Full Text of HR0047 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 102nd General | 5 | | Assembly are amended by changing Rules 52 and 59 as follows:
| 6 | | (House Rule 52)
| 7 | | 52. Debate.
| 8 | | (a) All legislative measures,
except
those legislative | 9 | | measures that are not debatable as provided in these Rules,
| 10 | | are subject to a debate status as follows:
| 11 | | (1) Short Debate: Debate is limited to a 2-minute
| 12 | | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | 13 | | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute | 14 | | presentation by a member in response,
and one minute for | 15 | | the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other
| 16 | | members; provided that at the request of 7 members before | 17 | | the close of debate,
the debate status shall be opened to | 18 | | standard debate; or
| 19 | | (2) Standard Debate: Debate shall consist of a | 20 | | 10-minute
presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a | 21 | | member designated by the
Principal Sponsor, debate by each | 22 | | proponent and member in
response
who seeks recognition, | 23 | | and 5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to
close debate, |
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| 1 | | or yield to other members. Debate is limited to a
5-minute | 2 | | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | 3 | | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 2 | 4 | | additional
proponents of the legislative
measure and by 3 | 5 | | members in response to the legislative measure,
and 3 | 6 | | minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or | 7 | | yield to other
members;
| 8 | | (3) Extended Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | 9 | | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | 10 | | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 4 | 11 | | proponents of the
legislative
measure and 5 members in | 12 | | response, and 5 minutes for the
Principal Sponsor to close | 13 | | debate, or yield to other members;
| 14 | | (4) Unlimited Debate: Debate shall consist of a | 15 | | 10-minute
presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a | 16 | | member designated by the
Principal Sponsor, debate by each | 17 | | proponent and member in
response
who seeks recognition, | 18 | | and 5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to
close debate, | 19 | | or yield to other members; or
| 20 | | (5) Amendment Debate: Debate on floor amendments
| 21 | | referred to the House from a committee, or discharged from | 22 | | a committee,
is limited to a 3-minute presentation by the | 23 | | Principal Sponsor,
or a member designated by the Principal | 24 | | Sponsor,
debate by one proponent, debate by each of 2
| 25 | | members in response, and 3
minutes for the Principal | 26 | | Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other members.
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| 1 | | No debate is in order on bills or resolutions on the order | 2 | | of First Reading
or Second Reading, except for debate on floor | 3 | | amendments as provided in this
Rule.
| 4 | | (b) All legislative measures, except those assigned to the | 5 | | Consent Calendar or , those assigned short debate status by a | 6 | | standing or special committee, and floor amendments, referred | 7 | | to the House
from a committee, or discharged from a committee, | 8 | | are
automatically
assigned standard debate status , subject to | 9 | | subsection
(c) of
this Rule . A bill, resolution, or joint | 10 | | action motion for final action shall be given short debate | 11 | | status by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was | 12 | | favorably reported by a three-fifths vote of the members | 13 | | present and voting, including those voting "present" , subject | 14 | | to subsection (c) of this Rule. All floor amendments referred
| 15 | | to the House from a committee,
or discharged from a committee, | 16 | | are automatically assigned amendment
debate
status, subject to | 17 | | subsection (c) of this Rule .
| 18 | | (c) (blank.) Notwithstanding any other provision of these | 19 | | Rules
to the contrary (except Rule 44), the debate status of | 20 | | any legislative measure may be changed
only (i) by the | 21 | | Speaker, as defined in item (27) of Rule 102, by filing a
| 22 | | notice with the Clerk, or (ii) by the Rules Committee
by motion | 23 | | approved by a majority of those appointed. While a legislative
| 24 | | measure is being considered by the House, the debate status | 25 | | may also be
changed by unanimous consent. No legislative | 26 | | measure, however, may be
placed on the Consent Calendar under |
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| 1 | | this Rule.
No legislative measure, except a floor amendment, | 2 | | may be assigned amendment
debate status under this Rule.
| 3 | | (d) (blank.) The Speaker or Rules Committee, as the case | 4 | | may be, shall notify the
Clerk of any action
to change the | 5 | | debate status of any legislative measure. The Clerk shall | 6 | | cause
that
information to be reflected on the Daily Calendar | 7 | | on subsequent legislative
days,
provided
the legislative | 8 | | measure is still before the House.
| 9 | | (e) No member shall speak longer than 5 minutes at one
time | 10 | | or more than once on the same question except by leave
of the | 11 | | House. The Principal Sponsor of a measure or a member
| 12 | | designated by the Principal Sponsor, however, shall be
allowed | 13 | | to open the debate and to close the debate
in accordance with | 14 | | subsection (a) of this Rule. The provisions of this
subsection | 15 | | (e)
are subject to and limited by subsections (a) and , (b) , and | 16 | | (c) of this Rule.
A member may yield to another member the time | 17 | | allotted for the member's debate.
| 18 | | (f) The Presiding Officer shall allocate the debate on | 19 | | each legislative
measure alternately, if possible,
between | 20 | | proponents and opponents of the legislative
measure
under | 21 | | debate.
| 22 | | (g) This Rule may not be suspended.
| 23 | | (Source: H.R. 59, 101st G.A.)
| 24 | | (House Rule 59)
| 25 | | 59. Previous Question.
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| 1 | | (a) A motion for the previous question may be made at
any | 2 | | time, except that a member may not move the previous question | 3 | | while participating in debate pursuant to Rule 52. A motion | 4 | | for the previous question is not
debatable and requires the | 5 | | unanimous consent of the members present or the affirmative | 6 | | vote of two-thirds of the 60 members
elected. A record vote | 7 | | must be taken on the motion if unanimous consent has been | 8 | | denied. This subsection may not be suspended.
| 9 | | (b) The previous question shall be stated in the
following | 10 | | form: "Shall the main question be put?"
Until the previous | 11 | | question is decided, all amendments and
debate are precluded. | 12 | | When it is decided that the main
question shall not be put, the | 13 | | main question
remains under debate.
| 14 | | (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is
to put | 15 | | an end to all debate and bring the House to a
direct vote on | 16 | | the immediately pending motion. After a
motion for the | 17 | | previous question has been approved, it
is not in order to move | 18 | | for adjournment or to make any
other motion before a decision | 19 | | on the main question.
| 20 | | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative | 21 | | vote of 71
members elected.
| 22 | | (Source: H.R. 59, 101st G.A.)
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