IL HJRCA0047 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for terms totaling more than 10 years. Limits a person's total service in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the Senate to a total of 8 years in any one office and 10 years combined in 2 or more offices. Provides that service in the General Assembly before the second Wednesday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for terms totaling more than 8 years; service before the second Monday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.

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Title

CON AMEND-TERM LIMITS

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2019-01-08HouseSession Sine Die
2018-04-26HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
2018-04-26HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Lee Long
2018-04-26HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
2018-04-26HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
2018-04-26HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
2018-04-26HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
2018-04-26HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
2018-04-26HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
2018-04-24HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2018-04-24HouseRead in Full a First Time
2018-04-24HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin

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