| HJRCA0030 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution to provide that (i) the proclamation of results of each election of members of the General Assembly must take place as soon as practical after the general election, but in no case...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0061 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 totalling more than ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-11-17
To House Rules Committee |
| SJRCA0001 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that there may be one tax on the income of individuals and corporations, th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-11-15
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino |
| HJRCA0060 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the boundaries of Legislative and Representative districts may be separate. Requires that both types of districts, in addition to being compact, contiguous, and sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-11-02
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0040 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Creates the Independent Redistricting Commission to adopt and file with the Secretary of State a redistricting plan for Legislative and Representative Districts. Provides for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-09-22
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0041 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0039 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 totalling more than ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-08-22
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0027 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution concerning redistricting. Contains provisions relating to division of Senators into 3 groups for assignment of terms, Representative Districts being decoupled from Legislative Dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-25
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0028 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not hold the office of State Senator or State Representative for more than 12 years, or a combination of those offices for more than 16 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-25
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0047 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Finance Article of the Illinois Constitution relating to balanced budgets. Provides that the State budget shall be based on estimated revenue (now funds), defines "revenue". Provides that, except for deficiency or emergency appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-26
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0059 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Amends the Revenue Article to provide that a tax on or measured by income may be imposed by law (rather than shall be at a non-graduated rate). Effective upon being declared adopted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0057 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a fundamental right (instead of goal) of the People of the State is the educational development of all persons to the limits of their capacities. Provides that it is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0056 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for the recall of all State Executive Branch officers and members of the General Assembly. Changes the signature requirements for affidavits and petitions for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0055 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Replaces procedures concerning the recall of the Governor with procedures concerning the recall of an executive branch officer as identified in Section 1 of Article V ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0053 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no person shall be elected to the Senate for more than 3 consecutive terms and that no person shall be elected to the House of Representatives for more t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0054 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for the recall of all State Executive Branch officers and members of the General Assembly. Changes the signature requirements for affidavits and petitions for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0052 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature and Finance Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Amends the Finance Article to provide that if a balanced budget has not been passed by June 30th of each year, the offices of Speaker of the House of Representatives...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0049 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall produce a redistricting plan using a computer program. In the year following each Federal decennial census year, requires the Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0051 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from holding the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for more than 10 years. Effective upon being declared adop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0050 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend a portion of the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution that concerns the organization of the General Assembly. Deletes a provision which provides that a member of the General Assembly may be expelled from office only once...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0048 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Constitution. Repeals a provision that specifies that membership in any pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of local government or school district, or any agency or inst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0046 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from holding the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for more than 10 years. Effective upon being declared adop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0045 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Establishes an Independent Redistricting Commission. Requires the Commission to adopt and file a redistricting plan with the Secretary of State by June 30 of the year following e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0044 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for the recall of all State Executive Branch officers and members of the General Assembly. Changes the signature requirements for affidavits and petitions for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0043 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Finance Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that if appropriation Acts are not in effect on July 1 of a fiscal year that provide for the expenditure of funds, the Comptroller shall order payments and the Treasurer sha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0042 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Creates the Independent Redistricting Commission to adopt and file with the Secretary of State a redistricting plan for Legislative and Representative Districts. Provides for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0038 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Local Government Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a municipality shall automatically become a home rule unit with a population of more than 5,000 (currently, more than 25,000). Makes conforming changes. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0037 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides maximum dollar value limitations on specified categories of damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0035 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Local Government Article of the Illinois Constitution. Requires the State to reimburse units of local government for increased expenses resulting from activities mandated by the General Assembly or State executive action. Exempt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0034 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Local Government Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a municipality shall automatically become a home rule unit with a population of more than 20,000 (currently, more than 25,000). Makes conforming changes. Effec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0033 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend a portion of the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution that concerns the organization of the General Assembly. Deletes a provision which provides that a member of the General Assembly may be expelled from office only once...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0032 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that: "the people have a right to hunt and fish as it is a valued part of our heritage and shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject only to the laws pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0031 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Establishes an Independent Redistricting Commission. Requires the Commission to adopt and file a redistricting plan with the Secretary of State by June 30 of the year following e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0029 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the amount appropriated to the State Board of Education to provide funding to school districts may not be reduced in a given fiscal year from the previous fiscal yea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0025 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Judge by death, resignation, retirement, removal, or upon the conclusion of the judge's ter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0024 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no person may serve more than eight years in the General Assembly. Provides that no person may be elected or appointed as Senator or Representative if, upon complet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0023 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for the recall of all State Executive Branch officers and members of the General Assembly. Changes the signature requirements for affidavits and petitions for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0022 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution. Requires the State to provide for an adequately funded system of high quality public educational institutions and services. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0021 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a fundamental responsibility (instead of goal) of the People of the State is the educational development of all persons to the limits of their capacities. Effective ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0020 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution concerning the retention of Supreme, Appellate, and Circuit Judges. Creates a Judicial Retention Commission in each Judicial District to determine the qualifications of Supreme and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0019 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that individual income taxes may be at a graduated or a non-graduated rate. Provides that any such tax imposed on corporations shall be at a non-graduated rate, not to excee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0018 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Creates the Independent Redistricting Commission to adopt and file with the Secretary of State a redistricting plan for Legislature and Representative Districts. Provides for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0015 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for an additional tax on individuals in an amount equal to 3% of income greater than $1,000,000 for the taxable year. Provides that all revenue collected from the additional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0017 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that an additional income tax shall be imposed on individuals in an amount equal to 3% of the portion of the individual's income that is greater than $1,000,000 for the taxa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0014 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature and Finance Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Amends the Finance Article to provide that the State budget shall be based on estimated revenue (now funds); defines "revenue". Provides that appropriations are expe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0016 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from serving as a Representative for more than 3 terms of office that begin on or after the date that the Constitutional Amendment is declared adopted. Prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0013 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person who is a member of the General Assembly may not, during his or her term of office, hold any other elected public office. Effective upon being declared adop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0010 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from holding the office of State Senator or State Representative or a combination of those offices for more than 20 years; provided that service before the sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0012 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Eliminates the office of Lieutenant Governor, beginning with the term of office otherwise commencing in 2019. Effective upon being declared adopted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
| HJRCA0011 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Eliminates the Offices of the Comptroller and Treasurer. Provides instead for a single Comptroller of the Treasury. Provides that the Comptroller of the Treasury shall (i) maintain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-06
To House Rules Committee |
