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90_HR0721
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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 Rule 18 as follows:
6 (House Rule 18)
7 18. Referrals to Committees.
8 (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being
9 initially read by the Clerk, are automatically referred to
10 the Rules Committee.
11 (b) During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall
12 thereafter refer any such bill before it to a standing
13 committee or a special committee within 3 legislative days.
14 During even-numbered years, the Rules Committee shall refer
15 to a standing committee or a special committee only
16 appropriation bills implementing the budget and bills deemed
17 by the Rules Committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority
18 appointed, to be of an emergency nature or to be of
19 substantial importance to the operation of government. At any
20 time, however, upon the written request of the Principal
21 Sponsor of a bill before the Rules Committee, the bill shall
22 automatically be referred to the Executive Committee without
23 further action by the Rules Committee, if the Rules Committee
24 has not referred the bill to a standing committee or a
25 special committee within 15 calendar days after its
26 introduction. This subsection (b) applies equally to House
27 Bills and Senate Bills introduced into or received by the
28 House.
29 (c) A standing committee or a special committee may
30 refer a subject matter or a legislative measure pending in
31 that committee to a subcommittee of that committee.
32 (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
33 standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from
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1 a standing committee or a special committee under Rule 58,
2 shall be referred to the House and placed on the appropriate
3 order of business, which shall appear on the daily calendar.
4 All legislative measures, except bills or resolutions on the
5 Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
6 status by a standing committee or special committee, and
7 floor amendments, so referred are automatically assigned
8 standard debate status, subject to Rule 52.
9 (e) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final
10 action, and conference committee reports, upon filing with
11 the Clerk, are automatically referred to the Rules Committee.
12 The Rules Committee may refer any floor amendment, joint
13 action motion for final action, or conference committee
14 report to the House or to a standing committee or a special
15 committee for its review and consideration (in those
16 instances, and notwithstanding any other provision of these
17 Rules, the standing committee or special committee may hold a
18 hearing on and consider those legislative measures pursuant
19 to a one-hour advance notice). Any floor amendment, joint
20 action motion for final action, or conference committee
21 report that is not referred to the House by the Rules
22 Committee is out of order, except that any floor amendment,
23 joint action motion for final action, or conference committee
24 report favorably approved by a standing committee or a
25 special committee is deemed referred to the House by the
26 Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All joint action
27 motions for final action and conference committee reports so
28 referred are automatically assigned standard debate status,
29 subject to Rule 52. Floor amendments referred to the House
30 under this Rule are automatically assigned amendment debate
31 status.
32 (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or
33 re-refer a legislative measure from a committee to a
34 Committee of the Whole or to any other committee.
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1 (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the
2 Rules Committee only by unanimous consent of the House. Any
3 bill discharged from the Rules Committee shall be placed on
4 the order of Second Reading and assigned standard debate
5 status, subject to Rule 52.
6 (h) Except for those provisions that require unanimous
7 consent, this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
8 vote of 71 members elected.
9 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)