Bill Text: IL HB4731 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4731 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4731-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4731 Introduced 1/4/2010, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 10/8 new
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.
LRB096 15839 RCE 31081 b
A BILL FOR
HB4731 LRB096 15839 RCE 31081 b
AN ACT concerning the legislature.
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 8 as follows:
(25 ILCS 10/8 new)
Sec. 8. Legislative measures; majority of members sponsor.
If a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or
co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the
chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then
resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be
referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a
standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative
measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6
session days or prior to any committee action or floor action
deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is
sooner.