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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 37 as follows:
6 (House Rule 37)
7 37. Bills.
8 (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship
9 of one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on
10 the reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and
11 in the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
12 first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
13 than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
14 Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
15 Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma. The
16 Principal Sponsor may change the sponsorship of a bill to
17 that of one or more other Representatives, or to that of the
18 standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
19 referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change
20 may be made at any time the bill is pending before the House
21 or any of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk.
22 This subsection may not be suspended.
23 (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that bill.
24 A standing committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the
25 Chairperson of the committee, who for purposes of these Rules
26 is deemed the Principal Sponsor. A special
27 committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the Chairperson, or
28 if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson
29 from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is
30 deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may
31 not have individual co-sponsors.
32 (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the
33 Senate may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill
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1 by filing a notice with the Clerk; such a notice is
2 automatically referred to the Rules Committee and deemed
3 adopted if approved by the Rules Committee. If disapproved
4 by the Rules Committee, the notice shall lie on the table. If
5 the Rules Committee fails to act on a notice, that notice may
6 be discharged by unanimous consent.
7 (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
8 title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
9 referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18.
10 When a Senate Bill is received, it shall be read by title,
11 ordered reproduced, and placed on the order of Senate Bills
12 on first reading; after being read a first time, it is
13 automatically referred to the Rules Committee in accordance
14 with Rule 18.
15 (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
16 accompanied by 9 copies. Any bill that amends a statute
17 shall indicate the particular changes in the following
18 manner:
19 (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
20 (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
21 shall be shown crossed with a line.
22 (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a
23 record vote of a majority of those elected. A bill that has
24 lost and has not been reconsidered may not thereafter be
25 revived.
26 (g) Bills providing for the appropriation of money from
27 the State Treasury shall be confined to appropriations for a
28 single agency or department.
29 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)