Bill Text: IL HB2124 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that all witness slips filed in either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing process shall track along with the legislation for which it was filed should such legislation be removed on to another bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action. Provides that the General Assembly, in consultation with the Legislative Information System, shall provide for such witness slip tracking on the Illinois General Assembly website. Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Provides that the Legislative Information System shall provide for electronic tracking of all witness slips to track along with the legislation for which it was filed should such legislation be removed on to another bill.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 34-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2124 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2124-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2124 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 10/25 new
25 ILCS 145/5.10 new
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that all witness slips filed in either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing process shall track along with the legislation for which it was filed should such legislation be removed on to another bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action. Provides that the General Assembly, in consultation with the Legislative Information System, shall provide for such witness slip tracking on the Illinois General Assembly website. Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Provides that the Legislative Information System shall provide for electronic tracking of all witness slips to track along with the legislation for which it was filed should such legislation be removed on to another bill.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended
by adding Section 25 as follows:
(25 ILCS 10/25 new)
Sec. 25. Witness slip tracking. Notwithstanding any rule
or provision of law to the contrary, all witness slips filed in
either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed
legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing
process shall track along with the legislation for which it
was filed should such legislation be removed on to another
bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action. The
General Assembly, in consultation with the Legislative
Information System, shall provide for such witness slip
tracking on the Illinois General Assembly website.
Section 10. The Legislative Information System Act is
amended by adding Section 5.10 as follows:
(25 ILCS 145/5.10 new)
Sec. 5.10. Witness slip tracking. The System shall provide
for electronic tracking of all witness slips filed in either

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house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation
during the General Assembly committee hearing by which a
witness slip shall track along with the legislation for which
it was filed should such legislation be removed on to another
bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action.