct the proceedings of the | 23 |
| Senate subject to the
control
and will of the members as | 24 |
| provided in these Senate Rules.
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| (17) To direct the Secretary on regular session, veto | 26 |
| session, special session, or perfunctory session days to | 27 |
| read into the Senate record legislative measures and other | 28 |
| papers.
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| (18)
(16) To direct the Secretary to correct | 2 |
| non-substantive errors in the
Journal.
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| (19)
(17) To assign meeting places and meeting times to | 4 |
| committees.
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| (20)
(18) To decide, subject to the control and will of | 6 |
| the members in accordance
with these Senate Rules, all | 7 |
| questions relating to the priority of business.
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| (21) To appoint a parliamentarian to serve at the | 9 |
| pleasure of the President.
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| (d) The President, at his or her discretion, may designate | 11 |
| from among those
members serving in the statutorily created | 12 |
| positions of assistant majority
leader, no more than one member | 13 |
| to serve as the Senate Majority Leader. The
Senate Majority | 14 |
| Leader shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall
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| receive no additional compensation other than that provided | 16 |
| statutorily for the
position of assistant majority leader.
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| (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 18 |
| the members
elected.
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| (Senate Rule 2-6)
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| 2-6. Powers and Duties of the Minority Leader.
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| (a) The Minority Leader
shall have those powers conferred | 22 |
| upon him or her by the Constitution, the laws
of Illinois, and | 23 |
| any motions or resolutions adopted by the Senate or jointly by
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| the Senate and House.
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| (b) The Minority Leader shall appoint to all committees the | 26 |
| members from the
minority caucus and shall designate a Minority | 27 |
| Spokesperson for each committee,
except as the Senate otherwise | 28 |
| orders in accordance with these Senate
Rules.
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| (c) The Minority Leader shall have general supervision of | 2 |
| the minority
caucus staff.
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| (Senate Rule 2-7)
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| 2-7. Secretary of the Senate.
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| (a) The Senate shall elect a
Secretary, who may adopt | 6 |
| appropriate policies or procedures for the conduct of
his or | 7 |
| her office. Except where the authority is by law given to the | 8 |
| Senate
Operations Commission, the President shall be the final | 9 |
| arbiter of any dispute
arising in connection with
the operation | 10 |
| of the Office of the Secretary.
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| (b) The duties of the Secretary shall include the | 12 |
| following:
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| (1) To have custody of all bills, papers, and records | 14 |
| of the Senate, which
shall not be taken out of the | 15 |
| Secretary's custody except in the regular course
of | 16 |
| business in the Senate.
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| (2) To endorse on every original bill and each copy its | 18 |
| number, names of
sponsors, the date of introduction, and | 19 |
| the several orders taken on it. When
printed, the names of | 20 |
| the sponsors shall appear on the front page of the bill
in | 21 |
| the same order they appeared when introduced.
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| (3) To cause each bill to be placed on the desks of the | 23 |
| members as soon as
it
is printed, or alternatively to | 24 |
| provide for a method that any Senator may
use to secure a | 25 |
| copy of any bill he or she desires.
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| (4) To keep the Journal of the proceedings of the | 27 |
| Senate and, under the
direction of the President, correct | 28 |
| errors in the Journal.
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| (5) To keep the transcripts of the debates of the | 2 |
| Senate and make them
available to the public under | 3 |
| reasonable conditions.
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| (6) To keep the necessary records for the Senate and | 5 |
| its committees and to
prepare the Senate Calendar for each | 6 |
| legislative day.
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| (7) To examine all Senate Bills and Constitutional | 8 |
| Amendment Resolutions
following Second Reading and prior | 9 |
| to final passage, for the purpose of
correcting any | 10 |
| non-substantive errors therein, and to report the same back | 11 |
| to
the President promptly; to supervise the enrolling and | 12 |
| engrossing of bills
and resolutions, subject to the | 13 |
| direction of the President; and to certify
passage
or | 14 |
| adoption of legislative measures, and to note thereon the | 15 |
| date of final
Senate action. Any corrections suggested to | 16 |
| the President by the Secretary,
and thereafter approved by | 17 |
| the Senate, shall be entered upon the Journal.
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| (8) To transmit bills, other documents, and other | 19 |
| messages to the House
and
secure a receipt therefor, and to | 20 |
| receive from the House bills, documents, and
receipts | 21 |
| therefor.
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| (9) To file with the Secretary of State those debate | 23 |
| transcripts and
Senate
documents as are required by law.
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| (10) To attend every session of the Senate; record the | 25 |
| roll; and read into the Senate record legislative measures
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| all
bills, resolutions, and other papers as directed by the | 27 |
| Presiding Officer.
Bills shall be read
by title only. Upon | 28 |
| initial reading, motions may be read by title and sponsor
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| only.
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| (11) To supervise all Assistant Secretaries and other |
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| employees of his or
her
office, as well as all committee | 2 |
| clerks in their capacity as committee clerks.
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| (12) To establish the format for all documents, forms, | 4 |
| and committee records
prepared by committee clerks.
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| (13) To perform those duties as assigned by the | 6 |
| President.
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| (Senate Rule 2-8)
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| 2-8. Assistant Secretary of the Senate. The Senate shall, | 9 |
| in a manner
consistent with the laws of Illinois, elect an | 10 |
| Assistant Secretary, who shall
perform those duties assigned to | 11 |
| him or her by the Secretary.
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| (Senate Rule 2-9)
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| 2-9. Sergeant-at-Arms. The Senate shall elect a
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| Sergeant-at-Arms who shall perform those duties assigned to him | 15 |
| or her by law,
or as are ordered by the President or Presiding | 16 |
| Officer. Such duties shall
include the following:
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| (1) To attend the Senate during its sessions and | 18 |
| execute the commands of
the
Senate, together with all | 19 |
| process issued by authority of the Senate, that are
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| directed to him or her by the President or Presiding | 21 |
| Officer.
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| (2) To maintain order among spectators admitted into | 23 |
| the Senate chambers,
galleries, and adjoining or | 24 |
| connecting hallways and passages.
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| (3) To take proper measures to prevent interruption of | 26 |
| the Senate.
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| (4) To supervise any Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
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| (5) To perform those duties as assigned by the | 2 |
| President.
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| (Senate Rule 2-10)
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| 2-10. Schedule.
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| (a) The President shall periodically establish a
schedule | 6 |
| of days on which the Senate shall convene in regular and veto | 7 |
| session,
with that schedule subject to revisions at the | 8 |
| discretion of the President.
The President may also at his or | 9 |
| her discretion schedule perfunctory session
days of the Senate. | 10 |
| The President may establish deadlines for the following
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| legislative
actions:
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| (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | 13 |
| Reference Bureau.
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| (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
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| (3) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 16 |
| report Senate bills,
except Senate appropriations bills.
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| (4) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 18 |
| report Senate
appropriation bills.
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| (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | 20 |
| bills, except Senate
appropriation bills.
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| (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | 22 |
| appropriation bills.
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| (7) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 24 |
| report House
appropriation bills.
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| (8) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | 26 |
| report House bills,
except appropriation bills.
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| (9) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
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| appropriation bills.
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| (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
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| non-appropriation bills.
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| (b) The President may establish additional deadlines for | 6 |
| final action on
conference committee reports and any categories | 7 |
| of joint action motions.
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| (c) The foregoing deadlines shall become effective
final | 9 |
| upon being filed by the
President with the Secretary. The | 10 |
| Secretary shall Journalize the deadlines.
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| (d) At any time, the
The President may schedule alternative | 12 |
| deadlines for any legislative action
during any special session | 13 |
| of the Senate pursuant to written notice filed with
the | 14 |
| Secretary.
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| (e) The President may schedule deadlines for any other | 16 |
| action on any
category of legislative measure as he or she | 17 |
| deems appropriate pursuant to written notice filed with the | 18 |
| Secretary .
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| ARTICLE III
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| COMMITTEES
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| (Senate Rule 3-1)
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| 3-1. Committees.
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| (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | 24 |
| committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | 25 |
| by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special |
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| subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | 2 |
| committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | 3 |
| subcommittees.
| 4 |
| (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | 5 |
| Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | 6 |
| provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | 7 |
| all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | 8 |
| minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | 9 |
| other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | 10 |
| accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | 11 |
| President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | 12 |
| members shall become final upon the
President filing with the | 13 |
| Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
| 14 |
| (c) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 15 |
| to call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | 16 |
| measures
shall be taken up, order the roll call vote to be | 17 |
| taken on each
legislative measure called for a vote, preserve | 18 |
| order and decorum during
committee meetings, assign | 19 |
| legislative measures to special subcommittees of the parent | 20 |
| committee, jointly sign and issue subpoenas with the President, | 21 |
| and implement and supervise the business of the committee.
The
| 22 |
| Vice-Chairperson of a committee may preside over its meetings | 23 |
| in the absence or
at
the
direction of the Chairperson.
| 24 |
| (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chairperson or | 25 |
| Minority Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a | 26 |
| member resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | 27 |
| Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | 28 |
| shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
Absent | 29 |
| concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as otherwise | 30 |
| provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a committee | 31 |
| shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the remainder of the | 32 |
| term. Replacement members shall be of the same caucus
as that | 33 |
| of the member who resigns, and shall be appointed by the
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| President or Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the
| 2 |
| resigning member. In the case of vacancies on special | 3 |
| subcommittees that were
created by committees, the parent | 4 |
| committee shall fill the vacancy by motion.
| 5 |
| (e) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | 6 |
| to call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | 7 |
| the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(17). Except as | 8 |
| otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings | 9 |
| shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11.
| 10 |
| (Senate Rule 3-2)
| 11 |
| 3-2. Membership and Officers of Standing Committees.
| 12 |
| (a) At the
commencement of the term, the members of each | 13 |
| standing committee shall be
appointed for the term
by the | 14 |
| President and the Minority
Leader, except as provided in | 15 |
| subsection (c) of this Rule or in Rule 3-5. The
President shall | 16 |
| appoint the
Chairperson and the remaining
committee members of | 17 |
| the majority caucus (one of whom the President shall
designate | 18 |
| as Vice-Chairperson), and the Minority Leader shall appoint the
| 19 |
| Minority Spokesperson and the remaining committee members of | 20 |
| the minority
caucus, except as provided in paragraph (b) of | 21 |
| this Rule. The appointments
shall become immediately effective | 22 |
| upon the delivery
of
appropriate correspondence from each of | 23 |
| the respective leaders to the
Secretary, regardless of whether | 24 |
| the Senate is in session.
The Chairperson and Minority | 25 |
| Spokesperson shall serve at the pleasure of the
President or | 26 |
| Minority Leader, as the case may be. The Secretary shall
| 27 |
| Journalize all appointments. A
standing committee is empowered | 28 |
| to conduct
business when a majority of the total number of | 29 |
| committee members has been
appointed.
| 30 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 31 |
| Rules, the
President may appoint any two members to serve as | 32 |
| Co-Chairpersons of a
standing committee. Co-Chairpersons shall | 33 |
| not be of the same caucus
and shall serve at the pleasure of |
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| the President.
A standing committee with Co-Chairpersons shall | 2 |
| not have a Minority
Spokesperson. For purposes of Section 1 of | 3 |
| the General Assembly Compensation
Act (25 ILCS 115/1),
one | 4 |
| Co-Chairperson shall be considered "chairman" and
the other | 5 |
| shall be considered "minority spokesperson". Co-Chairperson
| 6 |
| appointments shall become immediately
effective upon the | 7 |
| delivery of appropriate correspondence
from the President to | 8 |
| the Secretary, regardless of whether the Senate is
in session. | 9 |
| The Secretary shall Journalize all appointments.
| 10 |
| (c) To maintain the efficient operation of the Senate, a | 11 |
| committee member
may be temporarily replaced due to illness or | 12 |
| an unforeseen absence . The temporary appointment is
effective | 13 |
| upon delivery of appropriate correspondence from the President | 14 |
| or
Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the member | 15 |
| affected, and shall
remain effective for the duration of the | 16 |
| illness or temporary absence .
| 17 |
| (Senate Rule 3-3)
| 18 |
| 3-3. Special Committee and Subcommittees.
| 19 |
| (a) The Senate may create
special committees by resolution | 20 |
| adopted by a majority of those elected. The
President also may | 21 |
| create special committees by filing a notice of the creation
of | 22 |
| the special committee with the Secretary. The
appointed members | 23 |
| of a special committee shall be designated by the
President
and | 24 |
| the Minority Leader in the same manner outlined in Rule 3-2 | 25 |
| with respect to
standing committees.
| 26 |
| (b) A committee may create a special subcommittee by motion | 27 |
| adopted by a
majority of those appointed. The members of a | 28 |
| special subcommittee shall come
from the membership of the | 29 |
| creating committee, and shall be appointed in the
manner | 30 |
| determined by the creating committee.
| 31 |
| (c) The resolution, motion, or notice creating a special | 32 |
| committee or
special
subcommittee shall specify the subject |
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| matter of the special committee or
subcommittee and the number | 2 |
| of members to be appointed thereto, and may specify
a
reporting | 3 |
| date during the term (in which event the special committee or
| 4 |
| subcommittee is abolished as of that date). Unless an earlier | 5 |
| date is
specified by resolution, motion, or notice, special | 6 |
| committees and
subcommittees
shall expire at the end of the | 7 |
| term.
| 8 |
| (d) When the Senate is not in session, Special Temporary | 9 |
| Committees may be
created and appointed by the President. The | 10 |
| actions of the President and of
a Special Temporary Committee | 11 |
| shall stand as the action of the Senate unless
the action is | 12 |
| amended or modified on a roll call vote by a majority of
those | 13 |
| elected during the next day the Senate convenes.
| 14 |
| (e) In accordance with Section 1 of the General Assembly | 15 |
| Compensation Act
(25 ILCS 115/1), no Chairperson or Minority | 16 |
| Spokesperson of a committee created
under this Rule shall | 17 |
| receive additional compensation for such service.
| 18 |
| (Senate Rule 3-4)
| 19 |
| 3-4. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the | 20 |
| Senate are as
follows:
| 21 |
| AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION
| 22 |
| APPROPRIATIONS I
| 23 |
| APPROPRIATIONS II
| 24 |
| APPROPRIATIONS III
| 25 |
| COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
| 26 |
| EDUCATION
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| ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
| 2 |
| EXECUTIVE
| 3 |
| EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
| 4 |
| FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
| 5 |
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
| 6 |
| HIGHER EDUCATION
| 7 |
| HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
| 8 |
| INSURANCE AND PENSIONS
| 9 |
| JUDICIARY
| 10 |
| LABOR AND COMMERCE
| 11 |
| LICENSED ACTIVITIES
| 12 |
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| 13 |
| PENSIONS AND INVESTMENTS
| 14 |
| REVENUE
| 15 |
| STATE GOVERNMENT
| 16 |
| TRANSPORTATION
| 17 |
| (Senate Rule 3-5)
| 18 |
| 3-5. Service Committee.
| 19 |
| (a) In addition to the standing
committees, there is a | 20 |
| permanent service
committee known as the "Rules Committee". The |
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| Rules Committee shall have those
powers and duties that are | 2 |
| outlined in these Senate Rules, as well as those
that may be | 3 |
| periodically ordered in accordance with these Senate
Rules.
| 4 |
| (b) The Rules Committee shall consist of five members, | 5 |
| three of whom shall
be
appointed by the President and two of | 6 |
| whom shall be appointed by the Minority
Leader. Both the | 7 |
| President and the Minority Leader shall be eligible to be
| 8 |
| appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee shall be | 9 |
| empowered to
conduct business when a majority of the total | 10 |
| number of its members has been
appointed.
| 11 |
| (c) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee | 12 |
| shall serve at the
pleasure of the President, and the minority | 13 |
| caucus members shall serve at the
pleasure of the Minority | 14 |
| Leader. Appointments thereto shall be by notice filed
with the | 15 |
| Secretary, and shall be effective for the balance of the term | 16 |
| or until
a replacement appointment is made, whichever first | 17 |
| occurs. Appointments shall
take effect upon filing with the | 18 |
| Secretary regardless of whether the
Senate is in session. | 19 |
| Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Senate Rules, any | 20 |
| Senator who is replaced on the Rules Committee may be
| 21 |
| reappointed to the Rules Committee without concurrence of the | 22 |
| Senate.
| 23 |
| (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | 24 |
| Rules, the Rules
Committee may meet upon reasonable public | 25 |
| notice. All legislative measures
pending before
the Rules | 26 |
| Committee shall be eligible for consideration at any meeting | 27 |
| thereof,
and
all such legislative measures shall be deemed | 28 |
| posted for hearing by the Rules
Committee for all of its | 29 |
| meetings.
| 30 |
| (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 31 |
| the members
elected.
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| (Senate Rule 3-6)
| 2 |
| 3-6. Referrals of Resolutions, Messages, and | 3 |
| Reorganization Orders.
| 4 |
| (a) All resolutions, after being initially read by the | 5 |
| Secretary, shall be
automatically referred to the Rules | 6 |
| Committee unless the
Presiding Officer
determines that the | 7 |
| resolution is a death resolution and
orders that the
resolution | 8 |
| be placed on the
Resolutions Consent Calendar. Resolutions | 9 |
| determined by the Rules Committee to
be of a non-substantive, | 10 |
| commemorative, or congratulatory nature shall be
returned to | 11 |
| the principal sponsor for action pursuant to Rule 6-4. No
| 12 |
| resolution may be placed on the
Resolutions
Consent Calendar if | 13 |
| any member objects.
| 14 |
| (b) All messages from the Governor or any other executive | 15 |
| branch
Constitutional Officer regarding appointments that | 16 |
| require confirmation by the
Senate shall, after having been | 17 |
| initially read by the Secretary,
automatically be referred to | 18 |
| the Executive
Appointments Committee.
| 19 |
| (c) All executive reorganization orders of the Governor | 20 |
| issued pursuant to
Article V, Section 11 of the Constitution, | 21 |
| after being read into the
record by the Secretary, shall | 22 |
| automatically be referred to the Rules Committee
for
its | 23 |
| referral to a committee, the latter of which may issue a
| 24 |
| recommendation to the Senate with respect to the executive | 25 |
| order.
The Senate may disapprove of any executive order only by | 26 |
| resolution
adopted by a majority of those elected; no such | 27 |
| resolution is in order
until a committee has reported to the | 28 |
| Senate on the executive
reorganization, or until the executive | 29 |
| order has been discharged pursuant to
Rule 7-9.
| 30 |
| (Senate Rule 3-7)
| 31 |
| 3-7. Rules Committee.
| 32 |
| (a) The Rules Committee may consider any
legislative | 33 |
| measure referred to it pursuant to Rules 3-6, 3-8 and 3-9, by
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| motion or
resolution, or by order of the Presiding Officer upon | 2 |
| initial reading. The
Rules Committee may, with the concurrence | 3 |
| of a majority of those appointed,
sponsor motions or | 4 |
| resolutions; notwithstanding any other provision of these
| 5 |
| Senate Rules, any motion or resolution sponsored by the Rules | 6 |
| Committee may be
immediately considered by the Senate without | 7 |
| reference to a committee.
| 8 |
| (b) During even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall | 9 |
| refer to a
committee of the Senate only appropriation bills | 10 |
| implementing the
budget and other legislative measures deemed | 11 |
| by the Rules
Committee
to be of an emergency nature or
to be of | 12 |
| substantial importance to the operation of government. This
| 13 |
| subsection (b) applies equally to Senate Bills and House Bills | 14 |
| introduced
into or received by the Senate.
| 15 |
| (Senate Rule 3-8)
| 16 |
| 3-8. Referrals to Committees.
| 17 |
| (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall,
after having | 18 |
| been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically
referred | 19 |
| to the Rules Committee, which may thereafter refer any bill
| 20 |
| before it to a committee. The Rules Committee may refer any
| 21 |
| resolution before it to a committee. No bill or resolution may | 22 |
| be
referred to a
committee except pursuant to this Rule or Rule | 23 |
| 7-17. A standing
or special committee may refer a matter | 24 |
| pending in that committee to a special
subcommittee of
that | 25 |
| committee.
| 26 |
| (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | 27 |
| action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | 28 |
| with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Rules | 29 |
| Committee. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or | 30 |
| conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | 31 |
| unless approved
for consideration by the
Rules Committee. The | 32 |
| Rules Committee may approve for consideration to the
Senate any | 33 |
| floor amendment, joint
action motion for final action, or |
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| conference committee report that: (i)
consists of language that | 2 |
| has previously been
favorably reported to the Senate by a | 3 |
| committee; (ii) consists of technical or
clarifying language ;
| 4 |
| that is non-substantive in nature; or (iii) consists of
| 5 |
| language deemed by the Rules Committee to be of an emergency | 6 |
| nature, of
substantial importance to the operation of | 7 |
| government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The Rules | 8 |
| Committee may refer any floor amendment, joint action
motion | 9 |
| for final action, or conference committee report to a committee
| 10 |
| for
its review and consideration (in those instances, and | 11 |
| notwithstanding any other
provision of these Senate Rules, the | 12 |
| committee may
hold a hearing on and consider those legislative | 13 |
| measures pursuant to one-hour
advance notice). Any floor | 14 |
| amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
conference | 15 |
| committee report that is not
approved for consideration or | 16 |
| referred by the Rules Committee, and is attempted
to be acted | 17 |
| upon by a committee shall be out of order, except as provided | 18 |
| for
under
Rule 8-4.
| 19 |
| (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | 20 |
| Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Rules Committee. No | 21 |
| committee amendment may be
considered by a committee unless the | 22 |
| committee amendment is referred to the
committee by the Rules
| 23 |
| Committee. Any committee amendment referred by the
Rules | 24 |
| Committee shall be referred
to the committee before which the | 25 |
| underlying bill or resolution is
pending.
Any committee | 26 |
| amendment that is not referred by the
Rules
Committee to a | 27 |
| committee, and is attempted to be acted upon by a committee
| 28 |
| shall be out of order.
| 29 |
| (d) The Rules Committee may at any time re-refer a | 30 |
| legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | 31 |
| Whole or to any other committee.
| 32 |
| (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 33 |
| the members
elected.
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| (Senate Rule 3-9)
| 2 |
| 3-9. Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
| 3 |
| (a) All legislative
measures, with the exception of | 4 |
| resolutions to amend the State Constitution,
that have
failed | 5 |
| to meet the applicable deadline established in accordance with | 6 |
| Rule 2-10
for reporting to the Senate by a standing committee | 7 |
| shall automatically be
re-referred to the Rules Committee | 8 |
| unless: (i) the deadline has been
suspended
pursuant to Rule | 9 |
| 7-17, with re-referral to the Rules Committee to occur if the
| 10 |
| bill has not been reported to the Senate in accordance with the | 11 |
| revised
deadline; or (ii) the Rules Committee has issued a | 12 |
| written exception to the
Secretary with respect to a particular | 13 |
| bill prior to the reporting deadline,
with re-referral to | 14 |
| occur, if at all, in accordance with the written
exception. | 15 |
| Should the President in accordance with Rule 2-10 establish
| 16 |
| deadlines for action on joint action motions or conference
| 17 |
| committee reports, the foregoing re-referral
provisions and | 18 |
| exceptions shall apply with respect to those legislative
| 19 |
| measures
that fail to meet those deadlines.
| 20 |
| (b) All legislative measures, with the exception of | 21 |
| resolutions to amend the
State Constitution, pending before the | 22 |
| Senate or any of its committees shall
automatically be | 23 |
| re-referred to the Rules Committee on the 31st consecutive day
| 24 |
| that the Senate has not convened for session unless: (i) this | 25 |
| Rule has been
suspended in accordance with Rule 7-17; or (ii) | 26 |
| the Rules Committee has issued
a written exception to the | 27 |
| Secretary prior to that 31st day.
| 28 |
| (Senate Rule 3-10)
| 29 |
| 3-10. Reporting by Committees. Committees shall report to | 30 |
| the Senate, and
subcommittees shall report to their parent | 31 |
| committees.
| 32 |
| (Senate Rule 3-11)
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| 3-11. Committee Procedure.
| 2 |
| (a) A committee may consider any
legislative measure | 3 |
| referred to it and may make with respect to that
legislative | 4 |
| measure one of the following reports to the Senate or to the | 5 |
| parent
committee, as appropriate:
| 6 |
| (1) that the bill "do pass";
| 7 |
| (2) that the bill "do not pass";
| 8 |
| (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
| 9 |
| (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
| 10 |
| (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
| 11 |
| (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
| 12 |
| (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
| 13 |
| (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
| 14 |
| (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | 15 |
| conference committee
report "recommend do adopt"
"be | 16 |
| adopted" ;
| 17 |
| (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | 18 |
| conference committee
report "recommend do not adopt"
"be | 19 |
| not adopted" ;
| 20 |
| (11) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | 21 |
| conference committee
report "be approved for | 22 |
| consideration";
| 23 |
| (12) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | 24 |
| conference committee
report "be not approved for |
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| consideration";
| 2 |
| (11)
(13) "without recommendation"; or
| 3 |
| (12)
(14) that the legislative measure "be re-referred | 4 |
| to the Rules Committee".
| 5 |
| Any of the foregoing reports may only be made upon the | 6 |
| concurrence of a
majority of those appointed. All legislative | 7 |
| measures reported "do pass", "do
pass as amended", "be | 8 |
| adopted", "be adopted as amended", or "be approved for
| 9 |
| consideration" shall be deemed favorably reported to the | 10 |
| Senate. Except as
otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, any | 11 |
| legislative measure referred to a
committee and not reported | 12 |
| pursuant to this Rule shall remain in that
committee. Pursuant | 13 |
| to Rules 3-11(g) and 7-10, a committee may report a
legislative | 14 |
| measure as tabled.
| 15 |
| (b) No bill that provides for an appropriation or | 16 |
| expenditure of money from
the State Treasury may be considered | 17 |
| for passage by the Senate unless it has
first been reported to | 18 |
| the Senate by an Appropriations Committee, unless:
| 19 |
| (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations | 20 |
| Committee in accordance
with Rule 7-9;
| 21 |
| (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a | 22 |
| majority of those
appointed to the Rules Committee; or
| 23 |
| (3) this Rule was suspended in accordance with Rule | 24 |
| 7-17.
| 25 |
| (c) The Chairperson of each committee shall keep, or cause | 26 |
| to be kept, a
record in which there shall be entered:
| 27 |
| (1) The time and place of each meeting of the |
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| committee.
| 2 |
| (2) The attendance of committee members at each | 3 |
| meeting.
| 4 |
| (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all | 5 |
| legislative measures
acted
upon by the committee.
| 6 |
| (4) All witness slips that may have been presented to | 7 |
| the committee.
| 8 |
| (5)
(4) Such additional information as may be requested | 9 |
| by the Secretary.
| 10 |
| (d) The committee Chairperson shall file with the | 11 |
| Secretary, along with
every
bill or resolution reported upon, a | 12 |
| sheet containing such information as is
required by the | 13 |
| Secretary. The Secretary may adopt forms, policies, and
| 14 |
| procedures with respect to the preparation, filing, and | 15 |
| maintenance of these
reports.
| 16 |
| (e) Except as provided in Rule 3-5 or 3-8 or unless this | 17 |
| Rule is suspended
pursuant
to Rule 7-17, no committee may | 18 |
| consider or conduct a hearing with respect to a
legislative | 19 |
| measure absent notice first being given as follows:
| 20 |
| (1) The Chairperson of the committee shall, no later | 21 |
| than six days before
any proposed hearing, post a notice on | 22 |
| the Senate bulletin board , or electronically make the | 23 |
| notice available, identifying
each legislative measure | 24 |
| that may be considered during that hearing. The
notice | 25 |
| shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing.
| 26 |
| (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called | 27 |
| pursuant to Rule 3-5;
meetings of committees to consider | 28 |
| floor amendments, joint action
motions, and conference |
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| committee reports may be called pursuant to Rule 3-8.
| 2 |
| (3) The Chairperson shall, in advance of a committee | 3 |
| hearing, notify all
principal sponsors of legislative | 4 |
| measures posted for hearing of the date,
time, and place of | 5 |
| hearing. When practicable, the Secretary shall include a
| 6 |
| notice of all scheduled hearings, together with all posted | 7 |
| bills and
resolutions, in the Daily Calendar of the Senate.
| 8 |
| Irrespective of whether a legislative measure has been posted | 9 |
| for
hearing, it shall be in order for a committee during any of | 10 |
| its meetings to
refer that legislative measure pending before | 11 |
| it to a subcommittee of that
committee.
| 12 |
| (f) Other than the Rules Committee, no committee may meet | 13 |
| during any session
of the Senate, and no
commission
created by | 14 |
| Illinois law that has legislative membership may meet during | 15 |
| any
session of the Senate.
| 16 |
| (g) Regardless of whether notice has been previously given, | 17 |
| it is
always in order for a committee to order any legislative | 18 |
| measure pending
before it to lie on the table when the | 19 |
| principal sponsor so requests. When
reported to the Senate, | 20 |
| such committee action shall stand as the action of the
Senate.
| 21 |
| (h) When a committee fails to report a legislative measure | 22 |
| pending before
it
to the Senate, or when a committee fails to | 23 |
| hold a public hearing on a
legislative measure pending before | 24 |
| it, the exclusive means of bringing
that
legislative measure | 25 |
| directly before the Senate for its consideration is
pursuant to | 26 |
| Rule
7-9.
| 27 |
| (i) No bill or resolution may be called for a vote in | 28 |
| committee in the
absence of the principal sponsor, or the chief | 29 |
| cosponsor when the
committee so consents, without the approval | 30 |
| of the principal sponsor.
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| (j) A committee may conduct a legislative investigation | 2 |
| with regard to legislative measures pending before the | 3 |
| committee.
| 4 |
| (Senate Rule 3-12)
| 5 |
| 3-12. Committee Reports.
| 6 |
| (a) All bills favorably reported to the
Senate
from a | 7 |
| committee, or with respect to which a committee has been | 8 |
| discharged,
shall stand on the order of Second Reading unless | 9 |
| otherwise ordered by the
Senate, and may be amended only on | 10 |
| Second Reading. Bills reported to the
Senate from committee "do | 11 |
| not pass", "do not pass as amended", "be not approved
for | 12 |
| consideration", or "without recommendation"
shall lie on
the | 13 |
| table.
| 14 |
| (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions, and | 15 |
| conference committee
reports favorably reported to the Senate | 16 |
| from a committee shall be before the
Senate and eligible for | 17 |
| consideration by the Senate when it is on an
appropriate order | 18 |
| of business (floor amendments may be considered
by the Senate | 19 |
| only when the bill to be amended is on Second
Reading). All | 20 |
| floor
amendments, joint action motions, and conference | 21 |
| committee reports that are
reported to the Senate from | 22 |
| committee "be not adopted", "be not approved for
| 23 |
| consideration", or "without recommendation" shall lie on the | 24 |
| table.
| 25 |
| (c) All resolutions favorably reported to the Senate from a | 26 |
| committee, or
with respect to which a committee has been | 27 |
| discharged, shall stand on the order
of Resolutions. All | 28 |
| resolutions that are reported to the Senate from committee
"be | 29 |
| not adopted", "be not adopted as amended", or "without | 30 |
| recommendation"
shall
lie on the table. Floor amendments to | 31 |
| resolutions shall be subject to the same
procedure applicable | 32 |
| to floor amendments to bills.
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| (Senate Rule 3-13)
| 2 |
| 3-13. Witnesses, Oaths, Affirmations, and Subpoenas.
| 3 |
| (a) Standing committees may administer oaths (or | 4 |
| affirmations) and may compel,
by subpoena, any person or entity | 5 |
| to (i) appear and give testimony as a witness before the
| 6 |
| standing committee, (ii) produce papers, documents, and other
| 7 |
| materials relating to a legislative measure pending before the | 8 |
| standing
committee, or (iii) do both (i) and (ii).
| 9 |
| (b) Special committees may administer oaths (or | 10 |
| affirmations) and may compel,
by subpoena, any person or entity | 11 |
| to (i) appear and give testimony before the special
committee, | 12 |
| (ii) produce papers, documents, and other materials
relating
to | 13 |
| the subject matter for which the special committee was created | 14 |
| or relating
to a legislative measure pending before the special | 15 |
| committee, or (iii) do both (i) and (ii).
| 16 |
| (c) A committee of the whole may administer oaths (or | 17 |
| affirmations) and may compel, by
subpoena, any person or entity | 18 |
| to (i) appear and give testimony before the committee of the
| 19 |
| whole, (ii) produce papers, documents, and other materials | 20 |
| relating to the
subject matter for which the committee of the | 21 |
| whole was created or relating to
a legislative measure pending | 22 |
| before the committee of the whole, or (iii) do both (i) and | 23 |
| (ii).
| 24 |
| (d) Oaths may be administered under this Rule by the | 25 |
| Presiding Officer or by
the Chairperson of a committee or any | 26 |
| person sitting in his or her stead.
| 27 |
| (e) Subpoenas issued under this Rule must be issued and | 28 |
| signed by the
Chairperson of the committee and must comply with | 29 |
| Rule 2-5(c)(9).
| 30 |
| (f) A subpoena may specify terms and times of production | 31 |
| other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee issuing the | 32 |
| subpoena.
| 33 |
| (g) A subpoenaed witness has all the rights and privileges | 34 |
| afforded him or her under the rules, laws, and constitution of | 35 |
| the State of Illinois. |
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| (h) A witness who gives testimony under subpoena has a | 2 |
| right to counsel of his or her own choosing.
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| (i) A witness who gives testimony under subpoena may be | 4 |
| compensated for travel expenses to the same extent as | 5 |
| legislators and legislative employees under the Rules of the | 6 |
| Legislative Travel Control Board.
| 7 |
| (j) The President and the Chairperson of the committee | 8 |
| issuing a subpoena each have standing to enforce the subpoena | 9 |
| in any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of | 10 |
| Illinois, and seek enforcement remedies recognized under the | 11 |
| rules, laws, and constitution of the State of Illinois.
| 12 |
| (k) In the case of
special committees with
Co-Chairpersons | 13 |
| from different political parties, the term "Chairperson" for
| 14 |
| purposes of this Rule means the Co-Chairperson from the | 15 |
| majority caucus.
| 16 |
| ARTICLE IV
| 17 |
| CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
| 18 |
| (Senate Rule 4-1)
| 19 |
| 4-1. Sessions of the Senate.
| 20 |
| (a) The Senate shall be deemed in session
whenever it | 21 |
| convenes in perfunctory session, regular session, veto | 22 |
| session, or
special session. Members shall be entitled to per | 23 |
| diem expense reimbursements
only on those regular, veto, and | 24 |
| special session days that they are in
attendance at the Senate. | 25 |
| Attendance by members is not required or
recorded on | 26 |
| perfunctory session days.
| 27 |
| (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled with | 28 |
| notice by the
President in accordance with Rule 2-10. Special | 29 |
| session days
shall be scheduled in accordance with the |
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| Constitution and laws of Illinois.
| 2 |
| (c) The President, at his or her discretion, may schedule | 3 |
| perfunctory
session days
during which the Secretary may read | 4 |
| into the Senate record any
legislative measure. Properly | 5 |
| convened committees may meet and may consider
and act upon | 6 |
| legislative measures during a perfunctory
session day, and the | 7 |
| Secretary may receive and read committee reports into the
| 8 |
| Senate record during a perfunctory day. Excepting any automatic | 9 |
| referral
provisions of these Senate Rules, no action may be | 10 |
| taken by the
Senate with
respect to a legislative measure | 11 |
| during a perfunctory session day.
| 12 |
| (d) The President may also schedule perfunctory session | 13 |
| days for the purpose
of affording those members designated by | 14 |
| the President and Minority Leader an
opportunity to negotiate | 15 |
| with respect to any unfinished business of the Senate
without | 16 |
| necessitating the presence of all members and the related costs | 17 |
| to
Illinois taxpayers.
| 18 |
| (Senate Rule 4-2)
| 19 |
| 4-2. Hour of Meeting. Unless otherwise ordered by the | 20 |
| Presiding Officer
or by a majority of those elected, the Senate | 21 |
| shall regularly convene at noon.
| 22 |
| (Senate Rule 4-3)
| 23 |
| 4-3. Entitled to Floor.
| 24 |
| (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Senate Rules, | 25 |
| only
the following persons shall be admitted to the Senate | 26 |
| while it is in session:
members and officers of the General | 27 |
| Assembly; elected officers of the executive
branch; justices of | 28 |
| the Supreme Court; the designated aide to the Governor; the
| 29 |
| parliamentarian; majority staff members and minority staff | 30 |
| members, except as
limited by the Presiding Officer; former | 31 |
| Presidents of
the Senate, except as limited by the President or | 32 |
| prohibited under subsection
(d); former members who served in |
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| the Senate at any time during the past four
years, except as | 2 |
| limited by the President or prohibited under subsection (d);
| 3 |
| and employees of the Legislative Reference Bureau and the | 4 |
| Legislative Information System , except as limited by the
| 5 |
| President. Representatives of the press, while the Senate is in | 6 |
| session, may
have access to the galleries and places allotted | 7 |
| to them by the President. No
person is entitled to the floor | 8 |
| unless appropriately attired.
| 9 |
| (b) On days during which the Senate is in session, the
| 10 |
| Sergeant-at-Arms
shall clear the floor of all persons not | 11 |
| entitled to access the floor a quarter
hour before the | 12 |
| convening time, and he or she shall enforce all
other | 13 |
| provisions of this Rule.
| 14 |
| (c) The Senate may authorize, by motion adopted by majority | 15 |
| vote, the
admission to the floor of any
other person, except as | 16 |
| prohibited under subsection (d).
| 17 |
| (d) No person who is directly or indirectly interested in | 18 |
| defeating or
promoting any pending legislative measure, if | 19 |
| required to be registered as a
lobbyist, is allowed access to | 20 |
| the floor of the Senate at any time during
the session.
| 21 |
| (e) When he or she deems it necessary for the preservation | 22 |
| of order, the
Presiding Officer may by order remove any person | 23 |
| from the floor of the Senate.
A Senator may be removed from the | 24 |
| floor only pursuant to Rule 11-1.
| 25 |
| (Senate Rule 4-4)
| 26 |
| 4-4. Daily Order. Unless otherwise determined by the | 27 |
| Presiding Officer,
the daily order of business of the Senate | 28 |
| shall be as follows:
| 29 |
| (1) Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of | 30 |
| Allegiance.
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| (2) Reading and Approval of the Journal.
| 2 |
| (3) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
| 3 |
| (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the | 4 |
| Rules Committee
ordinarily made at any time.
| 5 |
| (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and | 6 |
| Messages.
| 7 |
| (6) Introduction of Senate Bills.
| 8 |
| (7) Messages from the House, not including reading | 9 |
| House Bills a first
time.
| 10 |
| (8) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
| 11 |
| (9) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
| 12 |
| (10) Reading of House Bills a third time.
| 13 |
| (11) Reading of House Bills a second time.
| 14 |
| (12) Reading of House Bills a first time.
| 15 |
| (13) Senate Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
| 16 |
| (14) House Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
| 17 |
| (15) Conference Committee Reports.
| 18 |
| (16) Motions in Writing.
| 19 |
| (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
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| (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
| 2 |
| (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
| 3 |
| (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
| 4 |
| (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
| 5 |
| (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
| 6 |
| (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of Postponed | 7 |
| Consideration.
| 8 |
| (Senate Rule 4-5)
| 9 |
| 4-5. Quorum.
| 10 |
| (a) A majority of those elected shall constitute a quorum
| 11 |
| of the Senate, and a majority of those appointed shall | 12 |
| constitute a quorum of a
committee, but a smaller number may | 13 |
| adjourn from day to day, or recess for less
than one day, and | 14 |
| compel the attendance of absent members. The attendance of
| 15 |
| absent members may also be compelled by order of the President.
| 16 |
| (b) The question of the presence of a quorum in any | 17 |
| committee may not be
raised on consideration of a legislative | 18 |
| measure by the Senate unless the same
question was previously | 19 |
| raised before the committee with respect to that
legislative | 20 |
| measure.
| 21 |
| (Senate Rule 4-6)
| 22 |
| 4-6. Approval of the Journal. The President or his or her | 23 |
| designee shall
periodically examine and report to the Senate | 24 |
| any corrections he or she deems
should be made in the Journal | 25 |
| before it is approved. If these corrections are
approved by the | 26 |
| Senate, they shall be made by the Secretary.
| 27 |
| (Senate Rule 4-7)
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| 4-7. Executive Sessions. The sessions of the Senate shall | 2 |
| be open to
the public. Sessions and committee meetings of the | 3 |
| Senate may be closed to the
public if, pursuant to Article IV, | 4 |
| Section 5(c) of the Constitution,
two-thirds of the members | 5 |
| elected determine that the public interest so
requires.
| 6 |
| (Senate Rule 4-8)
| 7 |
| 4-8. Length of Adjournment. Pursuant to Article IV, Section | 8 |
| 15(a) of
the Constitution, the Senate shall not adjourn, | 9 |
| without the consent of the
House, for more than three days, nor | 10 |
| to another place than that in which the
two chambers of the | 11 |
| General Assembly are sitting. The Senate shall be in
session on | 12 |
| any day in which it shall convene in perfunctory session, | 13 |
| regular
session, veto session, or special session.
| 14 |
| (Senate Rule 4-9)
| 15 |
| 4-9. Transcript of the Senate. In accordance with Article | 16 |
| IV, Section
7(b) of the Constitution, nothing contained in the | 17 |
| official transcript of the
Senate shall be changed or expunged | 18 |
| except by written request of a Senator to
the Secretary and | 19 |
| Presiding Officer, which request may be approved only on a
roll | 20 |
| call vote of three-fifths of the members elected.
| 21 |
| ARTICLE V
| 22 |
| BILLS AND AMENDMENTS
| 23 |
| (Senate Rule 5-1)
| 24 |
| 5-1. Bills.
| 25 |
| (a) A bill may be introduced in the Senate by sponsorship
| 26 |
| of one or more members of the Senate, whose names shall be on | 27 |
| the printed
copies of the bills, in the Senate Journal, and in | 28 |
| the Legislative Digest. The
principal sponsor shall be the |
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| first name to appear on the bill and may be
joined by no more | 2 |
| than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the
principal | 3 |
| sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the principal
| 4 |
| sponsor and any chief cosponsors by a comma. By motion, the | 5 |
| sponsorship of a
bill may be changed to that of another Senator | 6 |
| (or Senators, as the case may
be), or to that of the standing | 7 |
| committee to which the bill was referred or
from which the bill | 8 |
| was reported. Such a motion may be made at any time the
bill is | 9 |
| pending before the Senate or any of its committees.
| 10 |
| (b) The principal sponsor of a bill shall control the bill. | 11 |
| A
committee-sponsored bill shall be controlled by the | 12 |
| Chairperson of the
committee, who for purposes of these Senate | 13 |
| Rules shall be deemed the principal
sponsor. | 14 |
| Committee-sponsored bills may not have individual co-sponsors.
| 15 |
| (c) The House sponsor of a bill originating in the House | 16 |
| may request
substitute
Senate sponsorship of that bill by | 17 |
| filing a notice with the Secretary; that
notice shall | 18 |
| automatically be referred to the Rules Committee and deemed
| 19 |
| adopted if approved by the Rules Committee. If disapproved by | 20 |
| the Rules
Committee, the notice shall lie on the table. If the | 21 |
| Rules Committee
fails to act on any such notice, that notice | 22 |
| may be discharged pursuant to Rule
7-9.
| 23 |
| (d) All bills introduced in the Senate shall be read by | 24 |
| title a first time,
ordered printed, and automatically referred | 25 |
| to the Rules Committee in
accordance with Rule 3-8. When a | 26 |
| House Bill is received, it shall be taken up,
ordered printed, | 27 |
| and placed on the order of House Bills on First
Reading; after | 28 |
| having been read a first time, it shall automatically
be | 29 |
| referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 3-8.
| 30 |
| (e) All bills introduced into the Senate shall be | 31 |
| accompanied by twelve
copies.
Any bill that amends a statute | 32 |
| shall indicate the particular changes in the
following manner:
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| (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
| 2 |
| (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded | 3 |
| shall be shown crossed
with a line.
| 4 |
| (f) No bill shall be passed by the Senate except on a roll | 5 |
| call vote of a
majority of those elected. A bill that has lost | 6 |
| and has not been reconsidered
may not thereafter be revived.
| 7 |
| (Senate Rule 5-2)
| 8 |
| 5-2. Reading and Printing of Bills. Every bill shall be | 9 |
| read by title
on three different days prior to passage by the | 10 |
| Senate, and the bill and all
adopted amendments thereto shall | 11 |
| be printed before the vote is taken on its
final passage.
| 12 |
| (Senate Rule 5-3)
| 13 |
| 5-3. Printing and Distribution. The Secretary shall, as | 14 |
| soon as any
bill is printed, deliver to the Sergeant-at-Arms | 15 |
| sufficient copies to furnish
each Senator with a copy, and the | 16 |
| Sergeant-at-Arms shall at once cause the
bills to be | 17 |
| distributed upon the desks of the Senators. Alternatively, and
| 18 |
| pursuant to Rule 2-7(b)(3), the Secretary may establish a | 19 |
| method any Senator
may use to secure a copy of any bill he or | 20 |
| she desires.
| 21 |
| (Senate Rule 5-4)
| 22 |
| 5-4. Amendments.
| 23 |
| (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted either by a
| 24 |
| standing committee when the bill is before that committee, or | 25 |
| by the Senate
when a bill is on the order of Second
Reading. | 26 |
| The former shall be known as a "committee amendment" and the | 27 |
| latter
as a "floor amendment". All amendments must be in | 28 |
| writing. All amendments
still pending in a committee upon the | 29 |
| passage or defeat of a bill on Third
Reading shall | 30 |
| automatically be tabled. Any unadopted amendment still pending
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| before the Senate or any of its committees shall automatically | 2 |
| be tabled when
the bill to which it relates is referred to the | 3 |
| Rules Committee pursuant to
Rule 3-9.
| 4 |
| (b) Committee amendments 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. Floor amendments may only be
| 8 |
| offered by a Senator while the bill is on the order of Second
| 9 |
| Reading, and shall be adopted by a majority vote of the Senate. | 10 |
| An amendment
may be the subject of a motion to "do adopt" or | 11 |
| "do not adopt", and may only be
adopted pursuant to a | 12 |
| successful motion to "do adopt".
| 13 |
| (c) Committee amendments and
floor amendments shall be | 14 |
| filed with the Secretary, and shall
be in order only when | 15 |
| twelve copies have been filed.
The Secretary shall provide | 16 |
| copies of committee amendments to the Chairperson
and Minority | 17 |
| Spokesperson of the appropriate committee as soon as | 18 |
| practicable.
| 19 |
| (d) The Secretary shall have printed all adopted committee | 20 |
| amendments that
come before
the Senate pursuant to Rule 3-12. | 21 |
| The Secretary shall also have
printed all
adopted floor | 22 |
| amendments. No floor amendment may be adopted by the
Senate | 23 |
| unless it has been first reproduced and placed on the members' | 24 |
| desks.
| 25 |
| (e) No floor or committee amendment shall be in order | 26 |
| unless approved or
referred by the Rules
Committee in | 27 |
| accordance with Rule 3-8 or brought before the Senate pursuant | 28 |
| to
Rule 7-9.
| 29 |
| (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall | 30 |
| set forth
completely the statutory Sections amended, and shall | 31 |
| conform to the
requirements of Rule 5-1(e).
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| (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the | 2 |
| committee
amendments shall be deemed adopted by the committee | 3 |
| action and shall be
reproduced and placed on the members' desks | 4 |
| before the bill may be read a
second time.
| 5 |
| (Senate Rule 5-5)
| 6 |
| 5-5. Fiscal and Other Notes. The Senate shall comply with | 7 |
| all effective
Illinois laws requiring notes on any bill, | 8 |
| including without limitation the
Fiscal Note Act, the Pension | 9 |
| Impact Note
Act, the Judicial Note Act,
the State Debt Impact | 10 |
| Note
Act, the Correctional Budget and Impact Note Act, the Home | 11 |
| Rule Note Act, the
Balanced Budget Note Act, the Housing | 12 |
| Affordability Impact Note Act, and the
State Mandates Act, all | 13 |
| as amended. All such
notes shall be filed with the Secretary | 14 |
| with a time stamp endorsing the date
and time received, and | 15 |
| shall then be attached to the original of the bill and
be | 16 |
| available for inspection by the members. As soon as | 17 |
| practicable, the
Secretary shall provide a copy of the note to | 18 |
| the Legislative Reference Bureau,
which shall provide an | 19 |
| informative summary of the note in subsequent issues of
the | 20 |
| Legislative Digest.
| 21 |
| ARTICLE VI
| 22 |
| RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
| 23 |
| (Senate Rule 6-1)
| 24 |
| 6-1. Resolutions.
| 25 |
| (a) A resolution shall be introduced in the Senate
by
| 26 |
| sponsorship of one or more members of the Senate, and the names | 27 |
| of all sponsors
shall be printed in the Senate Journal and in | 28 |
| the Legislative Digest. Each
resolution introduced shall be |
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| (b) Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State | 3 |
| funds may be
adopted only by a roll call vote of a majority of | 4 |
| those elected.
| 5 |
| (c) The Secretary shall periodically print a Resolutions | 6 |
| Consent Calendar,
which the Secretary shall periodically | 7 |
| distribute prior to its consideration by
the Senate (generally | 8 |
| the last
daily session of the week). No debate is in order | 9 |
| regarding any
resolution appearing on the Resolutions Consent | 10 |
| Calendar. All resolutions
appearing on the Resolutions Consent | 11 |
| Calendar may be adopted in one motion;
however, any Senator may | 12 |
| vote "no" or "present" on any resolution appearing on
the | 13 |
| Resolutions Consent Calendar by providing written notice of | 14 |
| that intention
to the Secretary prior to the vote on the | 15 |
| Resolutions Consent Calendar. Prior
to the adoption of any | 16 |
| resolution on the Resolutions Consent Calendar, if any
three | 17 |
| members file with the Secretary a written objection to the | 18 |
| presence of a
resolution thereon, that resolution shall be | 19 |
| removed from the Resolutions
Consent Calendar and is | 20 |
| automatically referred to the Rules Committee.
| 21 |
| (Senate Rule 6-2)
| 22 |
| 6-2. State Constitutional Amendments. All resolutions | 23 |
| introduced in the
Senate proposing amendments to the | 24 |
| Constitution shall be printed in the same
manner in which bills | 25 |
| are printed. Every such resolution that originated in
the House | 26 |
| and is presented to the Senate shall be ordered printed in like
| 27 |
| manner unless the resolution has been similarly printed by the | 28 |
| House in the
same form in which it was presented to the Senate. | 29 |
| No such resolution may be
adopted unless read in full in its | 30 |
| final form on three different days.
Amendments to these | 31 |
| resolutions may be in order on the initial First and Second
| 32 |
| Readings only.
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| (Senate Rule 6-3)
| 2 |
| 6-3. Federal Constitutional Amendments and Constitutional | 3 |
| Conventions.
The affirmative vote of three-fifths of those | 4 |
| elected shall be required to
adopt any resolution:
| 5 |
| (1) requesting Congress to call a federal | 6 |
| constitutional convention;
| 7 |
| (2) ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution | 8 |
| of the United
States;
or
| 9 |
| (3) to call a State convention to ratify a proposed | 10 |
| amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
| 11 |
| (Senate Rule 6-4)
| 12 |
| 6-4. Certificates of Recognition. Any member may sponsor a | 13 |
| certificate
of recognition with the name and signature of the | 14 |
| member, and attested by the
Secretary with the State Seal | 15 |
| attached to
recognize any person, organization, or event worthy | 16 |
| of public commendation.
The
form of the Certificate of | 17 |
| Recognition shall be determined by the Secretary
with the | 18 |
| approval of the President and Minority Leader.
| 19 |
| ARTICLE VII
| 20 |
| PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
| 21 |
| (Senate Rule 7-1)
| 22 |
| 7-1. Voting within Bar. No Senator shall be permitted to | 23 |
| vote on any
question before the Senate unless on the floor | 24 |
| before the vote is announced.
No member of a
committee may vote | 25 |
| except in person at the time of the call of the committee
vote. | 26 |
| Any vote of the Senate shall be by roll call whenever two |
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so request or whenever the Presiding Officer so | 2 |
| orders.
| 3 |
| (Senate Rule 7-2)
| 4 |
| 7-2. Announcing a Roll Call Vote. When a roll call vote is | 5 |
| requested,
the Presiding Officer shall put the question and | 6 |
| then announce to the Senate:
"The voting is open.". While the | 7 |
| roll call is being taken, the Presiding
Officer shall state: | 8 |
| "Have all voted who wish?". The voting is
closed when the | 9 |
| Presiding Officer announces: "Take the Record.". The
Presiding | 10 |
| Officer, unless an intervening motion to postpone | 11 |
| consideration by
the principal sponsor is made, shall then | 12 |
| announce the results of the roll
call. No
Senator is permitted | 13 |
| to vote or to change his or her vote after the Presiding
| 14 |
| Officer announces: "Take the Record.".
| 15 |
| (Senate Rule 7-3)
| 16 |
| 7-3. Decorum and Debate.
| 17 |
| (a) When any Senator is about to speak or
deliver any | 18 |
| matter to the Senate, he or she shall rise and address the
| 19 |
| Presiding Officer as "Mister President" or "Madam President", | 20 |
| as the case may
be. Upon being recognized by the Chair, the
| 21 |
| latter will address the Senator by name and thereupon, and not | 22 |
| until then, the
engineer in charge of operating the microphones | 23 |
| in the Senate will give the use
of the microphone to the | 24 |
| Senator who has been so recognized. The Senator in
speaking | 25 |
| shall confine himself or herself to the subject matter under
| 26 |
| discussion and avoid personalities.
| 27 |
| (b) The Presiding Officer may at his or her discretion, and | 28 |
| with
consideration for the efficient operation of the Senate, | 29 |
| determine whether
any member shall be afforded the floor for | 30 |
| the purpose of introduction of
guests in the gallery. Questions | 31 |
| affecting the rights,
reputation, and conduct of members of the | 32 |
| Senate in their representative
capacity are questions of | 33 |
| personal privilege. A matter of personal explanation
does not |
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| constitute a question of personal privilege.
| 2 |
| (c) If any Senator in speaking (or otherwise) transgresses | 3 |
| these Senate
Rules, the Presiding Officer shall, or any Senator | 4 |
| may, call him or her to
order, in which case the Senator so | 5 |
| called to order shall sit down, unless
permitted to explain; | 6 |
| and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide on the case
| 7 |
| without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Senator | 8 |
| called to order, he
or she is at liberty to proceed. If | 9 |
| otherwise, and the case requires it,
he or she is liable to the | 10 |
| censure of the Senate.
| 11 |
| (d) If any Senator is called to order for words spoken in | 12 |
| debate, the person
calling him or her to order shall repeat the | 13 |
| words excepted to, and they shall
be taken down by the | 14 |
| Secretary. No Senator shall be held to answer or be
subject to | 15 |
| the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate if any | 16 |
| Senator
has spoken in debate or other business has intervened | 17 |
| after the words spoken
and
before exceptions to them shall have | 18 |
| been taken.
| 19 |
| (e) If two or more Senators rise at once, the Presiding | 20 |
| Officer shall name
the Senator who is to speak first.
| 21 |
| (f) No person shall give any signs of approbation or | 22 |
| disapprobation while
the
Senate is in session.
| 23 |
| (g) No Senator shall speak more than five minutes on the | 24 |
| same question
without the consent of the Senate, nor more than | 25 |
| twice on that question. No
Senator shall speak more than once | 26 |
| until every Senator choosing to speak has
spoken. No Senator | 27 |
| may explain his or her vote.
| 28 |
| (h) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question, no | 29 |
| Senator shall
leave
or walk across the Senate Chamber. When a | 30 |
| Senator is addressing the Senate, no
Senator or other person |
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| entitled to the floor shall entertain private discourse
or pass | 2 |
| between the speaker and the Presiding Officer.
| 3 |
| (i) In case of any disturbances or disorderly conduct in | 4 |
| the lobby, gallery,
or hallways adjoining the chamber, the | 5 |
| President shall have the power to order
the same to be cleared.
| 6 |
| (j) All material placed on the desks of Senators shall | 7 |
| contain the name of
the Senator requesting its distribution.
| 8 |
| (Senate Rule 7-4)
| 9 |
| 7-4. Motions, Generally. The following are general rules | 10 |
| for all
motions:
| 11 |
| (1) Every motion, except to adjourn, recess, or | 12 |
| postpone consideration,
shall
be reduced to writing if the | 13 |
| Presiding Officer desires it. Unless otherwise
provided in | 14 |
| these Senate Rules, no second shall be required to any | 15 |
| motion
presented to the Senate. The Presiding Officer may | 16 |
| refer any motion to the
Rules Committee.
| 17 |
| (2) Before the Senate debates a motion, the Presiding | 18 |
| Officer shall state an
oral motion and the Secretary shall | 19 |
| read aloud a written motion.
| 20 |
| (3) After a motion is stated by the Presiding Officer | 21 |
| or read by the
Secretary, it shall be deemed in the | 22 |
| possession of the Senate, but may be
withdrawn at any time | 23 |
| before decision by consent of a majority of the Senate.
| 24 |
| (4) If a motion is divisible, any member may call for a | 25 |
| division of the
question.
| 26 |
| (5) Any question taken under consideration may be | 27 |
| withdrawn, postponed, or
tabled by unanimous consent or, if | 28 |
| unanimous consent is denied, by a motion
adopted by a |
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| majority vote.
| 2 |
| (Senate Rule 7-5)
| 3 |
| 7-5. Precedence of Motions.
| 4 |
| (a) When a question is under debate, no
motion may be | 5 |
| entertained except:
| 6 |
| (1) to adjourn to a time certain;
| 7 |
| (2) to adjourn;
| 8 |
| (3) to question the presence of a quorum;
| 9 |
| (4) to recess;
| 10 |
| (5) to lay on the table;
| 11 |
| (6) for the previous question;
| 12 |
| (7) to postpone consideration;
| 13 |
| (8) to commit or recommit; and
| 14 |
| (9) to amend, except as otherwise provided in these | 15 |
| Senate Rules.
| 16 |
| The foregoing motions shall have precedence in the order in | 17 |
| which they are
listed.
| 18 |
| (b) During a roll call, no motion (except a motion to | 19 |
| postpone
consideration) shall be in order until after the | 20 |
| announcement of the result of
the vote.
| 21 |
| (c) A motion to commit or re-commit, until it is decided, | 22 |
| precludes all
amendments and debate on the main question. A | 23 |
| motion to postpone
consideration, until it is decided, |
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| precludes all amendments on the
main question.
| 2 |
| (Senate Rule 7-6)
| 3 |
| 7-6. Verification.
| 4 |
| (a) After any roll call vote, except for a vote
that
| 5 |
| requires a specific number of affirmative votes and that has | 6 |
| not received the
required votes, and before intervening | 7 |
| business, it shall be in order for any
Senator to request | 8 |
| verification of the results of the roll call.
| 9 |
| (b) In verifying a roll call vote, the Presiding Officer | 10 |
| shall instruct the
Secretary to call the names of those | 11 |
| Senators whose votes are to be verified.
The Senator requesting | 12 |
| the verification may thereafter identify those members
he or | 13 |
| she wishes to verify. If a member does not answer, his or her | 14 |
| vote shall
be stricken; however, the member's vote shall be | 15 |
| restored to the roll if his or
her presence is recognized | 16 |
| before the verification is completed. The Presiding
Officer | 17 |
| shall determine the presence or absence of each member whose | 18 |
| name is
called, and shall then announce the results of the | 19 |
| verification.
| 20 |
| (c) While the results of any roll call are being verified, | 21 |
| it is in
order for any Senator to announce his or her presence | 22 |
| on the floor and thereby
have his or her vote verified.
| 23 |
| (d) A request for a verification of the affirmative and | 24 |
| negative results of
a
roll call may be made only once on each | 25 |
| roll call.
| 26 |
| (e) No Senator shall be permitted to vote or to change his | 27 |
| or her vote on
verification.
| 28 |
| (Senate Rule 7-7)
| 29 |
| 7-7. Appealing a Ruling.
| 30 |
| (a) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of
the Presiding |
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| Officer, the Presiding Officer shall be sustained unless
| 2 |
| three-fifths of the members elected vote to overrule the | 3 |
| Presiding Officer.
The motion to appeal requires a second, and | 4 |
| it shall not be in order if the
Senate has conducted | 5 |
| intervening business since the ruling at issue was made.
| 6 |
| (b) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of a committee | 7 |
| Chairperson, the
Chairperson shall be sustained unless | 8 |
| three-fifths of those appointed vote to
overrule the | 9 |
| Chairperson. The motion to appeal requires a second, and it | 10 |
| shall
not be in order if the committee has adjourned or | 11 |
| recessed, so long as
intervening business has occurred.
| 12 |
| (c) In an appeal of a ruling of the Presiding Officer or | 13 |
| Chairperson, the
question is: "Shall the ruling of the Chair be | 14 |
| sustained?".
| 15 |
| (d) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | 16 |
| the members
elected.
| 17 |
| (Senate Rule 7-8)
| 18 |
| 7-8. Previous Question.
| 19 |
| (a) A motion for the previous question may be
made at any | 20 |
| time. The motion for the previous question is not debatable and
| 21 |
| requires approval of a majority of those elected.
| 22 |
| (b) The previous question shall be stated in the following | 23 |
| form: "Shall the
main question now be put?". Until the previous | 24 |
| question is decided, all
amendments and debate are precluded. | 25 |
| When it is decided that the main
question shall not be put, the | 26 |
| main question shall be considered as remaining
under debate.
| 27 |
| (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is to put | 28 |
| an end to
all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote on | 29 |
| the immediately pending
motion. After a motion for the previous | 30 |
| question has been approved, unless the
vote on the motion |
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| suggests the absence of a quorum,
it is
not in order to move | 2 |
| for adjournment or to make any other motion prior to a
decision | 3 |
| on the main question.
| 4 |
| (Senate Rule 7-9)
| 5 |
| 7-9. Discharge of Committee.
| 6 |
| (a) A committee may be discharged
from further | 7 |
| consideration of a legislative
measure by a vote of | 8 |
| three-fifths of the members elected. Upon concurrence of
a
| 9 |
| majority of those appointed, the Rules Committee may advance | 10 |
| any legislative
measure pending before it to the Senate without | 11 |
| referral to another
committee;
however, the Rules Committee | 12 |
| shall not so report any bill that has never been
before a | 13 |
| standing committee of the Senate.
| 14 |
| (b) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | 15 |
| the members
elected.
| 16 |
| (Senate Rule 7-10)
| 17 |
| 7-10. Tabling.
| 18 |
| (a) A motion to lay on the table applies only to the
| 19 |
| particular proposition and is neither debatable nor amendable.
| 20 |
| (b) A motion to table a bill or resolution shall identify | 21 |
| the bill or
resolution by number. The principal
sponsor of a | 22 |
| bill or resolution may, with leave of the
Senate, table his or | 23 |
| her
bill or resolution at any time. A motion to table a | 24 |
| committee bill that is
before the Senate may be adopted only by | 25 |
| a majority of those elected.
| 26 |
| (c) The principal sponsor of a bill or resolution before a
| 27 |
| committee may, with
leave
of the committee, table the bill or | 28 |
| resolution. Upon such tabling, the
Chairperson of the committee | 29 |
| shall return the bill or resolution to the
Secretary, noting | 30 |
| thereon that it has been tabled.
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| (d) A motion to table an amendment adopted by the Senate on | 2 |
| a voice vote or
by a committee is in order on Second Reading. A | 3 |
| motion to table a
committee amendment has priority over a floor | 4 |
| amendment. Motions to
table amendments are debatable and may be | 5 |
| adopted by a majority.
| 6 |
| (Senate Rule 7-11)
| 7 |
| 7-11. Motion to Take from Table.
| 8 |
| (a) A motion to take from the table shall
require a | 9 |
| majority of those elected if the Rules Committee has
previously | 10 |
| recommended that action by written notice filed with the | 11 |
| Secretary;
otherwise, a motion to take from the table shall | 12 |
| require a three-fifths vote of
the members elected.
| 13 |
| (b) A bill taken from the table shall be placed on the | 14 |
| Daily Calendar on the
order on which it appeared before it was | 15 |
| tabled.
| 16 |
| (c) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | 17 |
| the members
elected.
| 18 |
| (Senate Rule 7-12)
| 19 |
| 7-12. Motion to Postpone Consideration. A motion to | 20 |
| postpone
consideration on a legislative measure may not be made | 21 |
| more than once on the
same bill or proposition. Unless | 22 |
| otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, a
motion to postpone | 23 |
| consideration shall be granted as a matter of privilege;
| 24 |
| however, no motion to postpone consideration is in order if the
| 25 |
| involved legislative measure initially received a vote of fewer | 26 |
| than two-fifths
of the members elected.
| 27 |
| (Senate Rule 7-13)
| 28 |
| 7-13. Motion on Different Subject. No motion or other | 29 |
| legislative
measure on a subject different from that under | 30 |
| consideration shall be admitted
under color of amendment.
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| (Senate Rule 7-14)
| 2 |
| 7-14. Division of Question. If the question in debate | 3 |
| contains several
points, any Senator may have the same divided. | 4 |
| On a motion to strike out and
insert, it is not in order to move | 5 |
| for a division of the question. The
rejection of a motion to | 6 |
| strike out and insert one proposition does not
prevent a motion | 7 |
| to strike out and insert a different proposition.
| 8 |
| (Senate Rule 7-15)
| 9 |
| 7-15. Reconsideration.
| 10 |
| (a) A member who voted on the prevailing side
of a record | 11 |
| vote on a legislative measure still within the control of the
| 12 |
| Senate may on the same or following day move to reconsider the | 13 |
| vote. The
motion to reconsider may be laid on the table without
| 14 |
| affecting the vote to which it referred. When the motion to | 15 |
| reconsider is made
during the last three scheduled days of | 16 |
| regular session, or any time
thereafter during the regular | 17 |
| session, or at any time during a veto or special
session, any | 18 |
| member may move that the vote on reconsideration be taken
| 19 |
| immediately. A question that requires the votes of a majority | 20 |
| of those elected
or more to carry requires a majority of those | 21 |
| elected to reconsider.
| 22 |
| (b) A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption of | 23 |
| an amendment to
a bill may be made only on Second Reading. An | 24 |
| amendment adopted by the Senate
on a record vote may not be | 25 |
| tabled by motion until its adoption has been
reconsidered.
| 26 |
| (c) If a motion to reconsider is made pursuant to this Rule | 27 |
| and the motion
is later tabled, the question shall not be | 28 |
| further reconsidered. This
subsection (c) may be
suspended by a | 29 |
| three-fifths vote of the members elected.
| 30 |
| (d) When a motion to
reconsider is made within the time | 31 |
| prescribed by these Senate Rules, the
Secretary shall not allow | 32 |
| the bill or other subject matter of the motion to
pass out of |
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| the possession of the Senate until after the motion has been
| 2 |
| decided or withdrawn. Such a motion shall be deemed rejected if | 3 |
| laid on the
table.
| 4 |
| (e) A Senator who voted "present" or failed to vote on a | 5 |
| question shall not
have the right to move for reconsideration.
| 6 |
| (f) Upon a motion to reconsider the vote on the final | 7 |
| passage of any bill,
the affirmative vote of a majority of | 8 |
| those elected shall be required to
reconsider the same.
| 9 |
| (Senate Rule 7-16)
| 10 |
| 7-16. Motion to Adjourn.
| 11 |
| (a) A motion to adjourn is in order at any
time, except | 12 |
| when a prior motion to adjourn has been defeated and no
| 13 |
| intervening business has transpired.
| 14 |
| (b) A motion to adjourn is neither debatable nor amendable.
| 15 |
| (c) The Secretary shall enter in the Journal the hour at | 16 |
| which every motion
to adjourn is made.
| 17 |
| (d) Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the | 18 |
| standing hour to
which the Senate adjourns is 12:00 noon.
| 19 |
| (e) A motion to adjourn for more than three days is not in | 20 |
| order unless
both chambers of the General Assembly have adopted | 21 |
| a joint resolution
permitting that adjournment.
| 22 |
| (Senate Rule 7-17)
| 23 |
| 7-17. Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
| 24 |
| (a) Rules may be proposed
or amended only by resolution. | 25 |
| Any such resolution shall show the proposed
changes in the | 26 |
| existing Rules by underscoring all new matter and by crossing
| 27 |
| out with a line all matter that is to be omitted or superseded.
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| (b) Any resolution proposing to amend a Senate Rule or any | 2 |
| Joint
Senate-House Rule shall, upon initial reading by the | 3 |
| Secretary,
automatically be referred to the Rules Committee. | 4 |
| Resolutions for amendment of
the Senate Rules or any Joint | 5 |
| Senate-House Rules may be initiated and sponsored
by the Rules | 6 |
| Committee; these resolutions shall not be referred to a | 7 |
| committee
and may be immediately considered and adopted by the | 8 |
| Senate.
| 9 |
| (c) A resolution to amend the Senate Rules or any Joint | 10 |
| Senate-House Rules
that has been reported "do adopt" or "do | 11 |
| adopt as amended" by a majority of
those appointed to the Rules | 12 |
| Committee shall require the
affirmative vote of a majority of | 13 |
| those elected for adoption by the Senate.
Any other resolution | 14 |
| proposing to amend the Senate Rules or any Joint
Senate-House | 15 |
| Rules shall require the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
| 16 |
| members elected for adoption by the Senate.
| 17 |
| (d) No Senate Rule or any Joint Senate-House Rule may be | 18 |
| suspended except by
unanimous consent of the Senators present | 19 |
| or upon a motion supported by
affirmative vote of a majority of | 20 |
| those elected unless a higher number is
required in the Rule | 21 |
| sought to be suspended. A committee may not suspend any
Rule.
| 22 |
| (e) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | 23 |
| those elected.
| 24 |
| (Senate Rule 7-18)
| 25 |
| 7-18. Motion to Commit or Recommit. No motion to commit or | 26 |
| recommit a
legislative measure to committee, being decided in | 27 |
| the negative, shall again be
allowed on the same day, or at the | 28 |
| same stage of the legislative measure.
| 29 |
| (Senate Rule 7-19)
| 30 |
| 7-19. Effective Date.
| 31 |
| (a) A bill passed after May 31 of
a calendar
year shall not |
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calendar year
| 2 |
| unless an earlier effective date is specified in the bill and | 3 |
| it is approved by
a three-fifths vote of the members elected.
| 4 |
| (b) If a majority of those elected, but fewer than | 5 |
| three-fifths of the
members elected, vote affirmatively for a | 6 |
| bill on Third Reading after May 31,
where the bill specifies an | 7 |
| effective date earlier than the following June 1,
the bill | 8 |
| shall not be declared passed, and the principal sponsor shall | 9 |
| have the
right to have the bill automatically reconsidered and | 10 |
| returned to the order of
Second Reading for an amendment to | 11 |
| remove the earlier effective date. The
amendment, if offered | 12 |
| and approved by the Rules Committee, shall be reproduced
and | 13 |
| placed on the desks of the members before the bill is taken up | 14 |
| again on the
order of Third Reading.
| 15 |
| (Senate Rule 7-20)
| 16 |
| 7-20. Home Rule. No bill denies or limits any power or | 17 |
| function of a
home rule unit, pursuant to paragraph (g), (h), | 18 |
| (i), (j), or (k) of Section 6
of Article VII of the | 19 |
| Constitution, unless there is specific language limiting
or | 20 |
| denying the power or function and the language specifically | 21 |
| sets forth in
what manner and to what extent it is a denial or | 22 |
| limitation of the power or
function of a home rule unit. If a | 23 |
| majority of those elected, but fewer than
three-fifths of the | 24 |
| members elected, vote affirmatively for a bill on Third
Reading | 25 |
| that requires a vote of three-fifths of the members elected to | 26 |
| deny
or limit a power of a home rule unit, the bill shall not be | 27 |
| declared passed,
and
the principal sponsor shall have the right | 28 |
| to have the bill automatically
reconsidered and returned to the | 29 |
| order of Second Reading for an amendment to
remove those | 30 |
| effects of the bill.
The amendment, if offered and approved by | 31 |
| the Rules Committee, shall be
reproduced and placed on the | 32 |
| desks of the members before the bill is taken up
again on the | 33 |
| order of Third Reading. The Rules Committee may also refer the
| 34 |
| amendment to a committee.
|
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| ARTICLE VIII
| 2 |
| JOINT ACTION
| 3 |
| (Senate Rule 8-1)
| 4 |
| 8-1. Concurring in or Receding from Amendments.
| 5 |
| (a) If a bill or
resolution is received back in the Senate | 6 |
| with amendments added by the House,
it shall be in order for | 7 |
| the principal sponsor only to present a motion "to
concur" or | 8 |
| "not to concur and ask the House to recede" with respect to | 9 |
| those
amendments. Any two members may demand a separate roll | 10 |
| call on any such
amendment.
| 11 |
| (b) When the House has refused to concur in amendments | 12 |
| added to a bill or
resolution by the Senate and has returned | 13 |
| the bill or resolution to the Senate
with a message
requesting | 14 |
| the Senate to recede from its amendments, it shall be in order | 15 |
| for
the
principal sponsor only to
present a motion "to recede" | 16 |
| from the Senate amendments or "not to recede and
to request a | 17 |
| conference". Any two members may demand a separate roll call on
| 18 |
| any such amendments.
| 19 |
| (Senate Rule 8-2)
| 20 |
| 8-2. Conference Committees.
| 21 |
| (a) A disagreement between the Senate and
House exists with | 22 |
| respect to any bill or resolution in the following
situations:
| 23 |
| (1) when the House refuses to recede from the adoption | 24 |
| of any amendment,
after
the Senate has previously refused | 25 |
| to concur in the amendment; or
| 26 |
| (2) when the Senate refuses to recede from the adoption | 27 |
| of any amendment,
after the House has previously refused to |
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| concur in the amendment.
| 2 |
| In these cases of disagreement between the Senate and House, | 3 |
| the Senate may
request a conference. When a request for | 4 |
| conference is made, both
chambers of the General Assembly shall | 5 |
| appoint a committee to confer with the
other on the subject of | 6 |
| the bill or resolution giving rise to the
disagreement. The | 7 |
| combined committees of the two chambers appointed for this
| 8 |
| purpose is the conference committee.
| 9 |
| (b) The conference committee shall consist of an equal | 10 |
| number of members of
each Chamber of the General Assembly. The | 11 |
| number of majority caucus members
from each chamber shall be | 12 |
| one more than the number of minority caucus members
from each | 13 |
| chamber. A conference committee shall consist of five members | 14 |
| from
each chamber.
| 15 |
| (c) In addition to the House members thereof, each | 16 |
| conference committee
shall be comprised of five Senators, three | 17 |
| of whom shall be appointed by the
President and two of whom | 18 |
| shall be appointed by the Minority Leader. No
conference | 19 |
| committee report may be filed with the Secretary until a | 20 |
| majority of
the Senate conferees has been appointed.
| 21 |
| (Senate Rule 8-3)
| 22 |
| 8-3. Conference Committee Reports.
| 23 |
| (a) No subject shall be included in
any conference | 24 |
| committee report on any bill unless that subject matter | 25 |
| directly
relates to the matters of difference between the | 26 |
| Senate and House that have
been referred to the conference | 27 |
| committee unless the Rules Committee, by a
majority vote of the | 28 |
| members appointed, determines that the proposed subject
matter | 29 |
| is of an emergency nature, of substantial importance to the
| 30 |
| operation of government, or in the best interests of Illinois.
| 31 |
| (b) No conference committee report shall be received by the |
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| Secretary or
acted upon by the Senate unless it has been signed | 2 |
| by at least six conferees.
The report shall be signed in | 3 |
| duplicate. One of the reports shall be filed
with the Clerk of | 4 |
| the House and one with the Secretary. The report shall
contain | 5 |
| the agreements reached by the committee.
| 6 |
| (c) If the conference committee determines that it is | 7 |
| unable to
reach
agreement, the committee shall so report to | 8 |
| each chamber of the General
Assembly and request appointment of | 9 |
| a second conference committee. In the
event of agreement, the | 10 |
| committee shall so report to each chamber.
| 11 |
| (Senate Rule 8-4)
| 12 |
| 8-4. Prerequisites for Senate Consideration.
| 13 |
| (a) No joint action
motion for final action or conference | 14 |
| committee report may be considered by the
Senate unless it
has | 15 |
| first been referred or approved by the Rules Committee in | 16 |
| accordance with
Rule 3-8, or
unless the joint action motion or | 17 |
| conference committee report has first
been discharged from the | 18 |
| Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 7-9.
| 19 |
| (b) No conference committee report may be considered by the | 20 |
| Senate unless it
has first been made available electronically | 21 |
| or otherwise for not less than one hour.
reproduced and | 22 |
| distributed on the members' desks for one
full session day.
| 23 |
| (c) Prior to any conference committee report on an | 24 |
| appropriation bill being
considered by the Senate, that | 25 |
| conference committee report shall first be the
subject of a | 26 |
| public hearing by a standing Appropriations Committee (the
| 27 |
| conference committee report need not be referred to an | 28 |
| Appropriations
Committee, but instead may remain before the | 29 |
| Rules Committee or the Senate, as
the case may be). The hearing | 30 |
| shall be held pursuant to not less than one
hour advance
notice | 31 |
| by
announcement on the Senate floor, or one day advance notice | 32 |
| by posting on the
Senate bulletin board or other electronic |
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| means . The Appropriations Committee shall not issue any report
| 2 |
| with respect to any conference committee report following any | 3 |
| such hearing.
| 4 |
| (d) Any Senate Bill amended in the House and returned to | 5 |
| the Senate for
concurrence in the House amendment shall be made | 6 |
| available electronically or otherwise for not less than one | 7 |
| hour
lie upon the desk of the Secretary for
not less than one | 8 |
| hour before being further considered. No Senate Bill
that is | 9 |
| returned to the Senate with House amendments shall be called | 10 |
| except by
the principal sponsor.
| 11 |
| (e) The report of a conference committee on a | 12 |
| non-appropriation bill or
resolution shall be confined to the | 13 |
| subject of the bill or resolution referred
to the conference | 14 |
| committee. The report of a conference committee on an
| 15 |
| appropriations bill shall be confined to the subject of | 16 |
| appropriations.
| 17 |
| (Senate Rule 8-5)
| 18 |
| 8-5. Action on Conference Committee Reports.
| 19 |
| (a) Each chamber of the
General Assembly shall inform the | 20 |
| other by message of any action taken with
respect to a | 21 |
| conference committee report. Copies of all papers necessary to | 22 |
| a
complete understanding of any such action shall accompany the | 23 |
| message. The
original bill or resolution shall remain in the | 24 |
| chamber of origin.
| 25 |
| (b) If either chamber refused to adopt the report of the
| 26 |
| conference
committee, or the first conference committee is | 27 |
| unable to reach agreement,
either chamber may request a second | 28 |
| conference committee. When such a request
is made, each chamber | 29 |
| shall again appoint a conference committee. If
either
chamber
| 30 |
| refuses to adopt the report of a second conference committee, | 31 |
| the two chambers
have adhered to their disagreement, and the | 32 |
| bill or resolution is lost.
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| ARTICLE IX
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| VETOES
| 3 |
| (Senate Rule 9-1)
| 4 |
| 9-1. Recording of Vetoes. Upon the receipt by the Senate of | 5 |
| any bill
returned by the Governor under any of the provisions | 6 |
| of Article IV, Section 9
of the Constitution, the Secretary | 7 |
| shall enter the objections of the Governor
on the Journal, and | 8 |
| shall distribute copies of all veto messages to each
member's | 9 |
| desk, together with copies of the vetoed bill or item, as soon | 10 |
| as
practicable.
| 11 |
| (Senate Rule 9-2)
| 12 |
| 9-2. Amendatory Vetoes.
| 13 |
| (a) The Governor's specific recommendations for change
| 14 |
| with respect to a bill returned under subsection (e) of
Section | 15 |
| 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution shall be
limited | 16 |
| to addressing the Governor's objections to portions
of a bill, | 17 |
| the general merit of which the Governor recognizes,
and shall | 18 |
| not alter the fundamental purpose or legislative
scheme set | 19 |
| forth in the bill as passed.
| 20 |
| (b) Any motion to accept the Governor's
specific | 21 |
| recommendations for change shall automatically be referred to | 22 |
| the
Rules Committee. The Rules Committee shall examine the
| 23 |
| Governor's specific recommendations for change and determine
| 24 |
| by a majority of the members appointed whether those
| 25 |
| recommendations comply with the standard set forth in
| 26 |
| subsection (a). Any motion to accept specific recommendations
| 27 |
| for change that the Rules Committee determines
shall be in | 28 |
| compliance with subsection (a) of this Rule are subject to | 29 |
| action
by the Rules Committee in the same manner as floor |
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| amendments, joint
action motions, and conference committee | 2 |
| reports under Rule 3-8(b).
| 3 |
| (c) This Rule may not be suspended.
| 4 |
| (Senate Rule 9-3)
| 5 |
| 9-3. Motions to Consider Vetoes. For purposes of this | 6 |
| Article, the term
"motions" shall mean those motions to accept | 7 |
| or override a veto of the
Governor. Motions with respect to | 8 |
| bills returned by the Governor may be made
by the principal | 9 |
| sponsor, the committee chairperson in the case of a committee
| 10 |
| bill, or
by any member who voted on the prevailing side on the | 11 |
| vote on final passage of
the bill in question. Every motion | 12 |
| shall be filed in writing with the
Secretary, prior to any | 13 |
| consideration thereof by the Senate. If more than one
motion is | 14 |
| filed with respect to any bill, all such motions shall be heard | 15 |
| at
the time the bill is called; however, after such a motion is | 16 |
| adopted, no other
motion on that veto may be considered. The | 17 |
| motion of the principal sponsor or
chairperson, in the case of | 18 |
| committee bills, shall be considered first and all
other | 19 |
| motions considered in the
order filed. If the principal sponsor | 20 |
| does not call a bill within eight
calendar days
after the | 21 |
| Governor's objections to the bill are entered in the Journal,
| 22 |
| thereafter any person filing such a motion may call the bill.
| 23 |
| (Senate Rule 9-4)
| 24 |
| 9-4. Consideration of Motions.
| 25 |
| (a) The vote to override a bill vetoed
in its entirety | 26 |
| shall be by roll call vote and shall be entered on the Journal.
| 27 |
| The form of motion with respect to such bills shall be: "I move | 28 |
| that ______
Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding the veto of the | 29 |
| Governor."
| 30 |
| (b) The vote to override an item veto shall be by roll call | 31 |
| vote as to each
item separately and shall be entered on the | 32 |
| Journal. The form of motion with
respect to such item shall be: |
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| "I move that the item on page _____, line
_____, of _____ Bill | 2 |
| ______ do pass, notwithstanding the item veto of the
Governor."
| 3 |
| (c) The vote to restore an item which has been reduced | 4 |
| shall be by roll call
vote as to each item separately and shall | 5 |
| be entered on the Journal. The form
of motion with respect to | 6 |
| such items shall be: "I move the item on page _____,
line | 7 |
| _____, of _____ Bill ______ be restored, notwithstanding the | 8 |
| item
reduction of the
Governor."
| 9 |
| (d) A bill returned together with specific recommendations | 10 |
| of the Governor
may be acted upon in either of the following | 11 |
| manners:
| 12 |
| (1) By a motion to accept the specific recommendations | 13 |
| of the Governor. The
form of motion in this event shall be: | 14 |
| "I move to accept the specific
recommendations of the | 15 |
| Governor as to _____ Bill _____ in manner and form as
| 16 |
| follows: (inserting herein the language deemed necessary | 17 |
| to effectuate the
specific recommendations)"; or
| 18 |
| (2) By considering the bill as a vetoed bill and | 19 |
| overriding the
recommendation and passing the bill in its | 20 |
| original form. The form of motion
in
this event shall be: | 21 |
| "I move that _____ Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding
the | 22 |
| specific
recommendations of the Governor."
| 23 |
| (Senate Rule 9-5)
| 24 |
| 9-5. Vetoed Bills Considered in Entirety. If a bill is
| 25 |
| returned by the Governor containing more than one veto, | 26 |
| reduction, specific
recommendation, or combination thereof, | 27 |
| the bill shall be acted upon in its
entirety before the bill is | 28 |
| released from the custody of the Senate.
| 29 |
| (Senate Rule 9-6)
| 30 |
| 9-6. Disposition of Vetoes. When a bill or item has |
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| received the
affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the | 2 |
| members elected (as to
overrides of
outright vetoes, item | 3 |
| vetoes, and specific recommendations for change) or the
| 4 |
| affirmative vote of at least a majority of those
elected (as to | 5 |
| overrides of reductions or acceptances of specific
| 6 |
| recommendations for
change), the Presiding Officer shall | 7 |
| declare that the bill or item has been
passed or restored over | 8 |
| the veto of the Governor, or that the specific
recommendations | 9 |
| for change have been approved, as the case may be. The bill
| 10 |
| shall then be so certified by the Secretary who shall note | 11 |
| thereon the day the
bill passed. The bill and the objections of | 12 |
| the Governor thereto shall then
be immediately delivered to the | 13 |
| House. When specific recommendations have been
accepted, then | 14 |
| such accepting language shall be attached to the original bill
| 15 |
| and the bill shall be delivered to the House.
| 16 |
| ARTICLE X
| 17 |
| NOMINATIONS
| 18 |
| (Senate Rule 10-1)
| 19 |
| 10-1. Nominations.
| 20 |
| (a) Every nomination subject to confirmation by the
Senate | 21 |
| shall be referred to the Executive
Appointments Committee in | 22 |
| accordance with Rule 3-6;
nominations may also be
considered by | 23 |
| other committees in accordance with these Senate Rules. Each
| 24 |
| nominee shall be required to
appear in person before that | 25 |
| meeting of a
committee convened for the purpose of
considering | 26 |
| the qualifications of the person for
the office to which he or | 27 |
| she has been nominated. The appearance of the
nominee may be | 28 |
| waived by the committee by a vote of a
majority of those | 29 |
| appointed.
| 30 |
| (b) The Executive Appointments Committee
shall, six days |
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| prior to any of
its meetings, post a notice on the Senate | 2 |
| bulletin board or make the notice electronically available | 3 |
| indicating the
nominees to be considered at its next meeting | 4 |
| and the time, date, and place of
the meeting. The Chairperson | 5 |
| of the committee shall provide a copy of the
notice to the | 6 |
| Governor's Office of Legislative Affairs, which shall be
| 7 |
| responsible for notifying each nominee scheduled to be | 8 |
| considered of the date,
time, and place of hearing.
| 9 |
| (c) On considering the report of the Executive Appointments
| 10 |
| Committee on a
nomination,
the Presiding Officer shall put the | 11 |
| following question: "Does the Senate
advise and consent to the | 12 |
| nomination just made?" Whenever a group of nominees
has been | 13 |
| submitted together, five or more members may request the | 14 |
| question be
put and the vote separately taken upon each of the | 15 |
| individuals in that group.
The Senate may determine, by a | 16 |
| majority vote of those elected, after having
voted upon the | 17 |
| question of one or more of the nominees individually, to act
| 18 |
| upon the question of the remaining nominees in that group as a | 19 |
| unit.
| 20 |
| (d) While any nomination remains with the Senate, it is in | 21 |
| order to
reconsider any vote taken thereon, subject to the | 22 |
| provisions of Rule 7-15 not
related to the time for making such | 23 |
| a motion.
| 24 |
| ARTICLE XI
| 25 |
| DISCIPLINE AND PROTEST
| 26 |
| (Senate Rule 11-1)
| 27 |
| 11-1. Disorderly Behavior.
| 28 |
| (a) In accordance with Article IV, Section
6(d) of the | 29 |
| Constitution, the Senate may punish any of its members for
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| disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of | 2 |
| the members
elected, expel a Senator (but not for a second time | 3 |
| for the same cause). The
reason for the expulsion shall be | 4 |
| entered upon the Journal with the names and
votes of those | 5 |
| Senators voting on the question.
| 6 |
| (b) In accordance with Article IV, Section 6(d) of the | 7 |
| Constitution, the
Senate during its session may punish by | 8 |
| imprisonment any person other than a
Senator guilty of | 9 |
| disrespect of the Senate by disorderly or contemptuous
behavior | 10 |
| in its presence. The imprisonment shall not extend beyond 24 | 11 |
| hours
at one time unless the person persists in disorderly or | 12 |
| contemptuous behavior.
| 13 |
| (Senate Rule 11-2)
| 14 |
| 11-2. Protest. Any two Senators shall have the right to | 15 |
| dissent and
protest, in respectful language, against any act or | 16 |
| resolution that they may
think injurious to the public or to | 17 |
| any individual, and have the reason of
their protest entered | 18 |
| upon the Journal. When by motion a majority of Senators
| 19 |
| determine that the language of a protest is not respectful, the | 20 |
| protest shall
be referred back to the protesting Senators.
| 21 |
| ARTICLE XII
| 22 |
| FORCE AND EFFECT
| 23 |
| (Senate Rule 12-1)
| 24 |
| 12-1. Applicability. The meetings and actions of the | 25 |
| Senate, including
all of its committees, shall be governed by | 26 |
| these Senate Rules.
| 27 |
| (Senate Rule 12-2)
| 28 |
| 12-2. Robert's Rules. The rules of parliamentary practice |
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| appearing in
the 10th edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall | 2 |
| govern the Senate in all
cases to which they are applicable, | 3 |
| providing that they are not inconsistent
with these Senate | 4 |
| Rules.
| 5 |
| (Senate Rule 12-3)
| 6 |
| 12-3. Certification by President. With respect to any bill | 7 |
| that has
been passed by the Senate and has been certified by | 8 |
| the President in
accordance
with Article IV, Section 8(d) of | 9 |
| the Constitution, there shall be an
irrebuttable presumption | 10 |
| that all of these Senate Rules have been fully
complied with in | 11 |
| obtaining such passage.
| 12 |
| (Senate Rule 12-4)
| 13 |
| 12-4. Effective Date. These Rules shall be in full force | 14 |
| and effect
upon their adoption, and shall remain in full force | 15 |
| and effect except as
amended in accordance with these Senate | 16 |
| Rules, or until superseded by new Rules
adopted as part of the | 17 |
| organization of a newly constituted General Assembly at
the | 18 |
| commencement of a term.
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