Illinois Senate Bill 1776 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that after an initial proclamation declaring that a disaster exists, the Governor may only extend that declaration or make further proclamations regarding the same disaster if the General Assembly passes a resolution within 5 calendar days that approves the extension or further proclamation. Provides that if, due to health or safety concerns, the General Assembly is unable to convene in either regular or special session to approve the extension or further proclamation, the extension or further proclamation may continue in effect until the General Assembly is able to convene in regular or special session if the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives submit written certification to the Governor that the General Assembly is unable to convene to provide the necessary approval of the extension or further proclamation. Effective immediately.

IEMA-DISASTER DECLARATION

Sen. Dan McConchie [R]	Sen. Jason Plummer [R]	Sen. Jil Tracy [R]	Sen. Craig Wilcox [R]
Sen. Thomas Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
2023-02-09	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
2023-02-09	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
2023-02-09	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan McConchie

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	3305	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1776&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1776.htm