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90_HR0032

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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION
 2        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 3    NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the
 4    Rules  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the Ninetieth
 5    General Assembly are amended by changing Rules 9, 12, 13, 49,
 6    and 53 as follows:
 7        (House Rule 9)
 8        9.  Schedule.
 9        (a)  The Speaker shall periodically establish a  schedule
10    of  days  on  which  the  House  shall  convene  in  regular,
11    perfunctory,  and veto session, with that schedule subject to
12    revision at the discretion of the Speaker.
13        (b)  The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines  at
14    his  or  her  discretion  for  any  action on any category of
15    legislative  measure  as  the  Speaker   deems   appropriate,
16    including deadlines for the following legislative actions:
17             (1)  Final day to request bills from the Legislative
18        Reference Bureau.
19             (2)  Final day for introduction of bills.
20             (3)  Final  day for standing committees of the House
21        to report House bills, except House appropriation bills.
22             (4)  Final day for standing committees of the  House
23        to report House appropriation bills.
24             (5)  Final  day  for  Third  Reading  and passage of
25        House bills, except House appropriation bills.
26             (6)  Final day for  Third  Reading  and  passage  of
27        House appropriation bills.
28             (7)  Final  day for standing committees of the House
29        to report Senate appropriation bills.
30             (8)  Final day for standing committees of the  House
31        to report Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
32             (9)  Final  day  for special committees to report to
33        the House.
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 1             (10)  Final day for Third  Reading  and  passage  of
 2        Senate appropriation bills.
 3             (11)  Final  day  for  Third  Reading and passage of
 4        Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
 5             (12)  Final day for consideration  of  joint  action
 6        motions and conference committee reports.
 7        (c)  The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary
 8    deadlines  for  legislative action during any special session
 9    of the House. The Speaker may establish  a  Weekly  Order  of
10    Business  or a Daily Order of Business setting forth the date
11    and approximate time at which specific  legislative  measures
12    may be considered by the House.  The Weekly Order of Business
13    or  Daily  Order of Business is effective upon being filed by
14    the Speaker with  the  Clerk  and  takes  the  place  of  the
15    standing  order  of business for the amount of time necessary
16    for its completion.  Nothing in this  Rule,  however,  limits
17    the  Speaker's  or  Presiding  Officer's  powers  under  Rule
18    4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a).
19        (d)  The  foregoing  deadlines, or any revisions to those
20    deadlines, are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
21    the Clerk.  The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
22        (e)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
23    vote of 71 members elected.
24    (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
25         (House Rule 12)
26        12.  Members  and  Officers  of  Standing Committees. The
27    members of each standing committee shall be appointed for the
28    term by the Speaker and the  Minority  Leader.   The  Speaker
29    shall  appoint  the  Chairperson (from either the majority or
30    minority caucus) and the remaining standing committee members
31    of the majority caucus (one of whom the Speaker may designate
32    as Vice-Chairperson), and the Minority Leader  shall  appoint
33    the  remaining  standing  committee  members  of the minority
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 1    caucus (one of whom the  Minority  Leader  may  designate  as
 2    Minority  Spokesperson).  Appointments are effective upon the
 3    delivery of appropriate correspondence  from  the  respective
 4    leader  to  the  Clerk, regardless of whether the House is in
 5    session, and shall remain effective for the duration  of  the
 6    term,  subject to Rule 10(d).  The Clerk shall journalize the
 7    appointments.   Committees  may  conduct  business   when   a
 8    majority  of  the  total number of committee members has been
 9    appointed.
10    (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
11         (House Rule 13)
12        13.  Special Committees.
13        (a)  A Special Committee on Prison Management Reform  and
14    a  Special  Committee  on Electrical Utility Deregulation are
15    created. The Speaker may create additional special committees
16    by filing a notice of the creation of the  special  committee
17    with  the  Clerk.  The  notice creating an additional special
18    committee shall specify the subject  matter  of  the  special
19    committee and the number of members to be appointed.
20        (b)  The  Speaker  shall determine the number of majority
21    and minority  caucus  members  to  be  appointed  to  special
22    committees  in  accordance  with Rule 10(b).  The Speaker, at
23    his  or  her  discretion,  shall  appoint  a  Chairperson  or
24    Co-Chairpersons.  The Speaker may appoint  any  member  as  a
25    Chairperson  or Co-Chairperson of a special committee. If the
26    Chairperson or Co-Chairperson is a member of the majority  or
27    minority   leadership   or   the   Chairperson   or  Minority
28    Spokesperson  of  a  standing  committee,  the  member  shall
29    receive no additional stipend or compensation for serving  as
30    Chairperson  or  Co-Chairperson of the special committee. For
31    purposes of Section 1 of the  General  Assembly  Compensation
32    Act  (25  ILCS  115/1),  (i)  a special committee under these
33    rules  is  considered  a  "select  committee"  and  (ii)  one
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 1    Co-Chairperson of a special  committee  shall  be  considered
 2    "Chairman"  and  the  other  shall  be  considered  "Minority
 3    Spokesman".    The  appointed  members  of special committees
 4    shall be designated by the Speaker and the Minority Leader in
 5    a like manner as provided in Rule 12 with respect to standing
 6    committees,  except  that  if  the  special   committee   has
 7    Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the special
 8    committee  shall  not  have a Minority Spokesperson.  In that
 9    case, the Minority Leader shall appoint the  minority  caucus
10    members  to  the special committee, except the Co-Chairperson
11    from the minority  caucus  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the
12    Speaker.  The  Speaker  may establish a reporting date during
13    the term for each special committee by filing a notice of the
14    reporting date with the Clerk.  Unless  an  earlier  date  is
15    specified by the notice, special committees expire at the end
16    of the term.
17        (c)  Special committees are empowered to conduct business
18    when  a majority of the total number of committee members has
19    been appointed.
20        (d)  This Rule may be suspended only by  the  affirmative
21    vote of 71 members elected.
22    (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
23         (House Rule 49)
24        49.  Voting.   The   Presiding   Officer  shall  put  all
25    questions distinctly, as follows:  "All those in  favor  vote
26    AYE,  and those opposed vote NAY."  No member may vote on any
27    question before the House unless on the floor before the vote
28    is announced. No member of a committee  may  vote  except  in
29    person  at  the  time of the call of the committee vote.  Any
30    vote of  the  House  shall  be  by  record  vote  whenever  5
31    Representatives  shall  so  request or whenever the Presiding
32    Officer shall so order.
33    (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)
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 1         (House Rule 53)
 2        53.  Written Statements.
 3        (a)  Any member may submit a written statement  regarding
 4    any  bill,  resolution,  or floor amendment considered by the
 5    House, by submitting that statement to the Clerk  within  one
 6    legislative  day  or  3  business days, whichever is shorter,
 7    after the  day  on  which  the  bill,  resolution,  or  floor
 8    amendment  to which the comments relate was considered by the
 9    House.  The Clerk shall affix a time stamp to each  statement
10    indicating  the  date  on  which the statement was submitted.
11    Each statement shall indicate the member or members on  whose
12    behalf  the  statement is submitted, the bill, resolution, or
13    floor amendment to which it applies, the names of  any  other
14    members  mentioned  in  the  statement,  and  the  person who
15    actually submits the statement to the Clerk.  Each member  on
16    whose  behalf a statement is submitted is under an obligation
17    to  ensure  that  all  required   information,   specifically
18    including  the  names  of  any other members mentioned in the
19    statement, is indicated at the time a statement is submitted.
20    Each  statement  shall  comply  with  standards  as  may   be
21    established  by  the  Clerk with the approval of the Speaker.
22    The standards established by the Clerk,  however,  shall  not
23    relate  to  the  contents of the written statement. The Clerk
24    shall maintain statements that  comply  with  this  Rule  and
25    established  standards in files for each bill and resolution.
26    A statement is not  considered  filed  until  the  Clerk  has
27    determined  that  it  complies with this Rule and established
28    standards.  The Clerk shall notify the member or  members  on
29    whose  behalf  a  statement was submitted if the statement is
30    determined not to comply.  Statements filed under  this  Rule
31    shall be considered part of the transcript and made available
32    to the public.
33        (b)  If   a   statement   mentions  another  member,  the
34    statement shall not be  considered  filed  until  the  member
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 1    mentioned  has  an  opportunity  to  respond  as  a matter of
 2    personal privilege.  The Clerk shall notify each  member  who
 3    is  identified  at the time a statement is submitted as being
 4    mentioned  in  the  statement.   The  member  identified   as
 5    mentioned  in the statement shall have one legislative day or
 6    3 business days, whichever is shorter, after notification  by
 7    the  Clerk  in  which  to  file  a  written  response  to the
 8    statement.   The  original  statement  and   any   responsive
 9    statement  shall  both  be  considered  filed at the close of
10    business on the final day on which a response may  be  filed.
11    If,  however,  a  statement  is  submitted mentioning another
12    member and the name of the member mentioned is not  indicated
13    to  the  Clerk at the time of submission, the statement shall
14    be stricken at the request of the  member  mentioned  in  the
15    statement.   The  Clerk  shall  notify  each  member on whose
16    behalf the statement was submitted  that  the  statement  has
17    been stricken from the record.
18        (c)   (b)  This   Rule  may  be  suspended  only  by  the
19    affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
20    (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)

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