Bill Text: IL HJRCA0022 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that only bills that have been vetoed by the Governor may be voted upon during regular session of the General Assembly that is held after May 31 of an even-numbered year and prior to the beginning of a new session of the General Assembly on the second Wednesday in January of an odd-numbered year. Provides that a special session of the General Assembly may be convened for emergency purposes at which subjects other than bills vetoed by the Governor may be considered. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-18 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJRCA0022 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HJRCA0022-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0022 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 9
Amends the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that only bills that have been vetoed by the Governor may be voted upon during regular session of the General Assembly that is held after May 31 of an even-numbered year and prior to the beginning of a new session of the General Assembly on the second Wednesday in January of an odd-numbered year. Provides that a special session of the General Assembly may be convened for emergency purposes at which subjects other than bills vetoed by the Governor may be considered. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption
of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 9 of Article
IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
ARTICLE IV
THE LEGISLATURE
(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 9)
SECTION 9. VETO PROCEDURE
(a) Every bill passed by the General Assembly shall be
presented to the Governor within 30 calendar days after its
passage. The foregoing requirement shall be judicially
enforceable. If the Governor approves the bill, he shall sign
it and it shall become law.
(b) If the Governor does not approve the bill, he shall
veto it by returning it with his objections to the house in
which it originated. Any bill not so returned by the Governor
within 60 calendar days after it is presented to him shall
become law. If recess or adjournment of the General Assembly

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prevents the return of a bill, the bill and the Governor's
objections shall be filed with the Secretary of State within
such 60 calendar days. The Secretary of State shall return the
bill and objections to the originating house promptly upon the
next meeting of the same General Assembly at which the bill can
be considered.
(c) The house to which a bill is returned shall
immediately enter the Governor's objections upon its journal.
If within 15 calendar days after such entry that house by a
record vote of three-fifths of the members elected passes the
bill, it shall be delivered immediately to the second house.
If within 15 calendar days after such delivery the second
house by a record vote of three-fifths of the members elected
passes the bill, it shall become law.
(d) The Governor may reduce or veto any item of
appropriations in a bill presented to him. Portions of a bill
not reduced or vetoed shall become law. An item vetoed shall be
returned to the house in which it originated and may become law
in the same manner as a vetoed bill. An item reduced in amount
shall be returned to the house in which it originated and may
be restored to its original amount in the same manner as a
vetoed bill except that the required record vote shall be a
majority of the members elected to each house. If a reduced
item is not so restored, it shall become law in the reduced
amount.
(e) The Governor may return a bill together with specific

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recommendations for change to the house in which it
originated. The bill shall be considered in the same manner as
a vetoed bill but the specific recommendations may be accepted
by a record vote of a majority of the members elected to each
house. Such bill shall be presented again to the Governor and
if he certifies that such acceptance conforms to his specific
recommendations, the bill shall become law. If he does not so
certify, he shall return it as a vetoed bill to the house in
which it originated.
(f) Only bills that have been vetoed by the Governor may be
voted upon during regular session of the General Assembly that
is held after May 31 of an even-numbered year and prior to the
beginning of a new session of the General Assembly on the
second Wednesday in January of an odd-numbered year. A special
session of the General Assembly may be convened for emergency
purposes as provided for under Section 5 of this Article at
which subjects other than bills vetoed by the Governor may be
considered.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.