Illinois House Bill 789 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Board of Legislative Repealers Act. Establishes the Board of Legislative Repealers as a not for profit corporation. Directs the Board to determine instances in which State laws and regulations are duplicative, in conflict, contradictory, anachronistic, obsolete, or have been held unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court or the Illinois Supreme Court, and to create a system for receiving public comments, and to recommend changes in the law that it deems necessary to repeal, modify or revise such laws and regulations. Authorizes the Board to set a schedule to make the identifications required by the Act and to adopt criteria to be used to determine whether a State law or regulation is duplicative, in conflict, contradictory, anachronistic, obsolete, or has been held unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court or the Illinois Supreme Court. Requires the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, the Legislative Information System, the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the Legislative Research Unit to provide technical support and information to the Board, as directed by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. Authorizes the Board to adopt bylaws necessary to implement the Act. Makes conforming changes to the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984, the Legislative Reference Bureau Act, and the Legislative Information Service Act. Effective July 1, 2017.

BOARD OF LEGIS REPEALERS

Rep. Tom Demmer [R]

Rep. David Olsen [R]

Rep. Margo McDermed [R]

Rep. Ryan Spain [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-09	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
2017-02-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
2017-02-08	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2017-02-01	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
2017-01-27	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-01-27	House	First Reading
2017-01-27	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Demmer

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	130	2-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
25	130	4-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
25	135	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
25	135	5.08	New Code	See Bill Text
25	145	5.10	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=789&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0789.htm